I was invested by crowd-funding via a platform in the UK, called Seedrs. I have 60 investors and raised £30k to build my MVP. I think at this level of funding (

I was invested by crowd-funding via a platform in the UK, called Seedrs. I have 60 investors and raised £30k to build my MVP. I think at this level of funding (which is different from Angelist syndicates - I think Seedrs is £150k max) there is no real dumb money. I just needed the sort of money that people from wealthy backgrounds dismissively refer to as "friends and family" money. As it turns out my investors range from millionaire entrepreneurs, city lawyers, to my mate's girlfriend. It's great to start off with 60 super-fans that have a vested interest in promoting you to their network.