$RIV $RIV.V Announces Investment in Technology Driven Data Company Headset

TORONTO, Jan. 08, 2019 — Canopy Rivers Inc. (the “Company” or “Canopy Rivers”) (TSXV:RIV) is pleased to announce it has completed an equity investment in Headset, Inc. (“Headset”), a data and analytics service provider for the cannabis industry. Canopy Rivers subscribed for C$4,084,500 of Series A Preferred Shares in Headset, representing the Company’s first entry into a technology-focused cannabis vertical.

“We are very excited to be diversifying our portfolio with our investment in Headset, a best-in-class technology platform delivering cannabis-related business intelligence in real-time,” said Narbe Alexandrian, VP Business Development at Canopy Rivers. “As companies compete to capture mind share in this nascent space, understanding the levers that influence purchase decisions and ultimately guide price and brand success is critical. We believe that Headset has established a strong leadership position in the data and analytics space, enabling brands, retailers, marketers and investors to gain key insights about the cannabis market in real-time.”

Headset is the first real-time business intelligence and analytics software platform for the cannabis industry. The experienced leadership team at Headset have deep roots in the cannabis industry, with Headset’s founders having also founded Leafly, the world’s largest cannabis information resource. With services that provide access to up-to-the-minute information on sales trends, emerging sectors, popular products, and pricing, Headset’s proprietary software platform allows customers to use data to identify new areas of opportunity, understand the competition, and tailor product development.

Comparable industries have already proven the effectiveness of using data analytics to uncover key consumer trends and insights, and Canopy Rivers believes the cannabis industry will be no different in this respect. Traditional snack, beverage and consumer product goods companies already utilize retail data providers to understand pricing, promotion, competition and buying trends across products and segments. As the cannabis industry matures, the ability to leverage data is likely to become increasingly important as companies attempt to gain market share, manage production, enter new markets, target customers, and understand the landscape.

Management believes that Headset, as a leading data, analytics and technology platform in the cannabis industry, represents an important addition to the Canopy Rivers portfolio and aligns well with the Company’s disciplined, thesis-driven investment strategy. Creating opportunities for synergy throughout the portfolio is a key differentiator for Canopy Rivers, and big data can help drive value throughout the entire platform.

“We couldn’t be more excited to have Canopy Rivers participating in the Headset Series A,” said Cy Scott, CEO and Co-founder of Headset. “As part of the Canopy Rivers ecosystem, Headset will be able to leverage a variety of opportunities for collaboration to further fuel our rapid expansion within the industry.”

About Canopy Rivers Inc.

Canopy Rivers is a unique investment and operating platform structured to pursue investment opportunities in the emerging global cannabis sector. Canopy Rivers works collaboratively with Canopy Growth (TSX: WEED, NYSE: CGC) to identify strategic counterparties seeking financial and/or operating support. Canopy Rivers has developed an investment ecosystem of complementary cannabis operating companies that represent various segments of the value chain across the emerging cannabis sector. As the portfolio continues to develop, constituents will be provided with opportunities to work with Canopy Growth and collaborate among themselves, which Canopy Rivers believes will maximize value for its shareholders and foster an environment of innovation, synergy and value creation for the entire ecosystem.

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Investors are cautioned that forward-looking information is not based on historical facts but instead reflects management’s expectations, estimates or projections concerning future results or events based on the opinions, assumptions and estimates of management considered reasonable at the date the statements are made. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking information are reasonable, such information involves risks and uncertainties, and undue reliance should not be placed on such information, as unknown or unpredictable factors could have material adverse effects on future results, performance or achievements of the Company. Among the key factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking information are the following: regulatory and licensing risks; the ability of brands, retailers marketers and investors to leverage data about the cannabis market; competition in the business intelligence and analytics software space; the ability of Headset to leverage opportunities for collaboration; changes in general economic, business and political conditions, including changes in the financial markets; the global regulatory landscape and enforcement related to cannabis, including political risks and risks relating to regulatory change; risks relating to anti-money laundering laws; compliance with extensive government regulation; public opinion and perception of the cannabis industry; as well as the risk factors set out in the joint management information circular of Canopy Rivers Corporation and the Company dated August 8, 2018, filed with Canadian securities regulators and available on the Company’s issuer profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should assumptions underlying the forward-looking information prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein as intended, planned, anticipated, believed, estimated or expected. Although the Company has attempted to identify important risks, uncertainties and factors which could cause actual results to differ materially, there may be others that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. The Company does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to update this forward-looking information except as otherwise required by applicable law.

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Karoline Hunter
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$NUGS Submits Application to Uplist to OTCQB® Venture Market

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 08, 2019 — via NetworkWire — Cannabis Strategic Ventures, Inc. (OTC: NUGS) today announces that it has submitted its application to uplist to the OTCQB® Venture Market. The uplisting criteria require the Company to file financial and other reports to the Securities & Exchange Commission in a timely manner in addition to undergoing an extensive verification and certification process. The Company believes it meets all of the requirements for a successful uplisting.

“We are excited to submit our application to the OTCQB Tier, which has more stringent reporting standards and compliance requirements and requires companies to maintain a minimum share prices and to be fully reporting,” states Cannabis Strategic Ventures CEO Simon Yu. “We have many new initiatives planned in 2019 and we are managing our business operations for growth. This uplisting is designed to demonstrate to our investors and to the marketplace that Cannabis Strategic Ventures is well-prepared for the future.”

