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Forge in the News

June 23, 2023

Forge Global CEO: The private market index is trading up for the first time in two years

Forge Global CEO Kelly Rodriques joins ‘The Exchange’ to discuss growing momentum in the IPO market, secondary markets for investment into private companies, and late-stage private market valuations.

November 23, 2022

How startups can lower their chance of a down round in a downturn

Data from Forge’s November 2022 report indicates that startups that raised earlier in the present downturn wound up collecting fewer down rounds and received better overall pricing than their more reticent brethren.

May 20, 2022

How will public markets impact private valuations and exits? Investors weigh in.

Painful decisions are coming for business leaders due to a public market downturn and narrowing exit options for startups, but eventually the best businesses will emerge from the current market stronger. That seemed to be the consensus from a panel discussion hosted on Thursday by Forge Global, a private securities marketplace based in San Francisco.

May 20, 2022

The Tech Selloff Is About to Cause Big Problems for Start-Ups, Too

Forge Global CEO Kelly Rodriques, who I recently interviewed for a Barron’s Live event, notes that most private transactions in pre-IPO shares still take place at prices above the last completed financing round—but the premium is shrinking.

May 19, 2022

New Valuation Data Show Private Companies Weathering the Downturn Better Than Public Peers

Investors are getting more comprehensive and timely data on the valuations of private companies, thanks to the rise of marketplaces to trade shares. According to the latest report from Forge Global, the average price of companies trading on the platform dropped 8.9 percent between the last quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2022. Meanwhile, the price of newly-listed companies measured in the Renaissance IPO Index plunged 31.2 percent as the public markets sustained substantial price corrections in the past few months.

May 18, 2022

Down-rounds are ahead for tech startups

Driving the news: Forge Global, which operates a private stock marketplace, reports a record amount of sell-side interest and a significant decline in trading valuations.

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