Analysis

March 24, 2025

What's going on with secondaries?

Some lawyers are spotting an increase in the percentage of secondary shares in new rounds

Anne Sraders

3 min read

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Anne Sraders

Anne Sraders is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the venture capital industry and deeptech startups, including robotics, spacetech and defence tech. She also writes Sifted's weekly VC newsletter Up Round. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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