Sunday, February 06, 2011

Want to invest in Facebook, Twitter or Zynga? The secondary market exist.

The secondary market is facing a huge Internet private market stock bubble. Facebook is valued at $64 billion on Sharespost,com , Zynga at $6 billion, Twitter at  $4 billion, LinkedIn at $2.5 billion, eHarmony at $667M, Goupon $5 billion, Huffington Post at $112M.  Most of those firms will become public firms trading on official stock markets in 1-3 years, or sooner.  The social network sector is very hot right now, maybe too hot for value investors.

In order to trade, one must register at www.sharespost.com 

To view these opportunities, securities laws require that you must first be qualified by their affiliated broker-dealer as an accredited investor. Once qualified, you will be able to access information about auctions, private placement memorandums and other offering materials. SharesPost then connects you directly with the managers of these offerings, and, whenever possible, the companies’ executives, so you can ask questions and come to an investment decision.


It necessitates a $1M value in net worth and over $200,000 in revenues per year.

However, it is normally recommanded, to not invest more than 5% in private equity for a portfolio minimum well over $1,000,000. 

Louis Rhéaume
Infocom Intelligence
louis@infocomintelligence.com

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