Companies that uplist to higher tiers typically provide investors with increased transparency, which can result in greater awareness and liquidity. For Cannabis Strategic Ventures, uplisting also supports the Company’s broader growth strategy, which includes its recent acquisitions of several hemp-derived cannabidiol (“CBD”) brands in the cannabis and ancillary sectors including The Asher House Wellness, Fitamins and LYXR. The Company is also targeting several hard assets consisting of various growth facilities.

Cannabis Strategic Ventures believes cannabis industry growth will continue at a rapid rate, fueled by medical and recreational legalizations as well as the recent passage of the 2018 Farm Bill. A 2018 report by Grandview Research predicts the global industrial hemp market size to reach US$10.6 billion by 2025, an amount propelled by increased demand for high-quality cosmetics, personal care products, protein supplements, and other health food products.

About Cannabis Strategic Ventures
Cannabis Strategic Ventures is a Los Angeles-based firm that incubates, develops and partners with category leaders within the cannabis sector. The Firm’s NUGS brand experience provides mentorship and a range of essential services to emerging and existing cannabis consumer brands. The Company recently completed a name and symbol change from Cascade Energy, Inc. Cannabis Strategic Ventures is publicly traded on the U.S. Over the Counter Market with the stock symbol NUGS. For more information, visit http://www.CannabisStrategic.com

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$TGODF Appoints Two New Directors, Adding Deep Medical and Pharmaceutical Experience

$YGYI CLR Roasters Ships First 3.8 Million Pounds, 5-Year $250 Million Green Coffee Contract

Additional 6.4 Million Pounds Processed Slated to Ship in Q1

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Youngevity International, Inc. (YGYI), a leading omni-direct lifestyle company, announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, CLR Roasters, has begun processing and shipping its first containers of green coffee under its recently entered 5-year green coffee contract. The company already has orders against the contract for 230 containers scheduled to ship in the first quarter of this year. The initial coffee shipments are for predominantly Strictly High Grown washed Nicaraguan conventional coffees, although 15 containers of naturals were part of the initial shipments.

“We are very pleased to see this contract producing revenue as we kick off 2019,” stated Dave Briskie, President and CFO of Youngevity, CLR Roaster’s parent company. “We have already taken possession of 35 million pounds of green coffee and the processing is well under way. This represents 77% of the green coffee needed to meet our targets outlined in the contract and we do not anticipate any obstacles in acquiring the final 13% of the green coffee required for year one.”

Marisol Siles, President of Siles Family Plantation Group, stated, “We are proud to have reached the point of generating revenue under this significant contract. It is gratifying to see the employment opportunities being realized as a result of this contract. We truly have become a major employer in Matagalpa, Nicaragua.”

About CLR Roaster

Youngevity’s coffee manufacturing division, CLR Roasters, was established in 2001 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary. CLR Roasters is a full-sized coffee roaster that produces gourmet coffees under its own boutique brands — Café La Rica®, Josie’s Java House®, and Javalution®; manufactures a variety of private labels for major national chains; and for the direct selling channel under Youngevity International. The company remains one of the largest suppliers in North America to the cruise line industry. CLR was the first entrant into the fortified coffee niche with its Youngevity JavaFit® brand. In May 2014, CLR acquired a coffee plantation and processing facility in Nicaragua, allowing the entity to control coffee production and quality — from field to cup.

About Youngevity International, Inc.

YGYI, Inc. (NASDAQ:YGYI), is a leading omni-direct lifestyle company offering a hybrid of the direct selling business model, that also offers e-commerce and the power of social selling. Assembling a virtual Main Street of products and services under one corporate entity, YGYI offers products from the eight top selling retail categories: health/nutrition, home/family, food/beverage (including coffee), spa/beauty, fashion, essential oils, photo, as well as innovative services. The Company was formed in the course of the summer 2011 merger of Youngevity Essential Life Sciences with Javalution® Coffee Company (now part of the company’s food and beverage division). The resulting company became Youngevity International, Inc. in July 2013. For investor information, please visit YGYI.com. Be sure to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.   

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$VVICF Announces Appointment of Dr. Richa Love as Chief Medical Officer

VIVO Investor Relations, Heidi Christensen Brown, hchristensenbrown@national.ca, +1.416-848-1389, NATIONAL Capital Markets; Michael Bumby, Chief Financial Officer, michael.bumby@vivocannabis.com, VIVO Cannabis Inc.Copyright CNW Group 2019

$TGODF Hemp/CBD Companies In U.S. and Canada Prepare For Grow Op Capital Influx

Palm Beach FL – January 7, 2019 – While Canadian hemp/CBD farming operations have had a head start on their U.S. counterparts, the 2018 Farm Bill which took effect on January 1, 2019, will give U.S. farming operations a much-needed boost. FORBES recently published an article covering the hemp market: “Legal Hemp In 2019 May Be A Boon For Stressed Out American Farmers.”  The article went on to discuss that because of the Farm Bill “Legal hemp is about to enter the American scene in a big way… The stroke of that pen unleashes a potential economic dynamo for American farmers… It cannot be overstated how beneficial this plant could be for U.S. farmers in the coming years. As the agricultural landscape of America evolves — creating challenges for farmers ranging from flagging industries like tobacco and dairy  to climate change and the ongoing Chinese tariff situation affecting soybean sales — a more sustainable domestic crop is essential.    Active companies in the cannabis industry includes:  CROP INFRASTRUCTURE CORP. (CSE:CROP) (OTC:CRXPF), Aphria Inc. (NYSE:APHA) (TSX:APHA) HEXO Corp. (OTC:HYYDF) (TSX:HEXO), Terra Tech Corp. (OTC:TRTC), The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd. (OTC:TGODF) (TSX:TGOD).

