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InnerScope Hearing Technologies Inc. (INND) Receives Walmart Purchase Orders Amounting to $277,000+, See Continued Revenue Synergies with HearingAssist

  • InnerScope Hearing Technologies’ subsidiary HearingAssist, announced that they had received $277,000 worth of purchase orders from Walmart for their EZ-Hear device
  • The EZ-Hear Neckband Bluetooth Hearing Amplifier is a rechargeable Bluetooth hearing amplifier which enables users to combine hearing amplification, hands-free calling and music streaming
  • InnerScope completed the acquisition of HearingAssist in late November for a gross consideration of $10 million
InnerScope Hearing Technologies (OTC: INND), a manufacturer and distributer/retailer of DTC, FDA registered, Bluetooth app-controlled hearing aids and personal sound amplifier products (“PSAPs”), as well as various hearing-related products, announced that its recently acquired and wholly-owned subsidiary HearingAssist, had received purchase orders from Walmart totalling over $277,000 for its EZ-Hear Neckband Bluetooth Hearing Amplifier for an in-store display to be located within 757 Walmart stores (https://ibn.fm/cooaH). The EZ-Hear Neckband Bluetooth Hearing Amplifier (“EZ-Hear”) is a fully rechargeable Bluetooth hearing amplifier that combines hearing amplification with easy-to-use hands-free calling and music streaming. HearingAssist recently revealed that it had ramped up its production of the product to meet the demand for in-store Walmart purchases, with the product set to initially be stocked across 5 US states (Texas, North Carolina, Tennessee, Colorado, and Arizona). The company has also stated that it expects to continue receiving and fulfilling additional purchase orders from Walmart for the EZ-Hear Neckband Hearing Amplifiers. The company’s order win comes only a few weeks following the announcement that InnerScope Hearing Technologies had completed the acquisition of Hearing Assist II, LLC (“HearingAssist”) for a gross consideration amounting to $10 million equivalent of InnerScope’s restricted shares of common stock. Following the acquisition, InnerScope Hearing Technologies stated that it expected the acquisition of HearingAssist and the companies’ combined revenue synergies to contribute positively to the former company’s revenues, most immediately through sales generated through HearingAssist’s hearing product kiosk displays located within Walmart stores (https://ibn.fm/zVlf7). Matthew Moore, president and CEO of InnerScope, stated following the acquisition: “Today is a tremendous milestone for InnerScope. I’m delighted to welcome the HearingAssist team, who share our passion for providing convenient and affordable hearing products for the tens of millions of Americans who suffer from hearing loss. The HearingAssist acquisition is another meaningful step in advancing our strategy to grow as a leader and innovator in the direct-to-consumer hearing aid market. Moreover, adding HearingAssist and its management team with their proven track record should continue generating millions of dollars in sales revenues with Walmart in-store displays and Walmart.com and through its online website at http://hearingassist.com/ Since the company’s inception in 2008, HearingAssist has rapidly established themselves as a leader in the direct-to-consumer hearing aid market with over 500,000 hearing aids sold and top-line revenues of more than $72 million since 2018, in the process transforming into Walmart’s largest hearing aid supplier. Following the recent acquisition, the combined InnerScope-HearingAssist management team have sought to further their recent growth momentum, launching an aggressive marketing campaign for the holiday season dedicated to building on HearingAssist’s brand messaging as America’s No. 1 Affordable Hearing Brand, as well as using HearingAssist’s acclaimed national television commercial, which includes a “Free Holiday Special Offer“ valued at $149. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.INND.com and the company’s e-commerce website www.iHeardirect.com. NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to INND are available in the company’s newsroom at https://ibn.fm/INND

Bitcoin Predicted to Cross US$100,000 Value Threshold; LQwD FinTech Corp. (TSX.V: LQWD) (OTCQB: LQWDF) Leverages PaaS Offering for More Efficient Transactions

