Funded
Community

 

Our mission goes beyond just funding your business, we’re in it for the long haul and we want to help fuel your long-term growth, so you can leave your mark on the world.

As a member of our Funded Community, you’ll be supported by a dedicated team that’s focused on your next phase of growth. 

We’ll help manage your community of investors, support your future funding needs, share expert insights through our partner network, and give you exclusive offers and services that’ll save you money and help you grow.

Join the hundreds of wonder-fuelled businesses!

1,000+

funded companies

1,300+

raises funded with Crowd121

100%

return raise success rate (2020)

£210m

follow-on funding with Crowd121

Access expert insights

Get exclusive access to events and networking opportunities with our partners that are designed to give you the extra insight you need to help accelerate your growth.

Simple shareholder management

You’ll have access to our legal team and a dedicated growth manager, who will be on-hand to support you with any investor matters such as right issues, follow-on rounds, dividends, mergers and acquisitions.

Get exclusive benefits and services

Whether you’re just getting started or looking to scaleup, we have exclusive benefits from our partners at AWS, Stripe, Amazon LaunchPad, Linklaters, Pearl Fisher, to name a few, that can help you save money, grow and leave your mark on the world.

Funding options for every stage of business:

We have a variety of funding options available so you can raise capital to suit your business needs. Our products outlined below can help you access investment quickly, privately, or without releasing further equity.

Follow-on

Maximise the amount of investment you raise by inviting your existing shareholders, wider community and our community to invest in your business

Community

Keep a raise discreet by only inviting people you know to invest via a private link

Convertible

Crowd121 convertible product gives companies the ability to raise capital between funding rounds without needing to issue shares

Private

This streamlined fundraise is only open to existing shareholders, requires limited resource and is quick to execute

Pre-emption

Let existing shareholders within your Nominee exercise their pre-emption rights with this straightforward round that is fast and requires minimal effort

Direct Community Offer

Giving early investors and founding teams the opportunity to realise a return on their investment; while supercharging your community, all without releasing further equity

Your dedicated Funded Growth Team, will help you with all of the following:

SH01 filing at Companies House

EIS/SEIS filing with HMRC

Support managing your cap table

Management of shareholder votes

Advice and support on follow-on and pre-emption rounds

Support from our legal team on matters affecting your shareholders

Exclusive offers on services like AWS, Stripe and JCDecaux

Support on future fundraise

Access to events and insights from our partners

Introductions to fellow Funded Community members

Partnership opportunities

Ongoing marketing support and promotion to our wider community

Your life-time funding and growth partner

As part of our Funded Community, you’ll be supported by our post-funding team who are on hand to support and fuel your long-term growth. You’ll also have access to a host of exclusive offers, services, and follow-on funding support, as well as access to our network of trusted partners.

Here’s some examples of how we can support your business in the long-term.

Save money with our exclusive benefits
Supporting your growth

As a member of the Crowd121 Funded Community, we’ve built a selection of exclusive services to help spur your company’s growth. These exclusive offerings have been built with our partners and are based on pain points we know high-growth companies face.

Save serious money on the services you need to grow from our world-class partners.

We’ve helped our community save between £20,000-£30,000 per provider from well-known brands including Stripe, AWS, Microsoft and JCDecaux.

We’ve helped Atul Devani, CEO of GP Service, save more than £75k with his current providers now that he’s a member of our funded community.

Gem and Jamie at Fullgreen chose Crowd121 as their funding partner, and have now raised six times with us to help supercharge their growth.

Simon and the team at Chip have raised through multiple equity rounds, a convertible and pre-emption rounds on Crowd121.

Help grow our Funded Community

We’re proud that so many of you tell your entrepreneur network about your experience raising with us.

We know you don’t do it for the money, but nevertheless, we like to say thank you.

Refer your favourite founders to Crowd121, and you can receive up to £10,000 if they successfully fund!