Marcum MicroCap Conference
June 1-2, 2016
Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York, NY
The Marcum MicroCap Conference is a forum where publicly traded companies with less than $500 million in market capitalization can network with the investment community. The two-day 2016 conference will include feature presentations by CEOs and CFOs from seven principal industry sectors, expert panels moderated by industry leaders, and the opportunity to meet with management of presenting companies on a one-on-one basis. Marcum is partnered with KCSA Strategic Communications to present this year's Marcum MicroCap Conference.
Presenting Companies
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SLOT 1 – 9am
22nd Century Group, Inc. (XXII)
22nd Century Group, Inc. (NYSE: XXII) is a plant biotechnology company focused on the development of technology that permits the management of nicotine levels in tobacco plants through genetic engineering and plant breeding. The company currently owns or exclusively controls more than 185 issued patents and more than 54 pending patent applications around the world. Through the development of innovative smoking cessation products and modified risk tobacco products, XXII aims to reduce the harm caused by conventional cigarettes. For more information, visit the company's website at www.xxiicentury.com
Citius Pharmaceuticals (CTXR)
Citius Pharmaceuticals (OTC: CTXR) is a specialty pharmaceutical company that develops and commercializes therapeutic products. The company's product portfolio includes: Suprenza ODT, a phentermine orally disintegrating tablet used for the treatment of obesity; and Hydrocortisone-Lidocaine Cream, in phase 2 of clinical trials for the treatment of hemorrhoids. Citius has a collaboration and license agreement with Alpex Pharma S.A. to develop and commercialize orally disintegrating tablet formulations of pharmaceutical products throughout North America. The company recently announced its acquisition of Leonard Meron, a late-stage specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of critical care products with a concentration on anti-infective drugs. For more information, visit the company's website at www.citiuspharma.com
FTE Networks (FTNW)
FTE Networks (OTC: FTNW), together with its subsidiaries, provides international and regional telecommunications and technology systems, and infrastructure services. The company specializes in the design, engineering, installation and maintenance of various forms of telecommunications infrastructure, also provides wireless solutions to various wireless carriers, and designs, engineers, installs, repairs and maintains fiber optic, copper, and coaxial cable networks. FTE Networks serves Fortune 500 customers in the wireline and wireless telecommunications industry, as well as technology providers and integrators, cable television multiple system operators, and corporations, and state and local governments in the United States. For more information, visit the company's website at www.ftenet.com
IEG Holdings Corp. (IEGH)
IEG Holdings Corp. (OTC: IEGH) is an online unsecured consumer loan lender operating through its subsidiary, Investment Evolution Corp., under the brand name, "Mr. Amazing Loans." Through its website, IEG Holdings lends $5,000 loans over a term of five years at a 23.9% to 29.9% APR in 17 U.S. states, with plans to expand to 25 U.S. states during 2016. IEG Holdings is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, and originates direct consumer installment loans online to residents of Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah and Virginia. Investment Evolution holds state licenses and/or certificates of authority to lend in these 16 states and offers all loans within the prevailing statutory rates. For more information, visit the company's website at www.investmentevolution.com
Jaguar Animal Health (JAGX)
Jaguar Animal Health (NASDAAQ: JAGX) is an animal health company focused on the development and commercialization of first-in-class gastrointestinal products for companion and production animals, foals, and high-value horses. The company's lead prescription drug product candidate, Canalevia™, is intended for the treatment of various forms of diarrhea in dogs. Jaguar has nine active investigational new animal drug applications, or INADs, filed with the FDA and intends to develop species-specific formulations of Neonorm™ in six additional target species, formulations of SB-300 in horses, and Canalevia™ for cats and dogs. For more information, visit the company's website at www.jaguaranimalhealth.com
U.S. Geothermal, Inc. (HTM)
U.S. Geothermal, Inc. (NYSE: HTM) is a profitable renewable energy company focused on the development, production and sale of electricity from geothermal energy. The company is currently operating geothermal power projects in Oregon, Nevada and Idaho, representing a total power generation capacity of approximately 45MW. U.S. Geothermal has advanced stage development projects at the Geysers, in California, and a second phase project at San Emidio, Nevada, and El Ceibillo, located near Guatemala City, Guatemala. Exploration projects include Nevada and Oregon. U.S. Geothermal's growth strategy is to reach 200MWs of production by 2020, through a combination of internal development and strategic acquisitions. For more information, visit the company's website at www.usgeothermal.com
VBI Vaccines, Inc. (VBIV)
