# Secondaries

9fin completes first employee share sale after $170m raise
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Exclusive
July 28, 2026
9fin completes first employee share sale after $170m raise
Secondary share sales increasingly popular among European fintechs
Damisola Sulaiman
Inside the booming secondaries market in Europe: 'Who isn’t selling?’
Pro
Analysis
March 13, 2026
Inside the booming secondaries market in Europe: 'Who isn’t selling?’
Secondaries investors report premiums for the most in-demand names
Amy Lewin, Anne Sraders and Freya Pratty
Creandum and Project A to offload Trade Republic shares in secondaries sale
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News
November 25, 2025
Creandum and Project A to offload Trade Republic shares in secondaries sale
Founders Fund and Sequoia double down on Berlin-based savings platform
Miriam Partington
Hamilton Lane: 'We've seen a massive increase in GP-led secondaries'
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Interview
May 2, 2025
Hamilton Lane: 'We've seen a massive increase in GP-led secondaries'
The US firm with $956bn in assets under management is actively investing in Europe with its new VC fund
Anne Sraders
Target Global restructures senior team and ramps up sale of secondaries
News
April 28, 2025
Target Global restructures senior team and ramps up sale of secondaries
Target Global has seen two of its five partners depart in the last six months
Freya Pratty
Exclusive: Secretive VC firm Hedosophia raises over $200m for secondaries fund, sources say
News
April 22, 2025
Exclusive: Secretive VC firm Hedosophia raises over $200m for secondaries fund, sources say
The firm completed a first close in December last year, sources tell Sifted
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
What's going on with secondaries?
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
Secondaries fever has hit fintech - but only a few companies are in demand
Analysis
November 26, 2024
Secondaries fever has hit fintech - but only a few companies are in demand
Only Europe’s top tier fintechs are cashing on the secondary hype
Tom Matsuda
Here are all the European startups that have done secondaries this year
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Analysis
November 15, 2024
Here are all the European startups that have done secondaries this year
Sifted’s tracked close to 50 secondary transactions in Europe so far in 2024, including several of the continent’s most closely followed scaleups
Amy Lewin, Federico Scolari and Hessa Alabbas
Ex-Crowdcube executives announce first close of fund to target buzzy secondaries market
News
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
What’s behind the rise in secondaries — and how could it affect founders?
Analysis
September 5, 2024
What’s behind the rise in secondaries — and how could it affect founders?
The financing structure has grown in popularity in recent years
Sponsored by: Latham & Watkins
Northvolt secondaries secured by member-driven investor Tioex
News
June 20, 2024
Northvolt secondaries secured by member-driven investor Tioex
The member-driven investment company has previously bought secondaries in Klarna, Anthropic and SpaceX
Mimi Billing
International investors, secondaries and a focus on DEI - what founders and VCs should know about term sheets in 2024
Analysis
June 11, 2024
International investors, secondaries and a focus on DEI - what founders and VCs should know about term sheets in 2024
A new report from HSBC Innovation Banking UK shares data on how term sheets have changed in the past year
Sponsored by: HSBC Innovation Banking
Isomer launches £100m secondaries fund
News
April 25, 2024
Isomer launches £100m secondaries fund
The new fund will primarily buy stakes from other LPs in VC funds — capitalising on a big and as-yet untapped market
Amy Lewin
Why the VC secondaries market is booming
Analysis
February 23, 2024
Why the VC secondaries market is booming
Most of Europe’s biggest VCs are looking into portfolio sales, say secondaries experts
Amy Lewin
‘People will be running out of choice’: One VC is launching a new $100m fund to take advantage of secondaries in growth companies
News
January 23, 2024
‘People will be running out of choice’: One VC is launching a new $100m fund to take advantage of secondaries in growth companies
The firm, which says it’s closed $25m of its $100m target so far, is betting on a booming secondaries market as VCs look for exits
Anne Sraders
Crowdcube doubles down on secondaries with Semper acquisition
News
November 6, 2023
Crowdcube doubles down on secondaries with Semper acquisition
And more acquisitions could be on the horizon for the equity crowdfunding platform
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Founders and investors say the price still isn't right for most European VC secondaries
Analysis
July 28, 2023
Founders and investors say the price still isn't right for most European VC secondaries
With everyone scared of downrounds, it's still hard to snap up secondary stakes — but growth investors are pushing for deals
Eleanor Warnock
Secondaries firm Giano Capital has raised €20m of a new fund
News
July 17, 2023
Secondaries firm Giano Capital has raised €20m of a new fund
The team is buying stakes in venture-backed companies from early investors, employees and founders
Eleanor Warnock
The hangover cure for those with secondaries in Klarna — buy more
Analysis
August 12, 2022
The hangover cure for those with secondaries in Klarna — buy more
Not all doom and gloom for marketplaces for secondaries when markets crunch
Mimi Billing
More startup staff are cashing out early as the European secondaries market blooms
Analysis
May 25, 2022
More startup staff are cashing out early as the European secondaries market blooms
Investors say the rocky market environment might even be a tailwind for secondaries
Eleanor Warnock

# Secondaries

9fin completes first employee share sale after $170m raise

Inside the booming secondaries market in Europe: 'Who isn’t selling?’

Creandum and Project A to offload Trade Republic shares in secondaries sale

Hamilton Lane: 'We've seen a massive increase in GP-led secondaries'

Target Global restructures senior team and ramps up sale of secondaries

Exclusive: Secretive VC firm Hedosophia raises over $200m for secondaries fund, sources say

What's going on with secondaries?

Secondaries fever has hit fintech - but only a few companies are in demand

Here are all the European startups that have done secondaries this year

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

What’s behind the rise in secondaries — and how could it affect founders?

Northvolt secondaries secured by member-driven investor Tioex

International investors, secondaries and a focus on DEI - what founders and VCs should know about term sheets in 2024

Isomer launches £100m secondaries fund

Why the VC secondaries market is booming

‘People will be running out of choice’: One VC is launching a new $100m fund to take advantage of secondaries in growth companies

Crowdcube doubles down on secondaries with Semper acquisition

Founders and investors say the price still isn't right for most European VC secondaries

Secondaries firm Giano Capital has raised €20m of a new fund

The hangover cure for those with secondaries in Klarna — buy more

More startup staff are cashing out early as the European secondaries market blooms