| SeriousTraders Monthly
October 2016 |
|
This Month Includes: |
|
|
Agora Holdings, Inc. (AGHI)
Agora Holdings, Inc. (AGHI), together with its wholly-owned subsidiary, Geegle Media, is leading a diversified family entertainment and media enterprise through business segments which include: TV on Demand, interactive media, business products and consumer platforms. With its multi-dimensional approach, Geegle Media supports Agora Holdings' mission to deliver innovate and high-quality business solution products and to deliver video content from around the world.
Geegle Media web platforms include; GeegleTV, Frame, 1000Salads, RealtyTV and LobbyTV. Geegle TV is a multi-platform video entertainment website that curates high-quality video content from around the world. In 2016, GeegleTV will serve as co-producer by airing original content. By exposing undiscovered content to millions of users and rendering it shareable to social media, Geegle TV will serve as a marketing partner to local and internationally based TV shows not yet on the open market.
For commercial use, Geegle Media provides a variety of solutions that include web development and billing software for VoIP applications. RealtyTV is its state-of-the-art platform for real estate brokerages. LobbyTV is another of its widely used products by business offices. For individuals, Geegle TV combines radio, On Demand movies, news, sports and children's content.
Geegle Media is also developing 1000salads, an online hub that encourages healthy lifestyles. The portal will feature recipes and products, health-oriented articles and a curated selection of local restaurants and grocers that deliver to the health-conscious user. Currently in its alpha stage of development, 1000salads is gearing up its sales and marketing in preparation for its launch in 2016.
Geegle Media differs from other On Demand providers, such as Netflix and HBO, in that its service is free of constraints such as subscription, fees and penalties. As consumers increasingly opt for personalized sources of entertainment, Agora recognizes the vast opportunities and growth potential provided by the rising popularity of TV On Demand. The company also benefits from strong and visionary management with a track record of bringing innovative ideas to fruition.
Dominovas Energy Corp. (DNRG)
Dominovas Energy Corp. (DNRG) is an energy solutions company dedicated to delivering clean, efficient and reliable electricity to areas of the world that lack this precious commodity on a multi-megawatt scale. Recognizing the incredible growth and profit opportunities of the green and alternative energy markets, Dominovas Energy defined a sustainable deployment model to take a leading position among alternative green energy solutions providers. It is equally important to note that while Dominovas Energy provides "alternative green energy solutions" in that its power generation capability is not of the traditional standards of energy generation, the company delivers "primary" power to its clients.
At the heart of Dominovas Energy's Fuel Cell Division is a revolutionary "disruptive technology" and energy solution powered by the RUBICON™ Series Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) Technology. Led by the incomparable scholar, professor and visionary Dr. Shamiul Islam, the RUBICON™ achieves more than 50% fuel-to-electricity efficiency, providing cost effective, clean, significantly-reduced emissions with silent operations in 100kW to multi-megawatt power arrays. The proprietary system is also uniquely capable of reforming and converting multiple fuel stocks such as natural gas and bio-fuel, and is expected to become the "PLATINUM Standard" by which all other fuel cell technologies are measured.
In early 2014, Dominovas Energy was acquired by Western Standard Energy Corp. in a merger transaction in which Dominovas Energy was the emerging publically traded entity. Per the acquisition, Dominovas Energy obtained Western Standard's 49.25% ownership of award-winning renewable energy company Pro Eco Energy Ltd. Pro Eco Energy provides award-winning heating and cooling systems for commercial and public buildings, delivering the newest alternative energy technologies for energy efficient HVAC systems in a timely and cost-competitive manner.
