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Tantalus Systems

Transforming Aging One-Way Grids into Digitized Multi-Directional Smart Grids

Overview

Extreme weather conditions and consumer behaviour pattern changes, such as the shift towards electric vehicles, are increasing the number of challenges confronting utilities. These factors, coupled with existing aging infrastructure, leave legacy one-way grids unprepared and ill-equipped to manage the demands of the modern world.

Smart grids provide reliable and sustainable services to utilities by providing a digital network made up of multi-directional communications, control systems and edge-computing processing that can reduce the frequency and duration of power outages, reduce storm impacts, and restore service faster when outages occur. The global smart grid technology market is expected to triple in size from 2017 to 2023 to reach US$61 billion. As global investments in renewable energy capacity increased from $32 billion in 2004 to $282.2 billion in 2019, smart grid companies will likely present an exciting opportunity for investors.

Tantalus Systems (TSX:GRID) is a smart grid solutions provider focused on transforming aging one-way grids into future-proofed multi-directional smart grids. The company’s goal is to improve the efficiency, reliability and sustainability of public power and electric cooperative utilities and the communities they serve in North America and the Caribbean Basin. Tantalus is led by a highly experienced management team with decades of experience in the energy and capital markets.

In 2013, Tantalus was the first company in their market to deliver a Linux-based edge computing platform in the utility industry. The company’s market-leading edge computing platform and its unique technical abilities set Tantalus far ahead of the competition –– many of which are only now starting to implement edge computing.

Tantalus offers a purpose-driven and cyber secure market-leading edge computing platform, robust software applications and an advanced IoT communications network. The company also aggregates and leverages 30 billion data points from its user community and utilities to provide in-depth data analytics to customers. These analytics allow utilities to efficiently and effectively manage service quality and infrastructure to save money, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve efficiency and avoid unwanted major events such as fires.

The company also boasts a highly impressive 99 percent customer retention rate over 30 years. As a result, Tantalus has established deep relationships with customers that typically last for 15 or more. The company also had a compounded annual customer base growth rate of 20 percent from 2013 to 2020. In the first two quarters of 2021 alone, the company added 11 new utilities to its user community for a customer base of over 200 utilities.

In August 2021, Tantalus announced strong financial results for the second quarter of 2021. The company reported a 7 percent revenue growth year-over-year for the first six months of the year from US$15 million to US$16 million. The company also reported its 18th consecutive quarter, or more than four years of delivering positive adjusted EBITDA.

Tantalus completed a C$9.9 million financing in conjunction with going public in February, 2021 and recently completed a C$10.6 million overnight-marketed financing which substantially strengthened its balance sheet. As a result of this financing, the company has a strong cash position on August 12, 2021 of approximately US$16 million.

The company also prides itself on its positive organizational culture that fosters a rewarding environment for employees to engage and contribute in the company’s key initiatives. The company’s culture breeds autonomy and accountability for all employees, including the top executives. Tantalus has 120 to 125 employees who are passionate and proud of the achievements and goals that the company has.

Going forward, Tantalus plans to continue scaling their user community of utilities, monetizing the data that is captured by their solution and expanding the applications that they deliver through investment in R&D. The company also plans to expand to new geographic regions and seek strategic partnerships and M&A opportunities.

Tantalus Systems’ Company Highlights

Tantalus Systems is a smart grid solutions provider focused on transforming aging one-way grids into future-proofed multi-directional smart grids for public power and electric cooperative utilities in North America and the Caribbean Basin.
Tantalus offers a purpose-driven and cyber secure market-leading edge computing platform, robust software applications, an advanced IoT communications network and deep data analytics.
In 2013, Tantalus was the first company in their market to deliver a Linux-based edge computing platform in the utility industry.
The company also boasts a highly impressive 99 percent customer retention rate over 30 years and a compounded annual customer base growth rate of 20 percent from 2013 to 2020.
The company has a strong cash position, strong year-over-year revenue growth and more than four consecutive years of positive EBITDA.
Tantalus is led by a highly experienced management team with decades of experience in the energy and capital markets.

Tantalus Systems’ Key Markets

Tantalus provides various smart grid solutions to customers, including advanced metering infrastructure, distribution automation, ERT meter migration, fiber-to-the-home, load management, power line communications, TUNet grid reliability analytics and insight and electric, water and gas AMR.

The company’s in-depth analytics based on data points allow utilities to efficiently and effectively manage service quality and infrastructure, automate billing, identify power outages and analyze constant power quality data to identify inefficiencies or vulnerabilities in their grid. Ultimately, this data can help utilities save money, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve efficiency and avoid unwanted events such as fires.

Tantalus recently announced the addition of its 200th utility joining the company’s growing user community of public power and electric cooperative utilities in Canada, the US and the Caribbean Basin. Tantalus is trusted by a variety of utilities, such as EPB Chattanooga, Entegrus and the US Virgin Islands Water and Power.

Tantalus Systems’ Management Team

Peter Londa – Director, President and Chief Executive Officer

Peter Londa is a seasoned smart grid technology executive with over 20 years of experience in leadership roles. Londa joined Tantalus as president & chief executive officer in 2014 and he is also a director of Tantalus. Before joining Tantalus, Londa served as the independent chair of the board of directors for World Energy Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ:XWES) and as the chair of the Merger and Acquisition Committee. Londa was actively involved in leading World Energy’s sale to EnerNOC (NASDAQ:ENOC).

Previously, Londa served as the chief executive officer of BPL Global Ltd. BPL Global is a leading smart grid company delivering technology solutions to the electric utility industry with operations in the United States, Europe, Middle East, India and China. At BPL Global, Londa was responsible for directing and managing all aspects of corporate strategy, operations, engineering, corporate development and financing. Londa was also instrumental in executing the sale of BPL Global to a division of the Danaher Corporation (NYSE:DHR). Additionally, he has held various leadership positions in the technology and investment banking industries at companies, including The Chart Group L.P., Thoughtworks, Inc. and SG Cowen. Londa is a graduate of Emory University and holds a JD, MBA in Finance and Corporate Law and a B.A. in Economics.

Dermot O’Leary – Chief Operating Officer

Dermot O’Leary is a 40-year veteran of the utility industry with expertise in all aspects of strategic planning, product development, manufacturing and supply chain processes, customer deployments, business development, contracting and international business. O’Leary currently serves as Chief Operating Officer of Tantalus. Before joining Tantalus in 2014, he served as executive vice president and general manager of the substation group of Serveron which is a VC-funded technology company that was acquired by BPL Global. Before his roles at Serveron and BPL Global, O’Leary spent the majority of his career in international executive leadership positions within Schlumberger. O’Leary served as VP and GM of Schlumberger RMS U.K. and Schlumberger Southern Africa. He also served as managing director of Schlumberger M&S South Africa and VP of sales of Schlumberger Industries North America. O’Leary was also the vice president and general manager of Cellnet, where he was responsible for the business unit P&L of the AMR group.

George Reznik – Chief Financial Officer

George Reznik has over 25 years of expertise in executive financial leadership and operations. Reznik has held key roles at rapidly growing public companies in the high technology industry. Reznik currently serves as chief financial officer of Tantalus. Before joining Tantalus in September 2020, Reznik served as chief financial officer and corporate secretary of Intrinsyc Technologies Corporation which is an IoT edge computing company. Reznik also served as the corporate finance valuation practice leader of Deloitte. At Deloitte, he was a member of the accounting practice in Canada and the United Kingdom for over 12 years. Reznik is a Chartered Professional Accountant – Chartered Accountant, a Chartered Business Valuator and a Certified Fraud Examiner. Reznik is also the 2017 recipient of the BC Public Company CFO of the Year award. Additionally, Reznik is the current chair of the BC Tech Association CFO Council.

Hugo Hodge – Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Caribbean Basin

Hugo Hodge serves as executive vice president and general manager of the Caribbean Basin for Tantalus. Hodge has dedicated his career to the success of utilities. Right before joining Tantalus, Hodge served as chief executive officer of the Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority. At Tantalus, Hodge leads strategic efforts to expand Tantalus’ presence in the Caribbean Basin through his extensive experience in distribution utility operations and his understanding of the unique business and operational issues in the region. Hodge has also held technical and leadership roles at Griffin Power (GA), Marietta Power (GA) and Georgia Power. Hodge is actively involved with the Caribbean Electric Utility Services Corporation (CARILEC), American Public Power Association (APPA) and the Electric Cities of Georgia (ECG) to support public power utilities across North America and the Caribbean.

Michael J. Julian – MBA and Chief Revenue Officer

Michael Julian served as the executive vice president of sales and commercial marketing at Tantalus for over a decade. Today, Julian is the chief revenue officer at Tantalus. As chief revenue officer, Julian is responsible for the evaluation and pursuit of strategic initiatives to accelerate revenue generation. Through the Tantalus sales organization, Julian works alongside the broader organization and executive leadership to identify paths to scale the company. Julian is a former United States Air Force officer. Julian has over 20 years of leadership, sales management and sales experience within the energy and communications industries. Julian has held roles at GE, Ericsson, Tekelec and Catapult Communications. Julian is a graduate of General Electric’s Technical Sales Program. He earned an MBA from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University and holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Villanova University.

Michael Grandis – General Counsel

Michael Grandis currently serves as the general counsel of Tantalus and is responsible for all legal matters across the company and its affiliates. He oversees contracting, corporate governance, partnership, intellectual property, employment, compliance and other transactional matters. Before joining Tantalus, Grandis was a corporate partner at Loeb & Loeb LLP in the New York law office. During this time, Grandis also acted as outside general counsel to Tantalus for several years. Grandis has nearly two decades of experience practicing law at New York law firms. Grandis has represented clients on a broad range of corporate, securities and other transactional engagements.

Additionally, Grandis serves as the chairman of the board of trustees of a charter school network in New York and also sits on the board of directors of a large youth sports organization. He also lectures on venture finance and other entrepreneurial topics at Cornell Tech which is a joint academic venture between Cornell University and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in New York. Grandis received his B.S. from Georgetown University and his J.D. from Columbia University School of Law where he was a member of the Columbia Business Law Review.

Laura Formusa – Chair and Director

Laura Formusa has more than 30 years of experience in the utility industry. Formusa is currently a director of Tantalus. She served as president and chief executive officer at Hydro One Inc. from 2007 until her retirement at the end of 2012. She joined Hydro One Inc. in 1980 and took on roles of increasing responsibility, including vice-president, general counsel and secretary. Formusa serves on the boards of Equitable Life Insurance Company of Canada, 407 International Inc. and ENMAX where she is chair of the Safety and Human Resources Committee. She has also served on the Boards of DHX Media Ltd., the Canadian Electricity Association, ICES and York University. Formusa has a Bachelor of Laws from York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School and holds the Institute of Corporate Directors Designation.

Dr. Francis J. Harvey – Director

Dr. Francis Harvey is currently a director of Tantalus. He served as the 19th Secretary of the United States Army from November 2004 to March 2007. As the Secretary, Harvey was responsible for the Department of the Army’s annual budget and supplemental budget of over $200 billion. He led a workforce of over one million Active Duty, Army National Guard, Army Reserve Soldiers and Department of the Army civilian employees. Before becoming the Secretary, Harvey served on six corporate boards, including three portfolio companies of the Carlyle Group. He served as the vice-chairman for two of those companies.

Currently, Harvey is on the corporate or advisory boards of six companies and private equity firms in the energy, defense and information technology sectors, including Tantalus. The majority of Harvey’s business career was spent with the Westinghouse Electric Corporation. Harvey joined Westinghouse Electric in 1969 as a senior engineer and in 1997 he became the chief operating officer. While at Westinghouse Electric, he held several senior leadership positions, including vice president of science and technology, president of the government and environmental services company and president of the defense and electronics systems group. Harvey holds a BS from the University of Notre Dame and a Ph.D. in Metallurgy and Material Science from the University of Pennsylvania.

Thomas Liston – Director

Thomas Liston is a technology investor and advisor. He currently serves on several boards of directors for public and private technology companies. He has a strong track record of shareholder value creation for the companies he has worked at. Before his current roles, he was the chief investment officer of a leading technology-focused venture capital firm that provided growth capital to late-stage private companies. Liston began his career as a research analyst covering public Software and IT Services companies. In 2003, he joined Versant Partners in the same role and was quickly promoted to director of research while maintaining his coverage of technology companies.

As a technology analyst, Liston has been consistently ranked among the top technology analysts in several surveys, including StarMine, Brendan Wood, Greenwich Associates and Reuters. Liston is a CFA charter holder. He has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance from the University of New Brunswick and a Master of Arts in Economics and Finance from Queen’s University. He was a recipient of the UNB Faculty of Management’s Certificate of Achievement in 2017 and was recognized with the Proudly UNB Alumni Award of Distinction in 2020.

John McEwen – Director

John McEwen is a co-founder of Discovery Capital and a director of the BC Discovery Fund (VCC) Inc. He has worked with nearly 200 technology companies. McEwen also serves on several investee company boards. He spearheaded corporate finance initiatives for companies such as Sierra Wireless Inc. and Circon Systems Corp. that accelerated their development by attracting key corporate and additional venture capital backing. Before co-founding Discovery Capital, he worked with IBM Canada Ltd. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from U.B.C.

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KWESST

Bold Innovations in Military Defense Software and Equipment

Overview

KWESST Micro Systems (TSXV:KWE) is a technology company which develops and commercializes breakthrough next generation tactical systems that meet the requirements of security forces and personal defense for overmatch capability against adversaries. The key market segments and solutions addressed by KWESST technologies are:

Breakthrough technology in non-lethal systems with broad application, including law enforcement and personal defence.
Modernized digitization of tactical forces for shared situational awareness and targeting.
Counter measures against threats such as drones, lasers and electronic detection.

KWESST’s Non-Lethal Product

Low Energy Cartridge System (LEC)

The market for non-lethal products is a recurring multi-billion-dollar opportunity. Customers continue to seek better solutions as many legacy systems can be lethal, and frequently are unreliable. Thousands of fatalities have been recorded from existing cartridge-bases systems, including conducted energy devices such as Taser. Other legacy products that are “less” lethal typically fire from air guns, which are inherently unreliable as they are affected by ambient temperature and involve high maintenance including as a result of air seals and “O” rings drying out and bursting, causing catastrophic failures. Air-based systems also entail a long logistics tail of compressors, air tanks and spare parts.

The LEC systems solves these problems with the proven reliability of a cartridge-based system in a low-cost firing platform that fires only LEC cartridges. The firing platforms are offered in various patterns that replicate the look of a real firearm, or avoid the appearance of a firearm altogether, at the user’s choice. The proprietary LEC cartridge automatically stabilizes the projectile for accuracy and distance, with an energetic actuator that controls velocity and muzzle energy well below lethal levels, and with no need for gunpowder or conventional propellant. The system’s soft frangible projectiles come with various payloads, including colored marking agent, inert powder or a safe but powerful irritant powder that temporarily incapacitates subjects.

The table below shows why LEC is the best choice among current non-lethal weapons.

LEC is an inexpensive dedicated firing platform that fires only LEC cartridges. These are offered in various patterns that replicate the look of a real firearm, or avoid the appearance of a firearm altogether, at the user’s choice.

LEC’s soft frangible projectiles come with various payloads, including colored marking agents, inert powder, or a safe but powerful irritant powder that temporarily incapacitates subjects.

LEC has two provisional patents and is the world’s first cartridge-based non-lethal firing system. It is a breakthrough over existing air-based systems with a projectile of high fps velocity, which is considered lethal. LEC is made with a non-lethal low energy cartridge case that generates spin to a projectile reducing velocities and muzzle energy below the lethal threshold of 400 feet per second (fps). This is done with no need for gunpowder or conventional propellant.

Meanwhile, tasers and maces are for close encounters increasing the probability of disarmament by assailants. Tasers, carried by some 400,000 American patrol officers, are also given an effectiveness rating of only 57.1 percent by the Los Angeles Police Department.

KWESST’s non-lethal Low Energy Cartridge (LEC) product line will culminate with an official commercial launch at the 2022 SHOT Show® in Las Vegas, January 18 – 21.

The LEC system is the world’s first cartridge-based non-lethal firing system with universal application across four market segments that currently use a variety of dated “non-lethal” or “less-lethal” solutions. These segments are (i) public order and security (riots and control of dangerous subjects), (ii) military and law enforcement training (realistic force-on-force training), (iii) personal defence (home, car, boat, RV, camping, hiking), and (iv) high-action gaming.

KWESST is prioritizing the global self-defence and the public order and security markets, where there exist ready channel partners, including large e-marketplaces for tactical products and sophisticated social media campaigns, hence avoiding the expense and time to build out an internal sales force. These markets represent near-term opportunities with short selling cycles.

Modernized digitization of tactical forces for shared situational awareness and targeting

Tactical Awareness and Situational Control System “TASCS”

KWESST Micro Systems’ Tactical Awareness and Situational Control System (TASCS) is a software package that can be integrated or added on to small weapons systems commonly carried by soldiers to enable precise networked surveillance and targeting on a wide range of technical platforms. The technology has the potential to provide targets beyond traditional line-of-sight targeting systems, proving the potential for soldiers to identify targets they cannot see directly. KWESST Micro Systems’s TASCS software can be used as an add-on for drones and counter-drone original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) as well.

Using TASCS, operators have the capability to “mark” areas or persons of interest which can then be shared with other reconnaissance technology such as drones or scoping imagery to confirm the areas or persons of interest. In December of 2019, KWESST Micro Systems signed a development contract to incorporate TASCS into a networked soldier Heads Up Display (HUD) system.

The company completed the second of two phases in October 2020 for a US military customer, which showed that its TASCS IFM had better accuracy and quicker response times on indirect fire systems, including mortars, improving soldier survivability and operational effectiveness.

The company completed the second of three phases of its Tactical Awareness and Situational Control System (TASCS) and Integrated Fires Module (IFM) for a US military customer. The product is an App and snap-on weapon adaptor that enables real-time streaming of situational awareness data of any kind from any source, including drones, direct to smart display devices and operational assets, for a common operating picture and networked engagement. This phase demonstrated that KWESST’s TASCS IFM had greater accuracy and faster response times on indirect fire systems like mortars, improving soldier survivability and operational effectiveness.

On the heels of this, KWESST was upgraded to “USA Partner” for SAMSUNG Electronics America, which will help the company deploy its SAMSUNG S20TE smartphone in its production version of the TASCS in addition to its IFM for networked targeting on soldiers’ weapons.

Counter measures against threats such as drones, lasers and electronic detection.

Drone Threat & Counter Solution – GreyGhostTM

KWESST Micro Systems’ patented drone threat and counter-drone solution DroneBullet ™ is capable of autonomously tracking and neutralizing an enemy drone from any detection source. The technology can be applied as an add-on to existing drone and counter-drone OEMs.

KWESST Micro Systems’ counter-drone technology DroneBullet is a kinetic and integrated counter-drone system capable of launching a miniature ground-to-air missile designed to intercept enemy drones or aerial vehicles.

Electronic decoy – Phantom^TM

PhantomTM is an electronic battlefield decoy system to mask the electromagnetic signature of friendly forces with decoy signatures at false locations to deceive and confuse adversaries.

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Thanks to a Notice of Allowance issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in October 2020 for the company’s patent application covering its PhantomTM electronic battlefield decoy, the company is one step closer to achieving its goal.

The platform addresses the needs required for miniaturized electronic decoys that soldiers or drones can deploy in contested areas of operation in order to prevent the opposition from locating NATO forces.

KWESST Micro Systems’ Company Highlights

Aiming to become a leading developer of software and equipment for military and security uses
KWESST announced the official commercial launch of its Low Energy Cartridge System (LEC) technology at the SHOT Show in Las Vegas in January 2022
KWESST qualified for up to $1.5M in project funding in support of the further development and productization of its TASCS IFM system, Phantom electronic decoy system and counter-drone system.
TASCS software package can be integrated into existing small weapons systems
Has completed the second of three phases for its TASCS and IFM for a US military customer
GreyGhost technology is capable of identifying an enemy drone and sending a miniature surface-to-air missile in order to mitigate the threat
Received Notice of Allowance from the USPTO for its PhantomTM electronic battlefield decoy system
Upgraded to “USA Partner” with SAMSUNG Electronics America, which will allow the company to employ its SAMSUNG S20TE smartphone in its production version of the TASCS in addition to its IFM for networked targeting on soldiers’ weapons
Management team has a long track record of success, including experience in the global defense and security market

KWESST Micro Systems’ Management Team

Jeff MacLeod — Founder, President, CEO and Board Member

Former Canadian RCEME officer, served as System Engineer for three Major Army Crown Projects before moving to the private sector. Nineteen years experience as General Manager of Diemaco / Colt Canada. Expert in the Small Arms and Soldier Systems field as well as all aspects of manufacturing. Formed KWESST Micro Systems in 2017 to pursue opportunities in the networking and digitization of legacy and future weapons systems.

