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| By Chris Graebe |
It’s been all over the headlines. SpaceX is taking steps to go public.
In fact, SpaceX reportedly filed its IPO paperwork just last week.
Michael A. Robinson gave you his take on Thursday.
He suggests you find “backdoor opportunities” in other select companies.
In fact, he just showed readers one company that is already starting to rocket higher. Sorry for the pun.
You can catch his full presentation here.
But, as your resident pre-IPO enthusiast, I want to share what I told my Deal Hunter Alliance Members last week.
The short version is that if you want to be part of what could become the world’s biggest IPO, you may want to wait until after it goes public.
With its sights set on a $1.75 trillion valuation — or even a $2 trillion valuation — I wouldn’t be surprised if this becomes the largest IPO in history, if all goes according to plan.
Naturally, there's a lot of marketing out there right now telling people to get their SpaceX shares now.
Before the IPO.
In a vacuum, that looks a lot like the strategy we use in our Deal Hunters Alliance.
This is what makes our “Alpha Round” strategy so special.
We — the general public, average ordinary investors — get to seize the opportunity to buy in just after friends and family of the company.
And we get to do it BEFORE the venture capitalists and other billionaire investors get their shot.
But there’s a key detail that sets us apart from the rest:
SpaceX has not held a public fundraising round.
Which means the only way for retail investors to get pre-IPO shares is on a secondary marketplace.
This is why I suspect there is no legitimate, straightforward way for most retail investors to get real SpaceX shares right now.
At least, not until AFTER its IPO.
That matters. A lot.
And anyone telling you otherwise may not be completely transparent with you.
What Actually Exists (and What Doesn't)
To be clear, there are legitimate secondary market platforms.
Forge Global, EquityZen, Hiive and UpMarket are just a few examples.
They offer accredited investors the opportunity to buy real shares from current shareholders of non-public stocks.
Those shares are traceable. But they're also expensive — currently in the $600 range — limited in availability and only open to accredited investors.
That's the only real game in town right now.
Which makes the promotions I’ve seen very concerning.
Things like …
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Tokenized "SpaceX exposure" funds. These crypto-based offerings promise SpaceX pre-IPO access. But they’re not actual SpaceX shares.
What you're really buying is a derivative or a fund that may hold a position.
- Brokers and platforms making big claims about "guaranteed access" before the IPO, with very little clarity on what that actually means.
Here's the thing: A lot of people are going to be disappointed when SpaceX actually goes public … and they realize they don’t actually own what they thought they bought.
They may think they own SpaceX shares.
In reality, they own a tokenized claim or a fund exposure.
It's not the same thing. Not even close.
Why This Matters
When SpaceX IPOs, the real shares will be available through regular brokerages.
If anyone who's taking your money now for "SpaceX access" …
And those shares aren't crystal clear, verifiable and on an established secondary market like Forge Global …
I'd be skeptical.
If you’re interested in SpaceX and are looking for the earliest access, do your due diligence.
Ask the hard questions.
If someone can't explain exactly what you're buying and how it converts to actual SpaceX IPO shares, you’ll probably want to walk away.
As someone who studies IPOs, this potential $2 trillion public offering is thrilling. But it isn’t where the biggest gains will be.
I recommend you watch how Michael plans to meet this enormous moment in the stock market.
Happy hunting!
Chris Graebe
