Todd Crosland is an experienced entrepreneur who founded several successful companies. In 2007, he won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for his company Interbank FX, a foreign exchange company with over 40,000 customers in 150 countries. In 2013, Crosland used his financial experience to create Seed EquityVentures, a crowdfunding platform that aims to connect startups and investors globally in order to give equal opportunity for funding. Seed Equity's goal is to address limitations of traditional venture capital by allowing investors worldwide to follow, invest in, and help companies through their proprietary social platform.
2. In 2007,Todd Crosland was awarded the Ernst &
Young’s Entrepreneur of theYearAward for the
Utah and New Mexico region.
His award came in the Financial/Insurance
services category. Mr. Crosland was recognized
for his service in bringing success and innovation
to Utah’s financial sector with his company,
Interbank FX, LLC (IBFX).
3. In 1990, Mr. Crosland was the CFO andVice
President of Finance for a medical device
business called SurgicalTechnologies, Inc. He
assisted in taking it public on the Nasdaq and
sold the company in 1996.
4. In 1992, he founded a real estate development
company,TBC, LC.They developed over 1000
residential lots in Utah with revenues of over
$160 Million.
5. In 2000, Mr. Crosland started the company that
won him the Ernst &Young Entrepreneur of the
YearAward, Interbank FX. He started the
company with only stocks and options trading,
and a year later, developed it to do currency
trading as well.
6. They hired programmers and developed the
technology so that it could be available to the
general public in 2003.The company grew to
over 40,000 customers in 150 different countries
with a trading volume of approximately $1
Trillion.They support a trading volume of over
$70 Billion per month.
7. Aside from the Ernst &Young Award, IBFX has
won various other awards and accolades for its
service, including Best Online FX Provider, Best
Chairman, Best Foreign Exchange Broker, and
Inc. 500.
8. In March of 2013,Todd Crosland used his
extensive financial experience to create a
crowdfunding social media company with the
goal of combining startups and investors from all
over the world.This company is called Seed
EquityVentures.
9. Today’s venture capital industry is very specific in
terms of location and funding.The United States
has by far the most opportunities for venture
capital funding and startup opportunities.Todd
Crosland’s vision for Seed Equity is to give fair
and equal opportunity investing for startups and
investors from all over the world.
10. Investors from all over the world should have the
same opportunities to change the world in which
they see fit. In today’s world there are a few
thousand ofVC’s who control the fate of the
millions of startups that arise each year. Seed
Equity believes that this power should be readily
available to the world so that millions of
investors have the opportunity to change the
world.
11. Seed Equity’s main goal is to connect startups
with investors from all over the globe through its
proprietary social investing platform.The
investors are able to follow, like, mentor, and
invest in companies that they are interested in
on the platform.They aim to catch companies in
their early growth development stage. Seed
equity tries to help their users succeed by
encouraging transparency and information
sharing.