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Seedrs
Finance and Risk Capital
Impact for scaleups
1,565
UK companies backed
43%
Follow-on investments
39%
Investments outside of London
443
Growth-stage investments
Key sectors
Now part of the US-based private investment platform Republic, Seedrs operates a pan-European equity crowdfunding platform. Since its formation in 2012, more than £2.6bn has been invested on the Seedrs platform and a total of 2,078 deals have been funded.
In the period between January 2016 to June 2023, the average amount raised was £962,000 with half (50%) of the 1,565 fundraising deals being growth stage investments.
In the 12 months to June 2023, the platform has been used by scaleups such as fintech Glint, digital bank Tandem, and online marketplace Landbay.
To help liquidity, more than 880 companies have traded on Seedrs’ secondary market to date. Since launching its secondary market in 2017, £25.6m has been traded.
Seedrs has introduced venture fund LP opportunities onto the platform, starting with a partnership with Passion Capital for its third fund enabling retail investors to back VC funds. It publishes an annual “state of the investor” report, identifying trends and attitudes among retail investors and is a signatory to the Women in Finance Charter.
An Alumni Club also serves Seedrs-funded businesses through a dedicated community featuring valuable tools, bespoke resources, curated events, discounts and an online community portal.
