Open marketplace
Hiive
A single-company-at-a-time marketplace with a transparent, real-time order book.
Typical minimum
Commonly cited around $25K+
Best for
Investors who want to see live bid/ask pricing rather than a black-box matching process.
About Hiive
Hiive differentiates itself with a visible order book, similar in spirit to a public exchange: you can see live bid and ask prices for a given company's shares rather than submitting an offer into an opaque process and waiting to hear back.
The platform focuses on well-known, later-stage private companies where enough two-sided interest exists to support meaningful price discovery.
How it works
Buyers and sellers post bids and asks for a specific company's shares directly on the platform. When a bid and ask match, or when one side accepts the other's posted price, the trade moves into execution — transfer documentation, company approvals, and closing.
The visible order book is Hiive's core value proposition: you're seeing real-time supply and demand for a specific name, not just a single seller's asking price.
Every platform in this directory requires accredited investor status, and every listing carries the same underlying risks: limited information rights, no board access, and illiquidity that can last years. None of this is investment advice — verify current fees, minimums, and available listings directly on the platform, and treat any specific opportunity with the same diligence you'd apply to a primary investment.