VBI Vaccines, Inc. (NASDAQ: VBIV) is a biopharmaceutical company developing novel technologies that seek to expand vaccine protection in large underserved markets. VBI's eVLP vaccine platform allows for the design of enveloped ("e") virus-like particle ("VLP") vaccines that closely mimic the target virus. The company's lead eVLP asset is a prophylactic Cytomegalovirus ("CMV") vaccine for which the company has initiated work for GMP manufacturing for use in formal preclinical and phase I trials. The second platform is a thermostable technology that enables the development of vaccines and biologics that can withstand storage or shipment at constantly fluctuating temperatures. VBI has completed proof of concept thermostability studies on a number of vaccine and biologic targets. For more information, visit the company's website at www.vbivaccines.com
SLOT 2 – 9:30am
Direct Insite's (DIRI)
Direct Insite's (OTC: DIRI) unified working capital management platform facilitates over $160 billion worth of transactions annually between more than 375,000 companies worldwide. The flagship component of the company's platform is PAYBOX™, an innovative receivables automation solution that combines electronic invoicing, online approvals and adjustments, electronic payments, and integration with any legacy accounting, ERP or lockbox system. PAYBOX™ is primarily sold through banks to corporate users of their treasury management and lockbox services. Banks and corporations use PAYBOX™ to reduce Days Sales Outstanding, lower costs, and improve straight-through AR posting. For more information, visit the company's website at www.directinsite.com
Finjan (FNJN)
Finjan (NASDAQ: FNJN) is a technology company whose early innovations and products helped define the state-of-the-art for detecting and deflecting software intrusions and malicious code delivery, over Internet and private networks, to devices located at endpoint connections. Finjan has successfully licensed its patents to a number of industry players, demonstrated a strong commitment to pursuing unlicensed companies through litigation, resulting in more than $145 million in licensing revenues, to date. The company continues to invest in the security sector and intends to broaden its technology and intellectual property holdings through continued acquisition, investment, and strategic partnerships. For more information, visit the company's website at www.finjan.com
MagneGas® Corp. (MNGA)
MagneGas® Corp. (NASDAQ: MNGA) owns a patented process that converts various liquid wastes into hydrogen based fuels, which can be used as a replacement to natural gas or for metal cutting. MagneGas fuel production systems can be set-up locally using various types of feedstock. The company is also developing a variety of ancillary uses for MagneGas® fuels utilizing its high flame temperature for co-combustion of hydrocarbon fuels and other advanced applications. For more information, visit the company's website at www.magnegas.com
Tecogen® (TGEN)
Tecogen® (NASDAQ: TGEN) designs, manufactures, sells, installs and maintains high efficiency, ultra-clean cogeneration products, including natural gas engine-driven combined heat and power, air conditioning systems, and high-efficiency water heaters for residential, commercial, recreational and industrial use. The company is known for cost efficient, environmentally friendly and reliable products for energy production that, through patented technology, nearly eliminate criteria pollutants and significantly reduce a customer's carbon footprint. For more information, visit the company's website at www.tecogen.com
Terra Tech (TRTC)
Terra Tech (OTC: TRTC), through its wholly owned GrowOp Technology subsidiary, specializes in controlled environment agricultural technologies. The company integrates hydroponic equipment with proprietary software and hardware to provide sustainable solutions for indoor agriculture enterprises. Through its wholly owned Edible Garden subsidiary, Terra Tech cultivates sustainably grown hydroponic produce sold through major grocery stores. The company's MediFarm, LLC subsidiaries are focused on medical cannabis businesses throughout Nevada, while its IVXX, LLC subsidiary produces medical cannabis-extracted products for regulated medical cannabis dispensaries throughout California. For more information, visit the company's website at www.terratechcorp.com
Theralase Technologies (TLTFF)
Theralase Technologies' (OTC: TLTFF) Therapeutic Laser Technology ("TLT") division designs, manufactures and markets patented super-pulsed laser technology indicated for the elimination of pain, reduction of inflammation, and dramatic acceleration of tissue healing for numerous nerve, muscle and joint conditions. The company's Photo Dynamic Therapy ("PDT") division researches and develops specially designed molecules called Photo Dynamic Compounds ("PDCs"), which are able to localize to cancer cells and then when laser light activated, effectively destroy them. For more information, visit the company's website at www.theralase.com
SLOT 3 – 10am
Akoustis Technologies (AKTS)
Akoustis Technologies (OTC: AKTS) is a high-tech RF filter solutions company with unique, patent-pending Bulk ONE™ acoustic wave technology used to produce single-crystal bulk acoustic wave (BAW) filters for the mobile-wireless industry. This technology facilitates signal acquisition and accelerates band performance between the antenna and the back-end of mobile devices. The BAW filter market is rapidly expanding, driven by growth in 4G/LTE and the number of filters required per device. Akoustis' "fabless" business model is capital efficient, leveraging existing manufacturing infrastructure in the semiconductor industry. For more information, visit the company's website at www.akoustis.com
