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Venture capitalists and<\/span> founders are hoping \u2014\u00a0praying? \u2014\u00a0for exits to pick back up in 2024. A recent TechCrunch+ survey<\/a> found that there is consensus among VCs that exits will start to rebound this year<\/a>, but the when and the how are still a bit fuzzy.<\/p>\n The consensus, though, is that fintech Stripe will go public this year. The investors surveyed clearly aren\u2019t the only ones who are excited about a potential Stripe exit in 2024, either. According to secondary data tracker Caplight, there has been an absolute flurry of buyers looking to get shares in the company in recent months.<\/p>\n While bids tell us one thing, deals tell us another, and a closed transaction this week tells us a lot about what could happen to Stripe in 2024. On Tuesday, literally the day after New Year\u2019s Day, a secondary sale closed that valued Stripe shares at $21.06 apiece; that values the startup at $53.65 billion, according to Caplight data.<\/p>\n Stripe declined to comment.<\/p>\n There are a few reasons why this deal is worth paying attention to. For one, Stripe\u2019s $53 billion value marks an increase from the company\u2019s most recent primary round last March, when Stripe was valued at $50 billion.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n