109: Nasdaq Private Market: Helping Fast-Growing VC-Backed Firms Access Liquidity & Stay Private – With Tom Callahan, CEO

Just as the Nasdaq was launched in 1971 to automate the market for securities which were not exchange-listed, so in 2013 the Nasdaq Private Market was created to help solve private company liquidity. Tom discusses how the introduction of the JOBS Act during Obama’s reign accelerated the need to have a market place for buyers and sellers to meet, as well as supporting price discovery & settlement.  Tom explains their growth, rationale, technology and trajectory and why they were spun off in 2021 . He discusses their cornerstone investors and how employees of private companies to early VC backers stand to gain from increased transparency and liquidity. Sign up to our newsletter for more in-depth insights | Follow us on LinkedIn The Money Maze Podcast is kindly sponsored by Schroders,  Bremont Watches, and LiveTrade. We’re pleased to also be supporting GAIN as our 2023 Charitable Partner! DISCLAIMER: NASDAQ PRIVATE MARKET, LLC IS NOT A REGISTERED EXCHANGE UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934. NASDAQ PRIVATE MARKET IS OPERATIONALLY INDEPENDENT AND DISTINCT FROM THE NASDAQ STOCK MARKET LLC. SECURITIES-RELATED SERVICES ARE OFFERED THROUGH NPM SECURITIES, LLC, A MEMBER OF FINRA AND SIPC. NONE OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED REPRESENTS AN OFFER TO BUY OR SELL, OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY OR SELL, ANY SECURITY, NOR DOES IT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO PROVIDE INVESTMENT ADVICE OR SERVICE. INVESTING IN PRIVATE COMPANY SECURITIES IS NOT SUITABLE FOR ALL INVESTORS. IT IS HIGHLY SPECULATIVE AND INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK.