When Charlie Gleeson was considering strategies for raising new funds for his e-scooter start-up, Zipp Mobility, he found he had more options than in the past. Last year the start-up raised €1.3 million in funding with €562,000 of that coming from equity crowdfunding with 300 investors cutting cheques – both big and small – for a small stake in the fledgling start-up. Zipp had already raised some seed funding and was getting primed to start raising a Series A round, but Gleeson said it opted for raising this “bridge round” before that. “I suppose where we were 12 months ago,…

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