Light Science Technologies Holdings - Proposed £1.5m placing and subscription

Light Science Technologies Holdings has conditionally raised £1.5m (gross) through a placing and private subscription at 1p/share. The company also intends to raise up to £0.5m (gross) at 1p/share via the Winterflood Retail Access platform. The proceeds will predominantly be used for product development and intellectual property protection in the company’s controlled environment agriculture (CEA) division, as well as for general working capital purposes.

Light Science Technologies Holdings - Pluses and minuses of high energy costs

In December, Light Science Technologies Holdings (LSTH) noted that high input costs have resulted in strong interest in the group’s controlled environment agriculture (CEA) products because they help growers operate more efficiently. This demand has generated a sales pipeline for the group of quoted work worth more than £60m (as of December 2022), including forward orders and contracts of £18m (contingent on meeting certain milestones). However, high input costs have caused growers to defer capi

Light Science Technologies Holdings - Demand for sensorGROW blossoming

Light Science Technologies Holdings has signed two further trial contracts for its new sensorGROW system, which could roll into subscriptions collectively generating up to £0.2m over a three-year period. One of these contracts is with a leading UK manufacturer of preserves, marmalades and associated products. Following on from the first two trial contracts announced in September, which could generate up to £0.9m over a three-year period, we believe this demonstrates a high level of engagement fr

Light Science Technologies Holdings - Progress in both divisions

Light Science Technologies Holdings (LSTH) has received an additional £0.5m in forward orders for contract electronics manufacturing (CEM) services from long-standing customer Rentokil Initial. It has also signed up for the first two trials of its sensorGROW system with controlled environment agriculture (CEA) customers, which could potentially lead to up to £0.9m in revenues from subscriptions over a three year period.

Light Science Technologies Holdings - Helping grow more with less

Light Science Technologies Holdings (LSTH) has built on its established UK-based contract electronic manufacturing (CEM) business by launching highly innovative products for the controlled environment agriculture (CEA) market. This market is growing rapidly as farmers address the issues of climate breakdown and food security. Although most of the group’s revenues are currently attributable to the CEM division, our note focuses on the CEA activity because of its superior growth prospects.

Audioboom Group - Q1 24 revenue growth of +11%, FY24E forecasts reiterated

Audioboom’s FY23 results and Q1 trading update show Q1 24 revenue growth of +11% yoy, $6.7m of March 2024 revenue marking the platform’s highest revenue month since May 2022, and a confident outlook that leads us to reiterate our FY24E forecasts. Following the focus on new initiatives through FY23, the platform is now in its strongest ever operational position, with a record 1.1bn monthly ad impressions created in March 2024, record global audience reach of 38.6m unique global listeners in Janua

Soft growth patch

Morning Note – 16 April 2024

Checkit - New product launch and contract wins

Checkit has won contracts with two customers worth at least £417k over the three-year lives of the contracts, confirming its ability to upsell to its existing customer base and supporting our forecasts. Having trialled the new technology with multiple customers, Checkit has launched its Asset Intelligence module, which uses advanced analytics and machine learning to enhance customer sustainability, reduce costs and increase revenue.

Morning Note – 15 April 2024

Auction Technology Group - H1/24 Trading update

ATG’s H1/24 trading statement indicates revenue for the six-month period to 31 March 2024 was $86m, a 6% increase on H1/23 (1% organic growth), helped by the addition of the EstateSales.Net (ESN) marketplace last year, which performed well in the period. Total marketplace revenue increased 2% (organic), driven by growth in value-added services (VAS) and event fees, offsetting a decline in commission revenue (mainly through lower asset prices).

Engage XR Holdings - Expanding from FY23, FY24E forecasts reiterated

ENGAGE XR’s FY23 results show revenue and net cash in line with the February trading update, EBITDA ahead at -€4.0m vs -€4.5m due to the split of cash outflow between opex and working capital, and a confident outlook that leads us to reiterate our FY24E forecasts. FY23 revenue for the core ENGAGE platform was unchanged vs FY22 at €3.3m, as H2 23 revenue was impacted by the record seven-figure contract announced in February shifting to 2024, and several enterprise customers scaling back renewals

FY23 results in line – and a flying start to FY24

ENGAGE XR has published its FY23 full year results, the headlines of which reflect the details provided in February’s post close trading update in terms of revenue, EBITDA loss and net cash. ENGAGE XR has signed a rapidly growing number of strategic and commercial partnership agreements with companies invested in promoting the VR medium and the development of corporate metaverses.

It’s not what you sell, it’s the way that you sell it

This report is intended to help UK small- and mid-cap investors gain a better understanding of software companies’ routes to market, and to highlight how one of the most important facets of the way in which they grow and deliver value is routinely ignored.  We examine sales processes for six UK-listed companies and one that has recently been taken over, and consider why they have followed their respective paths.

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 15 April 24

15th April 2024 * A corporate client of Hybridan LLP ** Arranged by type of listing and date of announcement *** Alphabetically arranged **** Potential means Intention to Float (ITF) has been announced Dish of the day Admissions: Delistings: What’s baking in the oven? ** Potential**** Initial Public Offerings: Reverse Takeovers: Change of Market: TheWorks (WRKS.L) a multi-channel value retailers of books, arts and crafts, stationery, toys and games, offering customers a differentiated propositio

CML Microsystems+ (CML, House Stock at 395p) - Board & Senior Management Appointments

PROGRESSIVE: CML Microsystems: Ripples not waves – still on growth course

The trading update confirms revenues in line with our expectations. Excess inventory flow through and market softness in China have impacted CML’s core business, but Microwave Technologies Inc (MwT) is performing ahead of expectations. The net effect, along with MwT acquisition related costs, is that Reported PBT and EBITDA are to be lower than expectations, but not substantially so. The long-term investment case is founded upon the opportunity in next-generation wireless and, with £18m cash and

Morning Note – 8 April 2024

iomart - FY24 trading update

The March FY24 trading update reports revenue broadly in line, and adj EBITDA in-line, with consensus. Revenue of £127m at +10% yoy (Cav: £129mE; consensus range £128.4m- £130.7mE) delivered adj EBITDA of £37.5m (Cav: £38.7mE, cons £37.4m-£38.7mE) and adj PBT of £15.0m (Cav: £16.0m, cons £14.3m-£16.0m). £25m net debt (Cav est after excluding IFRS16) was slightly better than our £26.2mE, with typically strong cash generation a feature of the model but consensus mangled by IFRS16 inclusion/exclusi

Trustpilot - FY23 trading update – Another beat, £20m SBB

Trustpilot has announced another beat to expectations and the implementation of a £20m share buyback programme. The company has guided to full year revenue of US$176m, with annual recurring revenue of US$197m and total bookings of US$195m. Trustpilot expects to report adjusted EBITDA above the US$14.1m top end of the range of market expectations. This was another strong performance from Trustpilot with revenue growth coming in a little better than guidance at the interims and further operational