David Luxton — Executive Chairman

Serial entrepreneur in defence and security industry. Former Canadian infantry officer and senior official with the Canadian and British governments before leading the global build-out of successive defence and security companies. Founded Simunition, the world leader in simulated munitions for close-quarters’ combat training of military and police. Led the build-out of Allen Vanguard from $5M to $300M, where he remains Chairman. Former Executive Chairman of United Tactical Systems.

John McCoach — Director

John McCoach retired from full-time employment in 2016. At that time he was President, TSX Venture Exchange; a role he held for seven years. John is a director of the Capital Markets Authority Implementation Organization. CMAIO is tasked by The Government of Canada, six provinces and one territory to create a pan Canadian securities commission. He is also the Lead Director, Liberty Defense Holding Ltd. John was a director, and Interim CEO, of Nautilus Minerals Inc. John is also a director of the Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue.

Steven Archambault, CPA, CA — Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Archambault began his career as a CPA, CA with Ernst & Young LLP, followed by senior finance positions at AXIS Capital, a global insurer and reinsurer, and more recently had CFO roles with small cap public Canadian companies listed on the TSX-V and CSE in media broadcasting technology and health & wellness industries.

Paul Fortin — Director

Paul has held senior business development positions within two of Canada’s largest law firms – Gowlings WLG and more recently Borden Ladner Gervais LLP where he was responsible for the firm’s defence and security as well as international expansion strategies which encompassed Asia Pacific, United Kingdom, and the United States. His network includes exceptionally strong ties to the defence community and diplomatic defense attaché network, notably with the USA (Air Force, Army, Navy, USMC), Five Eyes, Korea, Ukraine, Israel, NATO, and Middle Eastern (Gulf States).

Paul Mangano — Director

Paul is a 34-year veteran of the high technology sector. He has an MBA in High Technology from Northeastern University and a BA in Economics from Harvard. In 2015, he established Surculus Advisors, a management consulting firm providing advice, leadership, to SME companies in the high-tech sector including aerospace and defence. Prior to forming Surculus Advisors, Paul was a Division President at L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL). Paul worked as SVP, Business Development at VT Griffin, and President & COO of Proterion Corporation.

Elisabeth Preston — Director

Elisabeth Preston is Chief Legal Counsel for a top tier international defence company with widespread global operations. She is an international business and trade lawyer, with significant transactional experience in many jurisdictions. Her experience spans more than thirty years advising companies as an executive in areas relating to governance, cross-border marketing, strategic relationships, major commercial transactions and financings to fund growth.

Warren Downing — Director of Innovation

Fifteen years in the Royal Australian Air Force. Transitioned to an industry where he has built upon his military experience with 20 + years of Systems Engineering and Program Management with Defense and communications companies such as CAE Inc, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, DRS Technologies and Colt Canada.

Jeffrey M. Dunn — Senior Advisor

Mr. Dunn’s career includes being Chief Operating Officer for ARTEMIS, Inc., the Naval Service Lead for Rapid Prototyping at Booz Allen Hamilton, and Director Strategic Development at General Atomics Aeronautical Systems. He is the recipient of several medals and awards during a twenty-year career as a U.S. Marine AV-88 Harrier pilot and mission commander.

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Avricore Health

Avricore Health: Empowering Patients with Rapid Testing in Community Pharmacies

Overview

In 2020, the global point-of-care testing (POCT) market was valued at US 34.49 Billion and expected to expand at an annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.4 percent to reach a projected US 81.37 Billion by 2028. The upsurge will be driven largely by increased demand for screening and managing chronic diseases as well as rapidly assessing infectious diseases such as COVID-19.

The accessibility of POCT has been an increasing priority of the world’s leading health organizations and experts. Pharmacies are ideal ‘hubs’ within the community to offer patients better access to the numbers they need to know for preventing or treating conditions such as diabetes and heart disease or the timely diagnosis of infection.

Avricore Health Inc. (TSXV:AVCR) is a pharmacy service innovator focused on acquiring and developing early-stage technologies aimed at moving pharmacy forward. Through its flagship offering HealthTab™ (a wholly owned subsidiary), its mission is to make actionable health information more accessible to everyone by creating the world’s largest network of rapid testing devices in community pharmacies.

HealthTab™ is a turnkey point-of-care testing solution that effectively turns pharmacies

into diagnostic hubs (sometimes known as ‘Community Diagnostic Centres’ or CDCs) and connects them on a single, cloud-based platform.

The HealthTab™ network model is unlike anything in pharmacy today. It gives knowledgeable and trusted pharmacists a greater role in primary care delivery, while empowering patients to take more control of their health. It also reduces costs and waiting times and provides many potential revenue streams including: equipment leasing & consumables, direct access testing, disease prevention & management programs, sponsored health programs, decentralized clinical trials, real world data (RWD) sets, and third party app integration through API.In June 2021, Avricore signed a Master Agreement with select Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacies to pilot the HealthTab™ platform. This agreement allows patients access to point-of-care blood screening and health-data management for potential risks for developing diabetes and cardiovascular conditions through the HealthTab™-integrated Afinion 2™ analyzers by Abbott Rapid Diagnostics.

Avricore is the first pharmacy solutions provider to partner with Abbott (NYSE:ABT), the global healthcare company and diagnostics leader in Canada. In May 2021, it signed a supplier distribution agreement to expand the distribution of Abbott’s Afinion 2™ and associated tests for diabetes and heart disease screening in community pharmacies in Canada. This agreement includes valuable HbA1c testing, a critical marker for the screening and management of diabetes.

Near term goals for the company include expansion into more pharmacies across Canada, followed soon after by entering the US and UK markets. It has made significant strides in testing and developing its technology and is moving into the commercialization stage.

Strategic partnerships like Abbott and pharmacy-focused pilot opportunities advance Avricore closer to becoming an incredibly dominant player in the community diagnostics space. The company aims to make actionable health information more accessible for everyone by creating the world’s largest rapid testing network in pharmacy.

Avricore Health’s Company Highlights

Avricore Health Inc is a pharmacy solutions provider that combines best-in-class point-of-care technologies with a secure, cloud-based platform for tackling pressing global health issues
The wholly owned subsidiary, HealthTab™, offers fast, accurate and cost effective point-of-care screening. With just a few drops of blood from a finger prick, results are available on the spot and data is available in real time
The current test menu includes up to 23 key biomarkers for screening and managing chronic diseases, such as diabetes and heart disease (e.g. HbA1c, Lipid Profile, eGFR). HealthTab™ has also recently added capabilities for bacterial and viral tests, such as strep and COVID-19
The company leverages strategic partnerships with notable names in the diagnostic space, including Abbott Rapid Diagnostics, a global healthcare company and leader in diagnostics. This partnership allows Avricore to use Abbott’s Afinion 2™ analyzer to offer high quality, low-cost screening tests
In June 2021, Avricore announced its Master Agreement to pilot its HealthTab ™ platform for diabetes management in select Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacies
Avricore’s ultimate aim is to make actionable health information more accessible to everyone by creating the world’s largest network of rapid testing devices in community pharmacy
The company expanded patient testing with the HealthTab™ platform in select Shoppers Drug Mart® pharmacies in British Columbia, bringing its diabetes screening program to Western Canada for the first time.

Avricore Health’s Management Team

Avricore’s leadership team brings a diverse portfolio of expertise across healthcare and biotech industries as well as technology, finance and communications. Together, they share a common vision for moving pharmacy forward and have positioned the company for significant future growth and expansion.

Hector Bremner – CEO

Hector Bremner has over fifteen years of senior and executive experience across various industries, including international trade, natural gas, marketing and communications. He has owned and operated TOUCH Marketing, a boutique marketing and communication firm based in Vancouver, from 2007 to 2013.

Bremner has also served as the executive assistant to the Deputy Premier and Minister of Natural Gas Development, Responsible for Housing, as well as the Minister of International Trade and Minister of Small Business. In 2015, he joined Vancouver’s Pace Group Communications as VP of Public Affairs.

David Hall – Chairman and Director

David Hall’s leadership spans five different companies. Aside from acting as Chairman and Director at Avricore, he is also currently the Chairman of RepliCel Life Sciences, a member of the board of TrichoScience Innovations, AdvantageBC and Providence Health Care Research Institute.

Hall also served as Chairman of Perceptronix Medical, Inc., Chief Financial Officer, Secretary & Treasurer of Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc., President & Director at Newcastle Resources Ltd. and Chairman for LifeSciences British Columbia.

Kiki Smith – CFO

Kiki Smith has over 20 years of experience assisting private and public companies in the roles of accountant, corporate controller and CFO in mining, oil & gas, real estate, high technology, food production and investment fund management. She currently provides consulting services in M&A, financial reporting and regulatory compliance to several public and private companies across several investment sectors.

Smith is also a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of British Columbia.

Rodger Seccombe – Head of HealthTab™ Division

Rodger Seccombe is the co-founder and former CEO of HealthTab™ Inc. He has over 20 years of experience launching and running companies in software, healthcare technology and clean energy. Seccombe is a recognized industry expert in direct-to-consumer and point-of-care testing technology.

In 2006, he joined the start-up team at Canadian Bioenergy Corporation and helped pioneer the development of the renewable fuel industry in Canada. Before HealthTab™, he designed and developed cloud-based informatics systems currently in use by some of the world’s leading medical laboratories and instrument manufacturers.

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Jackpot Digital

Disrupting Casino Gaming With Innovative Electronic Table Games

Overview

As fast as the global gambling market has grown in recent years, that exponential growth appears to be only the beginning. According to Research and Markets, the industry is expected to grow from US$465.76 billion in 2020 to $516.03 billion in 2021, representing a CAGR of 10.8 percent. That same report suggested that the sector could reach US$674.7 billion by 2025, with a CAGR of 7 percent, and its becoming clear that an ever-growing segment of that business will be on digital casino tables.

In North America, the trend toward electronic table games (ETGs) is starting to make waves and in Asia, demand for electronic table games (ETGs) is starting to outpace traditional live tables.

While casinos have largely kept pace with technological innovation in their slot machine businesses, large sections of casino floors are ripe for innovation and poised to go digital.

Unlike slot machines, which revolutionized casinos in the mid-20th century, multiplayer games on “green felt tables”, such as Poker, Blackjack, Baccarat and many others, haven’t been updated to reflect the clear benefits of digitization (more on this below). The trick with any new technology is to preserve the traditional social enjoyment of casino gaming. Until now, the ‘feel’ and enjoyment of traditional card games on digital tables haven’t been widely available. But with the introduction of new products by industry disruptor, Jackpot Digital Inc., the traditional card game ‘feel’ has not only been replicated, but it has also been enhanced.

Jackpot Digital Inc. (TSXV:JJ,OTCQB:JPOTF) is a unique gaming company that manufactures digital touch screen ETGs that replicate and enhance the experience of multiplayer casino games such as poker, blackjack baccarat and many others. Jackpot Digital has deep roots in the gaming business and has evolved with the changing landscape throughout Canada and the USA for over two decades.

Since the launch of its flagship product, the revolutionary Jackpot Blitz™ digital poker table, in 2017, the company has emerged as a positive disruptor in digital multi-player casino games. The company began the launch of its technology by establishing a dominant position at sea, working with recognizable cruise ship brands like Carnival Corp. (NYSE:CCL), Virgin Voyages and coming soon to Royal Caribbean (NYSE:RCL). Now that post-pandemic reopening is underway at casinos around the world, the company is working to establish that same at-sea dominance into land-based, regulated casinos in North America, as well as the massive Asian ETG market.

Jackpot Blitz™ is essentially a digital ‘smart table’ which brings the social benefits of multiplayer casino games into the digital era. The 84-inch, 4k touchscreen creates a stunning player experience while controlling costs and maximizing operator efficiency and flexibility. It also provides casinos with a unique opportunity to reduce their overhead costs by eliminating the need for staff or dealers to manage individual tables.

Jackpot Blitz™ solves common issues plaguing the gaming and casino industry, such as rising salaries, employee training difficulties, limited revenues and profits due to slower gameplay, theft and operational challenges like COVID-19 shutdowns.

But more importantly, the product creates a beautiful and fun player experience. With vivid color, 4k animation, realistic Texas Hold’Em ‘card-bending’, convincing chip, cash and card sound-effects, and unique side-bet options such as “Bet The Flop”, Jackpot has succeeded in making its digital tables much more captivating than its “green felt” predecessors.

Given the quality of the playing experience, Jackpot Blitz™ is clearly the natural evolution of multiplayer casino gaming. With dealer-less tables, players can take part in larger poker games, play blackjack, and a variety of other games. The technology creates the genuine interactive experience that table games are known for and coming developments include the ability to order food, drinks or even show tickets right from the table.

For casinos, Jackpot Blitz™ reduces ordinary gaming expenses like cards and chips, but also increases table revenues because dealer-less tables deliver more hands-per-hour in an error free manner. Simply put: Jackpot Blitz™ is digital live gaming without the dealer.

Management’s passion for casino gaming shines through in the product’s appealing design. Reception and acceptance by industry peers have been excellent and, shortly after its introduction, Jackpot Blitz™ was nominated for the 2017 Global Gaming Awards in the Land-Based Gaming Innovation.

But the key to scaling new gaming products worldwide lies in licensing and certification, which enables expansion into regulated land-based markets, where 99% of the business exists today. The good news is, the company has completed GLI certification, positioning it for a major expansion into land-based casinos, now that casinos are opening up around the world.

“You need GLI certification to operate a gaming machine on a regulated casino floor. That means having the backend technology approved by regulators before you can operate in land-based casinos. Earning the necessary certifications is challenging and expensive, meaning barriers for new market entrants is high. Jackpot has already completed this groundwork, meaning we’ve mitigated that element of risk for investors” said Mathieu McDonald, head of Investor Relations for Jackpot Digital in an interview with INN.

Jackpot Digital had only just begun land-based installations prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, at which time the industry had to hit the ‘pause’ button. In terms of land-based business, the company has its digital tables installed in regions of Canada, the USA, France and the US Virgin Islands, with an eye toward expansion into the large Asian market.

The recently announced return of the cruise ship business signals a significant upswing in revenue for Jackpot in the second half of 2021. This resurgent revenue, combined with huge potential for new installations into land-based casinos means the company’s growth trajectory is steepening as casinos re-open worldwide.

Interestingly, the company faces little-to-no competition from start-ups and new entrants who must clear substantial regulatory hurdles already achieved by Jackpot. Meantime, there is no competition from the largest gaming-tech companies due to the uniqueness of this niche, yet sizable, market. This competitive ‘moat’ around the business puts Jackpot in a rather ‘goldilocks’ position with respect to competition and the sheer scale of the opportunity. For example, there are over 6,500 live poker tables in the US and Canada alone, to say nothing of the poker, blackjack, baccarat and countless other multiplayer table games worldwide, an immense opportunity for this casino gaming disruptor.

In addition to its bricks-and-mortar casino business, Jackpot Digital is now leveraging its software expertise and casino relationships to enter the rapidly growing iGaming space. The company recently announced the spin-out of its iGaming assets into a new public company, which will give investors who own shares of Jackpot on or before Jul 21, 2021, direct exposure to the rapidly growing iGaming market.

The company says the decision to spin-out its iGaming assets will increase shareholder value by separating its two distinct businesses. This clear division will allow Jackpot Digital to focus on growing its ETG footprint in land-based casinos, while the new Spinco (yet to be named) will focus exclusively upon online gaming. iGaming demonstrates its own explosive growth potential, given the wave of online-betting legalization ongoing in Canada, the US and around the world.

Jackpot Digital’s Company Highlights

Jackpot Digital is a global leader in the manufacturing, installation, and operation of electronic gaming tables.
Jackpot Digital is an early mover in the electronic gaming industry, seeing significant electronic gaming growth potential. Europe and Asia present untapped markets in the iGaming industry.
Jackpot Digital’s electronic gaming tables are found on land and sea, featuring prominently in gaming areas on cruise ships, such as Carnival Cruise Lines, Princess, Virgin Voyages, and Costa Cruise, with plans to add machines to Royal Caribbean ships soon.
The company’s flagship Jackpot Blitz™ product merges the best of traditional gaming experiences through interactive, feature-rich, digital tables that increase poker revenues while decreasing costs for casinos.
Jackpot Blitz™ provides consistent, recurring revenue for the company through attractive licensing and royalty deals.
Jackpot Digital is aggressively expanding into onshore casinos, with multiple installations in land-based casinos already occurring.
The company has obtained the necessary GLI certifications to develop and operate ETGs in various global jurisdictions.
The company recently announced a spin-out of its iGaming assets. Shareholders will receive one share of Spinco for every five shares of Jackpot Digital common stock they own, with a record date of July 21, 2021
Jackpot Digital’s ETGs are safe and easy to sanitize as they eliminate the exchange of chips, cards, and cash.

Jackpot Digital’s Revolutionary Flagship Product

Jackpot Blitz™

Jackpot Digital’s Jackpot Blitz™ is an 84-inch, 4K touch screen digital “smart table” that offers all the same social benefits of the traditional casino experience. Jackpot Blitz’s state-of-the-art interface and the electronic gaming system provide players with access to popular casino games, including automated poker (Texas Hold’em), Omaha cash tournaments, blackjack, and other popular casino card games.

Jackpot Blitz™ tables are installed on Carnival cruise ships, as well as Princess, Virgin Voyages, Costa Cruise Lines and Holland America. Jackpot Blitz™ can also be found on land, in casinos in Canada, Paraguay and France. Jackpot Digital is expanding the presence of Jackpot Blitz™, with contracted orders for additional tables in land and sea-based casinos in France, the Caribbean and the USA, with future expansion plans, particularly in Asia.

While live casino gaming decreased during the pandemic, digital gaming products became more compelling for casinos due to ease of sanitation and no interchange of chips, cards or cash. Jackpot Digital notes that it has already found success with electronic gaming tables in North America and wants to repeat its success in Asia.

Casino guests are turning to electronic gaming interfaces in droves in Asia, where the market for ETGs is huge. Electronic table games are also easier to play and maintain. The company’s digital gaming solutions provide all of the benefits of live, socially interactive play, with the cost and maintenance advantages of digital, making it an excellent investment opportunity and a true leveraged play on the global post-pandemic rebound.

iGaming

Jackpot Digital is actively pursuing opportunities in online-gaming or ‘iGaming’. The company recently announced its intention to spin-out a new public company to better leverage and monetize the company’s online gaming assets and casino relationships.

Shareholders will receive one Spinco share for every five common Jackpot Digital shares they own. Shareholders of record on or before July 21, 2021 will receive shares of the new iGaming company.

“We are very excited to enter into the regulated Gaming/online casino and sportsbook markets in North America. As a result of our Jackpot Blitz™ product, we have existing and unique industry relationships and, coupled with targeted niche markets and our innovative products, we have every expectation to become a fun-filled industry leading iGaming brand,” said Jackpot Digital President and CEO Jake Kalpakian.

Jackpot Digital’s Management Team

Jacob H. Kalpakian — President & CEO

Jacob H. Kalpakian has managed small-cap publicly listed companies for almost three decades. Kalpakian joined Jackpot Digital Inc. (formerly listed as “Las Vegas From Home.com Entertainment Inc.”) in 1999, serving as Jackpot’s President and CEO.

Neil Spellman — CFO

Neil Spellman joined Jackpot Digital in 2002 as a Director. He has also served D.B. Financial Management as a Senior Vice President since 2002. With almost two decades of experience on Wall Street as a First Vice President of Smith Barney, Spellman comes highly qualified. Spellman has a B.S. degree in Finance from San Diego State University, graduating cum laude.

Kalpakian, Spellman, Alan Artunian, and Gregory T. McFarlane all serve as the current Directors of Jackpot Digital.

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Alpha Esports Tech

Transforming the Esports Community through Innovative Technology

This Alpha Esports Tech profile is part of a paid investor education campaign.*

Overview

Between 2019 and 2023, the online gaming sector is predicted to surpass US$200 billion, with a CAGR of 7.2 percent % over that period. More and more consumers are turning to digital forms of entertainment as a way to stay connected and engaged both socially and competitively with friends and online communities. Amazon’s (NASDAQ:AMZN) Twitch.tv saw 17 billion hours of content watched in 2020, up 83 percent from 2019’s 9 billion, while Valve’s popular game marketplace Steam saw its DAU’s increase to 120 million, up from 95 million in 2019.

