The institutional venture secondaries partner
Built from venture DNA, for uncompromising institutions. We provide secondary access and liquidity solutions to VCs, founding teams, and leading alternatives investors.
Always founder friendly
We have over 12 years of experience supporting founders at all stages of their journey, and are now founders ourselves. Our deep respect for entrepreneurs is why we work to tailor secondary solutions for each company's preferences.
Always growth focused
We bring energized, vetted capital providers to serve as growth partners in support of companies and their growth plans. We also provide top tier GTM support to founding teams in support of their mission.
Always curated & private
We work with discretion and privacy always. We know that discretion is paramount, and our flexibility ensures we meet the unique needs of our clients. We are fully equipped to facilitate several types of transactions, covering direct secondaries, special situations and more.
We decided secondaries should be done differently.
We started Relay because we believe that secondaries, done right, are integral to a healthy startup ecosystem. Those willing to take on the risk of early conviction in a startup should be able to see reward whilst on the journey.
We believe that secondaries are integral to the healthy functioning of the startup ecosystem.
For Funds
We are fully equipped to support your fund across a range of scenarios:
Realizing DPI to aid fundraising efforts.
Consolidating existing positions in high performing companies.
Accessing hard to win companies via secondaries.
Beginning a high conviction, growth partnership in a company via the secondary market.
Reducing overexposure to technology, for non-VC funds.
For Founders
We help founders use secondaries strategically by:
Allowing employees controlled access to the secondary market for talent retention and acquisition purposes.
Utilizing equity pools strategically; bringing in new partners without expanding issuance.
Finding new, high conviction investors happy to build a relationship with your company via secondaries.
For Employees
We help both former and existing employees to:
Realize return on their contribution to company building via the secondary market.
Navigate the secondary market information asymmetries to ensure a good outcome.
Stay focused on the goal of company building without having to worry about short term needs.
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