Seedrs
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Type of site
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Investing online |
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| Available in | English |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
| Website | www |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Launched | 6 July 2012 |
Seedrs is an equity crowdfunding platform for investing in startups and later-stage businesses throughout Europe. Seedrs allows users to invest as little as £10 or €10 into the businesses they choose and lets early-stage startups and more established businesses raise investment from friends, family, customers, angels and other independent investors in exchange for equity in the business. The platform offers three types of campaigns for investment - equity, funds and convertible campaigns.
Seedrs is an "all or nothing" platform where companies do not receive any funding unless they reach their declared investment target, but businesses have the chance to accept more than originally asked for in a process called "overfunding".
Seedrs allows a wider base of potential investors, among the mass affluent, access to startup investing - an asset class that was previously only available to high-net-worth or sophisticated angel investors.
Seedrs was the first equity crowdfunding platform to receive regulatory approval from a financial regulator – the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA, formerly the FSA) in May 2012. The company is based in East London’s Tech City, with its design & development team operating from Lisbon, Portugal.
Equity crowdfunding is the process of a business raising finance from a large and diverse range of investors in exchange for equity (shares) in that business. Through equity crowdfunding platforms businesses can receive investment from friends, family, customers, suppliers and other networks.
Seedrs was founded by Jeff Lynn (CEO) and Carlos Silva (COO) as part of an MBA project at Oxford’s Said Business School and officially launched in the UK on 6 July 2012. Seedrs raised £1.3 million in funding in May 2012 from backers, including: DFJ Esprit, AngelLabs, Digital Prophets and several angel investors. In December 2013, Seedrs raised the largest equity crowdfunding round ever, raising just over £2.5 million from 909 investors.
Seedrs's Board of Advisors includes: James Alexander (Zopa and The Foundation), Mike Butcher (TechCrunch and London Web Summit), Ralph, Lord Lucas (House of Lords), Dale Murray (Angel Investor of the Year and successful entrepreneur) and Todd Ruppert, former CEO of T. Rowe Price Global Investment Services.
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