Seedrs

Company

Investment-firm

Last deal

Amount

Venture - Series Unknown

Stage

16.09.2021

Date

3

all rounds

$36.56M

Total amount

Financing round

General

About Company
Seedrs is a UK-based investment and crowdfunding platform.

Related to

Augmentum Fintech

Augmentum Fintech

Augmentum Fintech is a publicly listed venture capital firm in Europe that specializes in investing in fast-growing fintech businesses.

Sector

Investment Banking and Brokerage Services

Subsector

Asset Managers and Custodians

Keywords

Financial Services, FinTech, Finance

Location

London, UK

total rounds

3

total raised

$111.06M

count Of Investments

47

count Of Exists

2

Industry

Sector :

Subsector :

founded date

01.01.2009

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Venture - Series Unknown

IPO status

Private

Description

Seedrs is Europe's leading online platform for investing in the equity of startups and other growth companies, offering a simple and professional online process that protects and empowers investors while helping businesses grow and generate returns. The platform handles all legal documentation and due diligence to ensure businesses are set up for success, and investors can earn equity returns if the business is sold, floats, or pays a dividend. Seedrs makes it easy for anyone to invest in the next generation of growth-focused European businesses, with investments starting from as little as £10.
Contacts

location

Contact Email

Social url

Legal Names

Legal name

Seedrs Limited
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M&A Details
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Transaction name

Acquired by

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announced date

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price

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Financials

Funding Rounds
11
3

Number of Funding Rounds

$36.56M

Money Raised

Their latest funding was raised on 16.09.2021. Their latest investor KAAN Ventures. Their latest round Venture - Series Unknown

Date 
Funding Round 
Investors 
Money Raised 
Lead 
16.09.2021
1
30.10.2019
$8M
Local Amount - GBP 6.2M
04.10.2017
2
$4.57M
Local Amount - GBP 6M
Investments
308
Date 
name 
Lead 
type 
Raised 
25.10.2023
No
$1.05M
Local Amount - GBP 869.49K
24.10.2023
No
$6.85M
Local Amount - EUR 7.6M
23.09.2023
No
$347.84K
Local Amount - GBP 284.2K
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Investors
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3

Number of lead investors

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Number of investors

Investor 
Lead 
Round 
Partners 
No
Venture - Series Unknown
Yes
Equity Crowdfunding
No
Equity Crowdfunding
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Acquisitions
1
Acquiree Name 
Date 
Price 
Acquisition Name 
Junction Investments acquired by Seedrs

Junction Investments acquired by Seedrs

acquirer

Seedrs
Seedrs

date

30.10.2014

type

Acquisition
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People

Founders
2
Carlos Silva
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Carlos is an IT development and security expert with nearly ten years of industry experience, most of them in a leading role. Most recently he served as Head of New Product Development at Sysvalue, an innovative information systems security consulting firm based in Lisbon, and he has also worked as an information security consultant to a range of leading European financial institutions. Carlos holds an MBA from the University of Oxford and a Masters in Computer Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico, the leading Portuguese engineering university.

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Jeff Lynn
Jeff Lynn

Jeff Lynn

Jeff Lynn is Executive Chairman and co-founder of Seedrs, the leading pan-European equity crowdfunding platform. Seedrs lets investors invest as much or as little as they like in startups they choose, and it lets startups raise capital from friends, family, angels, institutions and the crowds, all through a simple, online process. In addition to running Seedrs, Jeff serves as founding Chairman of The Coalition for a Digital Economy (Coadec), a non-profit advocacy group for digital startups and SMEs.

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Employee Profiles
34
Eduard Steimle

Eduard Steimle

Venture Partner

Travis Todd

Travis Todd

Venture Partner

Tom Mills

Tom Mills

Product Analyst

Kirsty Grant

Kirsty Grant

Chief Investment Officer

Mark Brooker

Mark Brooker

Non Executive Director

Joel Ippoliti

Joel Ippoliti

Chief Product Officer

Ron Goddard

Ron Goddard

Investor

Jeff Lynn

Jeff Lynn

Co-Founder & Executive Chairman

Activity

Recent News
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