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Grapefruit USA Inc. (GPFT) Newest Member of Board of Directors Brings Rich Media, Digital Marketing Experience

  • Media, marketing veteran joins GPFT board of directors
  • Sharon Brodie has been a pioneer in both traditional and online media, says company CEO
  • Brodie brings more than two decades of broad experience leading Fortune 500 media campaigns
Grapefruit USA (OTCQB: GPFT) has announced an addition to its board of directors. Effective immediately, Sharon Boddie will join the board, bringing her extensive background in global media and digital marketing roles to the board table (https://ibn.fm/PSWrW). “As head of media for Amazon Studios and Prime Video, Sharon has been a pioneer in both traditional and online media,” said Grapefruit CEO Bradley Yourist. “Grapefruit is truly excited to welcome a media professional of her caliber to our board of directors. We believe her strong corporate experience, especially in strategic marketing and media as well as building a global business in both developed and emerging markets, will be extremely valuable as Grapefruit continues to expand its presence and brand around the world.” Brodie has garnered more than two decades of broad experience leading Amazon, Apple, Fox, Farmers Insurance, Hulu and other Fortune 500 media campaigns. Currently head of media for Amazon Studios and Prime Video, she has masterfully led the media campaigns for several feature films, including “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” and “Coming 2 America.” She has amassed an impressive track record playing a key role in successful launches of numbers new products and IP, including Apple Watch, Apple Music and the iPhone 6. “We conducted an exhaustive search for someone who could immediately add some real horsepower to further strengthen our board’s diversity, breadth of talent and background, and we are delighted to have identified such an outstanding individual,” said Daniel Yourist, Grapefruit COO. “Sharon is a strategic marketing and media executive with a dynamic record of achievement. She possesses a unique skill set that will assist Grapefruit in significantly broadening its reach and message to the public at large. I’m absolutely confident that Sharon is going to make an immediate, significant positive impact on our company.” In her role as a new member of the board, Brodie is looking forward to working with Grapefruit to help empower people to improve their day-to-day lives. “I appreciate the rare opportunity to be involved at the ground-floor level of a truly disruptive technology such as Hourglass and the many benefits it will deliver to its users,” she said. Grapefruit’s patented Hourglass(TM) topical creams offer a solution to the challenge of skin absorption of THC and other cannabinoids, including CBD, CBN, CBG, and CBC. The architecture of Hourglass cream gives the company the ability to formulate endless variations of its topical delivery cream to tailor to the specific needs of its clientele. Hourglass is manufactured exclusively at Grapefruit’s Coachillin facility by highly trained Grapefruit personnel and is available to the public only through Grapefruit authorized retailers. Grapefruit has packed the entire cannabis plant into its patented cream to provide users with a wide array of cannabinoids and THC to consistently deliver the desired synergistic entourage effects. Studies show that results are consistent, offering a reliable experience with every single gram of the Hourglass cream. To find out more about the company and its game-changing Hourglass time release THC+ Cannabinoid delivery cream, visit www.GrapefruitBlvd.com. NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to GPFT are available in the company’s newsroom at https://ibn.fm/GPFT

BAND Royalty Is ‘One to Watch’

  • BAND Royalty operates a music NFTs ecosystem, built around offering NFT stakers the opportunity to earn royalties from the work of world-famous musicians
  • The company’s performance music catalog features over 50 tracks from some of the biggest names in music, including Beyonce, Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake, Cher, will.i.am, Timbaland, Missy Elliott and Rihanna
  • BAND NFTs, hosted on the ethereum blockchain, can be staked for a period of up to five years, offering multiple ways for holders to earn revenue from music royalties
  • The company intends to release up to 12,000 unique tokens across four series, with the funds generated being used to expand BAND Royalty’s music royalty library
  • BAND Royalty was founded by Barnaby Andersun and Noble Drakoln, experts in the fields of blockchain and music royalty investing and co-hosts of the CryptoTenX Podcast
BAND Royalty (operated by Singapore-based LIBERTY IS PTE LTD) is the leading innovator of music-focused NFTs. BAND is an entertainment technology-driven firm focused on the distribution of non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) that allow fans to earn royalties from top songs and artists worldwide. BAND Royalty lets fans take their enjoyment of music to the next level by offering blockchain-secured BAND NFTs that enable holders to earn crypto from some of the world’s most popular songs. This unique opportunity allows individuals to share in income streams each time a song in the BAND Royalty music catalog is performed. BAND’s royalty pools leverage a performance music catalog featuring tracks from some of the biggest names in music, including Beyonce, Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake, Cher, will.i.am, Timbaland, Missy Elliott and Rihanna. BAND Royalty NFTs BAND NFTs, hosted on the ethereum blockchain, are a special type of NFT that can be staked into any one of three BAND Royalty Music Pools to receive a portion of all royalty streaming income from each track, for each royalty pool category. The BAND ecosystem is supported by multiple types of transactions:
  • Trading BAND Royalty NFTs– The first ever issuance of BAND NFTs is being offered to the public. Owners of the BAND NFTs will be able to trade them on the largest NFT marketplace, OpenSea, where the BAND NFTs are being launched on May 5, 2021.
  • Music Royalty Pools– These blockchain BAND NFTs have a special DeFi (decentralized finance) utility. Holders of BAND NFTs have the option to stake their tokens for a period of 90 days to five years, with longer stakes receiving proportionally increased amounts of the royalties share. Holders have the option to trade their BAND NFTs or stake them in one of three special music catalog pools that provide access to BAND music royalties. The three types of music pools available for staking are print music, mechanical/public performance and synchronization.
Through staking BAND NFTs, the holder can passively earn crypto from both BAND NFT trades on the OpenSea NFT marketplace and from the BAND music catalog royalty revenue. The company intends to sell three more series of BAND NFTs, with 3,000 NFTs in each series. This strategy would cap the supply of BAND NFTs at a maximum of 12,000 units. As these NFTs are staked to capitalize on royalty opportunities, the supply of BAND NFTs available for trade is expected to be reduced, which the company then expects would increase the value of the BAND NFTs moving forward. Market Opportunity The market for NFTs has exploded in 2021, driven by rising media coverage and mainstream awareness. A well-known example is the first tweet by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, which was sold as an NFT for the equivalent of $2.9 million in March. This growth has been particularly apparent for art-focused NFTs, spearheaded by digital artist Beeple, who sold an NFT series titled “Everyday: The First 5000 Days” for over $69 million at auction during that same month. The performance of the NFT space hasn’t just been confined to those big-ticket items. OpenSea, the largest NFT marketplace, reported monthly sales of over $95 million in February 2021 alone, up from $8 million the previous month. In total, over $400 million in NFT trading had taken place on the ethereum blockchain as of early April, with nearly half taking place from February to March 2021. As Reuters reports, enthusiasts view NFTs as the future of ownership, and they solve the problem of monetization for digital artwork. Importantly, the report notes that “NFTs could also transform music.” The industry seems to agree. In March 2020, Kings of Leon released their latest albumWhen You See Yourself, in the form of an NFT – a milestone in the history of the entertainment industry. BAND Royalty is uniquely positioned to capitalize on the shifting landscape surrounding digital ownership as it continues to roll out its series of BAND NFTs in the months to come. BAND Royalty Founders The name BAND is the combination of the founders’ initials, Barnaby Andersun and Noble Drakoln. Barnaby Andersun (“BA”) has spent years developing blockchain and cryptocurrency solutions, acting as CEO of BlockAlchemy, a blockchain, ecommerce and digital design consulting firm. Being involved in all aspects of web technologies since their conception in the early nineties has made Mr. Andersun a true pioneer in web development, ecommerce, branding, online marketing and blockchain. A sought-after international speaker, Mr. Andersun has been invited to speak on cryptocurrencies at Harvard and World Economic Forum, Davos, where he coordinated a blockchain digital asset conference, as well as Stanford University. Noble Drakoln (“ND”) has been an avid music royalty investor for decades. He is also CEO of WarePlay Games Inc., a mobile AR/XR game design and development studio. Having started out as a futures and commodities broker at the age of 19 trading the E-mini S&P, gold futures contracts and treasury bond strips, he went on to author the Wiley & Sons-published best-selling books ‘Winning the Trading Game’ and ‘Trade Like a Pro’. Along with being a tech investor, financial author and sought-after speaker, Mr. Drakoln has been a contributing writer to Forbes and Futures Magazine, and a radio and T.V. financial commentator on Bloomberg and Fox Business News. BAND Royalty is operated by Singapore based LIBERTY IS PTE. LTD, located at 23 New Industrial Road #04-09 Solstice Business Center Singapore 536209. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.BANDRoyalty.com. NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to BAND Royalty are available in the company’s newsroom at https://ibn.fm/BAND

