Retail buyers are more and more shaping the secondary market. In This autumn 2024, platforms like EquityZen reported that 86% of whole transaction quantity got here from retail individuals—an attention-grabbing shift as instruments like Forge and EquityZen promise broader entry to non-public shares.
However does extra entry imply extra alternative, or extra danger? At present on Fairness, Rebecca Bellan is joined by Jared Carmel of Manhattan Enterprise Companions to dig into what he calls a “once-in-a-generation alternative” in secondaries, why he’s not loopy in regards to the enhance of retail buyers, and the way secondaries present a “strain reduction valve” that would preserve startups personal effectively previous their startup years.
Hearken to the complete episode to listen to extra about:
How MVP has labored to “institutionalize” secondaries out of the Wild West of investing.
Why “informational asymmetry” makes some secondary choices a uncooked deal for retail buyers.
How a sluggish IPO market is catalyzing a sturdy secondaries market that creates a liquidity flywheel for VC.
And Jared’s prediction that in a couple of years, the secondaries suggestions loop will delay IPOs as much as 20 years.
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