[aliljet]

The public can absolutely participate in this by way of syndication deals. Those syndicates are what's covering up the true extent of ownership and they're essentially charging for access with their fees. It's oddly shady, poorly regulated, and more expensive than just being public, but everyone can ride this ride.

[beambot]

The general public absolutely cannot. You have to be an accredited investor or qualified purchaser; you need to have access; you have to pay carry & fees (maybe multiple, stacked middlemen).

[aliljet]

The path to declaring yourself accredited is uniquely easy. Just say it. The whole space is deeply unregulated and unaudited. What makes it insane is that those middleman are making a small fortune exploiting this loophole protecting large companies from being forced to go public. The number is 2000 private investors. Rest assured, more than 2000 individuals have money in Stripe today. It's a total scam.

[sarjann]

Is there a pure stripe fund though? What if I just want exposure to stripe and not the rest of their portfolio?

[rco8786]

Not really. You still have to be an accredited investor AND financially savvy enough to have the awareness of what syndicate deals are and how to find them and participate.

[walletdrainer]

> You still have to be an accredited investor

Which means that you have to be able to repeat after me “I am an accredited investor”, that’s the actual full list of requirements.

[dyauspitr]

How exactly?

[Sherl]

Robinhood just launched a new ventures vehicle and Stripe could be "supposedly" part of it. Robinhood Ventures Fund I (RVI),

[aliljet]

The easiest way? Angelist.