Giggles N’ Hugs (OTCQB: GIGL) has grown by leaps and bounds in a short time. The young company, founded in 2010, has flourished by smartly developing and promoting its niche restaurant concept to the point that it is now considered one of the most attractive franchise prospects in the market.

Fun and fare are always on the menu at Giggles N’ Hugs’ family-centric restaurants. At each of its Southern Californian locations, the company successfully brings together lively, innovative play and activities that children can dive into with fresh, organic food that gain their parents’ approval. Known as the “first and only restaurant” to do exactly this, Giggles N’ Hugs has mastered the ability to lead foot traffic to its locations in Century City’s Westfield Mall, Woodland Hills’ Westfield Topanga shopping center and the Glendale Galleria. From its ritzy, family-friendly ambience to its dedicated play areas for kids who are 10 and under, and from its high quality menus to its popular and profitable party packages, the company knows exactly how to cater to its clients, many of whom are celebrity parents and kids based in Los Angeles, that sprawling Southern California city famed as the center of the nation’s film and television industry.

Southern California agrees with Giggles N’ Hugs. In this region, the company enjoys all of the wonderful opportunities and success that come hand-in-hand with its access to the right location, location, location. While the company recognizes its enviable position in the restaurant world, it is not resting. Rather, it is looking with an eye toward the future at its next phase of expansion.

Giggles N’ Hugs is motivated to duplicate the feat it has experienced with its first three locations and seeking the additional funding to achieve its next major goal: growth to dozens of locations in key markets across the nation. Its existing restaurants are already hits in the balmy, sunny climes of Southern California, and management expects that the Giggles N’ Hugs’ restaurant concept will do even better in vital markets like Seattle and San Francisco, where rain showers and sprinkles are often the norm. From running the company’s Los Angeles-area restaurants, management has found that, on rainy days, the company experiences massive bookings and sales spikes, because people would rather play or host their birthday parties indoors than venture outdoors to parks or beaches. They expect this distinctive aspect of the business to return greater revenue and profit margin numbers and drive the growth of shareholder value as the company moves forward with its expansion plans.

Learn more by visiting www.gigglesnhugs.com

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Before the opening bell, Momentous Entertainment Group, Inc. (OTC: MMEG) announced plans to implement an aggressive growth strategy through which it will take advantage of vertical growth opportunities in both primary and satellite markets through the completion of strategic acquisitions. When searching for potential acquisition targets, the company’s management team will focus on domestic and foreign film and television distribution firms, film and advertising production businesses, record labels and distribution businesses, and other asset-based product companies that are suitable for direct response products and infomercial projects. Using this approach, Momentous plans to own a variety of entertainment and direct response properties across its current and supportive industries.

“As we grow the company’s revenues through organic maturity of our Christian Music and sports-based Reality Television markets, we will look to acquisition to build steadfast and robust shareholder value in the near term,” Kurt Neubauer, chief executive officer of Momentous, stated in this morning’s news release. “The first stage is to complete a consequential acquisition that will complement Momentous Entertainment’s market presence by enhancing scale considerably into a much larger and more diverse firm.”

In recent weeks, Momentous has remained steadfast in its efforts to promote growth in the entertainment space. In late April, the company announced the commencement of initial filming for its upcoming reality TV series, tentatively titled Dennis Gile’s Quarterback Academy, which will document the journey of football quarterbacks seeking to hone and perfect their performance levels. Momentous engaged the services of two-time Emmy Award winner Albert Miller and Runway Lights of Scottsdale, Arizona, to film the program while effectively capturing the excitement and action on display.

Earlier this month, the company, through its music division, built on this progress through the completion of its first music video, a performance of Suzanne Olmon singing ‘I Believe’. Momentous has also started work on a second music video project, a production of ‘A Baby Changes Everything’, that’s slated for release in the coming months.

Momentous continued to gain momentum in the entertainment space last week when it announced the creation of a new subsidiary, Music One Corp., as part of its strategy to expand its presence in the musical niche of the entertainment industry. Through Music One Corp., the company aims to take the lead in organizing and operating concert events, opening new channels for revenue generation. Momentous engaged South Florida live venue entrepreneur Charlie Rodriguez, founder of Charlie Rodriguez Live Entertainment, as the president of its new business unit.

With these growth initiatives, as well as the company’s newly-announced acquisition-based growth strategy, Momentous could be primed to greatly expand its presence in the entertainment industry moving forward. Kurt Neubauer echoed this assessment in this morning’s news release.

“By targeting companies that meet our growth targets, we can become a leading provider of content and service in the global entertainment space,” he stated.

For more information, visit www.momentousent.com

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MissionIR today announces the online availability of its interview with Bill Kerby, chairman and CEO of Monaker Group, Inc. (OTCQB: MKGI), a technology-driven travel company focusing on the growing alternative lodging market. The interview can be heard at http://MKGI.MissionIR.com/interview.html.

As is first discussed by Kerby, Monaker is taking advantage of a sizeable shift in the travel industry, in which consumers are gravitating toward renting vacation homes rather than booking hotels. This “alternative lodging” market is currently dominated by Airbnb and HomeAway, both of which have multi-billion dollar valuations and double-to-triple-digit growth.

Through strategic restructuring and key innovations, Kerby explains how Monaker aims to participate alongside these industry players.

“When we got the opportunity to go into this field, we thought that … if you’re going to be in the travel industry and use some of the experience you have, you might as well be in the fastest, hottest-area of it. And that was the acquisition that we did with AlwaysOnVacations, to squarely position us in the center of this universe of travel,” he tells interview host Stuart Smith. “We’re hoping that we can actually redefine the model a little bit so that we may be even considered somewhat better or at least more unique in terms of some of the offerings that we’re bringing to the table.”

Kerby next describes his decades of experience in the travel, media and financial industries before discussing the company’s core management team, which is comprised of a roster of highly qualified individuals with varied yet relevant industry experience. Also of note is the company’s recent partnership with Primero Systems, an enterprise platforms and solutions provider engaged to assist Monaker in the final integration of its flagship travel website, NextTrip.com.

Attracting this “significant talent” and securing key partnerships are just two examples of Monaker’s recent milestones, which have opened the door for increased inventory and potential growth.

“For example, we’ve got close to 1.2 million homes under contract that we’re integrating into the new system, which will make us probably just about the same size of inventory that HomeAway has. Having properties for distribution is absolutely key,” says Kerby.

Utilizing travel agents, which differs from the other players in the industry, supplements the afore-noted achievements and sets Monaker in a league of its own.

“We’ve done significant contracting with major players within the travel industry who want to access our inventory … we’ve done relationships with large groups that include people like travel agents that the other players do not involve in the marketplace. And travel agents still account for a very high percentage of travel vacation programs that take place … us having access into several travel agent groups to be able to distribute our product is key, so that when we have the inventory there we also start to do distribution and sales immediately as we link into these groups — and that’s not very far away,” Kerby explains.

Monaker has also partnered with Recruitergroup.com, which has a distribution base of approximately 3 million people, as well as a network of executives and corporations that Kerby says could provide additional growth pathways.

“It’s a key outlet for us to be able to sell more alternative lodging products through very high net worth and very affluent individuals and their companies,” he says.

Kerby wraps up the interview with a quick glance at Monaker’s goals for 2016, which include the complete integration of its properties, supplemented with real-time booking for airfare, car rental bookings, unused timeshare inventory, alternative lodging, activities and more.

“We want to be among the first, if not the first, to be able to provide complete bundled packages in a manner in which the consumer gets the best of alternative lodging, along with activities they want to do. It’s a big goal that we’re trying to accomplish, but we think we’re going to hit all that and have it up and working over the course over the next 90 to 180 days’ time,” he concludes.

For more information, visit www.monakergroup.com

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Before the opening bell, International Stem Cell Corporation (OTCQB: ISCO) announced its operating results for the first quarter of 2016. The company’s consolidated revenue for the three months ended March 31 was $1.6 million, which remained unchanged from the comparable period of 2015. ISCO continued to generate revenue through its two wholly-owned subsidiaries, Lifeline Skin Care and Lifeline Cell Technology, with both remaining profitable. Profit margin for the two subsidiaries was $1.24 million, or 77 percent, for the three month period, up from $1.20 million, or 74 percent, in the previous year.

“I’m happy to report that while revenues remained flat, profit margin improved,” Andrey Semechkin, Ph.D., chief executive officer and co-chairman of ISCO, stated in this morning’s news release. “In addition our therapeutic development programs are proceeding according to plan.”

In recent months, ISCO has continued to focus on the clinical development of its groundbreaking human parthenogenetic stem cell-derived neural stem cells (ISC-hpNSC®) for the treatment of moderate to severe Parkinson’s disease. In December, the company receive authorization from the Therapeutics Goods Administration of Australia to commence the first human study of the cells, a phase I/IIa dose escalation trial. ISCO then entered into a clinical service agreement with the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, one of the world’s leading brain research centers, to conduct the trial.

In March, the company took two significant steps in the development of ISC-hpNSC®, including commencing enrollment for its impending phase I trial and raising capital with which to fund the study through a private placement. As part of this funding initiative, ISCO entered into definitive agreements with two institutional healthcare investors and management for the private placement of $6.3 million of the company’s convertible preferred stock, as well as common stock purchase warrants for an additional $25.7 million of ISCO’s common stock. Gross proceeds from this placement included $2.5 million in cash and conversion of $3.8 million in debt, which was owed to the company’s co-chairman and CEO.

“The recurring investment of these healthcare focused institutional investors is in support of and attests to the potential of our technology,” Semechkin added in a news release announcing the private placement. “The capital raised will help to drive our Phase 1 study of ISC-hpNSC® for the treatment of moderate to severe Parkinson’s disease. With enrollment of patients already underway, we look forward to the end of this year for preliminary safety and efficacy clinical data.”

For more information, visit www.internationalstemcell.com

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Star Mountain Resources, Inc. (OTC: SMRS) is a micro-cap mining company currently in the process of re-starting the Balmat zinc mine in St. Lawrence County, New York. Since its foundation in 2009, SMRS has focused its efforts on growing through quality purchases, which is why its acquisition of Balmat is a great step forward.

In 2015, SMRS entered into a three-way definitive agreement with Northern Zinc and Hudbay Minerals. The company acquired Northern Zinc, the business that owned the Balmat zinc mine, with the aim of building it back up into a fully functioning, profitable zinc mine. Since its closure in 2008, Balmat has been maintained as a fully functioning zinc mine, meaning that it has full permits and is in compliance with federal and state regulations. Not only this, Balmat zinc mine is readily accessible and has a fully functioning mill. Although it is currently on maintenance status, SMRS intends to restart Balmat in an effort to transition from ‘junior explorer’ status and become an active producer by the end of 2016.

Aside from the planned upgrades to the ventilation systems and modifications to the diesel equipment, Balmat mine is in extremely good condition. As it stands today, the mill is capable of producing high quality zinc and will be able to start production with minimal investment of time and money. With this in mind, a report, titled ‘Mineral Reserves at the Balmat Mine, St. Lawrence County, New York’, was prepared by SMRS in order to make public the current status of the mine, as well as to give an estimate of the mineral reserves available. The information in this report is based on findings from Star Mountain Resources, and it estimates that the project should last at least 2.5 years, at the end of which the project should see a profitability index of 1.2 percent.

SMRS has positioned itself strongly within the mining industry. Within the next year, the company expects to be producing a high quality concentrate of zinc. This, combined with its focus on responsibility toward the ecosystem and local communities, as well as its ongoing goal of reducing chemical and carbon footprints, should give SMRS an unparalleled mining experience moving forward.

