• Nuclear power is seeing bipartisan government support
• Executive order declared state of emergency to address America’s overreliance on critical minerals, including rare earth elements and uranium, from foreign sources
• House Speaker spearheaded climate bill that calls for reducing emissions to zero by 2050; Biden wants same goal by 2035

Energy Fuels (NYSE American: UUUU) (TSX: EFR) is a U.S. miner that stands ready with the unique abilities and resources to supply the United States with its growing demand for clean nuclear energy. As election day looms closer, the one thing both parties seem to agree on is that nuclear energy has a bright future as the country moves toward cleaner, carbon-free energy sources. James Conca, an earth and environmental scientist and regular contributor to “Forbes” on the subject of energy wrote, “The idea that Republican Administrations are pro-nuclear and Democratic ones are anti-nuclear is one of those enduring myths, like the idea that Republicans are better for the economy than Democrats. When either party had control of Washington in the last 40 years, neither did anything great for nuclear power” (https://ibn.fm/0to91). Conca points out that leading climate scientists say that the country cannot address climate change without significant nuclear power. Therefore, any candidates who are serious about making a difference on the carbon footprint and the future of the world’s climate has to include clean nuclear energy in their plan. As of this moment, both major presidential candidates are backing nuclear power. Indeed, the official Democratic Party Platform supports nuclear energy for the first time since 1972. This is good news for Energy Fuels, America’s leading producer of uranium, which is the fuel for carbon-free electricity. Energy Fuels was also the largest domestic producer of vanadium in 2019. Vanadium is mainly used in steel and other high-strength alloys. But vanadium batteries, which can be used to store vast amounts of electricity generated from renewable sources, are also being commercialized around the world. The company is also entering the rare earth elements processing business. Rare earths are used in a whole host of advanced technologies, including in the clean energy sector. On October 1, 2020, Energy Fuels publicly applauded the President’s executive order that declared a state of emergency to address America’s overreliance on critical minerals from foreign adversaries (https://ibn.fm/b8aoI). The order allows for the development of a program to fund mineral processing that protects national security. The President is making it clear that critical minerals should be produced in the United States and a reduction of current dependency on imports is necessary. Such initiatives have bipartisan support. Democrats are also pushing the way forward as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spearheaded a climate bill that calls for reducing emissions to zero by 2050; Biden wants to achieve the same goal by 2035 (https://ibn.fm/DECJR). These goals can only be achieved through increased use of renewable and nuclear energy. Energy Fuels is a leading U.S. producer of the raw materials needed to produce electricity from these sources. Nuclear power is also seeing bipartisan U.S. support through the American Nuclear Infrastructure Act (ANIA) and the Nuclear Energy Leadership Act (NELA), which lift the prohibition on nuclear funding (https://ibn.fm/CWLaz). There is a growing interest in clean nuclear power that reaches beyond party lines, and Energy Fuels appears to be in an ideal spot to benefit from this rare show of support from both sides. To learn more about the company, please visit 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

• SRAX CEO Christopher Miglino recently joined LD Micro president Chris Lahiji on Stock2Me podcast, discussed SRAX’s recent purchase of LD Micro’s business
• SRAX’s Miglino noted that acquisition of LD Micro would allow SRAX’s investor intelligence platform, Sequire, to broaden range of services offered to clients
• LD Micro’s Lahiji touched on synergies between businesses, opined that every publicly listed company would be resorting to some form of investor intelligence software within five years
• SRAX’s BIGtoken division announced two new additions to its board of directors

