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at 4:31 PM on Wednesday, November 25th, 2020
PyroGenesis (PYR:TSX) recently UP-Listed to the TSX from the TSX Venture on the strength of some major sales agreements for its plasma torch technology. Specifically, PYR announced an $11.5M sales to the US Navy for systems on two aircraft carriers, as well as, a $25M + contract for use by one of the biggest high-tech aluminum smelters in the world.
Yesterday, PYR announced the signing of an initial plasma torch contract with a Major Iron Ore Producer. The initial sale amount of $1.8M (for just 1 unit) doesn’t come close to the size of the agreements above – but it follows the exact same game plan of starting small and finishing big, something the Company alluded to in the press release quote which stated the following;
“It is expected that future sales with this Client will include a separate continued after-sale services agreement. The Client is a multi-billion-dollar international producer of iron ore pellets, one of the largest in the industry, whose name will remain confidential for competitive reasons. The Client, which has committed to reduce its greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions, has over ten (10) plants, each possibly requiring up to 50 plasma torches.”
The math has not alluded investors, who first had a slew of their own questions which CEO Peter Pascali answered as part of this great interview.
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at 5:16 PM on Thursday, November 19th, 2020
2020 has been a disappointing one for the once euphoric cannabis industry thanks to the fallout of over-hyped and over-financed companies that failed to deliver on a fraction of their promises.
The year 2000 saw the exact same thing happen to “dot-com” companies that failed in even more spectacular fashion. Many investors swore off internet stocks forever.
The smart ones waited to see which companies were real … and the rest was history as we saw the birth and growth of internet companies that delivered real value, products and customers.
The same is about to happen in the Cannabis space. With the market estimated to hit $70 Billion over the next few years, there is very little doubt that winners will be created out of companies delivering real businesses.
Enter Innocan Pharma Corporation (INNO:CSE) (IP4: FSE) and it’s incredible team of accomplished scientists led by CEO Iris Bincovich.
As a Cannabis investor, why limit yourself to a Company with just one specialty, when InnoCan offers you exposure to both the exploding world of cannabis pharma, as well as, a portfolio of patent-pending and launch ready consumer health products, the latter of which have already announced distribution and manufacturing agreements throughout Europe and the United States.
If you believe in the future of the cannabis and companies delivering real, value-add CBD products, then watch this interview with Innocan CEO, Iris Bincovich.
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at 5:04 PM on Wednesday, November 18th, 2020
ThreeD Capital (IDK:CSE / IDKFF:OTCQB) prides itself on discovering great companies before everyone else … and it casts a wide net to find the best of the best ranging from precious metals companies to completely disruptive companies. Moreover, IDK isn’t afraid to invest and be patient in both public and private companies.
As such, it’s like and ETF for ground floor investments that small cap investors would either be unable to find (private) or unable to participate in (early round accredited investors)
It is able to do all this and do it well under the leadership of one of the greatest investors in Canadian history – Sheldon Inwentash, the Founder, Chairman and CEO of IDK. Inwentash’s track record of success speaks for itself, including successful exits in the hundreds of millions and even billions in previous years. His last company commanded a market cap north of $1 Billion and now he’s looking to create another success out of IDK.
Will he do it? He’s off to a good start so far by quietly making investments over the past couple of years that are now starting to pay off. In this interview Inwentash discusses:
His investment philosophy
A couple of his recent investments in Peak Fintech (PKK:CSE) and Loop Insights (MTRX:TSXV)
Why he’s investing heavily in gold juniors
Why he’s investing heavily in blockchain companies + their tokens
Best of all, after one hell of a ride for the financial markets in 2020, Inwentash talks about why 2021 “is the year to be all in”
Watch this great interview … because when a legendary financier speaks, every small cap investor should be listening.
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at 12:39 PM on Wednesday, November 18th, 2020
Avicanna (AVCN: TSX) (AVCN: OTCQX) (0NN: FSE) is a vertically-integrated biopharmaceutical company developing and commercializing various cannabinoid-based products for the global marketplace.
Third Quarter Highlights
$882K in revenue, an increase of 24% from Q2-2020,
Double-digit growth quarter over quarter from Q4-2019
Reached a major milestone with the launch of certain products from its RHO Phyto product line in Canada and further diversified its revenue streams.
When we say vertically integrated, we mean it. Avicanna has 4 fully operating divisions to address the entire market for Cannabis products as follows:
1. The company has a full line of high end CBD based skin care products serving the consumer retail segment with Canadian distribution through Medical Cannabis by Shoppers, as well as global distribution later this year.