Red White & Bloom Brands Inc. (CSE: RWB) (OTCQX: RWBYF) Is ‘One to Watch’

  • Red White & Bloom considers itself a super state operator (not a multi-state operator), as it goes in with a sizable footprint and dominates the areas in which it operates before expanding
  • The company currently operates, has cannabis assets in, or is in the process of closing cannabis assets in Michigan, Illinois, Florida, California, Oklahoma and Massachusetts
  • Red White & Bloom is always looking to acquire new brands that will help to expand its brand awareness and advance its mission
  • The company has established a major presence in Michigan through its investee, which has a total of 18 dispensaries and three cultivation operations
  • Red White & Bloom intends to finish 2021 with 50+ locations across the country
  • The company’s brand portfolio includes Platinum Vape, Platinum Wellness, High Times and Mid-American
  • The global cannabis market was valued at $24.6 billion in 2020, with 91.1% of this revenue attributed to North America; the market is expected to reach $84 billion by 2028
Red White & Bloom Brands (CSE: RWB) (OTCQX: RWBYF) is a torchbearer blazing a new frontier in American cannabis by adhering to the highest ethical, manufacturing, educational, branding and employment standards available in the industry. Red White & Bloom is a super state operator, leveraging a sizable footprint to dominate the areas in which it operates. CEO Brad Rogers and other management members have seen the struggles of multi-state operators who have spread themselves too thin, which is why Red White & Bloom is intent on dominating each state it enters before expanding further. Although targeting individual states in the United States, the company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. Red White & Bloom was established after privately held MichiCann Medical Inc. merged with publicly traded Tidal Royalty in 2019. Brands Red White & Bloom has entered strategic brand acquisitions and partnerships aimed at helping the company expand its presence and position as one of the largest players in the United States cannabis market. Red White & Bloom is always diligently searching for brands to acquire that will provide additional value to the company and expand its national footprint. The company’s current brand portfolio includes:
  • Platinum Premium Cannabis Products (“PV”): Platinum uses innovative thinking, honesty and responsibility to remain at the forefront of the cannabis industry. PV holds itself and its partners to the highest standards, providing clean and safe CBD and THC products. In the company’s press release dated January 13, 2021, it reported system-wide sales of Platinum-branded products exceeding $2.8 million for the first week of January alone.
  • High Times®: In June 2020, the company acquired the licensing rights and branding of High Times dispensaries and High Times cannabis-based CBD and THC products in Michigan, Illinois and Florida. The company also acquired branding of High Times hemp derived CBD products nationally in the United States carrying the Culture® brand.
  • Mid-American Growers: Mid-American began as a family operation in 1971 in Granville, Illinois. The original 8-acre greenhouse has expanded to a 3.6-million-square-foot, state-of-the-art technology and science facility under glass. Mid-American’s product offerings include its CBD Icy Relief SalveCBD Icy Relief Roll-on and CBD Gummies.
Retail Focus Red White & Bloom is working to establish a significant retail presence across multiple jurisdictions. In Michigan, the company is invested in and has the rights to acquire (subject to regulatory approvals) a licensed operator that controls the assets of 18 dispensary locations throughout the state. Red White & Bloom is also pursuing opportunities in Florida aimed at making its proposed retail footprint compelling and attractive to the majority of cannabis consumers within each state. Cultivation Red White & Bloom is focused on standardization and quality, with everything guided by a relentless commitment to the highest standards. The company acquired a 3.6-million-square-foot standardized facility dedicated to helping it achieve premium value for the products it intends to cultivate. As it continues to expand, the company remains committed to the practices that have guided its success in the past, including:
  • A top-down approach to cultivation developed under the guidance of PhDs with expertise in growing principles, SOPs and, most importantly, the science behind it all.
  • Commitment to exceeding the requirement of the states in which it operates. The company cut its teeth under the world’s first national cannabis purity regime – a regime that most new markets use as a benchmark – so quality is in its DNA.
  • Science-driven production methods supported by automated, perpetual, standardized operations that enable craft cannabis-like quality at an industrial scale.
Footprint Assuming completion of the currently proposed investments and acquisitions, Red White & Bloom will be among the cannabis market’s largest companies, joining the ranks of a select few multi-state operators dominating the industry. Red White & Bloom currently has assets (closed and in closing stages) in Michigan, Illinois, Florida, California, Oklahoma and Massachusetts. The company’s strategic acquisition and super state operator model, combined with its commitment to top-quality product and service, position it to become a leading player in the North American cannabis market. When evaluated beside competitors in the cannabis space, Red White & Bloom boasts an extremely attractive valuation. While large cap cannabis firms serving North American markets averaged enterprise-value-to-EBITDA multiples of 14.9x as of December 2020, Red White & Bloom’s enterprise multiple was just 3.4x, as noted in the company’s latest investor deck. In 2020, the cannabis market worldwide was valued at $24.6 billion. This amount is expected to expand at a CAGR of 14.3% from 2021 to 2028, resulting in a market size of $84 billion in 2028 (https://ibn.fm/g85s7). Of the 2020 valuation, the largest revenue share (91.1%) was attributed to North American consumers (https://ibn.fm/HjfoZ). Management Team Brad Rogers is the CEO and Executive Chair of Red White & Bloom. He is a visionary for the future of cannabis and CBD products in the United States market, with a proven track record of building successful and profitable businesses in the rapidly expanding and new economic sector. Mr. Rogers was a part of the team that built one of the first commercially scaled production facilities in the world for medicinal cannabis. He also served as President for one of the leading licensed producers in Canada. Both of his ventures were successful, with a combined market cap of $2 billion. Michael Marchese is the company’s Co-Founder and Marketing Advisor. He has played a crucial role in its development and organization, overseeing capital raises, acquisition strategy and brand identity. Mr. Marchese has a strong reputation and presence in the cannabis industry. He also co-founded and directed the branding of Aleafia Health Inc., which he continues to counsel. Through his branded company, Marchese Design, he has served as a highly trusted counselor to top-level execs, including C-Suite level employees, offering insights into the process of creating, building and maintaining brand identities. Theo van der Linde is the CFO and Director of Red White & Bloom. He is a Chartered Accountant with 20 years of experience in finance, administration and public accounting. The experience he has acquired spans multiple industries, including mining, oil & gas, financial services, retail and manufacturing. For the last nine years, he has primarily focused his career on the mining industry, working with junior exploration and producing mining companies at various stages of growth in several jurisdictions. Mr. van der Linde is also the current President of Executive Management Solutions Ltd. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.RedWhiteBloom.com. NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to RWBYF are available in the company’s newsroom at https://ibn.fm/RWBYF

