30May2018
TMTINVESTMENTSPLC
("TMT"orthe"Company")
Portfoliocompanyrevaluationsandfirst"unicorn"
TMT Investments PLC (AIM: TMT.L), the venture capital company investing in highgrowth technology companies across a number of core specialist sectors, is pleased to announce the followingrevaluationsoftheCompany'scoreportfolioinvestments.
These developments collectively have generated an estimated increase of approximately US$12.82 million in the Company's net asset value ("NAV"), equivalent to approximately 43.9 cents per share (before adjustments for the Company's ongoing operating expenses, bonus provisions, insignificant revaluations, potential future impairments, and similar items). This represents an uplift in the Company's NAV of 18.1% from the previously stated figure of US$2.43pershareasat31December2017.
Taxify
Taxify, a leading international ridehailing company (www.taxify.eu), has announcedthat it has completed a US$175 million funding round led by global automotive leader Daimler AG. European venture capital fund Korelya Capital and TransferWise's cofounder Taavet Hinrikus joinedDidiChuxingandanumberofTaxify'sotherexistingshareholdersintheroundthatbrings Taxify's valuation to US$1 billion. Daimler will also join Taxify's board. The transaction represents a revaluation uplift of US$13.30 million (or 350%) in the fair value of TMT's investmentinTaxify,comparedtothepreviousreportedamountasof31December2017.
Pipedrive
TMT has sold a small holding in Pipedrive, a leading sales CRM (Customer Relationship Management) software provider (www.pipedrive.com), fora total consideration of US$2.0 million. The transaction represents a revaluation uplift of US$3.14 million in the fair value of TMT's residual investment in Pipedrive, compared to the previous reported amount as of 31 December2017.
Scentbird
Scentbird, a subscriptionbased service for luxury fragrances and other beauty products (www.scentbird.com),hasrecentlyannouncedthatithascompletedafurtherfundingroundto raise US$18.6 million from a group of investors led by Goodwater Capital, the consumer technologyinvestmentfirm,andjoinedbyYCombinator,RainfallVentures,FundersClub,Soma Capital, Scrum Ventures, ERA, and others. The transaction represented a reduction of US$3.61 million in the fair value of TMT's investment in Scentbird, compared to the previous reported amountasof31December2017.
AlexanderSelegenev,ExecutiveDirectorofTMT,commented:
"We are delighted with the continuing trend of positive revaluations in our portfolio, especially from Taxify, which has now become the first "unicorn" in our portfolio, and for which we
previously announced an upward revaluation less than a year ago. This is an enormous achievementforTaxify,whichwascofoundedbythen19yearoldMarkusVillig,whoborrowed his college money from his parents to launch the company in Estonia in 2013. Today, Taxify is one of the fastestgrowing ridehailing companies in the world with over 10 million passengers and500,000driversinmorethan25countries.
Notwithstanding that Scentbird's latest funding round valuation represents a discount to the valuation achieved by TMT at the time of a partial sale of its investment in Q4 2017, we are pleasedtoseethatScentbird'ssuperbgrowthtodatehasallowedittoraiseasignificantround of $18.6m from a group of prestigious and experienced investors. This will enable Scentbird to further increase market penetration and accelerate growth. According to Forbes Magazine, Scentbird'scapitalraisewas"oneofthelargestSeriesAfundingroundssecuredbyadirectto consumerbrandledbyafemaleCEO". TMTsharesnowtradeatadiscounttotheCompany'sestimatedNAV."
This announcement is inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of EU Regulation 596/2014.
Forfurtherinformationcontact:
TMTInvestmentsPLC AlexanderSelegenev ExecutiveDirectorwww.tmtinvestments.com Smith&WilliamsonCorporateFinanceLtd NominatedAdviser
+441534281843alexander.selegenev@tmtinvestments.com
+44(0)2071314000
RussellCook DavidJones BenJeynes
HybridanLLP +442037642341 Broker
ClaireLouiseNoyce
KinlanCommunications +442076383435
DavidHothersall AboutTMTInvestmentsPLC
davidh@kinlan.net
TMT Investments PLC invests in highgrowth technology companies across a number of core specialist sectors and has a significant number of Silicon Valley investments in its portfolio. Founded in 2010, TMT has invested in over 40 companies to date and has latest audited net assets of US$67m. The Company's objective is to generate an attractive rate of return for
shareholders, predominantly through capital appreciation. The company is traded on the AIM marketoftheLondonStockExchange.www.tmtinvestments.com
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