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1 | 2.7M+ views in 1 month |
2 | 130K+ subscribers |
3 | Founder Tim Pool has 229M+ views and 861K+ subscribers on his Timcast and Tim Pool YouTube channels. |
4 | After announcing Subverse expansion, Tim's video received 167K views and resulted in 1,000+ pitches. |
5 | Tim's reporting has been featured in Vice, Forbes, NYT, the New Yorker, Fox News, Time, and more. |
6 | Powered by open source technology |
7 | Lead Investor: Aaron Neff committed $100,000 on these terms |
Subverse fills that void.
It curates and reports news that is fact-based and balanced to encourage clarity and diversity of thought across its audience. Subverse aims to deliver where other news organizations fall short - by providing insightful stories that are designed to foster understanding, not sunder it.
Photo by Emily Molli
Subverse was founded by Tim Pool, an award-winning journalist committed to balanced reporting.
His reputation has been built on a unique style of interactive, investigative broadcast journalism. Tim’s live coverage has been featured by national and global media outlets such as NBC, Reuters, MSNBC, and Al Jazeera English. Tim was awarded the 2013 Shorty Award for Best Journalist in Social Media and was featured as a “Time Person of the Year 2011.” Between his Timcast and Tim Pool YouTube channels, Tim’s work has earned 860K+ subscribers and 229M views.
Photo by Emily Molli
Subverse has emerged as the new wave in journalism.
It is quickly and successfully expanding the zeitgeist of independent media. Its platform is fueled by a talented team of like-minded media professionals, including journalist Emily Molli and Bill Ottman of Minds.com.
In a short few months, Subverse has built a notable base of 130K+ subscribers and its content has earned 3.1M+ views.
Subverse videos run about ten minutes long and blanket global and national topics that draw extensive viewership such as Facebook’s reputation, the Mueller report, and France’s Yellow Vest movement.
Currently, Subverse has amassed media assets of more than 100 videos, with four new videos produced per week. Some of the interviews feature experts in their field: Dr. Debra Soh (Ph.D. in sexual neuroscience), David Fuller (Rebel Wisdom YouTube Channel), and Geoffrey Miller and Diana Fleischman (evolutionary psychologists).
Photo by Emily Molli
Subverse is earning revenue within diverse and sustainable streams to protect against censorship:
Subscriptions
Third-party advertising
Native ads in targeted news feeds
Events
Subverse spans a broad network of academics, intellectuals, influencers, journalists, musicians, and more. Audiences will gather online or in real life (IRL) to hear their favorite personalities interact in various formats:
Licensing
Raw footage provides various production and news companies the ability to create their own content for editorialization or entertainment. Subverse has already appeared on multiple major networks:
Photo by Emily Molli
The Subverse Roadmap
Q1 - Q2 2019:
Q3 - Q4 2019:
2020:
2021:
Subverse has financial statements ending June 30 2019. Our cash in hand is $11,667, as of July 2019. Over the three months prior, revenues averaged $3,889/month, cost of goods sold has averaged $0/month, and operational expenses have averaged $33,769/month.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations together with our financial statements and the related notes and other financial information included elsewhere in this offering. Some of the information contained in this discussion and analysis, including information regarding the strategy and plans for our business, includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. You should review the "Risk Factors" section for a discussion of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results described in or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in the following discussion and analysis.
Overview
We create news showing both sides of the argument. Our mission is to fuel a paradigm shift in civil discourse with fact-based news and analysis, diversity of thought and groundbreaking media and entertainment. We aim to be a community-owned, independent, decentralized newsroom.
We would like to be cash-flow positive and totally self-sustainable. Ideally we will launch satellite newsrooms globally and have millions of subscribers.
Milestones
Subverse Inc. was incorporated in the State of Connecticut in June 2019.
Since then, we have:
Historical Results of Operations
Our company was organized in June 2019 and has limited operations upon which prospective investors may base an evaluation of its performance.
Liquidity & Capital Resources
After the conclusion of this Offering, should we hit our minimum funding target, our projected runway is 12 months before we need to raise further capital.
We plan to use the proceeds as set forth in this Form C under "Use of Funds". We don’t have any other sources of capital in the immediate future.
We will likely require additional financing in excess of the proceeds from the Offering in order to perform operations over the lifetime of the Company. We plan to raise capital in 12 months. Except as otherwise described in this Form C, we do not have additional sources of capital other than the proceeds from the offering. Because of the complexities and uncertainties in establishing a new business strategy, it is not possible to adequately project whether the proceeds of this offering will be sufficient to enable us to implement our strategy. This complexity and uncertainty will be increased if less than the maximum amount of securities offered in this offering is sold. The Company intends to raise additional capital in the future from investors. Although capital may be available for early-stage companies, there is no guarantee that the Company will receive any investments from investors.
