Express interest to buy and sell shares in private European businesses
Discover more than 250,000 of Europe’s most exciting high-growth businesses with Crowd121. Tell us which one’s you want to buy or sell shares in, and if the business opens to investment on Crowd121, you’ll be among the first to know.
Investors
Express interest to buy shares in Europe’s most exciting high-growth private businesses.
Shareholders
Express interest to sell shares in private companies and potentially unlock the value of your investment without having to wait for a traditional liquidity event (IPO).
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£16m of secondary share sales
Crowd121 has managed secondary share sales for the likes of Revolut and Freetrade, with shareholders having the chance to realise over £16m in returns.
Powered by Crowd121, Freetrade shareholders celebrated returns up to 47x (4,670%) in 2021 from a secondary share sale.
Please remember that past performance is not a reliable indicator of future returns and your capital is at risk.
Why trade shares with Crowd121?
Regulated
We’re authorised by UK and EU regulators
Europe’s Leading Marketplace
Over £1 billion has been invested making Crowd121 the largest equity marketplace for private companies in Europe
Investors
Express interest to buy shares in Europe’s most exciting high-growth private businesses.
Shareholders
Express interest to sell shares in private companies and potentially unlock the value of your investment without having to wait for a traditional liquidity event (IPO).
Discover more than 250,000 businesses
We’ve partnered with Crunchbase, the leading data platform, to power the most comprehensive and transparent platform for private company investment in Europe, which features rich company data across more than 250,000 companies.
You can discover businesses on Crowd121 and access a deep pool of impartial, factual data directly drawn from Crunchbase, including the companies’ funding history, investor base and leadership team.
Access to such detailed, enriched information will support potential investors’ due diligence before they decide whether to buy shares in the business or not.
Our customers say…
Case Study
Freetrade
Powered by Crowd121, 1,063 shareholders in Freetrade sold £5.8m of shares in 2021. The secondary share sale saw early investors celebrate a 47x (4,670%) return on their investment, with six shareholders becoming millionaires as the company valuation skyrocketed to £265m.
13,000
Shareholders
£265m
Valuation
4,670%
Return
Frequently asked questions
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The price will be set where Crowd121 has matched a counterparty who wishes to buy shares or sell shares at an acceptable price.
Crowd121 allows users to register interest in buying or selling shares in companies at the “current price” (i.e. the last publicly available price per share) or indicate if they would be willing to buy or sell at a discount or premium to this price. If this leads to a matching event, then you will be offered a price per share by the matching counterparty.
Risk warning
Investing in start-ups and early-stage businesses involves risks, including illiquidity, lack of dividends, loss of investment and dilution, and it should be done only as part of a diversified portfolio. Crowd121 is targeted exclusively at investors who are sufficiently sophisticated to understand these risks and make their own investment decisions. You will only be able to invest via Crowd121 once you are registered as sufficiently sophisticated. Please click here to read the full Risk Warning.
This page is approved as a financial promotion by Crowd121 Capital Limited, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Pitches for investment are not offers to the public and investments can only be made by members of Crowd121.com on the basis of information provided in the pitches by the companies concerned.