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[nickelmer] 25/6/2013 09:39

I wonder if the poor market conditions are making it difficult for them to realise the investments at the prices they were hoping??

[nickelmer] 24/6/2013 06:35

I cannot see on the company website, any reference to announcement dates due. Maybe they have all gone to Wimbledon to watch the Tennis.

[blondeamon] 23/6/2013 12:00

Academia members now surpassing 3.45 million...wow that's just amazing from 2.7 on April, 28% increase in 3 months!!

[blondeamon] 23/6/2013 11:45

Nice nickelmer!

I start to believe this is a buy opportunity in anticipation of an update this week or the next.

Aren't they obligated by law to report by end of June?

[nickelmer] 23/6/2013 10:20

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[blondeamon] 22/6/2013 18:37

What kind of results are we expecting on this? It has been falling relentlessly lately...perhaps a harbringer of bad news?

[azalea] 21/6/2013 16:27

Still another five working days before June is out. An announcement could come out of the blue as has TRE today.

[nickelmer] 21/6/2013 16:20

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[capt bligh] 21/6/2013 12:24

hxxp://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/moshi-monsters-celebrates-5th-birthday-with-a-snazzy-infographic/0114963

[nickelmer] 20/6/2013 08:18

maybe they should re-name the business to SILENT ventures, seems more appropriate

[blondeamon] 17/6/2013 21:13

Last sell price today was 10.01 compared to 10.5 on Friday which is almost 5% down. Not "massive", but quite significant.

When does this publish results?

[jlo10] 17/6/2013 20:42

Next statement due very soon I should think - this or next week
There was no massive sell off today that I could see
Volume was very small and buys as well as sells

[blondeamon] 17/6/2013 20:11

Why the massive selloff today? Any news we don't know?

When is the next statement due?

[warrensearle] 13/6/2013 17:14

Topped up today statement next week will be positive and Simon Thompson sure to give them another glowing write up in IC

[azalea] 13/6/2013 16:37

If the Feds do ease up on QE then it suggests that its confident that the economy is recovering adequately, thus good news for SPK portfolio.

[qs99] 13/6/2013 08:08

Wait til next week I presume for latest update?

[nickelmer] 13/6/2013 07:52

This one seems to have gone very quiet, does anyone have any news on progress?

[azalea] 10/6/2013 15:03

With M & G holding 21%, its not just in the interest of directors to dispose of the significant assets before winding the company up.

[warrensearle] 10/6/2013 11:18

QS99 - 20th June

[qs99] 07/6/2013 18:16

What date is next update please?

If you like this, look at cldn as well....big discount to growing nav, I'm a holder so possibly biased... Decent income as well and share buy backs... Dyor etc

[azalea] 07/6/2013 17:36

growing strength of the dollar on the back of steady payroll numbers could translate well for disposals this year.

[capt bligh] 07/6/2013 12:31

hxxp://allthingsd.com/20130604/science-social-network-researchgate-pulls-down-35m-from-investors-including-bill-gates/

Academia has nearly a million more members... and compare with Alexa .... blowing them away.

[azalea] 07/6/2013 11:14

S.THOMPSON 9/5 @ 11p, there should be more good news in 6 weeks when SPK reports its FY results. The company board is "actively pursuing all avenues for the realisation of the remaining investments; trade sale,flotation or secondary and we are hopeful of further substantial realisations during 2013"
That's worth noting because,adjust for the previous cash return and SPK has a pro-forma NAV of 13.66p at the end of September 2012. Since the the markets have been buoyant and some of its companies have been tapping investors for funding which led to upgrades in the carrying value of the holdings in the investee companies.

Scope for valuation uplifts
The carrying value of OpenX has doubled from £2.5m to £5m. Mind Candy's(MC) revenues were up 125% and profits trebled over the previous year.However, SPK investment in MC is still only valued in its accounts at £3.1M. Notonthehighstreet.com looks conservatively valued at £10.2m -used at the time of a funding round circa a year ago.Generated impressive growth in 2012-revenues up 70% on previous at the end of September. There is every reason to believe that the business enjoyed robust growth in the final quarter 2012.
Hold for the financial results and trading update.

[capt bligh] 31/5/2013 09:42

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2013/may/18/acton-smith-moshi
amazing statistics

Academia.edu Academics arriving at the rate of 200,000 a month.
From memory the world population of Academics is c 14 mill we are now at 3,222,200 23%

[capt bligh] 21/5/2013 18:05

In what is believed to be a world-first, O2 has also announced a new service with IMI Mobile to offer customers the opportunity to check their account details by Tweeting, which will be available in the coming months.