SharesPost Appoints Bonnie Hyun As Head of Platform Solutions and Strategy

Former New York Stock Exchange Executive to Oversee Issuer Relationships

SAN FRANCISCO--()--SharesPost, the leading provider of liquidity to the private growth asset class, today announced that Bonnie Hyun has been named Managing Director and Head of Platform Solutions and Strategy. Hyun was most recently Head of Enterprise Tech Capital Markets at the New York Stock Exchange, where she advised private technology companies on IPO listings.

For 20 years, Hyun has held leadership roles in the financial services and technology industry, as well as experience in public accounting, operations and investment banking. She will be responsible for SharesPost’s issuer relationships, including the launch of SharesPost’s next generation liquidity programs and relationships with venture capital firms, strategic partners and the Silicon Valley legal community.

Bonnie is a highly accomplished executive with deep knowledge of the equity capital markets needs of our issuer clients. We are very excited that she will be working closely with these private growth companies, enabling efficient, liquidity programs for their shareholders,” said SharesPost Founder and CEO Greg Brogger.

Bonnie’s reputation and relationships make her the perfect person to be our ambassador to the venture and private growth communities as our marketplace continues to scale,” said Jeff Miller, SharesPost’s President.

Earlier in her career, Hyun worked for Credit Suisse, Merrill Lynch, PwC, and Silver Spring Networks. She holds an MBA from the UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. She also has a Master’s in Accounting and a Bachelor’s in Accounting from the University of Waterloo in Canada.

About SharesPost, Inc.

Through its subsidiaries and affiliates, SharesPost, Inc. (collectively, “SharesPost”) operates a FINRA-registered broker-dealer, SEC-registered alternative trading system (ATS) and registered investment advisor. SharesPost helped launch the secondary market for private tech companies in 2009 and has built the leading platform for secondary transactions and digital securities. SharesPost provides the private tech asset class with a suite of trading and lending solutions to facilitate shareholder and option holder liquidity. With nearly $5 billion in secondary market transactions in the shares of more than 250 leading technology companies, SharesPost provides the trading, research and online tools to transact in the private market with confidence. SharesPost has trading operations with licensed brokers in San Francisco and New York City. For more information, visit sharespost.com.

Any securities offered are offered by SharesPost Financial Corporation, a member of FINRA/SIPC. SharesPost Financial Corporation and SP Investments Management, LLC, a registered investment adviser, are wholly owned subsidiaries of SharesPost Inc. Certain affiliates of these entities may act as principals in such transactions.

Investing in private company securities is appropriate only for those investors who can tolerate a high degree of risk and do not require a liquid investment.

Contacts

Greg Berardi, Blue Marlin Partners
greg@bluemarlinpartners.com, 415.239.7826

Contacts

Greg Berardi, Blue Marlin Partners
greg@bluemarlinpartners.com, 415.239.7826