Breaking news! We are pleased to announce that we’ve wrapped up our first institutional funding round.
This is on the back of incredible traction since the official launch of our platform last July! In the past 15 months, we’ve seen 500% growth across key metrics, including user
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The liquidity platform for private companies and their shareholders.
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- The Hiive50 index is a broad indicator of the direction and momentum in the pre-IPO market, bringing even greater transparency to startup investing. Welcome to a new era of liquidity. hiive.info/4cSYPeK #Hiive50 #PreIPO #VC
00:00 - We're backing the best! Hiive is thrilled to sponsor The Circle by Founders Circle Capital, the go-to community for growth-stage #startup CXOs. This partnership is about reinforcing what we both believe in: helping executives navigate the opportunities and challenges of leading
- New charts launched: You can now dive deeper into our 2,500 open orders in the private markets to see things like different transaction types, share types and a smattering of all our market activity. Check them out and see what insights you can find!
00:00 - Secondaries have quietly become a cornerstone of today’s venture ecosystem. In a market where traditional liquidity paths like IPOs and M&A remain constrained, secondaries offer a new mechanism for flexibility and value recognition—without requiring companies to rush to a public
- When employees can’t access the value of their equity, they’re more likely to leave. Our survey shows that only 27% of employees at companies that block share sales plan to stay long-term, compared to 43% at companies that allow it.
- Signs are pointing toward a promising year for IPOs in 2024. But which pre-IPO giants are most likely to take the plunge? And how big of a splash are we likely to see? Here's a roundup of names you'll want to keep an eye on. #IPOs #2024trends #data #venturecapital #secondaries
- “It is picking up,” said Kevin Swan, co-head of global private markets for Morgan Stanley at Work. “There’s an increase in activity after a lull as the spread on valuations have improved.”
- Turo, the world’s largest car-sharing marketplace, filed another update to its S-1. The company has actively traded in the secondary market for many years and experienced a consistent pricing uptrend on Hiive in the last 6 months. We dig into what this means for Turo's IPO.
- Historically, employers granted stock options as a form of compensation, with the expectation that their companies would eventually go public—but how are employees affected when the timeline to going public grows longer? What do you think? #liquidity #preipo
00:00 - What is happening in the private market? Transaction prices significantly dip in September as the buyer's market persists.
- Hiive was buzzing at #WebSummit last week! In just three days, we served over 1,000 coffees at our Liquidity Bar, hosted two incredible after-parties, and shared insights on the benefits of pre-IPO trading in a packed talk led by our founder and CEO, @SimDesai. Every touchpoint
- “Liquidity shouldn’t be a luxury. It should be part of how we build.” Hiive CEO @SimDesai was recently featured in Rohit Yadav's “Rethinking Venture Capital” report, a new, sweeping, global analysis of where venture goes next. In a section devoted to secondaries, Sim shares a
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