Tagged: jeff lynn

December 18, 2015 @ 2:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, CEO of Seedrs Jeff Lynn sat down with Business Insider to reveal why he believes that minibonds are not as great as they claim to be. According to the media outlet Lynn laid into minibonds, the debt instruments startups are increasingly turning to when… Read More

December 10, 2015 @ 11:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Back in October, UK-based equity crowdfunding platform, Seedrs, announced plans to expand in the U.S. in early 2016. The website declared one year ago its intent broaden its investment crowdfunding platform into the US with the acquisition of US-based Junction Investments.  Junction, at least initially, had… Read More

November 6, 2015 @ 10:05 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Andy Murray remains committed to backing British entrepreneurs by making two more investments through the crowdfunding platform Seedrs, according to a release. The two-time Grand Slam winner, current world number two tennis star and Seedrs Advisory Board Member has invested an undisclosed sum in London-based Shavekit and… Read More

November 2, 2015 @ 7:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Following the SEC’s announcement of final rules for Title III of the JOBS Act, UK based Seedrs has revealed it is set to launch in the US and will launch its first campaigns “within weeks”.  A wider roll-out of the platform is expected to take… Read More

October 14, 2015 @ 7:49 am By JD Alois  |  

ING Belgium has formed a partnership with two leading crowdfunding platforms.  Seedrs, based in the UK, and KissKissBankBank, based in France, will power a fast-track process for clients looking to raise capital.  In recognition of the fact that bank loans are not optimal for entrepreneurs… Read More

September 9, 2015 @ 9:00 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

As the director of Trillion Fund, a renewable energy and social investment crowdfunding platform, Julia Groves has a key piece of advice for women new to working in crowdfunding: Learn to show off. “Grit your teeth and do it, otherwise someone less amazing than you might get the… Read More

August 21, 2015 @ 7:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs announced last month a Series A funding round in the amount of £10 million led by Woodford Patient Capital Trust along with Augmentum Capital.  As part of that funding round the equity crowdfunding platform has carved out £2.5 million for new shareholders – to… Read More

August 19, 2015 @ 7:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Tennis champion  Andy Murray joined the Advisory Board of Seedrs earlier this year.  According to Seedrs, Murray has now shared three companies in which he has invested an undisclosed amount via the equity crowdfunding site. The three include London-based, healthier eating chain Tossed.  The company… Read More

July 16, 2015 @ 6:38 am By JD Alois  |  

The Fuel.Ventures EIS Fund has achieved it’s £500,000 target on Seedrs. The fund is seeking a total raise of £30 million with a portion of the capital being raised on the equity crowdfunding platform. This is a new EIS fund specialising in super-early seed, seed,… Read More

July 14, 2015 @ 7:37 am By JD Alois  |  

“We are on a mission to democratise the venture capital investment business” In a pivotal offer, VC firm Venrex will raise £ 1 million in capital on equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs allowing ordinary investors to join an investment fund that is typically reserved for the wealthy… Read More

July 6, 2015 @ 11:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Tossed, a unique dining establishment that delivers healthy and tasty cuisine, is celebrating its 10th birthday this year. As part of their hard earned success, Tossed is allowing its fans to share in its success with an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The company is… Read More

June 11, 2015 @ 2:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Innovify, a new breed of start-up foundry, has today launched a £250,000 equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs to incubate 10 start-ups this year, thereby helping address the high failure rate among UK startups by plugging the scene’s “missing gap.” The joint London and Indian-based company was… Read More

June 11, 2015 @ 11:02 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hokkei, a new Cardiff based restaurant launched by two MasterChef finalists Dale Williams and Larkin Cen, recently launched an equity crowdfunding campaign to raise £275,000 on Seedrs. As previously reported, Williams and Cen are looking to share 25% of the business, which aims to flip… Read More

June 10, 2015 @ 12:55 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

The equity crowdfunding market is worth over £50 million a year in the UK, doubling in size last year as an increasing number of individuals look for an alternative place to invest their capital. Despite its size however, there is very little research into market… Read More

June 8, 2015 @ 7:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Wimbeldon Champion Andy Murray has joined UK based equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs to assist with health, sport and wearable technology.  According to a company spokesperson, Murray has enterred into a long term partnership agreement where he will advise the firm in areas of strategic interest…. Read More

June 4, 2015 @ 4:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, equity crowdfunding platform, Seedrs, announced that it has been chosen to be the funding partner for the Welsh government’s Accelerate Growth Program, which is seeking £20 million. According to Tech City News, the program of training and mentoring is set to see up to 1,000 export-focused,… Read More

May 21, 2015 @ 10:11 am By Erin Hobey  |  

FreeAgent, the multi-award winning cloud accounting provider, today launched a £1M crowdfunding round with Seedrs to accelerate its vision of “Democratising Accounting” for UK micro-businesses and freelancers. The cloud accounting pioneer will use funding to to accelerate development of its  product and introduce more micro-businesses and freelancers to… Read More

April 30, 2015 @ 8:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube announced the creation of a venture fund last year. The concept was to allow a  professional fund manager do all the hard work in creating a diversified portfolio. As we all know investing in early-stage companies is risky business but a highly diversified… Read More

April 20, 2015 @ 7:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Coming off the successful crowdfunding round of Assetz Capital where £ 3 million in a convertible offer was raised for the fast growing peer to peer platform, Seedrs notes they have been the the leading platform to crowdfund for crowdfunders. Jeff Lynn, CEO and Co-Founder… Read More

March 31, 2015 @ 10:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform Seedrs has shared it has experienced a very successful quarter having captured over £10 million in investment for Q1 while claiming the title of Europe’s most active equity crowdfunding platform. According to co-founder and CEO Jeff Lynn; “We’re proud to have become… Read More