2. Avicanna’s superior medical cannabis line also features products distributed through Medical Cannabis by Shoppers, the online arm of Canada’s largest drugstore chain. In addition, the company recently received certification and authorization for the sale of pharmaceutical cannabinoid products with medical prescriptions in Colombia.
3. Avicanna also hosts a full pipeline of Pharmaceuticals in various stages of trials to address Dermatology, Psychiatry, Neurology, Pain and Oncology. Three of the company’s products are already as far as phase 2.
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at 8:25 PM on Sunday, November 15th, 2020
Sometimes, you just have to let the numbers speak for themselves. With 165,000 patients, Empower Clinics (CBDT:CSE) (EPWCF:OTCQB) has a database that almost every medical cannabis and CBD company would kill for … but then you see these numbers for the first half of the year:
Revenues $USD 1.7M vs $745,000 = 130% Gain
Patient Visits 12,400 vs 5,500 = 125% Gain
CBDT has now delivered growth in 4 successive financial reports (Q4, FY 2019, Q1 and Q2), so it is safe to say that superstar CEO Steve McAuley can officially claim victory on the turnaround he inherited in 2019.
Despite officially acquiring KAI on October 5th, Empower was able to walk right into KAI and increase testing volume by 763% sequentially (vs September) to 1,375 units. While most companies need a couple of months to really start making changes within the operations of new acquisitions, McAuley hit the ground running and even.
How much revenue was generated from these record October tests? CEO McAuley gives us back of the napkin math to play with.
But he is far from done.
Just as Empower did with their clinics, Empower has aggressive growth strategies in place for KAI, including servicing new COVID-19 testing contracts for the:
Film & television industry
Banks
Restaurants
Tourism and ….
Supporting the Sun Valley Health COVID-19 RT-PCR and rapid antibody testing programs in the state of Arizona.
One, some or all of these should lead to even bigger numbers in November. In fact, we asked him if he was “concerned” that he may run out of capacity of 4,000 tests per day (a great concern to have). Wait until you hear his answer.
But just one more thing
Empower announced it:
“has signed numerous new commercial testing contracts, the details of which will be provided in subsequent press releases.”
Somebody get out a calculator
It doesn’t take much to see that KAI has the potential to take Empower to a whole new level. Specifically, if you’re an investor in Well Health (WELL:TSX) and/or CloudMD (DOC:TSXV) you have to start taking a serious look at Empower as the next great potential health and wellness company. It’s already proven solid revenues and growth from its clinics, is expanding its telemedicine practice very nicely and now has the power to quickly generate significant enterprise level revenues from its newly acquired KAI medical diagnostics laboratory … which is already bearing fruit just 30 days after the acquisition.
Can McAuley pull it off? First consider what he has already accomplished after inheriting a catastrophe of a company in early 2019. Secondly, McAuley is Six Sigma certified under the quality initiative of legendary GE (General Electric) Chairman Jack Welch. We’ve never seen a Six Sigma certified CEO in the Canadian small cap markets. Never …. which explains how McAuley has been able to guide Empower Clinics through the most disruptive retail environment in recent history and turn it into significant growth through Q2 2020.
And if you MISSED Well Health and CloudMD, you really need to take a close look at Empower as the next great potential small cap health & wellness company.
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at 8:22 PM on Sunday, November 15th, 2020
How do you connect over 100M small businesses in China who need access to different kinds of credit …. with over 10K banks and lending institutions that have different lending criteria?
Well, if you try to do it the old fashioned way, you just can’t. SMB’s (small and medium businesses) and Lenders are pretty much forced to deal within local markets which drastically reduces alternatives and business …. and both sides are left with a daunting, slow and inefficient manual workload.
ENTER PEAK FINTECH
The Peak Fintech Lending Hub uses Artificial Intelligence and analytics to fully automate the process by which lenders and borrowers connect quickly and match perfectly across several market verticals.
When Joseph and Inwentash say this AI-Powered platform is revolutionizing the Chinese SMB commercial lending ecosystem, they’re not just paying lip service … Peak Fintech is delivering results
Reported revenue growth of 293% to $11.2 million for the first half of 2020
Targeting $40 million in revenues and $4 million in EBITDA for the 2020 year.
Platform now has lending products from 54 different banks and lending institutions
Signed Agreement To Bring Lending Hub To 60,000 Online Electronics Stores
Stores would use Lending HUB to finance purchase of electronics inventory
100% market capture would translate into $1.35B in annual revenues
Inwentash discusses what attracted him to PKK, what his interest is in the Company and what he sees for the Company’s future.
