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EquityZen Blog
Company blog · equityzen.com/blogstartupsbusiness
EquityZen Blog is the company blog at equityzen.com, writing about startups and business. Since 2014, 29 different Hacker News readers have linked it 126 times, most often “What if I joined Uber out of college? How much is that equity worth now?”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-22, and you can follow it by feed.
Rarely recommended · 1 of 38 sampled comments recommend it?
Why HN links it
HN readers mostly mention EquityZen as a pre-IPO secondary marketplace. They cite its blog for path-to-IPO infographics on companies like Box, Etsy and Shopify, and for equity-compensation guides, including a Uber case study.
- Recommended for · 1 comments
- One commenter calls its equity guide one of the better guides and points to the list of questions at the end to ask.1
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 38 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- /careers/3 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2015-10-01
- /3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2016-02-19
- /careers/?fullstack-intern3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2017-04-04
- /press/2 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2015-12-01
- What if I joined Uber out of college? How much is that equity worth now?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-07-22
- LSVP made 2000x on their Snap investment. Two Thousand Times2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-02-03
- /2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-09-30
- Metrics Required for Series A2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-09-17
- /blog/box-path-to-ipo/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-04-02
- Bill of Rights – How Startup Employees Often Get Screwed2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-07-17
What Hacker News says?
Is there anyone here who sold pre-IPO equity using companies like https://equityzen.com ? Can you describe your experience?
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on “What I Wish I'd Known About Equity Before Joining a Unicorn”Submitted SEC due to review the definition of accredited investor as a story · 67 points
HN discussionWould making secondary market accessible to employees after a cliff - i.e. 2 years - solve this issue of "lottery tickets" we hear all the time? If we let employees access liquidity events by having the board organizing restricted secondary sales every year, then their options will have a higher probability to have real value? After all, VCs have lot less risk than employees... We can't diversify our portfolio like…
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on “Options vs. Cash”Submitted Bill of Rights – How Startup Employees Often Get Screwed as a story · 19 points
HN discussionEquityZen | Engineering Lead | New York City | Full-Time | https://equityzen.com/careers/?englead Tim Draper & Dave McClure backed, EquityZen is an early-mid stage FinTech firm, bringing private markets to the public. Our platform enables large, private companies to helps their shareholders get cash, while providing investors access to invest in these pre-IPO companies. EquityZen has served 60+ premier tech and digi…
Comment linking /careers/?fullstack-intern
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2017)”Submitted Ben Narasin Dropping Knowledge on VC and Private Markets as a story · 9 points
HN discussionEquityZen | Engineering Lead | New York City | Full-Time | https://equityzen.com/careers/?englead Tim Draper & Dave McClure backed, EquityZen is an early-mid stage FinTech firm, bringing private markets to the public. Our platform enables large, private companies to helps their shareholders get cash, while providing investors access to invest in these pre-IPO companies. EquityZen has served 60+ premier tech and digi…
Comment linking /careers/?fullstack-intern
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2017)”Submitted Know How You're Getting Paid by Your Startup as a story · 9 points
HN discussionLooks like some of the QE description was cut off, please find it below: - Quality Engineer, Test Automation: https://equityzen.com/careers/?quality-engineer This is a mid-level automation engineer role that will ensure code is working as advertised when shipped to production. Our ideal candidate loves the automation space, is able to spot both happy and edge cases with ease, and can easily translate product behavio…
Comment linking /careers/?quality-engineer
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2018)”Submitted SEC's New Regulation A+ and What It Means for Startups – EquityZen as a story · 7 points
HN discussionEquityZen | New York, NY, USA | Full-Time | Onsite | https://equityzen.com/careers/ EquityZen's mission is to bring private markets to the public. Wealth creation has historically only been accessible by those already wealthy. We have already opened up access to 10,000 times as many folks as before, and are working to put it within reach of a third of the world. We have facilitated 5,000+ private placements in 100+…
Comment linking /careers/
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2018)”Submitted Infographic: How VCs Did in the LendingClub IPO as a story · 7 points