Runway & Short/Mid Term Expenses
Subverse Inc. cash in hand is $11,667, as of July 2019. Over the last three months, revenues have averaged $3,889/month, cost of goods sold has averaged $0/month, and operational expenses have averaged $29,880/month, for an average burn rate of $41,547 per month. Our intent is to be profitable in 12 months.
We have launched multiple revenue streams including advertising, subscriptions and events.
We have multiple other potential sources of capital from friends and family of the business. We expect revenues and expenses to quickly ramp up over the next six months primarily driven by ads, events, subscriptions and licensing. Expenses will increase primarily due to increased staff and operating expenses. We expect (although cannot guarantee) that revenues and expenses will each increase 10% month over month for the next 12 months. If needed, we have institutional funding and founding team contributed capital that we may be able to draw on.
1 | Reliance on third party platforms for distribution like YouTube, Twitter, etc. is always a risk as we are subject to algorithms and censorship. For this reason our top priority is becoming sustainable and independent on our own infrastructure for media and payments. |
2 | The news and media market is extremely volatile and polarized. Misinformation spreads rapidly and this could affect the business. |
3 | Reliance on third party platforms for payment for distribution like Paypal, Patreon, etc. is always a risk as we are subject to algorithms and censorship. For this reason our top priority is becoming sustainable and independent on our own infrastructure for media and payments. |
4 | The Company may never receive a future equity financing or elect to convert the Securities upon such future financing. In addition, the Company may never undergo a liquidity event such as a sale of the Company or an IPO. If neither the conversion of the Securities nor a liquidity event occurs, the Purchasers could be left holding the Securities in perpetuity. The Securities have numerous transfer restrictions and will likely be highly illiquid, with no secondary market on which to sell them. The Securities are not equity interests, have no ownership rights, have no rights to the Company’s assets or profits and have no voting rights or ability to direct the Company or its actions. |
5 | Our future success depends on the efforts of a small management team. The loss of services of the members of the management team may have an adverse effect on the company. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in attracting and retaining other personnel we require to successfully grow our business. |
6 | On the ground journalism may pose physical risks as well as legal risks for covering certain individuals and topics |
Director | Occupation | Joined |
---|---|---|
Tim Pool | Journalist @ Timcast Media Group | 2019 |
Bill Ottman | CEO of Minds @ Minds, Inc. | 2019 |
Emily Molli | Chief Content Officer @ Subverse | 2019 |
Officer | Title | Joined |
---|---|---|
Tim Pool | President CEO | 2019 |
Bill Ottman | CIO | 2019 |
Emily Molli | CCO | 2019 |
Holder | Securities Held | Voting Power |
---|---|---|
Tim Pool | 8,500 Common Stock | 85.0% |
$100,000 | 20% towards business development, 50% towards hiring (including reporters, etc), 10% towards technology, 13.5% towards marketing (events, viral growth hacking), 6.5% towards Wefunder intermediary fee |
$1,070,000 | 20% towards business development, 50% towards hiring (including a COO, Chief Content Officer / Editor, reporters, etc), 10% towards technology, 13.5% towards marketing (events, viral growth hacking, advertising), 6.5% towards Wefunder intermediary fee |
Class of Security | Securities (or Amount) Authorized | Securities (or Amount) Outstanding | Voting Rights |
---|---|---|---|
Common Stock | 10,000 | 10,000 | Yes |
The Securities and Exchange Commission hosts the official Form C on their EDGAR web site.
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How do you plan to get subverse evaluated at 11.3/15MM or higher by the time you offer future equity with your current cash flow? Do you have projections for viewer/adsense growth?
"The Company may never receive a future equity financing or elect to convert the Securities upon such future financing. In addition, the Company may never undergo a liquidity event such as a sale of the Company or an IPO. If neither the conversion of the Securities nor a liquidity event occurs, the Purchasers could be left holding the Securities in perpetuity. The Securities have numerous transfer restrictions and will likely be highly illiquid, with no secondary market on which to sell them. The Securities are not equity interests, have no ownership rights, have no rights to the Company’s assets or profits and have no voting rights or ability to direct the Company or its actions."
Seems like a very risky 'investment' to me. Need more details on plans to finance in the future.