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Crowdfunding 2023

Join our community of more than 19,000 crowdfunding investors.

Own a piece of Freetrade

Backed by leading global institutions

£1.4b

In client assets

£4.4m

Record revenue for Q1 2023

1.4m

Lifetime registered users.

87k

Subscribers

Which? recommended provider

19k+

Backed by over 19,000 crowdfunding investors and leading global institutions

Why is Freetrade raising?

In 2019, we brought commission-free investing to the UK.

This year, we brought our platform to Sweden.

We’ve invented a customer-centric subscriptions business, underpinned by our own purpose-built technology stack.

Since our last raise on Crowdcube, we’ve shipped hundreds of new stocks, launched in Europe, brought more data into your app, cut costs, implemented AI solutions, and unlocked improved efficiencies and revenue gains - most notably with our tiered FX pricing and annual subscriptions.

Despite headwinds in 2022, our business model continues to prove its resilience. We've reacted to difficult economic conditions by cutting costs and focusing on our core market.

We delivered our best revenue quarter yet in Q1’23 (£4.7m revenue, -£3.32m EBITDA), a 25% increase in revenue on Q1'22 and a 57% reduction in losses (£3.7m revenue, -£8.9m EBITDA). (CY’22, £14.9m revenue -£28.7m EBITDA).

This round is all about doubling down on our growth by upping our investment in UK customer acquisition again, while expanding in Europe as well. We’re focusing on high-quality customers and shipping the features they’re asking for, like investment funds, autopilot, proxy voting, and tax reporting.

Now, as we forge ahead on our path to building a profitable business, we’re pleased to offer more of our customers a chance to own a piece of Freetrade and share in our success.

Stay tuned for more information about this crowdfunding round over the next couple of weeks. And in the meantime, you can head over the community forum to join the discussion.

What's new?

Well now that you asked, we’ve been busy making a lot of highly requested improvements to our app, launching outside the UK, and continuing to add thousands more customers and millions of client assets.

We’ve launched a localised iOS app in our first country outside the UK: Hej Sverige!

We’ve expanded your choice of investments, including offering: OTC stocks; USD ETFs listed on LSE; complex instruments (and appropriateness test); Swedish stocks (for Swedish Freetrade customers)

We’ve brought more information about your investments into your app, including:

More dividend information
More fundamentals, like EPS estimates
Price chart improvements
Currency toggle for investment details
Portfolio gain/loss per period

We’ve made some big efficiency gains behind the scenes that convert to gains on our bottom line: going live with our custom-built FX engine, Freetrade FX; shipping FX pricing changes and introducing annual subscriptions.

We’ve launched a localised iOS app in our first country outside the UK: Hej Sverige!

We’ve expanded your choice of investments, including offering: OTC stocks; USD ETFs listed on LSE; complex instruments (and appropriateness test); Swedish stocks (for Swedish Freetrade customers)

We’ve brought more information about your investments into your app, including:

More dividend information
More fundamentals, like EPS estimates
Price chart improvements
Currency toggle for investment details
Portfolio gain/loss per period

What's coming up?

Recurring orders

Direct debits

Mutual funds

FAQs

What is the share price and valuation?

You'll be able to see this information, and more, on the pitch page on the Crowdcube platform when the campaign goes live in June 2023.

When will the campaign go live?

We plan to go live later in June 2023. Pre-register here to get early access.

Can I get early access?

This year we’re doing things a little bit differently. Pre-register now with Crowdcube and you’ll get access as soon as the round is live for everyone.

I’m from a country outside the UK, can I invest?

Yes. Anyone based around the world can invest, unless you’re based in the US, Japan, Russia, or Belarus. Pre-register with Crowdcube now. You will be able to find more about your eligibility to invest.

How do I go about trying to get my money back out if I invest?

Investing through Crowdcube is not the same as buying shares in a publicly-traded company such as Lloyds or Starbucks on the Freetrade app.

Freetrade is a private company. That means any shares you acquire via Crowdcube cannot be bought and sold on a stock exchange at this time.

If, in the future, Freetrade was to go public or be acquired by another company, you could receive money for your shares or be able to sell them on an exchange. For now, while it is possible to sell your shareholding if you find a buyer, you should bear in mind that there are restrictions on transfers and there is no active secondary market for Freetrade shares.

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.

Can you tell me more about investing in Freetrade?

We’re focused on building the home screen app for investing.

The community has played a profound role in building Freetrade, from testing new features to spreading the word. We think they should have a chance to share in our future success too.

Owning shares in Freetrade enables you to do that. It means that you’ll own a portion of the company and be able to take part in any future success that we enjoy. You could also get some cool rewards if you invest above a certain amount.

Just remember that startup investing does carry significant risks, including illiquidity, lack of dividends, loss of investment and dilution. 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.

You can read more about the risks on the Crowdcube website.

How do I actually invest?

To invest in the Freetrade crowdfunding, you must sign up to Crowdcube. sign up to Crowdcu

Once you’ve signed up and the Freetrade crowdfunding round has opened, you’ll be able to invest. Your money will not be taken until the round has officially closed and the cooling-off period has ended.

Will the round be eligible for EIS?

Due to HMRC limits, this round will not be eligible for EIS.