• Additive manufacturing for automotive production expected to reach nearly $10 billion in yearly sales by 2030
• Forecasts based primarily on automotive 3D-printing, end-use parts production
• SGLB’s proprietary, real-time, computer-aided, inspection technology enables nondestructive quality assurance during production process

Forecast to see explosive growth in the automotive industry by the year 2030, additive manufacturing (3D printing) provides numerous benefits to auto manufacturers. Much of the anticipated growth is expected to come from end-use parts production, an area where Sigma Labs Inc. (NASDAQ: SGLB), the only known producer of quality assurance software for the commercial 3D-printing industry, may provide significant advantages.

A recent 3D Printing Media Network article by Davide Sher reported that “all revenue streams associated to AM for automotive production (not including prototyping) are now expected to add up to nearly $10 billion in total yearly sales by the end of this decade.” This graph illustrates the phenomenal growth projections (http://ibn.fm/TqZG4).

These projections are based primarily on automotive 3D-printing in end-use parts production, which industry experts say is now fully within reach and is going to enable additive manufacturing to finally scale up. The term “end-use parts” indicates both final automotive parts and tools, including molds, dies, jigs and fixtures as well as custom assembly tools that are used in the automotive production process.

Even with the $10-billion industry forecast, the 3D Printing Media Network article noted that the value proposition for additive manufacturing in automotive mass production may still be difficult to accurately quantify. “The difference is that until a few years ago, this value proposition was almost nonexistent (except for prototyping and some tooling),” wrote Sher. “Now the value proposition exists, and its potential is very significant.”

Sigma Labs is well positioned to exploit and help support the forecast burgeoning growth of 3D metal printing in the automotive space. An industry pioneer and leader in 3D printing software, Sigma Labs has developed a proprietary, real-time, computer-aided, inspection (CAI) technology, PrintRite3D(R), that enables nondestructive quality assurance during the production process. Representing a breakthrough in technology, PrintRite3D is the only real-time, in-process, quality-assurance software for the commercial 3D metal printing industry. With explosive potential of 3D printing in the automotive space, SGLB’s revolutionary technology could be an essential catalyst of the expected growth.

Sigma Labs was founded in 2010 and has since become the go-to, 3D-printing expert for real-time, computer-aided inspection (CAI) solutions. Managed by experts from many different science disciplines such as metallurgy, physics, signal processing, mechanical engineering, optics, software AI and ML, data analytics and visualization, the company has established credibility and efficacy within highly demanding industries such as aerospace, defense, biomedical and transportation.

The 3D Printing Media Network article attributes the tremendous industry potential in part to manufacturers of “traditional” additive-manufacturing technologies for both polymers and metals working to optimize the end-to-end, 3D-printing production process. That optimization stems from introducing additional elements of automation, improving software that runs the AM process and developing new designs that take full advantage of AM technologies.

“The reason why [manufacturers] finally did this is that the pressure is on from a number of new entry AM firms (HP, Carbon, Desktop Metal) that have been introducing faster and more cost-effective processes, the so-called planar processes, specifically with automotive mass production in mind,” said Sher. “The implications of this ‘clash of titans’ will be seen more clearly over the next decade, but my opinion is that this will greatly benefit adoption, pushing large automotive firms to continue to invest large sums of money even if the short-term financial benefits from AM applications are not as immediately clear as they may be in other segments.”

At the forefront of this incredible manufacturing revolution, Sigma Labs could easily find its one-of-kind software integrated into the 3D manufacturing process throughout the automotive industry.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.SigmaLabsInc.com

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to SGLB are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/SGLB

• The FDA has reiterated its position of not currently allowing the marketing of CBD by adding it to a food or labeling it as a dietary supplement
• Tight FDA requirements provide an opening for startups like No Borders, Inc., which leverages blockchain supply chain technology to ensure and confirm the quality of CBD products
• Sales of all legalized cannabis in the U.S. are projected to reach $41 billion in 2025, including $6 billion from hemp-derived CBD products.
• CBD product sales to consumers to reach an estimated $20 billion by 2024

There is no denying that cannabidiol (CBD) is a booming market if there ever was one. However, recent developments spearheaded by the Food and Drug Administration have led analysts to expect some consolidation in the market with a consumer focus on quality, the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Aside from one prescription drug approved to treat two pediatric epilepsy disorders, (CBD) products have not been approved by the FDA, and we want to be clear that a number of questions remain regarding CBD’s safety,” Amy Abernethy, principal deputy commissioner for the FDA, said in a statement quoted by the Wall Street Journal (http://ibn.fm/eQ9dS).

