The Mission Report

The MissionIR Report - January 2018

Featured CompanyVictory Square Technologies Inc. (CSE: VST) (OTC: VSQTF) (FRANKFURT: 6F6) (WKN: A2AKL8)

Victory Square Technologies Inc. (CSE: VST) (OTC: VSQTF) (FRANKFURT: 6F6) (WKN: A2AKL8) is a venture builder that creates, funds and empowers entrepreneurs working in the fields of blockchain technology, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, personalized health, gaming and film. As a technology incubator, Victory Square invests in game-changing entrepreneurs who are provided access to education programs, global mentorship networks, distribution partners, creative workspaces, resources, and other forms of operational support to help them scale internationally.

Victory Square has made multiple early partnerships and investments in the blockchain space. Approximately three years ago the company incubated and invested in BTL Group, which is now a $150 million dollar TSX-listed company offering blockchain solutions across multiple industries with particular focus on the finance, energy and gaming sectors. BTL's showcase product – Interbit – is a blockchain platform that facilitates the rapid development of business applications that dramatically improve efficiency. Some of the world's largest institutions are using Interbit to explore new opportunities on private blockchains.

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ChineseInvestors.com (CIIX)

Founded in 1999, ChineseInvestors.com has become a leading financial information website for Chinese-speaking investors in the United States and China. Recognizing unprecedented opportunities in the U.S. cannabis industry, CIIX is also laying the groundwork to capitalize on growing demand for cannabidiol (CBD)-based nutrition and health products.

Through its primary website, www.ChineseInvestors.com, CIIX offers a variety of investor education products and services, including real-time market commentary, analysis and educational related services in Chinese language character sets; consultative services to smaller private companies considering becoming a public company; and advertising and public relations related support services.

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DOJA Cannabis Company Ltd. (CSE: DOJA) (OTC: DJACF)

DOJA Cannabis Company Ltd. is a premium cannabis lifestyle brand featuring the highest quality handcrafted strains in Canada. DOJA's wholly owned subsidiary, Northern Lights Marijuana Company, is a Health Canada licensed cannabis producer located in Kelowna within the heart of British Columbia's picturesque Okanagan Valley.

Famous as the "Napa of the North," Kelowna and its rapidly growing tourism industry accounted for 1.9 million visitors in 2106. DOJA co-founder and CEO Trent Kitsch said the company's phase 1 facility – a 7,100 square foot building in West Kelowna – houses three grow rooms, each capable of producing 660 kilograms of marijuana per year. The grow rooms are outfitted with state-of-the-art equipment engineered specifically for indoor cannabis cultivation.

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Emblem Corp. (TSX.V: EMC) (OTC: EMMBF)

Emblem Corp. is a publicly traded, fully integrated Canadian medical and adult recreational cannabis company led by a team of proven senior executives with experience in the pharmaceutical industry, the cannabis horticulture industry and health care.

Emblem is an "indoor" cannabis producer, growing in six controlled environment indoor grow rooms at its facility in Paris, Ontario. A seventh grow room will be added by spring 2018, which will bring Emblem's total capacity to 2,400 kilograms per year at a cost-effective 1.5 grams per watt.

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India Globalization Capital, Inc. (IGC)

India Globalization Capital, Inc. (NYSE MKT: IGC) is a first mover in developing a portfolio of products using cannabis-based "combination therapies" for the treatment of Alzheimer's, cachexia, pain and other conditions.

Through a definitive agreement with the University of South Florida, IGC is the exclusive licensee of the U.S. patent filing entitled "THC as a Potential Therapeutic Agent for Alzheimer's Disease." Known as America's most expensive disease with an estimated cost to the U.S. economy of $236 billion, Alzheimer's currently effects more than 5.3 million Americans and over the next 20 years the number of those afflicted with the disease is expected to double. By acquiring the exclusive right to this patent filing, IGC is protecting a potential cannabis-based blockbuster treatment.

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Net Element, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETE)

Net Element is a global financial technology and value-added solutions group that supports electronic payments acceptance in an omni-channel environment spanning across point-of-sale, e-commerce, and mobile devices. Net Element operates a payments-as-a-service transactional model and value-added services platform for small to medium enterprises in the U.S. and selected emerging markets. 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 Technology Fast 500 ™ and South Florida Business Journal's 2016 fastest growing technology companies.

Net Element believes the future of global commerce is being revolutionized as consumers quickly migrate toward omni-channel shopping utilizing mobile devices, desktop, and online services. Net Element's all-in-one payment solutions support and unify a whole range of applications through a single, robust platform, allowing global onboarding and support for multiple payment methods.

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Pressure BioSciences Inc. (PBIO)

Pressure BioSciences, Inc. develops, markets and sells proprietary laboratory instrumentation and associated consumables to the life sciences sample preparation market. Sample preparation refers to the wide range of activities that precede most forms of scientific analysis. It is often complex and time-consuming, yet a critical part of scientific research. The market for sample preparation products is currently estimated at $6 billion worldwide.

The Company's product line can be used to exquisitely control the sample preparation process. It is based on a patented, enabling technology platform called pressure cycling technology ("PCT"). PCT uses alternating cycles of hydrostatic pressure between ambient (14.5 psi) and ultra-high levels (up to 100,000 psi) to safely and reproducibly control critical biological processes, such as the lysis (breakage) of cells, the digestion of proteins, and the inactivation of pathogens.

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Emblem Corp. (TSX.V: EMC) (OTC: EMMBF)

Emblem Corp. is a publicly traded, fully integrated Canadian medical and adult recreational cannabis company led by a team of proven senior executives with experience in the pharmaceutical industry, the cannabis horticulture industry and health care.

Emblem is an "indoor" cannabis producer, growing in six controlled environment indoor grow rooms at its facility in Paris, Ontario. A seventh grow room will be added by spring 2018, which will bring Emblem's total capacity to 2,400 kilograms per year at a cost-effective 1.5 grams per watt.

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Standard Lithium Ltd. (TSXV: SLL) (FRA: S5L) (OTCQX: STLHF)

Standard Lithium Ltd. is a Canadian-based energy exploration and development company that is building one of the largest portfolios of high quality, domestic U.S. lithium brine assets. Its data and technology driven project development model is grounded in knowledge, opportunity and speed. Standard Lithium is led by an innovative and results-oriented management team with a strong focus on technical skills. The company has acquired several prospective lithium brine projects with known geological values consistent with producing basins, including its primary focus, the Bristol Dry Lake, California brownfield project that is permitted for related mineral production with accompanying world class infrastructure which are expected to contribute to faster, lower cost exploration and commercial development programs.

Recent results from a geophysical survey of the 25,000-acre Bristol Lake site suggest a high concentration of lithium-bearing brines are present throughout the company's mineral lease agreement claims. Standard Lithium's strategic partner in the venture, National Chloride Corporation of America, is well established in the region. All necessary infrastructure is on site, which gives Standard Lithium immediate access to conduct exploration brine sampling, lithium extraction, evaporation and processing activities, all within a fast-track project development schedule.

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