The company is in big trouble.11 Sep 2024 10:49
Back in May of this year the company raised £57,000,000 with the plan that would provide the working capital to ensure Invinity is fully funded to net cash generation.
That plan seems now shot and has been put on hold as it seems the plan as it was will NOT ensure that the business as stated will bring in significant profit. Or any profit. Hence the boss and CEO now was pushed out.
The stated plan just a few months ago stated the company would Invest in Long Duration Energy Storage by taking a minority ownership stake in UK LDES projects. The investment is expected to facilitate the sale of Invinity batteries to a number businesses and leading companies within the space;
Now put on hold as it seems it cannot provide this equipment profitably enough as envisage just a few months ago.
They also stated at the time of the placing that: they would accelerate manufacturing and deployment of the Company's next-generation Vanadium Flow Battery ("VFB") code-named Mistral; With the idea by producing this battery cheaply by manufacturing in bulk.
This now it seems is on hold as the numbers do not seem to add up. The batteries cannot be produced cheaply as first thought. So who came up with those figures previously? Looks like Pi were misled when hit for a placing. Damn.
No wonder the CEO left. One has to now ask is the company viable at all? The company now is no longer valued at anything except cash held. The company is worth less that what it raised. It is NOT valued at anything.
It now looks like, just after a few months the idea that was sold to investors to get a fundraise away was flawed or perhaps even hyped and not build on a proper business model. Surely this was not down to just the CEO but others were involved in making up these numbers.
So is there a viable business here at all? Will they abandon the move into bulk as the numbers still point to the company being unprofitable?