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Bottled Water Processing Market Research, Review, Applications and Forecast to 2030

The Insight Partner’s report, titled " Bottled Water Processing Market Share, Size and Trends Analysis| 2030" provides investors with a roadmap for setting up new investment plans in the Bottled Water Processing market. The report covers various aspects, ranging from a broad Bottled Water Processing market forecast to intricate details like Bottled Water Processing market size, both current and projected, market drivers, restraints, opportunities, and trends (DROT). https://www.theinsightpartners.com/reports/Bottled-Water-Processing-Market/ The Bottled Water Processing market report also provides in-depth insights into major industry players and their strategies because we understand how important it is to remain ahead of the curve. Companies may utilize the objective insights provided by this market research to identify their strengths and limitations. Companies that can capitalize on the fresh perspective gained from competition analysis are more likely to have an edge in moving forward. With this comprehensive research roadmap, entrepreneurs and stakeholders can make informed decisions and venture into a successful business. The key companies identified in the Bottled Water Processing market analysis by our research analysts are AXEON Water Technologies, Donaldson Company, Liquid Packaging Solutions, Inc., Nestl?, Norland International, Pall Corporation, Pure Aqua, Inc., SUEZ, The Coca-Cola Company, VELOCITY WATER WORKS . This research further reveals strategies to help companies grow in the Bottled Water Processing market. A market research report, which contains proof of market research and provides the best opportunity for businesses to fulfill their objectives, might serve as the cornerstone of your business strategy. Insights on all significant regions and associations are included in this study, which also provides information on subsegments. This report delves even further into the challenges faced by Bottled Water Processing market enterprises in terms of cost and return on investment, as well as Bottled Water Processing market trends. What are the Main Focal Points Covered in this Report? 1. Bottled Water Processing Market Outlook - Various factors that determine Bottled Water Processing market growth are examined in this section, including opportunities, barriers, challenges, trends, and drivers. Authentic market determinants encourage innovation. This section addresses the distribution of firm activity and the factors that influence development. A comprehensive range of market-specific data is available, allowing investors to conduct an early assessment of the Bottled Water Processing market's capabilities. 2. Competitive Comparison Matrix- The purpose of this segment in the Bottled Water Processing market report is to present organizations with a competitive comparison matrix. This section provides an in-depth assessment of competitors' business strategies and advancements. Businesses can employ detailed market research and target statistics to determine competitors' alternatives. Businesses might discover new market niches and avenues for sales by examining their competitors' offerings. 3. High ROI Trade-Offs- To adequately aid their customers in a competitive Bottled Water Processing market, enterprises must educate themselves on key domains. Streamlining market approaches is an effective application of market research. This study area focuses on product, application, and regional categories. Understanding demographics and high-ROI geographical regions helps entrepreneurs optimize their products.

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Abaxx Provides Q2 Business Milestone and Regulatory

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Abaxx Provides Q2 Business Milestone and Regulatory

TORONTO, June 30, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Abaxx Technologies Inc., (NEO:ABXX) (“Abaxx” or the “Company”), a financial technology (fintech) company, majority shareholder of Abaxx Singapore Pte. Ltd., the Abaxx Commodity Exchange (ACX), and producer of the SmarterMarkets™ Podcast, is pleased to provide an update to shareholders regarding the progress of the company’s road map and milestones in preparation for the launch of Abaxx Commodity Exchange in Singapore, including the Company’s ID++ suite of Abaxx workflow applications and software services.

Dear Shareholders,

As we close out the first half of 2021, our primary project activities are progressing toward our previously stated goal of “internal launch readiness” by the end of the June quarter, with most project activities at or near internal completion and awaiting further coordination and completion with external partners, as detailed below. Abaxx is actively engaged in the senior management review phase before the Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”), our primary regulator, as we await our Approved Clearing House (“ACH”) approval in principle (“AIP”) and advance the exchange toward launch in 2H 2021. As of June 30th, all Clearing House application materials including technical-review comment documentation and supplementary requests have been submitted as required for AIP. No assurances can be made as to the final timing of AIP, but Abaxx has advanced discussions with prospective membership launch-partners to begin the final stage of commercial preparedness.

The Company has categorized development activities broadly as regulatory applications and operations ramp up in Singapore; commercial engagement and exchange product development; internal technology development and external technology integration. In addition to these core Exchange development activities, Abaxx Technologies is testing an advanced suite of productivity and workflow applications which are not required for exchange participants, but function symbiotically with the core capabilities of the Exchange and Clearinghouse. The suite is intended to enable Measurement, Verification and Reporting (MVR) activities related to ESG externality-pricing considerations for commodity market participants.

Regulatory and Operations Milestones

Abaxx Exchange is awaiting regulatory approval as a Recognized Market Operator (“RMO”) and Approved Clearing House (“ACH”) in review before the MAS. On September 7, 2020, Abaxx received Approval in Principle of its RMO application, subject to various terms and conditions. The Company is in frequent contact with the MAS and is working toward the completion of the ACH AIP in the near term, though no assurances can be made as to the exact date of the approval.

Abaxx Exchange is evaluating access requirements and preparing necessary filings in secondary jurisdictions including Switzerland, UK and the US, where potentially advantageous.

Abaxx Exchange has successfully recruited the senior executives required for launch and its management team is substantially in place.

Target staff levels in the operations, regulatory, risk and tech departments are on track. Remaining operations staff will be scaled up over coming months as the project progresses towards launch. Senior and middle line leadership have developed and completed the necessary training programs for new staff onboarding.

Commercial Engagement and Exchange Product Development

The Abaxx executive team has extensive experience in organizing markets via various market advisory committees at global commodity exchanges. Abaxx believes the working group approach is the most effective way to form industry consensus and create positive feedback loops to entice market liquidity when launching new products. Abaxx has been leading a global Carbon Neutral LNG Working group since early Q1 and continues to add new participants in each working session.

While the futures contracts being developed for launch are initially focused on global LNG markets, Abaxx is also advancing new working groups and contract standardization development around voluntary carbon offset markets, precious metals, and critical battery metal markets. Outreach and initial engagement in these market segments has been encouraging, and the Company expects to update new development timelines for additional products by late Q3.

Exchange Technology Development

The Abaxx Exchange matching engine and clearinghouse software suite is licenced and developed in partnership with Nasdaq Market Technology. In addition to the deployment and testing of this core marketplace software, Abaxx has built proprietary service enhancements for member account access and management, custom trading APIs, custom Fix Field Mapping to support ESG data management, a dynamic greenhouse gas calculator for commodity trading, and other custom trade and data entry services. These proprietary enhancements are integrated with ID++ and the Abaxx Console Applications (Verifier, Chat, AI/ML service integration, Drive, Vault, Sign) developed by Abaxx Technologies, with an innovative cloud architecture developed in line with the principles of Web3.

Core exchange and clearing software development is complete, with the enhanced services currently in QA and load testing. Abaxx Clearing is preparing for beta testing, and the Company is engaged with Nasdaq and Independent Software Vendors partners to finalize a timeline for all remaining third party software updates, integrations, and additional operational testing and training. The Company expects these final external-vendor milestones to be completed in line with the expected launch timelines following ACH AIP.

ID++ enabled Application Suite and Workflow software services

As described in previous disclosures, the company has developed a blockchain digital-identity based modular, integrated-suite of productivity and workflow applications, with the services built on open Digital Identity standards (WC3 Verified Credentials and DID Resolvers). The functionality includes end-to-end encrypted instant messaging, voice and video with regulatory compliant transcription, document management and collaboration with multi-party digital signature capabilities, secure document and digital contract storage and transfer protocols.

