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Topic: What happens if ICO didn't reach it's MINIMUM CAP? (Read 782 times)

newbie
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They're supposed to refund all the investors. Sometimes they just go ahead with the project anyway though.
jr. member
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I would like to be informed on what happens to your investment if ICO didn't reach its minimum capital. As far as I know, ICO will be refunded to its investor. But a particular ICO told me that their project will continue and the coins will still be on exchanges even if didnt hit the minimum cap. Is this true? or is it possible to be a scam? Thank you for your responses

There are such ico who continue to work if they have not collected enough money. Mostly, investors return money, but there are dishonest ico.
member
Activity: 322
Merit: 12
I  believe that ICO should refund the investor's money and they should not take the money and just be gone like a bubble. It will be the responsibility of the ICO to initiate such move since it will be the right thing to do. Perhaps,  if some ICO has not reacbed the soft cap target during the pre token sale,  they still manage to continue on tbe exchange sites.
newbie
Activity: 180
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When an ICO project does not meet the softcap means that the project will scam investors will lose confidence in the ICO because the investment is not refunded.
jr. member
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I would like to be informed on what happens to your investment if ICO didn't reach its minimum capital. As far as I know, ICO will be refunded to its investor. But a particular ICO told me that their project will continue and the coins will still be on exchanges even if didn't hit the minimum cap. Is this true? or is it possible to be a scam? Thank you for your responses

It's good to possess the spirit of transparency and honesty. Whenever it happens that a particular ICO can't meet up with the minimum cap "soft cap" and still didn't refund investors funds, in some cases it's not a conclusion that the ICO is purposely organizing to scam.
For every legit launched ICO hope for the best, probably they might have better plans to bring their dream in to fruition and also it can be a scam. But, the best practice should be when a launched ICO is unable to reach its soft cap, investors funds should be returned with immediate effect.
Several failed ICO in the past has put such into practice to mention a few Swapy, Trendit. Like this new project "Linkchain", it stated clearly in the whitepaper that "Investor's funds will be held in escrow. If for whatever reason the soft cap is not reached, 100% of token buyer funds will be returned". Which is a good practice?
full member
Activity: 236
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Usually if they fail spectacularly they return all the investments back to the original owners.

If they are close to their goal they usually stay open just to reach it and the investors agree to it.
full member
Activity: 244
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In 99% of cases they return the investments back to the investors. Although I have seen some ICOs stay open for another month if they are close and the community are fine with it.
full member
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It all depends on how correctly formed the idea of ​​what will be the result. That is, the project has not collected the required amount, then usually for a normal project, a smart contract returns all collected funds. And those who did not create such a contract, then of course their funds remain on the account and everything, you can forget about them.
full member
Activity: 616
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FRX: Ferocious Alpha
Some of the ICO who didn't reach minimum cap wait for another opportunity, or given a spare time to make it up for another ICO but others gave token already to participant only they cannot use it yet because the ICO hold their own for time being and wait until such time that they have enough fund to continue in their project..that's what I've learn or know..
sr. member
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homt.net
I would like to be informed on what happens to your investment if ICO didn't reach its minimum capital. As far as I know, ICO will be refunded to its investor. But a particular ICO told me that their project will continue and the coins will still be on exchanges even if didnt hit the minimum cap. Is this true? or is it possible to be a scam? Thank you for your responses

Yes, cases like that sometimes do happen to certain ICOs that didn't reach their minimum cap. The ICO manager might be telling you the right thing, so don't be afraid just wait for them to add the coin to an exchange. What you have to do is to watch their activities and wait patiently.  I am afraid you have no option for now than to believe them sir. Thanks.
full member
Activity: 126
Merit: 100
Normally ICO team announce what they'll do if softcap is not reached. Common practiceis to make a refund
jr. member
Activity: 46
Merit: 1
quarkchain.io
Normally, it was stated on company website at FAQ tab.
If it didnt reach the minimum cap, there will be a refund and no tokens or payment for bounty participants.
sr. member
Activity: 700
Merit: 251
usually ICO or developers involved in failed ICO projects will go or extend their campaign periods,
so I'm somewhat hesitant to invest in ICO if the project concept is not good and clear..
But in many cases they try to return and want to do again for better time we have very rare cases when they still try with this fund and have good result because its also depend on devs what they want to do and how they can manage this
full member
Activity: 266
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usually ICO or developers involved in failed ICO projects will go or extend their campaign periods,
so I'm somewhat hesitant to invest in ICO if the project concept is not good and clear..
full member
Activity: 434
Merit: 102
From what I've read here, I didn't know that a return of the investment was made, but I supposed that the smart contracts are supposed to do that. Anyway, I have a question and I hope that someone can answer it: Is the softcap the necesary money for the project to work? Thank you
legendary
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Merit: 1001
in most cases you will recive a return.
It is better to refrain from ico, where redund is not made.
But that depends on the company's agreement some icos that doesn't refund the money of the investors and just try to run the project with those funds just like ark and it become successfull project in this time.
Most ICOs implement such systems. they mentioned that when the project does not run successfully, investors do not have the right to take the money they have deposited for the project. this is certainly a concern for many people who want to invest. in fact there are sometimes ICO who just make a fraud, he deliberately made a project with a variety of frills but in fact he just collects bitcoin. this is a very high risk, so try to be able to choose a good project and also looks profitable. doing analysis and visiting websites for reference can be one of the best ways we can do before making important decisions.
member
Activity: 126
Merit: 10
As I know they need to announce info about this is happening and give all coins they already received back to all investors... sad... but fair
hero member
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I would like to be informed on what happens to your investment if ICO didn't reach its minimum capital. As far as I know, ICO will be refunded to its investor. But a particular ICO told me that their project will continue and the coins will still be on exchanges even if didnt hit the minimum cap. Is this true? or is it possible to be a scam? Thank you for your responses
Icos will raise money if they want to do any legit thing. Shitty Icos wont raise required capital and if they dont they will be listed on a terrible and bullshit exchange ,pay them around 1-5 btc and enjoy the rest of their funds raised for personal purposes.

Now even the legits one were failing since shitty coins were much good on marketing or to scam people, legit one when failed will return money investors. And sometimes its sad to see those ico that failed with good interest and willing to make development.
hero member
Activity: 980
Merit: 507
I would like to be informed on what happens to your investment if ICO didn't reach its minimum capital. As far as I know, ICO will be refunded to its investor. But a particular ICO told me that their project will continue and the coins will still be on exchanges even if didnt hit the minimum cap. Is this true? or is it possible to be a scam? Thank you for your responses
Icos will raise money if they want to do any legit thing. Shitty Icos wont raise required capital and if they dont they will be listed on a terrible and bullshit exchange ,pay them around 1-5 btc and enjoy the rest of their funds raised for personal purposes.
full member
Activity: 280
Merit: 100
Thank you for the responses. Im now enlightened  Smiley
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