[alephnerd]

> The public should be allowed to invest in new companies, not just the rich.

Most funds lose money on early stage investing.

Allowing non-accredited investors to enter the privete capital is great for experienced investors like me because we can offload assets to less discerning and less experienced casual investors, but this is truly risky for the vast majority of individuals.

Hell, even in my own personal portfolio I stick with ETFs and call it a day because returns are good enough without active risk management.

> so in some way they have gone public

M&A is not an IPO. By that standard any acquisition by Crowdstrike or PANW is an "IPO".