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 VC industry and deeptech startups. She also writes Sifted's weekly VC newsletter Up Round. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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