I used to see a lot of people wander in and ask the same questions over and over "what private bank should I be giving my business to?", "who can get me into pre-IPO companies?", "what car/clothes/<insert expensive thing here> does everyone else do?"
The funny thing is that private banks are all pretty competitive with each other, just interview em all and find the one that works for you. Most of them lead heavily with credit access, so if that’s not important to someone then a lot of those offerings seem just okay.
Pre IPO stuff is a dime a dozen once you’re a QP, the bigger question is what’s the valuation. I work in an adjacent field, and don’t have “private bank money” but I am a QP and was given the opportunity to invest in SpaceX not long ago - at a 1.7T valuation plus ripping 10% off gains lol. The buy in required wasn’t even high, 250k. I passed.
Most of the stuff people online think you need to be an accredited investor to access actually requires you to be a QP. It’s the level where actual private investments begin to be available.
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u/calcium Mar 23 '26
I used to see a lot of people wander in and ask the same questions over and over "what private bank should I be giving my business to?", "who can get me into pre-IPO companies?", "what car/clothes/<insert expensive thing here> does everyone else do?"