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Bullboard - Stock Discussion Forum Versapay Corp - Ordinary Shares VPYYF

VersaPay Corp is a financial technology company that provides cloud-based accounts receivable automation software and payment solutions for businesses. The company's only segments are VersaPay Solutions Through its VersaPay Solutions segment, the company focuses on electronic invoice presentment with its ARC software (ARC) and develops value-added payment technologies, such as its PayPort and... see more

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Versapay Corp - Ordinary Shares > Thoughts on Timing and Amount of Bought Deal…
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Post by 93Darkhorse93 on May 21, 2016 9:59am

Thoughts on Timing and Amount of Bought Deal…

Looking at the amount of money that was raised they only raised enough to fund the business for about a year given their cash burn rate.
 
However it was very positive to see insiders buying in 270,000 shares of the bought deal or about 7% of all shares that were offered.  The alignment of management and shareholders by purchasing shares is always encouraging.
 
But why only raise 4M, I have a bull and bear case and I can’t figure out which one is more reasonable.
 
Bull Case;
They only raised as much money right now that was needed to fund the business for the short term given the depressed valuation of the SP and plan on doing another possibly larger raise when the rollout of ARC continues and hopefully the SP will be at a high price.

Bear Case;
That’s all the money they could raise,  the street doesn’t believe on the rollout of ARC and they will have to continue diluting shareholders given their burn rate for the foreseeable future at lower and lower valuations.
 
Which one is right? I tend to lean to the bull case but the price action says otherwise.
Comment by willyk3 on May 24, 2016 4:03pm
Im with u and the bulls on this one.....hoping that this weeks earnings will be a massive upside surprise...ergo no more dilution ..the money will begin to roll in as a sidenote the man did the same thing with descartes..i was there for over ten years..it took a while for things to get rolling but once it did...well dsg is everybodys darling theses days
Comment by Trelawny on Jun 02, 2016 1:18pm
Darkhorse, I think you should look at it in a slightly different way. A bought deal means that the dealer is confident that they can sell the whole deal - and a bought deal means that they are putting their own capital at risk. This was not a marketed deal, nor a best-efforts deal - those show little confidence from the dealer that they think the deal can get done. A bought deal means the broker ...more  
Comment by 93Darkhorse93 on Jun 06, 2016 9:09am
I will defer to an industry insider like yourself on market structure and institutional selling pressure.   I like the company but the point I would make is why do I have to own the stock today as an individual investor when I don't need significant liquidity to get in and out. Technically the stock is in a significant one year consolidation period between 1.00 - 1.20   It is ...more  
Comment by Trelawny on Jun 06, 2016 1:51pm
Hi Darkhorse, I was giving perspective regarding the Bought Deal.  Regarding an entry  point - I am not aware of the size that you trade.  But my points regarding drivers and that two key overhangs to the stock price are now gone: 1) They have enough money to get to break even. So that removes a market force overhang. 2) The broker from Calgary's selling pressure has ...more