For more information, visit www.starmountainresources.com

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Small and micro-cap markets have long been the incubators of opportunity for start-up and developing companies and the investors willing to assume the inherent risks. These markets afford innovators and entrepreneurs the ability to raise capital to prove concepts, grow and refine their business models, and provide risk-tolerant investors with ground-floor prospects. However, until recently, a lack of transparency made it difficult to discern between a legitimate investment and impropriety. OTC Markets Group’s (OTCQX: OTCM) segmented markets and trading platform have delivered the needed clarity and transparency for small and micro-cap companies to thrive and investors to make informed decisions.

A full understanding of this transition to transparency starts with understanding the difference between OTC Markets’ trading platform and exchanges like NASDAQ and the New York Stock Exchange. To get first-hand insight into the differences, as well as the advantages small and/or emerging companies are finding on this platform, QualityStocks conducted an interview with Jason Paltrowitz, executive vice president of Corporate Services at OTC Markets Group.

Hear the full interview here: http://www.qualitystocks.net/interview-otcm.php

OTC Markets Group operates broker-dealer markets where global public companies can raise capital, complete an acquisition, and provide liquidity for traders, investors and existing shareholders. OTC Markets’ three markets encompass a wide range of securities, including ADRs and foreign ordinary shares, dividend paying companies, SEC reporting companies, community banks, small and micro-cap companies, as well as large and mid-cap companies.

“What OTC Markets is, is actually an Alternative Trading System; so not truly an exchange by the exact definition of the word,” Paltrowitz tells QualityStocks. “We operate a platform on which we connect over a hundred broker-dealers and market makers who are linked on what’s called a dealer market. They’re able to message each other electronically to create liquidity for securities that trade off traditional exchanges. At OTC Markets, we have over 10,000 securities, many of them in that small and micro-cap space, as well as a number of global securities that choose to have their secondary trading in the States on the OTC market.”

OTC Markets Group’s platform is similar to other national exchanges, but dissimilar in a couple ways. For one, the trading infrastructure is different; as noted above, OTC Markets operates dealer markets rather than an exchange matching engine. Secondly, companies trading on OTC Markets’ markets can minimize regulatory burdens – and thus costs – required by national exchanges. The regulatory burden of national exchanges is complicated, has extensive compliance and legal requirements and is costly. OTC Markets’ structure provides numerous benefits for companies with tight budgets and big goals at a fraction of the cost.

“Our mission is really to give entrepreneurs and innovators the ability to run their businesses and not have to focus on all the rules and regulations associated with being on an exchange,” says Paltrowitz. “For small microcap companies that are still growing and in their development stages, we offer them a much lighter touch regulatory burden. We give them the ability to make all their information public so investors can decide what’s investable and what’s not.”

Paltrowitz describes OTC Markets’ model as “what NASDAQ was before NASDAQ became an exchange.”

“The NYSE and NASDAQ operate matching engines … which is great technology when you’re a very liquid security. But when you’re a small or micro-cap company that’s not as liquid, having market makers ready to create liquidity … is essential for small companies. We think a lesser regulatory burden, lower costs and our market structure make it very advantageous for small and micro-cap companies,” he explains.

OTC Markets organizes securities into three markets – OTCQX, OTCQB and Pink – with each company categorized by the quality and quantity of information it makes available to the public.

To qualify for the OTCQX market, companies must meet high financial standards, maintain compliance with U.S. securities laws, be current in their disclosures, and be sponsored by a professional third-party advisor. Cost for inclusion to this marketplace is $20,000 a year.

The OTCQB Venture Market is for early-stage companies that don’t meet the financial standards of the OTCQX, yet are still committed to providing a transparent trading and information experience for their investors. To be eligible, companies must be current in their reporting, undergo an annual verification and management certification process, meet a minimum $0.01 bid price test, and not be in bankruptcy. OTCQB costs a company only $10,000 a year.

