On today’s episode, Clay Finck sits down with Daniel Gallancy to chat about the evolution of capital markets and how equity crowdfunding allows individual investors to get access to new investment opportunities. 

Daniel is the CEO of Atakama. Atakama is a cybersecurity company that is pioneering multifactor encryption, enabling unrivaled data protection through distributed cryptographic key management. Organizations rely on Atakama to protect their most sensitive data, even when identity or rules-based access controls fail. 

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

00:00 - Intro

00:04:30 - How the venture capital space grew from nothing to a $750 billion industry.

00:08:43 - How the returns of venture capital compare to public equity markets.

00:11:46 - The difference between primary and secondary markets.

00:23:26 - How private capital markets have evolved over time with new regulations.

00:30:20 - Which regulations allowed investors to purchase fractional shares in real estate and art.

00:31:35 - How equity crowdfunding differs from traditional crowdfunding.

00:37:16 - What sort of role equity crowdfunding opportunities can play in a portfolio.

00:42:17 - How investors can take advantage of Atakama’s equity crowdfunding round.

Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences.

BOOKS AND RESOURCES

• Learn more about Atakama’s equity crowdfunding round here.
• Find Atakama’s website here.
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