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Seedrs

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Seedrs is an FSA regulated and authorised platform that allows direct, online investment in the equity of seed-stage startups.

It opened for business on 6 July 2012 for UK residents to invest as little as £10 up to a maximum of £150,000 in seed-stage startup companies. And, Seedrs allows entrepreneurs to raise up to £150,000 in capital for their early-stage business. So far, nine startups have successfully raised £357k in investment through the platform.

The platform coincides with launch of the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS), which gives investors in eligible seed-stage companies up to 100.5% of their investment back in income and CGT tax reliefs. Most of the startups listed on Seedrs are eligible for the scheme, so investors can easily take advantage of the reliefs.

Seedrs has been named one of “East London’s 20 Hottest Startups” by The Guardian, in July 2012; was Wired’s “Startup of the Week” in August 2012; and has been selected as one of the 100 most innovative UK companies in the “Smarta 100” Awards in Autumn 2012.

Recent Milestones

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  Seedrs added Dale Murray as Advisor. (3/1/13)
  Posted 3/1/13 at 7:27am
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  Seedrs added Ralph, Lord Lucas as Advisor. (3/1/13)
  Posted 3/1/13 at 7:27am
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  Seedrs added Mike Butcher as Advisor. (3/1/13)
  Posted 3/1/13 at 7:27am
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  Seedrs added James Alexander as Advisor. (3/1/13)
  Posted 3/1/13 at 7:27am
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  Seedrs — Winner of the Smarta 100 (10/1/12)
  Posted 11/15/12 at 3:23am via smarta.com
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  Seedrs — Named one of East London's 20 Hottest Tech Companies (7/8/12)
  Posted 11/15/12 at 3:21am via co.uk
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  Seedrs received $1.58M (£1M) in Angel funding. (5/22/12)
  Posted 3/9/12 at 8:32am via seedrs.com
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  Seedrs — Won first place in the London Web Summit startup competition (3/19/12)
  Posted 3/22/12 at 12:55am via techcrunch.com
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  Seedrs added Raj Ramanandi as Investor. (1/1/12)
  Posted 4/5/13 at 1:56pm
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  Seedrs received $233k (£150k) in Angel funding. (1/1/11)
  Posted 3/9/12 at 8:33am
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  Seedrs received $190k (£125k) in Angel funding. (4/1/10)
  Posted 3/9/12 at 8:32am
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  Seedrs added Jeff Lynn as CEO. (3/1/09)
  Posted 5/14/10 at 11:26am
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  Seedrs added Carlos Silva as President and COO. (3/1/09)
  Posted 5/13/10 at 5:09am

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3. Seedrs Completes £1 Million Fundraising Round (seedrs.com) [edit]
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Smarta (smarta.com) [edit]