Bidstack Share Discussion Threads

[melody9999] 03/4/2019 07:16

yep I like the approach - great news

[stoaty1] 03/4/2019 07:15

James Draper is really building some very firm foundations for Bids, a very farsighted approach in my opinion with very influential industry professionals.
This is good news.

[parob] 03/4/2019 07:14

Excellent news. Appointing these guys on to an advisor committee gives an indication of where Bidstack is heading. Imagine their contacts too.

[someuwin] 03/4/2019 07:07

Bidstack Group PLC

03 April 2019

Bidstack Group PLC ("Bidstack or "the Group")

Advisory Committee Established

Bidstack Group plc (AIM: BIDS.L), the native in-game advertising group, is pleased to announce that it has established an Advisory Committee and that Pete Beeney (Spotify) and Joel Livesey (The Trade Desk) have been appointed.

The Advisory Committee has been created to allow Bidstack to harness the talents of a select group of high profile executives from both the video games and digital advertising industries. Each of these individuals has extensive experience in areas relevant to Bidstack's growth and is enthusiastic about the Group's prospects. Their remit is to provide strategic input and direction to the Board and to assist with introductions to key counterparties.

Pete comes to Bidstack with 17 years of experience from print, out-of-home, e-commerce and most recently from Spotify, where he has spent the last six years building and managing their global partnership with marcoms giant WPP. Prior to Spotify Pete contributed to the early stage growth of independent British tailoring start-up A Suit That Fits, creating its sales training, reporting, and staff onboarding processes as well as building its corporate sales function. Before that, at Titan Outdoor, Pete created and implemented a sales and launch strategy for JC Decaux's (formerly Titan's) D6 digital six sheet product as well as being responsible for all sales revenue for its flagship digital product, Transvision.

As Director of Partnerships, EMEA, at The Trade Desk, Joel oversees supply-side strategy and activation across EMEA working with both local and global partners to develop innovative strategies for The Trade Desk's clients. The Trade Desk is partnered with over 75 SSPs and Joel and his team work directly with many publishers and technology partners to ensure client needs are met across all major channels. Previously Joel spent over 10 years working on supply partnerships at Advertising.com/AOL, Criteo and AudienceScience, as well as consulting on media and programmatic for Ebiquity. A prominent voice within the adtech industry, Joel regularly contributes thought leadership to key trade publications including Econsultancy and ExchangeWire and has participated in a variety of high-profile industry events, from Ad Week Europe to Campaign's Marketing Masterclasses.

James Draper, CEO, said, "We are delighted to welcome our first Advisory Board members, Pete and Joel.
"Their experience within advertising - from Out of Home, to global programmatic trading, has already helped our team make huge strides both commercially and technically.

"The recent announcements from Google (Stadia) and Microsoft (Xcloud) are the first signs that the video gaming industry is moving towards a streamed subscription model, akin to what Spotify created in the music industry.

"Spotify's ad format was seen as "net-new" inventory and, initially, as an interesting challenge for DSPs to integrate, when Spotify's advertising offering was launched. With Pete's knowledge and understanding of how WPP could buy and report on that inventory, he was a logical appointment.

"Joel is a leading light at one of the world's best-known DSPs. We are looking to integrate Bidstack into major DSP platforms, given that's where the majority of digital display advertising dollars are spent - so Joel's advice and assistance will be of great benefit."

[parob] 02/4/2019 20:40

Kappa now advertising.hTTps://mobile.twitter.com/SimonSaint3/status/1113152672646004736Nice to see new advertisers in SM19 in addition to MG Motors, all good news for the unfolding story at #BIDS

[someuwin] 02/4/2019 18:29

Bidstack @bidstack 6 minutes ago

We're heading over to @EGX on Thursday and Friday. We're looking forward to catching up with some of our awesome partners 🙌🏼 and getting our hands on some of the highly anticipated new releases 🎮 If you'd like to meet up get in touch 😎 #bids #Rezzed2019 #EGX2019

[hazl] 02/4/2019 16:57

'the integration with Avocet, a demand side platform, would enable Bidstack to take bids direct and control the pricing of its advertising space, and allow advertisers to buy the company's in-game inventory, through Avocet's platform.

think about that....


