Introducing Variable Pricing on the Seedrs Secondary Market

We’re very excited to announce the introduction of variable pricing on the Seedrs Secondary Market. This can be a main step within the continued improvement of our Secondary Market, and it represents an vital milestone in our work to be a full-scale market for personal investments.

The change will work as follows. Beforehand, potential sellers have solely been in a position to record shares on the Seedrs Secondary Market on the set value we decide underneath our Valuation Coverage (which is normally the corporate’s newest valuation). Patrons in flip have solely been in a position to purchase the shares at that value. Beginning now, nevertheless, we’ll enable sellers to record their shares at a premium or low cost value – as much as 30% above or beneath the marked share value – in the event that they so select. Patrons will see every share lot and the value at which it’s listed, they usually could make their funding choice accordingly. 

The change is efficient now, so sellers can use this characteristic when itemizing shares for the upcoming August market. Simply head to the Promote Shares web page within the portfolio part of the Seedrs platform and comply with the method from there.

The introduction of variable pricing is meant to supply larger liquidity available in the market, and subsequently enable extra traders to commerce, the place there may be at the moment an imbalance between sell-side and buy-side demand. It should additionally assist traders who, for private causes, could wish to realise a portion of their holdings even when it means they achieve this at a reduction, and it’ll assist potential consumers who’re so eager to be a part of an organization’s journey that they’re keen to pay a premium.  

In time, we hope to have the ability to evolve variable pricing additional to be able to make it much more dynamic. However for now, we hope traders discover this new characteristic helpful, and we thank everybody for his or her continued help and suggestions as we proceed to develop our Secondary Market providing.

Jeff Lynn

I am Government Chairman and Co-Founding father of Seedrs.