The FDA defines a drug as any product intended to treat a disease or have a therapeutic or medical use and any product (that is not a food) aimed at affecting the function or structure of the human or animal body according to the FD&C Act. The FDA hasn’t evaluated how a host of CBD products could interact with FDA-approved drugs, whether they are effective for their intended use, or what the right dosage would be.

As major brands ease up on cannabidiol research, startups see an opening. Companies like No Borders Inc. (OTC: NBDR) are uniquely positioned to use their expertise to improve margins. No Borders, Inc.’s patent pending CBD LabChain platform utilizes blockchain supply chain technology to better ensure and confirm the quality of CBD products, which has become more important than ever in light of the FDA’s new policies.

CBD LabChain’s patent pending platform records Certificate of Authority (COA) on a blockchain, making it an indispensible tool that gives CBD users a sense of security and peace of mind. Another wholly owned subsidiary of No Borders Inc., No Borders Labs, designed CBD LabChain to record THC, CBD and other lab test data and make results directly and easily accessible to consumers via QR code linkage. The “Results Certified with Blockchain” icon that is generated can be integrated directly into individual product labels. Additionally, No Borders subsidiary No Borders Naturals (http://ibn.fm/BSzdi) had the best in class line of CBD products that were shared with more than 30,000 medical professionals in 2019.

These achievements, paired with a strong commitment to top product quality, give No Borders a considerable competitive edge on the fast-growing cannabis and CBD markets. According to Nielsen data, sales of all legalized cannabis in the U.S. will continue to grow, reaching $41 billion by 2025. This includes $6 billion from hemp-derived CBD products (http://ibn.fm/JZfkN). A study by consumer packaged goods sales and marketing firm Acosta found 28 percent of CBD consumers used CBD products as-needed (19 percent) or on a daily basis (9 percent). CBD product sales are expected to reach $20 billion by 2024 (http://ibn.fm/VFCpV).

No Borders became prominent during the 2018 blockchain boom. The company chose to develop blockchain systems in house and has adopted a failsafe approach of acquire, test, scale, and repeat, by which it plans to scale throughout 2020. Today, No Borders is a multifaceted corporation specializing in the acquisition, creation, and scaling of commercial and consumer products by utilizing cutting-edge technologies to reduce costs while increasing revenues and shareholder value through technological superiority across its portfolio of assets.

The company has excellent prospects in and beyond 2020. Some of the company’s goals for 2020 include transitioning back into a fully SEC reporting company and uplisting to OTCQB. Its continued commitment to always keep shareholders up to speed on progress and only announce completed or finished projects/deals (http://ibn.fm/WdDlF).

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.NBDR.co

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to NBDR are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/NBDR

• SGLB’s PrintRite3D(R) software disrupts growing 3D printing industry
• 3D printing recognized as game-changing technology that will enhance numerous industries, from aerospace and construction to oil and gas and medical
• Multibillion-dollar market expected to produce exponential growth rates for decades

According to a 3D Printing Media Network article (http://ibn.fm/drfyG), the latest Formnext 2019 exhibition clearly showed that the 3D printing industry is thriving, showing disruptive potential and ability to save time and money for a wide range of industries. Sigma Labs Inc. (NASDAQ: SGLB), a recognized pioneer in the 3D metal-printing industry, is remarkably well positioned to leverage the explosive growth of the 3D printing industry with its unique PrintRite3D quality-assurance software.

SGLB’s PrintRite3D software revolutionizes the commercial 3D metal-printing industry as the only real-time, in-process, quality-assurance software that enables nondestructive quality-control intervention during the production process. Furthermore, this enables the creation of documentation for the quality of parts that customers may archive to preserve proof of quality microstructure of the metal should there ever be an investigation as to the cause of performance failure. The software’s unique abilities solves the industry’s most significant hurdle that prevents it from growing at scale.

Formnext, the premier, global 3D-printing exhibition and conference held annually in Frankfurt, Germany, was bigger than ever – proving that the emerging industry is snowballing as it gains momentum among manufacturers and investors alike. According to 3D Printing Media Network, the additive manufacturing industry has been growing at the annual rate of 35% for the past three decades, and it will continue to do so for the next century and beyond until it eventually becomes the primary method of manufacturing. These impressive growth rates, equivalent to the industry’s doubling in size every two years, are in line with Moore’s law that drives dynamics in the digital world, endowed with exponential growth potential.

