Shareholders

Selling your equity shares used to be a challenge, but with DC Invest, it’s easy to get cash for your private shares without dealing with a mountain of paperwork. Whether you’re an employee at a startup looking to diversify your portfolio or an angel investor seeking liquidity from an early investment, DC Invest can help you obtain the liquidity you need. DC Invest assists you in selling your shares to finance life’s major private expenses: whether it’s for a new home, a student loan, an engagement ring, or even your dream car. List your shares now and discover your true net worth.

Unlock your equity and diversify your portfolio. If your wealth is tied up in employee equity, join over 180,000 global shareholders and investors who have accessed liquidity through our marketplace and diversified their wealth. Transactions are company-friendly. The information we provide is kept confidential until sufficient market demand is identified. Then we work with the issuer to facilitate the completion of the transaction. Achieve life’s milestones on your own schedule. Buy a house, start a family, or pay for your child’s tuition. Your life shouldn’t have to be put on hold. Companies have a different timeline and take longer to go public. Guided transactions. Our platform guides you through the complex process of transferring holdings and keeps you updated on the progress of your sale. Execute all your transfer documents easily with DC Invest and manage them.

Sell your pre-IPO shares and diversify your holdings.

DC Invest supports shareholders of established and private technology companies in obtaining liquidity for their illiquid corporate shares. We conduct due diligence and research to ensure that you, as an investor, are best supported. Your equity is listed on our marketplace as an investment offering to gauge interest from potential investors. Typically, the offer is featured on our website and in our weekly investor newsletters for two weeks. If there is sufficient investor demand, we enter into a placement agreement with you. This agreement sets out the details of the sale, such as the price per share and the number of shares, and formalizes our intention to complete the transaction. Once the placement agreement is signed, we work with investors to finalize their investments, create documents, and collect funds.

DC Invest confirms demand. We review your shareholder documents to ensure that your participation on our platform does not violate agreements with the company. As part of due diligence, we conduct a valuation analysis of the company and use this along with publicly available information, benchmarks, and other market data to initiate pricing and list your stock on our marketplace.

Complete transaction. Once investment commitments are secured, we provide the necessary documents and information to inform the company of your intention to sell your shares. To execute the sale, we work directly with the company. Typically, our transactions are completed within 2-3 weeks after receiving company approval or the company’s decision on pre-emption rights.

Receive sale proceeds. After company approval of the sale, you will be asked to sign a share transfer agreement to transfer the shares to a large IPO fund. Finally, we transfer the proceeds of the transaction from the escrow account to your bank account. DC Invest typically charges a 5% fee for the seller when the transaction is completed. For larger sales, fees may be reduced.