Talking Tech - Episode 23

Progressive's George O'Connor and Ian Robertson catch up on events in and around the UK small and mid-cap listed tech. London Tech Week - George has been out and about and is enthused about by the talk by Gary Turner and Steve Vamas of Xero fame. More LSE departures - To read the eulogies you would think that Ricardo was the greater success story. Ricardo was just easy to explain and love. Spectris was a bit of an effort to understand but made the effort to grow. Few make the observation that WSP Global, the acquirer of Ricardo, was, not too long ago, a not-too-exciting Canadian small cap that simply had ambition, execution and its home market on its side. Molten Ventures - the ~50% NAV discount persists. It’s complicated. It delivers NAV growth but it has a primary valuation driver, Revolut – and how do you value that? GB Group - Whilst the revised management are getting to grips, will investors simply end up with a business model that the brokers could sell rather than one that works?