Aytu BioScience (AYTU)
Aytu BioScience (OTC: AYTU) is a commercial-stage specialty healthcare company with a portfolio of commercial and late-stage urology products addresses prostate cancer, urinary tract infections, male infertility and male sexual dysfunction. Aytu currently markets ProstaScint, which is FDA-approved as an imaging agent for use in both newly diagnosed, high-risk prostate cancer patients and patients with recurrent prostate cancer; Primsol®, the only FDA-approved trimethoprim-only oral solution for urinary tract infections; and outside the U.S., the CE Marked MiOXSYS™ System. MiOXSYS is the only rapid test for assessing oxidative stress in semen and seminal plasma, a leading contributor of idiopathic male infertility. For more information, visit the company's website at www.aytubio.com
Ocean Power Technologies (OPTT)
Ocean Power Technologies (NASDAQ: OPTT) is a New Jersey-based pioneer in ocean wave energy conversion. OPT's proprietary PowerBuoy® technology is based on a scalable and modular design which allows for flexibility in meeting customer power requirements. The company specializes in cost-effective and environmentally sound ocean wave-based power generation and energy storage technology. For more information, visit the company's website at www.oceanpowertech.com
Rand Capital (RAND)
Rand Capital (NASDAQ: RAND) provides investors the ability to participate in venture capital opportunities. Rand is a closed-end management investment company regulated as a Business Development Company (BDC); its wholly owned subsidiary, Rand Capital SBIC, Inc., is licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) as a Small Business Investment Company (SBIC). Rand focuses its investments in early or expansion stage companies with strong leadership that are bringing to market new or unique products, technologies or services that have a high potential for growth. For more information, visit the company's website at www.randcapital.com
StemCells, Inc. (STEM)
StemCells, Inc. (NASDAQ: STEM) is using its proprietary human neural stem cells for treating disorders of the central nervous system. The company has completed four phase I/II clinical trials, including one in age related macular degeneration and one in spinal cord injury – both of which achieved positive results. StemCells currently is pursuing a follow-on phase II study in chronic cervical spinal cord injury. Interim results on the first six patients in Cohort I of the studies showed gains in muscle strength in five of the six patients; four of those five subjects also demonstrated improved performance on functional tasks assessing dexterity and fine motor skills; and, four of the six patients had improvement in the anatomic level of injury. Final results from this Cohort will be available Q2 2016 with final study results available 2017. For more information, visit the company's website at www.stemcellsinc.com
Village Farms International (VFFIF)
Village Farms International (OTC: VFFIF) is one of the largest producers, marketers and distributors of premium-quality, greenhouse-grown tomatoes, bell peppers and cucumbers in North America. Village Farms' products, as well as products produced under exclusive arrangements with other greenhouse producers, is grown in sophisticated, highly efficient and intensive agricultural greenhouse facilities located in British Columbia and Texas. Products are marketed and distributed under the Village Farms® brand primarily to retail grocers and dedicated fresh food distributors throughout the United States and Canada. For more information, visit the company's website at www.villagefarms.com
SLOT 4 – 10:30am
Alcentra Capital (ABDC)
Alcentra Capital (NASDAQ: ABDC) is an externally managed, closed-end, non-diversified management investment company that has elected to be regulated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Alcentra's investment objective is to generate both current income and capital appreciation primarily by making direct investments in lower middle-market companies in the form of subordinated debt and, to a lesser extent, senior debt and minority equity investments. Alcentra's investment activities are managed by its investment adviser, Alcentra NY, LLC. For more information, visit the company's website at www.alcentracapital.com
Avalon Advanced Materials (AVLNF)
Avalon Advanced Materials (OTC: AVLNF) is a Canadian mineral development company primarily focused on the rare metals and minerals markets. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Avalon has three wholly owned, advanced stage projects, providing investors with exposure to lithium, tin and indium, as well as rare earth elements, tantalum, niobium and zirconium. Avalon is currently focusing on its Separation Rapids Lithium Project near Kenora, Ontario, which has the potential to produce a high purity lithium concentrate for two separate markets: an industrial mineral product for the glass-ceramics sector; and high purity lithium compounds for energy storage. For more information, visit the company's website at www.avalonadvancedmaterials.com
Ceres (CERE)
Ceres (NASDAQ: CERE) is an agricultural biotech company focused on forage and feed crops. The company uses a combination of advanced plant breeding, biotechnology and bioinformatics to develop forages with a better balance of yield, energy and nutrition. Ceres markets its improved seed products under its Blade brand, and also licenses its biotech traits and technology, including its Persephone genome visualization software, to other life science companies and organizations. Ceres is based in Thousand Oaks, California. For more information, visit the company's website at www.ceres.net