  • Experts in the cryptocurrency field have made predictions that foresee the value of Bitcoin going over US$100,000 by 2023, with some even seeing us on the brink of higher value jumps by January 2022, making holding and use by the general public more tempting
  • The cost and speed of completing transactions has been a problem when conducting business on the traditional blockchain, but the Lightning Network has reduced the fees and wait times for settlement
  • LQwD launched its Lightning Network PaaS offering on November 17, aiming to hep more users complete crypto-based transactions instantly, securely, and inexpensively worldwide
The interest in Bitcoin has skyrocketed since the beginning of 2021, making it a hot topic among investors and popular culture. Even U.S. government officials and the Biden administration have expressed interest in new cryptocurrency regulations (https://ibn.fm/u8EkI). It does not matter what the public’s personal opinion is of cryptocurrency – it is becoming more mainstream each day. Recently, El Salvador adopted Bitcoin as the official currency, a move made effective in September with the Bitcoin Law. And companies like LQwD FinTech (TSX.V: LQWD) (OTCQB: LQWDF) are working hard towards increasing Bitcoin adoption, making cryptocurrency transactions faster and more affordable for everyone. The price of Bitcoin depends on the influence of specific economic factors – scarcity, mainstream adoption, regulation, and mining cycles. In recent weeks, the value of Bitcoin fluctuated significantly. With the volatility of Bitcoin remaining high, ease of liquidity and transactions are seen as important in encouraging more usability. Predictions on the value of Bitcoin vary, some being more optimistic than others. Some of the most prominent predictions from well-known investors, evangelists, and public commentators in the cryptocurrency industry include (https://ibn.fm/WRdOo):
  • Ian Balina, a Bitcoin investor and founder of the cryptocurrency research and media company Token Metrics, predicts that the value will rise to US$75,000 by the end of 2021. He does not think that $100,000 is out of the question but prefers to keep his prediction on the conservative end of the spectrum.
  • Matthew Hyland, technical analysis and blockchain data analyst, predicts a US$250,000 value by January 2022. His prediction is based on historical data. He believes that the US$100,000 threshold is inevitable and cited 2017 when the coin’s value jumped 150% from US$8,000 to US$20,000 just after Thanksgiving.
As Bitcoin is growing in value and popularity, more services emerge to help people make purchases and transactions using the cryptocurrency. Instead of using the traditional blockchain experience for transactions, more people are looking to the Lightning Network, which allows for costs to be lowered and payments to settle much quicker. The Lightning Network is a second-layer technology applied to Bitcoin using micropayment channels to essentially scale the blockchain’s capability and conduct transactions quickly and efficiently. With the Lightning Network, users of Bitcoin can say goodbye to the frustrating “mainchain” experience they often deal with when trying to send, receive, or purchase Bitcoin. Taking the payments off the main blockchain has allowed for transaction costs to be lower and more efficient overall. LQwD FinTech Corp is focused on helping make transactions on the Lightning Network even more cost-effective and efficient. To this end, LQwD launched a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offering, lqwd.tech, on November 17. The platform is designed to make Lightning Network access simpler and to support more users looking to complete transactions instantly, securely, and inexpensively worldwide. The company has deployed a part of its own Bitcoin holdings to procure additional nodes and provide liquidity for the platform. LQwD expects that the Lightning Network will be a force for change worldwide and become the global monetary exchange of the future. The network has already seen an impressive 205% growth since January 2021 and is anticipated to reach 700 million users by 2030. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.LQwDFinTech.com. NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to LQWDF are available in the company’s newsroom at https://ibn.fm/LQWDF

StorEn Technologies Inc. Battery Shown in TEC Report

  • StorEn battery shown in report that analyzes, issues recommendations regarding the sustainability of supply chain of technology critic elements (“TECs”)
  • Inclusion of the image is indicative of StorEn’s commitment to sustainability
  • The company is currently in the process of a RegA offering with four different investment tiers; each tier offers a different discount and reward
StorEn Technologies, a developer of evolutionary vanadium flow batteries with a disruptive patent-pending, all-vanadium flow battery technology, and its proprietary residential 5kW/30kWh vanadium flow battery was shown in a recent report released by the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (“STAP”) (https://ibn.fm/QDwyi). The report is titled “Technology Critical Elements and Their Relevance to the Global Environmental Facility.” The report analyzes and issues recommendations regarding the sustainability of the supply chain of technology critic elements (“TECs”), from green mining to end-of life-processing and recycling. According to the STAP, TECs are metals that are essential in the development of new technologies, such as energy storage, electronic devices, etc. An independent group of scientists, the STAP advises the Global Environment Facility (“GEF”), which was established in 1992, “on the eve of the 1992 Rio Earth Summit.” The group aims to help tackle the world’s most pressing environmental problems in a variety of ways. Since its inception, the GEF has provided an estimated $20.5 billion in grants and mobilized an additional $112 billion in cofinancing for more than 4,800 qualifying projects in 170 countries. Through its Small Grants Programme, the GEF has provided support to almost 24,000 civil society and community initiatives in 133 countries. The GEF works closely with the United Nations Environment Programme (“UNEP”); the two organizations focus on vital environmental challenges. The GEF and UNEP partnership has been involved in more than 1,000 projects and has inspired, informed and guided public policy making in more than 160 countries. Their work is focused on improving the quality of life and sustainability for future generations. An image of StorEn’s residential vanadium flow battery is included in the report. Inclusion of the image is indicative of StorEn’s commitment to sustainability. Producing products with a battery life of 25 years and more than 15K cycles, the company takes pride in offering batteries that meet consumers demand for efficient, durable and cost-effective energy storage, enabling self-consumption of self-produced electricity and the transition toward a carbon-free economy. The company has developed evolutionary vanadium flow batteries. Incubated at the Clean Energy Business Incubator Program (“CEBIP”) within Stony Brook University in New York, the company is building upon the strengths of vanadium flow batteries to revolutionize the world of residential and industrial energy storage. In part, StorEn’s technology has enhanced the electrical efficiency of the stack and energy density of the electrolyte and module, ultimately reducing costs and improving performance. StorEn is currently in the process of a RegA offering with four different investment tiers; each tier offers a different discount and reward (https://ibn.fm/gApbc). With a proprietary product that answers the call for long-lasting, 100% recyclable, safe and affordable energy storage, StorEn and its disruptive, patent-pending, all-vanadium flow battery technology for energy storage holds real promise in a growing market. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.StorEn.tech. NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to StorEn Technologies are available in the company’s newsroom at https://ibn.fm/StorEn

Energy Fuels Inc. (NYSE American: UUUU) (TSX: EFR) Ideally Positioned in Industry Projected for Growth through 2040