SRAX (NASDAQ: SRAX), a financial technology company focused around unlocking data and insights for publicly traded companies through Sequire, its SaaS platform, recently participated in the Stock2Me podcast to elaborate on the company’s recent purchase of micro-cap specialist data company, LD Micro (https://ibn.fm/UJAPF). Chris Lahiji, president of LD Micro, and Christopher Miglino, CEO and founder of SRAX, joined the show to discuss the recent acquisition of LD Micro, which will lead LD Micro to continue operating as a wholly owned subsidiary of SRAX with founder Lahiji staying on in his current role as the company’s president. SRAX CEO Christopher Miglino described the deal as one taking place between two like-minded companies with the end objective of broadening the exposure and level of service offered to their clients. SRAX’s investor intelligence service, Sequire, currently boasts over 105 issuers who actively utilize the platform to gain a better understanding of their shareholder base as well as to connect and interact with new and potential investors. Through the acquisition of LD Micro and its vast universe of public micro-cap issuers as well as the thousands of investors who partake of LD Micro’s services to gain insight into the micro & small-cap listed space, Sequire has sought to combine the inherent synergies offered through the companies’ respective platforms. “LD Micro was always the best conference that we would go to. We always met the most interesting and notable investors there,” stated Miglino. “As we started to develop our Sequire platform for public companies, we thought it would be a great match to bring that community together with Sequire so that we could help issuers on our platform get more exposure to additional investors. Instead of just presenting to a room of 50 people, companies can present to 10,000 people or 100,000 people or a million people, virtually. We think the combination of technology and physical events is going to do really, really well together.” Similarly, while LD Micro has long prided itself in hosting the most exclusive micro-cap conference in the United States with thousands of companies vying to meet with the legion of specialized investors in attendance, the tie-up with SRAX will allow the company to broaden its service offerings going forward. “If you look at what we’ve built at LD, we’ve had a lot of interest over the last 11 or 12 years in getting acquired, but the reality was that every single organization wanted to use the community that we had built for the wrong purposes,” LD Micro president Chris Lahiji stated during the podcast. “Christopher Miglino was the only guy who came to me and essentially asked the right questions and found a way of taking what we had built since 2002 and enhancing it. . . . With SRAX, I have the ability to increase my reach by more than 100-fold without having to sacrifice anything that has been built prior to [the acquisition]. The dynamics that they bring to the table for LD are incalculable.” Elsewhere, BIGtoken Inc., a division of SRAX which will soon become a separate publicly traded company through a previously-announced merger with Force Protection Video Equipment (“FPVD”), announced its appointment of Daina Middleton and Yin Woon Rani to its board of directors (https://ibn.fm/C2zA5). Following the two new appointments, Middleton and Rani will join SRAX CEO Christopher Miglino and BIGtoken CEO Malcolm CasSelle on the board of the company. “We are very pleased to have Daina and Yin join our board,” said BIGtoken CEO Malcolm CasSelle. “Daina’s marketing and leadership experience with large corporations like Twitter and HP combined with Yin’s extensive CPG background, having worked at Campbell Soup and the Grey Group agency where she managed accounts with Hasbro, P&G, and M&M, will make the leadership team here at BIGtoken a true powerhouse. BIGtoken is ready to take on the next phase of growth and with our two new board members, we are sure to make a substantial impact in the digital media and data space.” Upon completion of the transaction with Force Protection Video Equipment Corp (“FPVD”) whereby SRAX will receive 88.9% of the issued and outstanding shares of FPVD in exchange for 100% of the shares of BIGtoken, FPVD will be rebranded as BIGtoken. For more information on SRAX Inc., visit the company’s website at www.SRAX.com NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to SRAX are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/SRAX

• Sales of legal adult-use cannabis in Canada grew by 5.2% from July to August, reaching monthly total of CA$244.9 million
• PACR committed to preserving excellence of elite strains while introducing highest-quality new strains
• Strategic approach has allowed company to be cash-flow positive within first year of trading

With the recent news that Canadian cannabis sales in August reached nearly CA$245 million (https://ibn.fm/PZpYT), Pac Roots Cannabis Corp.’s (CSE: PACR) mission to deliver the finest cannabis genetics to Canadians seems particularly well timed. A Canadian company, PACR is dedicated to producing premium-quality strains and products by leveraging a genetics-focused approach. According to “Marijuana Business Daily,” sales of legal adult-use cannabis in Canada grew by 5.2% from July to August, reaching a monthly total of CA$244.9 million. The report, which reflected tracked sales in all 10 provinces as well as the Northwest Territories and Yukon, notes that “the monthly record for Canadian marijuana sales implies an annualized market worth more than CA$2.9 billion.” Those numbers reflect the striking potential of Pac Roots Cannabis Corp., a company whose passion is preserving the excellence of its elite strains while introducing the highest-quality of new strains. PACR achieves these two objectives by keeping both yields and profit margins high. The Company’s strategic business model includes subsidizing costs with key partners: Phenome One Corp. and Rock Creek Farm; this approach has allowed PACR to be cash-flow positive within its first year of trading. Pac Roots Cannabis Corp. has a licensing agreement with Phenome One that gives PACR access to Canada’s largest live genetic cannabis library, which contains more than 350 lab- and field-tested cultivars. The agreement also provides Pac Roots Cannabis rights to utilize any cultivars in the Phenome library in its growing, breeding and cloning IP efforts. PACR and Rock Creek Farms are involved in a joint venture: a 100-acre commercial hemp operation located in one of the best outdoor growing climates in Canada. Dubbed the Napa Valley of the North or the Golden Mile, the farm is tucked in the South Okanagan Valley in British Columbia. After receiving a hemp cultivation license from Health Canada in May 2020, cultivation efforts began at the site, including preparing field for planting and installing irrigation systems. An estimated 130,000 premium-hemp CBD seedlings, which had spent a month in greenhouses prior to planting, were carefully placed across two 50-acre parcels in June. Harvesting is expected to begin this month with a projected yield of 500,000–700,000 pounds of biomass, with 100% of the product already under sales contract with a processor at fair market value. While some companies strive to be the largest cannabis grower, Pac Roots Cannabis is focused on the quality of the cannabis it produces. Demand for premium products has never been higher, and PACR is committed to maintaining its role as a leader in the premium cannabis space. Pac Roots Cannabis Corp. began operations in 2012 with initial activities directed toward exploration and development of mineral properties in Canada. The Company’s mission has evolved over time, and today, Pac Roots Cannabis Corp. is focused on cannabis and hemp cultivation, leveraging high-end genetics and specialized cultivars to produce top-quality products. Genetic variation and stability is the foundation that drives the decision-making for Pac Roots Cannabis Corp.’s business. For more information about Pac Roots Cannabis Corp., visit www.PacRoots.ca. NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to PACR are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/PACR

