There are a few people in the slack channel now. Teka (one former developer of the website is there as well). Join.
I will be happy to confirm that the general overview of the story in slack is correct. I can't comment on specific numbers as I don't remember, the 20k I held was payment to me that I didn't withdraw until work was done. Sadly, due to personal commitments I can't continue to work with Shift but will be happy to chime in from time to time with my opinion.
story link:
http://pastebin.com/raw/rH6rmNNS