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Friday 7 December 2018

Surfing without a board as Crowdcube's Skunk Works Surf Co is wiped out


Just months ago, NI's Skunk Works Surf Co persuaded 396 Crowdcube investors to part with over £370k, based on plans to take the world by storm with their new boards. Now they have filed for administration with HNH Partners. 


Their website is down and they have not responded to our phone calls or emails.

This is from their prospectus, on the Crowdcube site -

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The Crowdcube video is here. It is hard to watch this and then comprehend that the company, due to X3 its turnover in 2018, has now sunk. 

This was expansion capital - the company had been trading for 3 years. They had a 16,000 sq ft factory with 14 staff. Well that was the story.

They came second in the 2015 Pitch to Rich Branson fiasco event - which really should have told investors to stay clear. Branson or his Virgin Start Up brand have a lot to answer for. Even entering is a sign of a seriously poor business.

Following closely on the Emoov scandal, the only news on the Crowdcube site is about the £20m raise by Monzo. Says all you need to know. 

Of course most of this could have been avoided if we had had ECFBuzz up and running. Still in over funding on Indiegogo here

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