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Summary of Accounting Policies (Policies)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Basis of Presentation
Basis of Presentation and Consolidation
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, and its subsidiaries and have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Consolidation In the normal course of business, the Company has transactions with various investment entities as discussed in Note 9, "Off Balance Sheet Items." In certain instances, the Company provides investment advisory services to pooled investment vehicles (each, a “Fund”). The Company does not have discretion to make any investment, except for the specific investment for which a Fund was formed. The Company performs an assessment to determine (a) whether the Company’s investments or other interests will absorb portions of a variable interest entity’s expected losses or receive portions of the entity’s expected residual returns and (b) whether the Company’s involvement, through holding interests directly or indirectly in the entity would give it a controlling financial interest. The Company consolidates entities in which it, directly or indirectly, is determined to have a controlling financial interest. Consolidation conclusions are reviewed quarterly to identify whether any reconsideration events have occurred. There have been no changes to the Company's significant accounting policies described in the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021, that have had a material impact on these condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes.
Segment Information
Segment Information
The Company operates as a single operating segment and reportable segment. The Company’s chief operating decision maker is its Chief Executive Officer, who reviews financial information presented on a consolidated basis for purposes of making operating decisions, assessing financial performance, allocating resources and evaluating the Company’s financial performance.
The Company operates primarily in the United States, and, accordingly, the geographic distribution of revenue and assets is not significant.
Use of Estimates
Use of Estimates
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Such management estimates include, but are not limited to collectability of accounts receivable, the fair value of financial assets and liabilities, the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in business combinations, the fair value of consideration paid for business combinations, the useful lives of acquired intangible assets and property and equipment, the impairment of long-lived assets and goodwill, the fair value of warrants, equity awards and share-based compensation expenses, including the determination of the fair value of the Company’s common stock prior to the Merger, and the valuation of deferred tax assets and uncertain tax positions. These estimates are inherently subjective in nature and, therefore, actual results may differ from the Company’s estimates and assumptions. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and also on assumptions that it believes are reasonable. Further, the Company applies judgment in determining whether, directly or indirectly, it has a controlling financial interest in the Funds, in order to conclude whether any of the Funds must be consolidated.
Starting in 2020, the global COVID-19 pandemic created disruption in global supply chains, increased rates of unemployment and adversely impacted many industries. In 2022, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to persist. We continue to closely monitor developments; however, we cannot predict the future impact of COVID-19 on our operational and financial performance, or the specific ways the pandemic may uniquely impact our customers, employees, and business partners, all of which continue to involve significant uncertainties that depend on future developments, which include, among others, the severity and duration of the pandemic and its impact on the overall economy and other industry sectors; vaccination rates; the longer-term efficacy of vaccinations; and the potential emergence of new, more transmissible or severe variants.
The Company believes the estimates and assumptions underlying the condensed consolidated financial statements are reasonable and supportable based on the information available as of March 31, 2022. These estimates may change as new events occur and additional information is obtained, and related financial impacts will be recognized in the Company’s consolidated financial statements as soon as those events become known.
Fair Value Measurements
Fair Value Measurements
Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received from the sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. When developing fair value measurements, the Company maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs. A financial instrument’s classification within the fair value hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurements. Three levels of inputs may be used to measure fair value:
Level 1 — Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2 — Observable inputs other than quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in inactive markets, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.
Level 3 — Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.
Accounts Receivable, Net Accounts Receivable, NetAccounts receivable consist of amounts billed and currently due from customers, which are subject to collection risk. The allowance for doubtful accounts is based on the Company’s assessment of the collectability of accounts. The Company regularly reviews the adequacy of the allowance for doubtful accounts based on a combination of factors, including an assessment of the customer’s aging balance, the financial condition of the customer, and the amount of any receivables in dispute. Accounts receivable deemed uncollectible are charged against the allowance for doubtful accounts when identified.
Concentration of Credit Risks
Concentration of Credit Risks
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk primarily comprise of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash, payment-dependent notes receivables, and accounts receivable. Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash may, at times, exceed amounts insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation, respectively. The Company’s exposure to credit risk in the event of default by financial institutions is limited to the amounts recorded on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Company performs periodic evaluations of the relative credit standing of these financial institutions to limit the amount of credit exposure. The Company has not experienced any losses on its deposits of cash and cash equivalents to date.
The Company’s exposure to credit risk associated with its contracts with holders of private company equity (“sellers”) and investors (“buyers”) related to the transfer of private securities is measured on an individual counterparty basis. Concentrations of credit risk can be affected by changes in political, industry, or economic factors. To reduce the potential for risk concentration, the Company’s exposure is monitored in light of changing counterparty and market conditions.
Revenue Recognition
Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services.
