What the Media is Saying About Greyp and its Digitalized Equity Public Sale
These are exciting times here at Greyp as we carry out the ongoing public sale of our digitalized equity token offering. The media seems to have caught the buzz too. In the last couple of weeks, we have been featured in some of the world’s best-known and well-read publications as well as industry-focused technology and startup media.
The media focus has highlighted our CEO Mate Rimac’s vision for a connected mobility future; showcased our COO Kresimir Hlede’s perspectives on taking private equity public, and detailed our partnerships with blockchain companies to power high-tech features of award-winning bikes.
The media interest follows our successful pre-sale of the digitalized equity, where we collected more than EUR 1 million from hundreds of retail investors to build out a connected mobility platform. The wave has continued with the start of public sale as supporters are choosing to join major shareholders such as Porsche and own a piece of Greyp. For as little as EUR 100, investors can participate in the public sale offering on the Neufund platform and larger contributors to the fundraise earn discounts on our electric bikes.
Here are some of the highlights in the media.
Newsweek
In a series of articles and a video based on interviews at the global magazine’s London headquarters, Newsweek compared Mate to Elon Musk and outlined his vision for zero ownership, zero emissions and zero accidents as well as the innovations in company fundraising.
“He is currently the chief executive of a company called Greyp that is set to conduct a Series B investment round offering of $5 million to retail investors who want equity in the company.
The funds will be used to build a “connected mobility platform” that will allow riders to automate toll payments and better monitor their performance. The open public sale, known as an equity token offering, starts in late October and is scheduled to last for a month.
Hundreds of people registered for the pre-sale, pledging to invest more than €1 million. “In the past we had huge companies investing in us, like Hyundai and Porsche and so on, now anybody who shares this passion can invest,” Rimac said. “It feels like this is the way it should be done.”
International Business Times
In an opinion piece “Technology Can Help Take Private Equity Public” penned by Kresimir, our COO explained how investment offerings such as Greyp’s give people an opportunity to invest in private companies that previously was just a privilege for the wealthy.
“Over the past decades, those with the money to invest in private companies have enjoyed outsize financial returns, growing their wealth and contributing to global economic expansion. But the vast majority of ordinary people have been left out. Now, digitalized equity offers us the tools to bring everyone, not just the rich, inside the fold and truly make private equity public.”
“The way it works is simple: investors, after passing a “know-your-customer” background check, purchase digital tokens written to a blockchain. These equity tokens are based on “smart contracts” that automatically confer ownership or ownership-like rights. They grant and manage shareholder privileges such as voting and payment of dividends, enjoyed by all owners whether wealthy or not. And because blockchains are untamperable, permanent ledgers, regulators can have greater trust that bad actors are not taking advantage of vulnerable people, a key rationale behind rules to restrict investors.”
Tech.EU
One of the leading technology focused media in Europe quoted Mate on Greyp’s blockchain partnerships:
“Now, we are taking the next step toward building an integrated network that can support an unlimited array of interoperable, sustainable, smart mobility options. And it is rewarding to collaborate to build this future with such innovative groups as the Energy Web Foundation and slock.it.”
EU Startups
The publication that focuses on exciting early-growth companies headlined its report: “Mobility startup Greyp partners with blockchain groups for automated vehicle payments”
“Greyp, which has gained prominence as a maker of smart e-bikes, has won numerous industry awards, most recently the Eurobike Award for quality and innovation. The company is currently focused on expanding its platform to support third-party mobility applications as part of CEO Mate Rimac’s vision of a connected future of zero emissions, zero accidents and zero ownership.”
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