Blog posts tagged with: seedrs

Kokoon lowers valuation by 20% at the end of their Seedrs round to 'accomodate' a £525k investment from an EIS fund.

We strongly recommend that if you want to be cheered up, you read the Kokoon Kickstarter forum. Now in breaking news, the company has written via Seedrs to existing SHs about an exciting...

A Wee Cracker from Seedrs

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Equity Crowdfunding is embarrassed by Loot administration

The Lies We Tell. Seedrs caught promoting a successful raise in 2016 that never happened.

We came across this, by accident, when building our DB. It is the shocking revelation that Seedrs are happy to tell people that a company using their platform in January 2016, successfully raised...

Pod Point is a great illustration why Equity Crowdfunding platforms shouldn't bother with financials

Pod Point are well placed to take advantage of the increasing sales in electric cars. Or so they tell us. That is great, as their projections on Crowdcube stink.

Kokoon - what is the real story here?

Kokoon are currently well on their way to raising more money on Seedrs, they have already used Crowdcube and more importantly Kickstarter. The constant stream of complaints on the KS pitch suggests...

Holly and Beau Singing in the Rain as it reaches Seedrs target.

Holly and Beau make fun kids rainwear. They raised £80k on Crowdcube in 2015 and had up until now failed to deliver any numbers that made investors want to sing. Now they are completing another...

Seedrs Gartenzwerg applies for liquidation and plans possible phoenix whilst still accepting donations on Indiegogo.

Gartenzwerg raised £260k on Seedrs in February 2018. Now it has written to these same shareholders to say adieu and sorry. Ahhh. And if you are lucky you can still give them your money via their...

Stamplay sold to Apple as Seedrs investors receive a 2X return.

BREAKING NEWS - Stamplay, which used Seedrs to fund, has been sold to Apple for around $5m in a much needed boost for equity crowdfunding. 

How to invest in Start Ups - or - How to Waste your Money - ?

A small start up funded via Seedrs in 2016 and then refunded 2017; valued at £750k. In 2018 it closed. No fuss, just closed by compulsory strike off. No accounts since initial accounts for Jan...

Seedrs' Eat Square pack up and hand the keys to the Admin Boys

Seedrs had Eat Square on their site raising cash recently. Now Eat Square has gone into administration. The Gazette for this was posted a while ago. It does beg the question  - did Seedrs...

Eebria, funded via Seedrs and Crowdcube, bring some good news out of the Gloom.

A good news story - I knew if I kept looking there would be one. Eebria have used Seedrs 3 times and Crowdcube once and for YE Dec17, they broke the mould and reported profits of £400k.

Seedrs' success Vini Italiani crashes out with a pre pack and debts to its traders of £650k.

Vini funded 3 times on Seedrs  - a total of £670k invested. At the end of last year they gave up and called in the Admin Boys. But not before one of them had set up a newco, B Wines, to...

At a £20m valuation, Den's new Seedrs funding round poses an interesting question.

Den are overfunding on Seedrs, having set themselves a very low target. The valuation is £20m for a company that has only just started to sell a product. Its major competition is having a 50% off...

Kokoon launch new Seedrs. Will investors listen again?

Kokoon make sleep assisting headphones. They presold thousands of them in 2015 on Kickstarter, many of which have still not been delivered. The Kickstarter forum makes for interesting reading.

Either Equity Crowdfunding is Crazy or the world has gone mad.

Peanut Chutney is currently well into its £100k Seedrs campaign. It has valued itself at £950k (PM) on the basis that it has not filed accounts yet and has sold around 800 jars at £3.50. It is...

Jivr Bike are back - on Seedrs this time. Still their Kickstarter paid up customers wait for wheels

Macrebur pull large institutional funding after Seedrs round is finalised.

Seedrs delivers another Crowdfunding disaster that just makes you want to cry.

Happy Christmas - this time from Seedrs. Bike Hud has declared it is now 'dormant' although we are not sure that the CEO has a clue what that means. Bankrupt is a better description. 

Oppo Brothers to be sold - and Crowd investors will see a return this time.

Well at last. Seedrs have some good news for investors. We dont wish to damage the deal so wont be going into detail but shareholders in both rounds of Oppo will see a good if not spectacular...