  • Report forecasts demand for uranium fuel seeing consistent growth
  • Increased demand fueled by nuclear energy playing an even larger role in the electricity and energy systems of tomorrow
  • As the largest U.S. uranium producer, Energy Fuels holds three of America’s key uranium production centers
The World Nuclear Association’s Annual Nuclear Fuel Report projects that the demand for uranium fuel is set to increase over the next two decades (https://ibn.fm/XNptT). That’s good news for Energy Fuels (NYSE American: UUUU) (TSX: EFR), the leading U.S. uranium mining company. “World nuclear generating capacity is set to continue its upward trend with demand for uranium fuel increasing over the period to 2040, according to the projections in the latest edition of World Nuclear Association’s Nuclear Fuel Report,” stated a recent World Nuclear News article. “Uranium resources are more than enough to meet that demand, but intense development of new projects will be needed in the current decade to avoid potential supply disruptions.” The article went on to report that nuclear generation capacity is expected to grow by 2.6% annually, reaching 615 GWe by 2040 in the reference scenario of the organization’s most recent report. “Nuclear power currently generates about 10% of the world’s electricity,” the article observed. “It is expected to play an increasingly important role in future for reasons including its near-zero emissions of carbon dioxide and other pollutants; its on-demand, reliable and secure nature; and its long-term cost-competitiveness. In addition, its ability to produce near zero-carbon heat could help to decarbonize many hard-to-abate sectors of the economy. “Given its unique combination of attributes — reliability, affordability, low-carbon and universal deployability — it is clear that nuclear energy will play an even larger role in the electricity and energy systems of tomorrow,” said World Nuclear association director General Sama Bilbao y León regarding the report. A leading U.S. uranium mining company, supplying U3O8 to major nuclear utilities, Energy Fuels is ideally positioned to make the most of this anticipated growth in the nuclear energy space. The company holds three of America’s key uranium production centers: the White Mesa Mill in Utah, the Nichols Ranch in-situ recovery (“ISR”) Project in Wyoming and the Alta Mesa ISR Project in Texas. The White Mesa Mill is the only conventional uranium mill operating in the U.S. today, has a licensed capacity of over 8 million pounds of U3O8 per year. The company is also producing rare earth elements at this facility, opening up a new line of business with the potential to drive significant cash flow in the coming years. The company also owns and operates the Nichols Ranch ISR Project, which is a uranium facility in Wyoming that is currently on standby and has a licensed capacity of 2 million pounds of U3O8 per year. Energy Fuels also owns and operates the Alta Mesa ISR Project in Texas, which is also on standby and has a licensed capacity of 1.5 million pounds of U3O8 per year. In addition to the above production facilities, Energy Fuels also has one of the largest NI 43-101 compliant uranium resource portfolios in the U.S. and several uranium and uranium/vanadium mining projects on standby and in various stages of permitting and development. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.EnergyFuels.com. NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to UUUU are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/UUUU

InnerScope Hearing Technologies Inc. (INND) Announces the Purchase of HearingAssist, Further Boosts its Share of the United States Hearing Aid Market

  • InnerScope Hearing Technologies recently announced the purchase of HearingAssist, a leader withing the B2C hearing aid market and Walmart’s largest dedicated hearing aid suppliers
  • The acquisition will comprise of gross consideration of $10 million, which will be paid by InnerScope in two tranches of $5 million worth of restricted shares
  • InnerScope will now look to gain market share, a result of both – HearingAssist’s 757 sales sites within Walmart stores and its online e-commerce presence
  • InnerScope have recently launched their product range on FSAstore.com, HSAstore.com, and WellDeservedHealth.com as well as their own e-commerce site, iHeardirect.com
InnerScope Hearing Technologies (OTC: INND), a manufacturer and distributer/retailer of DTC, FDA registered, Bluetooth app-controlled hearing aids and personal sound amplifier products (“PSAPs”), as well as various hearing-related products, has announced the recent acquisition of Hearing Assist II, LLC (“HearingAssist”). HearingAssist, a long established leader in the direct-to-consumer hearing aid market, has sold over 500,000 hearing aids since 2008 and has generated upwards of $72 million in top-line revenues since 2018, transforming into Walmart’s largest hearing aid supplier in the process (https://ibn.fm/kn7pd). InnerScope Hearing Technologies will acquire HearingAssist for a gross consideration of $10 million, comprised of InnerScope restricted shares, subject to a 24-month leak out agreement. The restricted shares will be comprised of two distinct tranches – the first tranche of $5 million will be issued at a fixed price of $0.0089 per share while the second tranche of $5 million will be priced at $0.17 per share, valuing InnerScope at over $1 billion. Moreover, the leak out agreement will restrict shareholders to converting and selling a maximum of 25% of the awarded shares in any given 6-month interval, commencing from the closing day of the acquisition. “The HearingAssist team is very excited about this opportunity to join forces with InnerScope to become the number one global leader in the direct-to-consumer hearing aid market,” said Floyd Kuriloff, founder of Hearing Assist II LLC. “Combining the talents and experience of HearingAssist, with our deep marketing and distribution experience and InnerScope, with its decades of proven track record of retail hearing aid sales and hearing aid R&D manufacturing, will create a powerful disruptive company in the global hearing device market.” The acquisition of HearingAssist will enable InnerScope to accelerate the company’s revenue and growth strategy, as it consolidates the sales generated by HearingAssist’s hearing product kiosks, which are currently in place across 757 Walmart stores in five states. Following the acquisition, InnerScope and HearingAssist have also revealed plans to release a joint marketing campaign, seeking to build upon HearingAssist’s brand message as ‘America’s No. 1 Affordable Hearing Brand.’ Matthew Moore, president and CEO of InnerScope, stated: “Today is a tremendous milestone for InnerScope. I’m delighted to welcome the HearingAssist team, who share our passion for providing convenient and affordable hearing products for the tens of millions of Americans who suffer from hearing loss. The HearingAssist acquisition is another meaningful step in advancing our strategy to grow as a leader and innovator in the direct-to-consumer hearing aid market.” InnerScope have long distinguished themselves through their mission to provide reliable and inexpensive hearing aids to the approximately 28.8 million Americans who could benefit from wearing hearing aids today – with the Company rolling out a series of free, self-check hearing screening kiosks at a string of national pharmacy chains, big box retailers and grocery chains across the country. The kiosks, which are equipped with the world’s first ‘hearing triage’ artificial intelligence pattern recognition software, have a unique ability to classify both, the degree of hearing loss as well as the type of loss suffered by each patient. Customers requiring hearing devices will be able to purchase the recommended product at InnerScope Hearing Technologies’ dedicated e-commerce website, www.iHeardirect.com. In addition to the Company’s kiosk roll-out, InnerScope has also expressed its intention to broaden its distribution network, a move which will see the company roll-out their product portfolio to the over 70 million customers currently enrolled inflexible spending accounts (“FSA”), health saving accounts (“HSA”), and employers’ health incentive programs, all of whom will now be able to purchase the hearing devices through the likes of the FSAstore.com, HSAstore.com, and WellDeservedHealth.com. The acquisition of HearingAssist will transform InnerScope into one of the United States’ largest hearing aid vendors, a move which will allow the company to gain incremental share within the burgeoning global hearing aid market – a sector which is forecast to swell to $11.02 billion annually by 2028, representing an earnings growth CAGR of 7.4% over the 2021-2028 interim. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.INND.com and the company’s e-commerce website www.iHeardirect.com. NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to INND are available in the company’s newsroom at https://ibn.fm/INND