The number of companies presenting at Formnext will continue to grow as AM firms are increasingly specializing in specific verticals, such as dental, machine tools, aerospace, construction, automotive and oil and gas in addition to medical and bioprinting. For these verticals to embrace 3D printing in their manufacturing processes, the 3D metal-printing industry must be able to increase production speed and quality while at the same time reducing the excessive cost of post manufacturing quality control.

Currently, the only solution that brings these benefits is SGLB’s PrintRite3D quality-assurance software, which allows detection of quality-control problems during the manufacturing process. This game-changing software not only identifies production anomalies in real time but provides operators with actionable information that allows them to promptly implement repairs as soon as defects are detected, thereby reducing rejects and saving time and money.

The industry’s hallmark conference, Formnext, showed that the 3D printing has outgrown the tight-knit, enthusiastic group of professionals where it began, maturing into an industry that will transform manufacturing. The article observes that the 3D printing industry is growing along two diverging paths. The first includes traditional market leaders that have been growing between 10% and 20% annually, even through the industry’s hardest times. Although they continue to be the ones that sell the most systems, these market leaders belong to a more traditional way of doing business that often collides with exponential, digital growth, so many will struggle to compete with aggressive, well-funded and more digitalized challengers.

As the article reports, these challengers are a new generation of market players, mainly originating in the United States, that attract investors with a business model based on industrializing 3D printing as a scalable production solution. The model aims at selling industrial 3D printers – even those with price tags above $100,000 – not by the ones, but by the tens, hundreds and eventually thousands.

“AM is a tiny percentage of global manufacturing and – even though most operators don’t want to say it – will eventually become the primary method of manufacturing,” the article states, observing that if hundreds of companies are to sell machines by the thousands, it will require that 3D companies are used to manufacture millions of parts. However, going from producing ten parts to producing a million parts at a 35% annual growth rate would take around 40 years, the article concludes.

As a pioneer in the 3D metal-printing industry, SGLB is an attractive investment opportunity that allows investors to benefit from its early positioning as a game changer enabling the scale-up of the 3D metal-printing industry. With its revolutionary quality-control software, SGLB creates a pathway for the projected exceptional 3D metal-printing growth to materialize. The company is a well-timed investment that provides investors with an opportunity to capitalize on the exponential growth of the industry at an early stage, with valuations to match.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.SigmaLabsInc.com

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to SGLB are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/SGLB

• Action points include becoming a fully SEC reporting company and uplisting to OTCQB
• Company boasts low stock volatility demonstrated by steady pricing maintained throughout 2019
• No Borders looks set for a successful 2020, as worldwide spending on blockchain solutions is expected to continue growing and reach $11.7 billion by 2022

No Borders Inc. (OTC: NBDR) came to the fore during the 2018 blockchain boom, and has since grown and developed by relying on an anti-fragile approach of deploy, test, adjust and repeat, by which it intends to stand throughout 2020, according to a Random Analyst assessment of the company’s road map for next year (http://ibn.fm/WspTg).

The report quotes Cbinsights data showing that 70% of upstart tech companies fail around 20 months after raising financing with around $1.3 million in total funding closed. No Borders, a multi-faceted technology innovator and products company focused on infiltrating and disrupting verticals that are behind the curve of technological adoption, is now hitting the 20-month mark, the analysis shows.

There are four significant action points within the company’s 2020 road map: SEC Reg 1A, hiring auditors to conduct a two-year company review, becoming a fully SEC reporting company, and uplisting OTCQB. Bringing on a new advisory board is a powerful action point, as is focus the company’s focus on intellectual property.

SEC Reg 1, is already in the works. The SEC has approved the documents, so accomplishing the first action point is already finished with state registrations approved in New York and Colorado. The other action points need to be completed one after the other. For example, the company needs to be externally audited to be fully reporting and then to uplist to OTCQB, the Random Analyst assessment indicates.

Unlike most companies, No Borders does not assign dates to the events they plan to accomplish. One advantage of this can come from an increase in a positive stock movement when a significant material event is announced and that event does not transpire or is delayed. Risk exposure is reduced by tying the event points to the conditions required for success. The company boasts low stock volatility, demonstrated by the steady prices it has maintained throughout 2019.

