Draper Esprit are major investors in the Crowdcube platform. Now they are also investors in a Seedrs alumni Perkbox.
Last year Perkbox ran a successful Seedrs campaign, raising a healthy £4.3m in equity finance through the platform. Nine months later they have secured backing for over $8m from Draper - an outfit that backed Crowdcube rather than Seedrs.
As we all know Crowdcube and Seedrs are the two leading retail ECF platforms in the UK and are locked in to a winner takes all, rush to a massive ROI success. So this move by Esprit could just be because they see a great deal in Perkbox or it might have something to do with covering off their Crowdcube investment.
One thing is for sure. If Perkbox go on to become the next 'facebook' in investment terms, Esprit's help in getting them there is going to damage Crowdcube.
