Pre-IPO Archives - FINIQ

Caplight Pre-IPO Secondary Market Oct’23 Update

Eve Tan — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 15:42:38 +0000

In October of 2023, some institutions came back to the market, indicated by increased trading volume and average deal size. As indicated in the Caplight graphs below, Pre-IPO price performance continues to rebound and trading volume has picked up since …

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Q1 2024 Pre-IPO Secondary Market Update

Eve Tan — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 13:31:16 +0000

Our FINIQ Darkpool marketplace quality increased in Q1. Here’s what we’re tracking: More looks at primaries & blocks w/ diligence: Since March 2024, ~70% of deals matched on Caplight were SPVs, and 77% of those came with diligence materials Caplight Q1 …

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Q3 2024 Pre-IPO Secondary Market Update

Eve Tan — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 15:35:41 +0000

FINIQ’s pre-IPO brokers, saw a slowdown from Q1-Q2 with most of the activity focused on primary fundraising. AI, Defense and Space continue to be the only verticals experiencing buyer demand. Caplight’s recent market report shows secondary market activity down 28% …

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State of the Venture Capital Market in 2024

Eve Tan — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 15:51:03 +0000

Earlier this month, AI market-leader OpenAI made headlines with a $6.6B capital raise. Structured as a convertible note, this raise may either show a return to a vibrant venture market like 2020-2021 or signal the peak of a frothy AI …

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Data Centers: AI’s Backbone and Private Market Powerhouse

Eve Tan — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 14:38:18 +0000

The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence has positioned data centers as crucial infrastructure, with U.S. companies driving a construction boom in this sector. Since the release of ChatGPT and similar tools, U.S. data center construction spending has surged to nearly …

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Market Uncertainty: Signals of a Recession and Strategic Optimism for 2025

Eve Tan — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 16:08:28 +0000

Market euphoria? Beware, we may be entering recession. The US has been adding about $1T in national debt every 100 days since February of 2024– crisis spending, supposedly during economic expansion. What happens when that spending is reduced? The massive wins …

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Q4 2024 Pre-IPO Secondary Market Update

Eve Tan — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 16:28:21 +0000

According to a recent report from Jeffries, global secondary volume was $68 billion, a 58% increase in volume in H1 2024. The increase in volume is due to both an increase in the AUM of secondary funds and an increased …

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FINIQ: IPO Outlook for 2025

Eve Tan — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 20:35:30 +0000

Moving into 2025, there was some momentum for a rebirth of the IPO marketplace. 2024 had a few successful public launches: Reddit, Astera Labs, and Rubrik trade well above their issuance pricing. Even relatively weak IPOs, such as ServiceTitan are …

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Caplight: Market Momentum Entering 2025

Eve Tan — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 21:32:08 +0000

Private Outperformed Public in 2024 26% Increase in Trading Volume Year-over-Year Data & AI Continues to be the Hottest Sector in the Market Private Data & AI Multiples Remain Attractive vs. Public Peers Triple digit revenue growth outpaced valuation gain …

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