The modular nature of the ID++ tools and services has allowed the Company to develop custom exchange and clearing software enhancements, with an initial application use case of bundling verified ESG data and assets within a traditional commodity-trade workflow. Core development and integration of these services with the Abaxx Exchange trade workflow is complete, and the Company is working towards a live demo and pilot group trade execution in the second half of the year to showcase these new tools and services.

With the June completion of the integration of ID++ tools and services into the Abaxx Exchange, Abaxx has initiated an internal working group to explore B2B and B2C commercialization for the Abaxx Console and applications outside of exchange clients.

Through work with the Carbon Neutral LNG Working Group, Abaxx believes significant opportunity exists to leverage the ID++ technology architecture, and the relationships and network Abaxx has developed, to form new business models for the ESG economy and the energy transition. Initial business plans to be capitalized and potentially spun out of Abaxx are in advanced stages of development.

SmarterMarkets™ Podcast

The weekly SmarterMarkets™ podcast continues to exceed expectations for listener engagement and stakeholder recognition. Recent series titled, “The Role of Digital Innovation in Advancing the ESG Economy”, and the current series, “ An Emerging Energy Framework for the 22nd Century”, have proven to be both prescient and attractive to prospective partners interested in adding their voices and views to the discussions guiding the corporate strategy.

About Abaxx Technologies

Abaxx is a development stage financial software company that has created proprietary technological infrastructure for both global commodity exchanges and the digital marketplace. The Company’s formative technology increases transaction velocity, data security, and facilitates improved risk management for the majority owned, Abaxx Singapore Pte. Ltd. (“ACX”, “Abaxx Commodity Exchange”, or “Abaxx.Exchange”) – a commodity futures exchange that is seeking final regulatory approvals as a Recognized Market Operator (“RMO”) and Approved Clearing House (“ACH”) in review before the Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”). Abaxx is also the owner of the LabMag and KeMag iron ore assets, resulting from the reverse take-over of New Millennium Iron Corp, and the creator and producer of the SmarterMarkets™ podcast.

For more information please visit abaxx.tech, abaxx.exchange and SmarterMarketsPod.com

Media and Investor Inquiries:

Abaxx Technologies Inc. Paris Golab, Head of Investor Relations Tel: +246 243-3390 E-mail: ir@abaxx.tech

Forward-Looking Statements

This News Release includes certain “forward-looking statements” which do not consist of historical facts. Forward-looking statements include estimates and statements that describe Abaxx or the Company’s future plans, objectives or goals, including words to the effect that Abaxx expects a stated condition or result to occur. Forward-looking statements may be identified by such terms as “seeking”, “believes”, “anticipates”, “expects”, “estimates”, “may”, “could”, “would”, “will”, or “plan”. Since forward-looking statements are based on assumptions and address future events and conditions, by their very nature they involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Although these statements are based on information currently available to Abaxx, Abaxx does not provide any assurance that actual results will meet management’s expectations. Risks, uncertainties and other factors involved with forward-looking information could cause actual events, results, performance, prospects and opportunities to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Forward looking information in this news release includes, but is not limited to, Abaxx’ objectives, goals or future plans, statements, timing of the commencement of operations and estimates of market conditions. Such factors include, among others: risks relating to the global economic climate; dilution; the Company’s limited operating history; future capital needs and uncertainty of additional financing; the competitive nature of the industry; currency exchange risks; the need for Abaxx to manage its planned growth and expansion; the effects of product development and need for continued technology change; protection of proprietary rights; the effect of government regulation and compliance on Abaxx and the industry; network security risks; the ability of Abaxx to maintain properly working systems; reliance on key personnel; global economic and financial market deterioration impeding access to capital or increasing the cost of capital; and volatile securities markets impacting security pricing unrelated to operating performance. In addition, particular factors which could impact future results of the business of Abaxx include but are not limited to: operations in foreign jurisdictions, protection of intellectual property rights, contractual risk, third party risk; clearinghouse risk, malicious actor risks, third-party software license risk, system failure risk, risk of technological change; dependence of technical infrastructure, an inability to predict and counteract the effects of COVID-19 on the business of the Company, including but not limited to the effects of COVID-19 on the price of commodities, capital market conditions, restriction on labour and international travel and supply chains. Abaxx has also assumed that no significant events occur outside of Abaxx’ normal course of business.

Abaxx cautions that the foregoing list of material factors is not exhaustive. In addition, although Abaxx has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. When relying on Abaxx forward-looking statements and information to make decisions, investors and others should carefully consider the foregoing factors and other uncertainties and potential events. Abaxx has assumed that the material factors referred to in the previous paragraph will not cause such forward-looking statements and information to differ materially from actual results or events. However, the list of these factors is not exhaustive and is subject to change and there can be no assurance that such assumptions will reflect the actual outcome of such items or factors. The forward-looking information contained in this press release represents the expectations of Abaxx as of the date of this press release and, accordingly, is subject to change after such date. Readers should not place undue importance on forward-looking information and should not rely upon this information as of any other date. Abaxx does not undertake to update this information at any particular time except as required in accordance with applicable laws. The NEO Exchange does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press release.

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Hybrid Cloud Market Research Report

Growth opportunities in the Hybrid Cloud market look promising over the next six years. This is mainly due to the rising adoption of hybrid cloud in IT service management models, the shift in the preference towards hybrid cloud, followed by the growing need for connectivity and the rising reliance on mobile communications.

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Hybrid Cloud Market Dynamics (including market size, share, trends, forecast, growth, forecast, and industry analysis)

Key Drivers

The growing adoption of hybrid cloud in IT service management models and the increasing preference towards hybrid cloud acts are the major factors that are contributing to the growth of the Hybrid Cloud market share. The hybrid cloud platform is getting popular in the IT industry as it provides benefits, including higher scalability, flexibility, and multi-cloud space while offering security reassurance to organizations. IT players are spending 56% time on maintenance and 24% spend on resolving technical issues through different platforms. In addition to this, this maintenance and working model is time and capital-consuming, which has encouraged businesses to opt for hybrid cloud, thus surging the global hybrid cloud market size.

Various companies are facing a third wave of digital disruption, which is motivated the core forces such as the long-term falling cost of computing, communications, and storage. Surviving in the digital transformation is becoming a challenge in various industry verticals. Other factors such as the evolution in need for connectivity, the increasing reliance on mobile communications, and others have surged the velocity of disruptions, which is projected to create a new hybrid cloud market opportunity. On the other hand, network complications and increasing security concerns are the major factors that are hindering market growth.

End-Use Segment Drivers

Based on the end-use, the BFSI segment is projected to witness a faster CAGR during the forecast period. The growing adoption of cloud services for the storage and management of customer data is a key driver that is surging the growth of the market. Some other factors, which include secure storage, interoperability, and 24×7 uptime, have encouraged the BFSI industry to focus more on customer-centric business models and digitalization of trade and wealth. Moreover, services that include online fund transfer, digital wallets, payment gateways, and unified customer experience are playing an important role in the BFSI sector, therefore surging the growth of the market.

Hybrid Cloud Market’s leading Manufacturers:

·        VMware, Inc

·        Microsoft

·        RACKSPACE TECHNOLOGY

·        IBM

·        Google

·        Amazon

·        Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP

·        CISCO

·        Dell Inc.

·        Verizon

Hybrid Cloud Market Segmentation:

Segmentation by Service:

·        SaaS

·        IaaS

·        PaaS

Segmentation by Enterprise:

·        Large Enterprise

·        Small & Medium Enterprise

Segmentation by End Use:

·        BFSI

·        IT & Telecom

·        Retail & Consumer Goods

·        Manufacturing

·        Energy and Utilities

·        Healthcare

·        Media & Entertainment

·        Government & Public Sector

Segmentation by Region:

·        North America

o   United States of America

o   Canada

·        Asia Pacific

o   China

o   Japan

o   India

o   Rest of APAC

·        Europe

o   United Kingdom

o   Germany

o   France

o   Spain

o   Rest of Europe

·        RoW

o   Brazil

o   South Africa

o   Saudi Arabia

o   UAE

o   Rest of the world (remaining countries of the LAMEA region)

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Voit’s Q4 2019 OC Office Market Report & 2020 Forecast – Just Released!