FingerMotion Inc. (FNGR) in Leading Position as Mobile Data Services Transform China’s Economic Activity

  • FingerMotion is a U.S.-based provider of rich communication services (“RCS”) and big data analysis solutions that are focused on the enormous consumer potential of China’s marketplace
  • China’s mobile users account for nearly 1.5 billion individuals engaged with the country’s economic forces as well as global forces driven largely by online technology
  • Although FingerMotion’s most recent quarterly report noted a 25 percent YOY growth in revenues attributed to SMS and MMS services, the company anticipates its big data services will eventually become an even greater revenue source
  • The development of a powerful big data analysis platform under FingerMotion’s Sapientus division has led to significant insurtech agreements with global reinsurance powerhouses Munich Re and Pacific Life Reinsurance for serving China’s consumers
Mobile data specialist company FingerMotion (OTCQX: FNGR) has found itself in an early-mover position with its development of short and multimedia messaging (SMS and MMS) services that are particularly appealing to consumers in China’s enormous mobile-centric market, simultaneously using its big data technology to help build insurtech opportunities in the world’s largest nation by population. China’s efforts to make digital platform companies more competitive and to stimulate innovation have included making data hoards shareable between companies (https://ibn.fm/gx6CA). FingerMotion’s Sapientus division has for some time focused its efforts on accumulating an increasing number of data points and observations that are strengthening the power of its data analysis application platform. That platform has been developed to analyze consumer behavior and activities for government departments and corporate customers. It creates value by combining high frequency geolocation and mobile usage data with auxiliary contextual information, according to the company (https://ibn.fm/D2LkP). That big data can be used for precision marketing needs and customizing products for consumers, but in Sapientus’ case its data platform has most-notably gained attention for its ability to provide insurers with risk assessment scoring as well as simplifying policy underwriting by creating a seamless purchasing process. For FingerMotion, this has led to agreements with reinsurance powerhouses such as Pacific Life Re (https://ibn.fm/cmymY) and Munich Re (https://ibn.fm/i5vaz) that sustain those global corporations’ life and health insurance operations in China. FingerMotion CEO Martin Shen has predicted the big data division will eventually become the company’s biggest revenue driver, but for now that honor remains with the mobile services the company offers. In October, the company reported its SMS (texting) and MMS (phone photo, video and audio sharing) business revenue had grown by 25 percent in quarterly YOY comparisons and that its Telecommunications Products and Services business revenue had grown year-over-year by 142 percent (https://ibn.fm/pGCH1). Some 1.4 billion mobile users in China are largely composed of China’s post-1990s age group (jiulinghou), a segment of the population whose activity on social media forums has transformed Chinese social relationships, according to The Brookings Institution (https://ibn.fm/ugJyD), and the workings of the country’s economy in the process. Analysts at Reportlinker.com predict mobile engagement in China will enjoy a 44.7 percent CAGR between 2020 and 2027, reaching $22.4 billion out of the global $90.7 billion forecast, and that the overall global SMS & MMS segment will see a 38.4 percent CAGR as part of the trend (https://ibn.fm/fmOPp). For more information, visit the company’s website at www.FingerMotion.com. NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to FNGR are available in the company’s newsroom at https://ibn.fm/FNGR

