As an accredited investor you can potentially get in on private fundraising rounds. But most private equity would rather work with a few high value investors i

As an accredited investor you can potentially get in on private fundraising rounds. But most private equity would rather work with a few high value investors instead of many small value investors. It's just so much simpler. Opening the flood gates to any old Joe Schmoe would run afoul of many SEC rules -- and for good reason. Private equity is enormously more risky and more opaque than public market investing, and could so very easily be abused and fraudulent. https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/092815/how-become-accredited-investor.asp https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/092815/how-b...