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🇬🇧 A product kids actually ask their parents for. Not exactly the usual reaction to financial services. 👀 That was one of the things that convinced Roxanne Varza to back Money Walkie early on. Since then, the company has grown significantly: 300,000+ customers, strong recurring revenue growth and now 600+ investors joining the journey on Crowdcube. A great example of a French FinTech rethinking how young people discover money and learn to manage it. 🇫🇷 Money Walkie’s campaign is open on Crowdcube until 30 September. Don’t invest unless you’re prepared to lose all the money you invest. This is a high-risk investment and you are unlikely to be protected if something goes wrong. Take 2 minutes to learn more: bit.ly/3u8ZTH0 🇫🇷 Un produit que les enfants réclament à leurs parents. Pas exactement le comportement habituel quand on parle de services financiers. 👀 C’est notamment ce qui avait convaincu Roxanne Varza d’investir très tôt dans Money Walkie. Depuis, l’entreprise a bien grandi : plus de 300 000 clients, une forte croissance de ses revenus récurrents et désormais plus de 600 investisseurs qui ont rejoint l’aventure sur Crowdcube. Une belle FinTech française qui ambitionne de réinventer la manière dont les jeunes découvrent et apprennent à gérer leur argent. 🇫🇷 La campagne Money Walkie est ouverte sur Crowdcube jusqu’au 30 septembre.

Are you a founder, CFO or Chief People Officer of a high-growth private business wondering about employee liquidity? Attending Sifted Summit? We'd love to see you at our workshop, where our co-CEO Matt Cooper and Charlie Walker, Deputy CEO London Stock Exchange will be talking about the case for employee liquidity in private companies, the UKs world-first regulation that enables it and how together we make it happen. We'll also be joined by a special guest who's been through the process. And of course, taking your questions. Join us at 13h on October 1st at Protein STUDIOS. With limited capacity, it's first come, first served. See you there! #founders #employeeliquidity #siftedsummit

Congratulations to the team at Veremark, who’ve today announced a £6m + employee secondary transaction on London Stock Exchange 's Private Securities Market. You can read about it in today’s Times (link in comments). We’re delighted to say that once again Crowdcube will be managing both the buy and sell sides of the deal, helping realise liquidity for the individuals who helped build Veremark, while bringing new investors onto the cap table. In a first for employee secondaries on the PSM, an allocation of the shares will be sold to qualified retail investors on the Crowdcube platform. This is something we are especially excited about as it creates a new pathway for investors to access this part of the private market usually reserved only for institutional players. Veremark is one of Financial Times' fastest-growing companies in Europe in 2026. It is a high-growth tech-enabled business facilitating global workplace trust - its offerings of pre-employment screening and background checks as well as whistleblowing software grew 241% in H1 this year - and its PSM transaction follows in the footsteps of Wayve and Moneybox, realising liquidity in a transparent and tax-efficient way using the PISCES framework and Crowdcube and LSE infrastructure. Our co-CEO Matt Cooper said:  ‘Crowdcube has become the go-to agent for employee share transactions on the London Stock Exchange’s Private Securities Market, with Veremark taking the value of recent deals we’ve managed to over £110 million.’ Equity will be available to qualified retail investors on Crowdcube.com from today (September 22nd), and the auction takes place on October 7. A pleasure working with Veremark’s Daniel Callaghan, Ivan Pedretti, Ryan Kelly, Manfen C. and Azhar Khan and our colleagues at LSE, Abigail Maneka Vethakan, Tom Simmons, Aarondeep Singh and Neil Shah,  and as always a shout out to the brilliant Crowdcube team for making this all possible. #secondaries #employeeliquidity #privatemarkets

Ever wondered what a VC fund looks for when it comes to an investment? Next Tuesday (September 22) at 14h BST, we’re partnering with two funds on a webinar where they’ll be sharing what they’re looking for when considering that 1st cheque. In ‘First Cheque, Where The UK Wins’, Chris Tottman, Founding General Partner of Notion Capital will be joined by Scott Weavers-Wright OBE and Jonathan Keeling, Founding Partner and Partner respectively Haatch, who: -see around 3000 companies a year -invest in around 2% -have had 5 profitable exits in the last 18 months, and… -have been backed with £62m of capital by the British Business Bank. With Haatch’s latest SEIS fund currently raising on Crowdcube, it felt like a good time to partner on the webinar and learn about what makes a great start-up. Registration link in comments. Look forward to seeing you there! Risk Warning: Don’t invest unless you’re prepared to lose all the money you invest. This is a high-risk investment and you are unlikely to be protected if something goes wrong. Take 2 minutes to learn more: https://lnkd.in/d2pbNbb

