BBNo (Brew by Numbers) is in Administration. In May, there were talks about a “deal”.
Based on the joint administrator proposals, they tried pre-pack to a “connected party” and it didn’t work. Now, they’re sold for £220k to a privately-owned beer manufacturing business. BBNo raised £522k at £4.9m pre-money in 2020 via Crowdcube.
Great beer - too bad they did not make it!
Optimus Price went bankrupt. Raised on CrowdCube and was all around automated price manage of adverts that appear in Google Shopping. Always felt it was a bunch of engineers who did not know how to sell or who to sell to. Alas no EIS as Spanish. Ai Carumba!
Luxtripper has entered administration after running out of cash.
I invested in 2016 on Crowdcube.
To be honest never understood why I invested in such a saturated market. Suppose they had a good go at it though, 8 years, considering the pandemic.
Now just to see whether the brand ends up coming out of administration with the same board of directors, but having shed all of their investors, happens far too often.
Derby Brewing Company
It is with huge sadness and regret that we have to announce that Real Brewing Pub Company, the pub company arm of Derby Brewing Company has today entered administration. The brewery will not be affected and continue operate going forward with two of our sites the Hole in the Wall, Mickleover & NOTSA, Aston on Trent continuing to be operated by Derby Brewing under a new pub company.
part 2…In terms of the impact to shareholders thankfully unlike many in our sector we were able to continue with the business all be it in a smaller guise. Meaning that shareholders shares remain in place and are not impacted other than the loss of Real Brewing Pub Company.
Has anyone had any experience applying for EIS relief for a crowdfunding investment that has gone to zero?
I made serval investments into Climb8 before they shut up shop, and hoping to claim some relief this year but it all looks hella confusing
Yes - my accountant does it and unless you know what you are doing, it is worth engaging with one, at least until you learn how to do it yourself.
It’s straightforward if it’s gone to zero. On self-assessment you claim a negative capital gain. So if you’d invested £100 and claimed EIS of £30, then you claim a capital gain of -£70. Put in the relevant details and it will calculate the refund amount based on your tax band.
If you don’t do self-assessment, no idea of how to do it.
Also if it’s not a zero claim, i.e. you get 1p in the pound, if it’s more than 3 years since shares were issued, do the same as above but adjust the £70 figure accordingly. If it’s less than 3 years, then tough luck, you’ve lost the EIS relief because this is considered a sale, and you even have to pay back the original £30.
I invested on the 06/11/2019 Andersen EV and the company was made insolvent on 11/10/22 Can I still claim EIS even though they went insolvent 1 month before 3 years. Any help would be appreciated
I got an answer can you confirm the answer is correct Thank you
yes you can the 3y rule is for the upside not downside Is that correct
As long as the value of the shares is zero, you should be able to make a zero value claim, i.e. it doesn’t matter that the 3-year period was not complete
Rejuvenation Water Insolvency - another to add to my growing list of crowdfunded failures
Email received from the founder today
"### Rejuvenation Water
For those that have been following my updates, as I toil to raise the finance that we require or seek an acquisition, will know that our runway was getting progressively shorter. I’m afraid to announce that the runway is up and I’ve had to start the insolvency process this week.
Having spent 8 years building Rejuvenation Water, this decision was difficult and very emotional for me but, without the funds that we need to progress, I had little choice.
Here’s where I should reflect on all the cliché highs and lows but, given the losses that will be crystalised, I’d like to just apologise for all those that have backed me and Rejuvenation Water. I still believe in the business, especially the matcha pods and its product - market fit but, in discovering this 7 years into the journey and against the stress of economic and supply chain that we haven’t seen in over a generation, the opportunity to kick on simply didn’t materialise.
This process will mean that the insolvency practitioners will effectively take control of the business, sell any assets that remain in the business and apportion out the proceeds to creditors. Given the few assets that we have in the business, they’ll be little proceeds for creditors and nothing left to equity holders.
For those with SEIS/EIS investment, the loss relief will be due against your next self-assessment.
I am eternally grateful for the support and faith placed in me. The learning curve over the last 8 years has been exponential and I will be using this experience in my next venture. As mentioned in my previous update, I will be assigning 5% of my shareholding in my new business, liquidation.store, an e-commerce platform for to individual investors of Rejuvenation Water.
I’m here to answer any questions that people may have. Simply reply to this email and I can pick it up from there.
I’ll be in touch in due course.
Best,
Kris"
Some brass neck there as he moves seamlessly from ‘nothing left for equity holders’ onto punting his next venture.
Was this received by email? Nothing on the raising page, from CC or sent to me by email…