• Friendable Inc.’s Fan Pass app is designed to break down the barrier between artists and fans
• The Fan Pass app offers subscribers the opportunity to connect with their favorite artists and access one-of-a-kind experiences, live performances and merchandise created especially for them
• With an affordable pricing structure that facilitates revenue growth, Fan Pass provides investors a unique opportunity to obtain a stake in a new organization catering to a growing population of omni-users who crave constant connection with celebrities and influencers
• The company has secured a partnership with Brightcove targeting OTT platform expansion, including leaders such as iOS, Android, Apple TV, Android TV, Roku and WWW
• Roughly 100 million internet users watch online videos every day, creating a highly lucrative market opportunity for Friendable
• The video streaming industry in the United States is expected to reach $7.08 billion in 2021

Friendable Inc. (OTC: FDBL) is a mobile technology and marketing company focused on connecting and engaging users through its proprietary mobile and desktop applications. Launched July 24, 2020, the company’s flagship offering is designed to help artists engage with their fans around the world and earn revenue while doing so. The livestreaming platform supports artists at all levels, providing exclusive artist content ‘Channels,’ LIVE event streaming, promotional support, fan subscriptions and custom merchandise designs, all of which serve as revenue streams for each artist. With Fan Pass, artists can offer exclusive content channels to their fans, who can use their smartphones to gain access to their favorite artists, as well as an all-access pass to all artists on the platform. Additionally, the Fan Pass team will deploy social broadcasters to capture exclusive VIP experiences, interviews and behind-the-scenes content featuring their favorite artists – all available to fan subscribers on a free trial basis. Subscriptions are billed monthly at $3.99, or about the cost of downloading a couple of songs, and VIP experiences are available at a fraction of the cost of traditional face-to-face meetups. Friendable Inc. was founded by Robert A. Rositano Jr. and Dean Rositano, two brothers with over 27 years of experience working together on technology-related ventures. The Fan Pass Mobile & Desktop App Friendable Inc. launched its Fan Pass platform as a solution for artists and their fans as the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated shutdown have continued to severely hamstring the entertainment industry as a whole. Through Fan Pass, the company aims to reach artists at all levels looking to alter their touring schedules to include ‘Virtual Touring,’ new revenue sources and innovative fan engagement opportunities that are expected to become permanent fixtures of artists’ touring routines moving forward. Fan Pass creates an ecosystem that embraces fans of all kinds, feeding diehard followers and developing lasting connections with more casual supporters. Through the app, qualified artists are provided with a custom designed, exclusive ’Fan Pass Channel’ where they can invite fans and social followers from anywhere around the world to join in chats and live events – allowing fans to experience all there is to see of an artist in one place. Artists earn revenue from monthly fan subscribers, merchandise sales, tickets sold for virtual streaming events and generally from all content views or impressions on their channels. All content views and sales of every kind are reported to each artist through their dashboards, including real-time payout and earnings information. Fan Pass’ exclusive ‘All Access VIP’ option provides fans with access to content, such as:

• Live performances or online concerts
• Backstage meetups before, during or after events
• Livestreams of studio sessions
• Behind-the-scenes footage of music video and photo shoots
• Special interviews and one-on-one videos
• Streams highlighting the artists’ daily lives

