This Month's Tiny Gems - March 2016

Elio Motors Inc. (ELIO)

Arizona-based startup company Elio Motors represents a refreshingly different take on the changing American automotive market. Instead of wrestling with untested high-priced technologies aimed at elite consumer markets, Elio is focused on the essential consumer basics of price and operational efficiency, but taken to the extreme. It's a bit like the approach of Henry Ford, who was smart enough to recognize the potential of a mass automotive market while other car makers produced expensive toys for the rich.

International Stem Cell Corp. (ISCO)

International Stem Cell Corporation is a biotechnology company utilizing a proprietary new stem cell technology known as parthenogenesis to significantly advance the field of regenerative medicine. The company's innovative technology uses unfertilized human eggs to create human pluripotent stem cells (hpSC) that can be immune-matched to millions of people around the globe. These stem cells are unique in that they provide the best characteristics of each of the remaining classes of cells without the need for the creation or destruction of a viable embryo.

NanoViricides, Inc. (NNVC)

Connecticut-based NanoViricides, Inc. is a development stage company working on what they consider to be the next great advance in immunotherapeutics: nanoviricide biomimetic technology.

Overstock.com, Inc. (OSTK)

Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSTK) is an online retailer based in Salt Lake City, Utah, that sells a wide variety of products at low prices. Originally founded in early 1999, the company's goal was to be the premier seller of excess inventory on the web. Today, Overstock.com has expanded beyond selling surplus inventory to offer a huge selection of consumer goods ranging from furniture and home décor to cars. In an effort to better represent this shift in business strategy, the company acquired the O.co URL in January 2011 and began incorporating it into parts of its brand, including, most notably, its international and mobile businesses.

Oakridge Global Energy Solutions, Inc. (OGES)

Oakridge Global Energy Solutions, Inc. is an integrated energy storage solutions company focused on the design, development and manufacture of high-quality cells, batteries and power systems. The company's innovative 'Made in the U.S.A.' product line includes multiple lithium-ion technologies and form factors that are optimized to address three high-demand target markets – including stationary and grid storage; motive applications, such as electric and hybrid electric fleet vehicles; and specialty applications, such as military, aerospace, marine, medical and telecom backup.

OurPet's Company (OPCO)

OurPet's Company develops, produces and markets various pet accessory and consumable products designed to awaken pets' natural instincts, be it in feeding, playing or waste management. Sold globally through pet specialty retailers, food, drug and mass chains, e-commerce and international channels, the company's products are marketed under a the OurPets®, Pet Zone® and PetTastic® brands with well-known sub-brands such as Play-N-Squeak™, Cosmic Catnip™, Durapet, SmartScoop and Flappy. In total, OurPet's has an intellectual property portfolio featuring more than 160 individual patents, giving the company sustainable access to the pet products industry for the foreseeable future.