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How to Read an S-1

The IPO (initial public offering) pipeline looks robust as we enter 2025. IPOs offer a chance for many investors to...

Yahoo Finance: EquityZen's top IPO predictions for 2025

EquityZen Chief Strategy Officer Phil Haslett shares his top picks for potential IPOs in 2025 with Yahoo Finance’s...

Fox Business: EquityZen co-founder on how to invest in companies pre-IPO

Curious about investing in pre-IPO companies but not sure where to begin? Liz Claman of Fox Business’s “The Claman...

EquityZen Celebrates 2024

EquityZen Celebrates 2024 Interested in browsing the private company investment opportunities available on EquityZen's...

Private Markets Year in Review 2024

2024 was a year of measured recovery for the private market. Positive macroeconomic influences helped improve investor...

Same-Day Exercise: A Smart Alternative to Non-Recourse Loans for Exercising Stock Options

With IPO volume down 14% year over year, early employees are increasingly considering options for selling their shares...

The 7 Equity Documents You Should Always Have on File

It can be difficult to read the legal language in the documents you get when starting a new job at a startup. Yet these...

The Latest IPO News: EquityZen's IPO Tracker

As more private companies make the news by announcing their plans to go public, more eyes are on the IPO market. After...

What Does it Mean to Have Equity in a Private Company?

Owning equity in a private company can be a highly rewarding but sometimes complex endeavor. That is because private...