New Decade. Same Cycle.

2019 was another good year for the OC office market. A diversified, well-educated employment base continues to keep the office market on firm footing. Consistent demand has kept lease rates and sale prices on an upward trend notwithstanding the significant spike in speculative office development over the past two years. This year technology tenants are expected to dominate leasing, which isn’t surprising because they accounted for 22% of the activity through the first half of 2019. Interest in flexible office space will continue to grow, but at a much slower pace thanks to the recently botched WeWork IPO. Political activity continues to impact the overall CRE outlook. The House has passed the USMCA (NAFTA 2.0) and it is expected to be signed into law in January. Many believe the new law will strengthen U.S. trade with Canada and Mexico. Tax incentives for energy-efficient commercial buildings have been extended, allowing owners to claim a deduction of up to $1.80 /SF for qualifying systems. Of great concern going forward is the California Schools and Local Communities Funding Act, which will likely be on the ballot in November. This controversial initiative would remove Prop 13 protection for most commercial properties. Beginning with the 2021–22 tax year, commercial property would be subject to periodic reassessment to full market value even if it does not change hands. Tenants subject to operating expense pass-through could be forced to absorb huge tax increases, while investors who cannot pass those increases along would see a decline in property values due to lower NOI. Looking ahead, I’m keeping an eye on these key market drivers: #1: Interest rates will remain low. The Fed’s three rate cuts in 2019 made clear its intentions to avoid recession. We expect interest rates to remain stable going forward, which makes 2020 a good year to acquire or refinance office properties. #2: The creative and progressive design trends that have dominated the OC office market since 2015 will continue. The latest iteration is the “outdoor” office and developers have taken note. Employees, predominantly millennials and Gen Z, expect an excellent experience at work, which means spaces with high levels of choice, variety and balance. #3: The alternative investment sector of CRE will remain strong. Data center, self-storage and medical office activity has doubled since 2008, making up approximately 12% of all CRE activity. As this trend continues, expect to see adaptive reuse projects growing in popularity. Old factories, mills, schools, vacant retail boxes and more are being converted into flex space and residential housing. Programs like Opportunity Zones or the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit will further support those efforts. Barring a catastrophic economic disturbance, 2020 should be another solid year for Orange County’s economy and commercial real estate market.

OC Office Market Overview

The OC office market has stabilized into a relatively strong and stable position. Vacancy remains manageable, but has ticked up slightly in the past year. Technology, Financial Services, and Health Services firms have driven a  significant amount of recent leasing activity. However, expanding companies are leveraging new workplace technologies to save money by increasing the number of employees for each square foot of space they lease, and that has had an impact on overall absorption and transaction velocity. Tenants in Class A and B buildings who leased space early in the recovery cycle are getting sticker shock at renewal time, as rent growth, which has moderated in recent quarters, is up substantially over the past 5 years. To mitigate higher per square foot occupancy costs, many tenants are moving down in building class and taking less space by switching to more open workspace designs. The market has seen modest levels of supply additions in recent years compared with previous development cycles, but several of the Class A projects delivered over the past two years are leasing up more slowly than expected. Net absorption, though still in positive territory, has been softening over the past several years. Capital market conditions remain solid, and while sales volume is down from its record level back in 2016 and 2017, it remains robust. Cap rates remain at or near historical lows, especially for high quality Class A and B assets. Vacancy Rates Nearly 1.39M SF of space has been delivered in the OC office market since Q1 2019, expanding the office base by 1.2%. This has contributed to the uptick in overall vacancy. Direct / sublease space (unoccupied) finished the quarter at 11.44%, up 48 basis point year-over-year. North Orange County posted the lowest vacancy rate at 7.17%, while the Airport Area and Central County had vacancy rates greater than 12% at the end of fourth quarter. Higher vacancy in the Airport Area is mainly due to its concentration of new deliveries still in the initial lease-up phase. Lease Rates Rent growth in the OC office market leveled off in 2019. The average asking lease rate in Orange County rose by just 0.37% over the past year compared with 1.7% nationwide. The average asking FSG monthly asking lease rate lost $0.09 in the fourth quarter, ending the period at $2.74. The average quoted rental rate for Class A space was $3.10 per square foot, compared with the Class B asking rate of $2.47 per square foot. Transaction Activity Slow growth in the region’s labor force has resulted in hiring challenges for many firms, and that may be impacting transaction velocity. Orange County’s labor market remains historically tight, with the unemployment rate holding at 2.5%. The total square feet leased and sold in the fourth quarter was approximately 3.4M SF, a significant slowdown from the 5.0M SF of transactions in the fourth quarter of 2018. Downsizing into more open workspace to increase headcount and appeal to younger workers is also a factor. Employment The unemployment rate in the OC office market was 2.5% in November 2019, unchanged from a revised 2.5% in October, and below the year-ago estimate of 2.7%. This compares with an unadjusted unemployment rate of 3.7% for California and 3.3% for the nation during the same period. Local job growth was evident across all subsectors but financial services (up 1,200 jobs) and Government (up 2,200 jobs) led the way as the year ended. Construction Total space under construction in the OC office market ended the year at 795,177 square feet. In Costa Mesa, construction is underway at The Press located at 1375 Sunflower Drive. This former L.A. Times printing facility is being converted into more than 300,000 square feet of creative office space to accommodate the shift in demand from businesses looking to recruit and retain a younger workforce. The Source, located in the Irvine Spectrum, offers a two-building concept with common atrium connectivity and more than 70,000 total square feet of rentable space. Irvine Company’s build-to-suit for Alteryx Inc. at Spectrum Terrace 2 is also in the works. The company will occupy the bulk of the project’s 340,000 square foot second phase. The first phase is fully leased. Absorption Co-working tenants like WeWork have leased millions of square over the past few years and the current slowdown in that sector is partly responsible for the recent decline in new transaction velocity. Orange County office occupancy grew by 167,588 square feet in the final quarter, bringing the year-to-date gain in occupied space up to 707,160 square feet. The Airport Area submarket accounted for 260,089 square feet of that total. By product type, Class A office led the way with a net gain of 314,790 square feet in just the fourth quarter. Notable transactions included: Avanir Pharmaceuticals (103,879  square feet in Aliso Viejo), County of Orange Assessor (69,151 square feet in Orange), and WeWork (71,076 square feet in Irvine). FORECAST: Lease Rates Rent growth may pick up again as the absorption of the remaining first generation space gets leased up. With fewer attractive alternatives in the market, rent growth should return to an annualized rate of 2–3% over the course of the year. Vacancy Rates We anticipate that the overall vacancy rate will remain in the 11–12% range over the next three quarters, but the Class A sector will run somewhat higher due to its higher concentration of first generation space. Overall Signs of a global economic slowdown, concerns over US-China trade relations and a decline in the US GDP growth rate motivated the Fed to cut its benchmark Federal Funds Rate 3 times in 2019. That effort to stimulate consumer spending and business investment seems to be working. Equity markets responded by rising to new highs and the spread between short- and long-term US Treasuries widened again after a dangerous inversion earlier in the year. The latest estimates for domestic GDP growth for 2020 are running in the low 2% range, which should be enough to keep the current economic recovery on track. For more information on the OC office space market and how to capitalize on real estate opportunities to grow your business, contact Stefan Rogers 949.263.5362 / srogers@voitco.com. Click HERE to download Voit’s Q4 2019 OC Office Space Market Report.

