Topias Soininen

7 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 3 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Mar 3, 2025 by Howie Diamond · across every show →

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Mar 3, 2025 bearish
Opinion
Diamond: Playven cannot successfully do both SaaS and a marketplace
“You're doing two things, and I don't think you can do both.”
Howie Diamond Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 16:02 #44 Is This Sports App the Next OpenTable?
Mar 3, 2025 bearish
Opinion
Manus: Topias Soininen lacks capacity to build a cross-sport platform
“But also, I don't think he has the capacity to build out a platform for all sports across, right, all venues.”
Jillian Manus Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 22:20 #44 Is This Sports App the Next OpenTable?
Mar 3, 2025 positive
Opinion
Soininen: Sports court booking can reach venture scale like OpenTable
“I completely disagree with that. A great example of this is, is open table. They started off as a booking system and then they become this billionaire billion dollar platform for a marketplace for finding a restaurant. So I completely disagree with that.”
Topias Soininen Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 24:31 #44 Is This Sports App the Next OpenTable?
Mar 3, 2025 bullish
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Soininen expects to raise at a valuation above $4M in the fall
“I think you know, we, I believe we can raise money at a bigger valuation than four at this point. We just, you know, need to clarify that focus a little bit and that's what we're doing. So I think, you know, once we show that we'll be able to raise at a bigger…”
Topias Soininen Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 23:19 #44 Is This Sports App the Next OpenTable?
Mar 3, 2025 bullish
What-if
Soininen: Playven could have raised its bridge round at $8M
“We could have, ah, gone to them at eight and we probably should have, ah, we like.”
Topias Soininen Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 12:48 #44 Is This Sports App the Next OpenTable?
Mar 3, 2025
Disclosure
Playven raised a $450K bridge round at a $4M valuation
“The latest we raised is like a 450,000 bridging round at a four million dollar valuation.”
Topias Soininen Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 12:05 #44 Is This Sports App the Next OpenTable?
Mar 3, 2025 bearish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Nadel: Playven only has 24 paying clubs after years of operating
“He's been doing this for a few years. He only has 24 clubs paying him.”
Phil Nadel Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 21:18 #44 Is This Sports App the Next OpenTable?
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