It is clear COVID-19 has created serious tailwinds for the gaming industry, which proved to be a popular form of entertainment while the world was stuck in quarantine. According to a report by GlobalData, the Esports industry has caught the attention of a wider audience with online formats spiking interests from traditional sports organizations amid COVID-19.

Alpha Esports Tech (CSE:ALPA) is set to capitalize on this growing gaming trend through its competitive gaming platform GamerzArena that offers tournaments, head-to-head betting, skill-based contests and league play with Alpha Coin, a Bitcoin-pegged token. Through its “freemium” model and exciting new partnerships, the company is creating a tremendously vast ecosystem in the online gaming and esports world.

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The GamerzArena platform provides a high-quality experience that leverages a “freemium” model that allows users to immerse themselves in the gaming world with few restrictions. The level of free value this platform provides makes it an easy upsell for the platform’s premium subscription model, GamerzArena+. Users gain access to Alpha Coin, a Bitcoin-pegged token, bigger tournaments and prizes, gameplay stats and analytics, head-to-head betting and the opportunity to be scouted to larger teams and leagues.

Alpha Esports Tech also partners with multiple universities and major sports teams, such as the New Jersey Devils NHL team. Working with the New Jersey Devils, Alpha Esports Tech hosted a two-day tournament with eight professional Esports players. This led to an average of over 1,000 views per day and a combined Twitch following of over 65,000 viewers, giving Alpha Esports Tech massive exposure to their target market and a strong relationship with a major sports team.

In May 2021, Alpha Esports tech partnered with Spartan Athletics, the athletic arm of Trinity Western University. Alpha will provide Esports services for Spartan athletes, Trinity Western University students and the community that supports the Spartan Foundation. As a starting point for this partnership, Spartan Athletics and Alpha will work together to co-market Esports events on the Company’s online platform, GamerzArena, where the Company will provide Esports expertise and event management, and Spartan Athletics will promote the events amongst their athletes and community

Additionally, the Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club chose to partner with Alpha Esports Tech because of their ability to offer an all-encompassing pathway to the esports online gaming world. This relationship has given them access to 40,000 new members from the Whitecaps youth development league, broadening market share through user acquisition for GamerzArena+ and adding sponsorship revenue from future tournaments and collaborations.

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These partnerships are providing international exposure as well. One such partnership is with Irony, an India-based esports company. GamerzArena will become the exclusive partner for all of Irony’s esports events, hosting and operating multiple gaming tournaments for Irony, including an eDevelopment league where Irony will be able to scout and sign top gaming talent to their program.

A growing pocket of the gaming world is mobile gaming, which by the end of 2021 is set to be 52 percent of the entire gaming sector alone. Alpha Esports Tech has made it a top priority to capitalize on this sector by recently acquiring Paradise City Gaming. Paradise City Gaming’s budding portfolio of mobile games will further grow Alpha Esports Tech’s user base through the ability to offer skill-based contests, head-to-head betting and tournament entry fees in a new market.

With multiple years of combined experience in the online gaming and multimedia industry, the leadership team is demonstrating they are well equipped to reward shareholders and show no signs of slowing down. The ability to rapidly grow a user base, close major partnerships and connect with their target market is proof Alpha Esports Tech has the creativity and industry knowledge to execute on current and future projects. With strong projected sector growth, a market cap of just C$20.6 million and an exciting leadership team, Alpha Esports Tech has put itself in a very strong position to continue expanding.

Alpha Esports Tech’s Company Highlights

Alpha Esports Tech is an online gaming company focused on creating a comprehensive and scalable gaming experience.
Their platform GamerzArena works as a “Freemium” model, with added value offered for their premium subscription service GamerzArena+.
GamerzArena+ allows users to take part in bigger tournaments, head-to-head betting, access to bitcoin pegged Alpha Coin and the exposure needed to be scouted to larger teams and leagues.
Alpha Esports Tech offers multiple different avenues within online gaming, which has allowed them to secure a steady lineup of successful partnerships, including the Vancouver Whitecaps, New Jersey Devils and more.
The company capitalized on the growing mobile gaming industry by acquiring Paradise City Gaming. This acquisition pairs seamlessly with Alpha Esports Tech’s current business model and will allow them to expand on their already multiple revenue streams.
The leadership team brings diverse experience within the multimedia, online gaming and sporting world. Having a deep understanding of their target market and how to reach them combined with multiple partnerships still in their infancy, Alpha Esports Tech has only just begun to grow their user base and gain market share.
The company expanded into the Indian esports market by signing a partnership with Oblivion Esports, an esports organization that provides a competitive platform to all gamers.
Alpha Esports Tech also partnered with Intel India to host two major tournaments, Intel Gamer Days Valorant Pro Team Invitational and Intel Gamer Days Valorant Streamer Invitational
Alpha also announced that its online platform, GamerzArena, is now the Official Online Gaming Portal of Nets Gaming Crew (“NetsGC”), the NBA 2K League affiliate of the Brooklyn Nets.

Alpha Esports Tech’s Portfolio

GamerzArena

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GamerzArena is a complete gaming ecosystem designed to build a strong sense of community amongst gamers. The platform aims to build a connected community through video game contests, enticing prizes, leaderboards and competitive tournaments.

The platform is currently used by more than 125,000 gamers and has been viewed by more than 5.2 million spectators across 96 countries. Barstool Sports even leveraged GamerzArena tournaments to increase its Twitch following by 15 percent, demonstrating just how popular tournaments are in the gaming community.

To date, the platform has signed strategic partnerships with the New Jersey Devils, Vancouver Whitecaps FC, Western Michigan University, University of Rochester, PeenState, and many other recognizable institutions.

Paradise City Gaming

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The acquisition of Paradise City Gaming presents a unique opportunity for growth. In 2016, it was estimated that US$5.5 billion was wagered through Esport titles worldwide and 2020 projections show esports wagering will exceed $12.9 billion. This represents over 100 percent growth in only four years.

User data from Alpha Esports Tech shows 10-20 percent of GamerzArena users are placing bets ranging from US$2-10 per match monthly. With a 10 percent service fee, this equates to US$5.4 million in annual revenue, leaving plenty of room for growth.

Skillz (NYSE:SKLZ), a large player in mobile gaming, saw revenue grow 91 percent to US$162 million in 2020. This proves the online gaming market is growing incredibly fast and Alpha Esports Tech now has the infrastructure through Paradise City Gaming to start capturing market share. This project further adds to the multiple revenue streams Alpha Esports Tech has created and complements the all-inclusive ecosystem they have built.

Alpha Esports Tech’s Management Team

Matthew Schmidt – CEO & Director

Matthew Schmidt is a technology entrepreneur and film producer. He has worked within Vancouver’s film industry for over nine years, while simultaneously producing and marketing nightlife and cultural events in Vancouver, British Columbia. He opened his first entertainment venue at 26-years-old. In 2016, Schmidt produced his first feature film and has since Executive Produced over nine films, with cumulative budgets of over US$60 million.

Schmidt also co-founded Paradise City Films in 2017 and now focuses on film finances, development and “film packaging” and working closely with the industry’s leading agencies. Schmidt has advised on tech and gaming companies such as Victory Square Technologies, Immersive Tech and V2 Games. Schmidt takes both a conventional and unconventional media approach to the social competitive gaming space, focusing on the immense value of connecting people, fans and brands in an emotional and cultural way.

Eli Dusenbury – CFO

Eli Dusenbury, CPA, CA has extensive experience in public accounting, providing services to both public and private sector clients reporting in Canada and in the United States over a broad range of industries including, but not limited to, technology, agriculture, engineering, mining & exploration, manufacturing and financing.

Dusenbury obtained his Chartered Professional Accountant designation in 2011 and holds a BBA in business and accounting from Capilano University. He has served as a consultant for audit and public practice firms in both Canada and the United States and has held Chief Financial Officer positions for: Integral Technologies, Inc. (resigned June 2018), YDX Innovation Corp. (resigned May 2019), Isodiol International Inc. (resigned June 2020), Chemesis International Inc. (since September 2018) and IMC International Mining Corp. (resigned February 2020).

Brian Wilneff – COO

Brian Wilneff is the Chief Operating Officer at Alpha Esports Tech and is also currently the CEO and founder of GamerzArena. Brian came up with the idea of providing an arena for 99.9 percent of gamers all over the world to become part of the esports community and be able to monetize their gameplays.

Brian previously worked Client Service Associate at Think or Swim From February 2015 to January 2017 and as a financial planner at AXA Advisors, LLC from November 2013 to January 2015.

Jonathan Anastas – Director

Jonathan Anastas brings a wealth of experience in Esports, gaming and the public markets. He is currently the Group Chief Marketing Officer for ONE Championship and ONE Esports, and holds over 20 years of experience in marketing, digital, and data-driven expertise.

In his previous role at Activision Publishing, Inc., Anastas helped each of Call of Duty, Black Ops 2® and Call of Duty, Modern Warfare 3 (MW3) reach one billion dollars in entertainment industry record time periods, making Call of Duty the world’s largest entertainment property.

Before joining Activision Publishing, Inc., Anastas served as Vice President, Head of Global Marketing for Atari, the legendary video game publisher. He was also previously Chief Marketing Officer of LiveXLive Media, a public (NASDAQ) music streaming platform.

Cody Lynge – Advisor

Cody Lynge is a passionate marketing professional with over 15 years of experience including Red Bull Canada. He demonstrated the ability to execute on the highest level including, forging relationships with business partners, and developing/executing business plans. Lynge also specializes in event management, promotion, and athlete management.

Currently leading Red Bull Canada’s marketing program, Lynge is driving the development and initiating the execution of national sports marketing strategies in action sports, mainstream sports and gaming across the business.

Adam Morrison – Advisor

Adam Morrison is the co-founder and general manager of Oxygen Esports, the co-founder and president of Esports Capital Corp., and the former CTO for Millennial Esports Corp. (TSX-V: GAME).

Morrison contributed heavily to the design and build-out of the Millennial Studio & Arena in downtown Las Vegas. His 10 years of experience spans from a seasoned executive, engineer, and subject matter expert on all things video game and esports related. He also has a substantial and well cultivated network of publisher relationships that stem from his substantial involvement in the video game industry.

Ron Segev – Advisor

Ron Segev is the founding partner at Law Fim Segev LLP. He served as a consultant for leading figures within the cryptocurrency regulatory sphere and he was the former General Counsel and Senior Legal Counsel for one of the largest online gaming companies in the world.

Segev’s extensive business and technology law experience and specialty in interactive entertainment make him one of the top video-game, and online gaming and betting lawyers in Canada. Segev represented major video game studios and publishers and esports companies negotiating and drafting technology licensing, sales, web services, content and development agreements and advising on numerous issues relating to Internet IP law and gaming law.

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LEAF Mobile

Expanding A Portfolio of Free-to-Play Legendary Mobile Games

Overview

In 2020, the mobile gaming market saw unprecedented growth with a 46 percent increase in gamers and a 46.5 percent market share of the entire US$158 billion global gaming industry. As the proliferation of accessible and engaging mobile games continues, it’s clear this industry should see significant growth.

In North America alone, mobile gaming content market values could reach over US$29.1 billion by 2022, a fraction of the total market value considering the overwhelming popularity of free-to-play mobile gaming throughout the world. Companies taking advantage of evolutions in brand partnerships and strategic acquisitions give investors fantastic exposure to this exponentially growing space and a chance to make it to the top of the mobile gaming leaderboard.

LEAF Mobile (TSXV:LEAF, OTC:LEMLF) is the largest free-to-play mobile game company in Canada publicly traded on the TSX Venture. The company currently has ten games in its portfolio with plans for expansion.

Since its inception in 2018, the company has worked towards scaling its decentralized organization and executing on its 3 core pillars of revenue growth. LEAF’s 3 core growth pillars are Portfolio & Product, Technology Platform (ex. IdleKit) and M&A for acquired growth and revenue consolidation. LEAF studios include East Side Games and LDRLY Games.

LEAF has been quick to establish strong brand partnerships with the likes of Archer, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and, most recently, the RuPaul’s Drag Race franchise. In early 2021, the company announced an upcoming IP partnership with the RuPaul brand in creating a free-to-play mobile game that is the first of its kind in the LGBTQ space. LEAF intends to launch the new project in the second half of 2021.

The IdleKit technology platform also provides exceptional high-margin SaaS revenue possibilities and distributed growth upside. LEAF has brought on five new IdleKit partners since the beginning of 2021, including BigFoot Gaming Inc. out of South America and Mighty Kingdom (ASX:MKL), the biggest independent game developer in Australia.

With the establishment of several significant global IP partnerships in the works, the company continues to cast a wider net and geographic footprint in the rapidly expanding mobile gaming market.

LEAF leverages an early-mover advantage as one of only two free-to-play public companies in Canada. Its impressive CAD$330 million market cap, robust financial platform and expert M&A strategies establish the company’s position as a dominant player in the growing Canadian and international market.

LEAF Mobile’s management team brings together unparalleled media and gaming expertise and a proven entrepreneurial vision. With over 150 years of combined experience across M&A, finance, tech and gaming industries, this leadership primes LEAF for exceptional organic growth and expansion potential.

LEAF Mobile’s Company Highlights

Leaf Mobile (TSXV:LEAF | OTC:LEMLF) is a leading free-to-play mobile game group based in Vancouver, Canada, creating engaging games that produce enduring player loyalty across a robust portfolio of exciting games.
The company has a robust game portfolio and product pillar, which engages key IP partnerships with notable brands like Trailer Park Boys, Cheech and Chong and the upcoming RuPaul’s Drag Race franchise partnership to create an innovative game catered for the LGBTQ space.
Its IdleKit technology platform leverages strategic partnerships for expansive distributed growth and high-margin SaaS revenue & royalty opportunities.
LEAF is an early-mover in the underrepresented Canadian gaming market. It stands as a small-to-mid market consolidator of various gaming studios
The company aims to leverage Canada’s brilliant gaming talent and become a top free-to-play gaming company globally.
The company has a management team with proven media and gaming expertise and entrepreneurial vision to get LEAF to the top in mobile and free-to-play in Canada and international markets.
LEAF entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Truly Social Games (“TSG“), an innovative developer and publisher of mobile games headquartered in Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

LEAF Mobile’s Portfolio

Gaming Portfolio & Product Pillar

LEAF Mobile currently has ten games in its robust gaming portfolio. Its well-established studios, East Side Games and LDRLY Games, offer a compelling portfolio of games, developed and published in-house or through IP partnerships and acquisitions. These studios utilize an innovative data-driven process to enhance the retention of their games throughout their lifetime.

LEAF focuses on long lifecycle games with narrative-driven emphasis to increase loyal IP-linked fan bases and stable revenues. The company currently has several game and branded partnerships in the works, including an exciting RuPaul’s Drag Race franchise branded game to open doors into untapped markets and highly prospective gamer spaces.

IdleKit Platform

The IdleKit technology platform offers LEAF high-margin SaaS revenue & royalty possibilities. The platform works to complement organic portfolio revenue generation with in-app purchases and advertising and margin expansion potential with recurring platform expansion to drive gross margin improvements.

IdleKit includes key partnerships like Mighty Kingdom, BigFoot Gaming Inc, Game Masons and more. In December 2020, the company accomplished a non-IP fantasy game soft launch with a built-in partnership with Truly Social Games, which could see significant acquisition LOI. Developers seek to benefit from this platform’s seamless compatibility with Unity and reduced developer risk.

LEAF Mobile’s Management Team

Darcy Taylor — CEO

Darcy Taylor has over 20 years of senior executive experience building successful companies and brands spanning Asia, Europe and North America. He has a proven track record in C-suite and senior leadership roles at IMG Canada (now Endeavor LLC), Logic Technologies Inc, JT International S.A. and MASEV Communications Inc, which was acquired by IMG Canada. Taylor’s experience spans corporate, agency, and entrepreneurial environments across free-to-play Mobile games, FinTech, esports, Blockchain, FMCG/CPG, Digital Marketing & Media and Sports & Entertainment industries.

Jason Bailey — CRO

Jason is a founder of East Side Games, Canada’s leading independent gaming studio. Jason is considered one of Canada’s most experienced gaming entrepreneurs. Before East Side Games, Jason was a founder of Super Rewards, which he sold in 2009. Super Rewards was a social game monetization platform that helped pioneer the free-to-play game model that is ubiquitous today. Over the last 20 years, he has been a mentor to and investor in various Canadian startups and technology companies.

Jim MacCallum — CPA, CA, CFA, CFO

Jim is a CPA, CA and a CFA with over 20 years of finance experience. Most recently, Jim was SVP, Finance and Acting CFO at Westport Fuel Systems and, before Westport, held senior roles at Amica Mature Lifestyles, Absolute Software and Cisco Systems. Jim has extensive capital markets, acquisitions, and international experience, having worked for four years in California and two years in Russia. Jim articled with KPMG in Vancouver, British Columbia and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.

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Tokens.com

Proof-of-Stake Technology and Entry to the Growing DeFi Space

Overview

Market research expected the growth of the decentralized finance or DeFi industry to hit peaks of over US$40 billion in 2021, with significant trends in upcoming years, but it’s not even May yet and over US$60billion is already locked in DeFi. With the popularization of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and cryptocurrency, investors may potentially see unprecedented returns and economic prosperity as the world becomes increasingly digitized.

To take advantage of this opportunity, Tokens.com (NEO:COIN,FWB:76M,OTCQB:SMURF), a Proof-of-Stake technology company, provides investors an intuitive and secure way to invest in digital assets that power Decentralized Finance (DeFi) and gain exposure to staking rewards and cryptocurrencies.

The company eliminates the burden of buying, managing and securing digital assets on investors and instead creates value through earning staking yields and the appreciation of its digital asset inventory. Tokens.com expects to leverage first-mover advantages as DeFi and the use of NFTs become more accessible and mainstream financial solutions.

The company presents investors with an environmentally friendly alternative to crypto mining. Tokens.com operates using a de minimis amount of electricity and does not require expensive hardware while still maintaining the same services as crypto-miners. As an early-mover in the staking technology space, investors can expect to see a shift towards this more efficient and lower-cost operation model.

Tokens.com has built a well-engineered business model to further establish its position as a serious player in the DeFi space. The company currently generates a staking revenue of 12.9 percent Weighted Average Simple Yield on its deployed capital. Its digital asset inventory has the ability to appreciate indefinitely compared to chips used by other crypto-miners, which often experience depreciation.

In March 2021, Tokens.com closed its US$25 million private placement from the sale of subscription receipts of the company at US$2.35 per unit. This significant financing advances the company’s development and “validates our business plan,” said CEO Andrew Kiguel.

Tokens.com’s management team consists of experts in capital markets, corporate governance and technology sectors. Their years of combined experience primes the company for significant growth in the DeFi space and as a global leader in staking services.

Tokens.com’s Company Highlights

Tokens.com is a Proof-of-Stake technology company that provides investors an intuitive and secure way to invest in digital assets that power DeFi and NFTs.
Shifting trends towards the more environmentally-friendly and cost-effective staking technology models from crypto-mining strategically positions Tokens.com as an early-mover and serious player in the DeFi space.
The company aims to create value for shareholders by earning staking rewards and the appreciation of its staked crypto assets, which have multi-trillion-dollar global market growth potential. It presents investors with unique exposure and access to megatrends in DeFi and NFTs.
Shareholders can see exceptional digital asset growth as the company’s digital asset inventory has appreciated by 148 percent YTD. The inventory has the potential to appreciate indefinitely.
The company leverages strategic support from best-in-class staking partners and custodial agents to provide deep technical expertise, premium service and security.
Tokens.com is led by the experienced blockchain entrepreneur and former investment banker, Andrew Kiguel. He and his management team boast world-class leadership and growth potential for the company.
Tokens has acquired an additional 130 ETH 2.0 during Q3, bringing the total of ETH 2.0 owned for staking to 2,506
The Company has closed its purchase of a 50 percent stake in Metaverse Group valued at C$1,680,000 making it one of the highest value equity investments in a specialised Metaverse real estate.

Tokens.com’s Proof-of-Staking Process

The company provides staking technology used to secure modern blockchains, such as Ethereum 2.0. Its three-pillar business model consists of staking, yield and ownership, and involves first-class staking integrators and custodians.

The PoS process begins with the individual ownership of tokens using s PoS protocol where validators are set up and tokens are locked. Through this transactional validation across the PoS network, validators receive compensation in the form of their own tokens. This gives investors access to the crypto markets without the need to buy, manage and secure digital assets. Instead, they can earn staking yields that still allow them to benefit from asset appreciation.

