Uber Technologies Inc. conducted one of the largest IPOs of all time, valuing the company at $68 billion. Interestingly, the valuation during the first round of funding was only $3.86 million. That means Uber’s early investors saw a 1,761,558% payday on IPO day. While all of Uber’s original investors were accredited, changes in federal law now allow anyone to invest in high-growth startups on platforms like Start the engine. Investors can even invest in StartEngine itself for a limited time.
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Early investors in Uber include magnates like Jeff Bezos, Goldman Sachs, and Chris Sacca, who count themselves among Uber’s early investors. In fact, none of the $20 billion Uber raised for the IPO came from retail investors. That’s because it just wasn’t legal back then and only the wealthy could get involved.
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For nearly eight decades, only “accredited investors” could invest in early-stage companies such as apple inc in the 1970s or Uber and Metaplatforms Inc. in the early 2000s. Now federal law changes allow anyone to become a venture capitalist in under 10 minutes with just $100.
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Startup investing is a high-risk, high-reward diversification option. Many startups fail, but the ones that go public and make it big bring significant gains to investors. For example, investing $100 in Uber’s earliest round would have made you a millionaire. While this result is rare, it shows the potential for savvy investors.
Dubbed “equity crowdfunding,” this burgeoning industry allows anyone to invest in top startups. New users can even get four shares in StartEngine just for signing up. Platforms like StartEngine have dozens of startups on the site to invest in, and they recently published a list of 40 companies that have exited, meaning some investors are certainly sitting on some respectable profits.
Equity crowdfunding has been consistently successful since it was legalized in the US. For example, over $700 million has been raised on the StartEngine platform alone. And StartEngine recently published their acceptance rate for startups applying on the platform: 1.5%. This means the platform helps filter out the top raises for investors.
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