Sign Up NowThis Month's Tiny Gems - January 2017

CytoDyn Inc. (CYDY)
eXp World Holdings Inc. (EXPI)
Medical Transcription Billing, Corp. (NASDAQ: MTBC)
Moxian, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOXC)
National Waste Management Holdings Inc. (NWMH)
Net Element (NASDAQ: NETE)
Social Reality, Inc. (NASDAQ: SRAX)

 

 

 

CytoDyn Inc. (CYDY)

 

CytoDyn Inc. (CYDY) is a Vancouver, Washington-based biotechnology company engaged in the clinical development and potential commercialization of humanized monoclonal antibodies for the treatment and prevention of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection.

 

Monoclonal antibodies – soluble proteins produced by the body in response to infections from bacteria, viruses and other pathogens – have become one of the fastest expanding opportunities in the biotech/pharma sector. CytoDyn's lead drug candidate is PRO 140, one of the leading monoclonal antibodies under development for HIV infection.

 

PRO 140 belongs to a new class of HIV/AIDS therapeutics intended to protect healthy cells from viral infection. The candidate has been used in more than 200 HIV-infected patients in placebo-controlled and open label FDA-approved clinical trials; has been the subject of seven clinical trials, each demonstrating efficacy by significantly reducing or controlling HIV viral load in human test subjects; and is designated a "fast track" product candidate by the FDA.

 

The PRO 140 antibody appears to be a powerful antiviral agent leading to potentially hardly any side effects or toxicity and less frequent dosing requirements, as compared to daily drug therapies currently in use. CytoDyn has received FDA clearance for and currently has two Phase 3 clinical trials underway. The company's first Phase 3 trial is a pivotal trial with PRO 140 in combination with current standard-of-care antiretroviral therapy (ART) for highly treatment-experienced patients with HIV. This 25-week trial involves only 30 patients with a primary endpoint of just one week of efficacy and the company expects to report primary endpoint results as early as the first quarter of 2017.

 

The company's other Phase 3 trial is with PRO 140 as a single-agent maintenance therapy in virally suppressed subjects with HIV. This multicenter, open-label trial is now enrolling 300 patients prequalified with CCR5-tropic HIV-1 infection who are clinically stable on standard-of-care highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). The objective of the trial is to assess the efficacy, safety and tolerability of PRO 140 as a long-acting, single-agent maintenance therapy for the chronic suppression of HIV. Patients enrolled in the trial will be shifted from daily HAART regimens to weekly PRO 140 subcutaneous injections for 48 weeks. This trial protocol is nearly a duplicate of the Phase 2b monotherapy trial, which is ongoing with an extension study that supports a group of patients who have maintained viral suppression for over two years and is continuing.

 

Additionally, the company has underway a Phase 2 trial to evaluate PRO 140 for Graft vs. Host Disease (GvHD) in a 100-day study involving 60 patients. GvHD is a life-threatening complication for cancer patients undergoing stem cell transplants. This trial will evaluate the safety and efficacy of PRO 140 for prophylaxis of acute GvHD in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) undergoing allogeneic stem-cell transplantation.

 

CytoDyn operates under the guidance of a highly qualified management team and advisors with experience in a wide range of complementary skillsets, including business development, mechanical engineering, life sciences and biotech, manufacturing and clinical development, IP asset development, biologics, antibody drug conjugates, engineered tissue therapeutics, small molecule and radiopharmaceutical drugs and more. Additionally, CytoDyn has established relationships with world-class HIV experts who advise on the company's trial designs.

 

 

 

eXp World Holdings, Inc. (EXPI)

 

eXp World Holdings, Inc. (EXPI) is the holding company for several entities, the most recognizable of which is eXp Realty LLC, the Agent-Owned Cloud Brokerage® full-service real estate brokerage. Since its inception in 2009, eXp Realty has focused on becoming the first agent-owned, full-service, global real estate brokerage company to deliver 24/7 access to collaborative tools, socialization, and professional development in a cloud-based environment.

 

As a cloud-based real estate brokerage, eXp Realty utilizes a number of cutting-edge technologies in order to grow an international brokerage without the various burdens of maintaining physical brick-and-mortar offices and staffing costs.

 

Utilizing cloud technologies and the Internet, eXp Realty's online community of real estate professionals operate within a 3D, fully immersive business model that enables them to increase listings and sales while reducing overhead and capital requirements.

 

The unique nature of this structure continues to gain acceptance and traction among industry professionals, and as of August 2016, the company's brokerage agent base topped 1,630 real estate professionals – up from 864 at the beginning of the year. This rapid growth helped the Agent-Owned Cloud Brokerage claim 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.

 

eXp Realty and eXp Realty of Canada, Inc. also offer agents and brokers an aggressive revenue sharing program that pays them a percentage of gross commission income earned by fellow real estate professionals who they refer into the company. This structure creates a truly agent-owned community of forward-thinking, entrepreneurial professionals.