In another FORBES article, “We Should Be Pouring Time And Money Into Hemp, Period“, it was pointed out that growing hemp to extract the non-intoxicating CBD can be described as an industrial ‘miracle’ plant: “All told, a strong American hemp industry could provide billions of dollars in renewable revenues and hundreds of thousands of jobs, especially in regions that have been devastated by damaging and/or departed industries and under-invested social resources… hemp is already poised to outshine recreational and medical cannabis production, and that CBD products (which hemp can provide) are currently outselling THC products at a rate of 10:1.

CROP INFRASTRUCTURE CORP. (CSE: CROP) (OTCPK: CRXPF) (Frankfurt: 2FR) announced today its 49% owned subsidiary Elite Ventures is nearing completion of a 1,600 square foot genetics, tissue culturing and micropropagation laboratory at the company’s Nevada Farms. The objective of the team and the lab will be to provide 10,000,000 plant starts for the company’s 2,115 acres of CBD farms. By propagating in the lab, the company will save approximately $3.0 Million in seed and planting costs for the 2019 season.

The laboratory team’s objective, beyond saving on planting costs, is the mandate of developing proprietary genetics to maximize yield and provide the company a Global edge with specific attentions paid to the over 100 other photocannabinoids beginning with cannabinol (CBN) and cannabigerol (CBG).

Cannabis industry analysts, The Brightfield Group, estimate the hemp-CBD market alone could reach $22-billion by 2022.  CROP CEO, Michael Yorke, stated: “The development of this genetics and micropropagation lab is further demonstration of our team’s dedication to keeping our genetics portfolio and brands at the fore front of this industry. Teams worked steadily through the later part of the year and Holiday season on the construction and development of this lab which will save the company and our stakeholders a significant amount in 2019 and beyond.” Read this full announcement and more news for CROP Infrastructure at:   https://www.financialnewsmedia.com/news-crop/

Additional cannabis industry related developments from around the markets:

Aphria, Inc (NYSE:APHA) (TSX:APHA) is a Canadian cannabis company as a market capitalization of over $2 billion, making it one of the largest cannabis companies in the world. APHA closed up on Friday at $6.04 trading over 3.6 Million shares on the NYSE alone by the market close. The company recently announced that its Colombian subsidiary, Colcanna SAS (“Colcanna”) has signed an exclusive agreement (the “Agreement”) with the Federación Médica Colombiana (“FMC”), a national guild that oversees the ethical exercise of the medical profession in Colombia , to jointly develop an academic curriculum on the medicinal use of cannabis.  “Education in the medical community is critical for sustaining the advancement of medical cannabis in Colombia ” said Gabriel Meneses , Vice President, LATAM & Caribbean at Aphria.

HEXO Corp. (OTCPK:HYYDF) (TSX:HEXO) recently reached a construction and licensing milestone with the first phase of its 1 million sq. ft. greenhouse expansion. The expansion is ready and licensed on time and on budget for plants to move in.  “Receiving initial licensing on our 1,000,000 sq. ft. facility is a huge accomplishment for the entire HEXO team. We are proud that the construction project is hitting all its milestones while respecting aggressive timelines and staying on budget. The new production facility allows us to continue to scale-up which, once fully operational, will give customers across Canada access to HEXO products,” said Sébastien St. Louis, HEXO Corp’s CEO and cofounder.  “Our team has been hard at work for the past couple of months nurturing new mother plants and preparing cuttings. We will start moving plants into the new facility with the pre-prepared mother plants and cuttings in alignment with our continuous harvest methodology.”

Terra Tech Corp. (OTCQX:TRTC) closed up slightly on Friday at $0.621 trading over 1.5 Million shares by the market close. The company announced that Mayor Pauline Cutter of San Leandro, CA will speak at Terra Tech’s grand opening of its Blüm San Leandro medical cannabis dispensary. The ribbon cutting ceremony will take place from 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM on January 11^th, 2019 at the dispensary located at 1915 Fairway Drive San Leandro, CA, 94577.  Terra Tech’s Blum San Leandro dispensary will make history as the first medical dispensary to open its doors in San Leandro, a prominent suburb city of San Francisco and Oakland, centered in the dynamic San Francisco Bay Area.

