SeedInvest
SeedInvest is an equity crowdfunding platform that connects startups with investors online. The company was founded in 2012 and launched in 2013. SeedInvest has focused on building liquidity in the platform by attracting high-net-worth individuals, family offices and venture capital firms. SeedInvest screens and vets deals before allowing them to take advantage of the JOBS Act exemption permitting General Solicitation. In September 2014 the company launched a partnership with Angel Investing website Gust.Funding
SeedInvest raised a significant portion of its own $4.15 million in total Series A funding online in April 2014
from Scout Ventures and a mix venture capital and angel investors. An earlier round of seed capital was raised in 2013.Capital raised on the platform
Notable funding rounds on SeedInvest have included Virtuix, Knightscope, Keen Home, DSTLD, ChargeItSpot, Patch of Land, Sharestates, Snapcard and Vengo Labs.JOBS Act
SeedInvest founders Ryan Feit and James Han were involved in consultation with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and in the United States Congress for the passing of the JOBS Act. The JOBS Act included provisions that permit online equity crowdfunding by platforms such as SeedInvest. SeedInvest hosted the first Testing The Waters campaign under the new Regulation A rules for equity crowdfunding on June 19, 2015.
