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Todd Crosland Seed Equity Ventures

Todd Crosland and Seed Equity Ventures

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Todd Crosland is an experienced entrepreneur who has extensive experience in the financial industry. His new company, Seed Equity Ventures, sets out to connect startups and investors from all over the globe.

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Todd CroslandSeed Equity Ventures

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Todd Crosland

In 2007, Todd Crosland was awarded the Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the

Year Award for the Utah and New Mexico region.

His award came in the Financial/Insurance services category. Mr. Crosland was recognized for his

service in bringing success and innovation to Utah’s financial sector with his company, Interbank FX, LLC

(IBFX).

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In 1990, Mr. Crosland was the CFO and Vice President of Finance for a medical

device business called Surgical Technologies, Inc. He assisted in taking

it public on the Nasdaq and sold the company in 1996.

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In 1992, he founded a real estate development company, TBC, LC. They developed over 1000 residential lots in

Utah with revenues of over $160 Million.

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In 2000, Mr. Crosland started the company that won him the Ernst &

Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Interbank FX. He started the company with only stocks and options trading, and a year later, developed it to do

currency trading as well.

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They hired programmers and developed the technology so that it

could be available to the general public in 2003. The company grew to over 40,000 customers in 150 different countries with a trading volume of

approximately $1 Trillion. They support a trading volume of over $70 Billion per

month.

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Aside from the Ernst & Young Award, IBFX has won various other awards and accolades for its service, including Best Online FX Provider, Best Chairman, Best Foreign Exchange Broker, and Inc. 500.

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In March of 2013, Todd Crosland used his extensive financial experience to create a crowdfunding social media company with the goal of combining

startups and investors from all over the world. This company is called Seed

Equity Ventures.

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Seed Equity Ventures

Today’s venture capital industry is very specific in terms of location and

funding. The United States has by far the most opportunities for venture

capital funding and startup opportunities. Todd Crosland’s vision for

Seed Equity is to give fair and equal opportunity investing for startups and

investors from all over the world.

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Seed Equity Ventures

Investors from all over the world should have the same opportunities to change

the world in which they see fit. In today’s world there are a few thousand

of VC’s who control the fate of the millions of startups that arise each year. Seed Equity believes that this power should be readily available to

the world so that millions of investors have the opportunity to change the

world.

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Seed Equity Ventures

Seed Equity’s main goal is to connect startups with investors from all over the

globe through its proprietary social investing platform. The investors are

able to follow, like, mentor, and invest in companies that they are interested in on the platform. They aim to catch

companies in their early growth development stage. Seed equity tries

to help their users succeed by encouraging transparency and

information sharing.