Seedrs unveils latest Portfolio Update with over 500 deals funded

Today (September 24), private equity investment platform, Seedrs has published its latest Portfolio Update, an analysis of characteristics and performance of the deals funded on the platform.

The autumn 2018 edition of Seedrs’ Portfolio Update looks at the characteristics and performance of the 577 deals funded on the platform up to the end of 2017, up 202 deals from the previous report.

The dataset continues to show that Seedrs investments - on a fair value basis - have seen ‘outstanding’ performance on average when compared with other asset classes.

Jeff Lynn, co-founder and executive chairman at Seedrs, said: “One of our overarching goals when founding Seedrs was to bring the sort of data and transparency to the market for private equity that exists in other asset classes.

“Our series of Portfolio Updates is one example of our attempts to let investors and others quantify what is happening in our market.

“There is a lot more we plan to do in sharing our data going forward, but I am pleased that with this new edition of our Portfolio Update, we are continuing to push forward with our quest to rationalise this part of the capital markets.”

When announcing the previous Portfolio Update in 2016, returns were solely on paper. However, following the launch of Seedrs’ secondary market in June 2017, investors now have the opportunity to realise some of these returns.

Jeff Kelisky, CEO at Seedrs, added: “Our latest report is a reflection of the positive returns investors have access to in early-stage private equity.

“One of our aims has always been to create a marketplace that enables investors to choose the businesses they want to back and earn returns based on how well they have selected - just as venture capital investors do.

“The performance of our investors shows that we are doing just that.”