China’s Huge Landscape for Telecommunications Users Grants FingerMotion Inc. (FNGR) Fertile Field for Tech Services

  • U.S.-based FingerMotion operates primarily in China, delivering mobile tech-related services
  • China has a population of nearly 1.5 billion people, nearly a billion of whom are using mobile smartphones and the Internet to transact purchases, send messages, and acquire support services
  • FingerMotion is focused on mobile payments and mobile phone recharging, but is also building a strong platform for insurtech services and using its database IP for predictive services that may benefit other industries as well
  • FingerMotion is anticipating year-end financial reporting by the close of May, predicting revenues will top $16 million for the year
During the seven decades that have passed since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the nation has evolved from a country dependent on foreign suppliers for its telecommunications equipment, without any competition for carrier services, to a global powerhouse country with a deregulated and competitive industry (https://ibn.fm/FkBXq) that increasingly operates independently in providing carrier services to its customers (https://ibn.fm/JSaFG). As China’s visionaries continue to capture next-level 5G network buildout patents and contracts, geopolitical tensions surrounding its advances have increased but the nation has pressed forward, and its population of nearly 1.5 billion people is ensuring a ready marketplace for telecommunications advances. Over the past quarter century, with the explosive developments surrounding the Internet and satellite-based communications, China’s mobile phone users have grown from 3.6 million subscribers and its Internet users have grown from 60,000 people (https://ibn.fm/adF0Z) to about 986 million people accessing the Internet from smartphones (https://ibn.fm/sfhv3) out of a total 989 million Internet users (https://ibn.fm/nQCnM). The huge marketplace is proving to be a boon to evolving technological services company FingerMotion (OTCQX: FNGR), which is aiming to acquire more than a billion customers for its mobile payment, mobile phone recharge platform and insurtech services through a step-by-step developmental strategy. FingerMotion transformed from a mobile gaming company launched in 2016 to its current operation. Working with three major platform partners — Alibaba’s (NYSE: BABA) TMALL sites, PinDuoDuo (NYSE: PDD) and JD.com (NASDAQ: JD) — the company is rapidly building a large clientele in Southeast Asia derived from mobile service provider giant China Unicom’s (NYSE: CHU) e-commerce portals. FingerMotion’s service offerings include telecommunication products and services and SMS and MMS services, the company’s core revenue sources, as well as the rich communication services and big-data insights launching this year. The big data product has the potential to provide the foundation for the company’s “strong foray” into insurtech offerings as well as predictive services for other sectors such as health care, financial services and consumer e-commerce applications. In January, we made one of the most significant announcements as a company. We are very proud to announce our partnership with Pacific Life Re-insurance, in essence becoming their data provider,” FingerMotion CEO Martin J. Shen said last month (https://ibn.fm/tmzRq). The company’s Sapientus database overlays the data with AI-driven behavioral analytics to help provide predictive measures about consumer habits. The company expects to file its annual year-end financial report by the end of May, and expects that revenues will top $16 million for the fiscal year that ended Feb. 28, according to Shen (https://ibn.fm/Wlqm9). 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

