Unlocking Liquidity: Secondary Markets & Alternative Exit Strategies
Join us for an small-format reception & panel for investors and founders to explore the growing landscape of secondaries.
Topics to be covered include:
How secondary markets work and when to consider them
Pricing, valuation dynamics, and deal structures in secondaries
Founder and employee liquidity: tender offers and structured programs
Investor perspectives: portfolio management and secondary sales
Regulatory and legal considerations
Market trends and what's ahead for private liquidity
Speakers
Ira Simkhovitch
Managing Director, Industry Ventures by Goldman Sachs
Ira concentrates on originating, valuing and managing secondary investments in later-stage, venture-backed companies and venture capital funds. He also focuses on helping corporate venture capital groups generate liquidity from their portfolio or spin-out and establish a traditional venture fund business.
Greg Back
Founding Partner, CatchLight Capital Partners
Greg Back is Founding Partner of CatchLight Capital Partners, where he partners with technology entrepreneurs to navigate capital challenges and drive growth. With more than $1 billion in gains as a general partner and board service across a dozen-plus companies, Greg brings cross-border expertise spanning angel through private equity.
Barrett Cohn
Founder & CEO, Scenic
Barrett's work with the early Facebook and Twitter teams inspired him to institutionalize the secondary market for private company stock, leading to the creation of Scenic. Under his leadership, Scenic has facilitated billions of dollars in transactions for high-growth private companies.
Eric Benhamou
Founder & General Partner, Benhamou Global Ventures (BGV)
Eric is the Founder and General Partner of Benhamou Global Ventures, a global venture capital firm anchored in Silicon Valley focused on enterprise technology. BGV sources portfolio companies across Israel, France, Western Europe, India, and beyond, partnering with founders to build impactful global businesses.