Has anyone used EquityZen to invest in secondary markets?

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Dont you need to qualify to buy pre ipo companies? Like a million dollars net worth?

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Interested as well.

My thinking is put no more than 5% of total investable money into pre-IPO companies, and then reap the benefits should any of them go parabolic.

Agreed. Would love to get someone’s perspective on the complexities involved, which seem to be quite a few, based on the read up of the site.

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You can either have 1m net worth or earn 200k/year or more individually, or 300k/year with spouse

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