The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd. (OTCQX:TGODF) (TSX:TGOD.TO) recently announced that it had signed a royalty-bearing commercial sublicense (the “Agreement”) with EnWave Corporation (“EnWave”) and Tilray, Inc. (“Tilray”).   EnWave has developed Radiant Energy Vacuum (“REV™”) – an innovative, proprietary method for the precise dehydration of organic materials. EnWave has further developed patent-pending methods for uniformly drying and decontaminating cannabis through the use of REV™ technology, shortening the time from harvest to marketable cannabis products.   EnWave and Tilray entered into an exclusive partnership in October 2017 in which EnWave named Tilray as its licensed partner (the “License”). The License grants Tilray an exclusive right to use and sub-license EnWave’s proprietary REV™ dehydration technology in Canada. Under the terms of the License, EnWave and Tilray will share royalties from TGOD’s use of EnWave’s REV™ technology on an undisclosed basis.

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$PBIO Commercial Launch of its Unique Biopharmaceuticals Contract Services Business

Proprietary Technology Platform Offers Improved Manufacturing for Protein Therapeutic Candidates and Positions PBI to Service the $250 Billion Global Biopharmaceuticals Market

SOUTH EASTON, MA / January 7, 2019 / Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (OTCQB: PBIO) (“PBI” and the “Company”), a leader in the development and sale of enabling high pressure-based instruments, consumables, and related services for the worldwide life sciences industry, today announced the commercial launch of its Biopharmaceuticals Contract Services Business. The launch of this new business has been eagerly anticipated following the Company’s acquisition of the assets of BaroFold, Inc. in December 2017, including patents, equipment, and other intellectual property relating to Barofold’s unique, high pressure-based protein disaggregation and refolding platform.

PBI expects that the unique Barofold technology platform will substantially improve the quality and costs of manufacturing protein therapeutics, by helping to resolve protein aggregation, improving solubility, and refolding complex misfolded protein therapeutic molecules into their desired, therapeutically-optimized conformations for improved drug efficacy and lower immunogenicity.

Protein-based therapeutic drugs are a large and rapidly growing part of the global healthcare industry. There are over 200 therapeutic proteins and peptides approved for clinical use in the U.S. (THPdb database: http://crdd.osdd.net/raghava/thpdb/). Protein therapeutics are valued for their more potent and specific therapeutic effectiveness for many diseases, such as cancer and auto-immune disorders. They are also the preferred treatment choices for hormone and growth factor deficiencies. Research and Markets (May 2016) forecasted that the global protein drug market will grow to $248 billion by 2020.

Dr. Alexander Lazarev, Chief Science Officer of PBI, explained: “The development and manufacture of protein-based drugs can be complex and fraught with difficulty. According to a recent publication from a team of researchers from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (Lagasse, Feb 2017), producing a typical protein drug may include more than 5,000 critical manufacturing process steps. High on the list of significant problems that can occur during manufacturing and storage of protein drugs are the formation of protein aggregates and the misfolding of the complex protein molecules into configurations that are therapeutically ineffective, undesirable, and even harmful. Our Barofold technology platform offers a unique and cost-effective processing strategy that is expected to be effective in addressing and resolving these expensive manufacturing challenges.”

Dr. Lazarev continued: “In May 2018, we began applying the Barofold platform to help resolve a major challenge in the manufacturing process for a key protein drug candidate being developed by an Asian biopharmaceutical company. Based on the successful progress of our Barofold platform to date, this client recently expanded their initial request to now include other variations on their protein drug candidate. In addition, we have recently been approached by another multi-national biopharmaceutical company for help on a similar issue.”

Dr. Bradford A. Young, Chief Commercial Officer of PBI, said: “We are excited to announce the launch of our Biopharmaceutical Contract Services Business for the disaggregation and controlled refolding of proteins. For companies involved in protein manufacturing, aggregation of proteins and challenges in achieving and maintaining optimal protein folding conformations are well-known issues that can dramatically reduce a drug’s efficacy and shelf-life. Our proprietary, pressure-based Barofold technology platform can help resolve and optimize these outcomes and can enable the development of novel protein therapeutics in both mammalian and non-mammalian systems, which we believe to be a very large and growing market opportunity.”

Dr. Young concluded: “We are very pleased to be helping our first client, a publicly-traded biopharma company, in improving their protein manufacturing processes using our proprietary Barofold protocols. The early results were so encouraging in helping our client surmount difficult manufacturing challenges in the production of their protein therapeutic drug candidate, that they have now asked us to extend our Barofold work to include two additional protein drug candidates. In addition, improved pressure-based disaggregation and protein refolding protocols have become exciting new product applications for our core Barocycler™ instrument platforms, which were already being sold into biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies for quality control, as well as for biomarker or drug target characterization purposes. We look forward to building on these successes and growing our Biopharmaceutical Contract Services Business in 2019.”

About the Barofold Technology Platform

The Barofold platform is a patented technology that employs high pressure for the disaggregation and controlled refolding of recombinant proteins into their native structures for desired drug activity. The Barofold technology results in the dissolution of protein aggregates, which may have a significant impact on the quality of protein drugs by improving protein activity, homogeneity, and stability, as well as by reducing undesirable immunogenic properties. The Barofold platform is transformative and practical for biopharmaceutical manufacturing processes, offering substantially reduced production costs due to its increased process yield and throughput at high protein concentrations. The Barofold platform is easily scalable and has been utilized for the cGMP production of phase 1 through phase 3 clinical materials.

About Pressure BioSciences, Inc.

Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (OTCQB: PBIO) is a leader in the development and sale of innovative, broadly enabling, pressure-based solutions for the worldwide life sciences industry. Our products are based on the unique properties of both constant (i.e., static) and alternating (i.e., pressure cycling technology, or “PCT”) hydrostatic pressure. PCT is a patented enabling technology platform that uses alternating cycles of hydrostatic pressure between ambient and ultra-high levels to safely and reproducibly control bio-molecular interactions (e.g., cell lysis, biomolecule extraction). Our primary focus is in the development of high pressure-based products for biomarker and target discovery, drug design and development, biotherapeutics characterization and quality control, food science, soil & plant biology, forensics, and counter-bioterror applications. Additionally, PBIO is actively expanding the use of our pressure-based technologies in the following areas: (1) the use of our recently acquired protein disaggregation and refolding technology from BaroFold, Inc. to allow entry into the biologics manufacturing and contract research services sector, and (2) the use of our recently-patented, scalable, high-efficiency, pressure-based Ultra Shear Technology (“UST”) platform to (i) create stable nanoemulsions of otherwise immiscible fluids (e.g., oils and water) and to (ii) prepare higher quality, homogenized, extended shelf-life or room temperature stable low-acid liquid foods that cannot be effectively preserved using existing non-thermal technologies.

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Pressure BioSciences, Inc.
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$NETE Asset Acquisitions Grant New Potential to Payment Technology Developer

• Net Element transaction with Argus Merchant Services and Treasury Payments leads to expectations of added gross profits in next four years
• E-commerce expected to command larger share of sales revenues than brick-and-mortar retail by 2022
• Net Element technologies adaptable to wide variety of mobile and online business needs

World finance technology innovator Net Element, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETE) is building its own capital potential as well as that of its customers, announcing recently that it has acquired cash flow assets that are expected to generate well over $4 million in gross profits over the next four years and continued profits thereafter.

The $1.42 million transaction through subsidiary Unified Portfolio Acquisitions is a step forward in the company’s five-year partnership with credit and debit card payment processing platforms Argus Merchant Services, LLC and Treasury Payments, LLC, both under the direction of Argus President Jacob Shimon. Additionally, Argus’ total billing commitment to Net Element’s Unified Payments subsidiary is expected to generate over $19 million in gross margin during the next five years, according to a news release issued by the company (http://nnw.fm/A6Bgf).

“The unprecedented support and commitment we have received from Net Element has not only helped us grow our business, but also establish strategic partnerships with our ISO’s and agents. We feel confident that this transaction will boost our continued growth and establish a strong leading presence in the market,” Eugene Gold, managing partner of Argus Merchant Services and CEO of WOW Payments, stated in the news release.

Net Element focuses its payments as a service model on the needs of small- to medium-sized enterprises in the United States and select emerging markets. The company provides point of sale support to restaurants and retailers through its Aptito technological solution (http://nnw.fm/se4MT), to hotel and tourism industry enterprises through its VIP Payments platform (http://nnw.fm/3eK3f) and to kiosk and truck vendors through its Unified Mobile Payments (http://nnw.fm/oBS8y). It also adds online B2B e-commerce services for brick and mortar storefronts through Netevia (http://nnw.fm/yLq2z).

Worldwide commerce continues to increase its level of transaction online and through networked mobile devices. Market researcher Euromonitor International forecasts that it will grow exponentially by 2022 to become a larger channel than traditional grocery retail (http://nnw.fm/8JGhB), even though it currently commands less than a quarter of that market share, according to Shopify.com (http://nnw.fm/y5QV8).

The success of e-commerce businesses will depend on their ability to manage multiple channels of customer engagement — the widely varying means by which potential clients gain information about what a business offers as they shop around. Net Element’s omni-channel PayOnline platform takes a global view of commerce as it aims to deliver flexible solutions to international markets where diverse banking, regulatory and demographic conditions exist.

The company recently scaled back its European ventures, but it added a unique development when it announced that it would partner with Sputnik Bank in Russia to provide third-party bank processing to other banks locked into the country’s increasingly outdated legacy systems (http://nnw.fm/4L8bo).

“We believe this is the first bank to provide a wholesale service to other Russian banks and if executed properly could be a huge success,” the company stated in its news release about the partnership. “In the future, this entity could even be spun off into its own independent fintech company like many of the banks in the U.S. have done.”

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

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$FRSX Eye-Net Mobile Successfully Completes Initial Integration

Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE: FRSX), an innovator in automotive vision systems and V2X (vehicle to everything) cellular-based solutions, announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary Eye-Net Mobile Ltd. has successfully completed initial integration by installing the Eye-Net™ application’s communication layer on the data center of a leading Israeli cellular provider. Eye-Net™ is a V2X cellular-based accident prevention solution, designed to provide pre-collision alerts in real time to pedestrians and vehicles by using smartphones and relying on existing cellular networks.

The activity with the cellular provider which also included technological know-how and assistance in engineering design may improve Eye-Net’s efficiency, allowing phone subscribers who register for the application service to receive more accurate alerts. Such improvement will be most significant when the Eye-Net™ application will be deployed on a large number of mobile phones.

“We were pleased to have the opportunity to collaborate with a leading Israeli cellular provider,” said Haim Siboni, CEO of Foresight. “This strategic alliance marks an important milestone in Eye-Net’s roadmap. We expect to expand Eye-Net’s market penetration by extending collaboration with the leading cellular provider in future development milestones.”

