Seedups

Equity crowdfunding website

SeedUps

Type of site	Crowd funding
Available in	English
Headquarters	Derry , Northern Ireland
URL	seedups.com
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]

References

^ Bessant, John; Tidd, Joe (8 June 2015). Innovation and Entrepreneurship. John Wiley & Sons. p. 383. ISBN 9781118993095.
^ ^a ^b 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