The private equity secondaries market amassed $71 billion in 2020, smack in the middle of a global crisis. Are secondaries the next wave in VC investments as everyone is chasing yields while needing to deploy larger checks?

Last time on DiffuseTap, we invited Brad Heppner, Founder, CEO, and Chairman at The Beneficient Company Group, and Dave McClure, Founder and Managing Partner at Practical Venture Capital, to discuss the drivers behind the secondaries market’s impressive growth, how to value these assets even without a recent transaction benchmark, and why LPs, GPs, and founders are flocking to unlock capital via this channel.

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