ContraVir (CTRV)
ContraVir (NASDAQ: CTRV) is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of targeted antiviral therapies with two candidates in mid-to-late stage clinical development. ContraVir's lead clinical drug, FV-100, is an orally available nucleoside analogue prodrug being developed for the treatment of herpes zoster (shingles), which is currently in phase 3 clinical development. In addition to direct antiviral activity, FV-100 has demonstrated the potential to reduce the incidence of debilitating shingles-associated pain known as post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN) in a phase 2 clinical study. ContraVir is also developing CMX157, a highly potent analog of the successful antiviral drug tenofovir, for the Hepatitis B virus. For more information, visit the company's website at www.contravir.com
Progressive Care (RXMD)
Progressive Care (OTC: RXMD) is a provider of prescription pharmaceuticals and durable medical equipment to retail customers, doctors' offices, clinics and long-term care facilities, which include assisted living facilities and retirement centers. Company operations are focused on the South Florida market where management believes demographics are synergistic with its marketing efforts of its product line and anti-viral patient management. For more information, visit the company's website at www.progressivecareus.com
Staffing 360 Solutions (STAF)
Staffing 360 Solutions (NASDAQ: STAF) is engaged in the acquisition of domestic and international staffing organizations. Through this high growth buy-and-build model, the company has expanded from roughly $5 million in revenues in 2013 to over $145 million in revenues on a current annualized basis. The company's veteran management team is focused on converting its pipeline of acquisitions targets into M&A transactions that will fuel the company's growth past its publicly stated goal of achieving $300 million in revenue. For more information, visit the company's website at www.staffing360solutions.com
SLOT 5 – 11am
BioSig Technologies (BSGM)
BioSig Technologies (OTC: BSGM) is a medical device company preparing to commercialize its PURE EP System, a surface electrocardiogram (ECG) and intracardiac multichannel recording and analysis system designed to provide high-fidelity cardiac signal recordings and enhanced data. The company has achieved proof-of-concept and has performed preclinical studies at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. BioSig is collaborating with several of the nation's most prestigious cardiac arrhythmia centers to develop, refine and, ultimately, commercialize the PURE EP System. For more information, visit the company's website at www.biosigtech.com
Coffee Holding (JVA)
Coffee Holding (NASDAQ: JVA) is an integrated wholesale coffee roaster and dealer with core products divided into three categories: Wholesale Green Coffee, Private Label Coffee and Branded Coffee. The company's private label and branded coffee products are sold throughout the United States, Canada and abroad to supermarkets, wholesalers, and individually owned and multi-unit retail customers. Established in 1972, Coffee Holding has remained profitable through varying cycles in the coffee industry and the economy. For more information, visit the company's website at www.coffeeholding.com
International Western Petroleum (INWP)
International Western Petroleum (OTC: INWP) is a Texas-based E&P company focused on the acquisition, development and exploration of crude oil and natural gas properties in Texas. The company is actively looking to acquire oil and gas properties and apply latest technologies and production know-how to increase acreage, productions and reserves with a focus in the Central West Texas region. For more information, visit the company's website at www.iwpetroleum.com
Medical Transcription Billing (MTBC)
Medical Transcription Billing (NASDAQ: MTBC) is a healthcare information technology solution provider that offers physician practices a comprehensive product portfolio of fully integrated WebEHR, revenue cycle and practice management solutions and other related business services including transcription and data management. These technological solutions and related business services can aid physician practices to cost-effectively and successfully meet regulatory challenges and prosper amidst a rapidly shifting healthcare industry environment. For more information, visit the company's website at www.mtbc.com
Notis Global (NGBL)
Notis Global (OTC: NGBL) specializes in the cultivation, extraction and product development in the multi-billion dollar legal cannabis industry. The company and its partners are working to bring best practices and drive significant revenues in the cannabis industry. Through key partnerships, Notis is a leading U.S.-based provider of Cannabidiol (CBD) oil and has a significant ownership stake in one of the largest hemp operations in the United States. Notis also has operating stakes in several licensed retail dispensaries across the country. For more information, visit the company's website at www.notisglobal.com
Xtant Medical Holdings, Inc. (XTNT)
