--- title: "£1bn raised in startup funding on SeedLegals" id: "25819" type: "post" slug: "1bn-raised-in-startup-funding" published_at: "2022-05-04T10:55:27+00:00" modified_at: "2022-05-04T11:55:27+00:00" url: "https://seedlegals.com/resources/1bn-raised-in-startup-funding/" markdown_url: "https://seedlegals.com/resources/1bn-raised-in-startup-funding.md" excerpt: "Break out the cake and let’s celebrate – UK founders have raised over £1bn on SeedLegals! It’s a huge milestone for us here at SeedLegals HQ, but more importantly that number (one BILLION pounds!) represents thousands of startup success stories..." taxonomy_category: - "News" --- 2 min read # £1bn raised in startup funding on SeedLegals Published: May 4, 2022 Contents [The future is agile](#the-future-is-agile) [Digital over physical](#digital-over-physical) [More than money](#more-than-money) [How can we help?](#how-can-we-help) [Kirsty MacSween](https://seedlegals.com/resources/author/kirsty/) Break out the cake and let’s celebrate – UK founders have raised over £1bn on SeedLegals🥳 It’s a huge milestone for us here at SeedLegals HQ, but more importantly that number (one BILLION pounds!) represents thousands of startup success stories across the UK and beyond. We’re so proud to be part of your inspiring journeys. We first started automating the legals you need to start, grow and scale your business back in 2016. Since then we’ve: - worked with over 35,000 fast-growing companies - powered thousands of funding rounds - become the UK #1 for [funding rounds](https://seedlegals.com/raise/raise-a-round/) *and*[EMI Option Schemes](https://seedlegals.com/grow/share-options-scheme/) - opened offices in France, Ireland, Hong Kong and Singapore - helped disruptors like [Qured](https://www.qured.com/) , [Oddbox](https://www.oddbox.co.uk/) and [Thursday](https://www.getthursday.com/) accelerate their growth Here are a few things we’ve reflected on as we looked back over our own company’s journey. ## The future is agile Traditional funding rounds just aren’t the best or only way to raise investment. > When we started SeedLegals our goal was to help companies do a funding round faster and more reliably. But now we joke that our goal is to help companies *not* do a funding round. > > Instead of the existing 12-18 month go big or go bust fundraising cycle that founders dreaded, we’ve pioneered Agile Fundraising which has single-handedly transformed the way UK startups raise investment. > > SeedLegals customers now raise as much before and after a funding round as in a funding round, allowing them to grow faster, give away less equity, and raise investment as needed. > > [Anthony Rose](https://seedlegals.com/resources/author/anthony/) > Co-Founder and CEO, > > [SeedLegals](https://seedlegals.com/) > > - [https://www.linkedin.com/in/anrose/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/anrose/) With SeedLegals, it’s easy to [raise before a round](https://seedlegals.com/raise/raise-before-a-round/) and [top up a round](https://seedlegals.com/raise/top-up-a-round/) outside of the traditional, stressful and time-consuming funding round cycle. When your investors are ready to commit, you don’t want to hang around. With agile funding, you can send over documents ready to sign ASAP. Not only is SeedLegals the fastest way to do a funding round, we’re also the most flexible. ## Digital over physical When we looked through the data across the thousands of successful funding rounds that add up to £1bn, one stat in particular jumped out at us. In 2021, companies focused on improving information-sharing and communication raised **5x more** than the next-highest grossing sector. That huge gap between comms and retail (#2 on our list) is a telling reminder of how valuable data has become. As we move further into a digital world, it’s more and more important that the way we do business is fast, flexible and frictionless. Here are a couple more interesting points we pulled: - Of the startups that raised funding, 28% had at least one female founder, and 12% were led by an all-female team - The average age of founders in the most investable industries differed by sector. Overall, female founders were on average 45, while male founders averaged 38 years old ## More than money Investment is just one piece of the puzzle. We’re on a mission to make every aspect of setting up and scaling your company as time and cost-efficient as possible. > SeedLegals is also the #1 provider of [EMI Option Schemes](https://seedlegals.com/grow/share-options-scheme/) > in the UK. We help companies get back their [R&D cashback](https://seedlegals.com/grow/rd-tax-credit-claim/) > , and our Team feature helps companies easily [hire people](https://seedlegals.com/start/team-agreements/employment-agreement/) > and [manage their teams](https://seedlegals.com/grow/company-policies/) > . And lots more coming soon. > > [Anthony Rose](https://seedlegals.com/resources/author/anthony/) > Co-founder and CEO, > > [SeedLegals](https://seedlegals.com/) > > - [https://www.linkedin.com/in/anrose/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/anrose/) ## How can we help? Our fundraising experts are standing by to help. [Book a call](https://seedlegals.com/talk-to-an-expert/) today and let’s get your business to the next level. ## Related posts [2 min read Signing documents is now more flexible: add any number of signatories to your documents Uploading documents to SeedLegals and getting them signed just got even easier. Now you can add one, two, three (four, f... Kirsty MacSween](https://seedlegals.com/resources/multi-party-document-signing/) [4 min read We’ve partnered with K3C to power the latest LeanGTM raise Following the launch of the latest LeanGTM upgrade, K3C has partnered with SeedLegals to open a new funding round. As an... Rachel Cameron-Potter](https://seedlegals.com/resources/seedlegals-partners-with-k3c-to-power-leangtm-raise/) [6 min read Meet the SeedLegals plans: ready for every stage, from day one to big raises and beyond Get to know the SeedLegals membership plans. They’re designed to grow with you, and be easy to start and simple to scale... Kirsty MacSween](https://seedlegals.com/resources/plans-access-funding-options/)