
Pershing Square Ventures: Ackman's New Evergreen Fund Has a Liquidity Problem
TL;DR: Bill Ackman's Pershing Square disclosed to shareholders around August 13, 2026 that it is launching Pershing Square Ventures Ltd., a new evergreen fund targeting pre-IPO AI and biotech...

EquityZen Review 2026: Fees, Track Record, and Real Risk
Bottom line: EquityZen is a legitimate, SEC-registered broker-dealer marketplace that lets accredited investors buy exposure to pre-IPO companies like SpaceX, OpenAI, and Stripe through single-purpose vehicles, with...

137 Ventures Just Raised $700 Million to Bet Bigger on SpaceX. Here's the Risk Retail Investors Miss
137 Ventures just closed more than $700 million across two new funds , pushing its total assets under management past $15 billion. The firm now owns over 1% of SpaceX, a position founder Justin...

Linqto Review 2026: What Happened
TL;DR: Linqto marketed itself as the easy way to own SpaceX, Ripple, and Anthropic before they went public. In March 2025 it froze customer redemptions, an internal probe found that many customers

Nasdaq Private Market (NPM) Review 2026: Infrastructure, Not a Marketplace
TL;DR: Nasdaq Private Market (NPM) is not a marketplace you browse for pre-IPO stock. It is tender-offer infrastructure that companies hire to run their own liquidity programs, and NPM says it

Forge Global Review 2026: What Pre-IPO Secondaries Actually Cost You
TL;DR: Forge Global is the largest independent marketplace for trading shares in companies that have not gone public yet. Think pre-IPO stakes in the SpaceXs and Stripes of the world, bought and sold