EquityZen
NYC-based EquityZen, founded in 2013, is one of the largest platforms for trading pre-IPO shares.
The fintech startup has worked with half of all unicorns on over 9,000 private placements.
Co-founder & CEO Atish Davda told Insider how the platform has grown users by 150% in the past year.
Atish Davda s big idea behind trading platform EquityZen came when he was trying to sell some equity in the tech startup he was working at to fund a wedding ring for his girlfriend of four years. After you paid the lawyers and the accountants and the brokers and the government, there wasn t much left to take home, Davda, CEO of EquityZen, said in an interview with Insider.