Tagged: equityzen

October 29, 2025 @ 9:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Secondary market platform EquityZen has been acquired by Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), the global investment bank and brokerage. Details of the transaction were not immediately available. The deal is expected to close in early 2026. Shares of Morgan Stanley were little changed on the news. EquityZen… Read More

September 22, 2025 @ 9:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Secondaries platform EquityZen has issued a note marking 11 years of offering multi-company funds to investors. EquityZen specializes in powering a marketplace for private securities – firms that have yet to pursue an initial public offering. While pretty promotional, the public note has merit as… Read More

August 7, 2025 @ 12:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

As was previously reported, President Donald Trump is expected to issue an Executive Order allowing savers to include private equity and other alternative assets in 401(k) retirement accounts. It is now anticipated that this EO will be signed and posted today. By allowing the booming… Read More

July 14, 2025 @ 5:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

Secondary marketplace for private securities EquityZen is out with a note on Q2 activity. The company stated that Circle’s successful initial public offering on Nasdaq kicked off a resurgence in private securities activity. EquityZen shared that investors on their marketplace were able to access  Circle… Read More

July 8, 2025 @ 2:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Nasdaq Private Markets recently lured two EquityZen executives to join their burgeoning private securities trading marketplace. EquityZen is a top marketplace for providing trading in private shares. According to a statement issued by Nasdaq, Mike Buono previously led the institutional investment sales desk at EquityZen. He… Read More

May 16, 2025 @ 12:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

The IPO market is cracking open. This week, eToro listed its shares on the Nasdaq, and Chime filed an S-1 indicating its intent to float its shares as well. Klarna may be moving forward on its paused public listing as well. There appears to be… Read More

April 14, 2025 @ 6:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Marketplaces for private securities, shares in companies that have yet to launch an initial public offering, are growing in relevance as more people seek out alternative assets from what is available on public markets. Today, marketplaces like EquityZen can offer investors the ability to purchase shares in… Read More

March 25, 2025 @ 1:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

Private securities markets have boomed in recent years, meanwhile, the number of publicly listed firms have been on the decline. This is largely due to the onerous cost and ongoing burden of becoming a public company – this and the fact there is an ocean… Read More

February 24, 2025 @ 5:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

EquityZen, a top secondaries trading platform for private securities, has lowered its investment minimum to just $5000.00 for specific offerings. EquityZen is a marketplace where smaller investors may access securities of promising private firms. Frequently, insiders or early employees want to sell some shares and… Read More

August 1, 2024 @ 10:19 am By JD Alois  |  

EquityZen, a trading platform for private securities, has added new features: Market Map and Market Score. The company said the new features would provide users with “a holistic view of potential investment opportunities for private companies on the secondary market.” Atish Davda, CEO and co-founder… Read More

February 27, 2024 @ 1:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

Private securities marketplace EquityZen has issued a report that notes 28% of unicorns are now trading at less than $1 billion. These former unicorns have been impacted by the overall decline in markets as well as a stumbling economy, which has impacted valuations and access… Read More

January 2, 2024 @ 10:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Initial public offerings (IPOs) were pretty moribund in 2023. According to EY, global IPO volumes drooped by 8% in 2023, with proceeds down by 33% compared with 2022. The global IPO market ended in 2023 with 1,298 offerings, which raised $123.2 billion. Compare this to… Read More

August 16, 2023 @ 12:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

EquityZen is celebrating ten years of operation. EquityZen is a marketplace for private securities. EquityZen is not a primary issuance platform but provides liquidity for shares in private firms – frequently from employees that have been granted shares in companies that are not listed on… Read More

June 18, 2023 @ 7:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Initial public offerings have hit the pause button in the past months – at least until recently. Last week, CAVA (NYSE:CAVA), a Mediterranean restaurant concept, successfully floated shares on the NYSE, seeing the shares rocket on the first day of trading. The strong showing in… Read More

May 31, 2023 @ 4:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

EquityZen, a secondary marketplace for private securities, has distributed a post t0utuing the secondary market for private securities during a slow period of primary issuance and funding rounds. Of course, this is to the benefit of EquityZen as it is what the company provides, but… Read More

May 29, 2023 @ 2:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

EquityZen is out with another note reiterating its expectation that the initial public offering (IPO) market will pick up toward the end of the year. Currently, IPOs during Q1 of 2023 were pretty tame, with just 33 IPOs on US exchanges. According to EY, the… Read More

May 4, 2023 @ 11:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Phil Haslett, co-founder and Chief Strategy officer at EquityZen, believes that the ongoing bank crisis could be a catalyst for the initial public offering (IPO) market in 2023. So this may be a bit of a stretch, but Haslett sees the collapse of Silicon Valley… Read More

April 10, 2023 @ 10:40 am By JD Alois  |  

The demise of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) left a big hole in the early-stage/private firm ecosystem. SVB was a favorite bank of VCs and hence the companies they invested in.  The failure of SVBs has exacerbated the already challenging funding environment for private firms that… Read More

January 19, 2023 @ 4:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

EquityZen founder and Chief Strategy Officer Phil Haslett is seeing a pick up in the secondary market, which can be seen as a precursor to traditional IPOs, according to an email from the firm. EquityZen is a top secondary trading platform for private securities. Since its… Read More

December 1, 2022 @ 11:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

Atish Davda, CEO and founder of EquityZen, a secondary market for private securities, says now is the time for people to invest in private firms. While public markets have tanked since the beginning of the year, experiencing exceptional volatility in recent months, and private markets… Read More