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Forge Global

Founded 2014 · 418 employees on LinkedIn · 11 known investors

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142 people in our graph share verified history with the Forge Global team — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Brad Jakemanunlockedknows Kelly Rodriques · together at Ogilvy Interactive (overlapped)
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×5knows the team · via EQUIAM

Forge operates a secondary marketplace where accredited investors can buy and sell shares in private, pre-IPO companies, backed by real-time pricing data, historical valuation trends, and market signals. It provides pricing insights on private companies (including its proprietary Forge Price metric) and offers optional specialist support to facilitate transactions.

Data & InfrastructureFintechMarketplacesSaaS

Founders & leadership

KRKelly Rodriques
Kelly RodriquesCEOKelly Rodriques is a four-time founder in fintech and CEO of Forge Global, a publicly traded secondary marketplace for shares in private companies that provides pricing data and valuation analytics on the private market.

Investors · 11

Electric Feel Ventures Llclisted by Electric Feel Ventures LlcMiami

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Fairhaven Capital Partnerslisted by Fairhaven Capital Partners
Intercept Ventureslisted by Intercept Ventures

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Juniperolisted by JuniperoMiami

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Khosla Ventureslisted by Khosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M

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Oyster Ventureslisted by Oyster VenturesSan Francisco · $25K – $200K
Perot Jainlisted by Perot JainDallas · $500K

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Streamlined Ventureslisted by Streamlined VenturesPalo Alto · $100K – $1M

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True Global Ventureslisted by True Global VenturesSingapore

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Munich Re VenturesreportedSan Francisco

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Funding

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Competitors · 5

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EquityZen6960 shared keywordsEquityZen operates an online marketplace that gives accredited individual investors access to shares in late-stage private companies through secondary market transactions. Now part of Morgan Stanley, the platform provides private market data, offering documents, and guided investment processes for buying and selling pre-IPO equity.
Nasdaq Private Market6835 shared keywordsNasdaq Private Market operates infrastructure for private-company securities, offering liquidity programs (tender offers, buybacks, auctions), a secondary marketplace for accredited investors to buy and sell pre-IPO shares and funds, market data and intelligence, patented settlement technology, and capital-raising solutions. It serves private companies, employee shareholders, institutional and individual investors, and banks/brokers.
Upmarket4463 shared keywordsUpMarket is an online investment platform and registered broker dealer that enables accredited investors to access alternative assets including pre-IPO companies, hedge funds, and private equity. The platform aims to democratize access to private markets beyond traditional stock market investments.
TradingView3667 shared keywordsTradingView is a charting platform and social network used by over 100 million traders and investors worldwide to analyze and trade across global financial markets. The platform provides tools for technical analysis, market data, and community collaboration for retail and institutional traders.
Seeking Alpha3588 shared keywordsSeeking Alpha is a financial research platform offering stock analysis, market news, investment ideas, and quantitative ratings across asset classes, drawing on a large community of contributing analysts. It serves individual and professional investors seeking research and data-driven insight on stocks and markets.

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Frequently asked questions

What does Forge Global do?
Forge operates a secondary marketplace where accredited investors can buy and sell shares in private, pre-IPO companies, backed by real-time pricing data, historical valuation trends, and market signals. It provides pricing insights on private companies (including its proprietary Forge Price metric) and offers optional specialist support to facilitate transactions.
Who are Forge Global's investors?
Forge Global's investors include Draper Associates, Electric Feel Ventures Llc, Fairhaven Capital Partners, Intercept Ventures, Junipero, Khosla Ventures, Oyster Ventures, Perot Jain and 3 more.