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October 30, 2024

Ex-Crowdcube executives announce first close of fund to target buzzy secondaries market

Flywheel Capital’s debut follows the fintech flurry into secondaries


Tom Matsuda

3 min read

Two former Crowdcube executives have teamed up to launch a new secondaries fund, and have raised $10m as they target a final close of $25m. Crowdcube’s former VP of capital markets Sam Lawson left the company in 2022 and founded the firm, named Flywheel Capital, last year. He’s also joined by Darren Westlake, cofounder and former CEO of CrowdCube, who is partner and chair of the fund. 

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Tom Matsuda

Tom Matsuda is a fintech reporter at Sifted and writes our weekly fintech newsletter. Find him on X and LinkedIn

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