Published: October 2, 2025 at 2:24 pm
Crowdcube has announced a landmark partnership with the London Stock Exchange in an attempt to give hundreds of thousands of individual investors the chance to invest in later-stage, high-growth private companies on the same terms as institutional investors.
The partnership uses the London Stock Exchange’s new Private Securities Market and Crowdcube’s platform to give investors the chance to buy shares in fast-growing private companies – opportunities that were once only available after an IPO.
Private companies are remaining private for longer, with many raising multiple late-stage rounds before listing publicly.
That trend has meant some of Europe’s most innovative firms were only accessible to venture capital and institutional backers, but this new partnership seeks to change that dynamic.