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Defense market a safe haven for space companies during pandemic

With the global economy in the grip of the coronavirus crisis, investments are grinding to a halt, creating deep uncertainty for a commercial space sector that has seen more than $25 billion in venture capital pour in over the last decade.

Since the pandemic hit, Pentagon contracts have been a lifeline for companies in the space industry, said Chris Quilty, president of Quilty Analytics. “The Department of Defense has gone out of its way to cultivate commercial relationships and to leverage the investment in talent that exists in the commercial domain,” he told SpaceNews. “In the current emergency, the Pentagon is supporting the industry from a financial perspective through contracting practices and accelerated payment terms.”

It is somewhat ironic, said Quilty, that many commercial space companies and investors have shown a bias against the government or the military for being too slow to make decisions and award contracts. In today’s reality, Quilty said, “many companies have discovered the government in some cases has the ability to move faster than commercial entities.”

Josh Hartman, a partner at the venture firm The Flying Object, described the current business climate as a “very shaky time.”

Right before the pandemic took hold, Hartman was working to raise funds for a small company in the space sector that had drawn interest from strategic national security investors. A deal was in the works but investors pulled back, and that is happening across the board, Hartman told SpaceNews. “When the entire economy is overshadowed by something like this, all companies become lower value. It’s much more difficult to raise money.”

Hartman, who also is a senior executive at Geost Inc., a supplier of electro-optical sensors to the U.S. military, said measures taken by DoD to soften the blow to the industry puts contractors in a stronger position to weather the crisis than companies that only rely on venture capital or commercial sales.

To keep money flowing to suppliers, the Pentagon on March 20 ordered contracting officers to increase the rate of progress payments from 80 percent to 90 percent for large companies, and to 95 percent for small businesses. The payments are for work already performed, so what DoD is doing is accelerating the cash back to companies. To date, DoD said, the boost in progress payments has injected $3 billion into the defense supply chain.

Another key move intended to avert layoffs was to allow for “equitable adjustments” so contractors are not penalized for poor performance caused by the pandemic. This means companies can request adjustments to contract schedules and costs, Hartman said.

This is going to help a lot of small businesses, he said. Inevitably schedules will slow down and that will drive up overhead costs. By offering to make adjustments, said Hartman, DoD is providing a safety net to companies that, without that kind of aid, would default on their obligations and likely go out of business.

DOD’S STAKE IN COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY

In key technology sectors including space, DoD has a huge stake in the health of commercial suppliers, said Tara Murphy Dougherty, CEO of the data and analytics firm Govini.

“The picture continues to look bleak across the board,” Murphy Dougherty told SpaceNews. The economic fallout on commercial business, she said, “could undermine progress DoD has made building bridges to the small business and startup community. Those bridges I don’t think are cemented in place yet.”

Organizations like the Defense Innovation Unit and the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center have been working to bring more nontraditional suppliers into the defense sector but only the companies that have actual DoD contracts have a financial safety net right now, said Murphy Dougherty.

When DoD issued a memo March 20 identifying defense contractors as “critical infrastructure” that needed to keep working during the pandemic it sent a huge message, she said. “The biggest benefit was reducing uncertainty for industry and creating some financial security.”

Despite these government actions, the long-term outlook is still blurry, Murphy Dougherty said. “Until we have a vaccine, we’ll still have to absorb the impact on operations and on the workforce, even for mission-critical companies.”

“If you look at the airline industry as a proxy from a timeline perspective, after the 9/11 terrorist attacks it took two and a half years for air travel to reach the level that existed prior to 9/11,” she said. “It’s not a perfect analogy by any means but I think we need to start thinking of compounding delays and impact that could last years.”

RISK OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT

With many U.S. businesses facing financial distress, the influx of foreign capital to companies that develop technologies for national security is a major concern, Murphy Dougherty said.

“It is hard to identify what those vulnerable companies are without really good data,” she said. “If a company is publicly traded, there’s a lot of high quality data.” With non-publicly traded companies, it’s more difficult to identify their sources of funding but not impossible.

The Pentagon is anticipating that foreign capital will target cash-strapped U.S. technology firms during and after the coronavirus crisis, Ellen Lord, undersecretary of defense for acquisition and technology, told reporters March 25.

A member of the California Air National Guard’s 216th Space Control Squadron sorts pears at a food bank in early April. Meanwhile, the Pentagon is using its contract authorities to provide a different sort of aid to space companies hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. Credit: U.S. Space Force

The Defense Innovation Unit is watching this issue closely, said Brig. Gen. Steven Butow, who oversees the space portfolio at DIU and works with many startups in the sector.

DIU was created in 2015 to speed up the adoption of commercial technology across DoD. In addition to space, its other key areas of focus are artificial intelligence, autonomy, cyber and human systems.

Even before the pandemic, DIU had been working to identify what commercial businesses might be targeted by foreign investors, particularly from China. “The current state of affairs caused by COVID-19 does not affect this process,” Butow said in a statement to SpaceNews. “DIU has proactively engaged with our partner companies to determine how COVID-19 is affecting them and their ability to meet deliverables under current contracts.”

It’s too soon to say what the ultimate impacts might be, Butow said. “DIU continues to actively open new solicitations and execute new agreements in support of our mission to accelerate commercial technology for national security.”

CONTRACT AWARDS HELP PRIVATE FUNDING

Quilty said DoD contract announcements can make a huge impact during distressed times. For a commercial entity that is venture funded or private-equity backed, the news of a contract award, even if it hasn’t yet been executed or funded, is a major boost, he said. “If you’re an investor or a prospective investor, the fact that the company has been awarded a government contract gives you confidence to put in place bridge financing or go out for another round of fundraising.”

U.S. Air Force and Space Force procurement officials said they plan to do what they can to support suppliers. The commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center, Lt. Gen. John Thompson, told SpaceNews March 25 that SMC is issuing contracts and accelerating awards as much as possible. “Many of our nontraditional small contractors have commercial solutions that we want to try to bring into the defense acquisition ecosystem,” said Thompson. “It’s definitely a priority for us to keep those innovative small companies in play as much as possible with the available budget we have.”

The senior acquisition executive for the Department of the Air Force, Will Roper, told reporters March 27 that he worries about small businesses that have developed important technologies for national security and are now struggling.

The Air Force in recent years stood up venture-style programs aimed at attracting small businesses that have technologies applicable to national security. “We’ll continue to award every SBIR [Small Business Innovation Research] we have available,” Roper said.

Industry consultant Jo-Anne Sears, a partner at Velocity Government Relations, said many venture-funded companies in the space sector develop cutting-edge technologies that the Pentagon needs to stay ahead of rivals like China. If these companies die, the implications would be significant because of their talented workforce, she said.

Sears credited the Air Force for stepping up “out-of-cycle” SBIR projects during the coronavirus pandemic. “This program was designed to rapidly fund meaningful national security projects focused on space, hypersonics and an assortment of technical challenges,” she said. This is one way to help prevent some of these critical companies from throwing in the towel.

Hartman, the venture fund partner, said there is a chance that the landscape in the space sector will be permanently changed.

“I’m fearful that COVID-19 on the heels of a couple of bad news stories like OneWeb and Bigelow will stop the flow of capital that has sparked the space boom we have seen of late,” Hartman said. “We’ve already seen that capital is drying up but I hope it comes back within months. Otherwise, we’ll see the end of the renaissance era.”

This article originally appeared in the April 13, 2020 issue of SpaceNews magazine.

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As promised, here is my Deal Memo for Trella Technologies. Hopefully, this provides a good example of how to do one, while also giving you insight into how a evaluate start ups.

Deal Memo for: Trella Technologies

Does it fit the Thesis “Invest in software-based technology startups that provide a platform for disruptive change in an industry?”  