DGTL Holdings Inc. (TSX.V: DGTL) (OTCQB: DGTHF) Forms JV to Boost Sports Entertainment B2B Onboarding Revenues

  • DGTL Holdings, Inc. is an TSX listed accelerator for fully commercialized high growth enterprise-level sofware-as-a-service companies powered by artificial intelligence
  • DGTL Holdings focuses on disrupting the adtech, martech and social media industries with innovative strategy and resource solutions
  • The company recently announced a joint venture with data analytics firm Loop Insights that it expects to advance consumer onboarding and help businesses better manage their business operations
  • In the past six months, DGTL has announced major new customers, including Draftkings, QuakerOats, Syneos Health, DoorDash, Shein.com and others
DGTL Holdings (TSX.V: DGTL) (OTCQB: DGTHF), a company dedicated to serving growth-stage companies through artificial intelligence (“AI”) that successfully powers a full-service digital media, marketing and advertising software platform, recently announced the signing of a joint venture partnership with data analytics innovator Loop Insights Inc. (TSX.V: MTRX) (OTCQB: RACMF) that will enhance both companies’ potential to drive revenue through key brand account projects — particularly in the live sports and entertainment industry. “Loop Insights’ ability to connect sponsor and brand activations at the transaction level and tie back to their Wallet pass technology provides a valuable data collection and enhancement feature for our clients,” DGTL Holdings CEO Mike Racic stated in a news release announcing the partnership (DGTL Holdings Inc. Secures Service Partnership with Wideout AQA – Digital Media Technologies (https://ibn.fm/1rDR6). “The integrated product offering will now be able to provide brands direct access to their customers through the Loop Wallet Pass and deliver real-time campaign performance metrics associated with their advertising campaigns.” DGTL Holdings is a venture capital asset management company whose mission is to acquire B2B software as a service (SaaS) technology that may prove disruptive to the adtech, martech and social media industries. As the company injects leadership and resources for enterprise companies, it helps them to accelerate their own development. DGTL’s four key services are business strategy advice, capital markets access, merger and acquisition opportunity evaluation, and establishing growth partnerships through Fortune 100 brand relationships. The agreement with Loop Insights provides DGTL a channel for onboarding real-world consumers at the point of sale, whether in the brick and mortar or the virtual marketplace. As consumers join Loop’s platform, they provide both DGTL and Loop with new users and revenue streams in a naturally synergistic partnership that allows businesses to gain complete insights about their customers and their performance. A report by Baystreet noted that DGTL has gained influence as a sports entertainment marketing provider through its wholly owned subsidiary Hashoff, which comprises DGTL’s first SaaS acquisition. Hashoff provides content-as-a-service (CaaS) ad campaigns as TV and newspaper spending declines and social media and social influencer spending rises. Citing reporting by Influencer Marketing Hub and Hootsuite that form part of DGTL’s most recent investor presentation, Baystreet observed that “social media spending increased 20% in 2020 from 2019 to $43 billion and influencer marketing shot up 50% to $9.7 billion. The upside to the nascent adtech/martech market bears out in the fact that global ad spend for 2020 was $572 billion” (https://ibn.fm/rUp91). As a specialty SaaS acquisition company, DGTL cites a massive boom in technology based SPACs (special purpose acquisition companies) in 2020 with SPACs generating more than twice as much the returns of the S&P 500 in 2020 (https://ibn.fm/41HFE). DGTL had $2.4 million in revenue for the six-month reporting period ending Nov. 30, which was before it added six major new global brand accounts. The six month report represented an increase of 79% YOY. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.DGTLInc.com. NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to DGTHF are available in the company’s newsroom at https://ibn.fm/DGTHF

Uranium Energy Corp (NYSE American: UEC) Multifaceted Strategy Strengthens Shareholder Value, Grows Company

  • UEC is ideally positioned to be leading supplier of American-mined uranium for domestic utilities, U.S. government
  • UEC’s main objective is adding value to shareholders, growing into largest and most profitable uranium company in the United States

Uranium Energy (NYSE American: UEC) CEO Amir Adnani American has noted the company is a uranium pure play, with $110 million cash, equity and strategic U.S.-warehoused inventory holdings.  Recent press releases discuss UEC’s business objectives and highlight recent UEC achievements that are notable for the company’s future growth.

With uranium spot prices below most producers’ cost of production, UEC has established a physical uranium initiative with acquisitions of U.S.-warehoused uranium.  The uranium initiative is fully funded with cash on hand and now includes 2.105 million pounds of U.S.-warehoused uranium at a volume weighted average price of ~$30 per pound with deliveries occurring between March 2021 into December 2022 (https://ibn.fm/zv7ks).

Adnani notes the initiative will support three objectives: 1) bolstering the company’s balance sheet as uranium prices appreciate; 2) providing strategic inventory to support future marketing efforts with utilities that could complement production and accelerate cashflows; and 3) increasing the availability of the company’s Texas and Wyoming production capacity for emerging U.S.-origin-specific opportunities, which may command premium pricing due to scarcity of domestic uranium.

On another front, UEC restarted wellfield development and resource delineation drilling at the Company’s Burke Hollow in-situ recovery (“ISR”) uranium project in South Texas.  Advancing and expanding Burke Hollow’s resources strategically dovetails with UEC’s plans to participate in supplying the U.S. Uranium Reserve (“UR”) as outlined in the Nuclear Fuel Working Group report published by the U.S. Department of Energy. The UR is designed as a 10-year, $1.5 billion program to purchase newly mined U.S.-origin uranium from the existing domestic uranium industry (https://ibn.fm/EW45D).

“UEC is ideally positioned to be the leading supplier of American-mined uranium for the domestic utilities and the U.S. government,” Adnani stated in another article.  “We control the largest resource base of fully permitted ISR projects in Texas and Wyoming of any U.S. based producer, ideally positioned to lead the resurgence in domestic uranium mining. . . . We are investing to build the next generation of low-cost and environmentally friendly uranium projects that will be competitive on a global basis.”