The Company generates revenue from fees charged for the trading of private placements on its marketplace platform, and fees for account and asset management provided to customers. The Company disaggregates revenue by service type, as management believes that this level of disaggregation best depicts how the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows are impacted by economic factors.
Revenue from Contracts with Customers 
The Company enters into contracts with customers that can include various services, which are capable of being distinct and accounted for as separate performance obligations. When applicable, an allocation of the transaction fees to the performance obligations or to the distinct goods or services that form part of a single performance obligation will depend on the individual facts and circumstances of the contract. 
All of the Company’s revenues are from contracts with customers. The Company is the principal in its contracts, with the exception of sub-account fees, in which the Company acts as an agent and records revenue from fees earned related to cash balances in customers’ custodial accounts. Each of our significant performance obligations and our application of ASC 606 to our revenue arrangements are discussed in further detail below: 
Placement Fees — The Company maintains a trading platform which generates revenues by collecting transaction fees from institutions, individual investors and private equity holders. Placement fees are charged by the Company for meeting the point-in-time performance obligation of executing a private placement on its platform. Placement fee rates are individually negotiated for each transaction and vary depending on the specific facts and circumstance of each agreement. These fees are event-driven and invoiced upon the closing of the transaction outlined in each agreement. These fees may be expressed as a dollar amount per share, a flat dollar amount, or a percentage of the gross transaction proceeds. The Company earns agency placement fees in non-underwritten transactions, such as private placements of equity securities. The Company enters into arrangements with individual accredited customers or pooled investment vehicles to execute private placements in the secondary market. The Company will receive placement fees on these transactions and believes that its trade execution performance obligation is completed upon the placement and consummation of a transaction and, as such, revenue is earned on the transaction date with no further obligation to the customer at that time. The Company acts as a principal and recognizes the placement fee revenue earned for the execution of a trade on a gross basis. 
Custodial Administration Fees — The Company generates revenues primarily by performing custodial account administration and maintenance services for its customers. Specifically, the Company charges administration fees for its services in maintaining custodial accounts, including asset-based fees, which are determined by the number and types of assets in these accounts. Additionally, the Company earns fees for opening and terminating accounts, and facilitating transactions, which are assessed at the point of transaction. Account and asset fees are assessed on the first day of the calendar quarter. Cash administration fees are based on cash balances within the custodial accounts and are assessed on the last day of the month. Revenues from custodial administration fees are recognized either over time as underlying performance obligations are met and day-to-day maintenance activities are performed for custodial accounts, or at a point in time upon completion of transactions requested by custodial account holders.  
Contract Balances 
Contract assets represent amounts for which we have recognized revenue for contracts that have not yet been invoiced to our customers. The Company does not have any contract assets as of March 31, 2022 and
Practical Expedients 
In certain arrangements, the Company receives payment from a customer either before or after the performance obligation has been satisfied; however, the contracts do not contain a significant financing component. The Company has applied the practical expedient in ASC 606 and excludes information about a) remaining performance obligations that have an original expected duration of one year or less and b) transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations if the variable consideration is allocated entirely to a wholly unsatisfied performance obligation. 
The Company has also applied the practical expedient in accordance with ASC 340-40, Other Assets and Deferred Costs to expense costs as incurred for costs to obtain a contract with a customer when the amortization period would have been one year or less.
Transaction-Based Expenses
Transaction-Based Expenses 
Transaction-based expenses represent the fees incurred to support placement and custodial activities. These include expenses for fund insurance, fund management and fund settlement expenses that relates to services
provided to the Funds, and external broker fees and transfer fees related to placement and custodial services provided to other brokerage and custodial customers to facilitate transactions.
Warrant Liabilites
Warrant Liabilities

The Public Warrants, Private Placement Warrants and the warrants issued in connection with the Merger (see Note 3 and 10) are recognized as derivative liabilities in accordance with ASC 815. Accordingly, the Company recognizes the warrant instruments as liabilities at fair value and adjusts the carrying value of the instruments to fair value at each reporting period until they are exercised. The Company will continue to adjust the warrant liability for changes in the fair value until the earlier of a) the exercise or expiration of the warrants or b) the redemption of the warrants, at which time the warrants will be reclassified to additional paid-in-capital.
Recently Adopted and Issued Accounting Pronouncements
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
As an “emerging growth company,” the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (“JOBS Act”) allows the Company to delay adoption of new or revised accounting pronouncements applicable to public companies until such pronouncements are made applicable to private companies. The Company has elected to use this extended transition period under the JOBS Act. The adoption dates discussed below reflect this election and no new accounting pronouncements were adopted during the period.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, with subsequent amendments, Financial Instruments — Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (“ASU 2016-13”). ASU 2016-13 requires immediate recognition of management’s estimates of current expected credit losses. ASU 2016-13 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2022, and interim periods within that fiscal year, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adoption on the consolidated financial statements.