The Fan Pass platform is extremely intuitive, bringing each artist through a streamlined onboarding process, including building out artist ‘Channels’, scheduling LIVE events and designing special edition merchandise to be offered solely through exclusive Fan Pass merchandise stores. “With the global pandemic disrupting the entertainment industry in such a profound way, artists have had to look to digital distribution and live virtual performances in order to maintain any earning opportunities. Fan Pass and our team are determined to provide solutions and support to all artists, their fans and the industry in general. We are excited about the opportunity we have to shape the future of virtual entertainment, revenue generation and artist/fan engagement,” Robert A. Rositano Jr., CEO of Friendable Inc., stated in a news release. Market Opportunity Artists rely heavily on revenue streams that are not often seen by those without intimate industry knowledge. When it comes to traditional performances, the sale of VIP/backstage or meet & greet passes to boost revenue can often become the majority of the artist’s annual tour revenue. Data provided by one of the company’s original entertainment partners, The Kluger Agency (TKA), suggests that as much as 18-23% of artists’ annual tour revenue has historically been derived from these VIP experiences. The World Economic Forum reports that, in 2020, the six-month-plus disappearance of live music concerts is estimated to have cost “the industry more than $10 billion in sponsorships,” and individual artists are feeling the loss the most. Fan Pass is helping to bridge this gap, providing more affordable virtual VIP experiences that can be offered simultaneously to fans around the world. While it’s free for artists to join, Fan Pass leverages a monthly subscription model paid by fans to generate revenues. These revenues are shared with all channel artists. In exchange for its platform features, live streaming tools, bandwidth, processing and handling, Fan Pass earns platform fees on each separately ticketed event, as well as splits with each artist on subscriber fees and merchandise designed and sold on the platform. The U.S. video streaming industry is expected to hit $7.08 billion in value in 2021, with an estimated 100 million internet users watching online video content every day, according to data from Livestream.com. The same report suggests that 45% of live video audiences would pay for exclusive, on-demand video from a favorite team, speaker or performer. Through Fan Pass, Friendable Inc. is uniquely positioned to capitalize on this opportunity. Friendable App The company’s second application, Friendable, is an all-inclusive platform where users can meet, chat and date. The app has exceeded 1.5 million total downloads, with over 900,000 historical registered users and more than 580,000 historical user profiles. Friendable Inc.’s Next Phase of Growth To facilitate its next phase of growth, Friendable Inc. is seeking an additional $1 million in equity investment, with a follow-on funding that meets or exceeds $5 million. The company intends to utilize its relationships to secure the lowest cost of capital available, as these funds will drive technology advancements, increase head count, fund marketing initiatives and secure additional celebrity talent aimed at bringing larger fan audiences to each released event. These initiatives will assist in building recurring monthly (fan) subscribers, effectively generating recurring monthly revenue for each artist, as well. The next phase of growth is expected to play a key role in accelerating the company’s download and conversion of data for subscription revenue and merchandise sales. The company’s primary goal is to establish Fan Pass as a premier brand and mobile platform dedicated to connecting and engaging users around the world. In support of this goal, it has entered into a partnership with Brightcove targeting OTT platform expansion, including leaders such as iOS, Android, Apple TV, Android TV, Roku and WWW. In the highly competitive video streaming market, Friendable Inc. has tapped into an unmet demand from today’s ever-present ‘omni-users’ for constant contact with celebrities and influencers. Via Fan Pass, the company offers investors an opportunity to gain a stake in an organization catering to this new breed of omni-users and their influencers. The application’s potential is clearly illustrated by the interest it has generated in recent weeks. From September 4 to October 12, the Fan Pass platform added 246 new artists, accounting for a 410 percent increase in just six weeks. “We are extremely encouraged by the ongoing swell of interest as the value of our Fan Pass platform continues to resonate in the artist community,” Friendable CEO Robert A. Rositano Jr. stated in a news release. “We believe the live streaming functionality, our full-circle offering and diverse revenue opportunities the platform offers will continue to drive exponential growth as management remains focused on building long-term shareholder value.” Management Team Robert A. Rositano Jr. is the co-founder and CEO of Friendable Inc. He oversees the daily management and operational duties of all areas of the business. He has over 20 years of experience as a serial entrepreneur, bringing in over $60 million in liquidity events for the companies he has created or managed. Before starting Friendable Inc. with his brother, Rositano was a founding member of the internet’s first IPO, Netcom Online Communications Inc. It was sold to ICG, then to EarthLink in 1995. He has been a co-founder of several successful ventures, including Simply Internet Inc., Nettaxi.com and America’s Biggest Inc., among others. He also authored one of the first web directories for MacMillan Publishers. Dean Rositano is the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Friendable Inc. He handles the day-to-day operations and guides the technical direction of the company. He has over 15 years of executive management, financial management, high technology operations and internet architecture experience. Before co-founding Friendable Inc., Rositano co-founded several other companies, including Checkmate Mobile Inc. and Latitude Venture Partners LLC, among others. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Friendable.com. NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to FDBL are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/FDBL