Tokens.com’s Management Team

Andrew Kiguel – Co-Founder & CEO

Andrew Kiguel is an accomplished executive with leadership experience in Canadian capital markets, corporate governance and entrepreneurship. He was the Co-founder and CEO of Hut 8 Mining, one of the largest publicly listed bitcoin miners in the world, with a listing market capitalization of US$450 million and over US$140 million of revenue within the first 24 months.

Prior, Kiguel spent over 18 years at GMP Securities (now Stifel Canada) in investment banking, with his most recent title as a Managing Director and Head of Real Estate Banking.

Deven Soni – COO

Deven Soni is an experienced operations executive and investor. He spent several years as a technology-focused investor at Goldman Sachs and Highland Capital Partners, where he helped fund several leading technology businesses.

He is the co-founder of Wired Investors, a private equity fund focused on small-cap buyouts. He is also a founding director of Polymath and an active investor in the digital assets space.

Ian Fodie – CFO

Ian Fodie has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective September 1, 2021. He is a seasoned financial executive and has held senior executive roles in high growth industries including biotechnology, life-sciences, entertainment, and exploration and development, over the past 30 years.

Katherine Sullivan – Head of Corporate Development & Investor Relations

Katherine Sullivan’s career has spanned Financial Services and Digital Assets. Her experience provides a unique combination of investor relations experience, deep expertise in business strategy, a broad network of crypto and institutional investors, and an astute awareness of the crypto and blockchain space within Canada and globally.‍

Katherine previously engaged strategic partners and institutional investors for Galaxy Digital with responsibilities that included Asset Management initiatives, Investment Banking capital raises, and public company relationships.

Prior to Galaxy Digital, she spent ten years focused on algorithmic sales and portfolio trading at Fidelity and Jefferies where she was ranked top in the industry by Institutional Investor.

Jennifer Karkula – Head of Communications

Jennifer is a University of Toronto Graduate with a diverse professional background where she has worked at some of Canada’s largest financial institutions. Jennifer has experience working with social media and agencies to promote brand recognition and engagement, where she has helped companies grow their social presence to over hundreds of thousands of users.

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Cloud DX

Digitally Driven Solutions Through Integrated Medical Devices and Cloud-Based Software

Overview

The COVID-19 global pandemic shook traditional healthcare structures on a global scale in 2020. There has been an urgent need for integrated systems to manage the influx of patients and new social distancing measures, which forced many to delay seeking in-person medical attention. In identifying this gap in the healthcare system, digitally driven telemedicine companies are leading the way to innovate and improve healthcare for all in this increasingly digital age.

By 2022, the global healthcare market is forecasted to grow to US$11.9 trillion, with the digital healthcare sector to grow by a projected compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 38 percent by 2026. In dealing with the aftermath of this pandemic, investing in healthcare and wellness technology is investing in the healthcare systems we’ve needed for a long time.

Cloud DX is a digital health company focused on providing sophisticated solutions for advanced healthcare providers through its precision vital sign monitoring platform, software and mobile apps. The company’s commitment is to the improved accessibility of healthcare through virtual care and digital medicine across Canada and the United States.

The company combines core competencies in biomedical hardware engineering, cloud-based medical device architecture, algorithm-based result generation, regulatory approval experience and internationally ISO certified quality management. This combination has helped Cloud DX develop optimized medical devices and software for a more value-added patient experience. This level of innovation in telehealth technology strategically positions Cloud DX as a leader in vital sign data monitoring and integration.

Unlike many other telemedicine companies, Cloud DX works to invent new medical devices and get them cleared by regulators. This invention aspect allows the company to create more intuitive and innovative devices at potentially lower costs for its users. “Because we control that entire customer experience, we can optimize it and make it better for everybody. That, in fact, is our mission,” Cloud DX CEO Robert Kaul stated.

Cloud DX has partnered with healthcare providers like the Blessing Health System and virtual care companies like Curatio Inc, co-creator of the Stronger Together app, to provide remote patient monitoring and telehealth solutions to COVID-19’s short term symptoms and its long term complications. This new wave of virtual care technology addresses limitations to existing healthcare structures and helps meets the demand for medical aid in light of strained traditional healthcare systems and broad social distancing measures throughout North America.

In August 2014, Team Cloud DX was confirmed as a top 10 finalist in the Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE out of 330 entrants. This three-year global competition offered a US$10 million prize purse to be distributed among the top 3 teams who could develop an autonomous vital sign data collection and remote diagnostic platform inspired by the famous medical “Tricorder” from the TV show Star Trek. Cloud DX’s entry, the VITALITI platform, was successful at diagnosing up to 19 separate health conditions, all by itself. The company, which was the only competitor representing Canada, received the first XPRIZE Bold Epic Innovator Award in April 2017. All the winning XPRIZE Teams share access to a multi-million dollar pool of grant funding provided by the Qualcomm Life Foundation and the Roddenberry Foundation to bring their inventions to market, administered by the University of California San Diego.

XPRIZE winning VITALITI Tricorder by Cloud DX

Cloud DX is commercializing three inventions based on their XPRIZE winning Tricorder. The Pulsewave 2.0 wrist cuff monitor can uniquely measure accurate blood pressure and average breathing rate simultaneously. The wearable VITALITI continuous vital sign monitor streams all the main vital signs including multi-lead ECG and non-invasive blood pressure to the cloud in real time, while their AcuScreen CA cough analysis smartphone application can detect respiratory disease based on the sound of a person coughing, and is in clinical trials to screen for tuberculosis, expected to be completed by 2022.

Immediate plans for the company include an intended public listing on the Toronto Venture Stock Exchange in early 2021 and the advancement of its innovation pipeline. Its strong patent portfolio strategically positions the company for significant investor potential and technological expansion.

Cloud DX’s management team combines years of experience in medical care, finance, risk management and web-based engineering. This dedicated team primes the company for significant telehealth advancement, product development and revenue growth.

Cloud DX’s Company Highlights

Cloud DX is a virtual care and digital medicine company focused on providing innovative medical solutions to healthcare providers and patients alike. The company is committed to meeting the demands of patients while addressing the limitations of traditional healthcare structures.
The company works to invent fully connected and cloud-based medical devices that monitor vitals and health data at competitive costs. Cloud DX works directly with doctors, healthcare providers, regulatory bodies and patients
Cloud DX has received over a dozen awards for innovation, including Bold Epic Innovator in the Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE, “World Changing Idea” from Fast Company and most recently, finalist in the 2021 Edison Awards.
Cloud DX is certified in Quality Management under ISO 13485, licensed to develop medical devices and software by Health Canada and registered (with 510k clearances) with the US FDA.

Cloud DX’s Key Products

Connected Health Kit

The Cloud DX Connected Health platform combines integrated telehealth monitoring software and high-tech medical hardware. Patients can record their vital signs, complete important surveys to answer questions from a personalized care team, access a curated health feed customized to their condition and have full control over their full patient history through the Cloud DX patient portal.

Cloud DX Connected Health Kit

Additionally, a typical Connected Health Kit comes equipped with a custom Android tablet, a Pulsewave wrist cuff blood pressure monitor, a wireless Bluetooth scale and a wireless pulse oximeter. Smart software in the privacy-compliant Microsoft Azure cloud detects changes to vital signs, survey answers or device use patterns and notifies caregivers so that immediate interventions can occur, improving health outcomes. This virtual care paradigm is an exciting innovation, aiming to answer the demands of a rapidly changing digital medicine landscape.

Pulsewave Wrist Cuff Health Monitor

The Cloud DX Pulsewave health monitor wrist cuff is a unique, connected medical device that allows users to immediately see their heart activity with clinical accuracy. The comfortable wrist cuff transmits the raw pulse wave signal to Cloud DX servers for analysis, producing heart rate, blood pressure, pulse variability, average breathing rate and a proprietary cardiac anomaly score.

“Total Anomaly Score is a novel screening tool that appears to have significant potential for identifying cardiac diseases. Possible clinical uses for this score are under active investigation at Cloud DX,” Chief Medical Officer Dr. Sonny Kohli noted.

The company expects to launch Pulsewave 2.0, a major upgrade to their original wrist cuff, in 2021. The new device is wireless, battery powered, with an on-board accelerometer and gyroscope, improving performance. Production of Pulsewave 2.0 is supported by a non-dilutive $1.75 million co-investment from the NextGen Manufacturing Supercluster.

Cloud DX’s Management Team

Robert Kaul – CEO, Founder & President

Robert Kaul has over 30 years of experience as an entrepreneur, and Cloud DX is his 6th startup. With a BSc in Biology and a certificate in Operations Strategy from MIT-Sloan, Kaul is recognized as an expert in creating and inspiring highly capable teams.

Dr. Sonny Kohli, MD – Co-founder & Chief Medical Officer

Dr. Sonny Kohli is an Attending Physician in Intensive Care and Internal Medicine at Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital and an assistant clinical professor (Adjunct) of Medicine at McMaster University. In 2008/09, Dr. Kohli was an Astronaut Candidate at the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), where he was awarded a Scholarship to the Johnson Space Center.

Anthony Kaul – Co-founder & COO

Anthony Kaul is the founder & CEO of Higher Bracket Online Media, Canada’s only online resource for $100K careers. He has over 25 years of corporate leadership experience and is responsible for all day-to-day operations at Cloud DX including HR, Purchasing, Finance, Sales, Marketing, and much more.

Simon Selkrig – Chief Financial Officer

With more than 20 years of finance, accounting and strategic planning experience, Simon has worked in professional services, industrials, mining and resources, banking, and e-commerce sectors in Canada and internationally. In his new role, Simon will lead Cloud DX‘s finance department including finance, tax, capital, investor relations (IR) and strategic growth initiatives. Former CFO Stephanie Bird will continue to be available as an Executive Consultant. Simon joins Robert Kaul, CEO and Anthony Kaul, COO as a member of the Executive Team.

Nick Mulder – Head of Software

Nick Mulder has over 18 years of experience building web-based systems and over 12 years of experience building high-performance teams. Before joining Cloud DX, Mulder was the senior engineering lead that founded and grew the product and engineering team at Shopify Plus in Waterloo, growing the team from 4 to 400 in three years.

Sara Ross-Howe, BASc, MASc – Head of Research & Development

Sara Ross-Howe brings 16 years of experience developing advanced technology solutions for consumers. She started her career managing a team of scientists applying machine learning techniques to biomedical diagnostics. More recently, she spent over a decade managing a technology group creating audio and video recording solutions and cloud transcription for national court systems.

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SoLVBL Solutions

Protecting Data Worth Forging

Overview

SoLVBL Solutions (CSE:SOLV) is a technology company developing software as a service (SaaS) products designed to provide authenticity and security to existing data management systems, specifically digital financial platforms and information databases. SoLVBL is focused on developing data management and protection solutions designed for businesses with sensitive data worth forging, with potential applications in a number of industries.

The company’s flagship product, Q By Solvbl, is designed to encrypt and store a representation of the data, allowing seamless cooperation between businesses and users. By cryptographically sealing a representation of the data, rather than the data itself, SoLVBL is able to remain data agnostic and maintain an additional level of security. Q By SoLVBL can be used as a digital payment instrument, a means of fraud protection, or as a central authority for verifiable data repositories.

Q By SoLVBL is an enterprise-level data protection platform capable of processing over 150,000 transactions per second. The platform is offered through SoLVBL’s SaaS business model, which the company intends to expand through additional product offerings that leverage the Q by SoLVBL digital infrastructure. Q By SoLVBL is backed by a private blockchain to ensure the credibility of the data on the platform. By providing an immutable record of all data used, SoLVBL is able to operate the platform through compartmentalization without having direct access to the data itself, providing an additional layer of security.

The Q By SoLVBL system is designed to enable secure digital payments for existing banking systems. The company’s fraud prevention system was designed with incidents like the notorious Bangladesh bank heist in mind. The heist saw hackers withdraw over US$81 million from banks using the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) system, demonstrating the need for financial institutions to keep pace with the technological capabilities of hackers and cybercriminals.

SoLVBL Solutions’ Company Highlights

Global fraud detection and prevention market is expected to grow from US$19.5 billion in 2018 to US$63.5 billion by 2023 at a CAGR of 26.7 percent
Q By SoLVBL leverages a private blockchain to ensure an immutable representation of the data, without giving actual file access
Representation of the data is cryptographically protected, ensuring all parties can rely on data presented on the platform
‘Q’ Platform can be adapted for additional security applications including the SWIFT network, B2B transaction improvements and data repository solutions
Q By SoLVBL is capable of processing 150,000 transactions per second based on trials conducted by the company using the cloud

Q By SoLVBL

Q By SoLVBL is the company’s proprietary software designed to digitally “stamp” or “seal” data through encryption, enabling verifiable digital payments with fraud prevention and other security services. The Q By SoLVBL system can also be applied to varying types of digital data, enabling a verifiable data repository that can be relied upon by businesses utilizing the platform.

As shown by the Bangladesh bank heist, during which hackers escaped with US$81 million in stolen funds, there is a need for financial institutions to improve the security standards protecting their data. “Increasing revenue losses for organizations due to the rising fraudulent attacks, increasing use of electronic transactions across all the verticals and increasing sophistication level of cyber-attacks across all regions will contribute to the growth of the overall FDP market,” said Markets and Markets in a report on fraud detection and prevention. According to the company’s projections, the fraud detection and prevention market is expected to grow from US$19.5 billion in 2018 to US$63.5 billion by 2023 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 26.7 percent.

By providing an enterprise-level platform capable of quickly verifying data, including financial information, Q By SoLVBL has the potential to enable new levels of cooperation between businesses that can agree on the reliability of the information on the platform without the need to independently verify the data. In addition to financial services, the Q By SoLVBL platform can be adapted to serve any industry that relies on sensitive data worth stealing or forging. Whether the underlying information includes financial data, medical data, product specifications or pharmaceutical information, all forms of digital information can be immutably protected and referenced for trustless use between parties.

Moving forward, SoLVBL intends to continue to develop payment security and risk reduction applications for financial networks while also working to improve B2B transactions on the Q payment platform.

Solvbl Solutions’ Q Authentication Platform

SoLVBL plans to monetize its Q Authenticity Platform, including Q By SoLVBL, by collecting a percentage of financial transactions conducted on the network. The company also intends to offer tiered pricing for access to the network.

Moving forward, SoLVBL is working to develop a digital cheque that can be authorized and encrypted in order to improve the efficiency and safety of transferring funds in the digital domain. The company is also exploring the potential to apply its technology its technology to Next Generation 911, Chain of custody authentication for digital evidence and Supply chain sensors such as trackers.

SoLVBL Solution’s Management Team

Raymond Pomroy, CEO

An international manager, who has exceptional experience in business management and supply chain management (e.g. Make, Plan, Source, Deliver) primarily in UK, Holland) Canada and the US. Prior to joining Agile, Raymond had been working in a multinational consumer goods company for 30 years, and managed all elements of supply chain, including USD$2.8 billion in product supply, six factories in North America, and over 2,000 employees. He is experienced in supply chain strategy development, global supply, organizational redesign and implementation of restructuring, contract negotiations, and cost reduction activities. Raymond holds a Bachelor of Science and DIS from Loughborough University (UK).

Khurram R. Qureshi, CPA, CA, CFO

Khurram Qureshi brings over 22 years of experience in the field of accounting and corporate finance. Khurram qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1990 and has held senior positions with several small to medium-size public companies. He has been a key member on several merger and acquisition teams.

Vikas Gupta, Director

Vikas is a seasoned executive with an entrepreneurial DNA and has a strong track record with private and public companies. He is well versed in gamification, digital distribution, video games, interactive entertainment and content. Additionally, he has also built very strong expertise in financings, the creation of unique revenue models, the monetization of complex technologies, leadership, and overall growth.

Musabbir Chowdhury, Director

Musabbir is an engineer who is a business, education and technology consultant with over 20 years of IT achievements. Musabbir is a former Professor at the Niagara College School of Business, and former director of Pi Lab, an innovation & productivity hub at Niagara College. Currently, Dr. Chowdhury is the Dean of Business at Fleming College in Ontario.

Brenda Brown, Director

Brenda is the former Senior VP of Global Talent Management at Compass Group PLC and has over twenty-five years of business experience in all aspects of Human Resource management in both union and non-union environments. As a member of the executive management team, Brenda was involved in key strategic business decisions and was responsible for the development of employee programs, corporate culture development and assisting in ensuring the success of the corporate vision.

Alan Rootenberg, CPA, CA

Alan Rootenberg is a chartered professional accountant who has served as the Chief Financial Officer of a number of publicly-traded companies listed on the TSX, TSXV, OTCBB, and CSE. These companies include mineral exploration, mining, technology, and companies in the burgeoning cannabis industry. He was also an investor in an early stage private cryptocurrency company. Alan has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa and received his CPA designation in Ontario, Canada.

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Skychain Technologies

Full-Service Hosting and Energy Solutions for Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Mining

Overview

Blockchain technology is the backbone of cryptocurrencies. This secure ledger system has laid the foundation for the exponential growth of Bitcoin, Ethereum and other recognized cryptocurrencies. Even traditional sectors are exploring the transformative impact and reliable security blockchain technology has to offer. Market research forecasts worldwide spending on blockchain solutions to grow to an estimated US$15.8 billion by 2023.

All of these operations require networks of decentralized computers to record transactions and archive information. With the growing need for these data centers, investors and companies big and small are turning to data centers and equipment providers to ensure they have the infrastructure needed to succeed in the cryptocurrency and data mining space.

SkyChain Technologies (TSXV:SCT,OTCQB: SKTCF) is a Vancouver-based company providing data infrastructure services and power solutions. The company operates Internet Data Centers that host mining computers, known as ASIC miners or GPUs. Although not a direct cryptocurrency mining company, SkyChain provides full-service hosting and real estate through its wholly owned subsidiary data centers.

Businesses and data mining operations are in increasing need of powerful technologies to support their work. SkyChain works to provide the necessary infrastructure to host these businesses and connect these blocks and technologies to our daily lives. This symbiotic relationship could become more normalized as essential services continue to transition to online-first models.

SkyChain’s Sherbrooke Crypto Hosting Facility is a data center located in Quebec. This 48,000 square foot asset currently generates C$12 million in annual revenues. Additionally, strategic positioning in Quebec allows SkyChain to leverage low provincial electricity prices, potential facility expandability and maximized optimization.

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In February 2021, SkyChain Technologies announced preparation to expand its data center services to include edge computing data centers, which would allow for high data applications such as cloud gaming and film rendering.

“Skychain’s deep experience in cryptocurrency mining has resulted in the development of our own unique high-speed equipment, venues and energy solutions suited perfectly to edge computing,” Skychain CEO Bill Zhang stated.

Additionally, the company intends on opening a promising new location in Manitoba in 2021. The site takes advantage of the cheap provincial electricity prices and 12MW facility permits that SkyChain already has in place.

Miningsky Technology Ltd, 100 percent owned by SkyChain Technologies Inc, would be the company’s next major large scale GPU miner and miner hosting solution provider in Manitoba. The all-in cryptocurrency and data mining hosting service provider would offer an electric power supply, regular maintenance of mining machines and mining performance monitoring.

The company’s primary focus is to become a leading player in the crypto and data mining hosting space. Since 2018, the company has conducted significant research and development to reduce costs from C$500,000 per megawatt to C$150,000 per megawatt. Skychain intends on growing to 100Mw of crypto hosting capacity in the future.

SkyChain’s Company Highlights

SkyChain Technologies operates state-of-the-art internet data centers that host ASIC miners and GPUs.
Currently provides full-service hosting and real estate through its wholly owned subsidiary data centers.
The company’s subsidiary data center in Sherbrooke, Quebec currently generates C$12 million in annual revenues.
SkyChain’s expertly engineered data centers and full-service mining equipment delivery strategically position the company for expansion into edge computing for high-performance, large data markets..
SkyChain Technologies wholly owns Miningsky Technology Ltd, which performs research and development of miningsky equipment.
Recently entered into an agreement with Synergy Global Consulting Corp. to establish a joint venture company Skyrendering Technologies Inc. to provide premier visual effects (VFX) rendering services to the film and entertainment industry.

SkyChain’s Key Subsidiaries

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Sherbrooke Crypto Hosting Facility

SkyChain’s Sherbrooke Crypto Hosting Facility is a 48,000 square foot facility in Quebec. Constructed in 2018, the asset is currently operating at 70 percent capacity, with a target to reach 100 percent in the early months of 2021. The facility leverages Quebec’s excellent infrastructure and cheap electricity prices, offering 7 cents per kilowatt hosting services fees.

Internal operations host professionally designed ventilation through negative pressure shedding fans as well as a SCADA load shedding system, overnight security and 20 megawatt power consumption.