OTC Markets’ Pink market offers broker-dealer trading in a wide variety of companies that are there by reasons of design, distress or default. Pink companies are further sub-categorized based on the quantity and quality of information they provide to investors: Current Information, Limited Information or No Information. Paltrowitz describes the latter of these companies as disengaged and not taking steps to make sure their information is open and transparent.

Investors familiar with the segmented markets now have much greater clarity when identifying options in the small-cap space. This clarity has provided the small-cap space a reputation as an incubator of opportunity for investors and the companies willing to put in the work to remain transparent.

“By creating great technology … also by creating platforms that allow companies to segment themselves and to be more open and transparent, we think we’ve cleaned up the market…. We’re giving investors and broker-dealers the ability to find great stories here first, before they become known to the world and maybe upgrade to a national exchange …. We think that for what is about 25% the cost of being on NASDAQ, you really do get 80 to 90% of the value of being publicly traded, again without all the cost and complexity,” says Paltrowitz.

With all the positive changes OTC Markets brings to the small-cap market, there’s more on the horizon thanks to the JOBS Act, which President Obama signed into law in 2012 to ease various securities regulations and stimulate more funding of small U.S. businesses. Paltrowitz notes particular advantages stemming from Regulation A+ of the Act, which pertains to equity crowdfunding rules. Under Regulation A+, growth companies can now raise up to $50 million from unaccredited investors and make those shares freely tradable in what many call a “mini-IPO.”

“The thing we’re most excited about … is the JOBS Act changes around Rule Reg A+. Actually, up until very, very recently we were what you’d call a secondary trading market; so we weren’t an IPO market. Companies couldn’t really go public in the traditional sense … Reg A+ has kind of changed the game and democratized finance. The IPO market had been for at least the last 20 years, really a closed market …. We’ve now made it social, data-driven and democratized so that everybody can participate in IPOs,” says Paltrowitz.

OTC Markets’ segmented markets, supplemented by Reg A+, have transformed the small-cap space, creating a trading environment that is increasingly attracting investors and growth companies in pursuit of their potential.

“We look at our future and we look at the future of crowdfunding, or crowdsourcing, for small entrepreneurial innovative companies needing to raise capital and being able to do it in the public markets, not just through a select few institutional investors. We think that’s really going to propel small company growth in the U.S., but certainly our business as well, as the natural place for those companies to trade,” says Paltrowitz.

For more information on OTC Markets Group and the OTCQX, OTCQB and Pink markets, visit www.OTCMarkets.com

Momentous Entertainment Group, Inc. (OTC: MMEG), a diversified entertainment and direct response marketing company, today announced that it has engaged the Corporate Communications Services of QualityStocks. Based in Scottsdale, Arizona, QualityStocks has assisted more than 300 public companies with their efforts to broaden influence, attract growth capital and improve shareholder value over the past 10 years.

“We’ve got a lot of interesting initiatives in the works, which is typical for us at Momentous Entertainment,” says Momentous president and CEO Kurt Neubauer. “As we transition these unique ideas into marketable entertainment products — building on our current offerings — the QualityStocks team will make sure that the progress we’re making reaches our shareholders in a clear, consistent and transparent manner. We look forward to the increased visibility and awareness this partnership will deliver.”

Per the agreement, QualityStocks will strategically leverage its network of partners, daily and weekly newsletters, social media channels, blog and other outreach tools to ensure Momentous’ brand is relevant, consistent and transparent to the investment community.

“Momentous Entertainment is an exciting company to have on board, and we look forward to working closely with Kurt and the rest of the team to enhance the company’s communication strategies and share its progress and varied endeavors with shareholders,” says QualityStocks Managing Director Michael McCarthy.

For more information, visit www.momentousent.com

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Early Friday afternoon, eXp World Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: EXPI) released its financial results for the first quarter of 2016. Due to its tremendous success in expanding its agent base in recent months – its real estate division’s agent count increased by 106 percent year-over-year to include 1,104 agents – the company achieved revenue of $7,142,812, realizing an increase of 107 percent from the comparable period of 2015. EXPI has continued to build on this success thus far in the second quarter, and the company’s Agent-Owned Cloud Brokerage™ today includes more than 1,240 real estate professionals across 38 states and Alberta, Canada.