For more information about Foresight and its wholly owned subsidiary, Foresight Automotive, please visit www.foresightauto.com, follow @ForesightAuto on Twitter, or join Foresight Automotive on LinkedIn.

About Foresight

Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE: FRSX), founded in 2015, is a technology company engaged in the design, development and commercialization of stereo/quad-camera vision systems and V2X cellular-based solutions for the automotive industry. Foresight’s vision systems are based on 3D video analysis, advanced algorithms for image processing and sensor fusion. The company, through its wholly owned subsidiary Foresight Automotive Ltd., develops advanced systems for accident prevention which are designed to provide real-time information about the vehicle’s surroundings while in motion. The systems are designed to improve driving safety by enabling highly accurate and reliable threat detection while ensuring the lowest rates of false alerts. The company’s systems are targeting the Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), semi-autonomous and autonomous vehicle markets. The company estimates that its systems will revolutionize automotive safety by providing an automotive-grade, cost-effective platform and advanced technology.

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$TGODF $BOSS Canada Will Legalize Edibles by October 2019 – and the Market is Substantial

HOUSTON, TX / January 4, 2019 / Recreational marijuana has been legal in Canada for more than two months now.

However, some companies have been left in limbo, as many wait for regulations on cannabis edibles, topical’s and extracts.

But that’s expected to change this year.

In fact, Health Canada just released the first draft on its proposal of regulations for those products. Once regulations in place with Health Canada, such cannabis products will be permitted for legal sale under The Cannabis Act no later than October 17, 2019.

That alone could create a sizable investment opportunity.

According to a 2018 survey from Deloitte, nearly 60% of Canadians would use cannabis edibles.

The current draft sets caps on the amount of THC that can be in any product.

Restrictions would also be placed on ingredients that would made edible cannabis appealing to children, such as sweeteners. In addition, it could prohibit manufacturers from making any claims about health benefits or nutrition.

The $4.2 trillion wellness industry could one of many to benefit,

The very healing properties of marijuana are why spa, wellness and skincare industries are introducing a range of products with cannabis as a key ingredient.

According to Forbes, ”Hemp-derived CBD has been touted in several medical studies as having a myriad of health benefits ranging from treating psoriasis, atopic dermatitis and eczema to minimizing seizures, stress, and insomnia.”

The Yield Growth Corporation (CSE: BOSS)

One such company is The Yield Growth Corporation (CSE: BOSS), which aspires to become the next multi-billion wellness/cosmetics giant that emerges from the cannabis industry.

Its hemp-based wellness brands could very well be disruptive to several sectors, including wellness, makeup and leisure. That could make The Yield Growth Corporation a potential acquisition target for larger companies, including Estee Lauder, and Procter & Gamble.

The best part – the company just announced that it has engaged Incanco Cannabis to develop plans and prepare applications for a micro-processing license, a research license and a medical sales license under The Cannabis Act for Yield Growth and its subsidiaries.

Yield Growth plans to apply for these licenses so it will legally be able to infuse its full line of wellness products with CBD and THC and sell them in Canada.

For More Information on The Yield Growth Corporation (CSE: BOSS), Click Here.

However, Yield Growth isn’t the Only One Seeing Opportunity

Aphria Inc. (NYSE: APHA) is likely to benefit from Health Canada’s decision, as well. In fact, it just created a joint venture Perennial Inc., a subsidiary of DATA Communications Management Corporation. The JV will reportedly look beyond just edibles and beverages to a range of products designed to meet consumer demand in the cannabis and wellness space.

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Another likely beneficiary is The Green Organic Dutchman (TSE: TGOD) (OTC: TGODF), which is developing a distribution hug for large-scale beverage and edible products that can be introduced in Canada and abroad. ”We believe that the beverage and edible market will be the largest single segment of the cannabis market. Cannabis, as the base ingredient, makes these products possible. The medicinal and recreational market for CBD and THC will only increase over time and starting with an organic input is the most important aspect to developing these higher margin products,” notes TGOD President Csaba Reider.

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Growth through Global Expansion

In June 2018, The Yield Growth Corporation’s Urban Juve granted exclusive distribution rights to wellness products in Italy for the next three years to Crop Infrastructure Corporation.

Such an opportunity now gives The Yield Growth Corporation incredible exposure to the European cannabis market, as well.

Thanks to its product development, and international growth, The Yield Growth Corporation could become a substantial disruptor to a $4.2 trillion global wellness industry.

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$TGODF Signs Commercial Sublicense with EnWave and Tilray

TORONTO, Jan. 3, 2019 – The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd. (the “Company” or “TGOD”) (TSX : TGOD) (US : TGODF) is pleased to announce it has signed a royalty-bearing commercial sublicense (the “Agreement”) with EnWave Corporation (TSX-V:ENW | FSE:E4U) (“EnWave”) and Tilray, Inc. (NASDAQ:TLRY) (“Tilray”).

EnWave has developed Radiant Energy Vacuum (“REV™”) – an innovative, proprietary method for the precise dehydration of organic materials. EnWave has further developed patent-pending methods for uniformly drying and decontaminating cannabis through the use of REV™ technology, shortening the time from harvest to marketable cannabis products.

