Entrepreneur Liz Rogers making waves in the Nashville music scene

Having just attended the sold out WHO KNEW event at City Winery, it is quite apparent that Music Director Liz Rogers is making a name for herself in this city. Though it’s no surprise to Nashville residents, the southern “it” city is far more than country music.  Alternative artists like Jack White, Paramore, and Kings of Leon have been pioneering the Nashville scene for years, and the rest of the world is slowly beginning to notice. On the cutting edge of the emerging scene is Anacrusis, a young publishing and licensing company working with artists including pop-sensations CAPPA and PHANGS.

After graduating from Vanderbilt with a passion for artist discovery, Anacrusis founder Liz Rogers quickly became a recognizable name in town.  One year after starting her company, with a small but mighty roster, Anacrusis was selected as an official presenter at the esteemed SXSW Music and Film Festival in Austin, Texas.  Constantly striving to create unique opportunities for her artists, the following year, Rogers returned to SXSW, this time presenting “The Nashville House,” with 25 emerging Nashville-based bands, 10 brands, and huge support from SXSW and the Nashville community.  Quite the undertaking, but this isn’t surprising if you know Rogers, one of the youngest Creative Directors in the Nashville music scene, and a 2017 Nashville Emerging Leader Awards finalist.

In 2015, Rogers was asked to be an advisor for music-tech startups at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, being the youngest advisor to date at 25; and in 2017, was recognized as the Expert Industry Advisor of the year.  “Emerging artists are essentially startups,” says Rogers. “They have to assess their customer demographic and build their brand, often struggling with a lack of finances, just like a startup might.”  Rogers’ vision and ability to conceptualize and execute out-of-the-box ideas that set her artists apart is what has landed her consulting roles with larger companies and established artists.

Networking at shows and events five plus nights a week, mentors and peers alike are frequently heard saying, “She’s going to run this town someday.”

http://anacrusissongs.com/

Written by Aislinn Tucker, Nashville

Caida.eu reports huge increase in traffic

Caida.eu is an established general web directory launched in 2013.

It receives 20,000 websites submissions per month and due the quality of approved listings and increased popularity it reached around 10,000 unique visitors per month on average for 2017.

Because of the long list of pending review submissions the approval time is very long, around 6 month.

You can submit your website here : Caida.eu

GreenSpace Brands Announces Acquisition of US Based Galaxy Nutritional Foods, Owners of the Go Veggie Brand

GreenSpace Brands Inc. (“GreenSpace”) (TSXV: JTR) is pleased to announce today that it has signed a share purchase agreement dated December 20, 2017 to acquire (the “Acquisition”) all of the outstanding shares of Galaxy Nutritional Foods Inc. (“Go Veggie”), which owns the Go Veggie? brand. Go Veggie is one of the leading cheese alternative brands in the United States with distribution in over 12,000 locations through most major US grocery retailers and natural food chains, along with a growing food service business. The plant based dairy alternative market is one of the fastest growing subsets of the natural food market, but has very few established players. Go Veggie has established itself as one of the preeminent brands in the space with some of the best tasting and award winning products.

Greenspace will be holding a conference call to discuss the details of the transaction on December 21st, 2017 at 9:00 EST. The call will be hosted by Matthew von Teichman, President and Chief Executive Officer. Following management’s presentation, there will be a question and answer session for analysts and investors. To participate in the teleconference, dial (647) 427-7450 or 1 (888) 231-8191 (Toll-free). Callers are advised to call five minutes in advance of the call.

A taped rebroadcast will be available beginning at 11:20 am (EST) December 21st, 2017 until 11:59 pm (EST) on December 28th, 2017. To access the rebroadcast, please dial (416) 849-0833 or 1 (855) 859- 2056 and use the passcode 1289656 followed by the number sign.

Overview of the Acquisition

GreenSpace has agreed to purchase Go Veggie for a total consideration of $17.8 million USD, comprised of $4.5 million USD in cash, $7.62 million USD (approximately $9.81million CAD) in GreenSpace common shares (the “Share Consideration”), and a two year vendor take back loan of $5.72 million USD, carrying an 8.5% coupon. Greenspace will issue 7.16 million Common shares at $1.37 per share as part of the transaction, a 14.2% premium to the closing market price on December 19th, 2017.

