Private Markets, Angel and Secondary Investing, Sacra

Sacra

Bringing transparency to private markets so investors, founders, and employees can build on conviction.

Sacra delivers deeply researched insights on the private companies shaping tomorrow's markets. By surfacing the data, context, and operator perspective that are missing from private markets today, we help secondary buyers and sellers price equity accurately and unlock liquidity for the people building these businesses.

Private Markets, Angel and Secondary Investing

Bringing transparency to private markets so investors, founders, and employees can build on conviction. Sacra delivers deeply researched insights on the private companies shaping tomorrow's markets. By surfacing the data, context, and operator perspective that are missing from private markets today, we help secondary buyers and sellers price equity accurately and unlock liquidity for the people building these businesses.

Private Capital Markets

<ul><li>Kraken (2011) launched its crypto exchange in 2013, finding product-market fit as the only place to buy and sell Bitcoin with euros—revenue grew from about $160M in 2017 to $2B in 2021.</li><li>After crypto peaked in November 2021, exchanges saw sharp multi-year declines in revenue, with trading volume plummeting—after peaking at $2B, Kraken’s revenue fell to $954M in 2022 and $863M in 2023.</li><li>Sacra projects that Kraken is on track to generate $1.2B in revenue in 2024, up 42%, as transaction volume re-accelerates to $343B (up 55%)—as the only major US exchange to never be hacked, Kraken is the clear #2 trusted exchange behind Coinbase.</li></ul>

Kraken (2011) launched its crypto exchange in 2013, finding product-market fit as the only place to buy and sell Bitcoin with euros—revenue grew from about $160M in 2017 to $2B in 2021.After crypto peaked in November 2021, exchanges saw sharp multi-year declines in revenue, with trading volume plummeting—after peaking at $2B, Kraken’s revenue fell to $954M in 2022 and $863M in 2023.Sacra projects that Kraken is on track to generate $1.2B in revenue in 2024, up 42%, as transaction volume re-accelerates to $343B (up 55%)—as the only major US exchange to never be hacked, Kraken is the clear #2 trusted exchange behind Coinbase.

Kraken

Kraken At $1.2B