The amount of private capital chasing efficient startups is at unprecedented levels, and valuations are rising quickly.
Retail investors typically don't have direct access to investments in privately held companies, mainly because of all the challenges for companies to manage a plethora of small-sized retail investors. This is where our partner institutions can help.
When companies do list on the stock markets, it is mostly to provide an exit to private market investors. However, the bulk of growth in companies occurs when they're still private. We help you invest in startups when they're young enough to be private but mature enough to have acquired a billion-dollar valuation.
More than 35 public software companies were valued at over $10 billion dollars between 2004 and 2015. 1 in 6 out of these companies were already valued above $10 billion dollars while being privately held. One of them was Facebook (now Meta). Imagine being on the same table as Peter Thiel enjoying the rapid growth of Facebook during its early days.
Pre-Initial Public Offerings (or Pre-IPOs) allow private companies the ability to raise money before they go public. They’re a way to ‘test the waters’ before an initial public offering (IPO).
We buy equity shares of unicorn startups on private market platforms. We also deal with angel investors and venture capitalists seeking exits.
Startups are valued every quarter. Valuations are derived through multiple metrics and data points, tangible and intangible assets as well as future growth potential.
Private market secondary liquidity has improved noticeably over the past few years. As more and more private growth companies reach a size suitable for institutional investment, institutional capital has been migrating into private markets.
Generally speaking, most seed rounds today are around $1-$4 million dollars. The median seed investment amount for 2020 was $4 million dollars, 4x the median from 10 years prior. Of course, this can vary greatly depending on your industry.
The IPO of Starlink is the most anticipated offering that many investors have been looking forward to. Starlink is a satellite communications system that includes 4,000 satellites with an expected internet bandwidth of up to 23 TBps. The system gets directly connected to the customer gadgets through user terminals. In March 2024, 50% of the satellites are scheduled to be launched; by 2027, all of the devices will have been launched into orbit.
TikTok is a popular online platform used by over a billion people, from more than 150 countries. ByteDance is taking the US division of TikTok public. It will be a new venture called TikTok Global, which will take full control of the messaging and video hosting in the US.
Mobileye was founded in 1999 and originally developed the EyeQ neural processor with proprietary image processing algorithms. The first processor went on sale in 2008 for BMW, General Motors and Volvo. It soon became standard on new cars. As a division of Intel Corp, Mobileye is developing advanced autonomous driving technology. Intel is looking to take advantage of the demand for autonomous vehicles by planning to list Mobileye's stock on the stock exchange.
Reddit is a popular social media platform that ranks in the top 20 most visited websites on the Internet. Every day, 52 million active users access it. Visitors can share links, vote on the most fascinating stuff, and discuss it in topical communities using the resource. More than 100,000 communities have been created on the site, covering a wide range of topics. Reddit has a $10 billion valuation, making it a unicorn. By the time of the IPO, the valuation is expected to exceed $15 billion.
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