No Borders currently has five subsidiaries who are mainly active in the blockchain and cannabidiol spaces. The company’s patent pending CBD LabChain platform utilizes blockchain technology to better ensure and confirm the quality of CBD products, an increasingly needed solution. The subsidiary records Certificate of Authority (COA) on a blockchain technology platform, making it an indispensible tool that gives CBD users a sense of security and peace of mind while providing the company’s No Borders Naturals CBD line (http://ibn.fm/zuYFm) a powerful Unique Selling Proposition in the market today.

Another subsidiary, No Borders Labs, designed CBD LabChain to record THC, CBD and other lab test data and make results directly and easily accessible to consumers via QR code linkage. The “Guaranteed with Blockchain” icon that is generated can be integrated directly into individual product labels. No Borders’ other subsidiaries include MedDent Supplies and No Borders Naturals, which had the best in class line of CBD products that were shared with more than 30,000 Americans and medical professionals in 2019.

Worldwide spending on blockchain solutions is expected to grow from $1.5 billion in 2018 to an estimated $11.7 billion by 2022 (http://ibn.fm/xLJXx). This is hardly surprising as companies that sell and/or manufacture products need secure and reliable supply chains to thrive. Supply chain security ensures products and their elements or ingredients aren’t pirated or tampered with. No Borders Labs is customizing blockchain technology for network infrastructure and supply chains everywhere. It is the only publicly traded, internal deployment focused, blockchain deployment company nationwide.

Ultimately, No Borders is setting the conditions for a successful 2020, having a solid plan in place and the team to execute it, the Random Analyst assessment concludes.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.NBDR.co

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to NBDR are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/NBDR

• PLUS plans to build on legacy of success as it expects to announce two new product offerings in Q1 2020
• Company has best-selling cannabis products in California
• New products to launch wellness/relief and “get high/have fun” product categories

With the best-selling cannabis product in California among its powerful product lineup, Plus Products Inc. (CSE: PLUS) (OTCQX: PLPRF) is looking to build on its legacy of success as it plans to grow its product portfolio this year. Bolstered by the success garnered in 2019, PLUS plans on releasing two new cannabis product offerings in Q1 2020.

“PLUS is expanding its brand portfolio to target consumers outside of its core demographic,” the company recently stated in a corporate presentation (http://ibn.fm/jZPnw), noting that its primary vision was to become the world’s strongest cannabis brand portfolio. The company’s strategic approach to turning that vision into reality includes key main objectives.

PLUS has reached its first objective – develop a winning strategy in California – with impressive success. In less than two years of recreational legalization, two of the company’s cannabis gummy products have become top products. According to BDS Analytics, a cannabis-industry market and consumer research company, PLUS Uplift sour watermelon was the best-selling cannabis product in California in 2019 and PLUS was the largest infused gummy brand over that time period.

A remaining objective in PLUS’s strategy to become the world’s strongest cannabis brand portfolio is growing a national presence through new markets, new products and new brands. The company made progress on this initiative when it followed up its initial product offering with two more product lines in summer 2019: PLUS mints and a second line of PLUS gummies.

Designed for cannabis consumers taking their first step into edibles, PLUS’s mints contain a low dose of THC and take advantage of sublingual uptake, allowing for quicker onset. The second line of gummies were in response to consumer and retailer demand, and included three new flavors: PLUS Balance cucumber-lime, PLUS Uplift tangerine and PLUS Unwind concord grape.

The launch of the two new offerings expected for Q1 2020 is the next strategic step in PLUS’s carefully executed plan to grow its product portfolio. The new products will launch new categories: wellness/relief and what PLUS calls “get high/have fun.”

Plus Products’ cannabis-infused edibles are now available in more than 360 licensed retailers across the state of California, and the company recently launched its products in Nevada, one of the nation’s most promising cannabis markets. In addition, PLUS has unveiled a line of 100% hemp-CBD-infused gummies, available on its website. The company’s mission is to make cannabis safe and approachable, which begins with high-quality products that deliver consistent consumer experiences.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.PlusProducts.com

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to PLPRF are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/PLPRF

• NGTF vision to “own” $50-billion nighttime snacking category
• Company planning major in-store promotion in more than 500 supermarkets across country
• Nightfood also focused on expanding on hotel front, where Nightfood sleep-friendly ice cream offers unique possibilities

Nightfood Holdings Inc. (OTCQB: NGTF) founder and CEO Sean Folkson recently outlined a deliberate strategy for the award-winning ice cream company’s plan to address America’s $50 billion-dollar nighttime snacking habit. The plan includes NGTF’s first major in-store promotion as well as increased attention on the company’s efforts to be carried in hotel-lobby-store freezers.

