Glossary
- Safety cushion
- Sale in the open market
- Saver's Allowance
- Scale for bonds
- Scale for shares
- Schatz future
- SDAX
- Second Quotation Board
- Secondary market
- Secondary purchase
- Sector fund
- Sector index
- Securities
- Securities account
- Securities exchange
- Securities Trading Act
- Seed phase
- Semiannual report (funds)
- Sensitivity (warrants)
- Settlement
- Share
- Share buy-back
- Share price
- Share register
- Shareholder
- Shareholder rights
- Shareholder value
- Shareholders' record
- Shareholder’s right to information
- Sharpe-Ratio
- Shell corporation
- Short position
- Short sale
- SMAX
- SME Growth Market
- SPAC
- Special fund
- Specialised fund
- Specialized fund
- Spot market
- Spread
- Spread certificate
- Squeeze-out
- Standard deviation
- Startup company
- Startup phase
- Steady
- Stock corporation
- Stock cycle
- Stock exchange
- Stock Exchange Act (Börsengesetz)
- Stock exchange monopoly
- Stock index
- Stock market
- Stock market analysis
- Stock market crash
- Stock option
- Stock option plan
- Stock price
- Stock split
- Stop-buy order
- Stop-limit order
- Stop-loss limit
- Stop-loss order
- Stop-market order
- Stop-sell order
- STOXX Europe 50
- STOXX®
- Strike price
- Subscription
- Subscription period
- Subscription rights
- Support buying
- Support Line
- SWAP
- Switch
- Syndicate
- Syndicate bank
- Synthetic bonds
Secondary purchase
Acquisition of the investments of a venture capital company by another equity investment firm
In a secondary purchase, a venture capital fund sells off portfolio companies that are not developing according to plan and would otherwise have to be written off completely. Sometimes, a venture capital company will sell off its entire portfolio if it is uncertain that follow-on financing will be available. Typically, the buyer acquires holdings that are in a more mature stage of development, thereby avoiding the riskier early phase. For the start-up company, a secondary purchase is usually associated with considerable risk, but may be its only chance for survival
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