“Our main objective is to continue adding value to our shareholders and grow the company into the largest and most profitable uranium company in the United States,” said Adnani.

Uranium Energy Corp is a U.S.-based uranium mining and exploration company that controls one of the country’s largest historical uranium exploration and development databases. Founded in 2003, UEC is headquartered in Corpus Christi, Texas. Properties acquired by the company are primarily located within the United States, including Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona and Wyoming. In addition, the company is aggressively pursuing other key developmental targets. UEC is poised to be a next-generation uranium producer, committed to providing low-cost uranium through environmentally friendly In-Situ Recovery mining for the country’s large electricity-generating nuclear fleet as well as for government programs, such as the U.S. Uranium Reserve.

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

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

Yimin Wu — An AI-SaaS Pioneer from the East

  • Founder of Infobird Software Co. Ltd. (NASDAQ: IFBD) Chairman and CEO
  • Life-long passion for computer science
  • Launched the first cloud call center SaaS product in China
  • Almost 10 years serving mega financial institutions with customized SaaS
  • Infobird is quickly expanding – pushing standardized SaaS into broad markets to service a wide variety of industries and increase market share
In the spring of 1990, 24-year-old Yimin Wu completed his undergraduate and graduate studies in computer science at Tsinghua University and was assigned by the university to Hewlett-Packard in the United States as a software engineer. With ‘life as an adventure’ as his credo and a fiery passion for cloud computing, Yimin went back to China and started his own business to provide all-software middleware for call centers. With a strong background in technology development, Yimin Wu realized the huge potential of cloud computing in early 2004. This was when Skype, a communication software based on VoIP, first became popular across the world. The success of Skype sparked his imagination about the possibilities for an all-software based cloud call center – with zero hardware involved. With the idea of combining cloud computing with an all-software call center, Yimin Wu led his team aiming to develop the first cloud based SaaS product for call centers in China. Customers no longer needed to purchase hardware equipment, buy and install a complete set of software, and then build their own call center. They only need to purchase “services” from Infobird Software (NASDAQ: IFBD) based on the number of seats and the time they needed. In 2007, the company successfully launched the first cloud based SaaS product in China and its efforts were highly recognized by its peers. In the same year, Yimin Wu was also named to China’s top ten software leaders by the China Software Association for being the first to put forward the concept of cloud call center in China. Today, the importance of cloud computing is undisputed, but go back ten years and the concept of cloud computing was unknown to both the public and business. Since 2007, under the leadership of Yimin Wu, Infobird has also successfully upgraded from a traditional call center service provider to a leading SaaS (software as a service) provider in China, providing large enterprises with innovative AI-driven or AI-empowered customer engagement solutions. Today, Infobird is still launching new SaaS products to meet the diverse needs of customers. Infobird has been serving its clients with cloud call center and other intelligent customer engagement solutions for 20 years. When Mr. Wu was asked what formed the foundation of Infobird’s development, he answered firmly, “It’s technology”. He added, “I think we rely on technology to keep pace with the times. We have to use the most advanced technology at that time to meet customer needs. It does not mean that we can win the market with only one technology. We will continue to develop new technologies to meet customer needs. We believe that the ultimate purpose of developing new technologies is to serve the specific needs of customers. It is not our philosophy to develop technology solely for the sake of technology.” In China, Infobird is one of the very few software companies that is capable of providing customized SaaS services to ultra-large companies and financial institutions. In 2012, the first phase of China Guangfa Bank’s credit card telemarketing system was undertaken by Infobird which immediately passed the acceptance inspection. Delivering unparalleled service levels, Infobird’s solution was constantly evolving and improving to support the rapid expansion rate of China Guangfa Bank’s credit center. This project later became the largest commercial private cloud call center and cloud computing real-time business system in China at the time. According to the prospectus from the company, it also states that the company will no longer be dependent on a single large customer, China Guangfa Bank, which accounted for approximately 77.3% of the total revenue in 2019. The percentage of revenue from China Guangfa Bank is expected to decrease to less than 35% in 2020 and furtherdecrease to an even lower percentage in the near future. The company has been expanding the customer base for multiple mid to large companies in finance, healthcare and retail industries by promoting of the standardized module SaaS. Because of Infobird’s dedication to technology, the company has gained the trust of major companies and large financial institutions. Infobird’s SaaS products are widely used in banking and insurance, education and training, e-commerce, travel ticketing, service outsourcing, healthcare, logistics and retail and multiple other industries. Infobird has a wide range of customers, including small growth companies as well as many Fortune 500 companies. According to the forecast of an independent Chinese consulting company, China’s public cloud SaaS market will reach 37 billion yuan in 2021, and the enterprise-level SaaS market will reach 74 billion yuan. It is estimated that by 2026, China’s public cloud SaaS market will exceed 100 billion yuan and the enterprise-level SaaS market will exceed 270 billion yuan. In the future, as a large number of traditional Chinese companies start their digital transformation, China’s SaaS market is expected to encounter an upward turning point of explosive development. Faced with the upcoming market break out of Customer Engagement SaaS in China, Yimin Wu decided to take the company public on the Nasdaq and use the power of the international capital market to accelerate the company’s development. Yimin Wu believes that Infobird’s IPO gives investors around the world a unique opportunity to profit from the exceptional high-growth of China’s SaaS industry. Compared with US domestic SaaS companies that are currently listed on major US exchanges, the Price to Sales (“PS”) ratio of Infobird is about 3 to 5 times less than that of US peers. The price-to-sales (P/S) ratio shows how much investors are willing to pay per dollar of sales for a stock. A low ratio implies the stock is undervalued, while a ratio that is higher-than-average indicates that the stock may be overvalued. Pricing Infobird’s IPO at a relative lower valuation attracts interest from long-term and strategic investors who understand value investment concepts and can accompany Infobird over the long run. The company believes that investors with a long-term value investment philosophy can best help Infobird to grow steadily and will be richly rewarded. On April 20, 2021, Infobird (NASDAQ: IFBD) was officially listed on NASDAQ in the United States. With the IPO proceeds, Yimin Wu intends to further push the shift of the company’s suite of products from customized SaaS to standardized module SaaS. Infobird is currently promoting its independently developed standardized SaaS products to further penetrate into multiple new markets and industries in China. Infobird’s extensive experience serving ultra-large financial institutions with customized SaaS products facilitates the rapid development of more standardized SaaS products and a quickly growing market share. At present, some investors believe that Infobird is on the edge of explosive growth in the company’s performance and that the company’s business is at an inflection point in a comprehensive transformation. It’s expected that within three years of Infobird’s IPO, sales of company’s standard SaaS service will greatly increase the company’s customer base, market share and profitability as well as set the stage for extended growth well into the future. At the company’s internal celebration meeting held on the first day of trading, Mr. Wu said, “Infobird pioneered the cloud computing call center, created China’s leading intelligent customer service system, launched the digital intelligent customer management concept, and built a nationwide customer base. It has served more than 70,000 enterprises with independently developed technologies and excellent products.” “The twenty-year-old Infobird is at its growth phase. We are full of passion and drive. We hope to open an unprecedented new path in the field of AI customer business and release more energy, and create greater value for business and society with the tide of economic globalization”. Mr. Wu said that with the help of new technologies, business digitalization has ushered in a turning point. Infobird will strengthen the integration of technology and scenarios in the future and continue to explore more new possibilities in the field of customer engagement. “We dream of letting the light of science and technology illuminate every corner of the business world. Therefore, we choose to be listed on NASDAQ. We must accelerate development with a global vision. The IPO is not the end, it is a new starting point, and it means more opportunities and bigger responsibilities. In order to achieve new growth, we will face more tests and challenges in the future. Maybe Infobird will go through revolutions, but our mission to make customer engagement smart will not change”. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.infobird.com/en/index.html.