Barely a year old – the company manufactured its first pint of nighttime-snack ice cream in January 2019 – Nightfood is focused on owning the nighttime snacking category and will be launching its first major in-store promotion in more than 500 supermarkets this quarter, including several new major chains (http://ibn.fm/EUfVJ).

In Q4 2019, Nightfood expanded distribution into hundreds of additional major supermarket outlets, opening the door for certain marketing tactics and partnerships that had not previously been available. “We’ve now more than tripled our supermarket distribution count compared to Q1 of last year,” Folkson stated in a news release. “We will have about seven times the supermarket distribution by the end of this quarter as the same time last year, and approximately ten times the number of facings, plus distribution in divisions of the two largest supermarket chains in the country.

“Our newfound ability to run these proven, large-scale campaigns influenced the decisions made by some of the new chains that will be adding Nightfood this quarter,” Folkson continued. “We’ve got a great product serving a massive consumer need. The key now is driving awareness, trial and repurchase. Going forward, our ability to run large promotions very early in the distribution cycle will make a big difference.”

In addition to having its products on supermarket shelves, Nightfood is increasing efforts to have its exclusive line of sleep-friendly ice cream carried in hotel-lobby stores. NGTF products are already selling well in selected Fairfield Inn & Suites (Marriott), Hilton Garden Inn (Hilton), Staybridge Suites (InterContinental Hotels Group) and Residence Inn (Marriott) (http://ibn.fm/GI82e).

“In addition to our upcoming supermarket updates, we’re expecting great developments on the hotel front,” Folkson said. “Hotels represent a very exciting vertical for us, and one that Nightfood is uniquely positioned for. It’s amazing how much ice cream is sold in that environment. Just ask at the front desk when you travel, especially in the mid-range and business properties. The emergence of more complete lobby stores is a growing source of incremental revenue and customer satisfaction, and my goal is to get Nightfood in every single one of those freezers.”

Nightfood has partnered with Lionel Binnie, a business strategist and expert in the food and beverage space, who is working with Nightfood to develop the hotel vertical and is engaged in ongoing discussions with some of the largest hotel brands in the country, as well as many large hotel management companies. “Each and every hotel selling ice cream should be making Nightfood sleep-friendly ice cream available for their guests,” added Binnie.

In other Nightfood news, the company filed an 8K reporting that Folkson, the company’s single largest shareholder, has extended his existing lock-up agreement for an additional 12 months (http://ibn.fm/1mKs2). “We received questions from a couple of shareholders about the lock-up, so I wanted to address those publicly,” said Folkson. “This company is my past, my present and my future, and I’m not looking to sell or otherwise decrease my share position in any way. With our introduction into hotels, and various consumer marketing initiatives that will come to light very soon, I’m expecting a breakout in consumer awareness and product demand.”

By helping consumers solve their night snacking in a better, healthier and more sleep-friendly way, Nightfood is establishing the leading position in the nighttime-snacking category where American consumers are generally dissatisfied yet are still spending more than $50 billion annually (http://ibn.fm/myjU1). Nightfood is the creator of delicious, award-winning and better-for-you ice cream formulated by sleep and nutrition experts. The company also owns subsidiary MJ Munchies Inc., which seeks to capitalize on legally compliant opportunities in the CBD and marijuana edibles and related spaces.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Nightfood.com

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to NGTF are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/NGTF

• SRAX’s BIGtoken platform permits consumers to own, monetize their data
• The Company has teamed up with Experian(R) to provide financial services to BIGtoken users
• SRAX’s technology unlocks data to reveal brands’ core consumers across marketing channels

SRAX Inc. (NASDAQ: SRAX) is a digital marketing and consumer data management technology company based in Los Angeles, California. Through its BIGtoken platform, the Company has developed a consumer-managed data marketplace that allows people to own and get paid for the release of their digital data. Fundamentally, SRAX is at the front line of developing a consumer-managed data marketplace that gives consumers control over their information. The Company offers everyone in the Internet ecosystem choice and transparency, as well as compensation.