Dominovas Energy has designs to build and own fuel cell utilities worldwide, joining the ranks of some of the world's largest and most well-known companies that are also looking to take advantage of the vast opportunities that have come about as the need for energy production far exceeds the supply on a worldwide basis. The RUBICON™ is superior to any other system on the market today, and Dominovas Energy's ability to produce a fuel cell that allows for distributed power in multi-megawatt arrays is revolutionary, which allows for profitable commercialization while meeting the demands of the world market.
eXp World Holdings Inc. (EXPI)
eXp World Holdings Inc. (EXPI) is the holding company for a number of businesses, most notably eXp Realty LLC, the Agent-Owned Cloud Brokerage™. eXp Realty is a full-service real estate brokerage offering 24/7 access to a suite of collaborative tools, training features and socialization channels designed to meet the unique needs of real estate brokers and agents. By creating a fully-immersive, cloud office environment for real estate professionals, eXp effectively reduces agents' overhead, increases their profits and provides greater service value to consumers.
Through eXp Realty's innovative platform, agents and brokers are afforded the opportunity to earn equity in exchange for production and contributions to company growth. Additionally, eXp features an aggressive revenue sharing program that pays agents a percentage of the gross commission income earned by fellow professionals they recruit into the company. The result is a shared ownership community featuring a synergistic and collaborative group of forward-thinking, entrepreneurial professionals. With the emergence of the internet as the most powerful property marketing and advertising medium, eXp's internet and cloud technologies have helped thousands of consumers find, buy or sell homes without the need for a brick and mortar real estate office.
Since its launch in October 2009, eXp Realty has experienced rapid growth, with brokerage service now offered in 35 U.S. states and Alberta, Canada. In February 2016, the company officially welcomed its 1,000th real estate professional into its family of agent-owners, up from just 467 agents at the end of 2014. Following this achievement, the Agent-Owned Cloud Brokerage claimed a spot among the top 50 real estate brokerages in the United States based on agent count, according to data from RISMEDIA's 2015 PowerBroker 500 Report.
Similarly, eXp Realty generated record financial results during 2015. Following the launch of two new initiatives – including an online lead generation program and a stock compensation plan – the company achieved a 71 percent year-over-year increase in net revenues, recording $22.87 million for the year. As it continues to expand its footprint across North America, eXp Realty will look to leverage its unique agent-owned business model to continue attracting driven, entrepreneurial agents and real estate industry leaders while promoting sustainable financial growth.
iGambit, Inc. (IGMB)
iGambit, Inc. (IGMB) is a diversified holding company focused primarily on the acquisition of early-stage technology firms with strong growth potential that's easily recognized in the public arena. Leveraging the considerable industry experience of its board of directors and management team, iGambit offers talented entrepreneurs an opportunity to focus their time and energy on building a business instead of searching out investors or raising capital. Following acquisition, iGambit provides the capital and management expertise required to help its partner firms flourish with the intention of 'spinning off' the acquisition to the benefit of both the newly independent business and iGambit shareholders.
One of iGambit's most recent acquisitions occurred in November 2015, when the company added ArcMail to its portfolio. Founded to help clients boost email server performance and satisfy associated regulatory requirements, ArcMail is a leading provider of simple, secure and cost-effective email and enterprise archiving and management solutions. In April 2016, the marketability of ArcMail's technology was highlighted when the firm was selected as a 'Top 20 Enterprise Security Company of 2016' by leading IT publication CIOReview.
At the core of iGambit's business model is its experienced leadership team. John Salerno, chairman of iGambit, is a seasoned executive with more than four decades of experience in the technology industry. In addition to providing consulting services to a wide range of clients, Salerno founded a startup that later became a multi-million dollar business servicing the New York real estate market. In 1996, he cofounded bigVAULT, Inc., an online backup and file-sharing company that later became iGambit following an asset purchase sale with Verizon and Cablevision.
In June 2016, iGambit appointed Rory Welch as its chief executive officer. Welch originally joined the iGambit team through the ArcMail acquisition, bringing more than 20 years of senior management experience spanning multiple industries and global geographies to the company. Prior to serving as ArcMail's president and CEO, Welch managed his own consulting firm, which attracted clients ranging from Fortune 100 companies to mid-market players across a number of industry verticals. Welch also held leadership positions at Movado Group, Inc., as well as Arrow Electronics, where he was responsible for overseeing all aspects of product management for the tech firm's $1 billion Asia-Pacific division.