-          Yes and no, by automating the training of crops, it is allowing the hardware and labor to be taken up by software and managed by the backend software platform. However, they will need to sell hardware to spread their platform.  It fits the thesis, but the hardware component means it has an additional amount of friction in implementation.

Overview. Trella produces automated crop training devices that are tied to a backend for data collection and analysis. They produce devices for residential and commercial spaces.

Market & Background. 

-          Vertical indoor farming market size to reach $4.1B by 2020

o   Indoor farming is growing as urban populations are growing, crops need year-round production, and there is an increase in risks to crops from natural catastrophes

-          Initially targeting the Cannabis market with a size to reach $57B in 2027

o   Legalization of cannabis is on the rise globally, meaning commercial grows will be trying to find the most efficient methods to compete

o   Regulations for residential growers are based on plant count, thus they are also trying to find the most efficient methods to keep costs down, but keep yield up.

-          The market is already using training methods, but they are all manual in nature, and time-consuming.  The automation of plant training will be a huge disruptor in the cannabis space, and other agriculture spaces that use plant training

-          C:  The how part of farming is coming under fire in current culture, which means the carbon footprint and resource usage of farming is being scrutinized. By providing a way to increase yield and decrease resource usage, it is an easy purchase for growers. Cannabis is the first market they are targeting and since it is becoming more socially acceptable and legalized, the market is primed for rapid expansion with the growers who use the most efficient methods going to be the clear winners

-          T: The technology is now at a place where automated systems are easy to develop and cheap enough to sell at scale.  With machine learning, it will allow automated systems to run themselves and provide more cost saving through decrease labor costs. This could be the “Technology S-Curve” jump for indoor growing and training that will shift how crop growing is done.

-          E: The agriculture market has mainly seen automation adoption in the field, with indoor farming automation being a very large capital expensive projects that are built to a specific need. Trella’s solution is scalable and is at a price point that democratizes automation to smaller growers while allowing larger growers to take advantage of the lower capital expense, while also reaping from lower labor costs due to the automation and machine learning of the product. The “Technology S-Curve” jump will bring along other economic advantages to the space that can only be guessed at right now.

Founding Team. 

Aja, Nicole Atwood, CEO & Co-Founder

-          15 years in the engineering industry, Mech Eng

-          Eng Consulting and specialist in catastrophe risk engineering

-          Started 2 companies, BAH Trading Solutions (Founder/owner), Everblume LLC (Cofounder/CTO)

-          Why: Has an ethos of success comes from creating innovative technologies that can be shared with communities that need them the most.  Has some founder experience

Andres “Dre” Chamorro III

-          15 years of engineering experience for devices in the medical industry

-          39 patents pending, 24 issued patents

-          Seasoned manager

-          On the founding team at Cambridge Endoscopic Devices, inc

-          Why: Has project management experience, is a creator at heart, was part of a founding team before and the product he helped create was successful when it hit the market 

Business Model & Strategy. 

-          Has 3 model types. 2 standard models and 1 model that is customized. The 2 standard are recommended for Residential and Commercial.  The customized model is for commercial only.

-          They are tackling the traditional farming in the fields, by providing an automated solution for indoor farming.  The products have the ability to scale very easily as the backend control systems can be scaled.

-          Product has clear advantages to other indoor methods as it is the only automated system that trains plants using Low-Stress Training. Seeing an increase of 25% crop yield

-          The business model is through hardware sales, and a SAAS based app to help track and optimize the output

-          There is a clear vacuum in the industrial indoor farming space. This has the potential to fill that void. There are other automated systems, but the ability to train the plants gives this product a clear advantage in resource usage per yield

-          Based on the current business model, this will allow the company to maintain revenue through SAAS based app.  This could be priced per number of machines being connected to the backend.  This would allow the company to get around the one time revenue generation that is inherent with hardware-based companies. 

Competition.

-          Current training methods, low threat, high resource, and labor costs with less yield

-          Large Scale Automated Growing Houses, medium-high threat, high capital expense, not as flexible or scalable

-          Other Automated methods that do not train, low thread, similar cost but lower yield

Investment Positives

-          The team has lots of experience, and this is a passion project. The team is running on a mission, not greed

-          Other automated plant training and growing solutions do not exist

-          This represents a technological leap in the indoor growing space

-          This is a platform that can scale on the customers’ requirements

-          Ability to license out the technology

-          They have first to market advantage

 Investment Concerns. 

-          This does not get the traction needed in order to hit the break-even revenue point due to manufacturing costs

-          An incumbent sees this product and shifts their offerings to include a way to train plants, or comes out with another product to increase yield and decrease labor costs

-          Automation is getting cheaper to do, a flood of products could drown out Trella

 Exit Scenarios. 

-          Currently, the founders have voiced a wanted to be a strategic acquisition by a larger company with the capacity for global distribution.

-          If they fail, at the very least they can sell off their patents to a company for liquidation

Home Run Scenario:  

-          The home run scenario is that this company becomes a large key player in the Agriculture Technology space with an IPO and continued market valuation increase. Possible if they have can hit escape velocity and can be introduced to a partner who can give them access to a global distribution network.

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Leatt Corp Announces First Quarter 2019 Results

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, May 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ ��� Leatt Corporation (OTCQB: LEAT), a leading developer and marketer of protective equipment and ancillary products for many forms of sports, especially extreme high-velocity sports, today announced financial results for the first quarter ending March 31, 2019. All financial numbers are in U.S. dollars.

First Quarter 2019 Highlights

Revenues increased by 11%, to $6.1 million

Knee brace sales volume increased by 49%

Helmet revenues increased by 9%; strong demand continues

Other Products, Parts and Accessories category increases by 99% on strong demand for new line of goggles

Successful global launch of Leatt Velocity 6.5 line of goggles; awarded product of the month in April 2019 by Descend Mountain Bike

Leatt CEO, Sean Macdonald, said, “Revenue for the first quarter, traditionally the most challenging quarter of the year for us, was $6.1 million, representing an 11 percent increase over the 2018 first quarter. International sales continued to grow consistently, quarter over quarter, while U.S. sales for the first quarter contracted due mainly to extreme weather conditions in February and March that caused headwinds for our retail partners. Our early revenues in the U.S. for the second quarter have already rebounded and returned to more stable trading conditions, and we are confident that the momentum we achieved in the marketplace throughout 2018 remains intact.”

Mr. Macdonald added, “We are very pleased with the sales performance of our new Velocity 6.5 line of goggles that helped us achieve a 99% increase in our other products, parts and accessories category.  Our full range of goggles are available in a variety of colors that are designed to function in all conditions.  They were developed with WideVision anti-glare and anti-fog technology and are bullet-proof in accordance with military ballistic standards. The reception of our goggles in the marketplace confirms our team’s ability to bring competitively priced and innovative protective gear to the market.

“We believe that our success in growing sales is based on the investments we are making in key personnel, aspirational athlete sponsorships, developing our sales and marketing teams, launching our expanding product categories and building our consumer brand globally. We have bolstered our global distribution network and added new top tier partners to our long-term distribution team. We have also added a new, in-house team of sales professionals for our expanding motorcycle and bicycle product lines. These investments have increased our expenditures in the short term, but we believe they are key to driving our growth in the future.”

Founder and Chairman, Dr. Christopher Leatt, added, “The recent successful launch of our new, full range of Velocity goggles continues our long track record of creating, developing and comprehensively testing the highest quality safety and protective gear in the global sports industry. Our engineering and design teams made these goggles to the most stringent military specifications for quality and durability.  Developed to protect another critical area of a rider’s anatomy, our goggles were stylized for a sleek, appealing look, featuring a detachable nose piece and self-draining frames that accommodate nine different anti-fog lenses.”

Financial Summary

Total revenues for the three-month period ended March 31, 2019 increased to $6.1 million, up 11%, compared to $5.5 million for the 2018 first quarter.