A vital issue today is privacy and data ownership. Increasingly, state and federal privacy laws are influencing the way that marketers can reach consumers. These laws are placing the value and control of data back in the hands of consumers, a significant move that has fueled increased consumer scrutiny of and backlash against social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, LinkedIn and others over the use of users’ data. Through BIGtoken, SRAX provides consumers the privacy and protection they seek by selling access to valuable consumer data in the form of anonymized segments—access that is gained or denied per the consumer’s permission.

Recently, SRAX and Experian announced a partnership meant to provide people with the opportunity to redeem points they’ve earned in the BIGtoken platform for access to Experian IdentityWorks (http://ibn.fm/BoMpU). Experian is the world’s foremost global-information services company. Experian IdentityWorks is a complete offering that includes features such as Experian Boost(TM), credit monitoring, FICO(R) scores and credit-card matching. Through this exclusive partnership, BIGtoken users will be able to use points to obtain access to one free year of Experian’s product.

“Experian is a leader in providing consumers with transparency around their financial data,” SRAX founder and CEO Christopher Miglino stated in a news release. “Working with Experian validates the data segment that we have built and expands options for point redemption. Further, this creates additional revenue-sharing opportunities for various financial services companies and more avenues to monetize our subscriber base in 2020.”

The SRAX/Experian partnership is rooted in the above-mentioned transparency around consumers’ financial data and the desire consumers have to receive compensation from marketers. This desire is evidenced by the fact that more than 16 million people around the world have joined the BIGtoken platform. This platform enables consumers to control what pieces of their own data are for sale and which companies can buy that data. Furthermore, as evidenced by the Experian collaboration, BIGtoken’s unique approach lines up well with Experian’s dedication to galvanizing consumers to manage their finances better.

SRAX’s tools deliver a digital competitive advantage for brands in the CPG (Consumer Packaged Goods), investor relations, luxury and lifestyle verticals. This advantage is realized through integrating all facets of the advertising experience, including verified consumer participation, into one platform. Consumers who participate are placed into advertising groups (http://ibn.fm/Bgrt4). Advertisers then purchase access to these groups, and consumers earn a portion of the revenue from the data sale. The benefit of this model is consumers’ complete control over what data they share and which companies can access the selected data.

SRAX works to provide tools to marketers, content owners and consumers that unlock the value of data. For investors, the Company is growing numerous recurring revenue streams through its different platforms. SRAX’s continued emphasis is on building the most valuable, consumer opted-in data set in the world.

For more information, 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

• Report highlights Jerrick’s “uniquely low-cost infrastructure and scalable business model” when citing company’s promising potential “to scale profitably, while taking market share from legacy platforms”
• Jerrick balance sheet “much stronger than it appears”
• Company estimated to increase quarterly revenues throughout 2020 and reach an estimated $9 million in revenues in 2021

As part of its mission to shine a light on small or micro-cap companies that are undervalued by Wall Street, renowned research company Zacks Small-Cap Research recently initiated coverage on Jerrick Media Holdings Inc. (OTC: JMDA), a holding company that creates technology products for the creative community (http://ibn.fm/fXO2v). Having concluded that Jerrick’s technology platform Vocal should scale quickly and profitably throughout 2020, Zacks provided a final estimated valuation for the company of $13.00 per share by 2021, calculated using a combination of valuation metrics. This valuation represents a significant increase from the current share price (http://ibn.fm/eoIHo).

“After five years of building its Vocal platform, Jerrick is aiming to disrupt the digital media and publishing platform space,” the Zacks report stated.

Vocal (http://ibn.fm/n3vrw) enables creators to publish media-rich digital content in a safe and secure environment that allows for maximum visibility and the opportunity to be rewarded for their content. Vocal’s revenue model is based primarily on creator and brand subscriptions. Importantly, the report notes, “Vocal does not charge readers and, crucially, is not reliant on the diminishing value proposition of intrusive display advertising.”

In valuing Jerrick, Zacks analyzed the company’s 2019 numbers and balance sheet as compared to a number of public and private comparable companies. Public companies referenced in the report included Spotify (NYSE: SPOT), Shopify (NYSE: SHOP), Etsy (NASDAQ: ETSY), Limelight Networks (NASDAQ: LLNW), and others, while private companies referenced included Patreon, Medium, and VSCO.