Xtant Medical Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: XTNT) develops, manufactures and markets class-leading regenerative medicine products and medical devices for domestic and international markets. Xtant products serve the specialized needs of orthopedic and neurological surgeons, including orthobiologics for the promotion of bone healing, implants and instrumentation for the treatment of spinal disease, tissue grafts for the treatment of orthopedic disorders, and biologics to promote healing following cranial, and foot and ankle surgeries. With core competencies in both biologic and non-biologic surgical technologies, Xtant can leverage its resources to successfully compete in global neurological and orthopedic surgery markets. For more information, visit the company's website at www.xtantmedical.com
SLOT 6 – 11:30am
Be Active Holdings (JALA)
Be Active Holdings (OTC: JALA) manufactures and markets all natural, probiotic-enriched Greek frozen yogurt under the Jala brand. The company's Greek frozen yogurt is packaged as low fat bars and pints, which are designed to appeal both the health conscious and weight conscious consumer. Be Active Holdings' founder and President Sam Pugliese was the previous founder and president of Skinny Cow ice cream brand, which was sold to Nestle for $76 million. For more information, visit the company's website at www.jalabars.com
Capnia (CAPN)
Capnia (NASDAQ: CAPN) develops and commercializes novel products based on its proprietary technologies for precision metering of gas flow. The company's lead product, CoSense®, is a portable, non-invasive device that rapidly and accurately measures carbon monoxide (CO) in exhaled breath. CoSense has 510(k) clearance for sale in the U.S. and has received CE Mark certification for sale in the EU. Capnia's proprietary therapeutic technology uses nasal, non-inhaled CO2 and is being evaluated to treat the symptoms of allergies, as well as the trigeminally mediated pain conditions such as cluster headache, trigeminal neuralgia and migraine. For more information, visit the company's website at www.capnia.com
Cesca Therapeutics (KOOL)
Cesca Therapeutics (NASDAQ: KOOL) is engaged in the research, development and commercialization of cellular therapeutics and devices for use in regenerative medicine and hematological and oncological applications. The company's technologies address cellular therapeutics, medical/diagnostic devices, cell manufacturing and cryopreservation. Along with its proprietary automated devices for concentration of therapeutic stem cells from blood, Cesca is currently undertaking an FDA-approved pivotal trial to treat late stage critical limb ischemia (CLI) with its SurgWerks™ Platform for the delivery of regenerative cell therapy for vascular disease and orthopedic indications. For more information, visit the company's website at www.cescatherapeutics.com
COPsync (COYN)
COPsync (NASDAQ: COYN) is America's largest law enforcement real-time information sharing, communication and data interoperability network. COPsync provides officers the ability to instantly access local, state, and federal law enforcement databases, efficiently gather information at the point of incident, and immediately share critical data with all officers on the COPsync Network. For more information, visit the company's website at www.copsync.com
Powerstorm (PSTO)
Powerstorm (OTC: PSTO) specializes in renewable energy technology. The company offers sustainable, green, plug and play, and hybrid solutions that provide reliable energy to communities in off-grid locations. Powerstorm is focused on providing complete, cost-effective energy storage solutions that integrate comprehensive modular architecture and address every factor of energy storage systems with the objective to make it intuitive and logical for consumers. The company has deployed its first systems and has a healthy pipeline for deployment 2016. For more information, visit the company's website at www.powerstormess.com
TESSCO Technologies (TESS)
TESSCO Technologies (NASDAQ: TESS) is an industry-leading, total source provider to the global wireless marketplace. The company makes wireless work for wireless system operators, program managers, contractors, utility, transportation, enterprise and government organizations, and resellers – delivering the innovative product + value chain solutions they need to deploy and support wireless systems. For more information, visit the company's website at www.tessco.com
SLOT 7 – 2pm
HealthWarehouse.com, Inc. (HEWA)
HealthWarehouse.com, Inc. (OTC: HEWA) is focused on the out-of-pocket prescription drug market, which is expected to grow to more than $80 billion in 2016. HealthWarehouse.com is currently one of less than 45 Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Websites ("VIPPS") accredited by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy and is the only VIPPS accredited pharmacy licensed in all 50 states that processes out-of-pocket prescriptions online. The company is a four-time winner of the BizRate Circle of Excellence Award for outstanding customer service and satisfaction, and was recognized by major consumer publications as having the lowest price among top U.S. pharmacies for commonly prescribed medications. For more information, visit the company's website at www.healthwarehouse.com
Neurotrope BioScience (NTRP)
Neurotrope BioScience (OTC: NTRP) is a specialty biopharmaceutical company developing new therapeutics for the treatment of rare diseases (Orphan diseases) and Alzheimer's disease. The company has also advanced two other Orphan Disease programs for Niemann Pick Disease and Fragile X Syndrome. The company has successfully completed a first phase II study in moderate Alzheimer's patients and is planning to start a second phase II study. For more information, visit the company's website at www.neurotropebioscience.com