SkyChain’s collection of high-speed equipment and energy solutions primes the company for expansion into edge computing for high-performance data services. Likewise, the company’s state-of-the-art facilities strategically position the company to access new revenue sources with minimal upgrade and potential scalability costs. It hosts 5,000 miners and counting in current operations.

Miningsky Technology Ltd. — Manitoba Hosting Location

SkyChain’s prospective 12 megawatt Manitoba crypto hosting site is expected to open in 2021. Miningsky Technology Ltd. is 100 percent owned by SkyChain and provides the company with the potential for research and development, lab testing for new industries, and new revenue sources with Miningsky’s power and energy equipment.

Manitoba is an exciting jurisdiction to operate out of for Miningsky due to the cheap electricity and cold weather. SkyChain presently has all permits in place and has completed its due diligence in Manitoba with electricity costs of C$0.0467. Miningsky has fully customized and stabilized high-performance GPU miners, reliable miner hosting and energy solutions and rapid deployment with scalability.

SkyChain’s Management Team

Bill Zhang — President, CEO & Director

Bill Zhang is the architect behind Miningsky. He is the visionary that keeps Miningsky moving forward. With decades of comprehensive IT and Cloud computing experience, Zhang possesses an extensive network of working relationships that place Miningsky in a leading position in the rapidly evolving crypto industry.

Don Gordon — CFO & Director

Don Gordon has over 30 years of experience in the corporate financial analysis and business development sectors. He is currently self-employed as DAG Consulting Corp’s an independent corporate finance and due diligence consultant. Gordon is active in corporate and professional associations, involving liaison with institutional investors and fund managers. In the past 10 years, DAG Consulting has been instrumental in listing and financing over 30 public companies.

Xi (Walson) Wang — Director

Xi Wang has over 15 years of experience in management roles and has developed a broad skill set, including overseeing business operations, negotiating with vendors, developing lasting business relationships and achieving sales and revenue goals. Wang has been the president of It Asset Partners Inc. since 2013 and has designed a custom enterprise resource planning system, which helped to improve the flexibility and efficiency of operation. He led the cloud server management team and played a vital role in forging relationships and obtaining contracts with Lenovo, Nintendo, Acer, Avnet, Sprint and Time Warner Cable.

Tang Tang — Director

Tang Tang brings eight years of marketing and financial experience to SkyChain Technologies, providing innovative counsel on current technology trends. She obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from Peter B. Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria.

Frederick Jung — Director

Mr. Jung will provide financial guidance to Skychain to continue the growth of its business operations. He is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Solar Flow-Through Funds. Mr. Jung’s extensive in corporate finance and strategic planning will be an invaluable contribution to Skychain Technologies Inc.

Kym Anthony — Advisor, Financial and Capital Markets

Mr. Anthony provides Skychain with extensive experience in financial markets. His career of more than 30 years includes roles as Chairman and CEO of TD Securities, Vice-Chair of Toronto Dominion Bank and President and CEO of National Bank Financial. Mr. Anthony also gained investment banking experience with CIBC/Wood Gundy and the Investment Dealers Association of Canada.

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Alphinat

Developing Low-code Platform Solutions

Overview

Alphinat (TSXV:NPA) is a software technology company developing platform solutions with a variety of applications, including its SmartGuide™ platform, which has been designed to integrate with any customer’s backend systems such as “relationship management (CRM)” through its open application programming interface (APIs). The company is developing a number of low-code solutions that can be integrated with existing applications and technologies such as encryption solutions, AI or blockchain type crypto currencies with a focus on automating design, control and deployment of secure digital services and platforms.

Alphinat’s SmartGuide is a low-code development solution that allows enterprise clients or their SIs to develop their mobile and digital applications. By enabling development of secure web applications and platforms, Alphinat can be used to help rejuvenate legacy systems with existing technical limitations or build new secure digital services. The Alphinat SmartGuide system allows for drag-and-drop development of an application, providing users the ability to preview, test and adjust layouts and designs using a sophisticated visual editor.

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Alphinat offers its SmartGuide platform and proprietary CRM solutions through both perpetual sales agreements and software-as-a-service (SaaS) models, providing its clients with flexibility according to their business needs. Alphinat caters its software development solutions to enterprise organizations and government entities with complex digital service needs, including secure single sign-on (SSO) to protect their disparate records of information. As of 2020, Alphinat has secured agreements with over 30 municipal clients to provide its low-code SmartGuide platform as well as several state/provincial and federal governments.

In July 2019, Alphinat announced the company had signed an agreement with another member of the G7’s federal government, making that the fourth federal government to begin working with Alphinat and its SmartGuide platform. The federal agency has been provided with the entire suite of SmartGuide tools, including the SmartGuide software license files. Government organizations represent over 70 percent of Alphinat’s sales, with fintech companies and human resources organizations representing the remainder of its business.

Alphinat has partnered with a number of leading technology companies in order to optimize its platform offerings and reach, including Unisys, Atos, the Maplesoft Group and Calytera.

Alphinat’s Company Highlights

SmartGuide platform enables clients to easily design applications through an easy-to-use drag and drop visual editor
Partnered with four federal agencies from G7 countries to provide them with SmartGuide and its full suite of tools
SmartProfile add-on allows clients to register an account and manage their digital credentials from a central platform
Secured over 30 contracts with municipal clients, including many in the province of Ontario and across the USA.
Alphinat announced in December 2020 the launch of a fintech green technology. With the cooperation of a Canadian provincial government, Alphinat has launched a Greenhouse Gas Registry for state and federal level governments looking to work with industry to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and provide a platform for financial management of these credits.

Alphinat’s SmartGuide™ Platform

Alphinat’s SmartGuide platform is a low-code development solution that enables enterprise clients to develop their own mobile and digital applications. SmartGuide is designed to be deployed in J2EE and .NET environments, allowing for applications that can be deployed as portlets, servlets, web parts, user controls or web services.

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SmartGuide is designed to be compatible with leading cloud providers, enabling clients to deploy multiple applications on the same instance. Alphinat offers a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) edition of its SmartGuide low-code development solution, enabling potential clients to deploy applications to the cloud quickly and easily.

SmartProfile

SmartProfile is an add-on for SmartGuide offered by Alphinat to allow clients to register an account and manage their digital credentials. Through SmartProfile, Alphinat aims to provide a Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) system capable of providing the optimal user experience without sacrificing security. Alphinat achieves this by offering a robust collection of security features, including multi-factor authentication (MFA), customizable session times, password age restrictions, password complexity requirements and IP address blocking after failed login attempts.

SmartGuide includes a signup system that can be adjusted to fit the exact requirements of the client. The platform comes loaded with a variety of predefined customer data fields that can be customized for any application. At the account management level, SmartProfile allows administrators to manage all account information with the ability to adjust user data and reset passwords. The platform comes with integrated CAPTCHA support to protect applications from spam and other automated attacks.

The SmartGuide platform is designed to allow for government & enterprise-level security and control over the applications it creates, including features such as AI, blockchain and unlimited bit encryption such as 1024-bit and two-factor authentication that are specifically designed to thwart identity and information theft.

Alphinat’s Municipal Services Platform

Civic Portal for Amanda is Alphinat’s digital platform designed to be integrated with Moneris, a leading payment solutions platform, allowing citizens and businesses to easily pay for licenses and permits using the platform. It incorporates into platform solutions such as Amanda and has the potential to enable seamless payment solutions that can be connected to additional payment gateways, depending on the use case.

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The time and money necessary to facilitate in-person registrations and permitting systems can be significant, which led Alphinat to design a system that allows clients to take control of the process with a portal-based solution. Alphinat’s portal products can be built from scratch or a premade template, allowing clients to save time and money in the development process.

The Alphinat civic portal for Amanda comes loaded with a number of features that are designed for municipal registration and customer relationship management, including:

An online wizard capable of quickly connecting citizens and businesses to the applicable licenses and permits
Quick access options for advanced users that do not require back-end calls
Complete login support including Remember me, Forgot password and Google reCAPTCHA functionality
Self-service account creation including two-factor authentication (2FA) for enhanced security
Guided search technology to improve user requests

SmartPortal

SmartPortal for Dynamics 365 is a responsive and accessible digital portal that is capable of leveraging existing CRM data without the need for additional code. The SmartPortal has the potential to enable basic users to visually assemble a fully integrated portal in a WYSIWYG environment.

SmartPortal can be seamlessly integrated into other back-end systems using web services including SOAP and REST, or by using the .NET or Java API. Users are able to access this interface with a simple single sign-on (SSO) authentication system. The SmartPortal system comes loaded with features including automatic field creation, a WYSIWYG environment, flexible deployment options and multi-organization support. SmartPortal also supports existing .NET and Java-based portals including SiteCore, Kentico, WebSphere Portal and Oracle.

Alphinat’s Management Team

Curtis Page—CEO

Marc Chartrand—CFO

Eric David—Independent Director

Michel Lemoine—Chairman

Karyn Pellatt-Caron—Independent Director

Benoit Ste-Marie—Independent Director

Marcel Elefant—Independent Director

Denis Michaud—Chief Solutions and Security Officer

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ProStar™ GeoCorp

Integrated Precision Mapping Solutions

Overview

Every year, inaccurate, unreliable, and incomplete information about subsurface infrastructure creates significant environmental, personal, and property damages. In 2019, the United States alone suffered over US$30 billion in societal costs due to damage to buried infrastructure globally. In the past two decades, the United States suffered 1,906 personal injuries and 421 needless deaths. In the face of the rising industry, government, and public insistence for precise underground location and mapping software, ProStar™ (TSXV:MAPS,OTCQB:MAPPF) is providing government agencies, infrastructure companies, and some of the world’s largest engineering firms precision subsurface and surface data for sectors like utility, oil and gas, construction, engineering, and surveying. With 19 issued patents, the ProStar system is compatible with virtually all mobile devices, GPS/GNSS receivers, and electromagnetic locators on the market.

ProStar captures, records, and visualizes survey-grade utility location data through cloud-based and mobile applications, a market estimated in 2019 as worth US$5.17 billion, growing by a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6 percent. The same report states that by 2023, the global commercial utility locator market is expected to be worth US$7.5 billion.

ProStar’s on-demand, SaaS model, utility mapping solution dramatically streamlines internal operations for a growing number of companies in increasing numbers of industries. Increased industry and government recognition and acceptance of Prostar’s solution could not come at a better time – according to an analysis report released by the Common Ground Alliance (CGA), which analyzes damages to buried infrastructure throughout the US and Canada, environmental, property and human costs hit an all-time high in 2019. ProStar’s solution is a game changer on damage prevention through the use of its patented geospatial technologies, which includes the development of their patented Precision Mapping Solutions™ and flagship product, PointMan®.

ProStar’s cloud and mobile Precision Mapping Solutions™ immediately captures, records, and visualizes utility assets during planning, construction, and operational maintenance phases, which reduce costs and the odds of economic and environmental calamities.
With an increasing demand for reliable, new, and safe subsurface and surface utilities due to population growth and to replace decaying, unsafe historical infrastructure, the absolute best in location and mapping software is critical. In just the United States alone, hundreds of thousands of miles of fiber optic, water and gas and electrical lines are installed annually. And at the same time, over half a million infrastructural disruptions negatively impact the American economy and environment. ProStar’s accurate geospatial data collection and storage allows everyone to have accurate data, from field workers to COO’s and CEO’s

The core, multi-patented I.P. behind Prostar’s solution provides identification, capturing, mapping, storing, analysis, and visualization of underground utilities. ProStar’s key partnerships include companies with world-class expertise in mapping software and integration technologies, including Trimble Geospatial (NASDAQ:TRMB).

ProStar’s growing client list of Fortune 500 companies and local government agencies have attracted a significant Canadian investment/shareholder base in the Company and international investors from Europe, Asia, and the US. ProStar is currently being integrated into the engineering curriculums of several large, highly respected US universities.

ProStar has also partnered with multiple high-level hardware manufacturers of location tools to bring Prostar software into global markets. The Company has secured partnerships with tool manufacturers such as Radiodetection, Vivax-Metrotech, and Subsite. ProStar has a seasoned management and operational team with extensive experience in software development, DevOps, professional services, cloud computing, and customer success.

ProStar™ GeoCorp’s Company Highlights

ProStar provides specialized solutions that bring to market state-of-the-art precision utility location and data software integrated on both cloud and mobile platforms.
ProStar’s PointMan is a multi-patented software solution that captures, documents, and displays the precise location, pedigree, and geospatial intelligence of above and below ground utility assets.
ProStar entered into a commercial partnership agreement with Condux InternationalPRISUM Technologies to create the most advanced installation and management services for the fiber optic and electric power industries.
ProStar receives Canadian Patent No. 3,034,837 prepared and prosecuted by Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP
WSB, a US-based design and consulting firm, signed a service-level agreement for ProStar’s cloud and mobile solution, PointMan®
ProStar completed the integration of Subsite Electronics Pipe & Cable locators into the Company’s flagship application, PointMan®, allowing it to be used on iOS compliant devices.
The City of New Hampton in Iowa becomes the first municipality to adopt ProStar’s PointMan ® cloud and mobile solution as its primary system of record (SOR) to manage its critical infrastructure

PointMan Plus™

ProStar’s PointMan Plus solution is a remarkably user-friendly, intuitive mobile software application that works seamlessly within mobile networks. This enables field workers, Project Managers, CTO’s and CEO’s immediate, real-time access to every level of asset management processes, including their condition and precise location.

Streamlining intelligence onto a mobile and online platform allows project data to be digitally captured and recorded forever to ensure project requirements and regulatory standards. This seamless integration works with all major, globally recognized GPS/GNSS receivers with added features like importing KML files and a data dictionary.

With national distribution partners, PointMan Plus has been brought to market and is also available in app stores already. Currently, the software uses a SaaS model priced at $495 per year.

PointMan Enterprise

PointMan Enterprise is an intuitive software platform delivering innovative cloud technology and geospatial intelligence in an integrated system to improve asset management and overall internal business practices. The Enterprise is a combination of secure cloud services and an open geospatial engine and data collection technologies that provide real-time and streamlined integration with client incorporated systems. This solution costs approximately $100,000 per year.

Used both externally and internally with company operations, PointMan Enterprise offers unlimited storage capabilities and unlimited logins. It can be integrated into third party operating systems, including GIS or CAD. In addition, with ProStar’s use of OGC standards, (Open Geospatial Consortium), the ProStar Solution eliminates the issue of fragmented systems allowing for the visualization of critical data faster and more efficiently, no matter where it is accessed.

The software runs on the largest and most secure cloud infrastructure in the world. It uses patented integration tools to improve business processes and all phases of the asset management lifecycle. Businesses can access maintenance and repair reports, track project progress, and locate cable and pipe infrastructures digitally. With advancements in technology and the complex nature of construction industries, streamlining these processes is vital for the success of infrastructural projects, company communications, and overall business growth.

ProStar™ GeoCorp’s Management Team

Page Tucker – CEO and President

Page Tucker has an extensive background in technology start-ups, including development, marketing, recruiting, capital financing and executive management. Tucker first became known as a technology visionary in the automotive industry for combining data mining and predictive modeling with geographic information systems. Tucker was the founder of Impact Solutions, Inc., a Silicon Valley-based company he formed to provide state-of-the-art customer acquisition and retention solutions to the automotive industry. Tucker reorganized Impact Solutions and began e-auto business, the pioneer in developing a web-based CRM solution that provided services to well over 900 dealerships throughout the United States before being acquired.

Tucker went on to author several patents based on geospatial technology including the methods for capturing, recording and displaying the precise location of buried utilities and in 2014 founded ProStar Geocorp. In 2016 the Colorado Technology Association named him Entrepreneur of the Year for his efforts and innovations in developing Geospatial Intelligence Software. Today, Tucker continues to serve as the company’s CEO and President.

Vasa Dasan – COO

Vasa Dasan is responsible for building, managing and leading product management, software development, DevOps, professional services and customer success at ProStar GeoCorp. A veteran of driving technical strategy and execution in cloud computing, Dasan joined ProStar from CU Boulder, where he served as head of software development. Before that, Dasan was the VP of Engineering at Symplified, a single sign-on startup acquired by RSA a division of EMC-DELL and was the first engineering hire at Wayin, a mobile and web engagement platform founded by Scott McNealy. As CTO, Dasan built and led the team that developed Wayin’s services for iPhone, iPad and Android devices, social media applications including Facebook and Twitter, and Java backend services operating on Amazon Web Services.

Dasan spent more than 15 years of his career at Sun Microsystems. He served as chief technologist for the company’s Cloud Computing Practice, and he spent more than a decade as Distinguished Engineer and CTO for Sun’s $5.1 billion SunService division. Dasan holds a BS. in Engineering Physics, a MA in Mathematics and Statistics, and an MS in Computer Science from Bowling Green State University, and did his Ph.D. work in Computer Science at Colorado State University.

Carl Lashua – VP of Admin Services

Carl Lashua is a proven senior executive with extensive international experience building and leading information technology, operations and program management teams. Before joining ProStar, Lashua was with HSBC, one of the world’s leading global financial services companies. Lashua held various executive-level positions in both North America and Europe, including Program Director Global Change Delivery, Head of Software Delivery Europe, CIO France and CIO Canada. He has extensive experience leading teams providing business consulting, software engineering, enterprise technology deployment, change management and support services. He earned his Bachelor of Science (BS), Information Technology with concentrations in Economics and Business Administration from State University of New York College at Buffalo. Lashua has proudly served as a board member for several organizations, including The National Hospice Foundation, Canadian Payment Association, and the New York Cash Exchange.

Bill McIntyre – VP of Business Development

Bill brings over 20 years of IT services and SaaS solution business development experience. McIntyre first began his sales career selling IT business solutions & services with Origin Technologies, an ERP implementation and IT consulting division of Phillips. McIntyre went on to ReSource Partners, an ASP provider of PeopleSoft, CRM and data center solutions. He was awarded for both the highest revenue generation and the most improved customer service management. Before being recruited by ProStar, McIntyre was the National Business Development Manager for Willbros Engineering, a leader in energy infrastructure design, build and management services. McIntyre holds a BS in Marketing from the University of Cincinnati and is certified by Miller Heiman – Solution Sales and KARRASS – Contract negotiations “The Win-Win” training. He is also an active member of several industry organizations including, CGA, AGA, OGA and CTC (Columbus Technology Council).

Jason Martschuk – VP for Sales for Canada

Mr. Martschuk will be responsible for overseeing the sales of ProStar’s patented flagship mobile software application PointMan® for all of Canada. Martschuk brings over 20 years of sales, GIS, and project management experience to ProStar Canada. As Executive Management for Oracle’s Construction and Engineering Global Business Unit for Western Canada, a Senior Sales Executive with Hexagon PPM, and as a GIS Specialist and Project Manager with AMEC.

Rick Pevarski – Technical Advisor

Pevarski was the founder and CEO of Virginia Utility Protection Service (VA811), which provides one-call notification services for the Commonwealth of Virginia. The center notifies utilities of upcoming excavation work so they can locate and mark the underground facilities to prevent possible damage to underground utility lines in order to prevent injury, property damage, and service outages.

Before serving as CEO for 20 years of VA811, Pevarski was employed for 17-years at Roanoke Gas Company in Roanoke, Virginia , as Vice-President of Operations & Marketing. Pevarski served on the Board for the South Eastern Gas Association, was a member of the American Gas Association’s Gas Piping Technology Committee and served for 17 years on the US DOT Gas Piping Advisory Committee. In 2008, he received the Common Ground Alliance (CGA) Jim Barron Award for his contributions and dedication to the enhancement of underground damage prevention and public safety and later served on the Executive Committee of the CGA Board of Directors.

Rob Martindale – Technical Advisor

Mr. Martindale serves as Program Manager of Utilities and Railroads at the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and the Rules, Policies and Procedures Administrator. He also serves as Technical Council Chair on Utility Mapping, GIS & Data Management for the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO).

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Leveljump Healthcare

Representing the Future of Diagnostic Imaging in Canada

Overview

Diagnostic imaging represents the cornerstone of modern healthcare, with availability and accuracy playing important roles in improving patient outcomes. However, access to cutting edge equipment, as well as a shortage of radiologists in small urban and rural hospitals across Canada, has led to a delay in the medical imaging process for patients that need it most.

By 2027, the global medical imaging market is expected to reach US$43.33 billion. One of the major movements within the Canadian healthcare industry involves establishing and maintaining a standard of consistent and efficient care across small, large, rural and urban hospitals. On average, nearly 30,000 patients require a CT scan every month in Ontario, suggesting an urgent need for teleradiology services that may decrease the delay for emergency room patients seeking immediate medical attention.

