Europe Republic Avis 

The worst place I ever invested my money into. One of the companies just winded up making all the investors lose the money. The other shares are not eligible to sell for over 4 years, so there is no way I can get the money back. Customer support is totally non existent, if you get an email from them, they just say there is nothing they can do.

I originally signed up through Seedrs, which later became Republic Europe, and continued using my account as instructed. Recently, I found that my account was disabled without notice or explanation.

Despite reaching out to support, I received a generic reply stating they couldn't find my account—even though I provided the same email and name I had always used.
I find the handling of this situation both unprofessional and opaque. As a user, I expected a minimum level of accountability and transparency, especially when it comes to access to my investments.
This is a scam, stay away from them.

0 stars please, not 1 star.. they brought onboard a sham business called Hireclub that does resume writing, and they made them look so appealing and futuristic, they scammed me and won't return my money. The owner of the sham business is probably drinking Pina colada on the beach without any requirement to ever pay back any of his investors. I blame Republic.com for this.

This is a Scam, I have invested in 14 companies, they all end up having a second or third round of investment making the initial valuation useless. How can the share price be up 40% after second round funding completes and 1 month later comoany go bust. unbelievable, someone somewhere is sitting on a beach drinking cocktails with all our investment money. Srat away.

This is a very poor crowdfunding site. There appears to be no oversight at all once businesses are funded and in general there is an appalling lack of communication from the invested firms. I have made six investments in Seedrs/Republic and so far four have failed.
The latest, Easyhire last reported in September 2024 " we are on track to achieve profitability in Q4". then an update on March 5 2025 saying that the Company is now in liquidation!! Unbelievable and of course no comment from Seedrs/Republic. Best to avoid this platform and use an intermediary that actually cares about its investors.

Total scam. Stay away.

I just want to get my husband's investment back after he died. I had to pay to transfer to my name even with a will and probate. Now I am expected to sell them! Help!
Ongoing....

I've invested twice, one investment failed (which Europe Republic cannot be blamed for), and one investment turned out successful.

However, the valuation of the investments is updated on a doubtful basis. The company I have invested in tried to convert the ER investment into direct investment, but ER refuses to do that. The company also adjusted their valuation several times, but ER does not update the valuation on their site. When I asked why they fail to do so, they tell me to wait patiently for an answer from the team since over six months now.

I do not recommend to get invested on ER until they fix their issue. There are better platforms.

It is a scam. You get a glowing sales pitch so you may invest without knowing the truth... the truth: the company will eventually have another investment round, making your initial investment worthless... you reluctantly invest again... the company with make another investment round making your previous two investments worthless... then the business goes bust. You are unlikely to make money. Avoid at all costs.

Stay away from this platform unless you want to lose all of your money. I just lost my whole investment because of dodgy practices by one of their businesses Bux and Seeders. They have been withholding information the whole time, blocking investors from selling their shares and then ensuring that a small group of investors make a tone of money for the sake of earlier investors in the business. Seeders let that happen and I see as equally guilty as the dodgy management of Bux. They should be all in prison!!

Brilliant idea, and no doubt an incredibly challenging business to operate, however the lack of support, clear communication, and generally the lack of transparency leaves these most investors (and startups) really uncertain about the future of the company and the relationship we have with them.
It's supposed to be simpler to invest in startups via SeedRs, and they've actually made it LESS transparent and open, instead becoming a bottleneck of information and an absolutely crap custodian of our investments.

I've been with SeedRs (now europe.republic.com) for about 5 years, and in that time I've never had an occasion to sing their praises, but on many occasions I've felt they could just "up and run" with my money at any point. Really disappointing.

Invested in a business which got sold, but no investor has seen any of their investment back. It takes >1 year to process re-funds with the only update being "be patient and thanks for your understanding". It looks like a scam where investors lost all their money while the startup was successful. We helped the founders in the early days (who got out succesfully) and are left with nothing.