The increase in revenues for the first quarter was driven by a 99% increase in sales of other products, parts and accessories, a 9% increase in helmet sales, a 6% increase in body armor sales, that were partially offset by a 18% decrease in neck brace sales.  Although neck brace sales were down slightly, they continue to generate a higher gross profit margin than our other product categories.

For the 2019 first quarter, gross profit was $2.9 million, or 47% of revenues, compared to $2.8 million, or 50% of revenues, for the 2018 first quarter.

First quarter income from operations was $15,338 compared to $191,210 for the first quarter of 2018.  The decrease is primarily due to costs associated with global marketing campaigns to support brand awareness.

Net income for the three months ended March 31, 2019 was $9,238, or $-0– per basic and diluted share, compared to $140,819, or $0.03 per basic and diluted share, for the same 2018 period. The decrease in net income for the first quarter of 2019 was due to increases in operating costs associated with marketing and advertising.

Leatt continued to meet its working capital needs from cash on hand and internally generated cash flow from operations.  At March 31, 2019, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $1.6 million, a current ratio of 2.5:1, and there was no long-term debt.

Business Outlook

Mr. Macdonald said, “We are now experiencing the best year in our history in terms of revenue so we are all excited about our future. While revenue in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2019 was softer than we hoped, the second quarter of 2019 is already showing promising results.  We believe our overall strategy of bringing exceptional protective gear categories to a much wider group of riders is on point. Investments we are making are driving expenses higher in the short term, but we believe that these investments are necessary for building revenue growth and sustained profitability in the future.

“Our team is encouraged by continuing customer ordering patterns for our existing and new product categories both in the US and abroad. Our goal is to add one new product category each season to extend into new markets and grow our brand recognition globally. Sales of our new helmets increased in the first quarter year over year.  Our new helmets and our new Velocity goggle line, which we officially introduced in March, are uniquely designed products and an ideal medium for introducing new consumers to the Leatt brand. We were all excited to receive Descend Mountain Bike Product of the Month accolade for April.”

Conference Call

The Company will host a conference call at 10:00 am ET on Monday, May 13, 2019, to discuss the 2019 first quarter results.

Participants should dial in to the call ten minutes before the scheduled time, using the following numbers: 1-877-407-9716 (U.S.A) or +1-201-493-6779 (international) to access the call.

Audio Webcast

There will also be a simultaneous live webcast through the Company’s website, www.leatt-corp.com. Participants should register on the website approximately ten minutes prior to the start of the webcast.

Replay

An audio replay of the conference call will be available for seven days and can be accessed by dialing 1-844-512-2921 (U.S.A) or +1-412-317-6671 (international) and using passcode 13690641.

For those unable to attend the call, a recording of the live webcast, will be archived shortly following the event for 30 days on the Company’s website.

About Leatt Corp

Leatt Corporation develops personal protective equipment and ancillary products for all forms of sports, especially extreme motor sports. The Leatt-Brace® is an award-winning neck brace system considered the gold standard for neck protection for anyone wearing a crash helmet as a form of protection. It was designed for participants in extreme sports or riding motorcycles, bicycles, mountain bicycles, all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles and other vehicles. For more information, visit www.leatt.com. 

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Forward-looking Statements:

This press release may contain forward-looking statements regarding Leatt Corporation (the “Company”) within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included herein are “forward-looking statements” including statements regarding: the impact of the Company’s new Goggle range on the Company’s results of operation; likelihood that the Company will continue to expand its product lines and to benefit from global market acceptance of its branded products; the ability of the Company to derive financial benefit from its receipt of awards; the financial outlook of the Company; the general ability of the Company to achieve its commercial objectives; the business strategy, plans and objectives of the Company and its subsidiaries, including its ongoing strategy to diversify and extend its product line into new sports and markets; and any other statements of non-historical information. These forward-looking statements are often identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “seeks,” “should,” “could,” “intends,” or “projects” or similar expressions, and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. These statements are based upon the Company’s current expectations and speak only as of the date hereof. Any indication of the merits of a claim does not necessarily mean the claim will prevail at trial or otherwise. Financial performance in one period does not necessarily mean continued or better performance in the future. The Company’s actual results in any endeavor may differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statements as a result of various factors and uncertainties, which factors or uncertainties may be beyond our ability to foresee or control. Other risk factors include the status of the Company’s common stock as a “penny stock” and those listed in other reports posted on The OTC Markets Group, Inc. 

LEATT CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

ASSETS

March 31, 2019

December 31, 2018

Unaudited

Audited

Current Assets

  Cash and cash equivalents

$       1,555,676

$             1,709,900

  Short-term investments

58,233

58,232

  Accounts receivable

2,569,519

2,049,331

  Inventory

6,318,051

4,815,215

  Payments in advance

389,328

473,286

  Prepaid expenses and other current assets

611,332

1,247,233

    Total current assets

11,502,139

10,353,197

Property and equipment, net 

2,286,971

2,317,490

Operating lease right-of-use assets, net

458,001

–

Other Assets

  Deposits

25,355

25,380

  Intangible assets

40,309

40,466

   Total other assets

65,664

65,846

Total Assets

$     14,312,775

$           12,736,533

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Current Liabilities

   Accounts payable and accrued expenses

$       3,908,605

$             2,779,182

   Operating lease liability, current

171,617

–

   Income tax payable

48,337

70,258

   Short term loan, net of finance charges

384,072

582,128

      Total current liabilities

4,512,631

3,431,568

Deferred tax liabilities, net

170,900

170,900

Deferred Compensation

100,000

80,000

Operating lease liability, net of current portion

286,384

–

Commitments and contingencies

Stockholders’ Equity

   Preferred stock, $.001 par value, 1,120,000 shares authorized, 120,000 shares issued and outstanding

3,000

3,000

   Common stock, $.001 par value, 28,000,000 shares authorized, 5,386,723 and 5,370,028 shares issued and outstanding

130,068

130,053

   Additional paid – in capital

8,049,354

7,868,119

   Accumulated other comprehensive loss

(610,996)

(609,303)

   Retained earnings

1,671,434

1,662,196

      Total stockholders’ equity

9,242,860

9,054,065

Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

$     14,312,775

$           12,736,533

LEATT CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

Three Months Ended

March 31

2019

2018

Unaudited

Unaudited

Revenues

$ 6,090,928

$ 5,502,542

Cost of Revenues

3,228,826

2,746,097

Gross Profit

2,862,102

2,756,445

Product Royalty Income

8,701

12,309

Operating Expenses

   Salaries and wages

876,904

777,763

   Commissions and consulting expenses

78,061

125,339

   Professional fees 

252,968

168,471

   Advertising and marketing

563,994

504,162

   Office lease and expenses

69,992

70,438

   Research and development costs

340,096

323,280

   Bad debt expense

16,521

9,767

   General and administrative expenses

467,234

435,560

   Depreciation 

189,695

162,764

       Total operating expenses

2,855,465

2,577,544

Income from Operations

15,338

191,210

Other Income (Expenses)

   Interest and other income (expenses), net

(3,021)

(3,452)

      Total other income (expenses)

(3,021)

(3,452)

Income Before Income Taxes

12,317

187,758

Income Taxes

3,079

46,939

Net Income Available to Common Shareholders

$        9,238

$    140,819

Net Income per Common Share

   Basic

$                –

$          0.03

   Diluted

$                –

$          0.03

Weighted Average Number of Common Shares Outstanding

   Basic

5,380,747

5,366,382

   Diluted

5,556,134

5,545,564

Comprehensive Income

    Net Income

$        9,238

$    140,819

    Other comprehensive income, net of $0 and $0 deferred income taxes in 2019 and 2018

       Foreign currency translation 

(1,693)

