OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM), operator of Open, Transparent and Connected financial marketplaces, today announced the following companies are verified for trading on the OTCQB® Venture Marketplace:
Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. (OTCQB: AERT) – Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, founded in 1988, develops and commercializes technologies to recycle waste polyethylene plastics and develops, manufactures, and markets value-added, green building products. The majority of its products are composite building materials that are a superior replacement for traditional wood or plastic products for exterior applications in building and remodeling homes and for certain other industrial or commercial building purposes. Its products are made primarily from approximately equal amounts of recycled polyethylene plastic and waste wood fiber, which have been cleaned, sized and reprocessed utilizing our patented and proprietary technologies. Its products have been extensively tested and are sold by leading national companies such as the Lowe's Companies, Inc. and Therma-Tru Corporation. Its products are primarily used in renovation and remodeling by consumers, homebuilders, and contractors as an exterior environmentally-responsible ("treen") building alternative for decking, railing, and trim products.
AERT currently manufactures all of its composite products at extrusion facilities in Springdale, Arkansa, and it operates a plastic recycling, blending and storage facility in Lowell, Arkansas, where we also lease warehouses and land for inventory storage. It also operates a plastic recycling, cleaning, and reformulation facility at Watts, Oklahoma.
Aethlon Medical, Inc. (OTCQB: AEMD) – The Aethlon Medical mission is to create innovative devices that address unmet medical needs in cancer, infectious disease, and other life-threatening conditions. The Aethlon ADAPT system is an expansive technology platform that converges affinity drug agents and plasma membrane technology to create therapeutic filtration devices that selectively target the removal of harmful particles from the entire circulatory system. The company’s lead therapeutic candidate is the Aethlon Hemopurifier, a device with broad-spectrum capabilities against viral pathogens and immunosuppressive cancer exosomes. In human studies, Hemopurifier therapy has provided significant viral load reductions in HIV and hepatitis C virus infected individuals without the administration of antiviral drugs. The company is now focused on advancing its Hemopurifier as an adjunct strategy to improve the benefit of established infectious disease and cancer treatment regimens. Based on studies conducted by government and non-government research organizations, the Hemopurifier is also a leading broad-spectrum treatment candidate to address bioterror and pandemic threats.
Amarantus BioScience Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: AMBS) – Amarantus BioScience Holdings (AMBS) is a biotechnology company developing therapeutics and diagnostics for neurological disorders and orphan diseases. AMBS owns licensing rights to the small molecule drug candidate eltoprazine ("eltoprazine"), indicated for Parkinson's disease Levodopa induced dyskinesia ("PD-LID"), adult ADHD and Alzheimer's aggression, currently in Phase 2b development for PD LID. AMBS also owns the intellectual property rights to a therapeutic protein known as Mesencephalic-Astrocyte-derived Neurotrophic Factor ("MANF") and is developing MANF-based products as treatments for ophthalmological disorders, beginning with the orphan indication retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and brain disorders, including Parkinson's disease. MANF is expected to initiate first-in-man studies in 2016. AMBS also owns the discovery platform for neurotrophic factors known as PhenoGuard("PhenoGuard"), from which MANF was originally first discovered.
AMBS also has a wholly-owned subsidiary Amarantus Diagnostics (AMDX). AMDX is commercializing MSPrecise(R) ("MSPrecise"), a diagnostic assay for the diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis. AMDX is also commercializing technology licensed from the University of Leipzig for an Alzheimer's blood diagnostic known as LymPro Test(R) ("LymPro Test"). AMBS also owns intellectual property for the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease ("NuroPro").
Armada Oil, Inc. (OTCQB: AOIL) – Armada Oil and its subsidiaries are based in Dallas, Texas. Armada is a growth-oriented, publicly traded exploration and production (E & P) company with a definitive focus on growing net asset value per share, primarily through the acquisition, development and enhancement of multiple onshore oil and natural gas producing properties and related companies as well as the development of highly diversified developmental opportunities, both conventional and unconventional. The company currently owns producing oil and gas properties in Woodson County, Kansas and Wyoming County, New York and controls a strategic acreage position in Southern Wyoming in the liquids-rich Niobrara Play.
