Tagged: jeff kelisky

January 6, 2020 @ 8:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs, a leading investment crowdfunding platform in the UK and a trailblazer in online capital formation, has announced 2019 investment numbers. According to a release, Seedrs had a record-breaking year with the highest levels of investment than in all prior years. The investment activity was… Read More

December 31, 2019 @ 9:16 am By JD Alois  |  

The United Kingdom is home to the most robust investment crowdfunding ecosystem in the world. A determined group of innovative entrepreneurs and a collaborative regulatory environment have combined to foster a successful industry of online capital formation that most countries aspire to achieve. While there… Read More

March 13, 2019 @ 5:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs, a leading UK based online investment platform, has announced that its AutoInvest product is now availalbe. The feature launched in Beta mode in mid-2018 and enables investors to fully customize their individual criteria and “Build Your Own Bot” to efficiently create investment portfolios of… Read More

September 24, 2018 @ 7:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs has published a portfolio update of issuers raising capital on its platform.  According to the company, the 577 deals that have raised money from July 2012 to the end of 2017 have generated a platform wide internal rate of return (IRR)… Read More

July 17, 2018 @ 9:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform Seedrs has announced a new feature. AutoInvest will now enable a robo-investing type service for individuals to gain access to early stage private equity while facilitating a diverse portfolio for risk mitigation. For the past six years, investments on equity crowdfunding platforms have… Read More

May 23, 2018 @ 7:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Seedcamp, the leading European seed investor, has announced the close of a £60 million fund that has the backing of over 100 Seedcamp founders, angels and mentors. The fund also includes contributions of £2 million via a collaboration with crowdfunding platform Seedrs. The Seedrs partnership… Read More

April 26, 2018 @ 7:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Revolut revealed its most recent funding round today as it raised $250 million at a valuation of $1.7 billion. In many ways, the success of Revolut is emblematic of the power and potential of investment crowdfunding. Until today’s Series C round, each successive funding round… Read More

April 24, 2018 @ 12:44 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Currently available in London, in 24 months Movebubble has connected over 150,000 renters with properties. Pre-valued at £3,907,392, Movebubble has synced with Seedrs to raise £800,002 for 16.99% equity; to date, over £383,487 — more than 47% — of its goal has been reached with the help… Read More

April 17, 2018 @ 11:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs is one of the leading crowdfunding platforms in the UK today. Since the online capital formation site launched in 2012 over 600 deals have been successfully funded. Investors have mainly been retail types but big VCs have frequently joined in to support promising businesses… Read More

March 29, 2018 @ 7:41 am By JD Alois  |  

  Fintechs Investly and Landbay have received the backing of British tennis champion Andy Murray, according to investment crowdfunding platform Seedrs. Murray has backed these two early-stage firms as part of his relationship with Seedrs, today investing with undisclosed amounts. The platform shares that Murray’s… Read More

February 28, 2018 @ 7:32 am By JD Alois  |  

Online capital formation and more traditional funding methods continue to converge as Seedrs, a leading UK investment crowdfunding platform, has provided access to the Augmentum Fintech initial public offering (IPO) on the London Stock Exchange. The £100 million IPO saw more than £500,000 of investment… Read More

January 8, 2018 @ 6:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs, a UK based crowdfunding platform, has published full year results for 2017.  According to the company, during the year £125 million was invested in 168 different deals – the biggest year since platform launch. Investors came from 58 different countries making more than 46,700… Read More

January 2, 2018 @ 1:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs is a trailblazer in the crowdfunding world. The UK was the first market to craft a regulatory regime that truly facilitated online capital formation for startups, scale ups, and more mature companies. The ecosystem has evolved to a point where crowdfunding is becoming the… Read More

December 18, 2017 @ 8:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs and Portugal Ventures, a Portuguese VC firm,  have jointly announced a new partnership that will provide a boost to the growing startup ecosystem in Portugal. The VC firm will start investing alongside the crowd with a stated cap of €1.25 million. This co-investing structure… Read More

December 14, 2017 @ 1:46 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With 2018 quickly approaching, Seedrs took a look back on some of its equity crowdfunding platform’s successes over the past twelve months. The funding portal revealed in a post on Wednesday: “2017 has been, by far, our most successful year to date. Independent research firm Beauhurst has recognised… Read More

October 2, 2017 @ 11:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs, one of the leading UK based investment crowdfunding platforms, has closed on £10 million in funding with £4 million coming from Woodford Investment Management and the balance coming from retails investors via their own platform. The deal was announced earlier this month with Seedrs… Read More

September 4, 2017 @ 9:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs, one of the largest equity crowdfunding platforms in the UK, has received a follow on investment of £4 million from Woodford Investment Management. The new funding values the online investment platform at £40 million on a pre-money basis. Woodford previously backed Seedrs with £6… Read More

August 10, 2017 @ 7:37 am By JD Alois  |  

There has been an executive change at on the leading investment crowdfunding platforms in the UK. Seedrs has announced that Jeff Kelisky, formerly COO at Seedrs, has been promoted as the Chief Executive Officer of the company. Jeff Lynn, co-founder of the company, will step… Read More

March 15, 2017 @ 1:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs is preparing for a major strategic push this year as it seeks to hit “aggressive growth targets.”  In advance of the expected expansion, Seedrs has appointed two executives to add fire-power to the management team. Seedrs has appointed, Jeff Kelisky as COO – a… Read More