Following on from our partnership with London Stock Exchange (LSE) on the recent Wayve and Moneybox 's employee secondary transactions on the Private Securities Market (PSM), we're taking the employee liquidity story to this year's Future Fifty Forum, powered by Founders Forum Group. If you're a founder, CFO or Chief People Officer at the event and have wondered about: -the benefits to a private company of realising employee liquidity -how to do it -what the experience is actually like.... Our co-CEO Matt Cooper will be joined by LSE's Deputy CEO Charlie Walker and Ben Miller-Bridgland, Legal Director at Moneybox to discuss all of this, showing how using the PSM to provide employee liquidity is part of a recruitment and retention plan supporting the growth ambitions of the best private companies. If you're at the event on September 16, Matt, Charlie and Ben will be on stage at 11 35. If you'd like to connect with Matt, or our other co-CEO Bill Simmons who's also at the event, you can contact them on here or via the event app Hopefully see you there! #FutureFifty #EmployeeLiquidity #Secondaries

The PISCES and PSM story continues to spread far and wide - we were delighted to take part last week in an event hosted by Deloitte which looked at the practicalities of using the London Stock Exchange 's (LSE) Private Securities Market to realise liquidity. As well our co-CEO Matt Cooper, the event featured stories from individuals who have pioneered what is a UK success story - Dom Holland from the FCA, the driving force behind PISCES regulation, our LSE partners Tom Simmons and Marcus Stuttard , Mark Austin CBE from Latham & Watkins, closely involved in the regulation and Wayve’s Claire Jackson, fresh from their $85m PSM transaction. With the best private companies staying private for longer, realising employee liquidity and supporting recruitment and retention is key, and the PSM is a tax-efficient, transparent and repeatable way to realise it. We'll be out-and-about telling the story over the next month, of which more later…and in the meantime, a huge thankyou to Deloitte, Simon Olsen, Tom Barkel and Joshua Lewis for continuing the conversation.

𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗱𝗰𝘂𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗘𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 – 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆 & 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗟𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘆 (London / Hybrid) We are looking for an ambitious dealmaker to expand our footprint across the UK and European venture ecosystems. In this role, you’ll work directly with founders, C-suite executives, and VC partners across high-growth, Series A+ companies to structure tailored primary capital raises and secondary liquidity solutions. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂'𝗹𝗹 𝗗𝗼: • Drive outbound deal origination with European scale-ups and institutional investors. • Consult decision-makers on cap table strategy, tender offers, and secondary share sales. • Build high-impact relationships across VC firms, corporate finance advisors, and legal networks. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗼𝗿: • Proven BD/sales track record managing complex, multi-month consultative sales cycles. • Strong understanding of private markets, venture capital, cap tables, and liquidity mechanics. • Deep connectivity within the UK/European startup and growth ecosystem. 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲: https://lnkd.in/eEamUB7v (Know someone who’d be a great fit? Tag them below!)

𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗱𝗰𝘂𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗘𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 – 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆 & 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗟𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘆 (London / Hybrid) We are looking for an ambitious dealmaker to expand our footprint across the UK and European venture ecosystems. In this role, you’ll work directly with founders, C-suite executives, and VC partners across high-growth, Series A+ companies to structure tailored primary capital raises and secondary liquidity solutions. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂'𝗹𝗹 𝗗𝗼: • Drive outbound deal origination with European scale-ups and institutional investors. • Consult decision-makers on cap table strategy, tender offers, and secondary share sales. • Build high-impact relationships across VC firms, corporate finance advisors, and legal networks. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗼𝗿: • Proven BD/sales track record managing complex, multi-month consultative sales cycles. • Strong understanding of private markets, venture capital, cap tables, and liquidity mechanics. • Deep connectivity within the UK/European startup and growth ecosystem. 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲: https://lnkd.in/eEamUB7v (Know someone who’d be a great fit? Tag them below!)

Recent transactions like Wayve‘s on the Private Securities Market - the London Stock Exchange’s market providing liquidity to investors and employees through secondary equity transactions in later-stage high growth private businesses - have driven an influx of interest from founders, CFOs and Chief People Officers, interested in the role the PSM can play in the growth lifecycle of a private company. Per Simon Olsen’s post, If you’d like to learn more, our co-CEO Matt Cooper is joining a number of key figures from the first PSM transactions - including Simon -  at a Deloitte event next Thursday September 3, where they’ll be talking through the practicalities of the PSM, sharing their learnings and answering your questions. Registration link is in the post below.

A slightly different kind of office tasting 🍻 The ON BEER team sent us a few samples of their alcohol-free lager to try at Crowdcube HQ, and naturally, we took the responsibility very seriously. Callum, Nicole. Powered by a blend of botanicals, ON Beer is on a mission to build  a new kind of alcohol-free drinking experience and is currently raising on Crowdcube. Discover the opportunity: https://lnkd.in/e7wfEmcf Risk Warning: Don’t invest unless you’re prepared to lose all the money you invest. This is a high-risk investment and you are unlikely to be protected if something goes wrong. Take 2 minutes to learn more: bit.ly/3u8ZTH0