Seedups

{{Short description|Equity crowdfunding website}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox website

| name = SeedUps

| logo = Seedups logo.png

| location_city = Derry

| location_country = Northern Ireland

| screenshot =

| url = {{url|https://seedups.com/}}

| commercial = Yes

| type = Crowd funding

| language = English

| launch_date = November 2010 (Beta)

}}

SeedUps is an equity crowdfunding platform for seed investment to launch and focuses on startup companies. It was founded by Michael Faulkner and Gavin Gallagher in 2010 and is aimed at tech startups{{cite book|last1=Bessant |first1=John|last2=Tidd|first2=Joe|title=Innovation and Entrepreneurship|date=June 8, 2015|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=9781118993095|page=383}} in the USA, Ireland and the UK. Since launch over 2200 tech businesses have registered. It is only available to accredited or sophisticated investors.{{cite book|last=Sixt|first=Elfriede|title=Schwarmökonomie und Crowdfunding: Webbasierte Finanzierungssysteme im Rahmen realwirtschaftlicher Bedingungen|trans-title=Swarm economy and crowdfunding: Web-based funding system within the framework of real economic conditions|date=December 1, 2014|publisher=Springer-Verlag|language=German|isbn=9783658029296|page=146}} The platform is headquartered in Republic of Ireland with offices in the UK, US and Canada. Each funding project on SeedUps lasts for the same duration, namely 180 days.

A 2011 report by the European Expert Network on Culture (EENC) suggested that SeedUps seemed to be "the most successful European crowdfunding platform for investments",{{cite web|url=http://www.eenc.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/DR%C3%B6thler-KWenzlaff-Crowdfunding-Schemes-in-Europe.pdf|title=Crowdfunding Schemes in Europe|author=David Röthler |author2=Karsten Wenzlaff |date=September 2011|work=EENC Report|page=17|accessdate=13 August 2015}} while a 2012 piece in the Irish Independent reported that SeedUps had been "featured in the Forbes top 10 crowdfunding platform list".{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/new-lending-idea-saves-jobs-and-makes-banks-irrelevant-26845618.html|title=New lending idea saves jobs and makes banks irrelevant|last=Burke|first=Roisin|date=22 April 2012|work=Independent.ie|accessdate=13 August 2015}}

Equity crowdfunding in the US has been awaiting SEC rules under the JOBS Act.[http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/business-news/seedups-is-blooming-good-15148145.html Clare Weir, “Seedups is blooming good”, Belfast Telegraph, 28 April 2011][http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2012/0410/1224314564891.html Fiona Reddan, “Hanging out with in crowd”, Irish Times, 10 April 2012][http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/commenti-e-idee/2011-12-12/largo-giovani-imprenditoriali-063855.shtml?uuid=AaNWySTE Piero Formica, “Largo ai giovani imprenditoriali”, Il Sole 24 Ore, 21 December 2011]