Freeport Markets

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Trade like a hedge fund.

Fall 2025Founded 20253 peopleNew York, NY, USA

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About

Freeport is a trading platform for pre-IPO shares, equities, crypto, and perpetual futures. Our AI analysts turn trusted social and financial media into a real-time feed of market-moving news and actionable trade ideas.

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Freeport Markets provides an internet-native investing platform offering access to pre-IPO equities, tokenized credit, spot crypto, and tokenized stocks with AI-driven research and low-fee execution. It emphasizes self-custody, open access, and a single interface for trading across multiple asset classes with vetted liquidity.

Freeport translates live online chatter into thematic investment strategies, allowing users to trade pre-IPO tokens, tokenized credit, stocks, commodities, and crypto via a self-custodial wallet. It prioritizes low trading costs through direct routing, offers AI-powered signal filtering to surface relevant market insights, and provides a suite of products including pre-IPO opportunities, tokenized assets, spot crypto, and leveraged instruments. Assets remain in the user’s wallet, with no rehypothecation, and users can monitor liquidity and vetted assets through continuous monitoring and risk-adjusted yield offerings.

Who it’s for: Individual investors and accredited/knowledgeable traders seeking access to pre-IPO opportunities, tokenized assets, and crypto with self-custody and lower-fee trading; corporate users seeking research and access to private markets remains implied.

Features

self-custodial wallets with institutional security
basic swaps with no platform fees
real-time AI-driven market signals and thematic strategies
pre-IPO token access and redemption mechanism
tokenized stocks/ETFs with liquidity and pricing anchors
low trading costs via pathfinder routing
baskets and forward-looking allocations guided by AI

Active user metrics shown (2k+ active investors, 10+ corporate users, high uptime, trades processed) indicating traction and growth

Founders · 2

Lihong WangFounder

Ex-Jane Street, Ex-IMC Options Trader. Built systematic and discretionary strategies across equities and fixed income.

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Bryan ReedFounder

Ex-Huawei, Ex-Capital One. Founded a software testing SaaS in senior year of college, growing it to six-figure ARR bootstrapped.

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Launch

Launched on Y Combinator · Oct 2025

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Earn yield on crypto and build portfolios with AI + human expertise. 🤖🚀

Freeport Markets builds diversified crypto portfolios by integrating trusted DeFi protocols on one page, offering yield on idle assets and low-fee, screen-based investment recommendations for long-term crypto investors.