Dataset

secondary-market-prices

Trading prices and liquidity metrics for shares of privately held companies in their later growth stages.

Dataset card

Forge Global publishes a dataset of secondary-market prices for private company shares, reflecting trading activity in the private-equity secondaries market. The product is offered under a commercial license by Forge Global, a primary venue for private share transactions.

What this dataset contains

The dataset captures secondary-market prices for shares of private companies, a category of pre-IPO liquidity where investors trade existing equity rather than newly issued shares. Coverage focuses on growth-stage and late-stage private issuers, aligning with Forge Global's role as a secondary trading platform. Exact size, refresh cadence and historical depth are not disclosed.

Structure and fields

The published schema and column definitions are not documented in the available materials, so individual fields such as issuer identifier, transaction date, share class or price cannot be confirmed. Without a verified schema, downstream consumers cannot rely on specific column names for systematic analysis. Analysts should obtain the data dictionary directly from Forge Global before integrating the feed.

How analysts use it

Investors tracking private-market valuation signals can use the series to observe how frequently specific growth-stage companies trade and at what implied valuations, supplementing primary research for late-stage venture and growth-equity portfolios. The feed may also support benchmarking of private-company marks against reported funding rounds. Given the absence of disclosed field-level detail, any quantitative use should be preceded by confirmation of the schema and licensing terms.

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