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Linqto's vision is "Private Investing Made Simple". Our mission is to make investing in private companies as easy and accessible as investing in the public stock market. Our platform features high growth, technology driven companies who we believe will go public or be acquired within 5 years. Ripple, Polysign, Epic Games, Zipline- these are just a few of the companies we have featured on our platform. Robinhood, Coinbase, and SoFi are examples of companies that our investors were able to purchase before they were publicly traded and experienced an IPO within a year.
Yes. Per US regulations, all of our investors must be accredited. Unsure about your accreditation status? Visit our Accreditation Page to learn more, upload your documentation on our Investor Status Page, and Linqto can usually accredit you within 48 hours. At Linqto there will always be an experienced financial professional reviewing your accreditation details, and we work hard to ensure that even investors who are a bit off the beaten path can be accredited.
Not an issue at Linqto. Unlike other firms, Linqto isn’t simply a broker. We won’t put your money into escrow while we wait for the underlying company to (hopefully) approve the deal. Instead, before we feature an investment in a company, Linqto has already taken its own capital and fully bought the company’s shares. So when you come to Linqto, we already own the shares. This means we can transfer that exposure to you immediately, and there is no risk of the deal falling through. Every offering you see on Linqto’s platform is 100% guaranteed to close.
Instead of waiting months for deals to complete (and running the risk of the deal falling through while you wait), at Linqto you can complete a deal in under a minute. Just log into our website or app on your Apple or Android device, select your company and amount to allocate, and make your investment.
At Linqto we want to make this market accessible for all investors. No one wants to be forced to put all of their eggs into one basket. All of our investments come with a minimum investment of only $5,000. This allows you to diversify your holdings across a number of companies- an important aspect of achieving consistent returns in the private markets.
Our Invest page provides a quick view of the companies on our platform, along with a brief description and what industry they're in. When you view an individual company, we provide in depth information about that company including key facts from our investment team, leadership team, funding rounds and key investors, as well as the Implied Valuation based on the unit share price.
Once you know which company you want to invest in, use the slider to select the size of your investment. After you click the Place Order button, you'll be asked to choose your payment method, which can be a linked Uphold account or your Linqto cash balance*. Lastly, you'll be presented with a review page where you can review your investment and associated agreements and place the order.
*Some accounts may be subject to our legacy Wire Transfer process. When you go to place an order and choose Wire Transfer as the payment method, instructions will be provided once you place your order and we will confirm with you upon receipt of your funds. Funds must be received within 5 business days of the order being placed, after which the order will be cancelled.
Yes! Simply reach out to our team of experienced financial professional at invest@linqto.com with the details of your retirement account. We will create a separate entity through which you can invest via your retirement vehicle. This entity will sit within your same Linqto account for maximum convenience. When it is time to invest, you’ll be presented with a dropdown menu where you can choose to invest through your personal account or your retirement account. You’ll have the flexibility, within the same Linqto account, to make one investment in your personal account, and the next in your retirement vehicle.
Yes! Simply reach out to our team of experienced financial professionals at support@linqto.com with the details of your LLC, Trust, or other entity. We will set up this entity through which you can invest. This entity will sit within your same Linqto account for maximum convenience, and has its own cash account that you can add funds via a wire transfer or linked bank account. When it is time to invest, you’ll be presented with a dropdown menu where you can choose to invest through your personal account or your other entity. You’ll have the flexibility, within the same Linqto account, to make one investment in your personal account, and the next in your other entity.
You can verify your identity on our website or mobile app. Once you’ve created your account, you will be directed to a screen that allows you to scan either your passport (available for investors worldwide) or driver's license (available for US investors). Once you’ve scanned your passport or driver’s license, you will be asked to take a selfie to complete our KYC process.
If you are based outside the USA with no passport, please email invest@linqto.com a picture of the front and back of your national identity card or driver’s license as well as a picture of yourself (selfie) for us to manually verify your identity.
Currently, Linqto allows investors to gain exposure to the stock of private companies. However, this is only the first part of Linqto’s vision. The second part is to create a venue where these investments can be freely traded. If you’re imagining something like a stock exchange for private companies, you’re thinking exactly like us.
This sort of venue doesn’t currently exist, as regulations have made it too cumbersome. With the development of Linqto’s platform and the growth of the private markets, this is starting to change. Linqto is actively working with regulators to develop this sort of an exchange, and we believe it will be an incredibly important development in the private market, for Linqto and our investors.
For the time being, until this sort of venue becomes possible, investors will not have the ability to liquidate their positions before an exit. At Linqto, we do our best to feature companies which, based on our research, are actively working towards an exit. We are proud of our track record of exits, but ultimately we cannot guarantee that all of our investments will experience an exit.
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