Everything Tom Britton said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
SyndicateRoom requires established lead investors before listing any crowdfunding campaigns
“We operate what we call an investor-led equity crowdfunding model, and what that means is that before any opportunity comes to us and is open to a wider network of investors, there has to be an established lead investor involved who's kicked the tires of the b…”
SyndicateRoom requires lead investors to fund at least 25% of every deal
“So our minimum is 25% of the deal must be funded by the lead investors, but we've also had deals that have come to us where only 10% of it is still available.”
VCs no longer invest in funding rounds below £5 million
“What we're seeing is that VCs aren't coming in into a round until it reaches a certain size, and that size is getting larger and larger. So, so what A VC would have done a few years ago, five or 10 even, you know, playing in a two million round. Now they won't…”
NESTA recommends angel investors spend 20 hours on due diligence per deal
“They recommend that Angel should really look at something for about 20 hours before investing.”
SyndicateRoom accepts 2% or fewer of startup pitch applications
“Maybe one in one in 50 would be a best guess. We're able to actually list on the platform, if not more.”
Half of SyndicateRoom's raised capital comes from its network members
“Yeah it's about half”
SyndicateRoom's average crowdfunding campaign raise size exceeds £600,000
“And the total average raise is over 600,000 pounds now.”
£84 million was raised through UK equity crowdfunding in 2014
“Last year, there was eighty-four million done through, through equity crowdfunding, right?”
UK angel investment totals approximately £1 billion annually
“You know, you talk about angel investment being at about a billion pounds a year in the UK.”
SyndicateRoom raised an equity crowdfunding round for a Simon West Hollywood movie
“Well, we recently raised for a movie, right? It was a Hollywood movie. Simon West is the director”
Only a couple hundred UK startups received crowdfunding in 2014
“Over 500,000 new businesses were started last year, right? And how many of them are getting funding through crowdfunding? A couple hundred at most.”
SyndicateRoom enforces a £1,000 minimum investment threshold for its platform
“Well, with our model, we have minimum investment level of a thousand pounds, right?”
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