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1.
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Raising startup capital
Campus EDU
Hi I’m
Ricardo!
Startup Community!
@ric0seq
www.seedrs.com
@seedrs
2.
Capital raising!
So many great businesses don’t
get off the ground
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• Too early for angels!
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• Too small for VC’s!
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• Friends and family aren’t an
option!
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3.
Investing in startups
Appeals to many people who lack
the opportunity to do so
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• Limited to high-net-worths!
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• Time consuming legal
paperwork!
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• Sourcing and due diligence
are a full-time job !
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4.
Seedrs!
an equity-crowdfunding platform!
• Raise capital seamlessly from
your networks, peers,
customers, communities, our
investor base and the crowds!
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• Anyone can invest from €10+!
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• Simple online process!
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5.
Numbers so far
46,000 registered
investors
114 campaigns funded
+£11 million in 2Y
Days to Fund!
Fastest Avg. Longest
2.5 hours 24 days 92 days
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Number of Investors!
Fewest Avg. Maximum
7 115 909
Average Funding Amounts
£9,500 £100,000 £2,580,000
Smallest Avg. Largest
6.
2013-2014
exciting stuff!
• £2.6M in 11 days from 919
investors
• Open to entrepreneurs and
investors Europe-wide
• Since then: investments from
45 countries and 20% user
base from outside the UK!
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7.
Seedrs DNA!
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• One single legal shareholder!
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• In-house DD and legal
paperwork!
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• Lifecycle managers of your
shareholders, we’re with you
for the long run!
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• We only make money if
you’re successful
8.
Validation!
Our startups are up to great things!
9.
Case Study:
Future Ad Labs
• Replacing CAPTCHAs with
advertising-enabled games!
• Raised £60,000 from 70
investors through Seedrs in
summer 2012!
• Went on to raise money from
Balderton and Passion, and
to be admitted to the BBC
Labs programme!
• Growing very quickly and
looking like a strong chance
of a major exit
10.
Case Study:
Satago
• Online invoice tracking for
freelancers!
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• Raised £30,000 from 61
investors through Seedrs in 2012!
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• Went through Seedcamp’s
acceleration program!
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• Went on to raise $1,000,000
from venture capital investors!
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11.
Case Study:
Maily
• Email for 3y+ currently with 200
new signups per day and 120k
users to date
• Brussels-based, was accelerated
by Seedcamp in February 2013
• Raised £30,000 from 215
investors through Seedrs in
spring 2014
• Faber ventures participated in
the round
12.
Campaign
Creation
Campaign
Launch
Reach
Your
Target
Grow Your
Business
Seedrs journey!
14.
Efficiency!
access, process and speed
• Top-up or blend offline commitments
with online investors
• Efficiently manage legal paperwork
with our standard professional services
• Faster fundraising
15.
Community Building
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• Build your community straight
from your cap-table
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• Allow existing users or
customers and give them the
possibility to invest
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• Microcosm raised £100k from his
users in 2h30min
16.
Value chain lock-in
• Get an advantage over
competition
• You become the trusted
choice as partners now have
a vested interest in you
• Blue Crow Media now “owns”
the London’s coffee scene
17.
Publicity
• Generate buzz and
word-of-mouth!
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• Get some press to
help you reach your
campaign target and
reach your audience!
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• Acquire users and
customers while
fundraising
18.
Validation
• Get your MVP to the
next level!
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• Validate if you’re up
to something by
testing your
community of early
adopters!
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19.
www.seedrs.com @seedrs
How to raise funds from the
crowds?
20.
Before you start
• bootstrapping!
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• milestones/roadmap!
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• valuation!
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• campaign preparation!
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• documentation
24.
Direct
• Build a tribe!!!
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• Generate excitement
amongst your campaign
ambassadors!
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• Reach out to your networks
and plan 1on1s!
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• Engage via email, calls,
messages, newsletters and
in person!
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25.
Social/Digital
• Find out where your
communities of interest are
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• Tap into specialty blogs and
forums
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• Get community leaders involved
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• Give people content… people
devour content!!
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26.
Public
• Reach out to the wider
audience!
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• Find that one journalist that is
going to want to write about
you!
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• Get some testimonials from
key influencers!
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27.
Platform investors
• Write considered answers in the
Q&A
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• Provide engaging and regular
updates
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• Arrange conversations online
and offline
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• Email investors who expressed
interest!
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28.
t
Direct
Social/Digital
Public
Platform
Platform investors
29.
Shifting to a
networked world…
“The peer progressive’s faith in the
positive effects of the Internet rests on
this democratic principle: !
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When you give people more control
over the flow of information and
decision making in their communities,
their social health improves —
incrementally, in fits and starts, but
also inexorably.”!
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Steven Johnson in Future Perfect
30.
Thank you for
listening!!
Ricardo Sequerra!
ricardo.sequerra@seedrs.com!
@ric0seq!
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Seedrs!
www.seedrs.com!
@seedrs
Seedrs Limited is authorised and regulated
by the UK Financial Conduct Authority.
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