Joseph also discusses new government regulations in China since the Ant IPO was suspended and whether they would impact PKK, as well as, the Company’s growth outlook for 2021.
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at 7:00 PM on Sunday, November 15th, 2020
The paradigm shifting, parabolic growth of plant based foods and a plant based life is unstoppable, with the plant-based food market alone expected to reach $74.2 billion by 2027.
Plant Based Essentials …. Like Chocolate (Essential? You Bet)
And …… Plant Based …. PLANTS (It’s A BIG Business!)
More than just talk, VEGA is already in full swing and growing FAST
Already Operating In Canada
US Online Operations Kick Off With $USD 25M MIN of PlantX products YEAR 1
6% Royalty Fee to PlantX on gross USA revenues
US Bricks & Mortar with San Diego flagship store opening in DECEMBER
Agreement already signed with a major construction company to build the flagship + franchises across North America
AND ….. The recent £8 million Acquisition of Bloombox In The UK, generating millions in revenue
If you believe in the paradigm shifting nature of plant based foods and more, be sure to watch and share this great interview with PlantX CEO Julia Frank.
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at 4:55 PM on Thursday, November 12th, 2020
When the Facebook data privacy scandal broke out, the world woke up to just how badly our individual data was being traded, used and most importantly, the amount of profit being generated by major corporations at our expense.
This led to the enactment of the biggest data privacy laws in history. Specifically, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) out of Europe and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
Enter KABN. The Company Turns The Problem Of Data Privacy Into A Profit For Individuals, While Providing Big Businesses With New & Compliant Business Models.
More than just lip service, KABN announced joining the Trust Over IP Foundation, which includes over 170 members including IBM, Mastercard, Accenture and many other global leaders who are defining a complete architecture for Internet-scale digital trust. As part of this community, KABN is focused on bridging the gap between traditional fintech services and solutions and new and innovative Verified Credential processes. Does that sound like a mouthful? Yeah, it does. But all you have to really understand for now is that digital ID, privacy and monetization is going to become a reality in the very near future. Government regulations are enforcing it. Consumers are demanding it and KABN is delivering it at such an advanced scale that the Trust Over IP Foundation has provided them with a strategic role as a Steering Member to help drive the following mission:
“I am certain KABN will make a strong contribution to the Trust over IP Foundation.” said John Jordan, executive director, BC Digital Trust Service and executive director of ToIP. “People and businesses are going to continue using the internet to build relationships and complete transactions digitally with all the risks of security breaches and fraud that go along with it today. It’s time for a change. Global leaders are working together at our Foundation to make it possible for people to be known and to build trusted relationships online. I am happy to have KABN be part of this effort.”
KABN was so ahead of this curve they were actually too early to the game … now the game is underway with KABN sitting in a great field position. Watch this interview with President David Lucatch and welcome to the next potential great disruptive industry of the decade.
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at 9:21 AM on Thursday, November 12th, 2020
There is no denying the world of esports was already on a rapid growth rate prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, according to TGS Esports (TGS:TSXV), the growth and awareness of esports over the past several months has accelerated the industry by at least a couple of years, if not more.
Recognizing this trend, TGS pivoted quickly from venue based esports to becoming a leader in esports events, sponsorship and productions. More than just lip service, tournaments hosted to date have been sponsored by the likes of:
Pepsi
Red Bull
7-11
Shaw Cable
More than just events, TGS also creates high quality production value out of these events, which have already seen more than 20,000 hours of viewership on Twitch and featured on GINX Esports TV (Canada), with the potential to expand with GINX to over 50 countries.
If the story ended there, TGS would have the makings of a great early stage esports story …. but it doesn’t
$6 MILLION ACQUISITION OF “PEPPER ESPORTS”
The recent acquisition of Pepper Esports takes the TGS offering to a whole different level by providing everyone from enterprise sized clients to small business to a group of buddies to create their own esports tournaments. The platform is so powerful it will handle everything from registration to game play, prize payouts and everything in between that an entity needs to host a successful esports tournament. Awesome right? No, it gets better.
Hosting your own esports tournament is FREE. TGS and Pepper figured out that the best way to get mass usage of their platform is to make it $0 upfront and generate $$ from revenue share on all transactions that take place during the tournament.
When you bolt on the fact that TGS can now broadcast that tournament, the Company believes its offering can’t be matched anywhere in the world. We like it so much that we’re already considering hosting Agoracom esports tournaments for clients and shareholders who can either play or watch.
Watch this great interview with the CEO’s of both TGS and Pepper to find out more details and feel their mutual excitement about the future.
