A new startup wants to give wealthy tech insiders access to some of the hottest private-company deals.
Get Access has launched a platform that pools money from individual investors so they can invest together in later-stage startup funding rounds that are usually limited to venture firms and large institutions, from Series B onward.
The deals are referred by Get Access contributors, including mega AI investor Elad Gil and Box CEO Aaron Levie. Its first deals include Crusoe’s recent $3.9 billion size funding round, according to the startup’s CEO Michael Goodbody.
The startup has now raised $5 million at an $85 million post-money valuation, led by Guy Oseary at Sound Ventures, with a number of angel investors, including Levie, Lux Capital managing partner Josh Wolfe, and Eventbrite co-founder Kevin Hartz participating.
Get Access is part of a growing push to open up the private-tech boom to people outside the small circle of top venture firms and institutions.
With companies staying private longer and often reaching valuations in the tens or hundreds of billions of dollars before an IPO, the startup is offering well-connected executives and individual investors a seat at the table for later-stage deals, while promising founders a network of backers who can help with hiring, partnerships, and buzz.
The startup makes money mainly through membership fees. It says it brought in its first $1 million in revenue within five days of a private launch. Members don’t pay management or access fees on individual investments, but Get Access takes 10% of any profits.
Rival platform AngelList already lets investors form syndicates to back startups. Get Access is trying to stand out by making its network more selective: Members must offer more than money, whether that’s operating experience, industry connections, or the ability to help a young company get noticed.
The pitch comes as private startups such as OpenAI and Anthropic reach private valuations once reserved for public companies. For executives and other accredited investors who missed the earliest rounds, Get Access offers a chance to invest later, before a company goes public, though with the usual risks and no guarantee of a payoff.
Goodbody said he started the company after struggling to find attractive private-market deals on his own. “Promising companies were raising capital, but those rounds happened inside closed networks I didn’t have the time to uncover,” he said, noting that many other tech executives he knew faced the same challenge.
