Raise faster with SeedLegals Boost

Introducing SeedLegals Boost – a new fundraising package that helps you raise faster and with much less frustration.

When founders start fundraising, the same three problems tend to show up almost immediately.

1. You’re usually too early for most funds, so you need angel investors. But finding the right angels – and reaching them – isn’t easy. Unlike funds, most don’t have websites, submission forms or clear ways to get in touch.
2. Even when you do reach investors, you need a way to show you’re the real deal. Angels see a constant stream of pitches, so standing out and building credibility quickly matters.
3. In the UK, most angel investors expect SEIS or EIS tax relief to offset the risk they’re taking. That means founders usually want to secure SEIS/EIS Advance Assurance before they start pitching seriously.
   But here’s the catch: HMRC asks you to list potential investors as part of the application. It’s a frustrating catch-22 that can leave founders stuck for weeks or even months.

SeedLegals Boost assists on all three counts. Instead of getting stuck at the starting line, you can start investor conversations using Scribe investor outreach, show you’re ready to raise and strengthen your SEIS/EIS Advance Assurance application.

Find and connect with angel investors actively investing right now

When founders start looking for angel investors, it often means hours scrolling LinkedIn, guessing who might be relevant and sending messages that go nowhere.

With Boost, we’ve partnered with Scribe to take out the guesswork and wasted effort.

Scribe builds its investor database using real investment data. By analysing Companies House filings and cap tables, they can see who is actually backing startups right now – not just people who describe themselves as angel investors online.

So instead of trying to piece together a list yourself, you’re reaching investors who have recently invested in companies like yours, in your sector and at the kind of ticket size you’re raising.

And once you have that (not-so-short) shortlist of investors worth speaking to, Scribe writes the messages and runs the outreach for you, using messaging and timing refined across hundreds of campaigns.

As part of SeedLegals Boost, you get two months of Scribe Premium, which includes:

• Targeted investor matching
  Scribe identifies hundreds of angel investors who are actively investing and relevant to your sector and stage.
• A curated outreach list
  A refined list of around investors who have recently invested in companies similar to yours.
• LinkedIn intros
  Outreach happens directly from your LinkedIn account, which dramatically improves response rates compared with email.
• Messaging that actually works
  Scribe helps craft personalised outreach messages based on what has worked across many campaigns.
• Managed outreach cadence
  The campaign runs in a structured way, spacing messages so conversations feel natural rather than spammy.

Stand out to investors with the SeedLegals Qualified badge

Reaching investors is only half the challenge. Once your message lands in their inbox, they need a reason to take you seriously.

Investors see a constant flow of pitches. Many sound promising, but with early-stage companies, the basics aren’t always in order. Cap tables might not match Companies House filings, share structures may need cleaning up or SEIS/EIS may not yet be in progress.

Issues like these can raise red flags or slow things down later if the investment moves forward. Investors want to know they won’t waste time on a company that still needs to sort out the fundamentals.

The SeedLegals Qualified badge gives investors reassurance that those foundations are already in place.

With SeedLegals Boost, our team carries out a review of your company and pitching materials. If everything checks out, you’ll receive the SeedLegals Qualified badge – a clear signal to investors that the key foundations of your company are in good shape.

This includes checks such as:

• Cap table aligned with Companies House filings
• Share structure ready for investment
• SEIS/EIS Advance Assurance confirmed or your Advance Assurance application in progress
• Any obvious issues resolved before investors encounter them

You can add the SeedLegals Qualified badge to your pitch deck, emails and investor materials. Each badge also includes the month and year it was issued, so investors can see at a glance how recently your company was reviewed.

Apply for SEIS/EIS Advance Assurance without waiting for investors

When you apply for SEIS/EIS Advance Assurance, HMRC asks you to list the names and addresses of potential investors for 30–50% of the total amount you plan to raise.

If you’re just getting started on your fundraising plans, that can be incredibly frustrating. You need investors to apply for Advance Assurance, but many investors want to see Advance Assurance before committing.

With SeedLegals Boost, you can move past that hurdle. We’ll provide a letter of engagement confirming that you’ve formally engaged us and Scribe to support your fundraising. You can submit this letter instead of listing individual investors in your Advance Assurance application. It’ll be ready waiting for you on the SeedLegals platform when you start your Advanced Assurance application.

That means you can move forward with your SEIS/EIS Advance Assurance application immediately without necessarily waiting to line up investors first – removing one more hurdle to getting your raise underway.

Put a rocket under your raise with SeedLegals Boost

Fundraising is tough when you’re trying to get investors’ attention from a standing start.

SeedLegals Boost helps you break through that. It gives you the credibility, connections and momentum to start those conversations from a much stronger position.

Ready to take the first step? Book a free 30-minute call with our funding strategy team and start getting your raise moving.