We’ve closed the first part of a new funding round

Monzo Chat Crowdfunding & Investors
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Forgive me if this is dumb, does this mean there maybe another crowdfunding event?

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Probably not. But you never know

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I’m hoping so, missed the option to buy last time

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It costs them a lot to do.

Not sure I’d buy in at the current price

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That’s fair enough

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Not far off now until this is me in my ‘garden’, showing my total responsibilities (sit down, drink cocktail) and my work ethic (watch things) - image taken through my ‘iStock by Getty Images™’ patio doors - highly recommended glass. :beach_umbrella::cocktail::moneybag:

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Thanks :monzo:

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This will be me if the next round is higher:

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Well done team Monzo - onwards and upwards!

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Oh goodness. Let’s break this down, then I’ll offer my view!

For Monzo, I’m not so sure. They’re chasing the revenue streams (which is okay) but there really isn’t a compelling vision that underpins everything. Not like Dozens’ spender-to-saver-to-investor journey.

Feels a bit like a straw argument - who’s suggesting that? We have specialised fintechs that are absolutely tackling non-spending areas. To take investment as an example, that’s what the Freetrades, Nutmegs and T212s of this world are here to do.

Can Monzo do better than these specialist apps? :thinking:

There’s much more to say about crypto but not now (tl;dr speculating on crypto currencies is basically gambling; the macro use case is currently only crime; the bigger and interesting issue is the libertarian argument about role of the state and effectively using tech to supersede nation states…) Right now, I think that crypto just attracts the religious :man_shrugging:

So this leads me on to my thoughts. Which are two!

  1. If it’s an integration play (here’s one I prepared earlier) for investments then I’d be all over it. But if it’s not a platform and, instead, a monolith like Revolut is trying to build then I’m out. Let specialists specialise. Integrate. The marketplace idea is still the right one (even if the articulation perhaps wasn’t quite right).
  2. Drop crypto (for now). It’ll cause regulatory issues and bring in the ‘true believers’. I’d be prepared to pivot for some of the Web3 stuff - but it won’t be like any of the evangelists think it’ll be.

tbh, I think that a Dozens acquisition would be a good fit. Dump the tech, but the thinking on the societal value for banking, what banks are here for, and innovative financial services is top notch.

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Can Monzo do better than these specialist apps? :thinking:

This is my personal opinion but I view the next generation of fintechs to be “lego-blocks” and interact with each other via Open banking. You could use something like Monzo for banking, have integrated Emma, YNAb, Money Dashboard for budgeting, Freetrade, trading212, Etoro for stocks, Kraken, coinbase, etc for crypto etc etc.

While it’s not a good business move to make it super easy to replace you (as easy as replacing Lego) it’s just a cool idea. It’d kind of be like having a storefront for a bunch of fintech apps and you just build your personal stack.

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Freetrade in the Monzo app?

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See, I see Monzo as the aggregator here. Imagine a future where Monzo splits into two: a banking engine and a powerful app that aggregates loads of stuff for the customer. I want a conductor for my orchestra - I don’t want discordant notes!

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Totally here for the royalties:

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Monzo purchases Freetrade?

Hope so. I might get my 3 free shares.

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Could their be a secondary offering in place :thinking:

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Can you say a bit more about the ‘missing’(?) £17m? Is it a particular investor who’s coming in later, is it funding for joint accounts and dark mode or is it just because dull reasons?

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@AlanDoe are you are of how many shares there are after the raise?

The latest filing on companies house shows 161,801,395 (which is of course the now outdated figure) (source)

And if the valuation is now £3.4bn (at £14.4125/share), I’d think the new number of shares is 235,906,331.

That means 74,104,936 new shares were created for the $500,000,000, putting each of those sold at $6.7471 per share - which seems like an awfully large discount.

Is my maths correct? Or do I maybe have the wrong figures?

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That link seems to be dead for me unfortunately - expired?

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Sorry! I’ve just edited the link - hopefully it works now.

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Monzo now has over five million customers, 55% of whom are active weekly. Of those that are active, over 40% are using Monzo as their main account with this number steadily increasing in each customer cohort

Good figures

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