Sign Up NowThis Month's Tiny Gems - March 2015

ENGlobal (ENG)
Inventergy Global, Inc. (INVT)
Net Element, Inc. (NETE)
Townsquare Media, Inc. (TSQ)

 

 

 

ENGlobal (ENG)

 

As a top-ranked provider of energy-related automation and engineering services, ENGlobal (ENG) emphasizes quality and safety to deliver innovative, energy-related automation integration services and EPCM projects for clients worldwide. Operating through two strategic business segments, ENGlobal provides its services to the energy, pulp and paper, and government sectors throughout the United States and internationally.

 

ENGlobal's Automation segment provides a wide range of services related to the design, fabrication and implementation of distributed control, instrumentation and process analytical systems. Products and services supporting the environmental technology fields are also offered by the Automation segment. The Engineering (EPCM) segment provides consulting services for the development, management and execution of projects requiring professional engineering, construction management, and related support services. Within the Engineering segment, ENGlobal's Government Services group provides engineering, design, installation and operation and maintenance of various government, public sector and international facilities, and specializes in the turnkey installation and maintenance of automation and instrumentation systems for the U.S. defense industry worldwide.

 

Additionally, ENGlobal’s Subsea Controls and Integration (SCI) group provides advanced process automation design, engineering service and equipment for the effective integration of communication protocols between topsides production facilities and subsea devices. The SCI team was initiated when a major global E&P company set out to standardize the subsea process control environment. In 2008, ENGlobal’s SCI group was commissioned to further develop the concept commencing with a detailed design. Working together, they defined a long-term vision and commercialization plan for a now patented Universal Master Control Station (UMCS) that could communicate to virtually any subsea equipment.

 

In its 29 years of operations, ENGlobal has created a global workforce of more than 400 industry leaders in a variety of fields, ranging from drafters and designers to technical specialists. The company’s highly experienced core leadership team has established a solid financial foundation and proven ability to consistently grow company revenues and value.

 

 

 

Inventergy Global, Inc. (INVT)

 

Inventergy Global, Inc. (INVT) is an intellectual property (IP) licensing partner specializing in IP value creation. Led by industry veteran Joe Beyers, former head of global licensing for Hewlett-Packard, Inventergy identifies, acquires and licenses patented technologies to help market-leading technology companies monetize and achieve more value from their innovations.

 

With more than 100 years of combined experience and track record of handling more than $15 billion in IP and technology transactions, Inventergy’s team of professionals handle every aspect of the IP business, from valuation and branding through legal analysis, decision making and patent sales.

 

Inventergy partners with world-class, market-significant companies who may lack internal manpower, budget or other resources necessary to realize appropriate return-on-investment. Through collaborative, business-centered, and forward-thinking strategies, Inventergy is able to create portfolios with significant market potential and optimize the innovator’s overall return-on-investment.

 

The company has established a network of key industry relationships to complement its solid licensing model and growing portfolio of assets, which currently stands at more than 760 global patent assets. Inventergy pursues maturing telecommunications technologies already adopted in the marketplace and earning accretive value.

 

 

 

Net Element, Inc. (NETE)

 

Net Element, Inc. (NETE) is a technology-driven group specializing in mobile payments and value-added transactional services that add convenience to mobile phone users’ lives and everyday commerce. The company’s innovations enable consumers to conduct commerce transactions from their mobile device, while online and offline payment capabilities allow merchants to reliably transact business anywhere and anyhow.

 

The company owns and operates TOT Group, Inc., a global mobile payments and transaction processing provider. TOT Group companies include Unified Payments, which was recognized by Inc. Magazine as the No. 1 fastest growing private company in America in 2012; Aptito, a next-gen cloud-based point of sale (“POS”) payments platform; and TOT Money, a mobile billing solutions provider and Russia’s top-ranked SMS content provider, according to Beeline, the country’s second largest telecommunications operator.

 

Net Element has headquarters in Miami, Florida, with international presence in selected emerging markets. Utilizing its global development centers and high-level business relationships, Net Element has positioned itself for continued growth in the mobile commerce and alternative payments environments.

 

 

 

Townsquare Media, Inc. (TSQ)

 

Townsquare Media, Inc. (TSQ), the first media outfit in a decade with a large portfolio of radio assets under their belt to go public, has seen steady growth since their $11.00/share, $143.8 million IPO back in July of 2014 and the company is currently trading upwards of $13.00/share on solid growth within their core local advertising and entertainment market operations. Enabled as it is by a massive, high-traction footprint spanning 66 small to mid-sized markets across the country, including some 325 and growing companion websites linked to 311 local radio stations (in addition to the production of numerous live events each year), Townsquare Media is thriving in an age characterized by transition to digital content and distribution.

 

Engaged audiences who are passionate about their local radio station brands, like The Blaze, The Point, The Hawk, K99, WYRK, New Jersey 101.5, and hundreds of others, have been a vital source of continued bottom-line growth for TSQ, widely opening the door to adjacent marketing opportunities. Something the company classifies as their “Townsquare Everywhere” strategic plan, which philosophically takes up the form of a nodal network of localized efforts, where much of the impetus is assigned to local market employees who truly understand their regional market dynamics.

 

The company has shrewdly assembled a media architecture that connects with listeners and live event goers, directly channeled through a highly localized presence across several Northeast, Midwest, Southwest, and Mountain states. Since the acquisition back in November of 2013 of key AOL Music assets (blogs) like The Boot, The BoomBox and NoiseCreep, as well as one of the most established online voices in the growing comic book culture, ComicsAlliance, TSQ’s library of premium music and entertainment websites has flourished, with current web presence figures in excess of 50M unique visitors per month. Consider for instance that just one of the company’s brands, hard rock and metal news focused Loudwire, which is the media front for the company’s Loudwire Music Festival, has over 112k followers on twitter and over 102k subscribers on YouTube, and you can start to understand just how extensive the company’s true macroscopic reach is.

 

With hugely trafficked websites like Taste of Country, Diffuser.fm, Ultimate Classic Rock, Loudwire, and PopCrush under their umbrella, Townsquare Media has rapidly amassed an enormous following in the aggregate and represents a digital marketing and services powerhouse through their Townsquare Interactive division. The company has a well-oiled team of industry-leading experts that understand how to connect with target audiences and can deliver the right products and services for specific a client and regional market/demographic. Whether it is an easy-to-update website using the company’s proprietary technology, or social publishing, cutting-edge SEO, and reputation management, TSQ has all the tools required to obtain and maintain an audience. TSQ even has a personalized radio streaming App for iOS 5.0 and Android OS 2.1 called radioPup, which features over 300 local radio stations spanning the gamut of content, from Classic Hits, Classic Rock, Country, Hip-Hop / R&B and Lite Sounds, to News and Talk, as well as Pop, Rock and many other genres/formats.