EnWave and Tilray entered into an exclusive partnership in October 2017 in which EnWave named Tilray as its licensed partner (the “License”). The License grants Tilray an exclusive right to use and sub-license EnWave’s proprietary REV™ dehydration technology in Canada. Under the terms of the License, EnWave and Tilray will share royalties from TGOD’s use of EnWave’s REV™ technology on an undisclosed basis.

The Agreement grants TGOD the right to use EnWave’s proprietary Radiant Energy Vacuum (“REV™”) dehydration technology to dry organic cannabis in its Canadian operations. Pursuant to the Agreement, TGOD has signed an equipment purchase agreement and submitted a purchase order to EnWave for a large-scale 60kW commercial REV™ machine to initiate commercial production.

“We are incredibly excited to utilize this proprietary and advanced dehydration technology, which will promote consistency in the manufacturing of our premium organic products, improve space efficiency by reducing the need for drying rooms and quicken TGOD’s time from harvest to sale,” stated Brian Athaide, TGOD’s Chief Executive Officer.

On Behalf of the Board of Directors,

The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd.

About The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd.

The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd. (TSX:TGOD) is a publicly traded, premium global organic cannabis company, with operations focused on medical cannabis markets in Canada, Europe, the Caribbean and Latin America, as well as the Canadian adult-use market. The Company grows high quality, organic cannabis with sustainable, all-natural principles. TGOD’s products are laboratory tested to ensure patients have access to a standardized, safe and consistent product. TGOD has a funded capacity of 170,000 kgs and is building 1,382,000 sq. ft. of cultivation facilities across Ontario, Quebec and Jamaica.

For more information on The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd., please visit www.tgod.ca.

About EnWave 

EnWave Corporation, a Vancouver-based advanced technology company, has developed Radiant Energy Vacuum (“REV™”) – an innovative, proprietary method for the precise dehydration of organic materials. EnWave has further developed patent-pending methods for uniformly drying and decontaminating cannabis through the use of REV™ technology, shortening the time from harvest to marketable cannabis products.

REV™ technology’s commercial viability has been demonstrated and is growing rapidly across several market verticals in the food, and pharmaceutical sectors including legal cannabis. EnWave’s strategy is to sign royalty-bearing commercial licenses with industry leaders in multiple verticals for the use of REV™ technology. The company has signed over twenty royalty-bearing licenses to date, opening up nine distinct market sectors for commercialization of new and innovative products. In addition to these licenses, EnWave has formed a Limited Liability Corporation, NutraDried Food Company, LLC, to develop, manufacture, market and sell all-natural cheese snack products in the United States under the Moon Cheese^® brand.

EnWave has introduced REV™ as the new dehydration standard in the food and biological material sectors: faster and cheaper than freeze drying, with better end product quality than air drying or spray drying. EnWave currently has three commercial REV™ platforms:

1. nutraREV^® which is used in the food industry to dry food products quickly and at low-cost, while maintaining high levels of nutrition, taste, texture and colour;
2. powderREV^® which is used for the bulk dehydration of food cultures, probiotics and fine biochemicals such as enzymes below the freezing point, and
3. quantaREV^® which is used for continuous, high-volume low-temperature drying.

An additional platform, freezeREV^®, is being developed as a new method to stabilize and dehydrate biopharmaceuticals such as vaccines and antibodies. More information about EnWave is available at www.enwave.net.

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$PFSF Issues Update on Launch of E-Commerce Trade Platform

TORONTO, Jan. 03, 2019 — via NetworkWire – Pacific Software, Inc. (OTC: PFSF) (“Pacific Software” or “the Company”), an emerging development technology corporation positioned for investments, mergers and acquisitions of software technologies and platforms, today announces that its BOAPIN e-commerce trade platform will be ready to register new buyers and sellers within the first quarter of 2019.

BOAPIN (www.boapin.com) facilitates cross-border commodities trading for sectors highly reliant on supply chain transparency, accountability and efficiency. The platform’s capabilities will enable buyers and sellers to achieve economies of scale and tap into opportunities and functionalities not readily available with current supply chain solutions. BOAPIN’s features include multi-lingual communication, product certification, marketing, logistics, commodities search/match interface, trade finance and customs clearance, and cross-border payment solutions.

“As global economies explore strategies to improve cross-border data infrastructure, Pacific Software is creating smart contract technology that integrates important functionalities for seamless global supply chain management,” said Pacific Software CEO and Chairman Harrysen Mittler.

Relative to China’s digital Silk Road designed to create “a community of common destiny in cyberspace,” Pacific Software’s goal is to create its own digital silk road to facilitate trade between China and Brazil, with future plans to expand to all of Latin America and then globally.

About Pacific Software
Pacific Software, Inc. (OTC: PFSF) is an emerging development technology corporation positioned for investments, mergers and acquisitions of software technologies and platforms. The Company is uniquely positioned to deliver B2B and B2C e-commerce blockchain solutions by utilizing IBM’s Hyperledger Blockchain “Backend as a Service” (BaaS) Infrastructure. Its platform will improve product traceability and will digitalize the trade process, including product certification, marketing, logistics, trade finance, cross border payment solutions and customs clearance through smart contract technology for global supply chain management.

