Seedups
Equity crowdfunding website
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Type of site
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Crowd funding |
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Available in | English |
Headquarters | , |
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seedups
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Commercial | Yes |
Launched | November 2010 (Beta) |
SeedUps is an equity crowdfunding platform for seed investment to launch and focuses on startup companies . It was founded by Michael Faulkner and Gavin Gallagher in 2010 and is aimed at tech startups [1] in the USA, Ireland and the UK. Since launch over 2200 tech businesses have registered. It is only available to accredited or sophisticated investors. [2] The platform is headquartered in Republic of Ireland with offices in the UK, US and Canada. Each funding project on SeedUps lasts for the same duration, namely 180 days. [2]
A 2011 report by the European Expert Network on Culture (EENC) suggested that SeedUps seemed to be "the most successful European crowdfunding platform for investments", [3] while a 2012 piece in the Irish Independent reported that SeedUps had been "featured in the Forbes top 10 crowdfunding platform list". [4]
Equity crowdfunding in the US has been awaiting SEC rules under the JOBS Act . [5] [6] [7]
See also
References
- ↑ Bessant, John; Tidd, Joe (8 June 2015). Innovation and Entrepreneurship . John Wiley & Sons. p. 383. ISBN 9781118993095 .
- 1 2 Sixt, Elfriede (1 December 2014). Schwarmökonomie und Crowdfunding: Webbasierte Finanzierungssysteme im Rahmen realwirtschaftlicher Bedingungen [ Swarm economy and crowdfunding: Web-based funding system within the framework of real economic conditions ] (in German). Springer-Verlag. p. 146. ISBN 9783658029296 .
- ↑ David Röthler; Karsten Wenzlaff (September 2011). "Crowdfunding Schemes in Europe" (PDF) . EENC Report . p. 17 . Retrieved 13 August 2015 .
- ↑ Burke, Roisin (22 April 2012). "New lending idea saves jobs and makes banks irrelevant" . Independent.ie . Retrieved 13 August 2015 .
- ↑ Clare Weir, “Seedups is blooming good”, Belfast Telegraph, 28 April 2011
- ↑ Fiona Reddan, “Hanging out with in crowd”, Irish Times, 10 April 2012
- ↑ Piero Formica, “Largo ai giovani imprenditoriali”, Il Sole 24 Ore, 21 December 2011