“We’ve now used FounderCatalyst for 2 funding rounds as well as an EMI scheme, and they’ve been amazing throughout. We really value the simplicity, speed, customer support and transparent pricing. We needed an option scheme to incentivise employees under EMI. The Option service from FounderCatalyst is a total end to end package. It includes everything we needed; from defining the scheme, authorising the option pool, achieving EMI valuation approval with HMRC and inviting and issuing options to individuals. The process was slick and offered human support along the way…and was, at the time of our research, the most cost effective option too! ”

Guy Davis, CFA

Chief Financial Officer, Ciqurix Ltd

“We raised £304,000 on the FounderCatalyst platform and that gave us the confidence to use their option scheme service. We shopped around competitors but the fact we could have unlimited EMI options for staff and unlimited unapproved options for advisors was an amazing opportunity, with zero scaling costs.”

William Hicks

Co-founder & CSO, Air Aware Labs

“I'm a technology lawyer by background so I test a lot of technology all the time and FounderCatalyst is very easy to use. When you're starting out, cash is tight, but their fixed fee gave us unlimited EMI and unapproved options, plus every vesting variation we needed - time based, conditional, exit only. I didn't think twice!”

Tina Fernandez

Founder & CEO, Consolidocs

Other testimonials

“We were referred to FounderCatalyst and told that they were good, but our advance assurance submission received a positive response from HMRC in 25 hours – that is better than good!”

Geoff Revill

Co-founder & CEO, Safe Space One

“I am doing a funding round using another legal paperwork provider but hit an issue with our SEIS/EIS advance assurance being queried. I wasn’t entirely confident in the proposed response to HMRC and someone recommended I speak to the FC team. They helped me to improve my response and their support led to a positive response. Amazingly helpful and knowledgeable team, even for someone who wasn’t a customer. I've recommended them to colleagues already and will be switching to FC for our next round!”

Nicola Telford

CEO & Co-Founder, Views For Change

“I turned to Sam at FounderCatalyst after being misguided by his competitors about eligibility for SEIS as an investor. I have spent three weeks emailing HMRC and my legal team and could not get a straight answer. Sam gave me a definitive explanation the following day. From now on I will be using FounderCatalyst for all my equity funding legal needs!”

Peter Slotwinski

Investor, Intra Drive Ltd

“I consider myself fortunate to be introduced to FounderCatalyst prior to our fundraise in October 2022. Having never raised funds before, working with FounderCatalyst was a perfect fit, the in-house expertise on SEIS/EIS was worth the fee alone coupled with the excellent easy-to-use platform and on-tap advice was great. In addition, a 'bonus' feature is being part of the FounderCatalyst group on WhatsApp which is a thriving community of fellow founders that share knowledge, experience, and general advice. A great platform, a great team, and a great community, highly recommended.”

Jim Holland

Founder, Carma

“The intricacies of an equity raise are really niche and difficult to manage. Specifically, the legals that underpin the entire process aren't the sexiest part but are probably the most important. The team at FounderCatalyst ensured that everything was managed seamlessly with Seedrs. I felt in safe hands throughout the raise knowing that they were in the background, lining everything up from a legal perspective.”

James Higgins

Founder (and Dragons Den Star!), Ethical Bedding

“As a solo-founder and 'start-up newbie', the service, support, specialism and community that FounderCatalyst offers is invaluable. From formal paperwork completion to the 'Friendly Founders' WhatsApp chat, I just wish that I had joined sooner...”

Tom Reynolds

Founder (and winner of The Pitch 2023), EdenFiftyOne

“I didn't fully appreciate how good the FC platform is...The Boost page, all the information, it's a real hub!”

Jay Laurence

Founder, Buzz

“We moved to FounderCatalyst from their rival after our first round - the fee structure in FounderCatalyst suited us much better and the support provided by the FounderCatalyst team has been excellent. They have an automatic tool to import our CapTable and we were up and running within minutes. My next round will cost about a third on FounderCatalyst.”

Catherine Ann Reid

Founder, Doqit

“FounderCatalyst is not only a great platform but also a great community. I moved to FC after meeting founder Sam Simpson, and straightaway felt it was the right platform to support our needs - their service is fab, the fee structure is fair and transparent, and the platform is straightforward and easy to use. Sam himself is super engaged and responsive, and the FC WhatsApp group is a brilliant, collaborative and supportive community to be part of. Highly recommend!”