GreenSpace will be purchasing Go Veggie from Mill Road Capital, a Greenwich, Connecticut based private investment firm focused on investing in and partnering with publicly traded micro-cap companies. Mill Road will become the largest shareholder of GreenSpace as a result of this transaction. Mill Road Capital has a long history of successfully investing in emerging consumer brands throughout Canada and the United States, and this expertise will help support the GreenSpace team as they navigate the US natural food market and US capital markets.

The Share Consideration will be subject to lock-up and escrow pursuant to which approximately 45% of the Share Consideration shall be locked up for 12 months from the closing date, 5% of the Share Consideration shall be in escrow for 13 months from the closing date and the remaining 50% shall be locked-up for 18 months from the closing date, subject to certain exemptions.

Select highlights of the Acquisition include the following:

Go Veggie adds a profitable pre-existing US platform that will enable GreenSpace to launch its most innovative and unique brands into the US;

The acquisition is expected to add significant gross margin dollars to GreenSpace and improve the overall gross margin profile, as well as add incremental adjusted EBITDA in the short term, with more significant growth in adjusted EBITDA over the long term. Go Veggie recorded revenues of $16.3 million USD for their fiscal year ended March, 31, 2017, with strong gross profit margins of approximately 40%.1
Go Veggie has one of the leading brands in what GreenSpace believes to be one of the fastest growing segments of the natural food industry, plant based dairy alternatives. Galaxy has broad based distribution across the United States and an existing high functioning team; and

GreenSpace believes that by supporting updates and amplifying the brand image of Go Veggie, it will be able to further develop its leadership position in the plant based dairy alternatives vertical in North America;

“We couldn’t be more excited to add Go Veggie to the GSB family of brands. With the acquisition of Go Veggie, we enter our most sought after vertical, plant based dairy alternatives. The addition of Go Veggie adds a profitable pre-existing US platform that will enable us to launch our most innovative and unique brands into the US under the expert leadership of one of the most respected people in the US natural food industry, Rick Antonelli, CEO of Go Veggie” comments Matthew von Teichman, CEO of Greenspace, “This is truly a transformative acquisition for us. We will continue to develop their Canadian sales strategy through the leveraging of our current platform and strategically initiate our US development by leveraging their platform. It’s a win-win and the ideal way for us to get going in the US market”

Rick Antonelli, CEO of Galaxy comments, “We’ve been watching GreenSpace for years and have admired the stable of brands they’ve been able to put together in such a short time. We feel that Go Veggie is a perfect addition to that roster of strong brands and with the potential synergies of our team selling their products, and their team selling our products, there’s a significant long term upside for both. I can’t wait to start presenting GreenSpace’s unique and innovative products to the US market and Go Veggie’s existing retail partners.”

The Acquisition is scheduled to close in January 2018, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions and approval of the TSX Venture Exchange. Financo, Inc. has acted as the exclusive advisor to Galaxy and Mill Road.

About GreenSpace

GreenSpace is a Canadian-based brand ideation team that develops, markets and sells premium natural food products to consumers across Canada. Greenspace owns and operates the following brands: Love Child Organics., one of the fastest growing brands in Canada and a producer of 100% organic food for infants and toddlers made with the pure, natural and most nutritionally-rich ingredients; Central Roast, a clean snacking brand that has been one of the leading natural food brands in Canada; Rolling Meadow Dairy, Canada’s leading grass fed dairy product line, delivering premium fluid and cultured products across Canada; Life Choices which features premium convenience meat products made with grass fed and pasture raised meats without the use of added hormones and antibiotics; Kiju, the Canadian market leader in the shelf stable organic juice segment; Cedar , the Canadian leader in cold pressed and gut health fresh juices. All brands are wholly owned and retail in a variety of natural and mass retail grocery locations across Canada.

GreenSpace’s filings are also available at www.SEDAR.com

About GO VEGGIE?

Over 40 years ago Galaxy Nutritional Foods Inc. created the cheese alternative category for health-conscious consumers and is proud to remain America’s leading provider of great tasting cheese-free products. Today, under Galaxy’s new brand GO VEGGIE, the company continues to innovate and offer consumers more healthy cheese-free choices. Across its product portfolio – Vegan, Lactose Free, and Lactose & Soy Free – GO VEGGIE offers 55 products across the United States in a wide variety of formats.

For product information, recipes, and more, visit www.goveggiefoods.com. Follow GO VEGGIE on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest.

