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Sim Desai is the Founder and CEO of Hiive, a marketplace that provides liquidity for private company shares. Since its commercial launch in 2022, Hiive has surpassed $5 billion in closed transaction volume and reached a $123 million revenue run rate while maintaining profitability. With nearly two decades of experience in private equity and secondary markets, Sim is passionate about bringing greater transparency and efficiency to the private-company secondary market.

Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn:

• [0:00] Intro
• [3:09] Sim Desai on Hiive’s role in turning private-company liquidity into an asset
• [9:07] Exploring the Hiive50 as a barometer for pre-IPO companies
• [15:51] Why the private secondary market has exploded over the past 15 years
• [18:05] Hiive’s journey to profitability and over 100% annual growth after launch
• [23:36] How companies like Kraken enable passive stock trading through Hiive
• [37:55] Hiive’s white-glove approach to venture funds and large institutional transactions
• [43:53] Sim’s approach to using competitor intelligence as a key entrepreneurial resource

In this episode…

What if employees and investors had a clearer path to unlock the value of private company shares before an IPO? As private markets continue to grow, what would it take to make liquidity more transparent, efficient, and accessible?

For Sim Desai, a private markets and secondary-market expert, technology can transform an opaque, fragmented private share market into a more centralized, automated marketplace. He highlights how structured liquidity options, the Hiive50 index, and a dual-sided marketplace can give shareholders greater access while allowing companies to maintain control.

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