Eric Folkemer
President, Chief Operating Officer, & Co-founder @Nasdaq Private Market
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WORK HISTORY
President, Chief Operating Officer, & Co-founder @Nasdaq Private Market
New York, NY, US
In 2013, Eric led the creation of NPM in response to the transformative implications of the JOBS Act. Founded with a mission to modernize the private markets ecosystem, NPM was designed to serve the evolving needs of private companies and their shareholders throughout the full lifecycle—from startup to exit.In 2021, Eric spearheaded the spinout of NPM from its corporate parent, Nasdaq, establishing it as an independent company backed by strategic investments from Nasdaq, SVB, Citi, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, BAML, BNP Paribas, DRW Venture Capital, HiJoJo Partners, UBS and Wells Fargo. Under Eric’s leadership, NPM has grown into a leading private markets secondary marketplace and technology platform, supporting over 700 of the world’s most prominent venture-backed companies. With more than $60 billion in transaction volume and over participants served, NPM is widely recognized as one of the most trusted and influential brands in the private markets. Eric has also been a key architect of the company’s expanding suite of services, including:• SecondMarket, a self-service fully automated marketplace to buy and sell private company shares• Transfer & Settlement, a mission-critical workflow solution that streamlines and scales transaction closings;• Tape D, a data product delivering valuation and pricing transparency across private securities; and• Wealth Connect, a program that enables financial education and advisory services for employees at the point of liquidity creation.
EDUCATION
Bates College
BA
SKILLS
ABOUT ERIC FOLKEMER
Executive operator and founder entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in financial technology, infrastructure and marketplaces; last 10 years dedicated to private market assets. Proven track record as a business operator with deep expertise in strategy, product innovation, scaling organizations from startup to growth, financial planning and analysis (FP & A), and investor fundraising. • Extensive experience in small and middle market acquisitions and operational integrations of teams and infrastructure • Recognized thought leader and innovator of financial technologies for private markets • Passionate about transforming private markets into a more integrated and mainstream investible asset class • Product visionary, as creator of Private Tender offer for venture backed companies and the architect behind the services offered by Nasdaq Private Market | NPM (wsj.com/business/tender-offers-spacex-stripe-ipos-1926f5b0) • Fundraising experience with successful track record of over $100M raised across venture, asset managers and top tier banks
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