58,232

       Total Comprehensive Income

$        7,545

$    199,051

LEATT CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019 AND 2018

2019

2018

Cash flows from operating activities

   Net income 

$        9,238

$    140,819

   Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by

     operating activities:

     Depreciation 

189,695

162,764

     Stock-based compensation

166,250

150,332

     Bad debts

14,087

6,503

     Inventory reserve

1,000

16,522

    (Increase) decrease in: 

       Accounts receivable

(534,275)

(242,407)

       Inventory

(1,503,836)

(16,587)

       Payments in advance

83,958

129,921

       Prepaid expenses and other current assets

635,901

373,816

       Income tax refunds receivable

–

46,939

       Deposits

25

(336)

    Increase (decrease) in:

       Accounts payable and accrued expenses

1,129,423

(512,306)

       Income taxes payable 

(21,921)

–

       Deferred compensation

20,000

–

          Net cash provided by operating activities

189,545

255,980

Cash flows from investing activities

    Capital expenditures

(160,353)

(201,157)

    Increase in short-term investments, net

(1)

(4)

          Net cash used in investing activities

(160,354)

(201,161)

Cash flows from financing activities

    Issuance of common stock

15,000

–

    Repayments of short-term loan, net

(198,056)

(172,804)

          Net cash used in financing activities

(183,056)

(172,804)

Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents

(359)

45,673

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

(154,224)

(72,312)

Cash and cash  equivalents – beginning of period

1,709,900

1,518,157

Cash and cash equivalents – end of period

$ 1,555,676

$ 1,445,845

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:

  Cash paid for interest

$        5,449

$        4,085

  Cash paid for income taxes

$      25,000

$                –

  Other non-cash investing and financing activities

    Common stock issued for services

$    166,250

$    150,332

SOURCE Leatt Corporation

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Circle Completes SeedInvest Purchase, Paving the Way for Tokenized Equities

Crypto startup Circle has closed its acquisition of the equity crowdfunding platform SeedInvest, paving the way for the company to tokenize securities in the future.

The deal, announced in October, is now officially completed after Circle obtained approval from the self-regulatory organization FINRA, the company’s co-founders Sean Neville and Jeremy Allaire announced Monday in a blog post.

“The acquisition is a further step toward realizing our vision of a more open, global, connected, and inclusive financial system,” they wrote. “Today [SeedInvest] are at the forefront of enabling startups to raise capital directly from investors over the internet — creating new capital formation options for startups and growth companies, and giving average retail investors the opportunity to invest directly into innovative private companies.”

Although in the near term, it’ll be business as usual at SeedInvest, over time “we will also explore future opportunities enabled by tokenization,” Neville and Allaire wrote, explaining:

We believe that the tokenization of financial assets will ultimately unlock capital for growing companies and investment opportunities for people everywhere. Over time, more functions of private equity will be tokenized — including voting and governance, dividend payouts, and other economic features. Tokenization will also create new opportunities for businesses to build better relationships with their customers by leveraging tokens linked to ecosystem behaviors.

Dry powder

Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The entire SeedInvest team joined Circle, including the two co-founders, chief executive officer Ryan M. Feit and chief operating officer James Han. They also published a joint post on SeedInvest’s webpage, emphasizing that after the acquisition, the company will keep working as usual, “focused on democratizing startup investing, just with greater resources.”

Those resources would include the $250 million Circle is reportedly seeking to raise, on top of the $246 million it has cumulatively raised from investors like Goldman Sachs, IDG Capital, Accel, CICC, General Catalyst, Bitmain and Jim Breyer.

“We are confident that we can achieve significantly more and at a higher velocity with Circle,” SeedInvest’s co-founders wrote.

SeedInvest was founded in 2012 by Han and Feit, alumni of Morgan Stanley and Lehman Brothers, to help smaller U.S. companies raise capital. Over the seven years of its existence, the company led more than 220 fundraising campaigns with an average investment of $500,000, according to SeedInvest. The company was featured last year in Inc. Magazine’s 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the U.S., placed in the 117th position.

Circle made its previous large acquisition one year ago, purchasing the cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex for about $400 million.

Image of Circle’s booth at Consensus Singapore 2018 via CoinDesk archives

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December 27, 2018 at 08:59AM The final three months of Ripple's XRP are packed – Essentially the most promising future competitor in opposition to BTC

Making headlines each day is undeniably a shining characteristic for Ripple's XRP. As we strategy the top of the yr, a short abstract of the previous two months must be learn by any cryptographer or hobbyist who appears to be like ahead to 2019.

Supply: coinmarketcap

– A person, nicknamed "IzombieXRP", requested Changpeng "CZ" Zhao, a fervent CEO of Binance, to record XRP as a base pair. In response to the CZ motto, being sport and everybody, responded by writing "[be] rigorously, what you need," ending his cryptic message with a cheeky smiley face. And now, a number of days later, Zhao has revealed that his unique thought – Binance – will add the aforementioned asset as a "quote (base) quickly".

We’ll quickly add some buying and selling pairs with the XRP as a quote foreign money.

And rename the ETH markets to ALTS. Lacking house on the person interface.

Merry Christmas!

– CZ Binance (@cz_binance) on December 24, 2018

– In 2016, Corda, an open supply enterprise product, was introduced by the R3 software program developer, which helps the blockchain. Now she has obtained an extra utility known as Corda Settler which goals to offer and provide many of the providers that firms would require to make use of blockchain expertise.

"The deployment of Corda Settler and its assist for the XRP as the primary settlement mechanism is a vital step in exhibiting how the highly effective ecosystems cultivated by two of the world's most influential crypto and blockchain communities can work collectively. – Gendal Brown – CTO

With the intention to obtain a world use of purposes, the corporate behind the settlement product is already in relation with greater than 200 firms in varied sectors.

– Ripple CEO: Brad Garlinghouse has clearly underscored the corporate's objective of offering fast fixes that remove the difficulties of conducting cross-border transactions with banks and monetary entities through block-tech by changing SWIFT.

"The applied sciences that banks are utilizing at the moment and that Swift developed many years in the past have not likely developed or developed on the similar tempo because the market … Swift mentioned there may be not a lot For a very long time, they didn’t contemplate blockchain as an answer for correspondent banks. Greater than 100 of their shoppers disagreed. "

– In an official press launch issued by MUFG on November 9, 2018, the finance big introduced the signing of a memorandum of understanding to develop a brand new cross-border fee service within the context from a joint effort between MUFG and Bradesco.

In accordance with MUFG, each events imagine that Ripple Inc, the creator of the XRP, is the most suitable choice to deliver the venture to life:

"Beneath this Memorandum of Understanding, MUFG Financial institution has determined to launch the collaborative improvement of cross-border funds between Japan and Brazil, utilizing Ripple's superior expertise. The brand new fee system, developed by Ripple, a San Francisco-based software program firm, will assist banks market a quick, clear and traceable cross-border fee resolution between Japan and Brazil. "

– Within the third quarter of 2018, the "XRP Markets Report" exhibits that Ripple managed to promote $ 163 million at XRP's value, regardless of the volatility and unfavorable conduct of the general market. In accordance with the report, the corporate bought $ 65.27 million, the rest being bought by a subsidiary registered as a cash providers enterprise (XRP II, LLC).

– CoinField additional introduced that an trade system utilizing the XRP as its base foreign money can be obtainable to its clients in 61 nations worldwide. Customers in these nations will solely have to carry out a easy KYC (Know Your Buyer) course of throughout registration.

– Mid-November: following quite a few challenges of positions offered by XRP to the second market of Ethereum for its market capitalization, it couldn’t exceed and accept Bitcoin.

Due to its extremely acclaimed velocity, low-cost cross-border transactions and its current fee system, which might problem SWIFT each day – many crypto-verse analysts say that if and when the crypto revolution would happen Within the expertise and finance sector, the Ripple XRP can be on the forefront of change for the higher.

