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I'm not familiar with Stripe's situation, but there are non-public markets available for this kind of stock sale. You just can't buy from them unless you're alr

by marvin 5y ago

I'm not familiar with Stripe's situation, but there are non-public markets available for this kind of stock sale. You just can't buy from them unless you're already rich. I'd guess that long-term employees do have an amount of flexibility in that regard.

IgorPartola 5y ago
Can you form a mutual fund/ETF that invests into those kind of companies via the non-public markets and then sell shares publicly for the fund?
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- jagged-chisel 5y ago
  Publicly traded organizations can have any kind of private investment. I wonder, though, if there is regulation around how much of the public org’s capital can be put in private stock purchases…
- hartator 5y ago
  I think some VCs are already also offering shares via mutual funds.
- reportingsjr 5y ago
  This is already a thing, large investors like Fidelity do exactly this. e.g. Fidelity has a significant investment in SpaceX through a handful of their mutual funds, which you can then purchase and basically invest in SpaceX indirectly.
- snowwolf 5y ago
  Scottish Mortgage (SMT) in the UK does this and has a stake in Stripe (https://citywire.co.uk/investment-trust-insider/news/boost-for-scottish-mortgage-as-stripe-soars-to-95bn/a1480918 https://citywire.co.uk/investment-trust-insider/news/boost-f...)
Panther34543 5y ago
Unfortunately many companies have clauses in their options grants that prohibit employees from selling shares to any investor not approved by the company board (e.g. EquityZen).
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