Jeff Kelisky's guest appearances

Jeff Kelisky

In Conversation: The Business Matters Podcast

Secret Leaders with Dan Murray-Serter

Riding Unicorns: Venture Capital | Entrepreneurship | Technology

Larry Gadea

Tom Leathes

Ali Parsa

Amy Lewin

Aron Gelbard

Alice Bentinck

Paul Murphy

Mathilde Collin

Michele Romanow

Tom Blomfield

Jason Calacanis

Jeff Lawson

Eamonn Carey

Anna Wintour

Jo Malone

OwlTail

Jeff Lynn

How did two Americans called Jeff come to lead Seedrs, one of the UK’s leading crowdfunding platforms? And why did their planned merger with bitter rivals Crowdcube get blocked? In today’s ‘Double Jeffardy’ episode, Seedrs Co-Founder Jeff Lynn and CEO Jeff Kelisky share their experiences and learnings - from the biggest missed opportunities when scaling, to what the CMA got wrong with the merger.“The CMA has chosen to take an exceedingly aggressive stance on anything that looks like a tech merger. I think they feel very burned by having approved Facebook and Instagram, where they didn't understand or see the platform power that would emerge.”In this episode you’ll learn about: The biggest mistakes Seedrs made in the early days Seedrs vs Crowdcube When Jeff realised he needed to hire a CEO How to integrate a new CEO into a founder-led company The failed merger How to get motivated to compete again after a merger like that collapses

How did two Americans called Jeff come to lead Seedrs, one of the UK’s leading crowdfunding platforms? And why did their planned merger with bitter rivals Crowdcube get blocked? In today’s ‘Double Jeffardy’ episode, Seedrs Co-Founder Jeff Lynn and CEO Jeff Kelisky share their experiences and learnings - from the biggest missed opportunities when scaling, to what the CMA got wrong with the merger.“The CMA has chosen to take an exceedingly aggressive stance on anything that looks like a tech merger. I think they feel very burned by having approved Facebook and Instagram, where they didn't understand or see the platform power that would emerge.”In this episode you’ll learn about:<ul> <li>The biggest mistakes Seedrs made in the early days</li> <li>Seedrs vs Crowdcube</li> <li>When Jeff realised he needed to hire a CEO</li> <li>How to integrate a new CEO into a founder-led company</li> <li>The failed merger</li> <li>How to get motivated to compete again after a merger like that collapses</li></ul>

Double Jeffardy: the story of Seedrs and its vetoed Crowdcube merger, with Co-Founder Jeff Lynn and CEO Jeff Kelisky

Jeff Kelisky is the CEO at equity crowdfunding platform, Seedrs. Jeff is an experienced executive whose track record in building, leading and scaling successful technology businesses has made him one of the most revered figures in his space. Before joining Seedrs, Jeff was CEO for Picsolve and Multimap, the latter of which he led through a successful sale to Microsoft. In this our sixth ever episode we discuss with Jeff his remarkable career, what it was like selling a business to Microsoft and what impact the Seedrs/Crowdcube merger will have on private market investing.Make sure to like and subscribe to the Riding Unicorns podcast to never miss an episode. Also don't forget to give Riding Unicorns a follow on Twitter and LinkedIn to keep on top of the latest developments.

Jeff Kelisky is the CEO at equity crowdfunding platform, Seedrs. Jeff is an experienced executive whose track record in building, leading and scaling successful technology businesses has made him one of the most revered figures in his space. Before joining Seedrs, Jeff was CEO for Picsolve and Multimap, the latter of which he led through a successful sale to Microsoft. In this our sixth ever episode we discuss with Jeff his remarkable career, what it was like selling a business to Microsoft and what impact the Seedrs/Crowdcube merger will have on private market investing.Make sure to like and subscribe to the Riding Unicorns podcast to never miss an episode. Also don't forget to give Riding Unicorns a follow on Twitter and LinkedIn to keep on top of the latest developments.

S1E6 - Jeff Kelisky, CEO @ Seedrs

Jeff Kelisky is CEO of, leading online investment platform, Seedrs he joins Managing Editor Richard Alvin to talk about how SMEs and smaller companies can gain investment from other entrepreneurs and the investor community and trade shares as easy as trading as a public company.

Jeff Kelisky is CEO of, leading online investment platform, <a href="https://seedrs.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Seedrs</a> he joins Managing Editor Richard Alvin to talk about how SMEs and smaller companies can gain investment from other entrepreneurs and the investor community and trade shares as easy as trading as a public company.

Jeff Kelisky: CEO of online investment platform Seedrs