• SNWR is leveraging technology to consolidate music industry as a highly fragmented marketplace.
• Through Intercept Music, the company has developed a single platform offering independent artist distribution, marketing, and monetization support.
• This powerful artist-focused platform is transforming music recording space, allowing independent artist to reach, engage millions of fans worldwide.

Sanwire Corp. (OTC: SNWR), a Las Vegas, Nevada-based diversified company focused on investing in the entertainment technology space, along with its wholly owned subsidiary Intercept Music Inc. has announced the release of version 2.0 of its software platform — Intercept Music — and website: www.InterceptMusic.com. Founded in 1997, Sanwire Corp. is centered around music distribution social media marketing and label service in that sector. The company is focused on identifying unique opportunities in fragmented entertainment markets and developing advanced technologies to consolidate distinct services into unified delivery platforms. Through its wholly owned subsidiary Intercept Music Inc., Sanwire offers a unique combination of artist-focused services unified on the proprietary online platform designed to assist independent artists and bands in promoting their music and distributing it globally through hundreds of digital stores and major streaming platforms, including Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, Pandora and Google Music. In what Sanwire calls “a marriage of experience and tech,” the platform offers a single solution for recording artists, blending distribution, marketing and monetization in one place so they can focus on their music. Intercept Music recently released a new version of the platform, helping recording artists reach audiences in more than 230 countries worldwide and earn income from their music. As a powerful tool that offers customized marketing on all major social media platforms, the upgraded version of the platform will enable artists to manage their marketing efforts across all social media channels from a single dashboard with access to analytics that will reveal the effectiveness of the strategy including indicators such as the number of new followers, followers base growth rate, aggregate revenues overview as well as individual revenue streams. The newly released version will also allow artists to identify where their music was streamed and downloaded, and reveal the streaming service employed. This specific information helps artists understand their market better. The enhanced version involves scalable features developed to allow a rapid expansion for Sanwire and artists alike. In addition to existing major streaming platforms, the upgraded version introduced more than 20 new digital retailers to assist artistic clients in increasing their revenues. “Despite the global pandemic, domestic hurricanes and domestic forest fires, we remain focused on helping our clients, independent artists and bands to achieve their goals by empowering them with seamless productivity tools resulting in an exceptional experience,” said Intercept Music president Tod Turner. Active in the entertainment industry for a number of years, Sanwire has helped artists earn many awards including more than 100 Grammys; the company continues to be committed to rapid growth, expanding quickly to generate revenues. As a fast-growing, technology-based entertainment company, Sanwire Corp.’s robust business model is centered around applying technology to integrate multiple services into a single platform of delivery backed by professionals with years of industry experience. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.SanwireCorporation.com and www.InterceptMusic.com. NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to SNWR are available in the company’s newsroom at https://ibn.fm/SNWR

• Transformation Capital features SHRG as top performer in the TDSI direct-selling index
• SHRG achieved a staggering 1,070% growth rate compared to its levels at the end of February when the index started tracking data
• Industry as a whole has been outperforming the market, with positive outlook for the full year

