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Feb 12, 2020CSE Issuer Stories
Versus Systems (CSE:VS) is disrupting the conventional advertising landscape with an innovative choice/reward model. The company’s main focus is the esports sector, where game developers use its WINFINITE platform to create competitions that provide players the chance to win a variety of attractive prizes. The platform can be accessed via mobile, console, PC games and…

Feb 7, 2020Market Open
The CSE was excited to welcome Cultivar Holdings Inc. to open the market at the CSE Media Centre on January 29th, 2020. Cultivar Holdings Inc. is an early stage cannabis company based in Toronto, Canada. The company cultivates cannabis in Jamaica, and has a variety of offerings in the industry, ranging from cannabis derived products,…

Feb 7, 2020#HashtagFinance
CSE’s Barrington Miller was recently joined by Dr. Rahul Kushwah, COO at Cultivar Holdings Inc. (CSE:CULT), to discuss his company’s recent listing on the Canadian Securities Exchange and the innovative work his company is pursuing in the application of artificial intelligence to impairment detection. In this conversation, Dr. Kushwah shares his thoughts on why its…

Feb 5, 2020#HashtagFinance
CSE’s Phillip Shum was recently joined by Anish Chopra, Managing Director at Portfolio Management Corporation, to discuss his market perspectives based on a 20+ year career in asset management. In this discussion, Anish shares how he sets himself up to recognize good opportunities in bad markets (3:24), why fundamentals are the key entry-point to investing…

Feb 5, 2020CSE Issuer Stories
Esports in North America is undergoing a metamorphosis. Video games like Fortnite and Overwatch have taken the world by storm, viewership at tournaments is bigger than ever and capital is flowing into the industry from sources that had never considered it before. New Wave Esports (CSE:NWES) provides the spark for organizations looking for oxygen in…

Jan 30, 2020#HashtagFinance
CSE’s Phillip Shum recently sat down with Peter Hodson, the founder of 5i Research, and former Chairman of Sprott Asset Management, to discuss what he’s learned over his 50 years of investing experience. In this discussion, Peter shares the feeling he gets finding the little gems that turn into the “next big thing” (2:29), how…

Jan 30, 2020CSE Performance
The CSE is known to share milestone moments with their newly listed companies, but it also celebrated some major milestones of its own this past year. In addition to its 15th anniversary in 2019, the CSE also celebrated 129 new listings – including three Israeli companies – the signing of an MOU with the Jamaica…

Jan 29, 2020CSE Issuer Stories
HeyBryan Media (CSE:HEY) has its sights set on becoming to the home maintenance industry what Uber Technologies is to the transportation industry – a genuine disrupter. In 2018, technologist and entrepreneur Lance Montgomery created the HeyBryan app, which seamlessly pairs homeowners and tradespeople. In short, the handyman app gives harried homeowners instant access to reliable…

Jan 23, 2020#HashtagFinance
CSE’s James Black and Barrington Miller (!) both recently sat down with Blue Lagoon Resources Inc. CEO Rana Vig to discuss the company’s new listing (CSE:BLLG) on the CSE and the lessons he’s learned through the first 10 years of his capital markets career. In this discussion, Rana shares the origin of the company’s name…

Jan 22, 2020Market Open
The CSE proudly welcomed Blue Lagoon Resources Inc. (CSE:BLLG) for a Market Open at the CSE Media Centre on January 15th, 2020. Blue Lagoon Resources Inc. is a mineral exploration company focused on the acquisition, exploration, and development of properties for the mining of gold and other minerals. The company is based in Canada with…

Jan 22, 2020CSE Issuer Stories
Welcome to the latest issue of Public Entrepreneur Magazine, your source for in-depth stories of entrepreneurs from a wealth of varying industries. The first issue of the new decade shares captivating entrepreneurial stories, offering exclusive insights into how the featured business undertakers have harnessed the power of innovation to become genuine disruptors in their respective…

Jan 17, 2020#HashtagFinance
CSE’s James Black recently sat down with Chris Bursey, CEO of Direct Communication Solutions, Inc. (CSE:DCSI), to reflect on the company’s innovations in the IoT space and recent public listing on the CSE. In this discussion, Chris shares the motivating factors behind choosing public capital over venture capital (1:36), DCSI’s plans to revolutionize the bar…