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Lean Start-up Lab
Peter Walsh – Founder & C.E.O
@MatchCapital@pgwalsh
SEIS:
In 2014-15, 2,185 companies received investment through the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) and £168 million of funds were raised. This compares with 2,090 companies raising a total of £170 million under SEIS in 2013-14.
Implies 2090 in 2013-2014, average SEIS raise £81kImplies 2185 in 2014-2015, average SEIS raise £77k
EIS:Since the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) was launched in 1993-94, over 24,500 individual companies have received investment through the scheme and over £14.0 billion of funds have been raised.
Implies 1065 per annum, average EIS raise £571k
Data for 2014-15 shows that 3,130 companies raised a total of £1,663 million of funds under the EIS scheme. Revised data for 2013-14 show that 2,820 companies raised £1,573 million of funds.
Implies 2820 in 2013-2014, average EIS raise £558kImplies 3130 in 2014-2015, average EIS raise £531k
CROWDFUNDING
So what has happened between May 2015 and end March 2016?
• In the last 11 months Crowdrating monitored 678 campaigns that have opened and closed on the top 12 platforms seeking a total of £250m of which £196m was pledged and at least £145.5m actually raised.
• Implies an average of £215k for successful campaigns
• Of the 678 campaigns 390 were seeking £250,000 or less. Of these 210 succeeded in raising the money they wanted or overfunded.
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