Sharing Services Global (OTCQB: SHRG), a diversified holding company specializing in the health and wellness direct-selling industry, was featured in a recent industry report published by an investment banking and business development firm Transformation Capital as one of the fastest-growing small-cap companies in the space (https://ibn.fm/nPDBd). The report looks at the TDSI, or a market capitalization-weighted index of all U.S. publicly traded, direct-selling companies with valuations over $25 million. The index started tracking data from March 1, 2020, and now stands 56% above the initial end-of-February level, significantly outperforming the DJIA and S&P 500, which gained only 7% during the same period. The numbers indicate that the industry as a whole is growing much faster than general economy. The investment bank and business development firm highlights Sharing Services Global as the top performer among all stocks in the index’s tracking set. SHRG continued its impressive growth with a gain of 27% during August only, which means that for September, SHRG’s stock price stood at a massive 1,070% above its levels at the end of February. Transformation Capital estimates that the industry will continue to perform favorably in 2020, leveraging the momentum built since the beginning of the year, driving the industry towards a possible new record-breaking year. Stuart Johnson, CEO of Transformation Capital, was positive about the outlook for the direct marketing industry.  “From a broad perspective, we believe that the direct selling industry, as a whole, is experiencing a renaissance within the domestic market,” he said. “As indicated in the chart below, domestic direct selling revenues have been flat to slightly down since reaching an all-time high of more than $36 billion in 2016. It is our belief that 2020 sales will reach, and likely exceed that record figure.” The investment banking and business development firm notes several bullish factors driving the direct-selling robust performance bullish indicators for the industry, including the decline in short interest in industry stocks demonstrating that investors are becoming reluctant to take positions against them. As a result, the sentiment of the analysts covering this space is shifting, with a staggering 97% of them having “buy” or “hold” ratings on the stocks from the direct-selling space (https://ibn.fm/wnZNs). Operating in a rapidly growing industry, SHRG offers compelling growth potential supported by its robust business model and strong fundamentals. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.SHRGInc.com. NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to SHRG are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/SHRG

• Digital technologies are reshaping as much as disrupting insurance marketplace
• Insurtechs are working with established carriers rather than competing
• Investment in insurtech industry exceeded $5.5 billion in 2019, one-quarter from big carriers
• InsuraGuest currently offers products in two insurance sectors: hospitality and small business
• Plans to leverage digital platform to offer services in other insurance sectors

InsuraGuest Technologies (TSX.V: ISGI) (OTC: IGSTF) is one of a new breed of insurtech companies that are reshaping the insurance landscape. Like they have done in the financial-services sector “fintech,” digital technologies are being employed to improve the way products and services are delivered and much more. InsuraGuest’s current products include Hospitality Liability coverages for hotels and the vacation rental market that offer protection for many risks not covered under the typical liability policy. The company also provides a Business Owner Policy (“BOP”) to serve the special needs of small business owners. Over time, ISGI also plans to offer the benefits of its insurtech platform to other sectors of the insurance market. The insurance industry is presently undergoing metamorphosis as established carriers incorporate new digital technologies into their existing operating systems. It is a reorganization that InsuraGuest plans to be part and parcel of. The wave of transformation in the insurance industry is led, in the main part, by specialized tech companies, or insurtechs, such as Gusto, which provides health insurance; Lemonade, a provider of home insurance; and Next, which provides small business policies. Although many of these newcomers are intent on blazing trails of their own, others are working quietly with leading carriers. Rather than acting as competitors to established insurers, these insurtechs are playing the role of enablers — and they have been welcomed with open arms. In 2019, a record $5.54 billion was invested in insurtech, about one-quarter of which came from big carriers (https://ibn.fm/wo17E). And despite the slowdown in activity caused by the coronavirus pandemic, investment in the sector has continued at a healthy level, about $2.2 billion for the first half of 2020, says the Deloitte Center for Financial Services in a recent report. Leading carriers have learned from the mistakes made by the financial services industry, which was caught flat-footed by the rapid fintech rise. As a result, the development of insurtech, while similar to fintech in some respects, is vastly different in one important way: carriers are partnering and even investing in insurtechs. Rather than displacing existing carriers, insurtech companies are working with established carriers, who are incorporating the new digital technologies “to reshape their entire operating models.” A senior PwC executive has defined the insurtech space as “being much more of a multibillion-dollar R&D facility than it is a competitive threat” (https://ibn.fm/1t6Tw). The industry stalwarts are embracing the newcomers, realizing that by working with these innovators, they can upgrade at a faster rate than by attempting to develop the technologies in-house. The rewards are the ability to improve market segmentation capabilities and provide those segments with greater accessibility to products and services in addition to speeding up customer response times. The vision in some quarters, says the PwC executive, is for a “plug-and-play type of ecosystem” that allows carriers to be both “big and fast.” InsuraGuest plans to leverage its digital platform to capitalize on these developments. Its insurtech system can be integrated with some 70 different hotel property management systems, including Oracle Opera, Hilton-ONQ, Springer-Miller Systems, Marriot Fosse, Marriott Full Service, Agilysys and Lightspeed GPS, providing potential access to over 40,000 properties. Its BOP, offered through a new portal — Insure the People — covers more than 130 class codes, including retail, wholesale, mercantile, office and business-service. As the wave of digitization in the insurance industry continues, InsuraGuest will undoubtedly be riding the crest. For more information about the company, please visit www.InsuraGuest.com. NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to ISGI are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/ISGI

• Research finds that digital technology empowered artists to find new opportunities to innovate, create during pandemic.
• Report finds that low-cost, high-value marketing services and collaboration tools will become critical for music industry going forward.
• As a company employing digital technology to support independent artists, Sanwire is ideally positioned for new era.

