Google, Facebook duopoly will continue to hurt BuzzFeed, Vice and Vox, report says Vice Media, Vox Media and BuzzFeed Inc. will continue to struggle for the foreseeable future. That’s according to New York-based EquityZen. In a report published Wednesday, the fintech firm cited the so-called Google and Facebook “Duopoly” as reasons for the digital media […]
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EquityZen talks about Slack IPO on Yahoo! Finance
Slack wants to go public through a direct listing – Yahoo Finance Video – Recently valued at $7 billion, Slack, the popular app used for group messaging is planning to go public through a direct listing.
EquityZen on Bloomberg Radio
2019 Will See Fewer IPOs, But More Blockbusters: Davda Atish Davda, CEO of EquityZen, discusses his 2019 IPO outlook, including the companies most likely to go public. Hosted by Pimm Foxx and Romaine Bostick. Listen here: https://link.bloomberg.fm/BLM6873380052
EquityZen’s Phil Haslett on the Sonos IPO in MarketWatch
Sonos IPO: 5 things to know about the maker of high-end speakers The mature hardware company relies on retailers for sales to a loyal customer base The past few years haven’t been kind to newly public hardware companies, but Sonos Inc. hopes to break from that pattern by relying on a little help from tech […]
EquityZen’s Phil Haslett in MarketWatch
GreenSky IPO: 5 things to know about the company seeking to end fintech IPO lull The market has been relatively kind to recent tech initial public offerings, and GreenSky Inc. is about to test the market’s receptivity to fintech. GreenSky GSKY, +0.00% which provides consumer loans that originate at the point-of-sale system, is expected to […]
EquityZen Talks Spotify DPO on Fox Business
Spotify benefited from direct listing: Atish Davda – EquityZen CEO Atish Davda on how Spotify benefits from going public and whether other unicorns will follow suit.
EquityZen's Phil Haslett on Cheddar
A Tech Unicorn Goes to Wall Street – One of the most anticipated tech IPOs of the year is set to debut at the Nasdaq this week. Dropbox will trade under the ticker $DBX. The company gave an initial price range between $16 and $18. Phil Haslett, Co-Founder of EquityZen and Emily Bary, Reporter at MarketWatch join The Long and The Short to give their predictions for the tech company’s big debut.
EquityZen’s Atish Davda on TechCrunch’s Equity Podcast
Equity podcast: Spotify’s impending debut, Uber’s done deal, and Nasdaq 7,000 Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This episode, the first of 2018, saw our own Katie Roof and your humble servant (Alex) joined by Atish Davda, CEO and founder of EquityZen. Matthew […]
EquityZen on CNBC’s Closing Bell
What 2017’s IPO performance means for next year – Discussing what 2017 IPO performances mean going into next year, with Atish Davda, Equity Zen. Will Spotify or DocuSign offer an IPO in 2018?
Crowdfund Insider Interviews EquityZen CEO
Fresh from $6.5M Round, NYC Fintech EquityZen CEO Atish Davda Discusses Investment Access and Liquidity for All 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 […]
EquityZen on the ForeScout Technologies IPO in TechCrunch
ForeScout Technologies prices IoT security IPO at $22 As of last year, ForeScout was said to possess a $1 billion valuation. The IPO values ForeScout at just above $800 million. This is what’s become known as a “down round IPO.” Some investors had built-in protections and it looks like Wellington will be granted additional shares to make […]
EquityZen on the MongoDB IPO in BizJournals
Pre-IPO marketplace EquityZen projects MongoDB’s path Thursday marks the public market debut of New York-based MongoDB Inc. The open-source database system, which has a significant office in Palo Alto, looks to raise $168 million by offering 8 million Class A shares at a price range of $20 to $22. That’s up from a previous range […]
EquityZen on Redfin IPO in GeekWire.com
Redfin stock climbs in early trading as tech-powered brokerage debuts as public company Redfin stock popped as it debuted on the Nasdaq exchange Friday morning, opening at close to $20 and climbing, well above the opening price of $15. Read more here: https://www.geekwire.com/2017/done-way-redfin-ceo-glenn-kelman-rings-nasdaq-opening-bell-ipo/
EquityZen in TechCrunch
The secondary marketplace EquityZen just landed $6.5 million in funding The number of public companies in United States is at a 40-year low; that’s good news for EquityZen, a four-year-old, New York-based company that operates a secondary marketplace for company-approved transactions in pre-IPO stock. Read more here: https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/18/the-secondary-marketplace-equityzen-just-landed-6-5-million-in-funding/
EquityZen in TechCrunch
As Uber’s value slips on the secondary market, Lyft’s is rising It’s been happening for months. The value of Uber’s shares has been falling on the secondary market, hammered by a barrage of press attention paid to its real and perceived misdeeds. Read more here: https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/22/as-ubers-value-slips-on-the-secondary-market-lyfts-is-rising/
EquityZen in TechCrunch
Snapchat soars again on second day of trading Yesterday, the stock closed at $24.48, a 44% gain from the IPO price of $17. And today it’s gone up a bit further, surpassing $29 at one point, an almost 20% increase from the close of yesterday. Shares later fell to $27, but it’s still on track […]
EquityZen on CNBC
EquityZen CEO Atish Davda talks to CNBC’s “Closing Bell” about investing in the private market and if the Securities and Exchange Commission should change current regulations.
