Secondary Market news and trends

G Squared Raises $1.1 Billion Amid ‘Secondary Market’ Interest
Investments // August 26, 2024

Venture capital group G Squared has reportedly raised $1.1 billion for its latest fund. The firm aims to tap into increasing investor demand for G Squared’s strategy of buying pre-existing stakes in start-ups, the Financial Times (FT) reported Monday (Aug. 26). As that report noted,...

Vendidit Launches Platform Connecting Retail Returns With Secondary Market
Retail // February 07, 2024

Vendidit, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered software platform focused on the secondary market for retail returns, launched Wednesday (Feb. 7). The company’s proprietary AI can connect retail sellers with secondary market buyers and process secondary buyer bids in a fraction of the time it used to...

Report: Secondary Startup Market Booms as Investors Sell
Investments // January 17, 2024

Investment firms are reportedly raising billions to purchase stakes in venture capital (VC)-backed tech startups. “The main exit for VCs is primarily IPOs and M&A [mergers and acquisitions], and neither of those are happening,” Tom Callahan, chief executive of Nasdaq Private Market, told the Financial Times (FT) Wednesday (Jan....

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Investment Group Iconiq Seeks Value After 3-Year IPO Drought

September 08, 2024
Investment group Iconiq is reportedly seeking ways to drive value amid a long IPO drought. That’s according to a report Sunday (Sept. 8) by the Financial Times (FT), which notes that Iconiq recently closed its largest fund at $5.75 billion, following a $4.1 billion fundraise in 2021. Iconiq partner Matthew Jacobson told the FT the […]

G Squared Raises $1.1 Billion Amid ‘Secondary Market’ Interest

August 26, 2024
Venture capital group G Squared has reportedly raised $1.1 billion for its latest fund. The firm aims to tap into increasing investor demand for G Squared’s strategy of buying pre-existing...

Vendidit Launches Platform Connecting Retail Returns With Secondary Market

February 07, 2024
Vendidit, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered software platform focused on the secondary market for retail returns, launched Wednesday (Feb. 7). The company’s proprietary AI can connect retail sellers with secondary market...

Report: Secondary Startup Market Booms as Investors Sell

January 17, 2024
Investment firms are reportedly raising billions to purchase stakes in venture capital (VC)-backed tech startups. “The main exit for VCs is primarily IPOs and M&A [mergers and acquisitions], and neither of those...