The idea of a transparent marketplace to buy and sell shares in private companies came to Noel when he needed liquidity to do life things in 2021. He was an early employee at Rubrik for 5 years before leaving to embark on a journey of his own. When it came time to buy a house and buy an engagement ring, he realized most of his net worth was in a single illiquid private stock.
It turned out you could sell shares in private companies. And Noel did complete a transaction. But it was time-consuming (4 months to find a buyer), expensive, and he was really unsure if he was getting a good price. Why not build a transparent marketplace where investors and shareholders could see who is buying/selling what, at what price, and in what volume?
Noel met Adam, who led institutional trading in private stock at SharesPost back in the Facebook IPO days. The rest is history.
Co-Founder & CEO
Noel is an engineer at heart and loves to build products that bring joy to its users. He previously worked at Google and was an early employee at Rubrik, where he brought Rubrik’s on-prem technology to the cloud.
He’s had many side projects, including a self-destructing notepad and a crypto mining tool. Originally from Eastern Europe, he grew up in Canada and the Bay Area, now settled in Austin, TX with his wife, son, and golden retriever.
He plays guitar and drums with no shame about his love for Nickelback. Noel has a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley.
Co-Founder & COO
Adam has a passion for bringing technology investing to a wide audience. He previously worked at Morgan Stanley and ran institutional trading at SharesPost, the first successful private tech brokerage.
Adam is a nomad, having lived in Texas, California, Florida, Asia, Australia, and Dubai just in the past 3 years. He has a Business degree from James Madison University.
In addition to being COO of Augment Markets, Adam runs Augment's broker-dealer Augment Capital.
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