Bank of Napa N.A. (CA) (OTCQB: BNNP) – Founded on August 14, 2006, Bank of Napa was formed to meet the needs of those who demand that a community bank deliver extraordinary personal service. As the Napa Valley’s only locally-owned community bank, Bank of Napa strives to be the most respected bank in the Napa Valley. Its commitment is to deliver responsive, personal and creative banking solutions for the benefit of its customers, and ultimately its employees and shareholders.
Bimini Capital Management, Inc. (OTCQB: BMNM) – Bimini Capital Management is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests primarily in, but is not limited to, residential mortgage-related securities issued by the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) and the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae). Its objective is to earn returns on the spread between the yield on its assets and its costs, including the interest expense on the funds it borrows. Bimini Capital Management is headquartered in Vero Beach, Fla.
BioRestorative Therapies, Inc. (OTCQB: BRTX) – BioRestorative Therapies develops products and medical therapies using cell and tissue protocols, primarily involving adult stem cells, including:
Disc/Spine Program: The company’s lead cell therapy candidate, brtxDISC (Disc Implanted StemCells), is a product formulated from autologous (or person's own) cultured mesenchymal stem cells ("MSCs") collected from the patient's bone marrow. It intends that the product will be used for the non-surgical treatment of protruding and bulging lumbar discs in patients suffering from chronic lumbar disc disease. The treatment involves collecting a patient’s own stem cells, culturing and cryopreserving the cells, and then having a physician inject brtxDISC into the patient's damaged disc in an outpatient procedure. The treatment is intended for patients whose pain has not been alleviated by non-invasive procedures and potentially face the prospect of surgery.
ThermoStem Program: It is developing an allogeneic cell-based therapy to target obesity and metabolic disorders using brown adipose (fat) derived stem cells to generate brown adipose tissue ("BAT"). BAT is intended to mimic naturally-occurring brown adipose depots that regulate metabolic homeostasis in humans. Initial pre-clinical research indicates that increased amounts of brown fat in the body may be responsible for additional caloric burning as well as reduced glucose and lipid levels. Researchers have found that people with higher levels of brown fat may have a reduced risk for obesity and diabetes.
Blue Calypso, Inc. (OTCQB: BCYP) – Blue Calypso develops and delivers mobile shopper marketing and analytics solutions for the business-to-consumer (B2C) marketplace leveraging mobile, social media, gamification and its intellectual property portfolio. It has developed a patented technology platform that enables brands and retailers to engage with shoppers when they are on the path to purchase products and services. Its technology also allows brands to leverage customer relationships and brand advocacy to increase brand loyalty and drive revenue through sharing and influencer marketing.
CannaVest Corp. (OTCQB: CANV) – CannaVest develops, produces, markets and sells raw materials and end consumer products containing the hemp plant extract, Cannabidiol ("CBD"), to the nutraceutical, beauty care, pet care, specialty beverage and functional food sectors.
DynaResource, Inc. (OTCQB: DYNR) – DynaResource ("DynaUSA") currently owns 80% of DynaResource de Mexico SA de CV. ("DynaMexico"); DynaMexico owns 100% of San Jose de Gracia, a High Grade, prolific Gold Property in Sinaloa, Mexico ("SJG"); a past 1 m. oz. gold producer. DynaUSA is focused on the test underground mining and pilot production operations at the Potential World Class SJG Project, which exhibits the opportunity for the definition of over 3 m. oz. gold resources. A Canadian National Instrument 43-101 Resource Estimate was released by DynaMexico at Dec. 31, 2012; reporting 402,000 Oz. Au Indicated; and 741,000 Oz. Au Inferred Resources. All mineralized areas are open along strike and down dip for further expansion.
Eight Dragons Co. (OTCQB: EDRG) – Eight Dragons Company does not have significant operations. It intends to locate and combine with an existing, privately-held company through a merger, consolidation, or exchange of common stock for stock or assets.
EMAV Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: EMAV) – EMAV Holdings provides a single entry point into two fast-growing automotive markets: auto dealerships and electric vehicles.
