The team behind REAP Bikes has received widespread support from the cycling community reaching their initial crowdfunding target of £300,000.  

James Murdoch reviews how his investments have fared in the last 12 months.

James Murdoch investigates the use of secondary markets as a risk management tool.

James Murdoch shares insights on the performance of his investments.

Cognomie, the Mental Fitness start-up, has raised £385,000 in its first crowdfunding campaign, set to drive global growth in 2022. The HRtech startup overfunded at 110% of its original £320k target, with a 5.90% equity stake in a pre-raise £6m valuation. It is expected that a Series A funding round will be announced this autumn.  Launched in 2019, Cognomie is on a mission to deliver Mental Fitness for everyone. Two years into the pandemic, the tech-enabled coaching platform has become a key resource for future-focused organisations seeking to proactively shape long-term employee wellbeing strategies and performance.

Seedrs and Republic, the major US private investing platform founded in 2016, recently announced Republic’s purchase of Seedrs. James Murdoch shares his insights.

On-demand laundry service provider, Oxwash, which closed a £500,000 crowdfunding capital raise last month, has announced that they are aiming for net zero carbon emissions by 2023, in line with the UK government’s ambition to be carbon neutral by 2050.

Mindstone, an edtech platform rethinking online education to help people learn faster and remember more, has raised £1.44 million through a crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs.

Putting a sustainable spin on laundry, Oxwash, a UK-based startup backed by Twitter co-founder Biz Stone has raised £500,000 in equity investment through a public crowdfunder.

James Murdoch assesses the performance of accelerator funds on Seedrs.

Seedrs has launched Seedrs Private Deal Room, a new feature to improve professional investor access to angel, private equity, and venture capital opportunities. The launch of Private Deal Room is another step towards Seedrs’ mission to become the world’s largest private equity marketplace. 

James Murdoch draws some conclusions  and poses some questions from his experiment in investing in the Future Fund through Equity Crowd Funding.