SecondMarket, the leading marketplace for alternative investments, including private company stock, announced today that it surpassed a half-billion dollars in completed transactions since the launch of its private company market in April 2009. After completing $100 million in private company transactions in 2009, SecondMarket witnessed a four-fold increase in 2010, with over $400 million in completed transactions. The $500 million figure further establishes SecondMarket as the leading marketplace for private company stock.

?2010 was a tremendous year for our private company stock market, and we anticipate even greater success this year,? said SecondMarket Founder and CEO Barry Silbert. ?As a regulated broker-dealer, SecondMarket is proud to be the trusted, independent market leader for private company shares, and we will continue to work with companies to ensure their liquidity needs are met.?

A strong fourth quarter buoyed performance in 2010, as SecondMarket completed over $150 million in private company trades in the final quarter of the year and doubled already strong third quarter volume. The company releases a quarterly private company report, with data and information related to completed transactions, types of buyers and sellers, and the start-ups attracting attention from the SecondMarket community.

SecondMarket's success has garnered worldwide recognition. The company was recently selected by the World Economic Forum as a 2011 Technology Pioneer, and attended the annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland this week. In addition to private company stock, SecondMarket is also a leading marketplace for several other alternative asset classes, including auction-rate securities, bankruptcy claims, limited partnership interests, residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, collateralized debt obligations, warrants/restricted stock in public companies and whole loans.

About SecondMarket

Founded in 2004, New York-based SecondMarket is the largest secondary market for alternative investments, including private company stock, limited partnership interests, auction-rate securities, bankruptcy claims, collateralized debt obligations, residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, warrants/restricted stock and whole loans. SecondMarket has over 40,000 participants including global financial institutions, regional and community banks, hedge funds, private equity firms, mutual funds, corporations and other institutional and accredited investors. SecondMarket's shareholders include FirstMark Capital, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), SVB Financial Group (Nasdaq: SIVB), the Li Ka-Shing Foundation and Dunearn, a subsidiary of (Singapore) Temasek Holdings. SecondMarket is a registered broker-dealer (Member FINRA, MSRB and SIPC). SecondMarket was selected as a 2011 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. For further information, please visit www.SecondMarket.com.

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