PetroShare (PRHR)
PetroShare (OTC: PRHR) is a domestic oil and natural gas exploration and development company based in Centennial, Colorado. The company targets capital deployment opportunities in established unconventional resource plays. Its current focus is in the Niobrara/Codell formations and adjacent oil and gas producing zones in the Rocky Mountain region with specific targets in the Wattenberg field within the DJ Basin of northeast Colorado. For more information, visit the company's website at www.petrosharecorp.com
RiceBran Technologies (RIBT)
RiceBran Technologies (NASDAQ: RIBT) is a technology food company focused on the procurement, bio-refining and marketing of numerous products derived from rice bran. The company has proprietary and patented intellectual property that converts rice bran, one of the world's most underutilized food sources, into highly nutritious human food ingredients and functional foods. The finished product formulas utilize RiceBran Technologies' proprietary and patented ingredients to enable the company to target the global nutraceutical and functional food markets, which include human food manufacturers, functional food and supplement manufacturers and animal nutrition manufacturers. For more information, visit the company's website at www.ricebrantech.com
SecureCom Mobile (SCQBF)
SecureCom Mobile (OTC: SCQBF) provides encryption technology solutions in securing mobile phone conversations and digital messaging for enterprise and consumer markets. The company's SecurePair™ brand is an open-source technology that enables people to communicate using voice, text and data messaging. SecureCom employs cryptographically strong algorithms and protocols to shield communications from surveillance and analysis, thereby ensuring total privacy. For more information, visit the company's website at www.securecommobile.com
VolitionRx Limited (VNRX)
VolitionRx Limited (NYSE: VNRX) is a life sciences company focused on developing blood-based diagnostic tests for different types of cancer. The tests are based on the science of Nucleosomics, which is the practice of identifying and measuring nucleosomes in the bloodstream – an indication that cancer is present. VolitionRx's goal is to make the tests as common and simple to use, for both patients and doctors, as existing diabetic and cholesterol blood tests. VolitionRx's research and development activities are currently centered in Belgium as the company focuses on bringing its diagnostic products to market first in Europe, then in the U.S., and ultimately, worldwide. For more information, visit the company's website at www.volitionrx.com
SLOT 8 – 2:30pm
Acme United (ACU)
Acme United (NYSE: ACU) is a global supplier of innovative cutting, measuring, first aid and sharpening products for use in the school, home, office, hardware, sporting goods and industrial markets. The company's leading brands include Westcott®, Clauss®, Camillus®, Cuda®, PhysiciansCare®, First Aid Only®, Pac Kit® and DMT®. Acme has had six years of increasing sales and earnings, and has been recognized by Forbes, Business Week, and Fortune as among the fastest growing small companies in the U.S. For more information, visit the company's website at www.acmeunited.com
Avant Diagnostics (AVDX)
Avant Diagnostics (OTC: AVDX) is a diagnostic company that focuses on the commercialization of a series of proprietary microarray-based diagnostic tests that provide early detection of cancers, neurodegenerative diseases, and other chronic and severe diseases. The company's premier product is OvaDx, a non-invasive proteomics diagnostic screening test for early detection of ovarian cancer. The company believes this test could be approved as the first pre-symptomatic screening test for ovarian cancer in the U.S., detecting all types and stages of ovarian cancer with high sensitivity and specificity. For more information, visit the company's website at www.avantdiagnostics.com
Marathon Patent Group (MARA)
Marathon Patent Group (NASDAQ: MARA) is focused on the acquisition and monetization of patents. The company acquires patents and patent rights from various patent owners ranging from individual inventors to Fortune 500 companies. The company monetizes patents and patent rights by entering in to license discussions, and settlement and license agreements. As of the end of 2014 MARA owned 378 patents and patent rights, and 22 patent applications in various technologies and markets. For more information, visit the company's website at www.marathonpg.com
PositiveID Corp. (PSID)
PositiveID Corp. (OTC: PSID) is a life sciences tools and diagnostics company that specializes in biological detection and molecular diagnostic systems for homeland defense and the global healthcare market. With an extensive patent portfolio, the company develops microfluidic systems in order to detect biological threats and outbreaks, whether airborne, in a healthcare setting, or at the point of need. PositiveID is also a leader in the mobile technology vehicle market, through its E-N-G Mobile Systems subsidiary, with a focus on the laboratory market, communications, and homeland security. Its Thermomedics subsidiary markets the FDA-cleared Caregiver® non-contact thermometer, which features TouchFree technology. For more information, visit the company's website at www.psidcorp.com
