Tagged: phil haslett

October 7, 2021 @ 11:21 am By JD Alois  |  

EquityZen, a marketplace for private firms that caters to accredited and institutional-focused investors, has closed on its 7th Growth Opportunity Fund. The Fund will invest in 15 to 20 later-stage private firms allowing investors to gain a diversified portfolio of promising younger companies. Since 2013,… 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

October 8, 2019 @ 10:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) officially closed comments on its concept release regarding regulatory harmonization of securities offerings exemptions on September 24, 2019. But as in past cases, comments have continued to trickle in and we would not be surprised if more follow. That… Read More

December 11, 2017 @ 11:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

EquityZen, a New York-based Fintech firm that operates a secondary marketplace for company-approved transactions in pre-IPO stock, has a mission: to improve the way startup employees are paid by unlocking the value of their equity compensation in a way that benefits all key players, including the… Read More

April 26, 2016 @ 12:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Millennium Trust Company announced it was expanding alternative investment access for advisors and individuals by adding five online investment platforms to its network, Millennium Alternative Investment Network (MAIN). Along with Lending Club, which joined late last month, these portals are EquityZen, iCapital Network, Prodigy Network, R.J. Oasis.  Millennium… Read More

April 15, 2016 @ 4:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

EquityZen is a platform that seeks to provide liquidity in private company securities. This is one company that has benefited from the plunging decline in early stage IPOs. Founders Atish Davda, Shriram Bhashyam, and Phil Haslett created the company with a single ambition: to redesign… Read More