MIDiA Research, a specialist media and technology analysis company, cites digital technology and social media as powerful tools for independent artists to create content and engage with fans during COVID-19, with increasing roles in the post-pandemic world (https://ibn.fm/x6K6k). As a company dedicated to employing digital technologies to provide a broad spectrum of services for independent artists, Sanwire Corp. (OTC: SNWR) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Intercept Music, stands to benefit from the growing importance digital is expected to play in the music industry. The pandemic has disrupted the music industry in an unprecedented way. As concerts, tours and festivals are canceled and record stores closed because of social distancing measures, revenue streams for artists have dried up. Although COVID-19 has devastated large swaths of the economy — including the entertainment industry — music artists’ responses to the pandemic have been more positive than negative as they turn to tech and social media to entertain larger audiences than ever before. Digital technology lived up to its promise, enabling the industry’s resilience and creativity in the face of hardship never seen before. For example, enabled by the digital technology, a new income source emerging in 2020 is live streaming. The MIDiA report notes that an estimated 20% of artists have been involved in live-streaming performances since the onset of the pandemic. This figure will grow as the sector develops into a significant delivery channel. As a result, live streaming is likely to become a permanent channel rather than a temporary solution (https://ibn.fm/znM8A). Social media marketing becomes ever more important for artists as they take advantage of more time to create, collaborate and communicate with fans on social media,. However, as the content flows onto the social and streaming platforms, it will become an even more crowded space. With almost half of independent artists managing their own marketing, frequently on low or no budgets, capturing the attention of fans and a share of the market is a challenge. MIDiA Research predicts that artists will depend more than ever on light-touch, low-cost but high-value marketing services and collaboration tools (https://ibn.fm/MxlmJ). This is where Sanwire steps in to fill this growing market need as a company offering digital solutions to empower independent artists with a marketing system specifically built for them. Through its subsidiary Intercept Music, Sanwire provides music artists with tools that help them organize and creatively share content, enabling them to create posts to keep existing fans engaged while attracting new fans as well. With best practices from some of the best artists built into the platform, Intercept Music enables artists to monitor their social media and track results from a single dashboard. As a company that provides essential digital technology designed to support the needs of artists in a pandemic world, Sanwire Corp is ideally positioned to occupy the growing sector. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.SanwireCorporation.com and www.InterceptMusic.com. NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to SNWR are available in the company’s newsroom at https://ibn.fm/SNWR

• Research indicates that functional and medicinal mushrooms offer range of physical and mental benefits
• Pure Extracts’ milestone-based strategy catalyzing Company growth
• Strategy includes license procurement, production, marketing of in-house and white label products

Mainstream science is now catching up with what traditional medicine has known for years — that functional and medicinal mushrooms can help treat disease, improve mental cognition and fire up digestion. Pure Extract Technologies Inc., a soon-to-be public, plant-based Canadian extraction company, is on track to position itself as an industry leader through a strategy based on three growth-focused milestones that include the application to Health Canada for a Natural Health Products site license, production and product marketing. Interest in functional and medicinal mushrooms has skyrocketed in recent years – particularly for medicinal varieties such as psilocybin currently being studied as a treatment option for depression, anxiety, PTSD, bipolar disorder, Alzheimer’s disease and addiction (https://ibn.fm/Hl5tn). FDA status on the use of psychedelics appears to be promising, especially since medicinal mushrooms were granted breakthrough therapy status for treatment-resistant depression in 2020 with approvals expected in 2021  (https://ibn.fm/XNMns). Pure Extracts is positioned to benefit from the growing market for functional and medicinal mushrooms and has already progressed significantly towards becoming an industry leader through its milestone-based strategy. The first phase involved completing the expansion of the Company’s 10,000 sq. ft., state-of-the-art processing facility earlier this year, followed by the submission of an evidence package to Health Canada seeking a Standard Processing Licence. Having recently received its Standard Processing License from Health Canada, the Company is currently commencing operations and sales for extraction tolling services and white-label products. The third milestone includes full production, compliance testing, submission of private label products to Health Canada and secure distribution with provincial governments. This last milestone involves the activation of sales and marketing campaigns for the Company’s nationally-recognized product lines. Along with functional and medicinal mushrooms, Pure Extracts is also successfully engaged in the hemp industry through three additional verticals that include marketing for in-house brands, conversion of raw hemp into marketable products and providing white labeling services for existing brands. The Company’s activities are supported by an advisory agreement with Dr. Alexander MacGregor, founder of Transpharm Canada Inc. — company that provides third-party clinical trial services through its Good Manufacturing Practice (“GMP”) manufacturing and testing facility that is fully compliant and licensed by Health Canada. Pure Extracts is leveraging the current transitory state of the functional mushroom market, considered by some analysts to still be in its early stages where dry biomass is still being converted to extracts. The Company’s milestone-based strategy will ensure it grows and moves forward as a leader as it strives to produce consistent, pure mushroom extracts while acceptance of mushrooms wellness products by the mainstream public continues to grow. For more information, visit the Company’s website at www.PureExtractsCorp.com. NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to Pure Extracts are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/Pure