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$RIV Engages Hybrid Financial for Investor Relations Services

TORONTO, Jan. 03, 2019 — Canopy Rivers Inc. (the “Company” or “Canopy Rivers”) (TSXV: RIV) today announced that it has retained Hybrid Financial Ltd. (“Hybrid”), a marketing and retail distribution services company, to provide certain investor relations services.

“We are confident that Hybrid will help us increase market awareness and further engage with the investment community,” said Daniel Pearlstein, EVP, Strategy at Canopy Rivers.

Hybrid has been retained for an initial term of six months. Hybrid will be paid a monthly fee of C$14,000 and has been granted options to purchase up to 120,000 shares of the Company at a price of $3.50 per share. The options shall vest in quarterly increments beginning three months following the grant and all options shall expire within 12 months of the grant except for the final tranche which will expire three months following those options vesting. The agreement with Hybrid and the options granted thereby are subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.

About Canopy Rivers Inc.

Canopy Rivers is a unique investment and operating platform structured to pursue investment opportunities in the emerging global cannabis sector. Canopy Rivers works collaboratively with Canopy Growth Corporation (TSX: WEED, NYSE: CGC) to identify strategic counterparties seeking financial and/or operating support. Canopy Rivers has developed an investment ecosystem of complementary cannabis operating companies that represent various segments of the value chain across the emerging cannabis sector. As the portfolio continues to develop, constituents will be provided with opportunities to work with Canopy Growth and collaborate among themselves, which Canopy Rivers believes will maximize value for its shareholders and foster an environment of innovation, synergy and value creation for the entire ecosystem.

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Investors are cautioned that forward-looking information is not based on historical facts but instead reflects management’s expectations, estimates or projections concerning future results or events based on the opinions, assumptions and estimates of management considered reasonable at the date the statements are made. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking information are reasonable, such information involves risks and uncertainties, and undue reliance should not be placed on such information, as unknown or unpredictable factors could have material adverse effects on future results, performance or achievements of the Company. Among the key factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking information are the following: regulatory and licensing risks; changes in general economic, business and political conditions, including changes in the financial markets; potential conflicts of interest; the Canadian regulatory landscape and enforcement related to cannabis, including political risks and risks relating to regulatory change; changes in applicable laws; compliance with extensive government regulation; public opinion and perception of the cannabis industry; and the risk factors set out in the joint management information circular of Canopy Rivers Corporation and the Company dated August 8, 2018, filed with Canadian securities regulators and available on the Company’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should assumptions underlying the forward-looking information prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein as intended, planned, anticipated, believed, estimated or expected. Although the Company has attempted to identify important risks, uncertainties and factors which could cause actual results to differ materially, there may be others that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. The Company does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to update this forward-looking information except as otherwise required by applicable law.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

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$NETE Launches Multi-Channel Blockchain-Powered Payments Acceptance Application

Cryptocurrency Payment Features are Available to Merchants Across Multiple Touch Points

MIAMI, FL, Jan. 02, 2019  — via NEWMEDIAWIRE – Net Element, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETE)(“Net Element” or the “Company”), a global technology and value-added solutions group that supports electronic payments acceptance in a multi-channel environment including point-of-sale (“POS”), e-commerce and mobile devices, announced today the launch of its multi-channel blockchain-powered payments application across multiple touch points including face-to-face via smart payment terminals and electronic commerce as well as via API.

The fully compliant and secure Cryptocurrency payment acceptance application forms part of Netevia, a recently launched feature-ready multi-channel payments platform that connects and simplifies payments through a single integration point while increasing economic efficiency of all transactions made within the ecosystem. This model complements Net Element’s ability to perform in a multi-channel environment, including POS, e-commerce, mobile devices and blockchain technology solutions.

Retailers and services providers have typically struggled with inefficient and costly payment mechanisms that have not kept pace with global commerce. The Netevia platform supports the use of cryptocurrency as a payment method in a multi-channel commerce environment including Poynt and PAX smart payment terminals, e-commerce, in-app or online payment forms that combine credit card and cryptocurrency payment methods in one simplified interface.  Developers may use Netevia’s API payment mechanism to add cryptocurrency acceptance functions as is or create new ones to fit their needs using Netevia’s user-friendly developer center.

“Over the past few years blockchain technology  has revolutionized the world of payments thanks to its decentralization, cost-effectiveness and convenience,” commented Vlad Sadovskiy, President of integrated payments for Net Element. “The addition of a cryptocurrency payment acceptance option to our Netevia platform carries forward our tradition of innovation as we power global commerce.”

About Net Element

Net Element, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETE) operates a payments-as-a-service transactional and value-added services platform for small to medium enterprise (“SME”) in the U.S. and selected emerging markets. In the U.S., the Company aims to grow transactional revenue by innovating SME productivity services using various technology solutions and Aptito, our cloud-based, restaurant and retail point-of-sale solution. Internationally, Net Element’s strategy is to leverage its omni-channel platform to deliver flexible offerings to emerging markets with diverse banking, regulatory and demographic conditions. Net Element was ranked as one of the fastest growing companies in North America on Deloitte’s 2017 and 2018 Technology Fast 500™. In 2017 we were recognized by South Florida Business Journal as one of 2016’s fastest-growing technology companies. Further information is available at www.NetElement.com.

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