ISQ Blog

Welcome to our blog where we share our knowledge and top tips around crowdfunding, raising equity investment, clients’ success stories and industry news.

 
Case study: Roam raises over £1,8M on Seedrs Dec 07, 2022

“I knew we needed someone with exceptional ability to help guide us through the crowdfunding process. And Steph was exactly that. She fully...

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Introduction to equity crowdfunding platforms - Crowdcube and Seedrs Nov 30, 2022

UK Equity Crowdfunding Platforms

Crowdcube and Seedrs are the most well-known equity crowdfunding platforms in the UK. Contrary to the way most...

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4 Common Valuation Models - An introduction Nov 23, 2022

Business valuation as it relates to crowdfunding is a mixture of science and dark art. Elsewhere we’ve talked about the approach to business...

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Crowdfunding Business Valuation: 9 One-Liners Nov 16, 2022

It’s a rare day when I’m not asked a question about valuation for businesses raising investment via crowdfunding. There’s no...

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Seven most common questions asked by investors Nov 09, 2022

Investors considering supporting your crowdfunding campaign can and will ask all sorts of questions. Here are just seven of the common ones, which...

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VCs, Angels, Family Offices - Introduction to types of investors Nov 02, 2022

No, a family office is not a cosy mahogany-lined room with well-used, yet comfortable, leather furniture where you meet to discuss important things...

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Case study: Collabed overfunds by 130% on Seedrs Oct 26, 2022

"ISQ are the crowdfunding experts, they helped us get the most out of our campaign and assisted Collabed every step of the way. Their programme is...

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Equity Crowdfunding - What does it cost? Oct 20, 2022

The thing with clichés is more often than not, they’re true. That’s certainly so of the well-known adage ‘You’ve got...

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Advance Subscription Agreement - Why raise investment this way? Oct 12, 2022

Here at ISQ, we’re often asked about the various ways of raising crowdfunding investment. One of these options is an Advance Subscription...

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Improvements to the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) Oct 05, 2022

The recent mini-budget announced positive changes to the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS), a scheme which provides income tax relief to...

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How to Apply for SEIS: Get help preparing your SEIS & EIS application with SeedLegals Sep 28, 2022

Wondering how to apply for SEIS and EIS?

ISQ partners with SeedLegals to help clients through the SEIS and EIS application process with HMRC. Here...

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Case study: Just Fix successfully overfund to 195% on Seedrs Sep 21, 2022

Platform: Seedrs

Campaign target: £200,000

Final amount raised: £391,610

Overfunding: 195%

Number of investors: 317

Pre-money...

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