Publicly traded GSV Capital owns shares of pre-IPO companies. By Michael Brush. : When the high-profile initial public offerings (IPOs) of Spotify and Dropbox roll out in the coming weeks, we’ll all be reminded once again of a major Wall Street shortcoming. That is, Wall Street continues to have a big one-percenter problem. There are those with gold-plated brokerage accounts who can get access to IPO shares. And then there is everyone else.