Crowdcube, a prominent UK and European online investment platform, announced it reached profitability in 2025 following a period of double-digit revenue growth. The company, which has facilitated over £1.5 billion in investments across its 12-year history and currently manages more than £1 billion in securities for 425,000 investors, is positioning itself as the leading retail gateway to private markets.
The platform's strategic shift is increasingly focused on providing liquidity solutions for later-stage, high-growth private companies. This addresses a critical market need: as companies like fintech firm Revolut and banking app Monzo remain private for longer periods due to abundant private capital and regulatory complexities, early investors and employees with stock options face extended waits for returns. Crowdcube is building infrastructure to enable controlled secondary share sales, allowing partial exits without requiring a full IPO or acquisition.
Real-world success stories underscore the impact. Early Crowdcube investors in Revolut (2016) have achieved returns of up to 500 times their initial investment through secondary sales. The platform highlighted several key 2025 transactions, including its largest-ever primary fundraising of £8.9 million for Chip (which has raised over £50 million on Crowdcube since 2017), secondary opportunities in Atom Bank at a £397 million valuation, funding for BOLT ahead of its anticipated IPO, and a $5 million round for Nothing at a $1.3 billion valuation led by Tiger Global.
A significant 2025 development was Crowdcube's partnership with the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) to establish the platform as the retail gateway for LSEG's new Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System (PISCES). The first PISCES transaction is expected in February 2026.
Matt Cooper, Co-CEO of Crowdcube, stated, "Companies staying private longer creates sustained demand for employee and investor liquidity—and we’ve built the infrastructure to serve that need." The company views this focus on later-stage companies, which carry lower risk than early-stage startups, as improving its unit economics. Crowdcube plans to expand further in 2026 to support more mature businesses, aiming to democratize access to high-growth private market opportunities traditionally reserved for venture capital.