Nowigence Inc. (NOWG) Is ‘One to Watch’

  • Nowigence Inc. is the creator of Pluaris(TM), an off-the shelf, cloud-based, artificial intelligence (“AI”) platform that automates reading and analysis of textual data.
  • Its patentable, proprietary AI technologies automatically read data from hundreds of millions of documents in seconds with human-level comprehension and understanding of text.
  • Even from its early days, Nowigence attracted users from major corporations, thereby not only earning moderate revenues but also getting feedback during product development.
  • The company’s business is global. It has a wholly owned subsidiary in India focusing on sales, marketing, business development, and technology support.
  • While most other products are specifically tailored for a specific use case, Pluaris was developed as an adaptive learning platform, offering features and flexibility to appeal to multiple target markets.
  • Most competitors belong to the service industry or are consultants, providing manpower to custom-develop solutions from scratch for clients. Gartner reports that 85% of such solutions fail.
  • State-of-the-art AI algorithms combined with an intuitive user interface and “no code” technical requirement ensures almost any consumer can derive value from Pluaris immediately and with no specialized training.
  • The company’s most meaningful and propriety IP is around machine learning and natural language processing. These tools have been and are continuing to be developed and enhanced.
  • Many components rely on output from other components. This creates a significant barrier to entry.
  • Nowigence operates in the rapidly growing cognitive computing and personal knowledge management (“PKM”) markets. The PKM market opportunity is over $1 trillion, the cognitive computing market alone was valued at $8.87 billion in 2018 and is projected to reach a value of $87.39 billion by 2026, growing at a CAGR of 31.6% from 2019 to 2026.
  • The members of the management team are highly experienced, with over two decades of experience each in building successful technology companies.
Nowigence Inc. (NOWG) is a fast-growing SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) company that develops and sells a ready-to-use artificial intelligence (“AI”) platform called Pluaris(TM) that automates reading and analysis of textual data. Individuals, teams, and enterprises can now quickly distill knowledge buried in narrative-intensive documents instantaneously from various data sources, both public and private. Pluaris is created for those who want to read more in less time. It is a Personal Knowledge Management (“PKM”) tool that generates an annotated data feed based on your topics of interest and automatically creates a permanent personal knowledge base from your feed and private uploads. It has human-like capabilities for comprehending textual data. It summarizes, provides precise answers to questions asked, analyzes different data perspectives, discovers new connections, creates organized nested notes, and allows teams to work collaboratively by sharing in real-time from anywhere in the world to draw informed conclusions. By integrating state-of-the-art data processing techniques in an intuitive interface at an affordable subscription price, Nowigence puts the power of data science in the hands of consumers. It helps individuals, teams, and organizations to quickly build expertise on one or multiple topics by generating a trove of critical information. Nowigence targets two user types that rely heavily on fast and accurate research as primary adopters of the Pluaris platform. The first is knowledge workers of all kinds – anyone whose job is to “think for a living” like marketing professionals, researchers, legal professionals, academics, journalists, editors, scientists, and other professionals. The second are individual users who are life-long learners, hobbyists, and enthusiasts of all stripes. Rather than spending time reading information to gain knowledge from one source at a time, users of Pluaris can gain knowledge from hundreds or thousands of sources in seconds. Keyword-based search-and-retrieval applications don’t open documents, nor read their content, nor extract key points, conduct cause and effect analysis or answer questions specifically. Pluaris includes all those features and goes one step further, with its semantic capabilities to empower users with interpretations of retrieved information. Nowigence estimates this feature alone can save typical researchers between one and three hours per workday. The platform also reduces “noise” by extracting only important and relevant information on every topic being monitored or researched. This helps cut down on information overload, a major source of workplace stress. Pluaris Builds Intelligence The Problem In the modern world, virtually everyone needs to consume a tremendous amount of text-based information, in both our personal and professional lives, but doing so is exceptionally challenging because of:
  • Information Overload: For virtually any significant topic of interest, the amount of textual information available and continually generated is vastly more than can be consumed by an individual.
  • Pervasive Distractions: Thanks to modern technology, we are constantly bombarded with new inputs (e-mails, instant messages, social media, and more) reducing our attention span, leading all too often to TL;DR (Too Long, Didn’t Read).
  • Highly Imperfect Human Recall: The information that we do find time to read is easily forgotten. Even if we retain some of the key insights, the details are almost certainly lost.
Even when working in teams, we often end up researching the same content as our colleagues, and too much of the information acquired by one individual is lost in translation with the communication process to others. Pluaris Pluaris is designed to be used by regular people from day one with no need for extensive training. The platform is used across different functions and sectors, adapting to clients’ ever-changing needs. Its state-of-the-art no code editing gives organizations the flexibility to improve and tailor their results without hiring data scientists, and real time information retrieval ensures the client never misses any piece of intelligence. Pluaris adapts to the unique needs by which individuals absorb knowledge. It doesn’t impose structured or rigid methodology. Real time operation means that Pluaris will deliver outputs instantaneously with a click. A Nowigence team of experts spent three years training Pluaris to understand the context of every sentence it reads. If Pluaris does make an error in contextual interpretation, the user can correct it, which will instantly give the correction precedence