SharesPost Adds Arcstone Equity Research and NewSpace Global as Research Providers

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SharesPost Financial Corporation (Member FINRA, SIPC), the market for today’s fast-growing private companies, today announced the addition of Arcstone Equity Research and NewSpace Global to its roster of third-party research providers. SharesPost’s independent research reports provide investment analysis to inform members buying and selling private company stock. The SharesPost platform delivers the most complete data set available for companies highlighted on the SharesPost marketplace – more than 85,000 reports have been downloaded to date.

“SharesPost is committed to providing our more than 110,000 members with insightful, current research on promising private companies”

“SharesPost is committed to providing our more than 110,000 members with insightful, current research on promising private companies,” said Sam Hayes, Executive Vice President of SharesPost. “We are pleased to now offer research from Arcstone and NewSpace Global, two high quality providers with substantial experience in evaluating the prospects for emerging growth companies.”

Both Arcstone and NewSpace Global reports include detailed market data, estimated current revenue and projected growth rates and valuation opinions.

Arcstone's most recent report on Etsy estimates the 2012 revenue of this ecommerce leader at $80 million, up more than 70% year over year. The report further concludes Etsy could be valued at $600 to $700 million or $3.03 to $3.54 per share.

NewSpace Global's recent report on SpaceX estimates their 2012 revenue exceeded $400 million and employee count reached 2,000.

“Arcstone strives to produce institutional-quality research of private companies,” said Bo Brustkern, Managing Director at Arcstone. “We see SharesPost as a critical service for investors, shareholders and issuers, and are happy to now provide our research through SharesPost.”

ABOUT SHARESPOST

SharesPost Financial Corporation is the market for today's fast-growing private companies, their shareholders and qualified investors. SharesPost enables companies to manage liquidity and raise primary capital online; provides investors access to private companies through direct investments and managed funds; offers shareholders liquidity options; and empowers option holders to exercise their options.

With a listing of over 150 fast-growing companies, an extensive network of investors assembled in one place online, and a broad offering of independent, third-party research and customized products and services, SharesPost brings greater efficiency, flexibility, and control to the process of raising capital, and buying or selling shares in the private capital market. SharesPost’s management team includes experienced executives from the financial services, banking, legal, technology and security sectors, with concentrated expertise in working with emerging industry leaders.

SharesPost is a registered broker-dealer, a member of FINRA and SIPC. For more information, please visit www.sharespost.com or by following @sharespost on Twitter.

ABOUT NSG

NewSpace Global is an information services provider that brings timely, accurate and critical information regarding the commercial space sector (i.e., "NewSpace") to the financial industry so that customers can make more informed business decisions. NewSpace Global provides market data and access to a vast repository of information. NewSpace Global brings together industry experts, analysts, advisors and a strong network of highly knowledgeable aerospace specialists to produce differentiated and unique analyses concerning the NewSpace sector.

ABOUT ARCSTONE RESEARCH

Arcstone Equity Research is blazing a path to efficiency in the secondary direct marketplace by providing greater information transparency between buyers and sellers of private securities. By leveraging decades of experience in both buy-side and sell-side research of public companies and the best in private company analysis, Arcstone Research is addressing the unique challenges associated with the evaluation of private companies. The Arcstone team provides clarity and transparency in the form of in-depth research reports and ongoing coverage.