Medical Transcription Billing, Corp. (NASDAQ: MTBC)
Medical Transcription Billing, Corp. (NASDAQ: MTBC) is a healthcare information technology (IT) company that provides its fully integrated suite of proprietary web-based solutions and related business services to a diverse field of healthcare individuals and entities specializing in more than 63 areas and spanning 40 U.S. states.
The company went public in July 2014, at which time it also acquired three competitors. Since then, MTBC has steadily expanded its portfolio with seven additional acquisitions of competing healthcare IT companies, the most recent of which – and largest to-date - is Texas-based medical billing company, MediGain, LLC.
Today, MTBC is an award-winning company whose Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform helps healthcare providers increase revenues, fine tune their clinical and business decision making, reduce administrative burdens, streamline workflows, and reduce operating costs.
Its current products - electronic health records, practice management, patient engagement and the mHealth app – are fully integrated with core services that include medical billing services, value-added services, consultancy services, medical transcription, scribe services, and business intelligence. Notably, the standard fee for its comprehensive platform is calculated as a percentage of a practice's healthcare-related revenues, and is among the lowest in the industry.
MTBC is ranked among the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012), is a Microsoft® Certified Partner, and has been awarded the Surescripts® White Coat of Quality, while its mHealth app – available for smartphone and tablet devices - is ranked No. 1 on Apple Store and Google Play as the most downloaded app for ICD 9 to ICD 10 conversion.
As a reputable IT provider for the healthcare industry, MTBC has built a client base of thousands of doctors. As a way of thanking them for their loyalty, MTBC recently launched its Client Loyalty Program in which it is awarding 100 shares of its publicly traded common stock to its providers and 1,000 shares for referring other physician practices. New MTBC clients are also eligible to participate and receive awards.
Monaker Group, Inc. (MKGI)
Monaker Group, Inc. (MKGI) is a technology driven travel company focused on leveraging resources to become a significant presence in the fastest growing sector of the $1.3 trillion travel and tourism market. The company's flagship brand, NextTrip.com, is the industry's first and only real-time booking engine that features alternative lodging (vacation home rentals, resort residences and unused timeshare inventory), as well as a full selection of airlines, hotels, cruises, rental cars, tours and concierge services. These features are combined into a single, easy-to-use platform that gives travelers complete real-time control when planning and booking their vacations.
NextTrip.com takes an integrated approach to the needs of travelers by combining multiple booking solutions into a highly intuitive real-time booking platform. Since its launch in February 2016, NextTrip has already grown to more than 250,000 units of vacation rental inventory. Monaker currently has roughly 1 million additional alternative lodging units under contract that will soon be added to the platform. This will place NextTrip among the top three largest vacation rental inventories and rival industry peers, Airbnb and HomeAway, in the rapidly expanding alternative lodging market. Unlike the competition, which book by request which can take hours or days before a lodging owner confirms, NextTrip's platform books in real-time, similar to online hotel bookings.
Most NextTrip listings are in desirable locations in the U.S., the EU and the Caribbean with about 20% exclusive listings. Monaker expects rapid exclusive listing growth because, unlike the competition, Monaker doesn't charge a sign-up fee, just a commission upon booking. The competition charges both. Monaker even has a proprietary solution to unlock Timeshare and Fractional Share properties as rental inventory.
Through strategic partnerships and acquisitions Monaker is now positioned to be a major player in the travel and alternative lodging sector. In addition Monaker is also the parent to Maupintour and Voyage TV.
In business for 65 years, Maupintour still leads the tour industry in the creation of outstanding, unique itineraries and has the highest repeat rate in the tour industry. Maupintour's upscale luxury services create a unique blend with the various product offerings of NextTrip. Voyage TV has thousands of hours of travel footage shot in over 30 countries worldwide. These 15,000 video clips of hotels, resorts, cruise, and destination activities are a treasure trove for vacation travel marketing.