“It is extremely gratifying to see the value proposition of eXp Realty being embraced by an ever increasing number of forward-thinking agents and brokers,” Glenn Sanford, chairman and chief executive officer of EXPI, stated in today’s news release. “Our internal mantra of ‘We want the value proposition of eXp Realty to be so good that it would be irresponsible for an agent and broker to hang their license anywhere else’ has and will continue to drive innovation around the Agent/Owner model.”

Demonstrating the company’s commitment to this mantra, EXPI last month entered into an agreement with VirBELA, LLC, one of the leading developers of immersive online worlds, to develop an innovative 3-D platform that addresses the specific needs of real estate professionals. By eliminating the need for brick and mortar office space and replacing it with avatar-based online environments, EXPI aims to minimize the overhead costs absorbed by agents and brokers without sacrificing on the fundamental benefits provided by physical office locations. Through its partnership with VirBELA, EXPI also opened the door for additional growth by maintaining the option for exclusive rights to similar online platforms for a number of vertical industries within the real estate sector, including mortgage origination, mortgage lending, title and escrow, and title insurance.

“The fact that our growth is accelerating in both agent count and the percentage of overall growth is a testament to our continued iterations around the broker and agent value proposition,” continued Sanford. “We are also excited about the journey of extending this mantra into other related industries, most notably mortgage with First Cloud Mortgage, Inc. which reported its first revenues this quarter as well.”

Formed in July of last year, First Cloud Mortgage, Inc. is a majority-owned subsidiary of EXPI. In keeping with EXPI’s mission of creating a comprehensive, cloud-based real estate services company, First Cloud Mortgage offers borrowers in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas premium loan products through an intuitive cloud-based platform.

Observing the correlation between EXPI’s financial growth and the proliferation of its Agent-Owned Cloud Brokerage™, a recent launch in four new states and the District of Columbia, as announced earlier this month, should position the company to build on its strong first quarter in the weeks to come. EXPI’s continuing ability to attract and develop leaders in the real estate industry makes the company an intriguing option for prospective shareholders moving forward.

For more information, visit the company’s website at http://investors.exprealty.com

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The Dragon Boat Festival (http://dtn.fm/wxkL1), which, this year, falls on June 9, is the start of three days of merrymaking in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and America (http://dtn.fm/qt2EH). The cynosure of all eyes will, of course, be the boat races, the winners of which are blessed with good fortune in the coming year. A dragon boat is so called because of the dragon figurehead that tops its prow. Although it’s in June this year, the time of the festival varies in the Gregorian calendar. It is held on the fifth day of the fifth Chinese lunar month, Wǔ Yuè. Now that the fifth month in the Chinese calendar and the fifth month in the Western calendar have converged, it is a time auspicious enough for Moxian, Inc. (OTCQB: MOXC) to signal its intention to be listed on the NASDAQ.

In an interview (http://dtn.fm/F1soR) with Asia Fund Space that was made public on May 12, 2016, the CEO of Moxian, Inc., Mr. James Tan, had this to say:

“We believe that the OTC Board and the NASDAQ offer better opportunities for us at this point in our development. We liken ourselves to Facebook of a few years ago which had no revenue at the time, but now that we are trading in New York, it allows us to better showcase our future earnings potential to a wider group of investors. As for our decision to list in New York, we believe investors there are more informed about technological potential of listcos and this meshes with our strategy, as from early on we have preferred investors with long-term commitment… And we are garnering a lot of interest there as most investors see us as a Chinese internet company with Singaporean-majority management.”

Asia Fund Space is an exclusive, pan-Asian community for Listed Companies and Professional Investors.

In early 2014, Moxian, Inc. began trading on the OTCQB Venture Marketplace, which is a listing platform for entrepreneurial and development stage U.S. and international companies. To be eligible, companies must be current in their reporting and undergo an annual verification and management certification process. These standards provide a strong baseline of transparency, as well as the technology and regulation to improve the information and trading experience for investors. Companies must meet a minimum $0.01 bid price test and may not be in bankruptcy. The NASDAQ listing requirements are even more stringent.