Looking at Jerrick’s balance sheet, Zacks noted that the company ended the third quarter with $167,000 in cash reserves, $7.3 million in debt and a negative $8.1 million in working capital. “However, with the current capital raise, this will change drastically,” stated the report, which noted that Jerrick had filed an S-1 outlining the company’s plan for a $6–7 million capital raise and plans for uplisting to the Nasdaq Capital Market. “After the deal, primary shares outstanding should be closer to 12 million. Even without this raise, the balance sheet is much stronger than it appears.”

With a nod at Jerrick’s steadily growing body of over 500,000 Vocal creators (i.e. customers) as well as its ability to engage top brands looking to interact with customers on Vocal, Zacks forecasts favorable conditions for the company’s growth. Jerrick continues to expand Vocal’s product offerings, most recently with the launch of creator Challenges in January 2020 (http://ibn.fm/jiDgN). Challenges enable creators to participate in various themed storytelling contests across a diverse range of topics and interests for the chance to win cash prizes, experiences, and more. Additionally, brands can sponsor Challenges as a way to tap into Vocal’s powerful network of quality creators and highly engaged audiences and generate brand awareness in a valuable and non-invasive way.

In light of this growth as well as future platform expansion plans (http://ibn.fm/WdLgD), “Jerrick should be able to increase quarterly revenues throughout [2020] based on increasing paid subscriber numbers, increased business with brands and continue[d] growth in ecommerce business at Seller’s Choice.”

With respect to its forecasts and valuation for Jerrick, the Zacks report noted, “Based on an industry standard range of 7-21x, enterprise value to sales, Jerrick common stock could be valued at between $62 – $190 million by 2021.” Zacks’ final valuation for the company was set at $13.00 per share by 2021, which they calculated using the averages of the valuation metrics from both of the public and private comparative analysis data.

Given its high scalability evaluation and strong balance sheet, Jerrick poses an attractive option for evaluation by investors looking to break into the burgeoning industry of digital content platforms.

The full report by Zacks Small-Cap Research can be found at http://ibn.fm/AlCPf.

Jerrick Media Holdings Inc. develops technology-based solutions to solve digital problems. Through the combination of design, thought and data analysis, the company builds products that influence a worldwide audience. Jerrick’s flagship product is Vocal, a proprietary long-form digital publishing platform that provides storytelling tools and engaged communities for creators to get discovered and fund their creativity.

Those interested in weekly news from Jerrick can sign up at http://ibn.fm/cfq2J

For more information, visit the company’s website at https://Jerrick.media

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to JMDA are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/JMDA

• MCTC Holdings Inc. is rapidly advancing patented infusion technologies that deliver cannabinoid extracts to consumers in potent, minuscule particulate forms that are virtually undetectable once infused
• MCTC has recently announced production of its new Hemp You Can Feel™ Coffee Infusions tablets and powders, which allow food and beverage manufacturers to cleanly infuse their products in a simple, cost-effective manner
• The company’s announcement follows on the heels of rolling out its own branded coffee infusion, which is designed to avoid the chemical additives and harsh extract manipulations many other products have used

On the heels of launching its Hemp You Can Feel™ brand cannabinoid-infused clean label coffee, MCTC Holdings Inc. (OTC: MCTC) is introducing a new technology to help coffee companies and manufacturers of other beverages to produce clean label drinks of their own through a cannabinoid infusion process superior to commonly used systems in the marketplace.

MCTC’s Hemp You Can Feel™ Coffee Infusions are available either as a tablet containing cannabinoid infusions that can be added to coffee pods on a customer-customized basis, or as a cannabinoid powder for manufacturers with automated capabilities.

“We are now offering single-serving coffee manufacturers a superior method to infuse products with CBD and other cannabinoids,” CEO Arman Tabatabaei stated in the announcement (http://ibn.fm/aAH2q). “It is so revolutionary, we have filed two patents; one on the underlying powderization technology and another on the use of solid and powdered dosing forms for cannabinoids in single-serving beverage pods. With our new products, … even the smallest of single-serving pod manufacturers will be able to easily transform ordinary low margin products into products that are high margin and very profitable.”

MCTC is focusing its efforts on improving infusion technologies by developing its Hemp You Can Feel™ patents as a means of bio-delivering cannabinoid extracts in a highly efficient manner. The company is in the process of changing its corporate identity to Cannabis Global, Inc., to better brand its corporate strategy.

