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Nasdaq Private Market

3 East 28th Street, 7th Floor, New York, California, 10016, United States

Overview

Nasdaq Private Market (NPM) runs a full-service platform that supports structured liquidity programs, trading, settlement, and data services for private-market participants. To date, the company has executed almost $70 billion in transaction volume for more than 200,000 eligible employee shareholders and investors, spanning over 900 company-sponsored liquidity programs. Its technology facilitates secondary transactions and other liquidity events, giving private companies a means to manage equity and provide shareholder liquidity prior to an IPO or exit. Management, led by CEO Tom Callahan and CFO René Paula, plans to scale operations, invest in product innovation around secondary transactions, enhance global distribution, and integrate AI tools. The firm reports that its valuation has quadrupled since its Series B round in 2024, underscoring rapid growth and increasing market demand. With fresh capital, NPM intends to accelerate platform enhancements and expand its international reach, further embedding itself in the private-market ecosystem.

Total raised
$100M
Funding rounds
2
Latest round
Series C
Latest activity
Jan 2026

Industries

  • Finance
  • Financial Exchanges
  • Financial Services
  • FinTech
  • Stock Exchanges
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Recent funding

  1. Series C

    Jan 2026

    $38M

  2. Series B

    Feb 2024

    $62M

Team

  • Tom Callahan

    Chief Executive Officer

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  • Eric Folkemer

    Co-Founder, President and COO

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  • Phil Germann

    Director, Capital Markets

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  • Sharif Khaleel

    Managing Director and Head of Institutional Trading

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