M&A Deal Summary

Forge Global Acquires SharesPost

On May 12, 2020, Forge Global acquired financial services company SharesPost from ClearVision Equity Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Forge Global’s 2nd transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Forge Global’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Forge Global’s 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2020-05-12
Target SharesPost
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) Forge Global
Sellers(s) ClearVision Equity Partners
Deal Type Merger

Target

SharesPost

San Francisco, California, United States
SharesPost is a provider of liquidity solutions to the private growth asset class. The company's platform fosters transparency by publishing private market data, research, and valuation tools. SharesPost helped launch the private tech growth market in 2009 and has built one of the leading platforms for secondary transactions and Initial Coin Offerings pursuant to Reg. D. SharesPost was founded in 2009 and is based in San Francisco, California.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Forge Global

San Francisco, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 2014
Sector Internet Software and Services
Revenue 79M USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Forge Global operates a marketplace that facilitates trading of shares in privately held companies and provides data and analytics on private-market valuations and liquidity trends. The Company serves institutional and individual investors seeking access to pre-IPO equity. Forge Global was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector: Financial Services M&A 2 of 2
Type: Merger M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: California M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2020 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-03-28 IRA Services Trust Co.

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States

IRA Services Trust Co. is a non-depository trust company with $11.1 billion in Assets under Custody (as of 12/31/2018). IRA Services Trust is regulated by the State of South Dakota Division of Banking and acts as a custodian of self-directed IRA accounts across a wide range of private investments. IRA Services Trust was founded in 2008 and is based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

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Seller(S) 1

DESCRIPTION

ClearVision Equity Partners is a growth capital firm focused on early to growth-stage investments in Southern California-based companies. The Firm looks to commit $500K to $1.5 million per transaction and will consider all industries except life science. ClearVision generally seeks to be an active partner, looking to assist portfolio companies with recruiting talent and strategy. ClearVision Equity Partners was formed in 2017 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector: Financial Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Merger M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: California M&A 2 of 3
Country: United States M&A 2 of 3
Year: 2020 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-04-19 Zesty.io

San Diego, California, United States

Zesty.io is a SaaS cloud-based content management system for creating, deploying, maintaining and optimizing website content. Its subscription technology propagates content automatically onto multiple websites, mobile apps, and Internet of Things devices from a single portal allowing parallel development between front end developers, designers, and non-technical content managers.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-01-01 Sandstone Diagnostics

Pleasanton, California, United States

Sandstone Diagnostics is a Bay Area biotech company developing instruments and consumables for point-of-care medical testing. Sandstone’s lead product, Trak, is a consumer test kit that provides a simple and accurate way to monitor key male fertility parameters from the comfort of home. Sandstone Diagnostics was founded in 2012 and is based in Livermore, California.

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