Companies that are seeking to raise capital without going through the publicly traded exchanges can offer equity or debt to accredited private investors through a private placement memorandum (PPM).
A PPM does not have to be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, is a less costly method of raising capital than going public, and allows a company to have more control over who has the right of disclosure to its financial information.
A private placement memorandum can be for debt, equity, or a combination of both types of securities.

Private placement trading programs usually involves trading with MTNs or T-Bills which have a high return.

Pre IPO placement is a private investors that is in training. There is a few steps you have to take to become a full time private investor.

A private placement offering is the sale of stock, or issue of debt, of a company to private investors without the use of public market exchanges.

Although the idea behind a private offering is generally the same as a public offering, (to capitalize a business by taking on investors or creditors) a private placement offering does not involve securities that are registered with the Securities & Exchange Commission ("SEC").

The sale of securities to a relatively small number of select investors as a way of raising capital. Investors involved in private placements are usually large banks, mutual funds, insurance companies and pension funds. Private placement is the opposite of a public issue, in which securities are made available for sale on the open market.