Leveljump Healthcare (TSXV:JUMP) (OTCQB: JMPHF), or JUMP, is a healthcare company that offers teleradiology solutions through its wholly owned subsidiary Canadian Teleradiology Services (CTS), which specializes in off-site readings of radiology scans on-demand, 24 hours a day and seven days a week. CTS has been active in the Canadian medical imaging sector since 2004 and provides reading services for a diverse range of medical imaging tests, including MRIs, CT scans, ultrasounds, X-rays and more.

Remote radiology was designed to overcome a shortage of radiologists and decrease wait times for emergency room patients. With this system, once a hospital conducts a radiology scan, scan results are immediately forwarded to CTS and analyzed by a team of qualified radiologists. All analyses are completed remotely using a secure server. Findings are then reported within 60 minutes in emergency cases and within 24 hours for elective work. On-site medical staff then rely on the findings to form an accurate diagnosis, informing subsequent treatment.

JUMP powers its remote teleradiology services by relying on multi-year contracts that offer automatic renewals, ensuring long-term partnerships with recurring revenue streams. By 2023, the company plans to increase CTS partnerships to a total of 112 Canadian hospitals, expanding across provinces and offering valuable services for private clinics that are severely understaffed. Over its 16 years of operation, CTS has demonstrated a strong financial performance, with existing positive cash flow coupled with 12-18 percent growth per year over each of the last three years.

The growing digital health market is transforming the delivery of healthcare to Canadian patients. JUMP is continually focused on new opportunities within the diagnostic imaging industry by investing in innovative, patented technology as well as securing the distribution rights for up-and-coming diagnostic imaging hardware. Similar teleradiology and telemedicine companies within the sector include HCA Healthcare (NYSE:HCA), MEDNAX (NYSE:MD) and Teladoc Health (NYSE:TDOC).

Healthcare is one of the few industries that is considered “recession-proof,” and diagnostic imaging represents one its core pillars. JUMP is now focused on targeting its remote radiology services toward independent health facilities (IHFs) with long-term plans of building a national chain of diagnostic imaging clinics. The company’s imaging center acquisition strategy is focused on consolidating a segmented industry that currently operates without a large regional presence. The company plans to establish a brand that referring physicians can depend on and that represents the very best of patient care.

Leveljump Healthcare’s Company Highlights

LevelJump Healthcare is a healthcare company that offers teleradiology solutions through its wholly owned subsidiary Canadian Teleradiology Services (CTS).
CTS provides 24/7 remote radiology services that offer a significant benefit toward severely understaffed hospitals and private clinics across the country.
The company has shown organic growth from existing contracts.
JUMP is focused on the acquisitions of private clinics (IHFs) with the long-term goal of establishing a dominant national provider of imaging services.
LevelJump has closed its acquisition of 23.8 percent of the issued and outstanding shares of each of Shaw Vision Inc. and Shaw Lens Inc.

Canadian Teleradiology Services (CTS)

Diagnostic imaging represents a core pillar of Canada’s healthcare system, especially when faced with the country’s aging population. However, the demand for radiologists is increasing at a faster pace than the workforce is growing. Remote radiology represents one of the easiest ways for hospitals to keep their emergency departments well-prepared at all times.

JUMP owns and operates CTS, which specializes in offering 24/7 on-call remote radiology services. Over the past 16 years, CTS has established itself as a leader in emergency room radiology services.

Innovative Technology

CTS relies on a secure server and specialized software to transmit diagnostic images to a team of board-certified radiologists. The platform relies on technologies such as advanced graphics processing, voice recognition and image compression to support a prompt and accurate analysis.

Specialized Staff

CTS relies on dozens of skilled, board-certified radiologists and supporting staff to support immediate patient care. All CTS doctors, staff and workflows follow PIPEDA, HIPAA, local regulations and other patient and technology privacy requirements. CTS radiologists specialize in MRI, CT, PET, US, NM, MAMMO, X-ray and BMD modalities and offer expertise in emergency room care.

Leveljump Healthcare’s Management Team

Mitch Geisler – CEO, Chairman

Mitch has been the CEO of CTS since 2010 and has overseen its operations and growth to one of the leaders in the Canadian teleradiology space. Mitch is a seasoned entrepreneur in multiple sectors including healthcare, mining and hospitality. Mitch has built companies from the ground up and has extensive experience in operations management and oversight. He has experience implementing policies and procedures, directing marketing and growth strategies, and providing initiatives for long term corporate success. Mitch is a graduate of York University where he earned a Bachelor of Art degree in History.

Rob Landau – CFO, Director

Rob has been working as a consultant to CTS since 2009 and became its CFO in 2019. He has advised on its operational growth and accounting matters. Rob has many years of experience with corporate finance and structuring, corporate accounting and auditing as well as working with start-up companies. Rob has a great ability to think outside the box to assist in problem solving, securing funding and creating structured corporate vision and focus. Rob has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto specializing in Actuarial Science and Corporate Finance.

Sandra J. Hall – Director

Sandra Hall has provided financial, administrative and executive services to numerous publicly traded companies independently since 1996 ranging from President of EnerNorth Industries Inc., an American Stock Exchange listed company, to secretary and director of TSXV Canadian Capital Pool companies Good2Go Corp and Good2Go2 Corp. As such, Hall has extensive practice in corporate secretarial, financial administration and regulatory and investor communications for public and private companies. Throughout her career, Hall has also held various directorships and executive positions in reporting issuers including: Corporate Secretary and Comptroller of Novicius Corp.; President of EnerNorth Industries Inc; Secretary, Comptroller and Director of API Technologies Corp.; Director of TNK Resources; Special Committee Member and a Director of Quarry Oil & Gas Ltd; and a director of Rally Energy Corp. Hall has a comprehensive understanding of financial statements, accounting practices, audit committee responsibilities and reporting requirements in Canada and the United States.

Jeff Stevens – Director

Jeff is the CEO of Psyched Wellness, a Canada-based health supplement company trading on the CSE that is focused on the distribution of functional mushroom and associated consumer packaged goods. He is a seasoned capital markets and deal structuring professional who has taken several companies public, including Datametrex AI Limited, Graph Blockchain, New Wave Esports and Psyched Wellness via reverse takeovers on various Canadian stock exchanges. He has also advised on numerous M&A opportunities. Jeff has held both senior officer and director roles with public companies including: Co-Founder, President and COO of Datametrex AI Limited; Interim CEO of Graph Blockchain; Director of New Wave Esports; and Director of Global UAV Technologies.

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Oculus VisionTech

Developing the Innovative Data Protection Solutions of the Future

Overview

Oculus VisionTech (TSXV:OVT,OTCQB:OVTZ,FSE:USF1) is a technology company focused on developing innovative data privacy solutions within the growing data governance and compliance markets. The company’s Forget Me Yes solution is a software as a service (SaaS) platform that aims to streamline how companies handle data and navigate complex regulatory environments. Oculus VisionTech is targeting the global RegTech market that is expected to reach US$55.28 billion by 2025 expanding at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 52.8 percent according to Markets and Markets.

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DGTL Holdings

Empowering Innovation through Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

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Digital media and marketing technologies are constantly evolving, with social media apps such as TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube experiencing growth, especially during the pandemic and with the adoption of Artificial Intelligence. Influencer marketing also thrived in 2020, and the industry is expected to grow to US$13.8 billion in 2021, which shows how powerful social media marketing has become. For investors looking into this space, established digital marketing companies that know how to work with social media are an impressive proposition.

DGTL Holdings (TSXV:DGTL) is a venture capital asset management company focused on acquiring and accelerating transformative and disruptive social media, marketing and advertising technologies (martech / adtech), powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI).

DGTL stands for Digital Growth Technologies and Licensing and the company specializes in acquiring and advancing fully commercialized enterprise-level B2B software-as-a-service (SaaS) platforms in key growth categories, using a range of unique capitalization structures.

DGTL’s mission is two-fold. First, to build a diversified portfolio of high growth and disruptive digital media and martech SaaS for investors – filling a gap in the micro and small capital markets Second, to create a wall garden ecosystem of digital media/marketing technology to offer a full-service platform to their Fortune 100 level brands, like ABInbev and DraftKings.

DGTL’s mission is to help brands and agencies optimize their digital marketing efforts by leveraging the power of AI technologies. Tracking digital trends and evolving with changes in digital media, martech and adtech will also allow DGTL to create personalized and long-lasting relationships with influencers and content creators.

The company’s first acquisition is #HASHOFF, an innovative and scalable self-service SaaS solution for brands and agencies. It provides marketers with the tools to leverage the gig economy and engage with over 140 million potential freelance creatives and content creators.

Additionally, this proprietary technology leverages an amplified measurement center. This solution enables companies full access to data and analytics to enhance their brand online and in the space of digital marketing.

In February 2021, DGTL announced it had signed a new campaign activation surrounding the NCAA March Madness sporting event. The following month, the company revealed it was awarded a new social media marketing campaign contract from a globally recognized consumer packaged goods brand. Achieving high-quality contracts with big clients like these pushes DGTL forward in the digital media and advertising space.

With a grasp on evolving trends in social media and the overarching digital space, DGTL aims to take a significant position in this market.

Company Highlights

DGTL Holdings is a technology-focused M&A and investment company aimed at acquiring and advancing emerging technologies in digital media and advertising. Significant industries include social, mobile, gaming and streaming
The company empowers global brands through story-telling and innovative, fully commercialized enterprise SaaS solutions to optimize advertising and connection with the right content creators.
DGTL’s flagship solution, #HASHOFF, is a platform that allows brands and agencies to recruit online creatives through commercial partnerships.
In February 2021, the company announced a video-based social media activation campaign centered around the 2021 NCAA Men’s basketball championship. This campaign spotlights influencers engaging with the event.

DGTL Technologies

#HASHOFF

#HASHOFF is an enterprise-level self-service SaaS solution for brands and agencies looking to engage with the digital marketing industry. It is built on proprietary AI and machine learning technology and designed to empower brands by identifying, managing and recruiting top-ranked digital content creators and media creatives online.

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#HASHOFF consists of two proprietary solutions on its platform. The “IAM” component allows companies to search and discover the best content creators for their brand. Using context signals and machine learning, companies efficiently find the right creatives. The “Create Marketplace” component offers the tools to create a unified marketplace to connect brands and potential content creators. This solution utilizes the power of storytelling and user experience on various social media platforms to optimize the discovery process.

Future plans for #HASHOFF include software development for video-based influencers operating on platforms like TikTok, Snapchat and more.

DGTL Holdings’ Management Team

Former executives from Rocketfuel, Quantcast, Yahoo, IPG, Hearst, AOL-Time Warner, etc.

Michael Racic — CEO

+20 years of experience and background, both as a media executive and communications planner, combined with his expertise as a programmatic tech, is the kind of mix essential for valuing the impact of AI solutions in a highly competitive digital media/adTech culture. He is a frequent speaker and is regularly published across the global advertising technology, and digital media sector. SVP Director of Agency Partnerships and Category Strategy at RocketFuel and EVP of head of global planning with UM and J3.

Scott Davis, CPA, CGA — CEO

Scott Davis is a partner of Cross Davis & Company LLP Chartered Professional Accountants, a firm focused on providing accounting and management services for publicly-listed companies. His experience includes CFO positions of several companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange and senior management positions. Also, he is currently serving on several public company management teams. Davis has vast public company and capital market experience.

Steve Goldberg, MBA — CEO

+25 years of executive search and recruiting experience in the Digital Media/AdTech space. He has worked as a former executive with firms in Telecom, Education/Training, and “Big-4” Public Accounting fields. MBA in Finance from New York University and earned his CPA while working for KPMG. Steven Goldberg is currently acting as the Co-Owner and Managing Partner of Media Recruiting Group.

Charles Thomas — CSO of #HASHOFF LLC

With 35 years in digital media and advertising focused on senior executive development strategy, and management of national sales teams, Charles Thomas is a pioneer in Adtech, with Time Inc. in 1995 (later Time-Warner AOL). Former VP Ad Sales at Broadcast.com, working for Mark Cuban, and helping to launch one of the most successful IPO’s in history at the time, Regional Sales Vice President for Yahoo, Sales Strategy contractor for Facebook and SVP Sales Centro.

John Belfontaine — Founder & EVP of Corporate Development

+15 years as a serial entrepreneur and corporate development executive for private and publicly traded companies. He was the founder of DGTL Holdings Inc., and of many more companies. He also worked as a Retail Wealth Product Manager, Empire Life Financial, and executive for national and regional CPG brand program management with several Fortune 100 companies. Former Director on Phivida Holdings Inc. (CSE.VIDA) and Co-Founder of CoachellaGro (sold to Mohave Jane (CSE.Jane).

David Beck — Independent Director

+20 years of experience in the public capital markets, leading TMT investment banking at three boutique investment dealers, and a renowned technology financial analyst in both New York and Toronto. He has been leading and investing in, many private technology companies over the last 25 years. Finally, he worked as a director for several public companies. Director on several public company board of directors, including Quadron Cannatech Corporation (QCC-CSE)Pivot Technology Solutions Inc. (PTG-TSX), Basis100 Inc. (BAS-TSX), and CRS Robotics Corporation (ROB-TSX). MBA from Ivey Business School (UWO) and a B.Sc. Honours (Engineering Physics) from Queen’s University.

Brendan Purdy, J.D — Independent Director

Brendan Purdy, J.D., is a practicing securities lawyer focused on the resource, cannabis, and technology sectors. In his private practice, he has developed experience with respect to public companies, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, and other facets fundamental to the natural resources, cannabis, and technology sectors. He is also the former CEO of Enforcer Gold Corp. (TSXV: VEIN), High Hampton Holdings Corp. (CSE: HC), and Tidal Royalty (C.RLTY), and director of several public companies.

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G6 Materials

Commercializing the Graphene Revolution

Overview

G6 Materials Corp. (TSXV:GGG,OTCQB:GPHBF) provides high-tech graphene solutions for a variety of commercial, research and military applications at low costs. Through the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Graphene Laboratories Inc., G6 Materials currently offers over 100 graphene and graphene-related products to over 14,000 customers worldwide through the company’s e-commerce website. Some notable clients include NASA, Ford Motor Co. (NYSE:F), GE (NYSE:GE), Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Xerox (NYSE:XRX), Samsung (KRX:005930), Harvard University, IBM (NYSE:IBM) and Stanford University.

G6 Materials has also developed a proprietary technology that encompasses the preparation and separation of atomic-thin graphene platelets. The company currently has eight US patents pending for the technology. The energy-efficient technology sorts and classifies graphene nanoparticles, which allows for low-cost and large-scale production of high-grade graphene.

G6 Materials’ technology has a variety of applications in sectors such as automotive, construction, green energy and fiber composites. However, the company is looking to penetrate the fiber composite market with its innovative products. According to a Markets and Markets report, the fiber composites market is expected to reach US$115.43 billion by 2022. The use of composites is on the rise in the wind energy, aerospace, defense, marine, transportation, construction and infrastructure industries due to the high strength and reduced cost that composites offer.

To this aim, G6 Materials has established a research partnership with a company based in Singapore. The goal of the program is to use graphene’s unique properties to improve the performance of the glass and carbon fiber composites used to build marine vessels.

Over the course of 2020, the company has strengthened its intellectual property (IP) portfolio by securing a range of IP rights, such as: the filing of a patent application for a graphene-oxide antiviral coating for HEPA air filters; the granting of a patent for a technology to make 3D printed materials for energy storage devices; a patent for a multi-segment 3D printing filament for the commercial distribution of complex structures made from different materials; and a patent for process of synthesizing trifluoroketones.

G6 Materials’ Company Highlights

G6 Materials provides high-tech, low-cost graphene solutions for a variety of commercial, research and military applications.
The company offers over 100 graphene and graphene-related products to over 14,000 customers worldwide through the company’s e-commerce website.
Notable clients include NASA, Samsung, Harvard University, IBM and Stanford University, among other Fortune 500 companies and top research organizations.
The company is targeting the fiber composite market, which is expected to reach US$115.43 billion dollars by 2022.
G6 Materials has three patents granted in the US for its technology and has six patents pending.
The technology allows for low-cost and large-scale production of high-grade graphene.
An R&D agreement is in place with a Singapore-based company to improve the performance of the glass and carbon fiber composites used to build marine vessels.
G6 Materials’ management team owns 20 percent of the company’s shares.
G6 Materials closes acquisition of all membership interests of GX Technologies.

The Market and Uses for Graphene

Graphene was first produced in 2004 when professors at the University of Manchester used scotch tape to peel flakes of graphene off a chunk of graphite. The material has many applications due to its conductivity, strength and lightness, making graphene valuable in a variety of industries. According to Research and Markets, the graphene market is expected to surpass US$1 billion by 2023. Graphene’s electronic applications are primarily fueling growth in the market, and China is expected to be a dominant player. Accelerated global electric vehicle (EV) sales and the increased adoption of graphene as a fiber composite are also expected to play a role in the market’s development.

G6 Materials’ Technology and Products

G6 Materials has developed a patent-pending technology that encompasses the preparation and separation of atomic-thin graphene platelets. The energy-efficient technology sorts and classifies graphene nanoparticles, which allows for low-cost and large-scale production of high-grade graphene. G6 Materials’ technology has a variety of applications in sectors such as cryptocurrency mining, automotive, construction, green energy and fiber composites.

G6 Materials’ facility in Ronkonkoma, New York houses its technology and an industrial-scale filament production line. The building facilitates the relationship between the company’s product development team and cutting-edge academic researchers. G6 Materials has formed partnerships with world-class research institutions such as Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University, which are located nearby. The company’s proximity to its partners provides G6 Materials with local talent, advanced scientific equipment and lends credibility to its operations and technology.

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Products

Through the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Graphene Laboratories, G6 Materials currently offers over 100 graphene and graphene-related products to over 14,000 customers worldwide. The products are available through G6 Materials’ e-commerce platform, the Graphene Supermarket. The company’s clients include numerous Fortune 500 tech companies and major research universities, such as NASA, Ford Motor Co., GE, Apple, Xerox, Samsung, Harvard University, IBM and Stanford University.

G6 Materials has commercialized a conductive graphene filament that allows users to 3D print electrically conductive components using almost any commercially-available desktop 3D printer. The filament can be used to 3D print circuitry, capacitive touch sensors and electromagnetic and radio-frequency shielding. G6 Materials has also developed a line of adhesive materials that are distributed under the G6-Epoxy trade name.

G6 Materials’ Strategic Partnerships

Singapore R&D Agreement

G6 Materials has signed an R&D agreement with a Singapore-based company to develop a graphene-based composite material that can be used to manufacture marine vessels. The goal of the program is to use graphene’s unique properties to improve the performance of the glass and carbon fiber composites used to build marine vessels. To date, G6 Materials has completed 50 percent of the project’s deliverables. This includes the improved strength of the resin, which translates to a 14-fold improvement of the fracture toughness and 20 percent less water absorption, resulting in a longer service life of the material used.

“The second half of this project will be dedicated to shaping our formulation and converting it into a value-added solution with clearly defined application uses for our customer. We are positioning the company and leveraging our R&D strengths to secure major partnerships within large established industries that continue to grow and evolve,” said G6 Materials co-CEO Daniel Stolyarov.

Upon completion of the project, G6 Materials and its research partner plan to evaluate business opportunities for the new formulation. G6 Materials is expected to get priority consideration for any sales contracts obtained by its research partner. The agreement does not restrict G6 Materials’ use of the formula outside of its marine vessel and structure applications. G6 Materials hopes to expand its relationship with its research partner as work progresses.

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G6 Materials’ Management Team

Daniel Stolyarov – President and CEO

Dr. Daniel Stolyarov holds a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Southern California and an M.Sc. in Physics and Applied Mathematics from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. He has expertise in nanomaterials and the formulation of nanocomposites, as well as experience leading the technical branch of Graphene Labs as the Chief Technology Officer. In his previous role at Energetiq, Dr. Stolyarov and his team won the 2011 Prism Award for the Laser-Driven Light Source they developed. He has also co-authored papers with Nobel and Kavli prize winners, as well as members of the National Academy of Sciences.

Gary Dyal – Chairman of the Board

Gary Dyal is a recognized leader in the commercialization of nanotechnology and graphene-related products. He brings 35 years of manufacturing and technology experience to the company. He currently serves as Vice-President of Cryo Pure Corp., an international company that packages and distributes industrial and ultra-high purity specialty gases, chemicals, cryogenics and cryogenic chemical delivery equipment.

