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Seedrs is an equity "crowd funding" platform for investing in seed-stage startups. Seedrs allows investors to invest from £10 into startups online and lets early-stage startups raise up to £150,000 investment from friends, family and "the crowds" in exchange for equity in the business.

Seedrs is the first equity crowdfunding platform to receive regulatory approval from a financial regulator – the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and is based in East London’s Tech City.

History

Seedrs was founded in November 2008 by Jeff Lynn (CEO) and Carlos Silva (COO) as part of an MBA project at Oxford’s Said Business School and officially launched in the UK on 6 July 2012. Seedrs raised £1.3 million in funding as of May 2012 from backers, including: DFJ Esprit, Digital Prophets and several angel investors. Seedrs was given FSA authorisation in mid-May 2012 and can be found on the FSA Register.

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