  • Founder of Infobird Software Co. Ltd. (NASDAQ: IFBD) Chairman and CEO
  • Life-long passion for computer science
  • Launched the first cloud call center SaaS product in China
  • Almost 10 years serving mega financial institutions with customized SaaS
  • Infobird is quickly expanding – pushing standardized SaaS into broad markets to service a wide variety of industries and increase market share
In the spring of 1990, 24-year-old Yimin Wu completed his undergraduate and graduate studies in computer science at Tsinghua University and was assigned by the university to Hewlett-Packard in the United States as a software engineer. With ‘life as an adventure’ as his credo and a fiery passion for cloud computing, Yimin went back to China and started his own business to provide all-software middleware for call centers. With a strong background in technology development, Yimin Wu realized the huge potential of cloud computing in early 2004. This was when Skype, a communication software based on VoIP, first became popular across the world. The success of Skype sparked his imagination about the possibilities for an all-software based cloud call center – with zero hardware involved. With the idea of combining cloud computing with an all-software call center, Yimin Wu led his team aiming to develop the first cloud based SaaS product for call centers in China. Customers no longer needed to purchase hardware equipment, buy and install a complete set of software, and then build their own call center. They only need to purchase “services” from Infobird Software (NASDAQ: IFBD) based on the number of seats and the time they needed. In 2007, the company successfully launched the first cloud based SaaS product in China and its efforts were highly recognized by its peers. In the same year, Yimin Wu was also named to China’s top ten software leaders by the China Software Association for being the first to put forward the concept of cloud call center in China. Today, the importance of cloud computing is undisputed, but go back ten years and the concept of cloud computing was unknown to both the public and business. Since 2007, under the leadership of Yimin Wu, Infobird has also successfully upgraded from a traditional call center service provider to a leading SaaS (software as a service) provider in China, providing large enterprises with innovative AI-driven or AI-empowered customer engagement solutions. Today, Infobird is still launching new SaaS products to meet the diverse needs of customers. Infobird has been serving its clients with cloud call center and other intelligent customer engagement solutions for 20 years. When Mr. Wu was asked what formed the foundation of Infobird’s development, he answered firmly, “It’s technology”. He added, “I think we rely on technology to keep pace with the times. We have to use the most advanced technology at that time to meet customer needs. It does not mean that we can win the market with only one technology. We will continue to develop new technologies to meet customer needs. We believe that the ultimate purpose of developing new technologies is to serve the specific needs of customers. It is not our philosophy to develop technology solely for the sake of technology.” In China, Infobird is one of the very few software companies that is capable of providing customized SaaS services to ultra-large companies and financial institutions. In 2012, the first phase of China Guangfa Bank’s credit card telemarketing system was undertaken by Infobird which immediately passed the acceptance inspection. Delivering unparalleled service levels, Infobird’s solution was constantly evolving and improving to support the rapid expansion rate of China Guangfa Bank’s credit center. This project later became the largest commercial private cloud call center and cloud computing real-time business system in China at the time. According to the prospectus from the company, it also states that the company will no longer be dependent on a single large customer, China Guangfa Bank, which accounted for approximately 77.3% of the total revenue in 2019. The percentage of revenue from China Guangfa Bank is expected to decrease to less than 35% in 2020 and furtherdecrease to an even lower percentage in the near future. The company has been expanding the customer base for multiple mid to large companies in finance, healthcare and retail industries by promoting of the standardized module SaaS. Because of Infobird’s dedication to technology, the company has gained the trust of major companies and large financial institutions. Infobird’s SaaS products are widely used in banking and insurance, education and training, e-commerce, travel ticketing, service outsourcing, healthcare, logistics and retail and multiple other industries. Infobird has a wide range of customers, including small growth companies as well as many Fortune 500 companies. According to the forecast of an independent Chinese consulting company, China’s public cloud SaaS market will reach 37 billion yuan in 2021, and the enterprise-level SaaS market will reach 74 billion yuan. It is estimated that by 2026, China’s public cloud SaaS market will exceed 100 billion yuan and the enterprise-level SaaS market will exceed 270 billion yuan. In the future, as a large number of traditional Chinese companies start their digital transformation, China’s SaaS market is expected to encounter an upward turning point of explosive development. Faced with the upcoming market break out of Customer Engagement SaaS in China, Yimin Wu decided to take the company public on the Nasdaq and use the power of the international capital market to accelerate the company’s development. Yimin Wu believes that Infobird’s IPO gives investors around the world a unique opportunity to profit from the exceptional high-growth of China’s SaaS industry. Compared with US domestic SaaS companies that are currently listed on major US exchanges, the Price to Sales (“PS”) ratio of Infobird is about 3 to 5 times less than that of US peers. The price-to-sales (P/S) ratio shows how much investors are willing to pay per dollar of sales for a stock. A low ratio implies the stock is undervalued, while a ratio that is higher-than-average indicates that the stock may be overvalued. Pricing Infobird’s IPO at a relative lower valuation attracts interest from long-term and strategic investors who understand value investment concepts and can accompany Infobird over the long run. The company believes that investors with a long-term value investment philosophy can best help Infobird to grow steadily and will be richly rewarded. On April 20, 2021, Infobird (NASDAQ: IFBD) was officially listed on NASDAQ in the United States. With the IPO proceeds, Yimin Wu intends to further push the shift of the company’s suite of products from customized SaaS to standardized module SaaS. Infobird is currently promoting its independently developed standardized SaaS products to further penetrate into multiple new markets and industries in China. Infobird’s extensive experience serving ultra-large financial institutions with customized SaaS products facilitates the rapid development of more standardized SaaS products and a quickly growing market share. At present, some investors believe that Infobird is on the edge of explosive growth in the company’s performance and that the company’s business is at an inflection point in a comprehensive transformation. It’s expected that within three years of Infobird’s IPO, sales of company’s standard SaaS service will greatly increase the company’s customer base, market share and profitability as well as set the stage for extended growth well into the future. At the company’s internal celebration meeting held on the first day of trading, Mr. Wu said, “Infobird pioneered the cloud computing call center, created China’s leading intelligent customer service system, launched the digital intelligent customer management concept, and built a nationwide customer base. It has served more than 70,000 enterprises with independently developed technologies and excellent products.” “The twenty-year-old Infobird is at its growth phase. We are full of passion and drive. We hope to open an unprecedented new path in the field of AI customer business and release more energy, and create greater value for business and society with the tide of economic globalization”. Mr. Wu said that with the help of new technologies, business digitalization has ushered in a turning point. Infobird will strengthen the integration of technology and scenarios in the future and continue to explore more new possibilities in the field of customer engagement. “We dream of letting the light of science and technology illuminate every corner of the business world. Therefore, we choose to be listed on NASDAQ. We must accelerate development with a global vision. The IPO is not the end, it is a new starting point, and it means more opportunities and bigger responsibilities. In order to achieve new growth, we will face more tests and challenges in the future. Maybe Infobird will go through revolutions, but our mission to make customer engagement smart will not change”. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.infobird.com/en/index.html. NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to IFBD are available in the company’s newsroom at https://ibn.fm/IFBD