For 13 years prior to his co-founding Cryo Pure Corp, Dyal was the Director of Marketing and Sales for CVD Equipment Corporation (NASDAQ:CVV), a company that designs, develops and manufactures a broad range of state-of-the-art graphene manufacturing equipment and process solutions for research and industrial applications. He was responsible for global sales of R&D products related to graphene, carbon nanotubes, semiconducting nanowires, 2D materials and thin films for research laboratories.

Robert Scott – CFO

Robert Scott has over 20 years of professional experience in corporate finance, accounting and merchant and commercial banking. He currently serves as the CFO of Riverside Resources Inc. (TSXV:RRI) and Nickel One Resources Inc. (TSXV:NNN) as well as being a board member of Genesis Metals Corp. (TSXV:GIS) and Mongolia Growth Group Ltd (TSXV:YAK). Scott earned his CFA in 2001, his CA designation in 1998 and has a B.Sc. from the University of British Columbia.

Roman Rabinovich – Director

A member of the Audit Committee of G6 Materials CorpMr. Rabinovich also serves as a Senior Director at FTI Consulting. FTI Consulting is one of the largest business advisory firms in North America, providing advice and services which include, but are not limited to, business restructuring, mergers and acquisitions and business performance improvement. Mr. Rabinovich has tremendous experience in strategic development, transaction advisory, litigation support and business restructuring engagements. He specializes in the analysis of corporate finance and building optimal pricing strategies to improve sales growth.

Anastasios (Taso) Arima – Member of the Board of Directors

Arima is a public company executive with a strong history of identifying and developing significant resource projects. He was the founder of Piedmont Lithium (NASDAQ:PLL), and was instrumental in securing the Piedmont Lithium Project, as well as currently being the founder and Director of Hyperion Metals (ASX:HYM).

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Banxa Holdings

Providing Payment Services For the Growing Digital Asset Space

Overview

Bitcoin, one of the most well-known cryptocurrencies, continues to be an exciting and relatively new investment opportunity. What seemed like a fast-moving fad is becoming what some analysts have regarded as an emerging safe-haven asset. This could see Bitcoin join the ranks of assets like gold and blue chip stocks, and the recent bull market seems to support that with the likes of Fidelity, Goldman Sachs and BlackRock all beginning to venture into digital assets.

Critics often argue that Bitcoin will struggle to become a mainstream currency because of how difficult it is to use Bitcoins for everyday transactions. Luckily, some digital financial service providers are moving quickly in hopes of filling in the gaps left by the traditional financial system.

Banxa Holdings (TSXV:BNXA) is an Australia-based payment service provider (PSP) focused on closing the gap between bulky traditional financial systems, regulation and digital asset platforms. Built from a global team of legal, tech and crypto experts, Banxa aims to become one of the leading payments companies in the digital currency space.

Banxa Founder and Chariman Domenic Carosa shared that the company’s TSX Venture Exchange listing has made, “Banxa the first crypto payment service provider to be listed in the world, bringing well-needed transparency and governance to the crypto sector.”

In August 2020, Bitcoin’s price rose to prices hovering US$11,775, and in the last four years, the digital currency has seen unprecedented growth from US$9 billion to US$217.9 billion. In late 2020 and early 2021, Bitcoin experienced a spike that ultimately reached heights above US$50,000, its highest price ever. Many attribute the appeal of Bitcoin to its sovereign nature and non-fiat currency status.

As it is not stored in banks, Bitcoin escapes many of the sore spots of traditional banking, which is an attribute that Banxa hopes will pull more everyday people towards digital currency. In order to make digital currency even more appealing, the issue that Banxa seeks to solve is providing a more secure payment infrastructure that minimizes fraud and chargebacks, one of the most prominent issues in the industry. The company intends to facilitate this shift by building a fully compliant payment system that enables easy and secure conversion of fiat currency to digital currency. This provides a safe, simple way for both new market entrants and existing digital asset holders to quickly convert cash into digital assets.

As a prospective infrastructure provider, Banxa’s first mover advantage could prime the company for ideal positioning as the digital asset space becomes more mainstream. Another benefit is that the company is not affected by fluctuations in price for Bitcoin.

Banxa is partnered with almost 100 crypto exchanges, each of which has a pre-existing user base of up to 50,000 users, providing the company with exponential growth potential in its own user base.

An essential aspect of Banxa’s current operations is actively seeking regulation. They are working to engage with boards and organizations in building more stable regulatory systems to be implemented in the digital asset space on a global scale. Laying down these foundations now means more security for users accessing their digital assets in the future. Currently the company is registered in both the Netherlands , where it was one of the first wave of companies to meet the new regulations, and Australia, where the company is headquartered, as well as being listed in Canada.

Banxa Holdings has a world-class team of crypto, financial and legal experts. With years of combined experience in the digital asset and PSP space and an approximate market cap of C$40.7 million, the company is primed for success and significant economic growth with an upward trend in cryptocurrency popularity.

Banxa Holdings’ Company Highlights

Banxa Holdings is an Australia-based payment service provider (PSP) founded in 2014. The company focuses on operating its fully compliant fiat-to-digital currency infrastructure and aiding the transition to more user-friendly digital asset platforms.
Banxa is working towards becoming a formally regulated transparent financial services provider. The company is leading the way for increased regulation for digital asset markets globally.
There are currently approximately 75 million cryptocurrency wallets in the world. This should increase as the cryptocurrency market becomes more widely accepted and accessible.
Banxa’s flagship platform is its Plug-and-Play Fiat Onramp, which allows seamless conversion of fiat-digital currency and simple integration for end-users through the iFrame widget or Banxa’s JSON API.
The company is leveraging the expanding cryptocurrency market without being exposed to the volatility in the crypto market.

Platform

Banxa Plug-and-Play Fiat Onramp

This platform operates a well-engineered, fully compliant payment infrastructure that seamlessly converts fiat currency to digital currency. Compatible with multiple payment methods, users can easily access digital currencies on their mobile devices or through the Banxa website. The company also offers simple integration of Banxa to end-user platforms via iFrame widget or fiat-to-gateway using Banxa’s JSON API.

Additionally, Banxa’s product line also includes business to business (B2B) platforms. These B2B cryptocurrency exchanges allow Banxa to offer its secure cryptocurrency gateway platform to partnered companies. The company currently has a strong network of trusted partners in the retail space. In January 2021, the company recorded a record A$2.93 million worth of orders for a 24 hour period. Typically, the company could see up to 4,500 orders a day.

The intended future revenue model involves increased investment into financial service offerings, subject to financial service licenses. This model could include borrowing and lending, trading fees, interest-bearing accounts and more.

Banxa Holding’s Management Team

Domenic Carosa – Founder & Chairman

Domenic Carosa is the Founder and Chairman of BANXA. He is a tech pioneer, having founded or invested in over 50 technology companies over the last 25 years, both private and public. Domenic holds a Masters of Entrepreneurship and Innovation (MEI) from Swinburne University Australia.

Holger Arians – CEO

Holger Arians is the CEO of Banxa.com, a payment and compliance infrastructure provider to the global crypto industry, servicing companies like Binance, EDGE Wallet and Kucoin. Banxa also owns and operates multiple premium instant-buy domains such as bitcoin.com.au, bitcoin.ca and bitcoin.co.uk.

Arians entered the crypto space in early 2014 and has since been involved in multiple companies, such as the Apollo Capital Fund, an award-winning multi-strategy crypto fund domiciled in Australia. Before Banxa, Arians looked after a portfolio of early-stage technology companies as CEO of Dominet Venture Partners in Australia.

Josh D’Ambrosio – General Manager

Josh D’Ambrosio is an experienced risk and compliance executive serving in Ernst & Young’s IT Risk Advisory Team for five years before joining BANXA in July 2017. Before these roles, D’Ambrosio founded and scaled a social sports company to become the Australian market leader in its industry.

Shyamal R. Deo – SVP Finance

Shyamal R. Deo is a strategic and operationally focused finance professional with over 15 years’ experience scaling private equity-backed businesses across Australian and international markets.

He has a proven track record partnering with executives from various industries to build robust finance functions, manage financial risks and deliver performance improvement and business expansion strategies by embracing technology. This includes designing and delivering business outcomes, implementing change, communicating complex issues, achieving operational results and managing talent with a collaborative and pace-setting leadership style.

Liam Bussell – CMO & Communications Officer

Liam Bussell was the former CMO at Diginex and BC Group as well as the former head of marketing and founder at Epsilon Delta Strategy. Liam is a marketing leader with 18 years’ experience building fintech and technology companies from bootstrapping to listed companies. Experienced in Capital Markets and working with VC and PE investors to take firms to the next level. Experience in CM, VC, PE, M&A.

Konstantin Lichtenwald (CPA, CGA, ACCA) – CFO

Konstantin Lichtenwald has extensive experience as CFO and specializes in corporate finance, taxation and financial reporting. Lichtenwald previously worked at Ernst & Young and holds a BBA from Pforzheim University, Germany.

Iain Clark – CTO

Iain Clark was previously the CTO of the publicly listed company Crowd Media for seven years. Before, he was a vice president at Goldman Sachs in London. He is focused on technical excellence, platform security and executing the company’s strategic vision.

Chloe Sasson – Chief of Staff

Chloe Sasson has over 15 years of experience across operations, sales, partnerships and go-to-market strategy within the technology, product and digital data space in AUNZ and APAC.

Jan Lorenc – Managing Director of Europe

Mr. Lorenc joins Banxa from fast growing fintech Wirex, where he led European operations as Managing Director and Head of EEA Markets. Prior to that, Jan was with TransferMate Global Payments, JP Morgan, Allied Irish Bank and Anglo Irish Bank. Mr. Lorenc brings vast experience in the financial services and payments industry, coupled with a wide network across Europe.

Richard Mico – Group General Counsel

Richard Mico is a senior financial services and corporate and commercial lawyer (14+ years PAE), risk and compliance leader and trusted strategic commercial advisor. He has end-to-end multi-jurisdictional and multi-channel financial services experience, including across retail banking; fintech; payments; product; remediation; corporate governance; ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’; and consumer, commercial and wholesale finance products and services.

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BriaCell

Developing Personalized Off-The-Shelf Immunotherapy Treatments for Cancer Patients

Overview

BriaCell Therapeutics Corp. (NASDAQ:BCTX, BCTXW, TSXV:BCT) is a biotechnology company with a mission to develop innovative immunotherapies for treating cancer and infectious diseases.

At the forefront of cancer treatments, immunotherapies boost the ability of the body's own cancer-fighting cells to destroy cancerous tumors. Immunotherapies also have low-toxicity, making it easier for patients to undergo treatment. Most importantly, they may offer better efficacy and less chance of recurrence for many cancer patients. In a report released by Research and Markets, the global immuno-oncology market is expected to reach $100 billion by 2022, and BriaCell continues to uncover opportunities in this space with its innovative technologies.

BriaCell's lead candidate, Bria-IMT™, is an immunotherapy currently being developed to treat advanced breast cancer, which is the expected cause of approximately 43,000 deaths in the US in 2021. Bria-IMT™ recently achieved positive proof of concept, showing outstanding safety and efficacy data. Importantly, preliminary efficacy data was similar or superior to those of other approved breast cancer drugs when they were at a similar stage of clinical development.

BriaCell currently has a non-exclusive clinical trial collaboration with Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ:INCY) to evaluate the effects of combinations of novel clinical candidates. Under the agreement, Incyte and BriaCell will be evaluating novel combinations of compounds from Incyte's development portfolio with BriaCell's drug candidates in advanced breast cancer patients.

BriaCell has been dosing patients in a Phase I/IIa clinical trial of Bria-IMT™ in combination with the immunotherapy development candidates retifanlimab, an anti-PD-1 antibody, and is planned to also combine with epacadostat, an orally bioavailable small-molecule inhibitor of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 (both provided by Incyte). The combination study is listed in ClinicalTrials.gov as NCT03328026.

BriaCell is also developing Bria-OTS™, an off-the-shelf personalized immunotherapy, for advanced breast cancer. Bria-OTS™ immunotherapy treatments are personalized to match the patient without the need for personalized manufacturing. Bria-OTS™, which is expected to match over 99 percent of the patient population, is designed to produce a potent and selective immune response against the cancer of each patient while eliminating the time, expense and complex manufacturing logistics associated with other personalized immunotherapies.

In November 2020, BriaCell announced a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the National Cancer Institute (NCI, Center for Cancer Research), part of the National Institutes of Health, to investigate novel off-the-shelf personalized therapeutics for cancer.

BriaCell's management team is comprised of a team of experienced industry leaders involved in the approval of dozens of drugs.

BriaCell Therapeutics' Company Highlights

BriaCell has truly emerged in the last 13 months:

April 2021: Closing of Over-Allotment Option in Connection with U.S. Public Offering, Bringing Total Gross Proceeds to US$28.7 Mil
February 2021: BriaCell Announces Closing of US$25 Mil Public Offering
November 2020: BriaCell Announces Collaboration with the NCI
October 2020: Survival Data: 13.3 months vs. 7.2-9.8 months
January 13, 2020: Remarkable Responder Update
January 9, 2020: Additional 'Biomarker' identified; Possible predictor of high-responding patients
October 7, 2019: First patient dosed under Incyte Corporation collaboration

The Cancer Immunotherapy Space

There are a number of challenges that cancer immunotherapy treatments face. Approved immunotherapies work in 20 to 30 percent of patients. They depend on the patient's weakened immune system and, in some cases can cause autoimmune disease.

Other challenges include the lack of effectiveness of cancer immunotherapies to treat some solid tumors or blood cancers since they only work in certain types of cancer and not in others. Additionally, newly developed effective personalized immunotherapies such as PROVENGE® and CAR-T need to be individually manufactured for each patient. This means a complex and time-consuming manufacturing process, which is extremely expensive and might make the therapies commercially unsuccessful.

In response to these challenges, BriaCell is developing Bria-OTS™, an off-the-shelf personalized immunotherapy, for advanced breast cancer, which has been estimated to be the cause of about 43,000 deaths in the US in 2021.

The off-the-shelf approach means that the treatments are pre-manufactured and the patient will be able to receive her or his personalized, targeted treatment using an easy and common HLA test on her or his saliva sample. This approach is quick, and relatively inexpensive, and avoids the complex manufacturing process associated with other personalized immunotherapy treatments. This approach is the first of its kind for advanced breast cancer.

Bria-IMT™

Bria-IMT™, BriaCell's lead product candidate, is derived from a specific breast cancer cell line. It is genetically engineered to release granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), a substance that activates the immune system. BriaCell believes that Bria-IMT™ helps the body to stimulate cancer-fighting T-cells, cells that directly attack tumor cells, and B-cells that produce anti-tumor antibodies.

BriaCell Bria IMT

Proof-of-concept clinical trials

The first clinical trial used the original unmodified breast cancer cell line, with low dose cyclophosphamide and GM-CSF to boost the immune response. Fourteen patients were treated and produced impressive results, including no severe drug-related side-effects and a median survival rate in patients after treatment of about twice what was expected.

The second clinical trial used Bria-IMT™ (i.e. the original cell line – modified to produce GM-CSF) along with low dose cyclophosphamide and interferon-alpha in four advanced-stage cancer patients. The treatment was tolerated very well with few side effects. The median overall survival was much longer than expected. The study also had one patient that responded extremely well to the treatment with an approximately 90 percent tumor reduction in breast cancer as well as disappearance of the cancer from the lungs and soft tissues.

Briacell Clinical Trials Source: BriaCell Therapeutics Corp.

After the treatment stopped, as required by the study, the patient's breast cancer returned and had spread to the patient's brain, lungs and other sites. Importantly, the patient was treated again with Bria-IMT™ and the tumors were reduced at multiple sites, even in the brain. This patient-matched Bria-IMT™ for HLA genes which are used to match patients to tissues in tissue transplantation (e.g. for kidney transplants).

Recent clinical findings (Phase I/IIa proof-of-concept study with Bria-IMT™: 2017 to 2018)

BriaCell completed a Phase IIa study of Bria-IMT™ in advanced breast cancer in 23 patients that were heavily pre-treated (listed in ClinicalTrials.gov as NCT03066947) and released their initial data in September 2018. To date, Bria-IMT™ treatment has been safe with several instances of tumor reduction observed in certain patients sharing a key biomarker (HLA match) with Bria-IMT™. The treatment was safe and well-tolerated. Most importantly, initial efficacy data was similar or superior to those of other advanced or approved drugs for breast cancer when they were at a similar stage of clinical development.

Based on the recent findings related to the mechanism of action of Bria-IMT™, and the potential to produce intensified anti-tumor activity when used in combination with certain drugs, the company is now conducting the combination study of Bria-IMT™ with retifanlimab and epacadostat. The combination study is listed in ClinicalTrials.gov as NCT03328026.

Immune checkpoint inhibitors such as anti-PD-1 including pembrolizumab (KEYTRUDA®; manufactured by Merck & Co., Inc.) and, more recently, Incyte's retifanlimab (under a corporate collaboration with Incyte Corporation) , are designed to neutralize immune suppression in cancer patients. The significance of immune checkpoints has been recognized by the Nobel committee by awarding Drs. Honjo and Allison with the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. BriaCell believes that Bria-IMT™ can exert additive or synergistic tumor-directed effects with checkpoint inhibitors like KEYTRUDA®. Initial safety data for the combined approach shows that it is very safe and well-tolerated by patients. Early efficacy data for the first eleven advanced breast cancer patients dosed with Bria-IMT™ in combination with KEYTRUDA® suggested strong additive or synergistic effects on tumor regression (shrinkage).

BriaCell hypothesizes that checkpoint inhibitors act by “awakening" a component of the immune system, while Bria-IMT™ “puts the foot on the gas" of the immune system, which may lead to more powerful anti-tumor activity.

BriaCell Therapeutics' Collaboration with Incyte Corporation

In April 2019, BriaCell and Incyte Corporation formed a non-exclusive clinical trial collaboration to evaluate the effects of combinations of novel clinical candidates. Under the agreement, Incyte and BriaCell plan to evaluate novel combinations of compounds from Incyte's development portfolio with Bria-IMT™ in advanced breast cancer patients.

BriaCell initiated dosing patients with advanced breast cancer in its Phase I/IIa clinical study for Bria-IMT™ in combination with Incyte's retifanlimab and epacadostat. The goal of the program is to remove cancer-induced suppression of the immune system (taking the “foot off the breaks" that cancer puts on the immune system) and stimulating an immune response with the Bria-IMT™, putting the “foot on the gas". This is expected to allow the immune system to attack the cancer in a targeted way with the help of Bria-IMT™. The combination study is listed in ClinicalTrials.gov as NCT03328026.

BriaDX™

BriaCell has developed a companion diagnostic test that would allow a physician to prepare a personalized pre-made treatment for each patient based on the presence of certain biomarkers (HLA type). Testing is simple and done on the patient's saliva.

This diagnostic test may be used in future clinical trials to speed up the clinical development of Bria-IMT™ and will be used in trials of Bria-OTS™.

Bria-OTS™

The Bria-OTS™ treatment is based on pre-manufactured immunotherapies – each containing a specific HLA type – which can be selectively administered to patients based on the patient's HLA type. BriaCell is developing 15 unique HLA types that will allow for the treatment of over 99 percent of advanced-staged breast cancer patients. This approach provides customized cancer immunotherapy for each individual patient that doesn't require personalized manufacturing.

BriaCell Bria OTS

Source: BriaCell Therapeutics Corp.

A simple diagnostic test, BriaDX™, will determine the appropriate off-the-shelf immunotherapy for each patient. Based on the results, one or two pre-made Bria-OTS™ immunotherapy cell lines will be selected to be administered to the patient. Thus, Bria-OTS™ is expected to provide the patient with fast, inexpensive, safe and effective personalized cancer immunotherapy treatment that can be ordered readily.

BriaCell Therapeutics' Small Molecule Program

BriaCell's small molecule program includes the development of novel, selective protein kinase C delta (PKCδ) inhibitors which have shown potent activity in a number of pre-clinical models of several different cancer indications as well as fibrotic diseases. Protein kinase C delta (PKCδ) inhibitors may provide another shot on goal besides a potential partnership opportunity.

