{"id":43967,"date":"2015-08-19T10:30:34","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T09:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/young-guns\/?p=43967"},"modified":"2021-05-19T05:36:30","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T04:36:30","slug":"andy-murray-invests-young-gun-entrepreneurs-via-seedrs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/young-guns\/andy-murray-invests-young-gun-entrepreneurs-via-seedrs\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Murray kicks off crowdfunding portfolio with Young Gun investments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It has been announced today that tennis star Andy Murray has invested in UK businesses Tossed; the food chain founded by <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/young-guns\/vincent-mckevitt\/\">Young Gun Vincent McKevitt<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/young-guns\/myvouchercodes-young-gun-mark-pearson-launches-e-commerce-vc-fund\/\">Fuel Ventures<\/a>; the new e-commerce fund launched by fellow Young Gun and MyVoucherCodes.co.uk founder <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/young-guns\/mark-pearson\/\">Mark Pearson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The undisclosed investments, made via equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs, are said to mark the first of a series of many for the world&rsquo;s second best tennis player and comes just months after Murray joined Seedrs as &lsquo;strategic advisor&rsquo;.<\/p>\n<p>The tennis player has also backed Trillenium-a specialist in 3D virtual reality shops-as it looks to hit its funding target.<\/p>\n<p>Murray commented:&nbsp;&ldquo;I&rsquo;m excited to be investing in these driven entrepreneurs and their businesses on Seedrs. It&rsquo;s important to me that I back people who I believe have the same dedication, hunger and professional standards as myself and always strive to be their best.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The three businesses I&rsquo;ve chosen to kick off my crowdfunding investment portfolio are all in areas of industry I find interesting. Healthy eating is something I have to be passionate about as a sportsman, so Tossed was immediately one to consider, and the other two businesses are really pushing the boundaries of technology.&rdquo;[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It has been announced today that tennis star Andy Murray has invested in UK businesses Tossed; the food chain founded by Young Gun Vincent McKevitt, and Fuel Ventures; the new e-commerce fund launched by fellow Young Gun and MyVoucherCodes.co.uk founder Mark Pearson. 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