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Seven Stars Cloud Group, Inc.has partnered with the China Venture Capital Research Institute

Seven Stars Cloud Group, Inc. (SSC), a global fintech firm focused on blockchain and AI-powered digital asset management, has partnered with the China Venture Capital Research Institute (CVCRI), according to a press release published July 23. The partnership will purportedly help SCC extend its to extend its asset digitization services.

The new partnership will enable SSC to create a fully-compliant digital asset ecosystem, with “blockchain-enabled fractionalization, securitization and tokenization, and distribution and trading services through banks and security broker dealer networks in China, [and] the ability to extend sales and trading globally.”

CVCRI’s strong relationships with Chinese authorities and regulators will reportedly facilitate the fractionalizion and securitization of a set of new fixed income asset classes that will be tradable on government designated exchanges within China.

SSC will also tokenize already-issued asset classes such as Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and Asset-backed Securities (ABS), which can be traded on regulated digital asset exchanges worldwide.

SSC claims the deal could potentially “unlock illiquid portions” of investment funds in China, which reportedly reached 73,854 funds with total Assets Under Management (AUM) of $1.88 trillion as of June 2018.

A blockchain-enabled security token issuance and secondary trading technology platform called Velocity Ledger (“VL”) will be used to create a new set of investment products.

SSC’s announcement is just the latest of what appears to be a rapidly accelerating set of initiatives to integrate blockchain across the Chinese financial sector.

Against the backdrop of president Xi Jinping’s public endorsement of blockchain this spring, the deputy director of China’s IT Ministry has recently advocated for an industrial scale adoption of blockchain across all areas of the economy and society.

China has also announced this month that it will spearhead a major international research group on the standardization of blockchain and Internet of Things (IoT) technology.

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La finanza è la guerra totale degli algoritmi: vince il più furbo. Un libro vi spiega come stare al mondo. Michele Mengoli lo ha letto per noi

Se avete due soldi investiti in una qualche borsa sparsa nel mondo o se, a vario titolo, i vostri risparmi, gestiti dal più prudente dei family banker, entrano in un qualsiasi “concone” azionario, be’, è fondamentale che vi mettiate subito a leggere un libro pazzesco. Dite: no, ma io non ho neanche un centesimo che si “inzucca” con l’altro e sto pensando seriamente di fare il viaggio della speranza al contrario, salendo su un barcone e cercando fortuna verso le coste africane, be’, fa niente, dovete leggerlo lo stesso, per capire come funziona la finanza di questo piccolo e fottuto pianeta nella periferia della Via Lattea. Il libro si intitola 6/5. L’autore è Alexandre Laumonier. La prima edizione è dell’editore belga Zones Sensibles e oggi, passando anche dal successo francese con Seuil, arriva in Italia grazie alla romana Nero Editions, nella collana Not, curata da Corrado Melluso. E, in sintesi, è un sublime esempio di “non fiction novel”.

Uno dei protagonisti è Sniper, collega di Guerrilla, Stealth, Sumo, Blast, Iceberg e Shark. Sono algoritmi e stanno tutti a Mahawah, nel New Jersey, dentro un capannone grande come sette stadi di football americano, dove, semplicemente, gestiscono la finanza planetaria.

La premessa del saggio è piuttosto storicizzata. Dal 17 maggio 1792, quando nacque il New York Stock Exchange, a oggi, la finanza è stata spesso sotto lo scacco di banditi tanto intelligenti quanto scaltri. Soprattutto, nel corso dei secoli (da Napoleone a Waterloo, con il colossale business dei Rothschild, a oggi), il più furbo, tecnologicamente parlando (sfruttando la migliore tecnologia possibile del proprio tempo), riesce a essere più veloce della concorrenza e, di conseguenza, quello che guadagna di più – anche fregando gli altri. Tutto ciò, prima avvalendosi dello sforzo umano, poi, da anni, di quello degli algoritmi ultra-veloci.

Per capirci. Il tempo di reazione minimo necessario a un essere umano per prendere una decisione è di 650 millisecondi. Il trading ad alta frequenza, gestito dagli algoritmi odierni, si affronta in combattimenti al milionesimo di secondo. Con risultati piuttosto destabilizzanti. Come quello del 23 marzo 2012, quando il titolo Bats Global Markets Inc., nella borsa americana, in un secondo e mezzo è passato da 91 milioni di dollari a zero o quasi. La causa? Un problema tecnico.

“Gli algoritmi di Goldman Sachs – si legge a pagina 88 – si ritrovano di fronte quelli di Morgan Stanley, e gli uni e gli altri devono affrontare quelli di Credit Suisse, di Getco, di Knight Capital, di Citibank e via di seguito. In questa immensa rete di sistemi di negoziazione elettronica, i nemici sono ovunque; da qui il nome di uno degli algoritmi più celebri: Guerrilla”. Mentre Sumo, un algoritmo di Knight Capital, un operatore di mercato all’avanguardia nel trading ad alta frequenza, da solo scambia più di 20 miliardi di dollari di liquidità al giorno. “Ci sono anche algoritmi senza nome né volto, come quello che distrusse meticolosamente la capitalizzazione di Bats Global Markets Inc. in un secondo e mezzo. Vista la complessità con cui circolano gli ordini all’interno della rete dei sistemi di negoziazione, è spesso impossibile sapere da dove vengano questi dispettosi algoritmi che di tanto in tanto destabilizzano i mercati”. Come quello decisamente enigmatico che il primo ottobre 2012 piazzò un numero di ordini così voluminoso che da solo fu il responsabile di più del 4% delle quotazioni del giorno sulle piattaforme americane, giocando su oltre 500 titoli differenti. “Si attivò solo al Nasdaq, iniettando ordini ogni 25 millisecondi, in tranche di 200, 400, 1000 quotazioni, ecc., prima di annullarle tutte. L’algoritmo non realizzò alcuna transazione, ma il volume delle quotazioni fu talmente colossale che assorbì più del 10% della banda dei cavi destinati alle operazioni di trading – pura follia. Questo, in verità, faceva parte della strategia globale pensata dagli umani che avevano concepito il bellicoso algoritmo: monopolizzando la banda, l’algoritmo rallentava la rete e dunque i suoi avversari”.

Invece Sniper non fa nulla. Attende e osserva. Poi, quando i suoi concorrenti arrivano a un prezzo di equilibrio, poco prima che concludano l’affare, in un attimo ruba la transazione, guadagnando uno somma esigua – ma guadagna, comunque. La “giungla” finanziaria è poi piena di società condannate per diverse manipolazioni del mercato o per spionaggio. E il saggio 6|5 conclude il quadro con un clamoroso autogol come quello di Knight Capital. Quando, sempre nel 2012, impiegò 40 minuti per rendersi conto che il suo algoritmo Tester vendeva in perdita in condizioni reali anziché testare la rete interna della società. Perdendo 180 dollari al millisecondo, ovvero 180mila dollari al secondo, ovvero 10,8 milioni di dollari al minuto. In totale? 440 milioni di dollari: due volte di più del suo giro d’affari.

A questo punto il mondo ultra-tecnologico dove stanno i vostri risparmi vi terrorizza? Un informatico, a pag. 146, spariglia ancora di più le carte in tavola: «guardate semplicemente i due più grandi crac della storia, quello del 1929 a Wall Street e la crisi dei subprime nel 2007: nessuno dei due è stato generato, né aggravato, dai computer. […] Il capitalismo non è altro che la sopravvivenza del più forte, e spesso non è piacevole».

Mentre a noi sembra di poter gestire in qualche maniera razionale i nostri risparmi…

Michele Mengoli www.mengoli.it

*Gli “ammazzacaffè” vanno in pausa estiva e tornano il 5 settembre

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