 

eXp Realty is notching considerable growth in the marketing and sale of residential real estate, and now offers its brokerage service in 41 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, as well as Alberta, Canada. Leveraging its growing market presence, powered by the marketing reach of the Internet, eXp Realty has helped thousands of consumers find, buy or sell homes without ever stepping foot into a traditional real estate office.

 

 

 

Medical Transcription Billing, Corp. (NASDAQ: MTBC)

 

Medical Transcription Billing, Corp. (NASDAQ: MTBC) is an award-winning healthcare IT company that provides a fully integrated suite of proprietary web-based solutions and related business services to a diverse and growing number of healthcare providers throughout the United States. The company's Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform helps healthcare providers by increasing revenues, aiding clinical and business decision making, reducing administrative burdens, streamlining workflows, and reducing operating costs.

 

Servicing thousands of doctors in over 40 states across more than 63 healthcare specialties, MTBC's platform of products and best-in-class services is scalable and functional according to need. The integrated service offering helps physician practices cost-effectively and successfully meet regulatory challenges, improve their financial performance, and increase efficiency to prosper amidst a rapidly shifting healthcare industry.

 

MTBC's product portfolio includes electronic health records, practice management, patient engagement and mHealth smartphone and tablet apps – all of which are fully supported by and integrated with the company's core managed billing service. In addition, the company offers and array of value-added services, including medical transcription, coding and business intelligence. The standard fee for its complete, integrated, end-to-end solution is calculated as a percentage of a practice's healthcare-related revenues, and is among the lowest in the industry.

 

While MTBC's ICD 9 to ICD 10 app is ranked No. 1 on Apple Store and Google Play as the most downloaded app in its category, MTBC itself is the recipient of enviable awards. Among others, the company 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.

 

The Company went public via an IPO on Nasdaq in July 2014, and acquired three competitors at the same time. It acquired two small competitors during the third quarter of 2015, three during the first nine months of 2016, and a larger company in October 2016.

 

The company also boasts a base of longstanding clients and recently launched its Client Loyalty Program to thank its clients for using MTBC's services. As part of the program, MTBC 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.

 

Under the direction of a diverse and highly experienced management team, MTBC serves a diverse field of healthcare entities ranging from single physicians and medium-sized practices to independent physician associations, consistently innovating to keep pace with the broader global healthcare environment.

 

 

 

Moxian, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOXC)

 

Moxian, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOXC) is a leading offline-to-online (O2O) integrated platform operator committed to providing high-quality social marketing and promotion platforms to end-users and merchants interested in promoting their business via social media.

 

The company's proprietary Social Customer Relationship Management (Social CRM) system is at the foundation of its multi-channel social commerce platform, and was developed to foster enhanced consumer/merchant interaction. By integrating social media, entertainment and business intelligence, Moxian's system is especially suitable for SMB, integrated entertainment, commerce, shopping and customer loyalty rewards providers.

 

Through its big data analytics system, Moxian has a clear picture of its targeted customers, their demands and payment data. End-user data generated from the platform helps Moxian's merchant clients achieve optimal marketing strategies.

 

Leveraging these assets, Moxian has two primary core products: Moxian User App and Moxian Business App.

 

The structure of Moxian User APP is for consumers to collect loyalty points from issuing merchants. Virtual currency (MO-Coin and MO-Points) is earned playing games and can be redeemed globally with any merchant in Moxian eco-system. This model drives registered consumers to Moxian and its merchant clients while providing merchants the opportunity to advertise, run marketing campaigns, and learn about their customers through Moxian's platform. The app also provides consumers a set of social networking features to set up a personalized multimedia profile and participate in traditional social media functions such as friend search, interest groups, topics and content sharing.

 

Moxian Business App is similar in that it is also based on loyalty points, but is geared toward the merchant. This app provides merchants the tool kits to covert customers into members and fans, issue loyalty points and redeem rewards, and respond to customer inquiries via instant messaging. Users can also conduct targeted marketing campaigns to members of Moxian community in the form of ads and games, list products online, as well as process orders. Moxian Business also provides business reports and analytical insights for merchants.

 

 

 

 

National Waste Management Holdings Inc. (NWMH)

 

National Waste Management Holdings Inc. (NWMH) is a growing solid waste management company serving Florida's west coast and upstate New York with comprehensive solutions for full waste diversion. The company's current operations center on its 54-acre landfill facility located in Hernando, Florida, which handles average disposals of roughly 240,000 cubic yards of construction debris each year and is already permitted for future expansion. National Waste also offers ancillary services, such as roll-off dumpster services, recycling and retail mulching services.

 

Leveraging a number of long-term partnerships with municipal, institutional, commercial and industrial customers, National Waste aims to position itself as a leading waste diversion company in the coming years. In support of this goal, National Waste has already completed multiple acquisitions designed to enhance its geographic footprint and overall market share, and management has confirmed that additional acquisition targets are currently on the company's radar.

