A private company is a company held under private ownership with shares that are not traded publicly on exchanges.
Questions tagged [private-company]
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How can I sell my shares in a privately-owned company I used to be employed by?
Basically, I was a software developer at a company and I was issued some stock options early on, before the company grew significantly. The company then hired a CEO who pledged to take the company public, eventually. This never happened and…
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Am I a billionaire if a friend gives me $1000 for 0.0001% of my "company"?
If my friend gives me a thousand dollars for 0.0001% of my "company", am I technically a Billionaire now?
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If he wanted control of the company, why didn't Elon Musk buy 51% of Twitter shares instead of 100%?
This might be a simple question but the answer escapes me.
Elon Musk wanted full control of Twitter, so he bought every outstanding share and made the company private.
Couldn't he have achieved the same result by buying only 50%+1 while leaving the…
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"Marked down as someone wanting to sell shares." What does that mean?
A few years ago I and a few friends created a company based on the web. During the raising funds period, we got a plan for $500,000 for 20% and we got investors. The last news about investors that I have refers to 2017: the investor got 15% for…
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Why is it reported as news that a company has "raised money"?
For example, it's been reported that upGrad raised 120 million from Temasek. What does this really mean? Why would a education company want to raise money from another investment company? What is the involvement of the investment company here?
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Ram Solutions Group, genuine or scammer?
I have received an email from RAM SOLUTIONS GROUP offering to buy my shares at a higher price than I paid.
How do I check this company is genuine?
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What are my rights as a small investor in private equity, and what can I do about the company not responding to me?
I invested a small amount of money into my previous employer's employee stock options program. When I left the company a few years ago, I decided to exercise some options that had already vested.
The company is still around, still private, but I…
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Why would a company prevent their employees from selling their pre-IPO equity?
I have heard and read that some non-publicly traded companies prevent their employees from selling their pre-IPO equity. Why would they have such a policy?
For example, from How to Sell Private Company Stock (mirror):
A sale of private stock must…
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How should I inject working capital into my company?
Me and two partners started a company earlier this year. Each of us owns 33.33% of the shares. Right now we are generating enough income to cover our monthly expenses, but we have already signed new clients that will allow us to turn some profit…
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Regulations regarding investing in a private business
There have been a couple of years where, after maxing out contributions to retirement accounts, I've had some disposable money left over that I'd like to invest in something other than publicly traded funds.
I live in a community with lots of…
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Can a company with a very large valuation still be held privately?
We see many companies with extremely high valuations like Microsoft, Google, Amazon etc. All these companies are held publicly. (Although the founder might be holding a large portion of the shares; I am not asking about that.)
In the past, these…
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Why is it ever a good idea to found a company?
I have a side project with a few friends that's gradually getting more serious. We're nearly at the stage where we'll be taking some early clients, which is really exciting after about a year of intermittent part-time effort. The product is a web…
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Can a Croatian citizen start a company in Ireland, to reduce income taxes?
I'm a software developer freelancer with Croatian citizenship, and I need to start a company in order to pay income tax.
It's my understanding that my home country will incur 20-40% tax based on my income, whereas Ireland will only incur up to 12.5%…
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Should I contribute to my employer's Employee Stock Program (ESPP), and if so how much and only during certain times of the year?
Although it is company-specific, what are your experiences when contributing to ESPP (Employee Stock Program)?
More specifically, do you recommend contributing to ESPP in max? Or maybe it is only worth during certain times throughout the year?…
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Do pension pots get interest?
Pension pot is the money, the employee and sometimes the employer and the government pay that gets accumulated into pension fund.
But my question is, that this pension fund is basically a bank account, and does this account get interest over the…
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