"Caplight records more than $706 million being invested into direct secondaries deals — or transactions involving a company stake — in the first half of 2024"

"It's likely we'll see a new generation of private market exchanges formed to meet this growing need for liquidity — and that they will begin as software."

"The Caplight data tracked how BlackRock, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton and Lincoln Financial have valued their stakes this year."

"Private valuations in the so called secondary market are below those at the latest fundraising round for more than four fifths of unicorns, according to Caplight"

“Caplight, a startup that offers a platform for data and trading on the secondary market, saw transactions rise 27% compared with the previous quarter.”

“Secondary trading volume has grown by more than 50 per cent this year to the end of May compared to the same period last year, according to data provider Caplight.”