 

Through the acquisition of Waste Recovery Enterprises, LLC in New York, National Waste gained a foothold in the Northeast and the capacity to serve both the industrial and residential markets with waste processing and disposal, as well as recycling services. On the other hand, the acquisition of Gateway Rolloff Services, one of the largest roll-off/dumpster company in Central Florida, positioned National Waste as the leading full-service provider of construction and demolition landfill operations in the region. The two acquisitions are expected to generate a combined $3.8 million in annual revenue for National Waste moving forward.

 

Outside of its roll-up M&A strategy, the company is also looking at expanding its reach by opening new satellite offices in counties and states that neighbor its existing operations while maintaining an emphasis on improving operational efficiency and maximizing shareholder value.

 

Current trends within the domestic waste management industry support National Waste's aggressive strategy. According to IBISWorld, the U.S. solid waste treatment and disposal services industry generated approximately $18.8 billion in 2014, and the industry is projected to record a compound annual growth rate of 9.67 percent throughout the five-year period ending in 2019. This market performance will likely be bolstered by the ongoing rally in the domestic construction and demolition markets.

 

National Waste's existing working relationships with Florida's Department of Environmental Protection and the considerable industry experience of its management team allow it to capably navigate the complex regulatory environment of the waste management industry. Meanwhile, the same regulations and required certifications combine to create significant capital requirements and serve as major barriers of entry that effectively limit new and emerging competition in the space.

 

 

 

Net Element (NASDAQ: NETE)

 

Net Element (NASDAQ: NETE) is a global technology company delivering a range of electronic payment solutions that enable merchants of all sizes to process transactions through various integrated platforms. Ranked as one of South Florida Business Journal's Top 25 Fastest-Growing Technology Companies, Net Element bases its products around a set of innovations that enables it to compete in select, competitive market segments.

 

Florida-based Net Element owns and operates a global mobile payments and transactional processing provider TOT Group, Inc., parent company to: Unified Payments, which was recognized by Inc. Magazine as the #1 Fastest Growing Company in America in 2012; Aptito, a next generation cloud-based point-of-sale ("POS") payments platform; Restoactive, a seamless digital add-ons for legacy POS systems; Digital Provider, a leading provider of SMS messaging and mobile billing solutions; and Payonline, a fully integrated processor agnostic electronic commerce platform.

 

Revenues are primarily driven by transaction fees, and the company continues to see increased acceptance and adoption of mobile and online payments. In 2015 alone, the company processed 51.2 million bankcard transactions in North America. The same year, Net Element processed 90 million transactions in CIS and the Russian Federation in 2015, as well as 19.5 million mobile transactions in emerging markets.

 

Net Element's domestic strategy is to grow transactional revenue through the innovation of SME productivity services such as its signature POS solution, Aptito. The broader North America market strategy is to expand distribution while exploring new products, services, and value-added offerings.

 

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. With a growing physical presence in Central Asia, Net Element has a portfolio of international clients that includes Nokia, Samsonite, Papa Johns, Microsoft, Norton by Symantec, Alawar Entertainment and many others.

 

Laying the groundwork for sustained growth, Net Element continues to focus on improvement and investments in its core technology and new product offerings. The company allocates its resources, along with the extensive experience of its management team, to foster growth in payment processing and the worldwide mobile payment industry, which is forecast to surpass $1 trillion in 2019.

 

 

 

Social Reality, Inc. (NASDAQ: SRAX)

 

Social Reality, Inc. (NASDAQ: SRAX) is an Internet advertising company focused on providing tools that automate the digital advertising market. The company has developed three core platforms to deliver a complete set of marketing tools and services that create new and measurable opportunities for brands, agencies and publishers to target, reach and monetize their audiences.

 

SRAX is the company's real-time bidding management platform for launching, distributing, tracking and optimizing social, digital media and consumer engagement campaigns. The underlying technology powers a programmatic marketplace that makes it easier and more efficient to optimize display, video, mobile and in-app advertising on multiple auctions and platforms.

 

SRAX (md) is the company's real-time bidding solution for pharmaceutical brands and publishers. SRAX (md) partners with leading medical content publishers, apps, associations and websites to offer clients the ability to reach 500,000 healthcare professionals outside of traditional medical content.

 

SRAX Social is the company's social marketing platform that gives brands the ability to launch and manage digital media and consumer loyalty campaigns. SRAX Social gives brands tools to extract social data to leverage for targeted ad buys across all platforms for a streamlined experience, unified reporting, scalable results and more.

 

he company's relentless focus on providing the most intelligent advertising tools and continually launching new products has resulted in rapid growth year after year. As the demand for smarter marketing solutions reaches new heights, Social Reality is ideally positioned with a strong track record and leading capabilities to fully capitalize on new and burgeoning opportunities.