Stonks

Stonks (now operating as Sandhill Markets) is a San Francisco investment platform, founded circa 2019-2020 by serial entrepreneur Ali Moiz, that lets accredited investors buy and sell shares of top pre-IPO companies on the private secondary market - often described as "Robinhood for private markets." The business is run through the SEC-registered adviser Sandhill Markets Advisors LLC and also publishes Sandhill Report, a venture-focused newsletter covering startups, funding, and the broader VC market. Surfaced as a portfolio company of 500 Global and added to the API Evangelist network. As of this enrichment pass Sandhill Markets publishes no public developer API, OpenAPI, SDK, or developer portal; this profile captures the company's public identity and a live domain-security probe of its primary domain.

Stonks is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Private Markets, Secondaries, Investing, and Fintech.

Stonks’ developer surface includes engineering blog and 2 more developer resources.

7.2/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
0 APIs
CompanyPrivate MarketsSecondariesInvestingFintechVenture CapitalPre-IPO

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 7.2/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.4 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Stonks Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: stonks
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/stonks.png
name: Stonks
description: Stonks (now operating as Sandhill Markets) is a San Francisco investment platform, founded circa 2019-2020 by
  serial entrepreneur Ali Moiz, that lets accredited investors buy and sell shares of top pre-IPO companies on the private
  secondary market - often described as "Robinhood for private markets." The business is run through the SEC-registered adviser
  Sandhill Markets Advisors LLC and also publishes Sandhill Report, a venture-focused newsletter covering startups, funding,
  and the broader VC market. Surfaced as a portfolio company of 500 Global and added to the API Evangelist network. As of
  this enrichment pass Sandhill Markets publishes no public developer API, OpenAPI, SDK, or developer portal; this profile
  captures the company's public identity and a live domain-security probe of its primary domain.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/stonks/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- 500-global
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Private Markets
- Secondaries
- Investing
- Fintech
- Venture Capital
- Pre-IPO
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://sandhillmarkets.com
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.sandhillmarkets.com
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/stonks-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: minimal
  artifacts_added: 1
  pass: local-v1