Mr Kelisky – who joined Seedrs in January as COO – has been promoted with immediate effect to succeed co-founder Jeff Lynn.

Mr Lynn has been named executive chairman and will lead company board meetings and continue to serve as a full-time executive in the business.

“Jeff Kelisky is going to make an outstanding CEO, and I cannot fathom placing the company’s leadership into a better pair of hands,” said Mr Lynn.

“Meanwhile, I am very much looking forward to serving as executive chairman, where I will have the chance to focus on major initiatives where I feel I can add most value to the business, and indeed where I can support and learn from Jeff’s leadership as the company pursues aggressive growth in the months and years to come.”

Mr Kelisky said he felt privileged and delighted to lead a talented Seedrs team on its bold mission.

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“We have a track record of delivering many firsts to market in aligning the interests of smart investors and ambitious businesses in equity crowdfunding – and this is only the beginning.

“With the products and services in our pipeline today, I look forward to accelerating on that success and continuing Seedrs’ unique dedication to quality, transparency and service to its fast-growing customer base.”

Seedrs has funded over 510 deals with more than £230m invested into campaigns on the platform, including a £3.8m round for Revolut from over 4,300 investors this month.

“Lynn and Kelisky have formed a perfectly harmonious team since Kelisky’s arrival at Seedrs, and a number of recent accomplishments – including a rapid increase in investment through the platform and the successful launch of a groundbreaking secondary market – validate that,” said Steven Rimmer, senior NED at Seedrs since 2012 and an active board member.

“Over the last seven months, they have collaborated on shared initiatives and together I have no doubt they will drive Seedrs to become the standard bearer in the industry during this incredibly exciting growth period."