VC trends tend to make their way from the US across the Atlantic eventually: secondaries, continuation funds — and, now, strip sales. Insiders say this type of secondary transaction, which involves a VC fund manager selling stakes in a bundle of portfolio companies instead of just one asset, is an area of increasing interest for European VCs as they remain desperate for liquidity.
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