GlobalLogic was not far behind with 35 percent of the transactions, and Acronis and Gamefly also had strong quarters. Facebook dominated the buy-side interest as well with 34.1 percent, followed in the distance by Twitter's 5.8 percent. The remaining private companies in the top 10 of that category were LinkedIn, Zynga, Craigslist, Yelp, Digg, Kayak, Etsy and the author of the report, SecondMarket.
Groupon recorded the fastest growing buy-side interest with an increase of 63 percent in the past three months. Other companies showing significant growth on the buy side included Pandora, Zipcar, Trulia and Bloom Energy.