The Green Organic Dutchman (TSX: TGOD, OTC: TGODF) experienced before it went public. Some folks were able to turn a $10,000 investment into $200,000. Another example is Tilray Inc. (NASDAQ: TLRY). Private investors could have turned that same grub stake into $379,000. Or how about the monster $3.2 million early investors could have made investing privately in Aurora (NYSE: ACB).