Ask HN: How does the secondary equity market work?

20 points by pog92 4 years ago | 1 comment

I invested in some startups through an equity crowdfunding platform.

For some of them I'm happy of the investments while for others I'd prefer to liquidate my equities (even at slight loss) because I'm no longer interested in the project or believing in it.

I've seen that they offer a secondary equity market where you can find buyers and sell your equities.

How does it work? Are there any fees (legal, bureaucratic, fiscal) etc that I should consider?

Bostonian 4 years ago |

Likely the major "fee" is due to illiquidity. You may need to accept a substantial discount to fair market value to sell a startup position, although even defining FMV is difficult when there are no trades.