Access to private company investments has been dominated by VC firms.
EquityZen is here to change that.
Here's how it works.
Shareholders submit their shares to EquityZen. We conduct due diligence, and place the shares in an investment vehicle.
We open up the offering live to investors who purchase an interest in the investment vehicle.
If the company gets acquired or goes public, shares or cash are distributed to investors.
Tech companies are staying private for longer
The average time for US tech companies to go public has risen from 4 years in 1999 to 10+ years today.
This means that access to early stage technology companies has disappeared from the public market. The average US tech company is worth $1B by the time of the IPO!
Investors are missing out.
Capital invested in private tech companies grew from $11 billion in 2005 to $75 billion in 2015 and almost tripled from 2013 to 2015.
Six companies between 2004 and 2015 went public with $10 billion valuations. Even more have gone public since!
The bottom line is that the public markets are losing IPO candidates as promising companies choose to stay private longer.
As a result, more value creation is taking place in the private market.
Why EquityZen?
Research and Analysis
Access proprietary analysis including price history, valuation, cap tables and funding rounds.
Low Minimums
First time users can invest for $10,000. Other private market charge $100,000 investment minimums!
Security
We never sell your private and financial information. Ever.