Founder of Innovation Research & Advisory firm, Lightbulb Capital

Daniel Liebau

Founder of Innovation Research & Advisory firm

Lightbulb Capital

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So the&nbsp;prime example&nbsp;of a successful FinTech firm, <a href="http://www.lendingclub.com/" target="_blank">lending club</a>&nbsp;(with a current total market capitalization of ca. USD 5.5 bn) has been founded in San Francisco. Why did it not come from London, New York or Hong Kong?In this report, we explore success factors of Silicon Valley-based startups&nbsp;in the FinTech&nbsp;space.&nbsp;The objective is to facilitate reflection on the findings and offer suggestions as to what we in Asia could do to leverage those insights as our Innovation&nbsp;ecosystems mature. We also want to share these insights with investors to enable them to make better investment decisions.We met&nbsp;with founders, venture capital firms, co-working space owners, government officials, consultants and heads of Innovation for major financial services institutions to get a well-rounded view.Our research shows success factors can be grouped into two main categories;&nbsp;behavior&nbsp;and&nbsp;infrastructure.Being open, having a growth mindset and tolerating&nbsp;failure are the most influential&nbsp;success&nbsp;factors according to our research.

So the&nbsp;prime example&nbsp;of a successful FinTech firm, lending club&nbsp;(with a current total market capitalization of ca. USD 5.5 bn) has been founded in San Francisco. Why did it not come from London, New York or Hong Kong?In this report, we explore success factors of Silicon Valley-based startups&nbsp;in the FinTech&nbsp;space.&nbsp;The objective is to facilitate reflection on the findings and offer suggestions as to what we in Asia could do to leverage those insights as our Innovation&nbsp;ecosystems mature. We also want to share these insights with investors to enable them to make better investment decisions.We met&nbsp;with founders, venture capital firms, co-working space owners, government officials, consultants and heads of Innovation for major financial services institutions to get a well-rounded view.Our research shows success factors can be grouped into two main categories;&nbsp;behavior&nbsp;and&nbsp;infrastructure.Being open, having a growth mindset and tolerating&nbsp;failure are the most influential&nbsp;success&nbsp;factors according to our research.

What Silicon Valley has, every FinTech ecosystem needs & investors should look for!

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<ul><li>LILAK has experienced a decline in funds and lack of investor interest, leading to its lowest stock price ever</li><li>Challenges include leverage and delayed synergies from an acquisition</li><li>Despite this, the company has promising mid-term guidance of over $1 billion in free cash flow, with plans for stock buybacks and deleveraging, making it a potential investment opportunity for growth and recovery.</li></ul>This content is sourced through publicly available sources and has been machine generated. Information displayed is for general informational purposes only. This article was originally published 3 months ago on Value Investors Club.

LILAK has experienced a decline in funds and lack of investor interest, leading to its lowest stock price everChallenges include leverage and delayed synergies from an acquisitionDespite this, the company has promising mid-term guidance of over $1 billion in free cash flow, with plans for stock buybacks and deleveraging, making it a potential investment opportunity for growth and recovery.This content is sourced through publicly available sources and has been machine generated. Information displayed is for general informational purposes only. This article was originally published 3 months ago on Value Investors Club.

Liberty Latin America Ltd (LILAK) - Wednesday, Mar 6, 2024

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Stock selection has rarely been as important as it is today. After a roaring decade for US markets and with signs of mania everywhere, the S&P 500 as over-priced as it has ever been.

But, there is better way. Superfluous Value is a contrarian, deep-dive into the markets forgotten by the 60/40 instos and indexing, momentum chasers. Where the hot money has long moved on, it leaves behind investments offering great safety and prospective returns.

I believe the 2020s will look diametrically opposite to the recent past, with Emerging Markets, the UK, Japan and commodities set to rip and I intend to be holding the best opportunities available as they do.

Please feel free to come along on the journey.

Contrarian Deep-Dive into the Markets

<div data-attrs='{"url":"https://superfluousvalue.substack.com/subscribe?","text":"Subscribe"}'><div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><ul><li>LILAK has become a tragic joke among investors. During its 6-year public life, the share-price has tanked over 80% and all the way down, the faithful have been pitching it with bullet points like “Malone vehicle” and “leveraged buy-backs”.</li><li>While some of this was self-inflicted (the spin price was too high and the company overpaid for C&amp;W in a sweetheart deal), much of the pain was outside management’s control and only cyclical in nature.</li><li>Hurricane Maria destroying Puerto Rico, Covid 19 and relentless weakening in Emerging Market currencies and sentiment can hardly be laid at their feet.</li></ul></form></div></div>

LILAK has become a tragic joke among investors. During its 6-year public life, the share-price has tanked over 80% and all the way down, the faithful have been pitching it with bullet points like “Malone vehicle” and “leveraged buy-backs”.While some of this was self-inflicted (the spin price was too high and the company overpaid for C&amp;W in a sweetheart deal), much of the pain was outside management’s control and only cyclical in nature.Hurricane Maria destroying Puerto Rico, Covid 19 and relentless weakening in Emerging Market currencies and sentiment can hardly be laid at their feet.

