Tagged: seedrs

July 10, 2015 @ 1:05 am By Therese Torris  |  

Seedrs is a star among equity crowdfunding platforms. Founded in 2009 in the UK, the company pioneered innovations such as raising funds for several crowdfunding platforms – including itself – and launching a crowdfunding campaign for a listed company. Such bold moves have made Seedrs… Read More

July 8, 2015 @ 11:27 am By JD Alois  |  

  The Chancellor of the Exchequer’s summer budget was said to put economic security first and was a plan for “working people”. But incorporated in the policy statement was also aspects that should benefit disruptive financial firms on both the debt and equity side of… 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

July 1, 2015 @ 7:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday Keystone announced its three-year funding agreement with Aldermore Bank, had ended. Today it has formed a partnership with Landbay to lend and estimated £200 million through Keystone in 2016. This is significant boost for Landbay, a company that has been in operation a bit over… Read More

June 16, 2015 @ 9:44 am By JD Alois  |  

  Seedrs has become a go-to platform for other crowdfunding platforms. The growing list includes stalwarts like LandBay and TrillionFund.  Now they have added another crowdfunding platform to the ranks of aspiring platforms raising capital on their site; Swiss-Crowd. Swiss Crowd only recently launched their… Read More

June 12, 2015 @ 9:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Winning a £1 million prize is no small thing.  On June 26th, Richard Branson will reveal the winning company in each category in a live event in London.  Pitch to Rich 2015 is now in the semi-finalist round after winnowing it down from thousands to… 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

June 4, 2015 @ 2:50 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Swipe right on Tendr, and a beguiling bio of a company that converts footsteps into electricity might greet you. If you’re just not in the mood to help save the planet with this crowdfunding campaign, swipe left for a new prospect: Hummus Bros, a chain of restaurants and pop-ups… Read More

May 29, 2015 @ 7:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform Seedrs has offered the opportunity for smaller investors to join a prominent VC fund – something usually exclusive only to the very wealthy or very connected. Mark Pearsons has launched his own £30 million fund and a £500,0000 portion is being made available… Read More

May 28, 2015 @ 11:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

CrowdLords, a two-sided equity based residential crowdfunding platform from the UK, has launched its second round of funding on Seedrs. They are aiming to raise £200,000 to extend the platform, expand their investor base and develop new products. Opening up the doors to new funders, CrowdLords… Read More

May 28, 2015 @ 8:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Fresh from celebrating its two year birthday, Assetz Capital made another announcement: Assetz Capital, a British peer-to-peer lending platform exceeded its fundraising target of £2 million by raising funds from 731 investors through investment crowdfunding platform Seedrs. The firm, which specializes in providing loans to SMEs… Read More

May 19, 2015 @ 2:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs has carved out a nice little niche in becoming the crowdfunding site of choice for crowdfunding platforms.  Seedrs recently added another funding platform to their growing list; LandLordInvest. Described as the UK’s first “near prime property peer to peer lending” LandlordInvest is hoping to… Read More

May 11, 2015 @ 3:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to start expanding their Cardiff-based Hokkei Chinese restaurant, Masterchef finalists Dale Williams and Larkin Cen have launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs to raise £275,000. The cooking duo met on the show’s set in 2013 and have since decided to kick up their cooking talents a… 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 24, 2015 @ 5:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Retailer loyalty App Loyalzoo has raised over £170,000 in just three days equity crowdfunding on Seedrs. To date 72 investors have backed the small company that hopes to raise a total of £250,002 for 12.15% equity in the company.  This is the second time Loyalzoo has… Read More

April 24, 2015 @ 3:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last fall, UK’s alternative ads firm, Giftgaming, launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs to raise funds for expansion of its alternative ads solution. During the campaign, the startup successfully captured £35,000. Giftgaming is a patent-pending in-game ad service and startup supported by Accelerate Cambridge, Cambridge Judge Business… Read More