Iām pretty familiar with them, my son and daughter had their parties at Otherworld a couple of times and the kids loved it. Their new one at Victoria is beautifully done, very Star Trek and futuristic. I can see them growing but Iād say the market is parties and corporate events rather than anything bigger so theyāll always be constrained to getting money evening and weekends. VR is an odd one (we have a VR headset), really good products but despite that people still put them down. Iād also say there havenāt been many new games released in the past year. No matter how good they are people donāt seem to be sticky with the product so I donāt see the outsize returns here. If the comparison is with bowling or cinema for a night out then they come in a bit pricey too. Not to say I donāt think theyāre good, just donāt see how they get good returns longer term.
Anyone else invest in Meatless Farm on Crowdcube?
I invested in the convertible loan note back in the summer, which they said they expected to convert in Q4 2021 or Q1 2022. Since funding no communication from the company. This evening an email from Crowdcube with a second cooling off period , change of CEO and change of holding company but not much of an explanation from either Crowdcube or Meatless Farm.
This is setting off many red flags (I got stung by emoov, which also had a second cooling off period).
Any thoughts?
Simon
P.S. first post here
@TickTock Did you do this one on SeedInvest too; https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2022/01/186229-crowdfunded-company-knightscope-commences-trading-on-nasdaq/
I didnāt but have to ask ;o)
Hey There 
No I missed this one. Be interesting to see how it performs as many new entrants have been getting walloped recently - including a couple of mine. Ferocious daily swings are ok but Iām not getting too many upwards ones 
I invested also. 1st I have heard of anything
Yes, they are trying to get loan note holders to agree to 1.5x instead of 2x for redemptionā¦.
I also invested via CC many years ago and to be honest Iād be happy to take any return on this one and reinvest accordingly. Feel they have been treading water for a while now and not sure where it is all goingā¦
Same here. Green is green and move on. Great to see Trust Stamp on Nasdaq now!
Upside investing raising on Seedrs. Something to do with giving the retail investor āsmarter insightsā. Thereās an insights āengineā but no trading yet. Some stuff about Upside coins, an internal currency. Year 4 rev projection is 236m(!)
From their investor presentation:
"Upside is reimagining what stock trading means for retail investors by breaking down the barriers between the professional and retail worlds, providing the data, insight, process, and skill that can allow retail investors to make more informed, intentional decisions, as a path towards a more sustainable approach to investing.
Upsideās philosophy of āthe science of being rightā is rooted in years of experience running a multi-strategy hedge fund and leveraging data in B2C FinTech businesses.
We believe everyone should benefit from these tools and insights, enabling them to create, develop and share great investment ideas, and become confident and intentional investors."
Iām finding the whole proposition a bit confusing tbh. I think the core the idea is to give retail investors investing insight but also (as you screen shot) to help retail investors monetise their own insight.
I doubt the problem-solution fit, just sifting through comments, smells fishy too. Personally not going to bother with ddā¦ Currently looking at Savvy Navvy & Good-loop though 
Thematic ETFās are available if you want to follow a particular strategy. Itās hard enough to know with professional fund managers how much is luck and how much is a great strategy
maybe the sale was not authorised by Klarna?
Something doesnāt add up.
I wonder if the external share price increased and the secondary seller felt they could get more elsewhere?
As for me, previous year had only FT as an option, all other businesses are too small or not interesting
Anyone looking at Hydraloop here on Crowdcube? I might make an exception to physical goods investments because this seems really interesting.
Main DD topics for me are (i) the new build go-to-market strategy, (ii) the partner distribution channel model and (iii) whether this is the right time given that the necessity is not yet fully felt in terms of money (aka water is really cheap in Western countries atm).
Pros: I think the product is great, validation through CES, founders seem strong, team expanded to 30+. Valuation is reasonable given traction & the EUR 9m which has already been sunk into this. Rabobank is a strategic investor, its a Dutch venture and banks are bit more active in the startup space here; personally donāt count is as highly as a proper VC, but its better than angels alone for sure.
Might have a home turf bias though
I tried investing in the Klarna opportunity too but was saddened that it didnāt go through. Would have been nice to own a piece of the worldās top performing BNPL player that is this close to an IPO.
I suspect the seller got a better offer somewhere.