over the ML’s algorithmic outputs. This takes away the biggest criticism against AI/ML platforms, that annotating (labeling) data and developing training datasets to build models takes too much time and effort from internal teams. Use Cases I need to stay on top of the latest news for my industry. Pluaris automatically retrieves and analyzes news on your topics of interest every day, so you can quickly scroll through an annotated news feed on your phone, tablet or laptop, while finishing your morning coffee. Example: A Pluaris enterprise customer was interested in tracking news and events in the telecom industry. Nowigence was able to quickly create and then fine-tune a list of topics to monitor. In less than a week, they had an annotated news feed covering the telecom industry available to their team. I have to come up to speed on a new topic as quickly as possible. Upload a few related websites and documents to Pluaris and within minutes you are exploring this new area of interest, scanning the summaries, gaining new insights about this topic, and finding new keywords to broaden your search and deepen your understanding. Example: A customer who was already using Pluaris for business intelligence decided to use his account to make improvements in his health after he received a report from his doctor of a high fasting blood sugar level.
  • He uploaded a few research reports to Pluaris, read through the summaries, and explored the annotated labels. Based on that analysis, he set up Pluaris to monitor topics such as “lowering fasting blood sugar” and “low glycemic food.”
  • From those results, he built an action list of daily habits for diet and fitness and, within a couple months, brought his fasting blood sugar level back down.
I want to be able to access the information I’ve read in the past and synthesize it with my current understanding. As you continue to add more and more information to the system over time, Pluaris never forgets. You are building a knowledge base of the information that is most relevant to you. Example: A Pluaris user at one of the world’s largest aluminum mining companies was tasked with preparing talking points for her manager for an upcoming investor meeting. Over time using Pluaris, she had built a database of documents, including transcripts, notes, Q&A sessions, speeches, annual reports, and internal documents, some of which were from previous investor meetings. She was able to quickly explore that database through the Pluaris Dashboard and using various filters. She then pulled this information together in a Pluaris Notebook and shared that note directly with her boss. Market Outlook Pluaris users include:
  • Knowledge Workers – Gartner estimates there are more than 1 billion worldwide as of December 2019.
  • Students in Higher Education: ICEF estimates there are 250 million worldwide as of 2020. This is Nowigence’s initial target group from a market penetration perspective.
  • Personal/Home Use: Statista estimates there are 4.7 billion active internet users worldwide as of January 2021.
Nowigence offers tiered pricing, starting at $10/month/user for individuals, while team and enterprise users, who have access to more features to facilitate collaboration and integrations to other enterprise tools, start at $45/month/user. As a result, the Total Available Market (“TAM”) is more than a billion users and over $1 trillion. The Market Opportunity (the Serviceable Obtainable Market or SOM) for Nowigence is $11 billion in the combined PKM and Cognitive Computing space defined by Pluaris. This market is growing rapidly too. The Cognitive Computing market alone was valued at $8.87 billion in 2018 and is projected to reach a value of $87.39 billion by 2026, growing at a CAGR of 31.6% from 2019 to 2026, according to Allied Market Research. Nowigence offers differentiated value compared to other Personal Knowledge Management (“PKM”) tools, which have reached as many as 250 million users (Evernote) and have shown rapid adoption (Roam Research reached 60,000 users and $1 million ARR within 6 weeks of launching paid plans). Unlike Pluaris, these tools do not automatically monitor public or private sources to add to your knowledge base, nor do they provide summaries or extract intelligence. Pluaris differs from search engines as well, in that search engines do not access or store personal knowledge, and they also do not summarize or extract intelligence. Management Team Anoop Bhatia is the founder and CEO of Nowigence Inc., where he has worked full-time since 2015. Previously, he worked as a global operation strategic transformation leader for Momentive Performance Material (formerly GE Silicones). He has worked for over two decades in various General Electric companies across different countries, including the U.S., India, The Netherlands and Germany. He played a key role in establishing GE Silicones as the first-ever wholly owned foreign subsidiary established in India in 1996. He received his Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering from BITS in India and did his post-graduate studies in management from Heriot-Watt at Edinburgh in Scotland. Gordon Haupt is the Chief Technology Officer at Nowigence. He has more than 20 years of experience building and leading diverse engineering and operations teams, and a strong technical background in machine learning, signal processing, and statistical data analysis, including applications in speech and text, biotechnology, and computer vision. He is a named inventor on 15 issued patents and is experienced in all phases of engineering development and operations. He holds a B.S. degree in Engineering Mechanics from the University of Wisconsin and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University in Aeronautics and Astronautics. David Evans is the company’s acting CFO & General Counsel. As an attorney and licensed CPA in the state of New York, he has extensive experience in multistate and international tax policies and guidelines, federal taxation laws, mergers and acquisitions, including valuation of closely held businesses. He is a contributing author to the New York State Tax Service, a six-volume publication of NYS tax laws and regulations. His prior experience includes being a Managing Director for UHY Advisors LLC, a board member and chairperson of the Tax Division Executive Committee of New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants and a past president of the Estate Planning Council of Eastern New York. He holds degrees from Hofstra University and State University of New York at Buffalo. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Nowigence.com. NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to Nowigence are available in the company’s newsroom at https://ibn.fm/NOW

