Seedrs announces record levels of trading in its first year operating a secondary market and what’s next for the product. In the twelve months since launch, the platform has seen impressive demand for shares in its portfolio companies. In the process, Seedrs has achieved 2,990 investor exits in what was previously an illiquid asset class.

Until Seedrs launched its secondary market, the long-term nature of early stage private equity meant that shares tend to be illiquid and investors would have to wait for an exit event such as an IPO or a sale of the business before seeing any returns on their investment.