' Bidstack to take bids direct and control the pricing of its advertising space'

I like the sound of that.

[moormoney] 02/4/2019 16:09

I agree with you Warren. My pick for 2019.

[stoaty1] 02/4/2019 14:03

Healthy volume today, very encouraging indeed.

[parob] 02/4/2019 12:24

Record year for UK games market as spending nears £6bnPublished Tuesday 2nd April 2019hTTps://www.gamesindustry.biz/amp/2019-04-02-record-year-for-uk-games-market-as-spending-nears-usd6bn

[warren1982] 02/4/2019 12:11

Investment’s like Bids only come along once in a while, this is now my biggest holding, listening to the CEO he seemed ready to burst a blood vessel in trying not to reveal anything that is market sensitive.

When the real news flow starts this is going to really move, the potential revenue medium to long term is mind boggeling, the train has not even left the station yet.
As with all investments on AIM there are big risk’s but we would not be here if we were not willing to take a punt.
GLA.

[stoaty1] 02/4/2019 12:00

I agree The Deacon.

[the deacon] 02/4/2019 11:50

I do agree with you regarding the potential. I sit here with my holding at +170%, but I'd like to hear about some developments. The trouble is that this has quantifiable revenues to help the wider market value the company. Compare that to EVRH which simply went ballistic on news flow and contracts with some big names. Whereas the revenues are worth more, the matter of fact figures could hamper the blue sky potential which this clearly has. That said, I'm very happy to ride this unique company to wherever it goes. Great to see it performing so strongly.

[moormoney] 02/4/2019 11:42

Justin Waite has done a good vox analysis and expects a pound value by the end of the year. His excitement looks justified so far and still the thread is quiet!

[tialouise] 02/4/2019 11:42

Totally agree

[stoaty1] 02/4/2019 11:34

The Deacon, I think what possibly underpins the rise is the fact that Bids has some potentially game changing(excuse the pun) technology. That fact a lot on this board know. However very few people are aware of Bids, but as they see the potential, they are buying. It has gone up alot, but sub £30m MC does not seem terribly unrealistic in the circumstances.
There will be weak holders and momentum traders who will take profits at these levels, but there are plenty of newbies getting aboard aswell.

[top tips] 02/4/2019 11:18

Strong buy. 60% up on my holding. More to come.

[chrisfillyourboots] 02/4/2019 10:40

As expected this is now set to challenge 15p which would still only value it at £30m or c5-6x estimated 2019 revenues.

[the deacon] 02/4/2019 10:39

Things looking very good here, and a great rise from 4.5p. Need to see some news to start backing up the blue sky potential. I don't think a half year report is going to be enough to maintain the momentum if they can't disclose some significant news - such as new contracts etc. Foundations need to be put in place in order to prevent a return to a high single figure share price I'm bullish about the medium/long term prospects here, but the company need to start letting the market know how business is going, as this significant increase in valuation needs underpinning.

[the deacon] 02/4/2019 10:39

Things looking very good here, and a great rise from 4.5p. Need to see some news to start backing up the blue sky potential. I don't think a half year report is going to be enough to maintain the momentum if they can't disclose some significant news - such as new contracts etc. Foundations need to be put in place in order to prevent a return to a high single figure share price I'm bullish about the medium/long term prospects here, but the company need to start letting the market know how business is going, as this significant increase in valuation needs underpinning.

[tialouise] 02/4/2019 10:03

What a gem of a company in the making x

[parob] 02/4/2019 09:49

Was doing more research on Platform161 last night and they look to be a pretty big player and according to that LinkedIn post by JD have signed up Subway in Turkey already. Shame it was not RNSed. I added more this morning on the back of that research.

[hazl] 02/4/2019 09:43

Great posts thanks!