Emaginos Inc. Goes Public, Raises Funds to Launch Transformational Public School Model

  • Company focused on unleashing America’s greatest natural resource — the minds of its children
  • Man behind game-changing educational model says young people will drive economy, become guardians of democracy
  • Emaginos model designed to engage students in the learning process
Founded by a former public school system superintendent, Emaginos is a company committed to transforming public education. And after more than a decade of careful preparation, creation, testing and proving, Emaginos has gone public in order to raise capital for further development and placement of its transformational public school model (https://ibn.fm/vxbVT). “We are eager to raise funds to implement our program to unleash America’s greatest natural resource – the minds of our children,” said Emaginos president Allan Jones, who has more than 40 years of experience in educational innovation and improvement While its mission is lofty, the Emaginos approach is simple: The company provides a wide range of resources from technology infrastructure and curriculum to training and other services that enable local school districts to transform and operate their schools based on the Emaginos proven model. The cost of the system is the same — or less— than current public school education costs, and the education is far better. The man behind the Emaginos plan is Dr. Keith Larick, who served as superintendent of the Tracy Unified School District in Tracy, California, for years. “The only truly renewable resource we have in our country today is our students,” says Larick (https://ibn.fm/HjaNU). “Those young people who attend our elementary, middle, high schools, colleges and universities are the source of creativity, innovation and invention that will drive our economy and become guardians of our democracy. To thrive and grow, they must have a learning environment that provides a foundation of basic skills, is personal, and includes competence in problem solving and application of knowledge to relevant real life problems.” It is that learning environment that Emaginos is focused on providing. While Larick was superintendent, he worked with three experienced educators to create the optimal K-12 education program based on student-centered and organizational best practices. The program they designed has been tested over the past decade and has been proven successful time and time again in providing personalized learning experiences for students with all types of learning styles and needs. At the heart of the Emaginos model is engaging students in the learning process, which increases their attention and focus, motivates their critical thinking skills and promotes a more meaningful educational experience. Every good educator knows that when students are engaged, learning takes place, and the Emaginos Discovery Learning System (“DLS”) offers a systemic transformation from the current teacher-centered model to a K-12 public education system that fosters a student’s desire to learn. “Emaginos’ strength is in providing personalized learning for students with different styles and needs,” said Larick, now Emaginos chief education officer and a national leader in the field of integrating technology into teaching. “Over the past 10 years, the Tracy Unified School District’s three beta test schools that developed and implemented the model have graduated over 1,200 students representing a 96% graduation rate. Following their model, Emaginos provides the tools for young people to be effective in any profession Dedicated to transforming K-12 public schools to a model composed of integrated proven best practices, Emaginos opposes replacing public schools with charter schools or damaging public schools by draining resources through vouchers or school choice programs. Emaginos firmly believes in restoring the concept of the neighborhood schools as the center of the community. To achieve this vision, Emaginos begins by transforming an initial school in the district to a charter school as a model for the transformation. The charter model in this instance uses the concept as it was intended, to test and demonstrate the effectiveness and efficacy of a new model in the district.  After the model is successful in the charter school, the lessons learned in transforming the initial school are used to directly transform the rest of the schools into effective public schools. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Emaginos.com. NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to Emaginos are available in the company’s newsroom at https://ibn.fm/Emaginos

