As this has turned partly into a fintech investment chatā¦ What do you make of BABB on Crowdcube? Blockchain banking is clearly the right niche to be in but that valuation seems extreme. As mentioned previously, I donāt want to miss out on the Fintech train but this one looks a bit rich for meā¦
My view, not to be confused with facts:
I cannot figure out how theyāve come to that valuation. Others are in the same boat, seems like the pitch manager is selectively answering questions. They have very little at the moment, the token anyone can create, Google it, you can make a BAXX token Plus the token tech will pose problems. Bandwagons are cool Questionable future partners as well.
Like I said all my opinion, no facts
Valuation looks eyepopping, the story seems a bit hard to follow and like they are saying they will do everything. The crypto part confuses me.
imo not sure they understand it either.
Only just looked at Babb, the valuation is ludicrous. That looks like a potential future worst investment for someone
Disclaimer: never listen to me I donāt know what iām doing
Have come across this āinterestingā opportunity recently.
Pre-money valuation of Ā£100m, aim to collect Ā£1.5m offering 1.48% equity and yet all they have done is applied for a banking license in 3 countries. Seems like the entire USP goes around using blockchain technology but is it really worth that much? What are these guys hoping to achieve? And how did CC let them out with such ludicrous valuation
It looks like a failed ICO since the ICO mania is over for now. Now they are fund raising through Crowdcube. Wouldnāt touch it with a 10 foot pole.
Awaiting access to biz planā¦
Crowdcube need to shut this one down already, it might wind up hurting their brand and crowdfunding as a whole.
They keep saying they are using DCF ( discounted cash flow ) and refer to their business plan but thereās not enough details to model this, people have tried in the discussions.
The blockchain thing probably wonāt work here and itāll delay getting a license as the regulators will need to scrutinise yet another thing. Worryingly one of the response in their discussion was about SQL and the blockchain but it didnāt make sense to me, see: ācompetition already doing it like TransferWiseā.
Interesting table here, they managed to get all the ticks including āBank Licenceā yet not having one in place (planning to obtain in 2019)ā¦
Also quite optimistic growth with no losses from year 1, PAT growing 270% YoY for 5 years; PAT of Ā£235m in 2023.
Ridiculous!
Could they be implying their payments license is a ābankā license?
That would certainly be misconstruing, because all those entities have a payment licence and only Monzo, Atom, Starling and N26 - banking licence.
We discussed it a bit here Best & Worst Investments šø - #29 - the business plan document contains every fintech and crypto word ever, and they are going to do everything ever. No.
Oops, have absolutely no idea how on earth I could have missed it . @tommy would you mind merging, please, if necessary?
This seems like an awful idea to me.
Therefore itās guaranteed to change the world.
Was just about to post this! Fast fingers!
Where is my barge pole?
This is so unprofessional thoughā¦ Jumping into crowdfunding and cutting Ā£50m of valuation halfway through. Really not the behaviour you would expect.
Almost every comment on their Crowdcube discussion is āyour valuation is ridiculousā āthis is an insultā or āwhat are you thinking?ā so thereās seeming consensus amongst the crowd investors. Interestingly, some of the comments were also aimed at Crowdcube, for letting them pitch with such a high valuation.
I think it wouldnāt be too much of a stretch to say this pressure has led to this valuation adjustment, driven in turn by the need for capital to satisfy the regulator in light of their application process.