Seedrs Takes The Crown Because the UK’s Most Lively Investor After Facilitating 215 Investments in 2019

Following the discharge of Beauhurst’s The Deal 2019 Report final week mapping fairness investments within the UK, we’re thrilled to announce that we’re formally the UK’s most energetic investor with 215 offers in 2019, surpassing each different platform.

The report highlights key figures and tendencies of the personal fairness market within the UK in 2019. 

Seedrs additionally facilitated the UK’s highest variety of offers in three out of 4 classes: enterprise, development and established companies. 

“Seedrs takes the crown because the UK’s most energetic investor, having facilitated 215 investments all year long” – Beauhurst. 

We additionally noticed our deal numbers rise by 36%, greater than double that of our closest competitor, whose deal exercise rose by solely 14%. Seedrs traders are demonstrating robust urge for food for the UK’s fastest-growing firms.

2019 was a record-breaking 12 months for us with 250 offers accomplished and over £280 million invested into campaigns on the platform – a 50% development in funding from 2018. We helped companies increase capital from 17 totally different sectors final 12 months with important development in sectors like Meals & Beverage and Fintech and nonetheless sustaining our trade main 75% funding success charge.

Fintech was our hottest sector by quantity raised, producing £73.8M in funding in 2019 and accounting for half of our offers. Feminine Founder raises skilled important development producing investments of £24.8M.

We’re dedicated to democratising the funding panorama, and variety and inclusion (D&I) sits on the coronary heart of what we do. Offering alternatives for everybody is a key driver of our success. All through 2020, we are going to proceed to make energetic modifications to extend D&I inside our inside and exterior communities and help feminine founders as they smash glass ceilings.

After a profitable 2018 and 2019, this 12 months we are going to proceed our journey to turning into a full-scale platform for investing in personal firms.

Right here’s to a different record-breaking 12 months of supporting the expansion of bold companies and our engaged group of traders.

Roberto Napolitano

Advertising Director