Kape Technologies Share Discussion Threads

[tygarreg] 17/12/2020 07:03

I see Atos have a strategy of buying up cybersecurity firms at pace this last 18 months. Maybe our turn next?

[davr0s] 16/12/2020 18:08

You mean it's gone down lol

[mrnumpty] 16/12/2020 17:15

Maybe the reason for the decline in Kape’s share price over the last couple of weeks , together with today’s drop of 5.5p is to be found in this morning’s RNS . This states that 2,294,077 Ordinary Shares were issued today to four senior executives of LTMI Holdings , which was acquired by Kape on 13th December 2019 . It was agreed and stated at the time that these shared would be issued to the four senior executives of LTMI one year later , which is today . If anyone has a more in-depth comment , I would be glad to hear , but I presume that it was knowledge in the market ( or at least amongst the market makers ) that these shares were about to be issued today which has caused recent softness in the share price . Good luck all .

[john09] 16/12/2020 09:43

A good entry price again

[john09] 16/12/2020 09:34

How can you not understand Kape?? It’s simple !

[johndoe23] 16/12/2020 08:21

Can buy at 174p so spread not an issue!

[simmsc] 15/12/2020 23:30

Forgot to mention ... i haven't invested in Kape yet. It's on my watchlist though and have been reading this board. I don't fully understand Kape to be honest and the wide bid offer spread worries me a bit (i don't have DMA access to trade inside the spread).

[simmsc] 15/12/2020 23:23

Ha. Good spot, i subscribed 1 day before the latest issue. So yes your are right. Reach I've been buying since April this year. I've even been averaging up recently as i get more confident about the future.

[mrnumpty] 14/12/2020 21:17

Given Simmsc’s interest in both Kape Tech and Reach , I suspect he / she is a subscriber to Small Company Share Watch !

[gucci] 14/12/2020 17:50

Good news today

[rivaldo] 14/12/2020 07:13

A powerful product launch announced today:



"CyberGhost Privacy Suite solution launched

Kape Technologies plc (AIM: KAPE), the digital security and privacy software business, is excited to launch its first unified privacy and security suite to customers. The all-in-one digital freedom, data privacy and system security suite provides consumers with a comprehensive protection solution required to safely navigate their life online. Today's announcement marks another milestone in Kape's strategy to provide a holistic solution for our users' privacy and security needs all in one easy product.

From today, in addition to our world class VPN, using CyberGhost - Security Updater, will enable our users to open their devices knowing that the software installed on it is fully updated to their latest version, preventing attacks on their devices due to software vulnerabilities. Security Updater provides additional information about known vulnerabilities and their impact on the user's security and privacy found in installed software components.

We created Privacy Guard because we believe you should be the one deciding how much of your data you share. This feature tool lets you disable the intrusive functionalities of your operating system and safeguard your privacy.

With our powerful antivirus real-time protection will actively guard against any malicious attacks and viruses, a digital vaccine so to speak, with a 99% efficacy.

Once the device is protected, the CyberGhost Suite moves to protecting customers online activities; with Identity Guard, which enables anti hack monitoring, scanning the web, including the dark web, to make sure their e-mail addresses have not been found in databases related to hacks.

Kape has continued to make significant progress in expanding its 'privacy first' product stack, which enables individuals to take full control of their online privacy across a growing digital vulnerabilities. To that end, we are adding products protecting two additional touchpoints: a Password manager, which is a fully secured vault which allows customers to actively guard their growing number of passwords; and an end-to-end encryption service for cloud-data in partnership with Boxcryptor, which ensures its customers' files are encrypted before they are synced to supported cloud storage providers.

It is an exciting step towards our customers gaining back control over privacy and security online.

The privacy suite is now available on Windows, with other operating platforms being made available over the coming months.



Timo Beyel, CTO Digital Privacy, commented:

"This privacy and security suite launch is a key milestone in fulfilling the Company's strategic vision to deliver a unified solution to our customers, creating an all-in-one service to safeguard your digital life."

[gerihatrick] 12/12/2020 09:29

may be wrong board but very interesting comment.

[simmsc] 11/12/2020 23:22

Sorry guys, wrong board!

[simmsc] 11/12/2020 23:13

For years my retail website would outrank news websites in Google's natural search results. This instantaneously changed a few years ago when Google launched its display network. Google at this point twigged that sending free traffic to my (and similar) websites was of no financial benefit to them so they started to rank news websites higher in the natural search results because they soon realised that the more traffic they send to news websites, the more (viewers\traffic) news websites would have and therefore the more inventory the news on publishers would be able to sell through their display network (where importantly Google get a 30 percent cut of all sales). Guess what? Exactly at the same time the news recently broke that the Aussies are going after Google (for the free content that they are unfairly benefiting from) my website started to outrank most news websites again (for the first time in years!). Both of these big changes in the search engine search results (and particularly the timing of them) seem too much of a coincidence to me. I am however struggling to understand why all of a sudden Google would send more free traffic to me (a retailer) and less to the news websites. If they send more free traffic to me i will (or can if I want to) spend less on "pay per click" advertising (not good for Google) and the news websites will have less inventory to sell on the display network where Google get a 30 percent cut (not good for Google too). Food for thought - as all of the above strongly impacts Reach.