About Mill Road Capital

Mill Road Capital is a private investment firm focused on investing in and partnering with publicly traded micro-cap companies in the U.S. and Canada. The firm has flexible, long-term capital with the ability to purchase shares in the open market, buy large block positions from existing shareholders, provide capital for growth or acquisition opportunities, or execute going-private transactions. The firm has raised approximately $670 million of aggregate equity capital commitments and has offices in Greenwich, CT and the San Francisco Bay Area. Mill Road’s investments in Canada include Ten Peaks Coffee Company, a British Colombia based premium green coffee decaffeinator, PRT Growing Services Ltd., the British Columbia based leader in container grown tree seedlings for replanting forests, and Cossette, the largest full service advertising agency in Canada.

More information can be found at http://www.millroadcapital.com.

Forward Looking Information

Certain statements in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements concerning (i) the Acquisition; (ii) the completion of the Acquisition; (iii) anticipated approvals; (iv) the time to the closings; and (v) results of the completion of the Acquisition. Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “outlook”, “objective”, “may”, “will”, “expect”, “intend”, “estimate”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “should”, “plans” or “continue”, or similar expressions suggesting future outcomes or events. Such forward-looking statements reflect management’s current beliefs and are based on information currently available to management. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by such statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results, performance or developments to differ materially from those contained in the statements including, without limitation, the risks that: (1) the information provided to GreenSpace by Galaxy turns out to be misleading, untrue or incomplete; (2) the Acquisition may not be completed for any reason whatsoever, including that regulators may not approve the Acquisition; (3) the closings may not occur as scheduled or at all; and (4) GreenSpace may not achieve the results currently anticipated. Although GreenSpace believes that the expectations reflected in its forward-looking information are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking information because GreenSpace can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. In addition to other factors and assumptions which may be identified in this press release, assumptions have been made regarding and are implicit in, among other things, the timely receipt of required regulatory approvals. Details of the risk factors relating to GreenSpace and its business are discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in the preliminary short form prospectus filed on the date hereof and “Risks and Uncertainties Related to the Business” in GreenSpace’ annual information form dated July 18, 2017, a copy of which is available on GreenSpace’ SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com. Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list is not exhaustive of all factors and assumptions which have been used. Forward-looking information is based on current expectations, estimates and projections that involve a number of risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by GreenSpace and described in the forward looking information. The forward-looking information contained in this press release is made as of the date hereof and GreenSpace undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless required by applicable securities laws. The forward looking information contained in this press release is expressly qualified by this cautionary statement.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its regulation services provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

This press release does not constitute or form a part of any offer or solicitation to buy or sell any securities in the United States or any other jurisdiction.

Medisun Regenerative Medical Center and Health Summit

Medisun Regenerative Medical Center and Health Summit

Cancer Vaccine | White House Cancer Lunar Plan | Cancer Proton Beam Treatment

ShenZhen- Hong Kong-GuangZhou

The Medisun Medical Health Summit, co-sponsored by Medisun Regenerative Medical Group, New Life Group and Sunshine Medical Group, was held in Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Guangzhou from September 6 to 9, 2017. The theme of this summit is centered around the prevention and treatment of cancer. The authoritative release of cancer vaccine is the strongest focus of this summit.  

Medisun Medical Group has invited a number of authoritative scientists, medical experts, industry leaders, government agency representatives, business leaders and socialites from the United States, Europe, Japan, Hong Kong and Mainland China to collaborate on cancer prevention worldwide. Leading medical health consultations such as therapeutic technologies, industry regulatory development, and medical platform construction have been fully explored. Nearly 5,000 entrepreneur representatives, medical experts and doctors from the Chinese health industry participated in the listening and sharing.

Dozens of media interviews and reports at the summit

Madison Cancer Vaccine Launch Ceremony

Chairman Danny Wong said: “The advent of cancer vaccine is the strongest gospel of cancer prevention!”

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 14 million new cancer cases are diagnosed each year worldwide, and this number is expected to reach 21 million by 2030. As global treatment costs rise, cancer prevention measures are becoming more and more important, which has also made cancer prevention and treatment a high-profile international issue. Medisun’s comprehensive introduction of cancer vaccines is undoubtedly the strongest gospel for cancer prevention. The WT1 gene is a gene representing tumorigenesis in humans, and all human cancers are associated with this genetic mutation. The Nobel Institute of Ecological Medical Sciences has discovered a pathway to inhibit mutations in the WT1 gene, which can be vaccinated to produce memory T cells that inhibit WT1 gene mutations, which are immune to humans.

