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@staringispolite : yes, pretty much. I discussed it with my uncle, who works for the London stock exchange. He said how they would refer to it is that you're trading on a derivative of the stock; rather than magic ;)

@staringispolite @_jacksmith No derivatives here!

So is it essentially some legal magic where investors pay for a contract with the equity holder in exchange for money up front? (Investor gets rights to all profits in the event of a sale, but equity doesn't actually change hands until a change of control/liquidity event as usual?)

These guys are really awesome. Tackling a big problem (lack of options for generating liquidity in pre-IPO companies). There used to be things like SecondMarket, but that is now completely flopping (pivoting to do something in bitcoin I heard), as companies don't want random people on their cap table. I think EquityZen has the potential to be huge in the future.

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Access of sell shares of private companies through our funds

Access of sell shares of private companies through our funds

EquityZen

Access of sell shares of private companies through our funds

Access of sell shares of private companies through our funds

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