• Wall Street wants to disrupt private share trading

    Wall Street firms such as Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley are muscling in on the booming market for private share trading – and potentially disrupting existing technology platforms.

  • Nasdaq to Spin Out Market for Pre-IPO Shares in Deal With Banks

    With strategic investments from Nasdaq, Silicon Valley Bank, Citi, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, Nasdaq Private Market will become a standalone, independent company to build a leading platform for private company stock transactions.

  • Nasdaq, SVB, Citi, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley Launch New Platform for Trading Private Company Stock

    Nasdaq, SVB Financial Group, Citi, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley today announced a joint venture to establish an institutional-grade, centralized secondary trading venue for issuers, brokers, shareholders and prospective investors of private company stock.

  • Nasdaq Private Market is set to be its own company

    Nasdaq ( NDAQ -1.84% ) partners with several banks to spin off Nasdaq Private Market as a stand-alone company. Ally Financial ( ALLY 1.65% ) shares rise after strong second-quarter profits. In this episode of MarketFoolery, Motley Fool analyst Asit Sharma analyzes those stories and discusses the long-term investing ripple effects of Jeff Bezos’ trip…

  • 2021 Mid-Year Private Market Report

    As the first half of 2021 concludes and the economy moves forward from the pandemic, the private market continues to grow. Throughout the year, valuations have reached new heights and deal cadence has reached previously unseen levels, both for NPM and the private market more broadly. 1H 2021 Market Highlights and Trends

  • First Quarter 2021 Private Market Report

    NPM breaks $30B in total volume transacted and records most programs in a first quarter since its inception. Through quarter close, NPM has surpassed more than 450 company-sponsored liquidity programs. Q1 2021 Market Highlights and Trends

  • The Market Minute: When You Want Liquidity But Don’t Want To Wait For An IPO

    For many startup employees, it often seems like the only options for liquidating their shares and receiving a payout for their equity in a company is to wait for it to go public or be acquired.

  • 2020 Private Market Annual Report

    Despite the initial uncertainty prompted by the coronavirus pandemic, NPM conducted a record 90 programs in 2020, generating a total program value of $4.5 billion as companies sought to reward and retain employees. Since its inception, NPM has conducted over 450 liquidity programs involving more than 49,000 participants, which has generated more than $29 billion…

  • Nasdaq Private Market on Pace for Record Fourth Quarter, Anticipates Strong Pipeline for 2021

    Nasdaq Private Market anticipates its strongest fourth quarter on record, driven by a surge in private company-sponsored liquidity programs.

  • 2020 Mid-Year Private Market Report

    Nasdaq Private Market had a record first quarter in 2020, fueled in part by momentum of late 2019. An extraordinarily busy January and February helped offset the slowdown in transaction activity in April and May, when private companies briefly stepped back from secondary transactions in the wake of market turbulence brought on by the pandemic.…