1. Endurance Auto Group will execute on an acquisition model to roll-up smaller car dealerships to provide "real" assets, positive cash-flow, and minimize the risk of the electric vehicle side of the business. It has the best team in the industry to source acquisition opportunities, buy dealerships "right,” operate them profitably, and integrate them to benefit from economies of scale.
2. EMAV EV will sell consumer and commercial electric vehicles on the same platform: the 4-door Jeep Wrangler.
a. The consumer model will be a premium vehicle offering the same range as the top of the line Tesla. Sales will be through Jeep dealerships and over the Internet through the Jeep dealership the company will acquire. Its model is similar to AMG's relationship with Mercedes, though with the added value of electric vehicles.
b. Its signature commercial/civil vehicles are: (i) an all-electric light duty utility/delivery vehicle; and, (ii) the Power Station, which is designed to replace mobile diesel power generators which are towed to work sites.
Giggles N' Hugs Inc. (OTCQB: GIGL) – Giggles N' Hugs is the first and only restaurant that brings together high-end, organic food with active, cutting-edge play and entertainment for children. Every Giggles N' Hugs location offers an upscale, family-friendly atmosphere with a dedicated play area that children 10 and younger absolutely love. It allows parents to be able to eat and relax while the kids have the time of their life. It features high-quality menus made from fresh and local foods, nightly entertainment such as magic shows, concerts, puppet shows and face painting, and hugely popular party packages for families that want to do something special.
Go Ez Corp. (OTCQB: GEZC) – Go Ez Corporation, a publicly traded company, is an emerging, fully integrated company, focused in mobile and e-commerce solutions. Go Ez understands that in today's wireless world people are not confined to a physical place and are always connected online. At Go Ez, the company strives to make people's lives EZ. It seeks to provide the ultimate EZ solutions for its customers mobility.
Green Technology Solutions, Inc. (OTCQB: GTSO) – GTSO is in the business of trying to keep the world a greener place to live. Having a greener environment is what the company strives to provide so that people may live healthier lives. Its corporate mission is to support the health and wellness sub-market of medical cannabis.
Independence Bancshares, Inc. (SC) (OTCQB: IEBS) – Independence Bancshares is a South Carolina corporation organized to operate as a bank holding company pursuant to the Federal Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and the South Carolina Bank Holding Company Act, and to own and control all of the capital stock of Independence National Bank (the "Bank"). The Bank is a national association organized under the laws of the United States to conduct general banking business in Greenville, South Carolina.
Medbox, Inc. (OTCQB: MDBX) – Medbox provides specialized consulting services to the marijuana industry and sells associated patented products, including its Medbox medical dispensing system and medical vaporization devices. The company works with clients who seek to enter the medical, recreational and cultivation marijuana markets in those states where approved. Medbox offers turnkey solutions that assist with licensing and compliance, site selection, design and permitting, safety and security, along with full build-out and operational oversight. Medbox's consulting solutions and technology create structure and process for clients and their respective businesses in this rapidly emerging sector.
Millennium HealthCare, Inc. (OTCQB: MHCC) – Millennium HealthCare, through its wholly owned operating subsidiaries, provides primary care physician practices, physician groups and healthcare facilities of all sizes with cutting-edge medical devices focused primarily on preventive care through early detection. The company also provides advanced billing and coding services and practice development and management services specializing in cardiology:
Millennium Medical Devices targets partnerships and strategic alliances with medical device companies that provide innovative medical devices that are cost-effective, utilize cutting-edge technology and are FDA approved. The devices the company distributes have been selected due to their ability to detect medical issues early with a positive medical outcome. All of the products the company distributes are reimbursable.
Millennium Coding & Billing offers all aspects of medical billing along with medical diagnosis and procedure coding and training for ICD-10. Its Clinical Documentation Improvement Program Services include concurrent and retrospective CDI Reviews, DRG Validation Services and secure remote and on-site coding.
Millennium Vascular Management Group offers physician practice development and management services to AMB-SURG facilities and physician practices with a focus on vascular disorders.
