About

Forge Global provides a platform for private market transactions, focusing on liquidity solutions for private companies and their employees. The platform allows for trading of private equity, offering pre-IPO investment opportunities to both institutions and individual investors. By combining with SharesPost, Forge Global has established one of the largest marketplaces for private securities. Their services include trading, custody, and data analytics, which help clients diversify their investments and access important market information. Unlike many competitors, Forge Global caters to a wide range of clients, including private companies and venture capitalists, and generates revenue through transaction fees and analytics.

Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

• Increased demand for secondary market trading as private companies delay IPOs.
• Growing interest in pre-IPO investments among institutional investors seeking higher returns.
• Expansion of private securities marketplaces in Asia driven by regulatory changes.

What critics are saying

• Increased scrutiny on unicorn valuations may reduce investor confidence in Forge's platform.
• Decline in global IPO volumes could limit Forge's growth in pre-IPO investments.
• Reliance on private market trades for valuations may affect Forge's credibility.

What makes Forge Global unique

• Forge Global offers a comprehensive platform for private market liquidity solutions.
• The merger with SharesPost created one of the largest private securities marketplaces.
• Forge provides pre-IPO investment opportunities to both institutions and individual investors.

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