Ready? Set?…
Go!!
As I am writing this post, we are launching our website to give you a little insight as to what gTrade is and how we are planning to revolutionise the Web 2.0 and Venture Capital market.
So what is this thing you call gTrade?
gTrade is a global trading platform provides investors and venture capitalists a platform to trade equity in an open market for emerging and seed Web 2.0 companies.
We represent the next generation securities exchange: not just trading conventional equities, but enabling everyday investors to purchase shares in companies that have not yet listed publicly. As opposed to traditional venture capital, gTrade brings a start-up company to the collective attention of millions of Internet users, letting the people decide in a start-up’s future by investing their own money.
The gTrade marketplace also facilitates the connection of businesses, Venture Capitalists and the average investors. Users trade equity on the online market just like traditional equity markets such as the Nasdaq, Dow Jones of FTSE. This allows you, the average investor to get in on the ground level of the next big Web 2.0 start-up like facebook, Google and the likes.
“So when does the marketplace go live?” I hear you say?
Soon! We are working hard on making the platform as robust as possible. As such we are taking our time to get it right. You can help us out by joining our private beta program on our website (http://www.gtradenet.com) with mock companies and faux money. This is a limited private beta, so we apologise to those that apply and don’t get accepted – its nothing personal.
We will be keeping everyone informed on our progress through this blog – so feel free to subscribe. We will also be posting our thoughts on many topic areas, particularly around Web 2.0, Venture Capital, Financial Markets and Technologies we are using.
We look forward to helping develop a brighter future for the Web 2.0 and emerging markets.
Guy Havenstein
CEO & Co-Founder
