One line on the cap table
Investors in the syndicate appear as one nominee on the company's cap table, which keeps the company's records clean and easier to manage.

Founders, finance and people teams all rely on the same equity record - we just give each of them the view they need.
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SPECIAL PURPOSE VEHICLES
Set up SPVs with Vestd to run syndicates, pledge funds, and managed funds with minimal admin.
Investors in the syndicate appear as one nominee on the company's cap table, which keeps the company's records clean and easier to manage.

The syndicate lead acts as voting proxy and receives resolutions and communications for everyone, so the company deals with one person.

Vestd uses a UK bare trust structure so investors keep their SEIS and EIS eligibility, as long as the other criteria are met.

How it's structured
Sources the deal, represents the other investors and votes on their behalf. A regulated lead may be called the fund manager.
The beneficial owners of the shares, invited to the deal by the lead. They keep full beneficial rights, including rights to capital.
The legal owner of the shares. It holds title only, with no economic or voting rights, so the company's cap table shows one name instead of many.
SUITABILITY
Pick the structure that fits how you invest, and we’ll confirm the details before setup.
For deals over £1.25m talk to us about custom pricing →An SPV lets angels invest as one: bigger deals, a stronger hand on terms, and S/EIS relief intact. Founders get one clean line on their cap table instead of twenty.
Yaroslav Kinebas
PMI Lead at Vestd
Set-up is covered, and the main services run for three years.
SPV creation, plus KYC checks and certification for every investor in the syndicate.
Three years of Vestd Nominees, holding legal title only, with no economic or voting rights.
Syndicate voting, a communications portal and document signing for every investor.
Investor dashboards, data rooms and real-time reporting, reconciled with Companies House.
The difference
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Nominee directly FCA-regulated
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Included | Included | Included |
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Investors held through a nominee, shown as one line on the cap table
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Included | Included | Included |
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Syndicate terms document
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Included | Included | Included |
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Dividends managed on the platform
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Included | Included | Included |
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SPVs
What an SPV is, and how syndicates, pledge funds and managed funds differ.
View guideHow Vestd supports investors, from verified holdings to SPVs and PISCES.
Explore the topic →(opens in a new tab)The roles, processes and strategies behind due diligence in a syndicate.
Read the article →(opens in a new tab)An SPV (special purpose vehicle) is a legal entity set up for a specific purpose, letting a company or group of investors isolate the assets, liabilities and risks of a particular project.
Vestd Syndicates use a UK bare trust structure, which safeguards SEIS/EIS eligibility, and each deal is a binding agreement with the shares held by a nominee controlled by Vestd or your lead investor.
Vestd Nominees, a Vestd subsidiary, is the legal owner of the shares, but the individual investors remain the beneficial owners and keep the economic and voting rights.
An SPV helps when you want to invest more than you could on your own, since banding together with other angels lets you invest larger amounts and gives you more negotiating power.
A pledge fund lets investors make a non-binding pledge of capital to a lead investor ahead of time, and they can still opt in or out of each deal.
Tell us a bit about your next deal, and we'll connect you with a Vestd specialist.