How private investing works: funding rounds, valuation, risks and deal mechanics — explained apart from the news cycle.
IPO allocation is the distribution of shares among investors before listing. In practice, this means that demand is almost always higher than supply, which means that not only money is important, but also the quality ...
The lock-up period is the timeframe after an IPO during which insiders and early investors cannot freely sell shares. For the market, this serves as an important stabilizer because it prevents immediate selling pressu...
Red flags in Pre IPO are not only poor financial performance. Most often, a red flag appears where the presentation looks too smooth, and the data in different sources does not match each other. You need to look at cu...
The upcoming IPO should be analyzed not as good news, but as a deal with a specific entry logic. It is important to understand whether the company has growth, which is already confirmed by revenue, and how willing the...
The IPO price is not formed in a vacuum: it is influenced by demand from institutional investors, the quality of the roadshow, comparable companies, and overall market sentiment. If all these factors align, the placem...
The IPO price is not determined in a vacuum: it is influenced by demand from institutional investors, the quality of roadshows, comparable companies and the general mood in the market. If it all adds up, the placement...
Revenue and growth are two basic signals, but you need to look at them together, not separately. A fast growing company with poor earnings quality may underperform a slow but steady story. It is useful to look at the ...
Primary market is a transaction directly with a company or issuer, and secondary is the purchase of an existing package from the current owner. The difference seems technical, but for the investor it determines the en...
Liquidity is not only the ability to quickly sell an asset, but also the price at which this can be done without a strong discount. In private markets, this topic is especially important: an asset can be of high quali...
Beginner investor mistakes most often start not with asset selection, but with overestimating one's own time horizon and patience. When an investor doesn't understand how long capital can be frozen, they create a prob...
Real estate is often viewed as a defensive asset, but in private strategies, it functions not on its own but as part of the overall portfolio structure. Key considerations include the asset's liquidity, jurisdiction, ...
A unicorn refers to a private company valued at over $1 billion. But for investors, what matters more than the status itself is the combination of growth speed, market scale, and the ability to convert demand into sus...
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