• Biotechnology company 180 Life Sciences has launched a variety of advanced clinical and preclinical-stage efforts to develop novel anti-inflammatory treatments for patients with chronic illnesses
• A planned merger with 180 Life Sciences advanced under a special purpose acquisition corporation (SPAC) is expected to be completed within the next month, resulting in a Nasdaq filing under the ticker ATNF
• 180 Life Sciences’s founders are an experienced team of medical scientists who pioneered anti-inflammatory pharmaceuticals in the 1990s that are still in use today, generating billions in revenue
• The company’s own-IP clinical trials seek to resolve inflammation-related issues in conditions such as Dupuytren’s disease, frozen shoulder, arthritis, ulcerative colitis, liver fibrosis and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
• Analysts forecast the anti-inflammatory therapeutics market will be worth $191.42 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 3 percent

Clinical stage biotechnology company 180 Life Sciences Corp., whose scientific teams are led by drug developers renowned for producing some of the largest-selling pharmaceuticals to ever come to market, is accelerating toward a planned Nasdaq launch under a special purpose acquisition corporation (“SPAC”) that expects to rocket its research into novel anti-inflammatory therapies toward some stellar goals. KBL Merger Corp. (NASDAQ: KBLM, NASDAQ: KBLMR, and NASDAQ: KBLMW), previously announced its SPAC merger plans with 180 Life Sciences to create a company to be trading under the ticker ATNF (https://ibn.fm/JUoEd), with closing anticipated by November (https://ibn.fm/POsZo). The company recently successfully closed bridge financing for working capital to advance its efforts to go public and develop its pipeline of important new pharmaceuticals. Following U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) approval of the company’s S4 registration statement earlier this month, the company organized a special meeting of stockholders for Oct. 26 regarding the business combination. The clinical trial pipeline includes a Phase 2b/3 trial expected to result in data read-out in 2021 for therapies to fight early-stage Dupuytren’s disease, a condition in which one or more fingers become permanently bent in a flexed position. Additional Phase 2 trials already  expected to be intiated by year-end or early 2021 include treatment of frozen shoulder, a common condition characterized by stiffness and severe pain in the shoulder joint. Additonal planned  trails include an immune system suppression therapy to tackle Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction (POCD), a condition manifesting as a long-lasting cognitive decline after surgery that is regarded as a major clinical problem with no clear cause or effective therapy at this point, although neuroinflammation is understood to play a critical role (https://ibn.fm/U3SJM). These advanced trials involve the development of products to treat unmet medical needs through anti-TNF therapy, which seeks to block the activity of a substance in the body that can cause inflammation and lead to immune-system diseases. The company also has begun preclinical studies looking at treatments for liver fibrosis and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, inflammation-related pain, early arthritis and ulcerative colitis in ex-smokers, all with anticipated inflammatory system tie-ins. “Our scientific team has unparalleled expertise and a proven track record of developing unique drugs that improved the lives of millions of people and created companies that were later sold for billions of dollars,” KBL Merger Corp. CEO Dr. Marlene Krauss stated in the June news release about the planned ATNF merger. “We have assembled this world-class team to build a unique, global biotechnology company dedicated to developing novel drugs in a cost-effective manner.” Krauss has invested more than $1 billion through three institutional venture capital funds, numerous IPOs and three prior SPACS, with the current venture marking her fourth SPAC in the healthcare space. The medical scientist founders of 180 Life Sciences Krauss referred to are pioneers in the field of anti-inflammatory drugs, developing anti-TNF biologics and anti-integrin inhibitors in 1990s that are still on the market, spawning a new class of inflammation therapeutics. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.180LifeSciences.com. NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to 180 Life Sciences are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/180