E-commerce and tech businesses that struggled to offload themselves to public and private sectors investors in 2019 have soared in value in the space of little more than a year after COVID-19 unleashed a boom in online shopping.
The result is a rush by founders and insiders to cash in via initial public offerings or sell-downs this quarter, before Australia's newfound love for e-commerce fades.
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