[shaker44] 11/12/2020 02:48

Maybe increasing awareness too that Vpn is now a more crowded market place with customer acquisition costs rising and margins falling. Kape has a leaky bucket and has to run hard to achieve net subscriber growth, and netbrevenue growth. Haven't checked but I suspect some Vpn providers amortize customer acquisition costs and bring subscriber income forward. Easy space for creative accounting short term.....

[mrnumpty] 10/12/2020 20:23

Thanks for the replies . I tend to agree with igoe that we might soon Oh-so-surprisingly see that a large purchase has gone through , having mopped up shares on the cheap , especially now that Kape has plenty of cash available for a further purchase . There seems nothing wrong with Kape , and I don’t see any proof of any large market sell-off in general today to explain Kape’s share price drop these last few days . So , for what little it’s worth , my view is that some important people know of or suspect an announcement is coming soon and that they are using this share price weakness to buy in . A final point - as U.K. investors , it’s far too easy to think that Kape is a U.K. company , with perhaps some involvement in the US . However , last September , Kape supplied a pie chart of its market and , whilst the US accounts for almost half , the U.K. is only about 10% of sales , with the rest being accounted for by Germany , France , Switzerland etc , so Kape is very much an international company .

[johndoe23] 10/12/2020 14:35

Just looks like a general market sell off. May be brexit deal worries etc

[igoe104] 10/12/2020 14:24

Alot of small caps have fallen between 11-12 today, mms trying to drum up some business by triggering of a few stop-loss whilst the markets are quiet ?

[mrnumpty] 10/12/2020 14:11

Kape down 5p today to £ 1.76 to sell / £ 1.80 to buy . This drop appears to be at a time of low turnover of shares . There seem to be no adverse events or news directly concerning the Company recently to justify this . On the other hand , the US technology index , the Nasdaq , fell 1.94% yesterday , so perhaps this explains the share price decline here . If anyone has a more convincing explanation , I'll be happy to hear . In the meantime , Simon Thompson , the small cap tipster of the Investors' Chronicle rated Kape as a " buy " at £ 1.90 last September ( 2020 ) , and Small Company Share Watch was also positive recently ( I shan't divulge any more regarding comments by SCSW as it is a subscription-only publication ) . Kape has $ 17 M in cash ( £ 13 M ) and has given guidance for this full year of $ 35-38 M so let's say an average of $ 36.5 M ( £ 28 M ) . So , with a current market cap of £ 370 M , that suggests to me that Kape is on ex-cash forward p/e ratio of 12.75 ( £ £ 370 M mkt cap less £ 13 M cash = £ £ 357 M , then divided by £ 28 M = 12.75 ) which seems very low to me , but DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH ! All the best .

[mfhmfh] 01/12/2020 09:26

hopefully nice uptrend established.

[rivaldo] 01/12/2020 08:42

Nice start - the rise continues.

[mrnumpty] 27/11/2020 08:19

ali . Kape has recently created a large sum of cash , both through the recent ( oversubscribed ) placing of new shares and by obtaining a commitment by a consortium of banks to lend to the Company . Tedi Sagi put more of his own money into the Company during the placing in order to maintain the percentage of the Company which he holds . Without wishing to refer to any comments which may or not have been published elsewhere , it is obvious that all of this hasn't been done for the sake of it , and that Kape now has the firepower to purchase another company . So far , Kape has been successful in integrating its new purchases ( from memory , five ? ) , so there is reason to presume that this success will continue . I have held Kape for quite some time so , although we shouldn't presume that past experience will be repeated , a look at the share price both prior to , and subsequent to , the purchase of Private Internet Access gives hope : prior to the purchase , Kape's share price had declined from about £ 1.35 ( August 2018 ) to a nadir of £0.77 on 19th November 2019 , which was the date when Kape announced the proposed takeover of PIA . The share chart shows that Kape's share price rose vertically from 19/11/2019 , to reach £1.95 . Tedi Sagi is a billionaire , but his dominating investment in Kape ( total market cap about £ 400 million ) is only worth about £ 260 million , so my assumption is that he intends Kape to become much bigger . I have absolutely no idea whether the same share price rise as occurred after the PIA purchase will happen again if or when Kape announces another purchase , but past history is encouraging . Also , all of the banks and institutions which have recently put a lot of money in to Kape have done far more due diligence than any of us here are capable of . I have great hopes for Kape , but DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH . Good luck all .

[nesquikme] 26/11/2020 20:53

ali i read this heading and think it will make the shares go mental " Another PIA sized VPN lump likely to be acquired in H1" I cant share the rest as its copyright

[ali47fish] 26/11/2020 10:43

nesq what do you mean please!

[nesquikme] 25/11/2020 16:12

wants to hug 250p