Related Party Transactions

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2025

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related Party Transactions

Related Party Transactions

On September 7, 2022 the Company and DBAG formed Forge Europe GmbH. DBAG is a stockholder of the Company. See Note 2, "Summary of Significant Accounting Policies" for additional information.

Forge Global Advisors LLC ("FGA"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company and an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, advises investment funds, each of which are organized as a series of Forge Investments LLC and segregated portfolio companies of Forge Investments SPC and Forge Investments II SPC (such investment funds and portfolio companies are individually and collectively referred to as “Single Asset Funds” or "SAFs"). The SAFs are each formed for the purpose of investing in securities relating to a single private company and are owned by different investors. FGA serves as the manager of the Forge Investments LLC series. The Company utilizes a third-party fund administrator to manage the Forge Investments SPC and Forge Investments II SPC SAFs. The Company has no ownership interest nor participation in the gains or losses of the SAFs. The Company does not consolidate Forge Investments LLC, Forge Investments SPC, Forge Investments II SPC, or any of the SAFs, because the Company has no direct or indirect interest in the SAFs and the amount of expenses the Company pays on behalf of the SAFs are not significant to the entities. Investors in the SAFs do not have any recourse to the assets of the Company.

While not contractually required, FGA may, at its sole discretion, absorb certain expenses on behalf of the SAFs. Audit and accounting related services are recorded in professional services in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations. Professional services expenses of $0.3 million and $0.2 million were recognized in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

The Company has an equity method investment in EQUIAM, LLC ("Equiam"), a data-powered venture capital manager. Equiam also engages in secondary transactions with the Company through its affiliate private investment fund in the ordinary course of business. The Company holds a 25.8% ownership of Equiam's issued and outstanding Class A units. On May 2, 2024, the Company invested $0.5 million in an unsecured convertible note and warrant offering by Equiam. The unsecured convertible note shall become due and payable after the third anniversary of the issuance date, unless converted or prepaid. The investment in the unsecured convertible note and warrant is accounted for as consideration payable to a customer under ASC 606-10-32-25. As of March 31, 2025, the unsecured convertible note had a carrying value of $0.4 million which is recorded in prepaid expenses and other current assets, as well as other assets, noncurrent, on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets.