Meet the team redesigning the VC secondary market.
Hiive was founded by former principals of a leading brokerage in the private equity and venture capital secondary market.
Our all-in-one liquidity solution retains the best practices of the global pre-IPO secondary market while addressing the opacity and inefficiencies traditionally associated with private market trading.
Our Founders
Sim Desai
Founder & CEO
After 14 years in the trenches of the opaque and fragmented private market, Sim Desai founded Hiive with the vision to centralize, standardize, and automate liquidity for private companies and their shareholders. Before Hiive, Sim was a pioneer in the trading of shares of VC-backed pre-IPO companies, establishing and growing the practice for one of the leading incumbents.
Sarah Huggins
Co-Founder, COO & General Counsel
Sarah Huggins is a seasoned lawyer, entrepreneur, and investor passionate about building category-defining brands and high-performing teams. Following a successful career as a lawyer and restaurateur, Sarah co-founded Hiive, bringing her business and legal expertise to the capital markets and fintech industries.
Stuart Eccles
Co-Founder and CPTO
Stuart Eccles is a serial founder, technology leader, and digital product innovator with more than 25 years of experience designing and building software products and the teams behind them. Before Hiive, Stuart co-founded the internationally recognized digital product agency Made by Many.
Prab Rattan
Co-Founder & CRO
With over a decade of experience in financial markets sales and leadership, Prab Rattan has advised on thousands of transactions representing billions of dollars in total completed volume. Before Hiive, Prab led the origination, evaluation, and execution of countless private transactions, including SpaceX, Stripe, Palantir, Pinterest, and Zoom.
Our mission is to unlock the value of the private market.
Designed and built by global leaders in secondary trading.
The marketplace for private stock
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