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Alden

American  
[awl-duhn] / ˈɔl dən /

noun

  1. John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.

  2. a first name: from an Old English word meaning “old friend.”


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“What’s really unprecedented is kind of the size of the investment going into the space right now,” said Andrew Alden, vice president of quantitative research at Forge Global, which operates a marketplace where investors can trade shares of private companies.

From MarketWatch

Alden pointed to Forge’s trading data, which showed that 45% of volume in 2025 was related to AI companies; that compares with 40% in 2024 and just 18% in 2023.

From MarketWatch

Returns on Forge’s dedicated AI basket of 19 companies grew 191% in 2025, according to Alden.

From MarketWatch

“What’s really unprecedented is kind of the size of the investment going into the space right now,” said Andrew Alden, vice president of quantitative research at Forge Global, which operates a marketplace where investors can trade shares of private companies.

From MarketWatch

Alden pointed to Forge’s trading data, which showed that 45% of volume in 2025 was related to AI companies; that compares with 40% in 2024 and just 18% in 2023.

From MarketWatch