• 2022 Mid-Year Private Market Report

    The dynamics in the private secondary market have changed dramatically in the first half of 2022 from the volume and valuation highs seen in 2021. Private companies face many of the same headwinds as their public company peers, dealing with rising interest rates, inflationary pressures, recession concerns, geopolitical developments, tight labor markets, supply chain disruptions,…

  • What Law Firms Need to Understand About Secondaries – Beyond the Private Company Tender Offer

    For close to 10 years, law firms, associates and partners have trusted introducing NPM to their private company clients. With NPM’s global distribution network and support from our bank partners, we help private companies access strategic capital and facilitate market-driven transactions their shareholders deserve.  

  • Nasdaq Private Market Appoints Tom Callahan as Chief Executive Officer

    NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO, April 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE). Nasdaq Private Market, a leading marketplace for the efficient trading of private company stock, today announced the appointment of Tom Callahan as Chief Executive Officer.

  • Nasdaq Private Market and Astrella® Announce Strategic Collaboration

    MENLO PARK, Calif. & NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AST Private Company Solutions, Inc. (AST PCS), an Equiniti company, is announcing that it has collaborated with Nasdaq Private Market (NPM), a leading marketplace for trading private company stock, to enable private companies to seamlessly manage company-sponsored liquidity events and cap table administration. “By building a link between Astrella…

  • 2021 Annual Private Market Report

    Dramatic demand from both traditional and nontraditional investors is underpinning the transformation of the private market ecosystem. Primary deal cadence and size remain elevated for companies, and secondaries have evolved as an avenue to provide investment allocations to strategic investors not able to engage via primary fundraising rounds. Companies of all stages have benefited from…

  • Nasdaq Private Market Surpasses $40 Billion in Volume

    Nasdaq Private Market (NPM), a leading marketplace for trading private company stock, today announced that it has surpassed $40 billion in transactional volume since its inception in 2013.

  • Misconceptions of Running a Private Company Tender Offer

    Thinking about returning liquidity to your company, investors or shareholders? We provided a list of the top misconceptions while running a tender offer.

  • Fidelity, Nasdaq, and AngelList all agree on one thing: Cap tables need some work

    Buckle up. It’s time to discuss one of the most thrilling documents in the startup world: The cap table. I mean, come on: It’s all in there—shareholders, types of shares, dilution.

  • Nasdaq Private Market Announces a Record 57 Liquidity Transactions in First Six Months of 2021

    Nasdaq Private Market, a leading provider of liquidity solutions for today’s private companies, has published its Mid-Year Private Company Report, which summarizes private company liquidity activity on the Nasdaq Private Market platform for the first six months of 2021. Nasdaq Private Market facilitated 57 private company-sponsored secondary transactions during the period, with total transaction value…

  • Friedman Sees Big Opportunity for Nasdaq Private Market

    Adena Friedman, president and chief executive of Nasdaq, says the firm sees a huge opportunity from spinning out Nasdaq Private Market into a joint venture with a group of banks to accelerate investment and development of new capabilities.