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How Founders Use Structured Secondaries for Pre-Exit Liquidity
In Episode 131 of The Startup Exit Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how founders are using structured secondary sales to get early liquidity without triggering an exit. They examine a specific case: a late-stage SaaS startup where the founder sold $15 million of shares to a crossover fund at a 20% discount to the latest round, locking in personal wealth while keeping control of the company. The hosts connect this to current market data, including a 16% drop in Tesla and a 9.4% decline in Shopify, arguing that volatile public markets are pushing private-company founders to seek liquidity…
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