HN discussionEquityZen | Engineering Lead | New York City | Full-Time | https://equityzen.com/careers/?englead Tim Draper & Dave McClure backed, EquityZen is an early-mid stage FinTech firm, bringing private markets to the public. Our platform enables large, private companies to helps their shareholders get cash, while providing investors access to invest in these pre-IPO companies. EquityZen has served 60+ premier tech and digi…
Comment linking /careers/?fullstack-intern
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2017)”Submitted Nutanix IPO: Distribution of Investor Returns as a story · 6 points
HN discussionEquityZen | Manhattan, NYC | Onsite | Full Time EquityZen improves the way startup employees are paid. We unlock the value of their equity compensation in a way that benefits all key players: the shareholder, the company, and the investor. We build industry-defining technology as the premier platform for private placements. Watch the short video here to learn more: https://equityzen.com/press/ Why join EquityZen? Ou…
Comment linking /careers/
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2015)”Submitted FinTech Firms Should Be Prepared to Plan Their Own Funerals as a story · 6 points
HN discussionEquityZen | Engineering Lead | NYC | https://equityzen.com/careers/?englead | Full Time | Onsite Quant and EquityZen Founder here. We're looking for someone to take over A-Z of engineering in building the best in class investment platform. We're looking for experienced folks to teach us: 3+ years software engineering & 2+ years in engineering lead/manager role. Tech experience must; FinTech experience preferred. Equ…
Comment linking /careers/?englead
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2017)”Submitted Best 10 Unicorns to Work For as a story · 6 points
HN discussionEquityZen | Front-End Software Engineer | NYC | https://equityzen.com/careers/?frontend | Full Time | Onsite EquityZen works with 60+ of the largest private tech / digital health companies, and acts as a matchmaker between shareholders (VCs, employees) and investors (HNWIs, Family Offices). With ~20,000 sophisticated investors from 30+ countries, EquityZen's platform is expanding rapidly with a small team (~20). We'…
Comment linking /careers/?frontend
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2017)”Submitted How Should Founders Split Equity? as a story · 6 points
HN discussionEquityZen | Manhattan, NYC | Onsite | Full Time EquityZen improves the way startup employees are paid. We unlock the value of their equity compensation in a way that benefits all key players: the shareholder, the company, and the investor. We build industry-defining technology as the premier platform for private placements. Watch the short video here to learn more: https://equityzen.com/press/ Why join EquityZen?Our…
Comment linking /press/
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2016)”Submitted How Startup Employees and Angels Should Think Liquidity in a Down Market as a story · 5 points
HN discussionEquityZen | Manhattan, NYC | Onsite | Full Time EquityZen improves the way startup employees are paid. We unlock the value of their equity compensation in a way that benefits all key players: the shareholder, the company, and the investor. We build industry-defining technology as the premier platform for private placements. Watch the short video here to learn more: https://equityzen.com/press/ Why join EquityZen?Our…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2016)”Submitted Predicting the Pure Storage IPO with Data as a story · 5 points
HN discussionThe number of total publicly traded companies isn't projected to get anywhere close to historical levels in the near future. There are steps being considered to change the current definition of accredited investors and/or to permit non-accredited investors to participate in private investments. See helpful reading/viewing: - http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20170224/FREE/17022994... - https://equityzen.com/blog…
Comment linking /blog/alternatives-part-of-investment-portfolio/
on “Vanguard Is Growing Faster Than Everybody Else Combined”Submitted Fitbit: Path to IPO [Infographic] – EquityZen as a story · 5 points
HN discussionHere are a couple of must-reads if you have received ISO, NSO, RSUs: https://equityzen.com/blog/understanding-rsus-like-your-boss... https://equityzen.com/blog/understanding-equity-compensation... Disclaimer: I'm with EquityZen. EquityZen helps employees get liquidity for some of their options/shares before the company exits, so not only can they afford the exercise, but also finance life events.
Comment linking /blog/understanding-equity-compensation-for-startup-employees/
on “Pinterest lets employees exercise options 7 years after leaving”Submitted Considerations for Your Startup Equity Compensation as a story · 5 points
HN discussionEquityZen | NYC | Full-time, ONSITE | Full Stack and Front End https://equityzen.com/careers/?full-stack-engineer https://equityzen.com/careers/?front-end-engineer EquityZen is an early-mid stage financial technology company, backed by leading venture and private equity investors. We’re looking for experienced Engineers to join our growing team as we rapidly expand our industry-defining online investment platform. O…
Comment linking /careers/?front-end-engineer
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2019)”Submitted Startup Employee Bill of Rights as a story · 5 points
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