In addition, Medisun is also committed to the development and clinical use of a variety of other vaccines. Most of the vaccine technology comes from the United States, investing in rapid response to the pandemic virus and cancer control vaccine technology platform, with a market size of more than 2 billion US dollars. The vaccines invested by Medisun can be modularized in Asia and China to produce vaccines that are fully compliant with the United States. Including: Zika virus, Chikungunya fever, Zika/Chikununya heat combination, Ebola virus, human papillomavirus HPV treatment vaccine, head and neck cancer, cervical cancer, cervical lesions, simple Herpesvirus HSV, hepatitis C virus HCV, hepatitis B virus HBV,etc.

Mr. Danny Wong, Chairman of Medici Medical Group, was interviewed by the media about the release of cancer vaccine.

Chairman Danny Wong specifically said: “China’s rapid economic development over the past 20 years has been accompanied by a wave of globalization. China has integrated into the international community in various fields. At the same time, China has introduced high-standard medical technologies and services from Europe, the United States and Japan. It is our mission to make full use of Hong Kong’s advantages as a mature international metropolis and special geographical factors to provide the world’s most advanced medical care to the people of the motherland.

On-site participants actively asked questions from the cancer vaccine and new cancer treatment technologies to participate in the seminar.

Medisun participates in the White House Cancer Month Plan

Mr. Terry Lierman said: “The greatest progress and breakthrough of mankind is the birth of cancer vaccine!”

Mr. Terry Lierman, a core member of the White House Cancer Month Program, the NIH of the National Institutes of Health, and the founder of the FDA Board of Directors and director of the Meditech Group, said that cancer landing is an amazing cause. It is planned to complete the treatment of 20,000 cancer patients with 60 different technologies worldwide by 2020. This is a task that would have taken at least 10 years to achieve, and we will now achieve it in 5 years. The cancer “moon landing plan” advocated by former US President Barack Obama in 2016 is also the focus of this summit. The plan is led by former Vice President Joe Biden. The goal is to break the boundaries that hinder the cooperation of researchers and accelerate the research of cancer diagnosis and treatment in the future. 5 years to double the progress of anti-cancer research. The six major US cancer “moon landing programs” include cancer vaccines, high-sensitivity cancer early detection, immunotherapy and combination therapy, single-cell genomic analysis of cancer cells and tumor microenvironment cells, new treatments for childhood cancer, and enhanced data. shared. To this end, the United States and Canada, Hong Kong, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, South Korea and other countries, the first-class research units to establish cooperative relations, large-scale joint cancer research and treatment, toward precision Medisun. The Medisun Medical Group is a member of the Cancer Month Program and will also participate in this historic mission.

Mr. Terry Lierman talks about McGrady’s participation in the White House Cancer Month Plan

Medisun introduces Mayo proton beam therapy

Dr. Michael Haddock said: “The Mayo proton beam is a great advancement in the precise treatment of cancer!”

As the Asian Medical Service Center of the Mayo Clinic in the United States, Medisun invited Dr. Michael Haddock, Chairman of the Mayo Radiation Oncology Clinical Practice Committee and Vice Chairman of the American Society of Surgery Oncology (ACOSOG) Committee to talk about radiotherapy for cancer. Dr. Haddock talked about the current Proton Bean, the world’s leading cancer radiotherapy technology, Mayo currently has the most authoritative equipment, operations and medical team for global proton beam therapy. Mayo’s proton beam therapy program is the exclusive feature of pen beam scanning. It can accurately target tumors and prevent healthy tissues from being affected, thus achieving ideal cancer treatment, especially for treating children with cancer. For cancers with high mortality and lung cancer, proton beam therapy has obvious advantages compared with traditional radiotherapy.

At the Hong Kong Summit, Dr. Michael Haddock (left), the authoritative doctor of Mayo cancer proton beam therapy, answered questions from guests at the scene.

Dr. Michael Haddock (left) and Mr. Terry Lierman (right), the authoritative doctors of Mayo cancer proton beam therapy, at the Guangzhou Summit.

Japanese NKT immune cell therapy

Dr. Degang said: “Cancer vaccine and NKT immune cell therapy are the strongest partner in cancer prevention and treatment!”

