Triple Helix Discovery Engine
Triple Helix Framework
Industry
Architects: Small & Medium Size Business (SMBs), Product Development, De-Risking, Validation, Building Niche & Emerging Markets
*Funding Strategies for Architects (Private Equity, Venture & Risk Capital)
Intermediaries: Risk Capital (Angel, Seed, Venture Capital, SPAC, Strategic Corporate, Private Equity, Banking)
Intermediaries: Stock Exhanges (Worldwide)
Nasdaq National Market

SecondMarket

Parents

*Architects: Triple Helix, IP and Technology Exchanges, Open Innovation & Illiquid Secondary Market Makers
Companies: Acquired_(M&A)
Finance & Acquisitions: Horizon Ventures
Nasdaq National Market

2015: NASDAQ Acquires SecondMarket To Help Startups Sell Shares_techcrunch
Brings together buyers and sellers in the largest centralized, independent marketplace and auction platform for illiquid assets.
Include global financial institutions, hedge funds, private equity firms, corporations and high net worth individuals.
Investors: FirstMark Capital, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), SVB Financial Group, Horizons Ventures-Li Ka-Shing Foundation, Te
New York City, New York
Other asset classes traded over SecondMarket include auction-rate securities, bankruptcy claims, limited partnership interests,
Second Market: Partners
SecondMarket is the largest marketplace for a variety of illiquid assets, including private company stock.
SecondMarket, which has conducted more than $2 billion in transactions in 2009, has over 8,000 participants
SecondMarket's 5,000+ participants manage over $1 trillion in investable assets
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