EquityZen on CNBC
A peek at the private markets – What is the trading of non-public companies telling us about market sentiment? Atish Davda of EquityZen discusses with Brian Sullivan
EquityZen in Bloomberg
Silicon Valley Asks What Happens If Tourist Investors Flee? There’s a lot of cash floating around that may vanish if the going gets tough. Silicon Valley is really hot right now—but not in the way you might think. Private companies have witnessed a surge of investment over the past few years, but virtually all of […]
EquityZen on CNBC
Executive Edge: Private investing – Atish Davda, EquityZen founder & CEO, discusses how his company is able to connect equity stakeholders with accredited investors so employees have an opportunity to cash out a percentage of their stake in a private company without having to wait for the IPO.
EquityZen on the IPO market
How you can invest in unicorn companies The IPO market is struggling to get a boost. Despite an uptick during the second quarter, 2016 is still on pace to be the worst year for U.S. stock debuts since the financial crisis. While that’s not exactly good news for the market, there’s one company that’s profiting […]
EquityZen in cnbc.com
Japanese messaging app Line to mark biggest tech IPO so far this year Line Corp. is preparing to test the public markets next week, the second significant tech IPO of 2016. The Japanese messaging app company is set to raise as much as $1.12 billion, or 116 billion yen, amid one of the most chaotic […]
EquityZen CEO on CNBC
Movement in secondary market – Atish Davda, EquityZen CEO, talks about investing in the secondary market, and his company’s aim of helping private shareholders and early investors free up liquidity.
EquityZen in TechCrunch
Our 2016 Predictions for the IPO Market 2015 was not a good years for IPOs – it was actually the worst year for tech IPOs since the financial crisis in 2009. More and more startups are opting to stay private for longer periods of time. Read more here.
EquityZen in Forbes
The IPO Class Of 2016: Will Unicorns Ride To The Rescue After A Down Year? Call it ‘The Year Without A Blockbuster.’ IPO activity slowed down significantly in 2015, with U.S.-listed proceeds dropping nearly 40%. More noticeable was the lack of a signature debut on par with huge offerings from Facebook, Alibaba and Twitter in […]
EquityZen in TechCrunch
Are IPOs The New Down Rounds? It’s become a meme in tech circles, “IPOs are the new down round,” venture capitalists quip. The dreaded “down round,” when a startup raises capital beneath its prior valuation, is getting pushed back to the public markets. While most companies grow their value in the stock market, Square, Box […]
EquityZen on CNBC.com
On paper, Khosla’s firm could net a massive return on Square IPO When Square starts selling shares in its initial public offering (IPO), Silicon Valley powerhouse Khosla Ventures may see a huge windfall of $657 million — at least on paper. That estimate comes courtesy of research from EquityZen, and assumes that Square prices its […]
EquityZen in The New York Times
Risking Your Neck to Run With the Unicorns In the world of Wall Street, where numbers are everything, one number is especially coveted: one billion. Technology start-ups that achieve $1 billion in valuation before going public — so-called unicorns — can attract the attention of prominent venture capital firms and draw resumes from top talent […]
EquityZen's CEO on startup valuations in FoxBusiness.com
Will Stock Market Swings Impact Startup Valuations? Stocks traded mostly lower on Friday after two days of record gains, capping off one of the most volatile weeks in stock market history. With concerns over China shaking investor sentiment, some were wondering if prolonged market uncertainty would close the IPO window. Read more here.
EquityZen in Benzinga
Tank Alert: Did Etsy IPO Too Soon? Etsy Inc. is ailing. The peer-to-peer eCommerce site tumbled 28 percent on Wednesday after investors reacted to worse-than-expected Q2 earnings. The company has had a rough first few months on the NASDAQ. Trading under $14 per share, Etsy is now pegged by the market as worth less than […]