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April 2, 2020

Crowdfunding platforms grapple with slowdown

Seedrs and Crowdcube are focusing efforts on companies that are booming, hoping to stop investors retreating.


Isabel Woodford

5 min read

Crowdcube Team

Data from UK crowdfunding platform Seedrs shows that community funding was 20% lower in March than it was in Spring over the last three years.

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