Eat Well Investment Group Inc. (CSE: EWG) (OTC: EWGFF) Subsidiaries (Sapientia and Amara) Setting Pace for Success As 2022 Approaches

  • Eat Well Group wholly-owned subsidiary Sapientia has launched its better-for-you plant-based twists, created by Sapientia’s Founder and President and Twisted Cheetos creator, Dr. Eugenio Bortone
  • The launch comes only six months after Eat Well Group acquired Sapientia
  • The company’s majority-owned subsidiary Amara is also excelling, reaching number one on Amazon’s new release list for its toddler line
  • Amara has partnered with Pharmapacks, a leading e-commerce distributor of health, beauty, and wellness brands to popular retail online marketplaces, to help facilitate growth and acquire “new to brand” customers
Eat Well Investment Group (CSE: EWG) (OTC: EWGFF), a publicly-traded vertically integrated plant-based food company that combines agribusiness, foodtech, and CPG for innovative, delicious, and better-for-you foods to be supplied worldwide, recently made an important announcement regarding its wholly-owned subsidiary Sapientia Technologies, LLC. The announcement revolves around Sapientia’s launch of its better-for-you plant-based twists to 350 Federated Co-operatives Limited Ltd. Stores – under the COOP Pure Brand. President Dr. Eugenio Bortone, the founder of Sapientia and inventor of “Twisted Cheetos,” created these plant-based snack twists (https://ibn.fm/VnMJh). The company is projecting $60,000,000 in revenue for 2021 and approximately $100,000,000 for 2022. The launch provides Eat Well Group with an additional revenue channel for 2022, as the company plans to scale other product offerings. “Our investment in Sapientia is disrupting the multi-billion-dollar snack food market by providing taste and nutrition without compromise,” Eat Well Group President Marc Aneed stated. “These plant-based twisted curls deliver the same delicious flavor, crunch, and texture as leading snack food brands while providing 3-4x more protein, 4-5x more fiber with less fat and calories. Dr. Eugenio Bortone and his team at Sapientia have created a product that you would eat and enjoy, even if you didn’t know it was better for you.” The Head of Store Brands for Federated Co-operatives Limited, Sav Bellissimo, also commented on the launch, saying that the coop was very excited to partner with Eat Well Group to introduce such a breakthrough plant-based snack item under the COOP Pure Brand. “There is nothing in the category that has this much protein and fiber and still tastes like a regular salty snack and made locally here in Western Canada,” Bellissimo added. The launch of Sapientia’s proprietary product, formulations, and intellectual property comes only six months after Eat Well Group’s acquisition of the subsidiary. Sapientia created these plant-based twists for consumers who want healthier snack foods offering high proteins and other nutritional values. These snacks are baked, not fried – offering approximately 30% fewer calories and higher nutritional values than their corn-based competitors. In another announcement, Eat Well Group shared that its majority-owned subsidiary Amara Organic Foods is one of America’s fastest-growing baby food brands. The subsidiary has grown its revenue five times since January 2021 and has been named the number one new release on Amazon for its toddler line. “More and more consumers are searching for healthier alternatives to legacy baby and food brands, and the traction Amara’s dedicated store on Amazon has shown so quickly after launching it, affirms that,” Mr. Aneed commented (https://ibn.fm/FuSXO). As an early investor in Amara, Pharmapacks will be a key contributor to the subsidiary’s growth across Amazon and other industry-leading e-commerce sites. Pharmapacks is one of the largest e-commerce distributors of health, beauty, and wellness brands to popular retail online marketplaces. Over the next 12 to 18 months, Amara is going to focus on bringing “new to brand” consumers to the platform while continuing to improve and optimize its site. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.EatWellGroup.com. NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to EWGFF are available in the company’s newsroom at https://ibn.fm/EWGFF

Playgon Games (TSX.V: DEAL) (OTCQB: PLGNF) Rides Growing iGaming Tidal Wave With Privacy-Focused B2B Solutions

