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The Seedrs listing is actually less dense and informative than things I've shared in this thread. It is, more terse, and perhaps vague... addressing a larger and less-informed audience in fewer words.
Seedrs provide a Q&A framework for details, but the pitch is very much space-constrained to try and focus on the idea + team, and not a specific set of questions.
We do have projections, of course. And we know what parameters are key to our success, how our outcome is affected by those parameters changing.
There is an issue though, we would be in a difficult place if I started sharing our sales pipeline, the names and nature of those potential customers, the details of the projections, and other business sensitive data to a public forum.
I am happy to share on a confidential basis, hence our running an open office. I'm also happy to share the pitch deck that we've drafted. As well as the projections, and to talk through the key parameters that affect the outcome of the business. The pitch deck I'll share online, the projections in person so that we can explain the understanding of the market, and those key parameters.
As for the question of how many LFGSS's... we operate on the basis of the long-tail and the question doesn't fit well.
LFGSS exists within the top 1% of forums, we're aiming for the larger market of smaller forums. Number of sites is less important than total active users on the platform, so instead of a few LFGSS size forums, we're going for many smaller forums.
I actually foresee that LFGSS would be reduced in size and stature post-Microcosm. As the polo crowd would find it very easy to split out their part and have tighter control. That is our model though, by embracing this we end have more active users and sites on the platform.
As a ballpark guide, a figure of 1 million registered users would generate enough active users to result in a profitable revenue and should be achievable in less than a 36 month time-frame.
I'm afraid that I don't know how to translate that into a ROI for your investment. Yes it would multiply the value of the investment, but the 'R' implies a return, an exit event... and I am not well-placed today to project the timetable, form or terms of such an exit event that could answer that question.
And finally, all of the above is subject to the reality that this remains an early stage business and that the future is unknown regardless of how good our experience and projections are.