Haruhiro Tokuoka, CEO of Riken Immunization and Reproductive Medisun, Japan, Dr. Degang Governing, talked about immunotherapy for cancer. Japan has always been a pioneer in cancer immunotherapy and has extensive clinical experience. Japan Riken and Medisun have worked closely together and established the Medisun Precision Medical Joint Venture, which applies NKT immunocytotherapy outside the traditional cancer treatment to clinical treatment of various types of cancer in the early, middle and late stages, and has clinically proven to greatly improve cancer patients. High quality of immunotherapy at the same time as quality of life with almost no side effects.

Dr. Kazuoka Kazuo of Japan at the Hong Kong Summit to explain the effectiveness of NKT immune cell therapy in clinical treatment of cancer.  

Dean He Jianxing (second from right) of Guangzhou Medical First Hospital visited the Guangzhou Summit and participated in Dr. Degang Zhiwei (third from left) on cell immunotherapy

Precision Medisun and anti-cancer cancer

Ms. Yanglan said: “As a mother, I chose to give my daughter a HPV cervical cancer vaccine; now the launch of the cancer vaccine is even more exciting!”

In today’s society, everyone is tired of work, and it is often the easiest to ignore their good habits, which leads to the emergence of various diseases . In fact, “health is the first wealth of life”, Emerson’s famous interpretation perfectly interpreted the importance of a healthy life to people. Ms. Yang Lan, a well-known Chinese media person, attended the summit as a guest and shared ideas about health and happiness with the guests. She said that the pain caused by cancer patients to the family cannot be expressed in words, and health is good for every family. Precious, we need to follow the development of science and technology to update our medical knowledge. Nowadays, precision Medisun has brought us new choices. While we are not blindly following, we should fully understand the physical condition of ourselves and our families, and choose the right medical health program for ourselves.

Ms. Yang Yu shared about cancer treatment.  

Ms. Wu Shuqing, the Honorary Director of the World Trade Center Association and the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, was unable to visit the summit due to the temporary overseas meeting. She also sent a congratulatory message to the summit and congratulated Chairman Danny Wong of the Medisun Medical Group: “The summit has deepened Hong Kong with the Chinese mainland again, we are highly concerned about the medical and health industry. Therefore, I believe that Medisun Medical Group will continue its leading position in the field of medical and health care. Since the beginning, I have seen the entire team of Medisun under the leadership of Chairman Danny Wong. Unremitting efforts and dedication, I am convinced that today’s event is only the beginning, I hope that more results will be shared with the whole society.”

As a pioneer in the field of stem cells, cancer prevention and treatment in the world of regenerative , Medisun Medical Group has been committed to introducing the world’s leading cancer prevention and treatment technologies and providing the most advanced, professional and excellent medical and health services to the society. The release of the cancer vaccine is a revolutionary advancement in the field of cancer prevention. Ancient smallpox is terminally ill, and now a single shot of smallpox disappears; in the past, hepatitis B was terminally ill, and now a vaccine is immunized for life; yesterday, cancer is terminally ill, and today’s cancer vaccine keeps cancer away. Time is advancing and science is progressing. We must have a mentality of accepting progress. We believe that cancer prevention can provide shelter for the family and the health and well-being of  society.

Stay tuned: Hong Kong’s latest publication “CAPITAL” magazine in September, cover story “Mr. Danny Wong, Chairman of Medisun Medical Group” and cover story “New Revolution in Medical Industry”.

You can contact the Hong Kong Medisun Regenerative Medical Center to receive a magazine. Contact as below:

Phone: +(852) 2582 0188

Email: info@medisun.hk

WeChat: medisuninfo

Website: www.medisun.hk

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Medisun Medical Group

Medisun Medical Group is a professional medical investment group dedicated to the research and development and commercialization of global regenerative  products, as well as top hospitals and treatment centers. Located on the 25th floor of Ao Teng Plaza, Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong, the Medisun Reproductive Centre has a 50,000-square-foot stem cell GMP production facility, a cancer treatment centre and an anti-aging centre. It brings together European, Japanese, American and individual Chinese experts to be rigorous and professional. The development process provides immune cell therapy and a variety of stem cell health treatments. As the Asian service organization of Mayo Clinic, the center provides Mayo remote consultation and secondary treatment to enable Chinese patients to enjoy authoritative medical services without leaving the country. More than 3,000 biomedical tests provide the most predictable health protection for the health of our clients. Medisun has been fully supporting the development of the new life and health platform, and is committed to the deepening of the new products and technologies of regenerative Medisun through this platform, truly benefiting the health of the whole society.

For more details, please visit http://www.medisun.hk/