With an established portfolio of travel brands, and a proven record acquiring, consolidating and integrating companies, Monaker is building a diverse and exciting foundation to drive the company's future. According to data from the U.S. Travel Association, direct spending on leisure travel by domestic and international travelers topped $650 billion in 2015. When combined with the fact that roughly 64 percent of travel companies are still considered small businesses, Monaker's all-inclusive approach to vacation booking through NextTrip and Maupintour strategically positions it for sustainable growth moving forward.
Monaker is headquartered in South Florida with offices in California. The company is led by a seasoned management team with decades of applicable industry experience. Monaker's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Bill Kerby has over 18 years of experience in the media and travel industries, as well as 10 years of experience in the financial industry.
Moxian, Inc. (MOXC)
Moxian, Inc. engages in the business of providing social marketing and promotion platforms designed to help merchants accelerate and advertise their business growth through social media. These products and services enable merchants to run targeted advertising campaigns and promotions, and aim to enhance the interaction between users and merchant clients by using consumer behavior data compiled from the Moxian database of user activities. The company has two primary core products: Moxian+ User App and Moxian+ Business App.
Developed in Shenzhen, China, Moxian integrates social media, entertainment and business intelligence. The Multi-Channel Social Commerce Platform, which includes a variety of tools such as Moxian's proprietary Social Customer Relationship Management (SCRM) system, generates knowledgeable data for merchants. This way, consumers and businesses are able to connect and interact with one another to achieve the concept of "online lifestyle, offline fun."
Moxian+ User App serves as an App driven for consumer users to use the platform, consisting of our proprietary virtual currency (MO-Coin and MO-Points), social networking, redemption centre and game centre. Users can earn MO-Coins by playing games, and then use those coins to redeem prizes sponsored by Moxian and client merchants. This model not only drives registered consumers to Moxian and merchant, but also provides merchants the opportunity to advertise, run marketing campaigns, and learn about their customers through the Platform.
Moxian+ Business App is an independent App with built in Social Customer Relationship Management tool built for merchants. Merchants are able to set up a store on the Moxian platform through this business App, push promotions via a variety of methods offered on the platform and look at generated report customized to their own shop.
Moxian's management team has more than 100 years of combined experience in a variety of pertinent endeavors, including management of private and public enterprise, multi-national organizations, quality, engineering and procurement, finance, marketing, communication and more. Together, Moxian's management team is effecting the company's aim to create and lead a personalized social network platform that best fits users and businesses.
Net Element, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETE)
Net Element, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETE) operates a payments-as-a-service transactional and value-added services platform for small to medium enterprises in the United States and select emerging markets. Leveraging a network of subsidiaries operating in the mobile payments and value-added transactional services space – including Unified Payments, Aptito and PayOnline – Net Element is committed to promoting consistent and strong growth, as illustrated by its position as one of the South Florida Business Journal's 'Top 25 Fastest-Growing Technology Companies'. In the first seven months of 2016 alone, the company realized a 77 percent year-over-year increase in transactional processing volume when discounting the effects of foreign currency exchange.
A major contributor to this sustained growth has been Net Element's PayOnline subsidiary, which offers state-of-the-art payment technologies that are currently employed by more than 3,000 online enterprises across Europe and Asia. To bolster this position, the company has continued to expand its presence in Central Asia, most recently through the opening of a new office in Kazakhstan, the largest country in the region. Since its first anchor project in Kazakhstan in June 2015, PayOnline has entered agreements with more than 180 online merchants in Central Asia, and the region is expected to offer an opportunity for tremendous growth in the coming years as the proliferation of electronic commerce takes hold.
The growth of PayOnline throughout Eurasia has been accompanied by both awards and industry recognition. Independent analytical agency Markswebb Rank & Report ranked PayOnline as a top five payment acceptance company in its 2016 Internet Acquiring Rank report, and a second analytical agency, Tagline.ru, ranked PayOnline as a leading payment gateway in its 2016 Payment Systems Rating. The company's management team attributes this success to PayOnline's "innovative, customer-focused products and services."
