EquityZen named “Best Retail Investment Company” in the seventh annual FinTech Breakthrough Awards program
The prestigious International Awards Program recognizes outstanding financial technology products and companies
NEW YORK, March 23, 2023–(BUSINESS WIRE)–EquityZen Inc. (“EquityZen”), a leading online marketplace for buying and selling pre-IPO stocks, today announced that it has been selected as the winner of the “Best Retail Investment Company” award in the 7th annual FinTech Breakthrough Awards program conducted by FinTech Breakthrough, an independent market intelligence organization that recognizes the best companies, technologies and products in the global FinTech market today.
EquityZen was launched ten years ago with the ambition to bring private markets to the public. The company’s proprietary technology makes this possible by streamlining the process for buying and selling shares in private companies through its funds. By making secondary market transactions simple, efficient and scalable, EquityZen allows accredited individual investors to access private market investments for as little as $10,000 through both single-company and multi-company funds. Previously, this type of investment had typically only been available to large institutions and the ultra-rich. In addition to their investment tools, EquityZen’s platform offers proprietary analytics including recent price history, valuation and rate tables as well as a broad suite of content to help educate investors.
“We are thrilled to receive this award from FinTech Breakthrough and feel it recognizes our mission to democratize access to private markets and our passion for creating customer-centric solutions that both unlock and add value to the global Financial Services ecosystem,” said Atish Davda, CEO of EquityZen. “With companies staying private longer than ever, private market access is critical. We are proud that more than 290,000 people have trusted EquityZen to tap into the $500 billion private market. We will continue to deliver “Private Markets for the public” through the industry’s lowest investment minimum and our expertise from having completed more than 35,000 private issues.”
EquityZen has worked with more than 400 private companies, including 60%+ of America’s top tech unicorns on secondary liquidity, unlocking investment opportunities in late-stage, venture-backed companies for accredited investors.
“Individual investors have missed out on the value creation happening in the private markets due to difficult processes and high investment minimums,” said James Johnson, CEO, FinTech Breakthrough. “EquityZen addresses this opportunity directly with a cutting-edge investment platform that addresses the unique needs of shareholders, investors and private companies themselves. Through their technology-enabled platform, EquityZen addresses due diligence, documentation, legal, compliance and regulatory work – all while saving both companies and shareholders for time and expense Congratulations to the EquityZen team for being our choice for 2023’s “Best Retail Investment Company.”
The FinTech Breakthrough Awards is the premier awards program founded to recognize FinTech innovators, leaders and visionaries from around the world across a range of categories including Digital Banking, Personal Finance, Lending, Payments, Investments, RegTech, InsurTech and many more. The 2023 FinTech Breakthrough Award program attracted more than 4,000 nominations from around the world.
About EquityZen
Since 2013, the EquityZen marketplace has made it easy to buy and sell shares in private companies. EquityZen brings together investors and shareholders, providing liquidity to early shareholders and private market access to accredited investors. With low investment minimums through our funds and with more than 35,000 private placements completed across 400+ companies, EquityZen leads the way in delivering “Private Markets for the Public.”
About FinTech Breakthrough
Part of Tech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence and recognition platform for technology innovation and leadership worldwide, the FinTech Breakthrough Awards program is dedicated to honoring excellence in financial technologies and services, companies and products. The FinTech Breakthrough Awards provide public recognition for the achievements of FinTech companies and products in categories including payments, personal finance, wealth management, fraud protection, banking, lending, RegTech, InsurTech and more. For more information visit FinTechBreakthrough.com.
Disclosure: EquityZen Inc. was awarded a 2023 FinTech Breakthrough Award by Tech Breakthrough LLC on or about March 23, 2023, based on the preceding calendar year and covering calendar year 2023, and has compensated Tech Breakthrough LLC for use of its name and logo in connection with the award . Tech Breakthrough LLC is a third party and has no affiliation with EquityZen.
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