  • PLGNF recently featured on Network News Audio’s broadcast “Digitization Reshaped Ecommerce First, Now Moving to Online Gaming”
  • COVID-19 spurred significant iGaming industry growth in 2020, demand projected to continue increasing as new users come online
  • PLGNF develops and licenses digital content for global iGaming market
  • Proprietary technology enables seamless integration at operator level, allows user access without sharing sensitive data or requiring app store download
  • Global iGaming revenue expected to grow from $75 billion in 2021 to $127.3 billion by 2027 at a CAGR of 11.94%
Playgon Games (TSX.V: DEAL) (OTCQB: PLGNF), a SaaS technology company that delivers proprietary live dealer mobile technology to global online gaming operators, was recently featured on Network News Audio’s “Digitization Reshaped Ecommerce First, Now Moving to Online Gaming” broadcast (https://ibn.fm/eXbXw). The broadcast details the massive industry shift that occurred throughout 2020, driven by lockdowns that flooded networks with users looking for digital gaming content and entertainment. When contrasted with the early days of e-commerce, iGaming appears to be on a similar trajectory with historically sluggish growth that is hitting a stage where demand will chart vertically in a “hockey stick” formation as more users come online. With an eye on capitalizing on market growth, PLGNF is developing and delivering digital gaming content to meet the exploding demand for B2B solutions. With a team of more than 80 people and growing, the company provides turn-key gaming solutions and a multitenant gateway that allows online operators to offer customers innovative iGaming products without sharing sensitive data or requiring an app store download. The platform currently hosts 26 operators across four content aggregator clients in South Africa and Europe, with another eight operators in the queue to be on-boarded. PLGNF’s current software platform is cloud-based for scalability, mobile-focused, device-agnostic, and built for one-handed play in portrait mode only. Current offerings include live-dealer table games broadcast from their state of the art Las Vegas studio and a complimentary suite of eTable games based off their live versions. More games are in the development pipeline, with an expected release of an additional suite of games of both live and eTable versions in the near future, including craps, sicbo, hold ‘em poker, and 3-card poker. According to Grandview Research, global revenue in iGaming is expected to grow from $75 billion in 2021 to $127.3 billion by 2027 at a CAGR of 11.94%. Industry growth, spurred by COVID-19, is expected to be further catalyzed by technological advancements, rapidly evolving regulations, and demand from a younger tech savvy demographic with familiarity in digitized environments. PLGNF is led by CEO Darcy Krogh, a pioneer in developing browser-based digital iGaming content for the iGaming market. Live-dealer technology expert Guido Ganschow joins Krogh as company CPO, bringing 13 years of experience in creating real-time, live-dealer technology and platforms. Rounding out the team as COO is Steve Baker, former VP of Shaw Communications, who was integral in growing Shaw’s revenue from $300 million to $2.8 billion during his tenure at the company. PLGNF develops turn-key solutions for online casinos, land-based operators, sportsbook operators, media groups, and big database companies. With a portfolio of IP-protected assets and high barriers to entry, the company is positioned favorably within the hyper-growth iGaming industry. To hear the AudioPressRelease, please visit The NetworkNewsAudio News Podcast (https://ibn.fm/XlEM2). To view the full editorial, visit https://ibn.fm/eXbXw For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Playgon.com. NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to PLGNF are available in the company’s newsroom at https://ibn.fm/PLGNF

Nemaura Medical Inc. (NASDAQ: NMRD) Complete Initial Shipment of sugarBEAT(R) Devices to UK Licensee

  • Nemaura Medical announced the successful completion of its initial shipment of sugarBEAT(R) continuous glucose monitor devices to its UK licensee
  • The initial shipment, which comprised 5,000 CGM devices and 200,000 sensors, is expected to result in follow-on monthly orders of up to 2 million sensors and 15,000 CGM devices over the next two years
  • Following the launch of the sugarBeat(R), Nemaura Medical have released the MiBoKo application, designed to help individuals track their metabolic health scores
Nemaura Medical (NASDAQ: NMRD), a medical technology company focused on developing and commercializing non-invasive wearable diagnostic devices and supporting personalized lifestyle coaching programs, revealed that it had recently completed its initial shipment of sugarBEAT(R) continuous glucose monitor (“CGM”) devices to its UK licensee, MySugarWatch Limited (“MySugarWatch”), previously known as DB Ethitronix Limited (https://ibn.fm/D3B2b). MySugarWatch will market the sugarBEAT product under the MySugarWatch(R) brand and has developed a subscription-based diabetes coaching and management service packaged alongside the sugarBEAT monitor and related device sensors, an offering directed towards individuals diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. MySugarWatch had previously placed an initial order for 5,000 CGM devices and 200,000 sensors and anticipate a rolling monthly forecast of up to 2 million sensors and 15,000 CGM devices over the next two years, to target the over 4.9 million diabetics in the UK currently as well as the 13.6 million people at increased risk of contracting Type 2 diabetes. “This initial shipment of sugarBEAT(R) CGM devices to our UK licensee allows the Company to now recognize revenue for the first time in our corporate history and is a true milestone in our development and growth,” commented Nemaura CEO Dr. Faz Chowdhury. “Starting in the UK, patients with Type 2 diabetes can now benefit from a less invasive glucose monitoring option that should improve patient lifestyle, adherence, and outcome.” Founded in 2011, Nemaura Medical has made it its mission to develop non-invasive wearable diagnostic devices designed to help diabetic and near-diabetic patients monitor blood glucose levels by measuring blood makers at the skin’s surface. Following the launch of the company’s flagship product, the sugarBEAT(R), Nemaura recently launched their MiBoKo application, a service offering that has been in development for the past 18 months and which seeks to address a significant mass-market opportunity which the Company believes could benefit roughly a third to half of the global population. The MiBoKo application uses a non-invasive glucose sensor to measure and monitor users’ metabolic health scores, which are based on glucose tolerance or insulin resistance. Prediabetic patients or those facing obesity concerns or looking to monitor their glucose intake would all benefit from using the application. Historically, diabetic and near-diabetic patients have monitored their blood sugar levels by collecting blood capillary samples, which are subsequently analyzed by an accredited laboratory (https://ibn.fm/ggtM1). Nemaura Medical have sought to simplify this process through a non-invasive and rapid procedure carried out by their proprietary device, a solution which has become increasingly essential during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, wherein patients with type 2 diabetes who contracted the virus were shown to be nearly 50% more likely to wind up in intensive care if they had mismanaged their blood sugar levels over the long-term, relative to those with better long-term glycaemic control (https://ibn.fm/IggsY). For more information, visit the company websites at www.NemauraMedical.com. NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to NMRD are available in the company’s newsroom at https://ibn.fm/NMRD

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