Net Element is led by a seasoned management team offering a unique blend of leadership, vision, experience and creative energy. Oleg Firer, the company's chief executive officer, formerly served as the executive chairman of Unified Payments up until its acquisition by Net Element's TOT Group in April 2013. Under his guidance, Unified Payments achieved rapid growth, earning the top spot on Inc. Magazine's list of fastest-growing companies in 2012. As a result, Firer was recognized by Forbes as one of the 'Five Incredible Entrepreneurs' and by Business Leader Magazine as a 'Top Entrepreneur in South Florida'.
OurPet's Company (OPCO)
OurPet's Company (OPCO) develops, produces and markets various pet accessory and consumable products designed to awaken pets' natural instincts, be it in feeding, playing or waste management. Sold globally through pet specialty retailers, food, drug and mass chains, e-commerce and international channels, the company's products are marketed under a the OurPets®, Pet Zone® and PetTastic® brands with well-known sub-brands such as Play-N-Squeak™, Cosmic Catnip™, Durapet, SmartScoop and Flappy. In total, OurPet's has an intellectual property portfolio featuring more than 160 individual patents, giving the company sustainable access to the pet products industry for the foreseeable future.
In recent years, the U.S. pet products and services market has experienced strong growth, with total sales accounting for approximately $73 billion in 2014, according to a report by Packaged Facts. In 2015, this strong performance is expected to continue, building on the recent rise in related ecommerce purchases, as well as an uptick in dog and cat ownership throughout the country. In order to capitalize on this market performance, OurPet's maintains an ongoing new product development program to continually keep an evolutionary and revolutionary new product pipeline feeding its offerings. In July 2015, OurPet's introduced many new products at the national Super Zoo trade show in Las Vegas such as the Catty Whack®, Designer Diner™/Barking Bistro™ and the Zoom Plume™.
The company's capitalization strategy is guided by a management team of experienced industry professionals dedicated to further strengthening its product portfolio through aggressive development of innovative products. Management has a proven track-record of leveraging deep knowledge in the innovation, technology, distribution and pet markets to successfully push through adverse market conditions to achieve increases in revenue, margins and net income.
OurPet's, through its innovative and extensive line of popular pet products, is in a favorable strategic position to continue building upon its recent market growth. For prospective shareholders, this positioning makes the company an intriguing investment opportunity in the months to come. Look for OurPet's to capitalize on steady market performance moving forward, providing an opportunity for the company to realize strong investor returns in the future.
Singlepoint, Inc. (SING)
Singlepoint, Inc. (SING) provides mobile technology and marketing solutions that enable companies, nonprofits and religious organizations to conduct business transactions, accept donations, and engage in targeted communication via mobile devices. Through diversification of its own model, the company is also leveraging its core technology to expand into the mobile auctions and daily fantasy sports markets.
SING currently has two fundraising solutions. Text2Bid is an interactive way to increase auction revenues. The technology makes it easy for people to bid in auctions from any text or web-enabled phone. Donate by Text allows nonprofits to securely collect one-time or recurring donations via text. This capability creates a personal experience for the donors, and enables ongoing communication between the donor and nonprofit or event sponsor.
SING's payment solutions include point-of-sale (POS) terminals, loyalty programs, payment processing, phone services and financing. Pay by Text™ enables a business to accept payment transactions and, in essence, turns the user's mobile phone into a point-of-sale device. Operating on the same platform as mobile marketing, Pay by Text is designed to increase revenues, raise the average per-transaction amount, and create a fast, easy and hassle-free method of payment.
As part of its diversification and expansion strategy, SING recently acquired an interest in DraftFury (www.draftfury.com), a company that offers skill-based NBA, NFL and MLB daily fantasy sports (DFS) contests. DraftFury is known for its innovative offerings and originality, and is the first cash-flow-positive DFS enterprise. This transaction places SING in a multi-billion dollar industry expected to generate entry fees of $14.4 billion in 2020. Under the guidance of a leadership team well-versed in technology, engineering, marketing and raising capital, SING anticipates a strong foothold in its chosen markets.
|
|
|
