Startup founders are cashing out early as VCs embrace secondary sales—Mesh’s $20M and Farcaster’s $15M founder payouts highlight a growing trend of “taking some off the table” before exits.

Startup founders are cashing out early as VCs embrace secondary sales—Mesh’s $20M and Farcaster’s $15M founder payouts highlight a growing trend of “taking some off the table” before exits.

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