Viktorija Trimbel, head of Coinvest Capital, which owns part of Contribee’s shares, confirmed to lrt.lt about the submitted offer to buy all the shares of all shareholders. She said that she wanted to refrain from naming this potential buyer and explained that she did not know if he was related to G. Černiauskas.
During the prosecution’s investigation related to Contribee, Prosecutor General Nida Grunskienė said last week that no one has been charged with the crime yet.
Blogger Skirmantas Malinauskas also announced that the former director of the company, Gediminas Ratkevičius, embezzled more than 130 thousand from the account of Blue/Yellow, a non-governmental organization that collects support for Ukraine using the platform. euros.
As stated by the organization itself, the lack of a certain amount in the account was noticed at the beginning of the year, but after contacting Contribee, the funds were returned, so the organization did not experience any losses. Blue/Yellow itself stated that it is not planning to withdraw from the platform yet.
The withdrawal from Contribee has already been announced by the journalism platforms “Redakcija” and “NARA”, the investigative journalism center “Siena”, journalist Dailius Dargis who creates content about criminals, “Laisvės TV” led by Andriaus Tapinas and the podcast “Praložk đenų šaltu”.
As the news portal “Delfi” announced, the director of the company Adrijus Jakučionis sent a letter informing developers using the platform about the circumstances of the dismissal of the former director Gediminas Ratkevičius. It has been alleged that one of Contribee’s shareholders has been fired because he entered into a loan agreement with the company, potentially misappropriating funds from the platform’s developers.
G. Ratkevičius himself announced his plans to sell the shares of the platform “Contribee” this Tuesday, at the same time he took full responsibility for the situation in the company. G. Ratkevičius intends to apply for permission to sell shares on August 21. at the upcoming general meeting of shareholders of Contribee.
According to A. Jakučionis, in the past Contribee also did not submit financial declarations on time. As the State Tax Inspectorate (VMI) told the portal, the company’s tax arrears amount to 73 thousand. euros. At the end of June this year, the company owed Sodra 3.2 thousand. euros, and on August 8 the debt amounted to 6 euros.
Contribee last provided financial reports to the Registry Center for the year 2021, when the company’s losses amounted to more than 51 thousand. EUR, income amounted to 26.9 thousand. euros.
According to the portal, Contribee has 13 shareholders: 31.5 percent. belongs to A. Jakučioni, 30.34 percent. – G. Ratkevičius, 16 percent. – To Mantas Michalauskas, who founded the company in 2020. Another 10.5 percent the company’s shares are held by the Second Co-investment Fund, the rest by smaller investors.
Lithuanian developers began to switch to Contribee more and more in 2022, when after the start of the war in Ukraine, its competitor, the American platform Patreon, did not allow Ukrainian soldiers to transfer support.
2024-08-21 19:48:35