Recently a lot has been written about the emergence of new private company stock marketplaces (often referred to s secondarymarketplaces) where buyers and sellers of private company securities can connect and transact.
Finally, some of these marketplaces are designed to facilitate the sale of not only secondary securities sold by existing shareholders such as venture investors, founders, angels and employees but also primary offerings where the proceeds of the sale are used by the issuing company to fund its operations.