BriaCell Therapeutics' Management Team

William V. Williams, MD, FACP, President & CEO, Director

Former VP, Exploratory Development, Incyte Corporation
Former VP, Experimental Medicine, GlaxoSmithKline
Former Head, Rheumatology Research, University of Pennsylvania
Extensive drug development experience

Gadi Levin, CA, MBA – CFO and Corporate Secretary

CFO of Labstyle Innovations Ltd
VP of Finance for two Israeli investment houses in the fields of private equity, hedge funds and real estate
Financial Consultant, various firms
Accountant, Arthur Andersen

BriaCell Therapeutics' Board of Directors

Jamieson Bondarenko, CFA, CMT, Chairman of the Board

Previously Principal and Managing Director of the Equity Capital Markets group of Eight Capital
Previously several positions at Dundee Securities Ltd., including Managing Director, Director, Vice President and Associate

Vaughn Embro-Pantalony, MBA, FCPA, FCMA, CDir, ACC, Director

Current: Chair, Board of Directors, Soricimed Biopharma Inc.
Board and Audit Committee Member, Microbix Biosystems Inc.
VP, Finance & CFO, Teva Novopharm Limited
VP, Finance & Administration, Bayer Healthcare
Director, Finance and Administration & CFO, Zeneca Pharma Inc.

Marc Lustig — Director

Investor, entrepreneur, and corporate finance veteran with a deep understanding of the life sciences industry, including biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, as well as the legal cannabis industry.
Holds MSc and MBA degrees from McGill University and his professional experience includes working at Merck & Co.,
His capital markets career includes roles in biotech equity research, corporate finance and as Head of Capital Markets.
Founder and CEO of Origin House where he currently serves as a director.
Director of a number of public companies, and founded the Lustig Family Medical Cannabis Research & Care Fund of the Cedars Cancer Foundation that provides cannabis to palliative cancer patients.

Martin Schmieg, CPA, Director

Current: CEO, ClearIT, LLC
CFO: Sirna Therapeutics, Inc., & Isolagen, Inc.
CEO, Freedom-2, Inc. (now PharmaCyte, Inc.)
Advisor, Caladrius Biosciences, Inc., Beckman Coulter Genomics, Calimmune, Inc., Cryoport, Inc., Vetbiologics, a division of U.S. Stem Cell, Inc., Sapientia Pharmaceuticals, Inc., & Rokk3r Labs, LLC

Rebecca A. Taub, MD, Director

Current: CMO & EVP, Director, Founder, Madrigal Pharmaceuticals
Senior VP, VIA Pharmaceuticals
VP of Research, Metabolic Diseases, Hoffmann-La Roche Company
Executive Director, Bristol-Myers Squibb
Executive Director, Dupont Pharmaceuticals
Professor of Genetics and Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Jane Gross, Ph.D., Director

Chief Scientific Officer and SVP, Research and Non-Clinical Development at Aptevo Therapeutics (Nasdaq: APVO)
VP, Applied Research and Non-Clinical Development at Emergent BioSolutions (NYSE: EBS)
VP, Immunology Research at ZymoGenetics
Independent Director for aTyr Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: LIFE)

Suzanne Ostrand-Rosenberg, Ph.D. - Advisor

40 years of experience leading investigations focused on the immune system's response to cancer.
Robert & Jane Meyerhoff Professor of Biochemistry, Emeritus
Professor of Biological Sciences, Emeritus, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, and has been working with the University since 1977.
Adjunct Professor of Pathology, Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI), University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, in 2018.

BriaCell Therapeutics' Management Team

William V. Williams, MD, FRCP, President & CEO

Seasoned biopharmaceutical executive with over 35 years of industry and academic expertise, including significant clinical management in multinational pharmaceutical companies.
Served as VP of Exploratory Development at Incyte Corporation from 2005 – 2016.
Facilitated entry of over 20 compounds into the clinic, including approvals for ruxolitinib (Jakafi) and baricitinib (Olumiant).
Responsible for establishing proof-of-concept in several therapeutic areas
Involved in numerous new drug applications (NDAs) for therapeutics that achieved marketing authorization

Gadi Levin, CA, MBA, CFO & Corporate Secretary

Appointed as BriaCell Therapeutics Corp.'s Chief Financial Officer in February 2016.
Acted as Chief Financial Officer of Labstyle Innovations Ltd, a biotechnology company focused on diabetes.
Served as the Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer for two Israeli investment houses in the fields of private equity, hedge funds and real estate (2008 to 2009 and 2010, respectively).

Miguel A. Lopez-Lago, Ph.D., Senior Director, Research and Development

Working as a cancer scientist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York (MSKCC).
Investigated various aspects of tumor biology, including the development of targeted therapies for Mesothelioma and the characterization of the biological mechanisms underlying cancer metastasis.
Interested in the study of the tumor immune-microenvironment and in the development of immunotherapies for thoracic cancers using chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell technologies.
Since 2013, Dr. Lopez-Lago has been working as Senior Research Scientist at MSKCC. Dr. Lopez-Lago received his Bachelor of Science in Bio-Sciences and his doctorate in Molecular Biology from Santiago of Compostela University, Spain.

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Codebase Ventures

Investing Expertise and Capital in Blockchain Technologies

Overview

Codebase Ventures Inc. (CSE:CODE,FWB:C5B,OTCQB:BKLLF) makes strategic investments in emerging sectors and markets, including cannabis, technology and select cryptocurrencies. Codebase Ventures is led by a hands-on team of entrepreneurial and technology experts who invest in early-stage ideas. The team operates with the understanding that emerging sectors, like cannabis and technology, are evolving rapidly and can bring early opportunities for strategic investments.

Codebase Ventures has formed Code Cannabis Investments, which is focused on identifying cannabis assets and start-ups that require capital and expertise to accelerate their business models and scale to meet the demands of the market. Code Cannabis Investments intends to initially pursue investment opportunities in the North American cannabis market, but is expected to primarily focus on the UK. The subsidiary has since made moves to enter the US hemp-derived CBD market by moving to acquire a 45-acre certified-organic farm in New Berlin, New York.

As for the company’s technology strategy, Codebase Ventures has made strategic investments in four technology platforms: Pressland ICO Ranker, Arcology and Blockchain ranker. The company believes that blockchain technology can radically transform how business is conducted throughout the world. The company is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, and has expanded into the US through its wholly-owned subsidiary in the Silicon Valley, Codebase Ventures USA.

According to Codebase Ventures Chief Strategy Officer Jeff Koyen, “Blockchain is a shared ledger used to record transactions across a decentralized network of computers. ‘Decentralized’ is the key word here. Because they have no central authority figures, blockchains are governed by the network operators. Before any transaction is recorded to the ledger, a certain level of agreement must be reached by the entire network.”

Blockchain technology is being adopted across a number of industries, including banks and financial institutions. The market has grown faster than anticipated, and is expected to be worth US$23.3 billion by 2023, according to a report by Markets and Markets.

Unlike many companies in the blockchain landscape, Codebase Ventures’ focus is to invest in technologies that are using blockchain in varied and innovative ways. To this effect, the company has acquired or invested in companies that use blockchain to pursue its mandate. To date, Codebase Ventures has made strategic investments into five technology platforms: Pressland, ICO Ranker, Arcology, Blockchain ranker and SV Cryptolab.

This includes SV CryptoLab, a social hacker community space by day and a cryptocurrency mining operation by night; Pressland, an open-source media directory looking to relaunch as a blockchain-powered platform combating fake news; and Arcology, a blockchain platform expected to use machine-learning and pattern-recognition technology to create hierarchical blockchain structures.

The ICORanker.com and BlockchainRanker.com websites provide the company with access to the token industry. The sites act as a platform that vets and rates blockchain applications, services and software providers. Codebase Ventures has also initially invested $100,000 in ePIC Blockchain Technologies Inc., a blockchain processing hardware company that is developing scalable and energy-efficient mining tools and infrastructure to cryptocurrency miners.

In September 2021, Codebase completed the delivery of 115 Antminer S17+ 76Th Bit Mining units to their hosting facility in New York State. All 115 units are online and earning revenue. To date, the revenue from mining operations reached C$142,210 with facility operating costs of C$68,306. Codebase is currently holding 2.908 BTC with a market value of C$238,288 CAD.

Part of what sets Codebase Ventures apart from its peers is that the company entered the space early on and put together a knowledgeable management team that takes its time to properly assess potential deals. This team includes Jeff Koyen, who plays roles both as a strategic advisor to the head company and as President of Codebase Ventures USA. He brings with him 20 years of experience in technology journalism and a keen eye for determining viable opportunities for the company. His caliber is matched by his peers and together they lead the company with in-depth experience in multiple areas including business development, corporate finance, media, insurance and capital markets.

Codebase Ventures Company Highlights

Early mover in funding blockchain technologies beyond cryptocurrencies.
Has acquired or invested in companies that deploy blockchain-based technology.
Recently-launched wholly-owned subsidiary in US led by experienced technology journalist Jeff Koyen.
Code Cannabis Investments subsidiary invests in early-stage cannabis assets in North America and Europe.
Code Cannabis Investments is in the process of acquiring farm land in New York to facilitate the company’s entrance into the US hemp-derived CBD market.
Knowledgeable management team that makes well-researched and informed decisions regarding their acquisitions and investments.
Codebase delivered 115 Bit Mining units and generated C$142,210 BTC revenue as of October 2021.

Code Cannabis Investments

Codebase Ventures’ subsidiary, Code Cannabis Investments, was formed to identify cannabis companies that require capital and expertise to accelerate their business models and scale to meet the demands of the market. The subsidiary intends to initially pursue investment opportunities in the North American cannabis market, but is expected to primarily focus on the UK and EU, especially in countries such as Germany, Spain, Italy, Greece and Malta.

According to a report by Consultancy EU, the European cannabis market is expected to reach 123 billion euros by 2028. The European CBD and medical cannabis markets offer cannabis companies numerous advantages due to Europe’s large population. In the UK alone, it is estimated that six million adults have used CBD and 11 percent of the population has consumed a CBD product within the last year.

“With our leadership team’s deep experience in the cannabis space, we believe that the UK is entering a period of acceptance for CBD and medicinal cannabis that was evident in Canada and North America five to seven years ago,” said Codebase Ventures President and CEO George Tsafalas. “That spells opportunity to our team, and on behalf of our shareholders, management and representatives have engaged in meetings in the UK specifically aimed at identifying and investing in early-stage companies in the space that can benefit from both our capital and expertise.”

Since its formation, Code Cannabis Investments has signed an LOI to acquire a 45-acre organic farm in New Berlin, New York. The company intends to grow organic hemp there and enter the hemp-derived CBD market in the US. In December 2018, the US Senate passed the Farm Bill which removed hemp as a Schedule 1 drug, creating a hemp-derived CBD market. According to a report by BDS Analytics and ArcView Market Research, the US CBD market is expected to reach US$20 billion by 2014.

CryptoLab: Mining and Community Building

In January 2018, Codebase Ventures acquired 60 percent of the outstanding shares in SV CryptoLab, a cloud-based cryptocurrency mining organization. Since then, the company has raised its ownership to 80 percent, exercising its right as part of the agreement.

Under the proposed agreement, Codebase Ventures would have the option to acquire the remaining 20 percent and keep on SV’s current CEO to lead the advancement operations as a key component of the company’s management team. During weekdays, SV would continue to run a part hacker part social space that hosts meetups. Meanwhile, during nights and weekends, the lab would use its computing power to conduct its cryptocurrency mining operations for the economic benefit of Codebase Ventures.

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“We are excited to reach this milestone, completing our initial acquisition in the blockchain space, so that we can scale this concept,” said Tsafalas. “We are working to replicate SV CryptoLab’s business model, together with its proprietary evaluation algorithm, in other cities soon.”

Since the submission of the LOI for the original acquisition in November 2017, SV has further developed its cryptocurrency mining operations to include on-site Bitcoin mining, adding 370 ASIC microprocessors to its enterprise. Additionally, SV has also entered into contracts to mine Ethereum and Zcash, among other rapidly growing cryptocurrencies. Codebase Ventures has also indicated that it is exploring the possibility of opening a second location in the same format on the eastern coast of the US.

Pressland: Media Transparency Through Rewarded Crowdsourcing

In April 2018, Codebase Ventures acquired Pressland, a media directory and website focused on media transparency. Pressland was launched in 2015 and offers a crowdsourced directory of 20,000 media outlets and professionals. Pressland is led by Koyen, who brings over 20 years of journalistic experience. With the help of Codebase Ventures, Pressland’s mission is to provide the public with blockchain-powered tools that will help expose unreliable news items.

Pressland publishes its own digital publication, News-to-Table, which covers media trust and transparency. The publication releases up to five articles per week and recruits writers from its partner Study Hall, a global online community of over 2,000 journalists that offer resources, news, analysis and original reporting to its members. The partnership is also expected to increase industry awareness of Pressland’s mission to fight fake news.

“Today, thanks to the innovative power of blockchain technology and utilizing Codebase Ventures’ expertise and resources we have the unique opportunity to expand Pressland’s mission to debunking fake news and exposing unreliable players in the media,” said Tsafalas.

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The platform will function as a reward economy built on its own cryptocurrency token. With the use of the token, Pressland community members will be incentivized to contribute intelligence and insights and verify data from media outlets and media figures. “This data will then power a suite of tools designed to debunk fake news on other platforms, such as Facebook,” said Koyen.

In May 2018, Pressland announced that it will be issuing its own transactional currency in the form of a blockchain-based cryptographic token. In July 2018, Pressland partnered with Token Agency for marketing purposes for its upcoming token sale.

“To run a successful token sale, it’s critical to communicate your project’s mission, goals and value proposition. This is no simple task in the buzzy world of crypto and blockchain,” said Koyen.

Additionally, Pressland has signed an LOI to form a commercial partnership with Membit Inc., the maker of the Membit augmented reality (AR) photo-sharing app for iOS. Membit will be using Pressland’s data to help verify original journalism produced on its platform. The two companies are also in discussion for jointly creating a platform for journalists to in the field that would allow journalists to validate and verify their reporting in the field.

In March 2019, Pressland announced its intent to develop the world’s first data management platform to fight fake news. The platform will use artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing to analyze the world’s news output. The company expects the platform to have applications in a variety of industries and will be made available to its partners and clients under SaaS licenses. Pressland expects to launch the platform in 2020.

“We’re building an enterprise service for global media companies, social media networks and other third parties fighting the spread of misinformation online,” said Koyen. “This is a highly scalable, disruptive technology that will serve the public interest by stopping the spread of fake news.”

To this aim, Pressland has partnered with iO Ventures LLC, a developer of a hyper-personal device that delivers custom news, user-centric learning and on-demand wellness information. The two companies will be working together to verify trustworthy news before distributing it to iO’s users.

Pressland has also signed an LOI to form a commercial partnership with OutVoice, a freelance payment option for publishers that can be integrated directly into content management systems. The focus of the partnership is to drive client engagement in the media-tech space by reducing inefficiencies. Pressland also expects the partnership to accelerate the company’s time-to-market for its SaaS offerings. The company will use OutVoice to pay its contributors to its ICORanker and Blockchain Ranker websites.

Arcology: Providing Hierarchical Structures to Blockchain

In April 2019, Codebase Ventures increased its equity stake in Arcology, a first-of-its-kind blockchain platform from Alberta, Canada, to 30 percent. Subject to the terms of the agreement, the investment would increase up to $2 million for 51 percent of the company.

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Arcology is a blockchain platform that utilizes machine-learning and pattern-recognition technology to develop hierarchical blockchain structures that solve common market problems including speed and scalability. Arcology has been designed to be more scalable and ‘intelligent’ than the current leader in its market, Ethereum.

“In identifying this opportunity, Codebase Ventures will help advance blockchain technology to where it needs to be in a decade, not just years, from now,” said Tsafalas. “The blockchain revolution is just beginning, and we’re proud to be at its forefront.”

As of April 2018, Arcology has recruited a team of experts from the fields of AI, machine learning and biologically inspired adaptive network design to build new blockchain technologies that will address the inefficiencies in the current platforms on the market and compliments Archology’s current blockchain platform. Revenue from this project will come from a variety of traditional sources, such as subscriptions, licensing and consulting fees.

Arcology has been testing its blockchain-enabled data handling offering. The tests were able to prove that it is possible to eliminate restrictions that have made distributed databases and blockchain technology incompatible. Arcology can also take advantage of parallel data insertion and querying on multiple databases by incorporating a distributed database. However, the most significant findings highlighted an increase in network speed and reliability across a distributed model and that data storage on Arcology’s blockchain network would be 100 times cheaper and faster. Arcology expects to begin public testing of the new offering in the coming months.

Arcology has also integrated Ethereum virtual machines into its proprietary blockchain technology, allowing developers to move their existing apps, dApps and other assets to Arcology without issue. By offering third parties greater speed, scale and efficiency, Arcology intends to become the platform of choice for enterprise and industrial-grade developers.

ICORanker.com

In July 2018, Codebase Ventures acquired the iCORanker.com and BlockchainRanker.com websites with a suite of professional services and marketing data for $1.75 million in cash and stock. BlockchainRanker.com vets and rates blockchain platforms, services and software providers and will relaunch under Codebase Ventures’ management.

“Acquiring ICORanker is our entry to the lucrative world of token analysis, ratings and recommendations,” said Koyen. “The token sale ecosystem has a bright future, and we’re excited to take ICORanker to the next level of profitability.”

According to a report published by PwC, token sales have raised $13.7 billion in the first five months of 2018 which has doubled the totals from 2017.

Since acquiring the website, Codebase Ventures has broadened the scope of ICORanker.com. The website no longer focuses exclusively on ICOs and now offers marketing services to all token sales, such as initial exchange offerings (IEOs) and security token offerings (STOs). ICORanker also has expanded its news coverage to increase the site’s reputation and visibility.

Codebase Ventures’ Additional Investments and Acquisitions

NOS Blockchain Inc. Joint Venture

In November 2017, Codebase Ventures entered into a joint venture agreement with NOS Blockchain Inc., which provides the company with first right of refusal on all NOS blockchain technologies. NOS is a subsidiary of Nerds On Site Inc., which specializes in providing cost-effective, leading-edge solutions to small and medium-sized enterprises. The company has a client base of over 12,000 and a customer satisfaction rating of 96.5 percent.

“Codebase Ventures has invested $100,000 in NOS to accelerate the development and implementation of NOS’s existing, advanced blockchain technologies,” said Tsafalas. “The leadership team at NOS Blockchain Inc. has an extensive track record of success, building a technology company from the grassroots into a market leader in the IT solutions space. Their advanced stage blockchain technologies are the basis of our decision to structure a joint venture and invest $100,000 at this time.”

ePIC Blockchain Technologies Inc.

In January 2018, Codebase Ventures initially invested $100,000 in ePIC Blockchain Technologies Inc., a blockchain processing hardware provider. ePIC is focused on designing scalable and energy-efficient cryptocurrency mining tools and infrastructure. Currently, ePIC is designing a cryptocurrency chip that is specifically designed for bitcoin mining that should be able to go to market by Q4 2018.

“Codebase Ventures has invested $100,000 in ePIC to accelerate the development of ePIC’s purpose-built cryptocurrency mining chip,” said Tsafalas. “ePIC has a defined focus that resonates strongly with our team. The infrastructure required to mine cryptocurrencies represents a massive business opportunity and we are focused on finding start-up technologies that can empower the blockchain revolution and deliver significant results to our shareholders.”

Codebase Ventures’ Management Team

George Tsafalas — President, CEO and Director

George Tsafalas has extensive experience in senior operational management, corporate business development and corporate finance in the private and public sectors and is an entrepreneur. Currently he is a Senior Partner at Stadnyk and Partners Inc. He specializes in the execution of strategic budget plans and monitors the development of the portfolio programs, including review of the financial objectives and milestones. He has over ten years of senior management experience in the oil and gas sector, as well as in the hospitality industry and professional sports sectors. He has experience in the attraction of private equity capital, including angel investment groups and firms and has assisted in several successful equity capital fundraising efforts.

Jeff Koyen — Chief Strategy Officer

Jeff Koyen is an award-winning journalist and entrepreneur who has been active in cryptocurrency and blockchain as an investor and trader since 2014. As a media strategist and advisor, Koyen is valued for his keen eye for weak signals, emerging trends and early discovery, and he has a proven track record of launching new digital properties for both startups and legacy media companies.

Morie Shacker — Director

Brian D. Keane—Director

Brian Keane serves as a Consultant at Stadnyk and Partners Inc in New York, New York and formerly served as its Managing Director. He has over 17 years of capital markets, investing and C-level consulting experience. He has invested in, advised upon or restructured over 75 emerging growth companies in the US, Canada, Caribbean and Asia, representing over $2 billion in transaction value. He has advised several buy-side investment funds and worked at investment banks including: Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, Ladenburg Thalmann & Co and TechVest. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Scranton and a Juris Doctor from New York Law School.

Tatiana Kovaleva—CFO

Tatiana Kovaleva has extensive experience working in the capital markets. Over the last 20 years she has served in the capacity of Chief Financial Officer for multiple publicly traded companies.

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