Quality-Value Investing

Marc Melendez, CFA

Emerging Market Small and Mid Cap Equities

Reperio Capital

Reperio Capital Research was founded in 2013 with the goal of better serving the investment community with in-depth, high quality, value oriented research.

Reperio means to discover in latin. Using value investing principles, we aim to discover a minimum of 12 investment opportunities per year within the Emerging Markets Small and Mid Cap universe.

We take a business owners perspective with a long term investment horizon. We conduct bottom up, fundamental research. We focus on downside risks and require a significant margin of safety in any investment to prevent the permanent loss of capital. All factors differentiating our research from the short term, trading focus of traditional research providers.

<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/link-net-tbk-pt" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1050:1" rel="noopener">Link Net (LINK IJ)</a> is a broadband and cable TV provider in Indonesia. It is undervalued under all scenarios with 54% upside to the 2021 fair value per share in bear case and 143% upside to the 2021 fair valuer per share in the base case.The company recently embarked on a new subscriber growth strategy, which so far has been successful. Over the past two quarters, Link Net added an average of 58,154 new subscribers per quarter. Over the previous five years, the average quarterly rate of new subscribers was 12,232. ARPU fell with the subscriber growth, but it seems to be stabilizing.In addition to the new subscriber growth strategy, the company is an efficient operator with a five-year average ROIC of 24%. It also regularly buys back shares when it thinks the company is undervalued. Since IPO in 2014, 9.6% of shares issued have been repurchased with most being canceled.The company also has room to increase the amount of debt in its capital structure. At 3 times EBITDA, Link Net could raise debt by IDR5.5 trillion, which is just below its current market cap of IDR6 trillion.Trading on a EV/TTM EBIT of 5.8 times, Link Net is attractive at current valuations.

Link Net (LINK IJ) is a broadband and cable TV provider in Indonesia. It is undervalued under all scenarios with 54% upside to the 2021 fair value per share in bear case and 143% upside to the 2021 fair valuer per share in the base case.The company recently embarked on a new subscriber growth strategy, which so far has been successful. Over the past two quarters, Link Net added an average of 58,154 new subscribers per quarter. Over the previous five years, the average quarterly rate of new subscribers was 12,232. ARPU fell with the subscriber growth, but it seems to be stabilizing.In addition to the new subscriber growth strategy, the company is an efficient operator with a five-year average ROIC of 24%. It also regularly buys back shares when it thinks the company is undervalued. Since IPO in 2014, 9.6% of shares issued have been repurchased with most being canceled.The company also has room to increase the amount of debt in its capital structure. At 3 times EBITDA, Link Net could raise debt by IDR5.5 trillion, which is just below its current market cap of IDR6 trillion.Trading on a EV/TTM EBIT of 5.8 times, Link Net is attractive at current valuations.

Link Net (LINK:IJ)- New Subscriber Growth Strategy Working. The Company Is Undervalued.

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Liberty Latin America Ltd. operates as a telecommunication company. The Company offers video, broadband Internet, telephony, and mobile services. Liberty Latin America also delivers entertainment services. Liberty Latin America serves customers in Chile, Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, and Latin America.

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So the prime example of a successful FinTech firm, lending club (with a current total market capitalization of ca. USD 5.5 bn) has been founded in...

Daniel Liebau

Liberty Latin America Ltd (LILAK) - Wednesday, Mar 6, 2024

LILAK has experienced a decline in funds and lack of investor interest, leading to its lowest stock price ever. Challenges include leverage and...

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Hurricane Maria destroying Puerto Rico, Covid 19 and relentless weakening in Emerging Market currencies and sentiment can hardly be laid at their...

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Link Net (LINK:IJ)- New Subscriber Growth Strategy Working. The Company Is Undervalued.

Link Net is a growing, efficient cable operator that recently embarked on a new subscriber growth strategy. It is undervalued under all scenarios...

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