Pernix Group, Inc. (OTCQB: PRXG) – Pernix Group is a global company managed from Lombard, Illinois, and was originally formed in 1995 as Telesource International, Inc. In 2001, the company was incorporated in Delaware and became an SEC registrant. As of December 31, 2014, Pernix Group employs 148 people and is 96.6% owned by Ernil Continental, S.A., BVI, Halbarad Group, Ltd., BVI, and Affiliates. The company conducts its operations through the parent and its 15 subsidiaries. The company’s two primary operating business segments are general construction and power generation services. In addition to these two operating segments, the corporate operations are a separately reported segment that provides administrative support to the operating segments and manages the corporate headquarters building operations.
Pernix has full-scale construction and management capabilities with subsidiaries in the South Pacific islands of Fiji and Vanuatu, Africa, Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, United Arab Emirates and in the United States. It provides its services in a broad range of end markets, including construction, construction management, power and facility operations and maintenance (O&M) services.
The construction and power segments offer diversified general contracting, design/build and construction management services to public and private agencies. It has provided construction and power services since 1995 and has established a strong reputation within its markets by delivering complex projects and providing innovative facility O&M solutions to clients worldwide with an unwavering commitment to safety, quality, social responsibility and total customer satisfaction. It has established internationally experienced, high-performance management teams with a proven track record of successfully completing complex projects around the globe and in some of the most remote locations on the planet. It has over 20 years of experience providing the majority of its services in international locations. It believes that these attributes are the foundation of Pernix’s success.
It believes the unique collection of resources, experience, operational and financial attributes that Pernix possess properly position the company for future growth, diversification and financial success.
SmartCool Systems, Inc. (TSX-V: SSC; OTCQB: SSCFF) – Smartcool Systems provides cutting-edge energy efficient and energy cost reduction solutions for businesses around the world. The Eco and ESM are smart cool's unique retrofit technologies that reduce the energy consumption of compressors in air conditioning, refrigeration and heat pumps by 15% to 205 giving customers a return on investment in as little as 12 months.
SWK Holdings Corp. (OTCQB: SWKH) – SWK Holdings Corporation ("SWK") is a publicly traded, specialized finance company with a focus on the global healthcare sector. SWK partners with ethical product marketers and royalty holders to provide flexible financing solutions at an attractive cost of capital to create long-term value for both SWK’s business partners and its investors.
TapImmune, Inc. (OTCQB: TPIV) – TapImmune is a cancer and viral disease immunotherapy products R&D company.
Vertical Computer Systems, Inc. (OTCQB: VCSY) – Vertical Computer Systems is a global provider of application software, cloud-based and software services, Internet core technologies, and intellectual property assets through its distribution network with operations and/or sales in the United States, Canada and Brazil.
VCSY’s primary product, emPath, is a human resources and payroll software solution distributed by its subsidiary NOW Solutions. SnAPPnet, a physician's credentialing solution is distributed by its subsidiary, SnAPPnet, Inc. VCSY is finalizing and preparing to market PTS, a time and attendance software solution through its subsidiary Priority Time Systems, Inc.
VCSY also has internet core technologies. SiteFlash is a software technology that utilizes XML and publishes content on the Web, enabling the user to build and efficiently operate websites with the unique ability to separate form, function, and content.
The Emily XML scripting language, a Markup Language Executive (MLE), provides a flexible way to create common information formats and share both the format and the data on the World Wide Web, intranets, and elsewhere.
The Emily Framework was developed to be an engineering package. The Emily Framework is used to create Web-based applications that communicate via XML and HTTP.
VCSY is also developing Ploinks, a mobile communications channel.
Where Food Comes From, Inc. (OTCQB: WFCF) – Where Food Comes From is an independent, third-party food verification company. It visits farms and ranches and looks at their plants, animals, and records, and compare all of the information it collects to specific standards or claims they want to make about how they are producing food. It strives each and every day to ensure that everyone involved in the food business - from growers and farmers to retailers and shoppers - can count on Where Food Comes From to provide authentic and transparent information about the food people eat and how, where, and by whom it is produced.
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