It irks me that Startup Valuation trends are usually self-perpetuating (i.e. investors letting the trend broadly shape future valuations) so glad to see Becca Szkutak and Caplight shedding light on the exceptions. #StartupValuation #Fundraising

Fintech valuations are down across the board but some companies are getting hit worse than others. One well-known startup saw its valuation creep up over $200 billion on the secondary market last year before dropping 61%. Find out who below ⬇️🧐

Thank you Freya Pratty and Eleanor Warnock for featuring Caplight in Sifted's analysis of European, VC-backed companies! Transparency benefits everyone in private markets!

Investor interest in SpaceX appears immune to Musk's meddling tcrn.ch/3VhOuzu by Becca Szkutak

Thank you Linly for featuring Caplight in your analysis!

In the secondary markets, unicorns were trading at an avg of 19% above their last round at the beginning of the year. Today they are trading at a 41% discount, which I suspect would be higher but no one wants to sell at the actual clearing price. data from @caplightdata

This is incredibly cool. That’s not just because I have a niche geekiness about this from my time in the secondary markets — but that does give me unique appreciation for how hard this is to pull off. Proud to be backing Javier Avalos, Justin Moore, and the Caplight team!

NEW: TikTok owner ByteDance's e-commerce volume (GMV) in China grew 76% to 1.41 trillion yuan ($208B) in 2022. TikTok's GMV in Southeast Asia more than quadrupled to $4.4B. TikTok is planning e-commerce push in U.S., Brazil, Spain, Australia this year. theinformation.com/articles/tikto…

Will Russian unicorns drive the next era of private market growth? Thank you Tech in Asia for using Caplight Data in your analysis!

It used to be the case that companies undervalued themselves on a #409A basis, now internal valuations often represent the actual market value. What does this mean for startup employees? Thank you to @heetermaria for featuring Caplight in your latest analysis!

Harry Stebbings Founders Fund you should check out Caplight for unreal insights into private market trading activity 👀

NEW from @heetermaria Cory Weinberg Annie Goldsmith + me: Celeb-backed fitness startup Tonal is looking for a buyer after scrambling to cut costs last yr. It closed several stores after spending major $$ on marketing featuring stars like Serena + Lebron: theinformation.com/articles/home-…

Thank you FORTUNE for selecting Caplight as a go-to source of private market data!

We are excited to announce a partnership with Caplight  to offer our clients access to historical pricing and data from Caplight's consortium of market participants. investx.com/investx-partne… #privateequity #privatemarkets #datadriven #marketdata #secondarymarkets

Thank you to Martin Peers for using Caplight Data to analyze Shopify’s acquisition of a $650M minority interest in Flexport

We've enhance our IPO Tracker with estimated valuations from Caplight. See how far private company valuations have fallen from pandemic-era peaks theinformation.com/projects/tech-…

This week for the Builders Series, we highlight Javier Avalos, Co-Founder and CEO Caplight, the first-ever derivatives marketplace for private markets. From his work at Forge to his current role, Javier has paved the way for markets that are more robust and liquid.

Plaid's ~10x rev. multiple is a slight premium to public comps and the ARK Fintech Innovation ETF, likely due to Plaid's revenue growth (20% YoY vs 7% average for comps). See more public comps benchmarking on Caplight: platform.caplight.com/signup x.com/pitdesi/status…

Junior VCs: you’re spending 1,000+ hours a year sourcing. 🤯 Most of that time? Noise. Caplight 2.0 (beta) changes that. Our AI sourcing engine and private market data help you qualify companies in minutes, not weeks. Request early access: platform.caplight.com/schedule-demo

🚀 The $2T pre-IPO market is on the blockchain 🚀 Caplight is thrilled to see Injective 🥷 launch the world's first perpetual futures on private Unicorn companies, powered by Caplight's secondary market data.