Voice of FinTech®

We talk to Jeff Lynn, Executive Chairman and co-founder of Seedrs about how he and his classmate, Carlos Silva, turned their classroom project at Said Business School (University of Oxford) into a very successful business. Seedrs today is one of the largest equity crowdfunding platforms in Europe. How does the platform work? For which start-ups and investors does it work best? How vital were partnerships like with Andy Murray and BVCA (among others) for the growth of the platform?

Show Notes

Jeff Lynn is Executive Chairman and co-founder at Seedrs, an equity crowdfunding platform headquartered in London, UK.

We talk about:

  • Why and how Jeff and his classmate, Carlos Silva, turned their classroom project at Said Business School (University of Oxford) into a very successful business
  • How does it work? Seedrs is based in London and Lisbon and around Europe
  • Is the same idea as the outset, or did they pivot?
  • What kind of start-ups can raise funds at the platform (pre or post-revenue, UK based or pan-European)?
  • What sort of due diligence do start-ups go through?
  • FinTechs the most significant sector on the platform
  • A secondary market for your investments in start-ups, how does it function?
  • Start-ups who took a chance on Seedrs when it was an early-stage start-up itself
  • How vital were partnerships for the growth of the platform: from Andy Murray to the British PE and VC association 
  • An impact of the pandemic on Seedrs business and thoughts on the fundraising prospects for start-ups this year
  • Money raised and how fees work.
My Trip to the Start-Up World, aka Voice of FinTech Season 1 book is out! This book is a collection of Voice of FinTech podcast highlights, recaps and additional resources, explained and woven together by Rudolf Falat. You can now get it on Amazon near you as a paperback or an e-book (for Kindle), for example, in Switzerland/Germany, the UK, or the United States and elsewhere on Amazon. See more also here.

What is Voice of FinTech®?

Aiming to inspire entrepreneurs around the world to launch their new ventures. Connect FinTech enthusiasts with start-ups, incubators, accelerators, investors and incumbents.