Tagged: sharespost

March 22, 2022 @ 10:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Forge Global begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) today under the ticker FRGE. The public listing is following the completion of a SPAC deal with Motive Capital Corp. Financial Technology Partners and FTP Securities (FT Partners) served as financial advisors to Forge… Read More

August 5, 2021 @ 3:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

In the spring of 2020, SharesPost and Forge Global announced a merger of the two firms seeking to create a super-sized private securities marketplace. It was reported that Forge had paid $160 million for SharesPost. At that time, Kelly Rodriques, CEO of Forge, said that: “… joining… Read More

May 10, 2021 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Forge Global, a multinational private securities marketplace, has revealed that it has acquired the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (FINRA) approval to offer services as a single broker dealer with SharesPost after a merger last year. Forge Global has also finalized an oversubscribed investment round of… Read More

November 9, 2020 @ 8:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

The merger of SharesPost and Forge has been approved by regulators, according to a note distributed by SharesPost. The merger was announced last spring and set in motion the creation of one of the largest private securities marketplaces in the world. The transaction was facilitated… Read More

May 19, 2020 @ 2:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

EquityZen is broadening pre-IPO access to RIAs and Family Offices through a new partnership with Addepar, according to a note from the company. Addepar is a Wealthtech management platform that specializes in data aggregation, analytics, and performance reporting. Currently, $1.7 trillion in assets are tracked… Read More

May 12, 2020 @ 8:25 am By JD Alois  |  

SharesPost and Forge Global have announced a merger of the two firms thus creating one of the largest private securities marketplaces in the world. FT Partners facilitated the transaction. While pending the typical regulatory approval, an agreement is in place that should boost transaction volume… Read More

April 8, 2019 @ 2:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

SharesPost, a private company liquidity solutions and private capital markets research provider, announced on Monday it has appointed former New York Stock Exchange Executive, Bonnie Hyun has its new Managing Director and Head of Platform Solutions and Strategy. According to SharesPost, Hyun has held leadership… Read More

March 11, 2019 @ 1:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

US Capital Global, through its registered broker-dealer affiliate, US Capital Global Securities, LLC, has facilitated CityBlock Capital’s successful registration on private securities marketplace, SharesPost. According to US Capital Global, CityBlock Capital’s new tokenized venture fund, the NYCQ Blockchain Infrastructure Fund (the NYCQ Fund), is now… Read More

March 5, 2019 @ 12:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

SharesPost, a private company liquidity solutions and private capital markets research provider, announced on Tuesday the release of its new crypto survey, which revealed that consumers and investors remain “bullish” about the long-term prospects of cryptocurrency and blockchain despite the claimed decline in values over… Read More

February 5, 2019 @ 1:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

SharesPost, a private company liquidity solutions and private capital markets research provider, announced on Tuesday CityBlock Capital is set to conduct its initial digital security token sale on its platform. SharesPost also reported it was selected by CityBlock to provide secondary liquidity for its tokens as… Read More

January 14, 2019 @ 10:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

SharesPost, a private company liquidity solutions and private capital markets research provider, announced on Monday that it has appointed Jeff Miller as its new President. This news comes less than nine months after Miller was named a member of the company’s Board of Directors.  According to… Read More

January 10, 2019 @ 9:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

SharesPost, a private company liquidity solutions and private capital markets research provider, announced on Thursday SharesPost Alternative Trading System executed a secondary transaction in the “BCAP” security tokens issued by Blockchain Capital, the pioneer and premier venture capital firm focused exclusively on the blockchain technology sector. SharesPost… Read More

September 7, 2018 @ 1:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

SharesPost, a regulated ATS and global security token platform, has just published some research on the cryptocurrency market. SharesPost polled 2,490 consumers and 528 individual accredited and institutional investors to create the report. According to their data, even as cryptocurrency valuations have plummeted during 2018, consumers… Read More

August 23, 2018 @ 11:02 am By JD Alois  |  

SharesPost has announced a new partnership with Securitize, an technology platform that enables the tokenization of any asset. SharesPost is a regulated alternative trading system (ATS) and one of the earliest platforms moving into the security token sector as a regulatory compliant marketplace  for digital assets…. Read More

August 21, 2018 @ 10:45 am By JD Alois  |  

SharesPost has announced that OKEx, a Hong Kong based digital assets exchange, is joining their Global Liquidity and Settlement System (GLASS). SharesPost received approval to operate as an Alternative Trading System (ATS) earlier this year – a necessary move to trade in securities in a… Read More

August 1, 2018 @ 2:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

SharesPost, a private company liquidity solutions and private capital markets research provider, announced on Tuesday it has formed a partnership with  Lightyear.io, a software company that develops applications and infrastructure for the Stellar ecosystem, to implement Stellar Decentralized Exchange to SharesPost’s Global Liquidity and Settlement System (GLASS)… Read More

July 25, 2018 @ 1:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

SharesPost, a FINRA-registered broker-dealer and ATS, has partnered up with OKCoin a digital asset exchange. The two firms will be working together on SharesPost’s Global Liquidity And Settlement System (GLASS) as exchange nodes. GLASS will provide OKCoin with compliant access to the U.S. investor market. GLASS is… Read More

June 20, 2018 @ 11:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

SharesPost, a provider of late-stage private company liquidity solutions and private capital markets research, announced on Wednesday it secured $15 million during its Series C funding round, which was led by LUN Partners and Kenetic Capital. Funds from the Series C funding round will go towards… Read More

June 14, 2018 @ 12:48 am By Erin Hobey  |  

SharesPost, a private company liquidity solutions and private capital markets research provider, has joined forces Security Token Offerings advisory firm Satis Group LLC d/b/a Corinthian Partners LLC. Satis is the first partner participating in SharesPost’s newly-launched global Advisor Partner Program. The partnership aims to result… Read More

June 8, 2018 @ 2:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

SharesPost, a provider of late-stage private company liquidity solutions and private capital markets research, announced on Friday it has appointed Vijay Chetty as its new Vice President of Business Development. SharesPost reported that before he joined its team, Chetty spent more than three years focusing… Read More