Mobius Interactive Ltd. Gary Eldridge Talks with G&M News About Mobius Opportunity, Funding and Future 

  • Eldridge joined the Mobius team when he saw “an opportunity to build a very serious company” in the gaming industry
  • Company plans to go public by mid-summer
  • Mobius is seeking out partnerships, joint ventures in North and South America
Gary Eldridge, co-founder and chairman at Mobius Interactive was a recent guest on the G&M 1-on-1 interview series, which featured leading executives who are part of the gaming and media space (https://ibn.fm/qZpVd). During the interview, Eldridge talked about why he got involved with Mobius and what the future looks like for the up-and-coming online gaming operator. Eldridge has created and managed public and private companies worldwide over the past 30 years. He is an experienced entrepreneur with strong knowledge in strategic planning and development for start-up companies. Throughout the interview, he shared Mobius Interactive’s success, which launched in September 2020 with three attractive and successful brands for gamers. He has had many opportunities to take companies public and feels honored to be a part of this one. Mobius was in the planning stages when the COVID-19 pandemic hit and things came to a standstill. However, Mobius CEO Lynn Pearce was introduced to Eldridge through mutual friends (https://ibn.fm/owbni). Pearce has been involved in the gambling industry for more than two decades, with the last 12 years spent in online ventures. Eldridge saw “an opportunity to build a very serious company” and joined the team. As part of its growth, Mobius is looking into participating in a joint-venture partnership in a bricks-and-mortar operation. It’s an opportunity that has become possible due to a large increase in online players during the global lockdowns. The company is also seeking out partnerships and joint-ventures with gaming affiliates in North and South America, or as Eldridge put it, “wherever they may happen.” “For owners that are open to the idea of joint venture, there’s opportunity for everybody. It’s a real win-win-win,” said Eldridge. “It’s going to make it very attractive for us and local markets to be marketing with something that’s already a recognized brand. They’re going to get the benefit of dealing with us and the brand. Our affiliates are going to get the benefit of larger advertising spends, more support, co-branding with the land-based and online which opens up for a broader range of good product.” During the interview, Eldridge noted that the company is in the midst of another financing process. “Our plan is to take the company public by mid-summer of this year. As the company grows, we are in a position to fund it,” he said. This positive funding is in part due to the boom in esports and the gaming industry as a whole. Currently, the esports market is on track to surpass $1.5 billion by 2023. Viewership is expected to increase at a 9% compound annual growth rate (“CAGR”) between 2019 and 2023 (https://ibn.fm/37x6P). There is much change within the gaming industry, from the government’s need for revenue to everyone being impacted by COVID. During the interview, Eldridge pointed out the government can’t monetize something that isn’t legal; therefore, the shifts in government’s acceptance and legalization in this space provide a great opportunity as new revenue streams are sought out. People won’t stop betting just because their local casino has shut down due to the pandemic, he noted. They’ll look elsewhere — like online — for opportunities. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.MobiusInteractive.Ltd. NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to Mobius are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/Mobius

PlantX Life Inc. (CSE: VEGA) (Frankfurt: WNT1) (OTCQB: PLTXF) Partners with Celebrity Chef to Create PlantXReset Program

  • Chef Anne Thornton launched Plant Reset after being furloughed due to COVID
  • A trained professional chef with a finance background, Thornton has seen financial success throughout her career
  • The new PlantXReset is already seeing significant interest; the plant-based platform is only continuing to grow
PlantX Life (CSE: VEGA) (Frankfurt: WNT1) (OTCQB: PLTXF), the one-stop-shop for people living plant-based lives, has a new partnership with one of the most recognized plant-based chefs in the United States: Chef Anne Thornton (https://ibn.fm/U9Cls). Together PlantX life and Thornton will create a new and exclusive PlantX Reset. Thornton launched The Plant Reset in Los Angeles to show people that vegan and plant-based diets are not beige or boring. This unique food option can be beautiful, vibrant and nutrient packed. Thornton’s Plant Reset program is focused on offering five days of organic, unprocessed and locally sourced meals. The program is aimed at reducing carbon footprint, boosting the immune system and improving energy levels. “Reset recipes are designed to increase focus, improve gut health, clear brain fog and alleviate a myriad of other issues while enabling enjoyment of delicious food and drinks,” said Thornton. “Moreover, beyond saving time, energy and calories by outsourcing their meal planning, shopping and cooking, Reset customers can also save 5,610 gallons of water, 204 pounds of grain, 153 square feet of forest, 102 pounds of CO2, and five animal lives by eating the 100% vegan and organic Reset meals for five days.” Thornton is a classically trained professional chef with a finance background. Her strong financial acumen has led to financial success throughout her career. As she began to notice more and more people turning to plant-based brands and menu items, she saw an opportunity to help people fall in love with plant-based eating. When she was furloughed due to COVID-19, she decided to commit fully to the plant-based lifestyle. Friends started taking notice and let her know that, if she were cooking for them, they too would choose a plant-based lifestyle. After talking to a friend who is a plant-forward nutritionist, she learned that committing to five days led to more lasting lifestyle changes. With her nutritionist friend’s guidance, she created a program designed to increase metabolism while also providing abundant filling meals. By partnering with PlantX to create a brand new PlantXReset, Thornton will be able to share her passion with people across North America. The meals will be available for delivery and distribution throughout Canada; the company has plans to launch the same offering in the United States through the company’s e-commerce platforms in the coming weeks. “Anne is a legend in the culinary industry, and we are so excited to start our collaboration with her,” said PlantX founder Sean Dollinger. “Her incredible expertise and dedication to human and planetary health are fully aligned with PlantX’s values, and together we hope to help our plant-based community thrive and reach new levels of health and wellness.” PlantX is seeing tremendous growth. The company recently reported a record-breaking third quarter with a 298% increase from the previous quarter, generating gross revenue of $1,832,484 for the three months (https://ibn.fm/SeukX). To learn more about this company, visit www.PlantX.comwww.PlantX.ca and https://investor.plantx.com/ and view PlantX for Plant-Based Investors. To visit the company’s YouTube channel, click here. NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to PLTXF are available in the company’s newsroom at https://ibn.fm/PLTXF

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