Sysorex Global Holdings Corp. (SYRX)
Sysorex Global Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SYRX) is a leading provider of Information Technology Support Services for enterprise-level IT environments, including full life cycle software development, interface, integration, operational support and IT Network Infrastructure Modernization Services. With more than 30 years of operating history, Sysorex Global Holdings provides a wide range of consulting, systems engineering, cyber security, data analytics and program management expertise. For more information, visit the company's website at www.sysorex.com
Weyland Tech, Inc. (WEYL)
Weyland Tech, Inc.'s (OTC: WEYL) CreateApp platform is focused on the Asia markets. The company's CreateApp platform is offered in 11 languages and enables small-medium-sized businesses ("SMEs") to create a mobile application ("app") without the need of technical knowledge and background. CreateApp is designed to increase sales, reach more customers, and promote the user's products and services via a simple, easy-to-build mobile app at an affordable and cost-effective manner. For more information, visit the company's website at www.weyland-tech.com
SLOT 9 – 3pm
Fuling Global (FORK)
Fuling Global (NASDAQ: FORK) is a specialized producer and distributor of environmentally friendly plastic serviceware, with manufacturing facilities the U.S. and China. The company's plastic serviceware products include disposable cutlery, drinking straws, cups, plates and other plastics products and are used by more than 100 customers primarily from the U.S. and Europe, including Subway, Wendy's, Burger King, KFC (China only) and Walmart. Fuling Global also provides its products to international supermarket and retail stores, international plastic food service product dealers, manufacturers, and small and medium-sized wholesale dealers. For more information, visit the company's website at www.fulingplastics.com
Long Island Iced Tea Corp (LTEA)
Long Island Iced Tea Corp. (OTC: LTEA) operates in the ready-to-drink tea segment of the beverage industry via its non-alcoholic, premium iced tea bottled beverages. The company is currently organized around its flagship brand, Long Island Iced Tea, a premium, ready-to-drink, proprietary recipe iced tea sold primarily through a network of national and regional retail chains and distributors focused on the East Coast of the United States. For more information, visit the company's website at www.longislandicedtea.com
Pressure BioSciences (PBIO)
Pressure BioSciences (OTC: PBIO) develops, markets and sells proprietary laboratory instrumentation and consumables to the life sciences sample preparation market. The company's products are based on the unique properties of both constant and alternating hydrostatic pressure. Its pressure cycling technology 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. Pressure BioSciences' primary application development and sales efforts are in the biomarker discovery and forensics areas. For more information, visit the company's website at www.pressurebiosciences.com
SLOT 10 – 3:30pm
ChromaDex (CDXC)
ChromaDex (NASDAQ: CDXC) leverages its complementary business units to discover, acquire, develop and commercialize patented and proprietary ingredient technologies that address the dietary supplement, food, beverage, skin care and pharmaceutical markets. The company also has business units focused on natural product fine chemicals, chemistry and analytical testing services, and product regulatory and safety consulting. ChromaDex discovers and licenses early stage, IP-backed ingredient technologies then utilizes in-house chemistry, regulatory and safety consulting business units to develop commercially viable ingredients. The company's ingredient portfolio is backed with clinical and scientific research, as well as extensive IP protection and patented ingredient technologies. For more information, visit the company's website at www.chromadex.com
Green PolkaDot Box (GPDB)
Green PolkaDot Box (OTC: GPDB) is an online food distributor focused on solving the high cost and limited availability of clean foods and slowing the proliferation of GMO contaminated foods that are found in more than 70% of the food supply. The company's mission is to deliver clean foods to millions of U.S. households at wholesale pricing with free home delivery. Green PolkaDot Box provides its services through a network of thousands of influential health merchants. For more information, visit the company's website at www.greenpolkadotbox.com
SoupMan (SOUP)
SoupMan (OTC: SOUP) was formed in 1984 and has since grown into a multi-channel national brand that produces small-batch soups that live up to their Zagat and Consumer Reports "Best" ratings. The company markets its products through supermarket distribution, franchised restaurants, and its ecommerce-enabled website. SoupMan's wholly owned subsidiary, The Original SoupMan, Inc., is a leading national brand in premium soup category. For more information, visit the company's website at www.originalsoupman.com
Viking Therapeutics (VKTX)
Viking Therapeutics (NASDAQ: VKTX) is a clinical-stage bio-therapeutics company focused on the development of novel, first-in-class or best-in-class therapies for metabolic and endocrine disorders. The company's lead clinical program is VK5211, in phase II development for the treatment and prevention of lean body mass loss in patients who have undergone hip fracture surgery; and VK2809, entering phase II development for hypercholesterolemia and fatty liver disease. Viking is also developing novel and selective agonists of the thyroid beta receptor for adrenoleukodystrophy, as well as two earlier-stage programs targeting metabolic diseases and anemia. For more information, visit the company's website at www.vikingtherapeutics.com
Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (VPG)
Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (NYSE: VPG) is an internationally recognized designer, manufacturer and marketer of components based on its resistive foil technology; sensors; and sensor-based systems specializing in the growing markets of stress, force, weight, pressure and current measurements. VPG is a market leader of foil technology products, providing ongoing technology innovations in precision foil resistors and foil strain gages, which are the foundation of the company's force sensors products and its weighing and control systems. The product portfolio consists of a variety of well-established brand names recognized for precision and quality in the marketplace. For more information, visit the company's website at www.vpgsensors.com
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Ember Therapeutics (EMBT)
Ember Therapeutics (OTC: EMBT) is a biopharmaceutical company whose primary focus is on utilizing Bone Morphogenetic Protein-7 (BMP-7) and related family of BMPs, mutants, variants, novel formulations, and delivery technologies to develop regenerative medicines for disease modification of osteoarthritis, reversal of insulin resistance, and the inhibition and reversal of organ fibrosis in diseases such as chronic kidney disease and Alport Syndrome. The company believes BMP-7 represents a new class of therapeutics and may be transformative in the treatment of these diseases. For more information, visit the company's website at www.embertx.com
Mace Security International, Inc. (MACE)
Mace Security International, Inc. (OTC: MACE) manufactures and provides personal defense and security products under the Mace® Brand. Since 1970, Mace® Brand has offered consumers and businesses a line of personal defense sprays, while continuously adding high quality security products to the brand line through the years. Mace® Brand directly distributes and supports its branded products and services through strategically targeted customer channels that include mass market retailers, wholesale distributors, independent dealers, e-commerce marketers, and installation service providers. For more information, visit the company's website at www.mace.com
Paringa Resources (PNGZF)
Paringa Resources (OTC: PNGZF) is an emerging U.S.-based energy provider focused on the developing the high margin, low capex Buck Creek Mining Complex located in the growing Illinois Coal Basin ("ILB"). The complex is located in the Western Kentucky region of the ILB, which is one of the nation's most prolific coal producing regions, and one of the last remaining large-scale undeveloped coal deposits in the ILB with direct low cost barge access to the Ohio River coal market not controlled by a major coal producer. For more information, visit the company's website at www.paringaresources.com
Trans-Lux Corp. (TNLX)
Trans-Lux Corp. (OTC: TNLX) is a global supplier of engaging LED-based digital display solutions and lighting for a wide range of business, sports, residential and government applications. Trans-Lux delivers truly integrated LED display and lighting solutions designed to transform venues into events with the highest levels of performance and cost-efficiency. A single source global solution provider, Trans-Lux designs, manufactures, markets and services LED display and lighting solutions. For more information, visit the company's website at www.trans-lux.com
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Blue Sphere (BLSP)
Blue Sphere (OTC: BLSP) is an international Independent Power Producer (IPP) focused on the global clean energy production and waste-to-energy markets through the development or acquisition of facilities that use clean energy technologies. The Blue Sphere waste-to-energy facilities generate long-term predictive revenue streams by selling electricity, natural gas, compost and other by-products primarily through fixed-rate power purchase agreements. For more information, visit the company's website at www.bluespherecorporate.com
Dyadic International (DYAI)
Dyadic International (OTC: DYAI) is a global biotechnology company with operations in the United States and the Netherlands. Dyadic uses its patented and proprietary technologies to conduct research, development and commercial activities for the discovery, development, manufacture and sale of enzymes and other proteins for the bioenergy, bio-based chemicals, biopharmaceutical and industrial enzyme industries. For more information, visit the company's website at www.dyadic.com
PEN (PENC)
PEN (OTC: PENC) develops, commercializes and markets consumer and industrial products enabled by nanotechnology for use in the optical, transportation, military, sports and safety industries. PEN's wholly owned subsidiary, Nanofilm Ltd., develops, manufactures and sells nanotechnology based defogging products and nanocoating products for glass and ceramics. The company also sells environmentally friendly brand surface protector, fortifier and cleaner. The company's Applied Nanotech subsidiary conducts R&D services and new product development focusing on advanced product solutions in the areas of safety, health, and sustainability. For more information, visit the company's website at www.penc.us
