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EquityZen Report: 2019 IPO Season May Be a Bellwether Year for the New Tech Elite

EquityZen Report: 2019 IPO Season May Be a Bellwether Year for the New Tech Elite

NEW YORK, Nov. 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- IPO activity will remain relatively subdued in 2019, and will be nowhere near the IPO mania preceding the dotcom bubble burst or even the busy IPO seasons of 2013 and 2014, according to a reportby EquityZen Inc., a New York-based FinTech firm that operates a secondary marketplace in pre-IPO stock. The report states that the key driver of the reduced number of IPOs continues to be the blitz of private capital allowing tech companies to s

EquityZen Raises $6.5 Million Led by Draper Associates to Expand Pre-IPO Marketplace

EquityZen Raises $6.5 Million Led by Draper Associates to Expand Pre-IPO Marketplace

NEW YORK, July 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- EquityZen Inc., a New York-based FinTech firm that operates a secondary marketplace for company-approved transactions in pre-IPO stock, today announced the closing of a new financing round led by Draper Associates, bringing the company's outside financing to $6.5 million. Their platform has closed over 2,000 company-approved investments in more than 70 large, private firms with low investment minimums. Tim Draper, the legendary venture