{"id":10072,"date":"2021-07-07T12:31:27","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T16:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/?p=10072"},"modified":"2021-07-07T12:31:27","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T16:31:27","slug":"pre-ipo-stock-offerings-put-main-street-investors-at-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/pre-ipo-stock-offerings-put-main-street-investors-at-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-IPO Stock Offerings Put Main Street Investors At Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9890 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/FiverrLossesSmall.jpg\" alt=\"A growing trend in the brokerage industry is for financial advisers to offer their customers access to pre-IPO \u201cdeals\u201d. Often, investors are promised \u201cinside access\u201d to invest in start-ups or even well-known companies before the initial public offerings (\u201cIPOs\u201d), but in reality investors are just investing in some sort of venture or company that promises to acquire the pre-IPO shares.  While the sales pitch of getting in on the ground floor of growing companies can be enticing to retail investors, many pre-IPO investment \u201cvehicles\u201d are in fact complex products that contain hidden commissions and fees that make it nearly impossible for investors to turn a profit.  Investors should be weary of these products. While there are legitimate and profitable ways to invest in pre-IPO companies, this type of investment is highly susceptible to fraud, self-dealing, and other misconduct and these products are sometimes sold by unregistered brokers and there is even a risk that these products can be outright frauds.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/FiverrLossesSmall.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/FiverrLossesSmall-180x120.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>A growing trend in the brokerage industry is for financial advisers to offer their customers access to pre-IPO \u201cdeals\u201d. Often, investors are promised \u201cinside access\u201d to invest in start-ups or even well-known companies before the initial public offerings (\u201cIPOs\u201d), but in reality investors are just investing in some sort of venture or company that promises to acquire the pre-IPO shares. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/pre-ipo-stock-offerings-put-main-street-investors-at-risk\/#more-10072\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A growing trend in the brokerage industry is for financial advisers to offer their customers access to pre-IPO \u201cdeals\u201d. Often, investors are promised \u201cinside access\u201d to invest in start-ups or even well-known companies before the initial public offerings (\u201cIPOs\u201d), but in reality investors are just investing in some sort of venture or company that promises [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[595,580],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-investment-fraud","category-stockbroker-misconduct"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pre-IPO Stock Offerings Put Main Street Investors At Risk &#8212;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"While the sales pitch can be enticing, many pre-IPO investments are complex products with hidden fees that make it 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