The Hemp You Can Feel™ Coffee Infusions utilize dual technologies that don’t use chemical additives, surfactants or other processing additives to get the oil-based cannabinoid extracts to mix with water-based beverages. When the Hemp You Can Feel extract infusions make contact with water, the cannabinoids and other ingredients are infused directly into the beverage with near 99 percent efficiency with minimal or no effect on the taste or other characteristics of the beverage, according to the company.

“It is truly scary what many CBD manufacturers are using to infuse CBD into products,” Tabatabaei added. “We provide everything in a premixed form that is simply added to the pod – we even provide a full certificate of analysis from third-party laboratories that can be included in product packaging to provide comfort to consumers that they are getting the potency and purity they deserve. Not only is this infusion system likely vastly superior to most processes currently being deployed, it is also likely a less expensive solution compared to attempting the complex infusion process in house.”

Infused foods and beverages have become an increasingly popular subsection of the cannabis industry. Following a year’s review of regulatory concerns in the nationally legal Canada cannabis culture, the country’s retailers opened their doors in December to a variety of infused products (http://ibn.fm/5Umbz). The United States’ sea change in courting cannabinoids has occurred on a state-by-state basis because of federal reluctance to embrace the cannabis plant’s possibilities, creating difficulties for infused food and beverage interests ranging from alcohol to dairy producers. But revenue and data analyses show societal enthusiasm clearly exists (http://ibn.fm/010WD).

MCTC introduced its own branded infused coffee product in January, using the same clean label technology (http://ibn.fm/qZv1I). The company is working with patent counsel to protect aspects of its technologies, including six applications for patents on its extract science. The company has also begun working on the development of polymeric cannabinoid nanoparticles and nanofibers that can infuse cannabinoids and glycosides at a previously unseen level.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.CannabisGlobalInc.com

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to MCTC are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/MCTC

• Fourteen matters resolved in 2019
• Four matters resolved or stayed pending settlement YTD
• Sixteen active licensing programs: 10 claim construction hearings and 12 trials docketed in 2020
• Patent licensing revenues totaled $2 million in first three quarters of 2019; full year results due March 30, 2020

Quest Patent Research Corp. (OTCQB: QPRC), a New York City-based intellectual-property asset manager, completed an active year of licensing programs, resolving 14 matters in 2019. With 16 active programs and a 2020 docket that currently includes 10 claim construction hearings and 12 trials, Quest is well positioned to maintain an active calendar across a solid portfolio of diverse intellectual property (IP) assets this year. A summary of the upcoming events is available at http://ibn.fm/4Xzzc.

The company settled actions with the likes of Amazon, TiVo, Pier 1 Imports, and Netgear to name a few. the company resolved two actions in 2019 with AsusTek Computer Inc, involving its wholly owned subsidiaries Photonic Imaging Solutions and Mariner IC, and resolved the case involving wholly owned subsidiary Semcon IP’s Power Management Portfolio on January 28, 2020.

By way of example, the Power Management/Bus Controller Portfolio, acquired by Quest from Intellectual Ventures in October 2015 and transferred to Semcon IP Inc., consists of four United States patents that cover basic technology for adjusting the processor voltage and clock to save power based on processor operating characteristics and one United States patent that relates to coordinating direct bus communications between subsystems in an assigned channel. Since acquiring the portfolio, Semcon has resolved matters against Texas Instruments, MediaTek, ZTE, Huawei, STMicroelectronics, Michael Kors, Kyocera and Amazon. Semcon currently has three pending matters involving the portfolio against TCT Mobile International, Louis Vuitton North America Inc. and Shenzhen OnePlus Science & Technology. Trials have been docketed in all three matters for the late third and fourth quarters of 2020, though all dates are subject to change by the court.

In a recent interview, Quest’s CEO Jon Scahill stated that the company “certainly saw significant activity in 2019, further demonstrating the value of our intellectual property portfolio. However, our goal as management is always to strive to do more, build more, and deliver more long-term value to our shareholders and partners. That means a continued focus on adding high quality assets to create more opportunities to do so.” With four matters already resolved or stayed pending settlement this year, and 16 active matters – and 12 trials docketed for 2020 – management appears to have Quest well positioned in that regard.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.QPRC.com

NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to QPRC are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/QPRC