{"id":219419,"date":"2026-01-28T21:35:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T21:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/28\/spacex-is-coming-to-the-public-markets-and-secondaries-are-already-on-fire-techcrunch\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T21:35:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T21:35:29","slug":"spacex-is-coming-to-the-public-markets-and-secondaries-are-already-on-fire-techcrunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/28\/spacex-is-coming-to-the-public-markets-and-secondaries-are-already-on-fire-techcrunch\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX is coming to the public markets, and secondaries are already on fire | TechCrunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">paceX is\u00a0reportedly lining\u00a0up\u00a0four major Wall Street banks\u00a0for a\u00a02026 IPO\u00a0that could provide the\u00a0reset\u00a0the market needs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company just completed a tender offer at an\u00a0$800 billion\u00a0valuation, and secondary market demand is through the roof. If SpaceX goes public anywhere near its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/01\/28\/elon-musk-reportedly-wants-a-june-spacex-ipo-to-align-with-his-birthday-the-planets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rumored\u00a0$1.5 trillion\u00a0valuation<\/a>, it\u00a0could trigger\u00a0an IPO cascade for\u00a0other\u00a0late-stage unicorns like OpenAI, Stripe, and Databricks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watch as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/podcasts\/equity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Equity<\/a>\u00a0host Rebecca Bellan chats with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rainmakersecurities.com\/operations-team-bios\/2022\/10\/10\/greg-martin-managing-director-of-sales-and-marketing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Greg Martin<\/a>, Managing Director at Rainmaker Securities, about why this IPO feels different, how\u00a0tech\u00a0employees are cashing out through secondary markets before companies go public, and what investors\u00a0are\u00a0actually looking\u00a0for in pre-IPO shares.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Subscribe to Equity on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TechCrunch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">YouTube<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/id1215439780\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0Apple Podcasts<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/overcast.fm\/itunes1215439780\/equity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0Overcast<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5IEYLip3eDppcOmy5DmphC?si=rZDFHv2sQUul_g94iCRgpQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0Spotify<\/a>\u00a0and all the casts. You\u00a0also can\u00a0follow Equity on<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EquityPod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0X<\/a>\u00a0and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@equitypod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0Threads<\/a>, at @EquityPod.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/video\/spacex-is-coming-to-the-public-markets-and-secondaries-are-already-on-fire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>paceX is\u00a0reportedly lining\u00a0up\u00a0four major Wall Street banks\u00a0for a\u00a02026 IPO\u00a0that could provide the\u00a0reset\u00a0the market needs.\u00a0 The company just completed a tender offer at an\u00a0$800 billion\u00a0valuation, and secondary market demand is through the roof. If SpaceX goes public anywhere near its\u00a0rumored\u00a0$1.5 trillion\u00a0valuation, it\u00a0could trigger\u00a0an IPO cascade for\u00a0other\u00a0late-stage unicorns like OpenAI, Stripe, and Databricks.\u00a0 Watch as\u00a0Equity\u00a0host Rebecca Bellan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":219420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-219419","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tech"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}