VestDeck is a UK-based crowdfunding platform that plans to expand internationally. Brexit is unlikely to negatively impact VestDeck for several reasons: 1) Many crowdfunding projects relate to local UK products and innovations with global appeal that will be unaffected by Brexit. 2) The weak British pound since Brexit makes UK businesses and exports more competitive. 3) The UK's strong adoption of e-commerce will continue and attract foreign investors and entrepreneurs despite Brexit.

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How will Brexit impact VestDeck?
1. VestDeck will launch initially in the UK, however, it plans to quickly launch in other
territories which are already showing a strong appetite for crowdfunding both in terms
of local regulation and market adoption. Indeed, VestDeck expects launching its
platform in emerging crowdfunding markets will accelerate adoption in those markets.
2. Many of the most successful crowdfunding projects in the UK relate to products that
have strong local markets, for example Brew Dog and Chapel Down. The drop in the
UK currency since the vote to leave the EU has made sourcing locally in the UK more
competitive as imports become more expensive. This will have a positive effect on
these businesses. We are already witnessing this impact.
3. Many other crowdfunding projects relate to innovations that will have a global
appeal and will be unaffected by Brexit. After all, most smart phones sold in the EU are
from countries outside the EU, such as Apple in the US or South Korean brands such
as Samsung and LG and increasingly Chinese such as Huawei.
4. The UK is second only to South Korea in its adoption confidence in web-based e-
commerce, making it the ideal place to develop, test and launch web-based
applications. This is unlikely to be affected by Brexit as the UK Government has
signalled that it will continue to grant work visas to entrepreneurial and technical
people.
5. Investors from outside the UK are very keen to invest in UK businesses because the
drop in the UK currency since Brexit has made them better value, especially compared
to US valuations. This is evidenced by the recent increase in mergers and acquisitions
activity and most notably the purchase of Arm Holdings by Japan's SoftBank and of
course, Arm software is in every smart phone.
Hence, the management of VestDeck does not believe that Brexit will have any
negative impact on our plans and sees only opportunity.
The VestDeck Team