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Jun 30, 2009 · Sharespost is a marketplace where people who own pre-public shares can connect with investors who want that stock. Since these private companies also don't have open, audited books where potential ...
Mar 14, 2012 · SharesPost paid penalties of $80,000 to settle the case, while Brogger himself paid $20,000. In the wake of the investigation, SharesPost acquired a company with a broker-dealer license. That move ...
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Mar 14, 2012 · Separately, the SEC charged SharesPost, an online service that matches buyers and sellers of pre-IPO stock, with engaging in securities transactions without registering as a broker-dealer. The charges stem from the SEC’s yearlong investigation of the fast-growing business of trading pre-IPO shares on the secondary market.
Maybe SecondMarket and SharesPost fall into this category as well. But for all of these companies like EquityZen, they claim that they can front you the money to buy your stock but you would owe them some % every year in loan interest. I've heard that the numbers can come out to basically taking off 33% of your total stock share after a few years.
- Full disclosure: I’m an intern for EquityZen , so I’m familiar with this space but can speak with the most accuracy about EquityZen. Observations...
- Stuff I wish I had known, based on having done the following: Obtained employment at a startup that grants Incentive Stock Options (ISOs); Early-e...
- Equityzen has reasonable deals but it only works well for companies with clear IPO plan. Few known limitations (please verify with your sales perso...
May 12, 2020 · Pending regulatory approval, Forge, founded as Equidate in 2014, and SharesPost, founded in 2009, will merge under the Forge brand after agreeing to a $160 million cash-and-stock deal.
Jul 6, 2015 · Numerous exchanges have cropped up in the past few years to facilitate such sales. These include SecondMarket and SharesPost, which have sold employee or early investor stock to accredited investors.
Mar 15, 2012 · SharesPost Inc. and its president will pay $100,000 to resolve claims that the online marketplace for private-company shares acted as an unregistered broker, as U.S. regulators took their first ...