As Asia Fund Space reminds us, ‘with over two decades of experience managing private and public companies in Asia and the U.S., Tan is well-versed in the advantages of going public – and successfully being granted bourse upgrades. He was previously Chairman and CEO of Singapore-listed Vashion Group, and served as Executive Director and CEO of Vantage Corp Ltd, and Director at NASDAQ-listed Pacific Internet Ltd’.

Tan said the experience garnered at Pacific Internet when he served on the board has been particularly useful in his current role as chairman of Moxian.

“We are still very technology driven here at Moxian, with around eighty of our staff of one hundred and seventy being R&D focused… And among these eighty, twenty are purely end-product developers with the other sixty being more general R&D staffers.”

James Tan believes three essential factors for the success of an internet business are:

• Firstly, we have to define a market need and potential, and what product specifications are in demand;
• Secondly, as for writing and designing code, we stress quality over quantity;
• Thirdly, we have to develop the ability to design and build infrastructure and accessibility to deliver our products and support services to the market.

Tan singled out the company’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Dr. Ng Kek Wee who he said is the creator of a very successful ‘cloud service offering’ that handles security for financial institutions. Dr. Ng has received an award for Best Services Orientated Architecture and is a former CTO of Hong Kong-listed Hi Sun Technology. James Tan waxed:

“He is a recognized data and analytical engineering expert so this also allows us to draw from our Greater China talent base. In fact, we successfully combine the best from our PRC, Singapore and U.S. engineering talent pools.”

Moxian, Inc. engages in the business of providing social marketing and promotion platforms designed to help merchants accelerate and advertise their business growth through social media. These products and services enable merchants to run targeted advertising campaigns and promotions, and aim to enhance the interaction between users and merchant clients by using consumer behavior data compiled from the Moxian database of user activities. The company has two primary core products: Moxian+ User App and Moxian+ Business App.

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

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eXp World Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: EXPI) is transforming what it means to be a nationwide real estate brokerage with eXp Realty, one of the notable companies under its umbrella.

Better known as “The Agent-Owned Cloud Brokerage,” eXp Realty operates in 40 states across the United States and in Alberta, Canada. Most recently, within the United States, the company kicked off operations in Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota and the District of Columbia. Launching in these new locales and markets evidenced the company’s ability to grow smartly and to attract and develop tested leaders within the industry, leaders who have an awareness of the impact of agent-ownership on the company’s culture, as well as a far-reaching view of the opportunities created by the innovative uses of technology for real estate agents, buyers and sellers.

eXp Realty is a full-service real estate brokerage that offers round-the-clock access to collaborative tools, training and socialization for its real estate brokers and agents through its fully-immersive, cloud office environment. Recognized as a national leader in providing brokerage service at value, eXp Realty successfully lowers its agents’ operating costs and raises their profits. It also delivers greater service and value to its consumers, allowing them to find their perfect homes by searching millions of properties.

E-commerce and technological innovations are leaving lasting impressions on how the real estate industry operates, and eXp Realty is constantly adapting to this fast-changing world in order to serve as the trusted professional who can explain the complexities and implications of real estate buying and selling decisions.

Thanks to the advent of the Internet and mobile devices, buyers and sellers have more real estate information at their fingertips than ever before, but they could still use a professional’s expertise to wade through all of that data. Why? For the most part, the home buying and selling process still remains largely unfamiliar and, often, is an incredibly emotional journey for many people.

The company’s agents help navigate the real estate buying and selling process. They provide their insight into the properties under consideration. They frequently offer their local market expertise, as many of them have resided in the areas for the majority of their lifetimes. Furthermore, they negotiate and advocate on the buyer’s or seller’s behalf, providing that all-important comparative perspective.

For more information, visit the company’s website at http://investors.exprealty.com

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