VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 07, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Redfund Capital Corp (CSE: LOAN) (Frankfurt: O3X4) (OTC: PNNRF) (“Redfund” or the “Company”) announces new USA focused plan in CBD and Hemp.
Redfund Capital is pleased to announce the Company has engaged New Jersey based Wingspan Advisors and Jerry Hug. Mr. Hug is currently Director of Global Operations for Cloud Commerce, a data driven digital marketing company in the United States. Through it’s wholly owned subsidiaries Parscale Digital, Datapropria, Giles Design and WebTegrity, Cloud Commerce provides data-driven digital marketing services, content creation and media buying to its clients. Prior to joining Cloud Mr. Hug was Chief Executive Officer of SITO Mobile a location based mobile advertising company where he architected a transformation of the company which enabled an uplisting to the NASDAQ. From 2003 to June 2006, Mr. Hug served as Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer of Wireless Retail Inc.; an Arizona based $400 million wireless services company that was sold to the Radio Shack Corporation.
Mr. Hug will be Redfund’s first advisor to the Company’s newly formed USA advisory team. He will help advise Redfund on how to position the Company’s current loan portfolio of branded products throughout the USA. The Redfund team will focus on the CBD and hemp sector and help the Company target new opportunities for investments in the USA. Mr. Hug’s first project will be to help establish a working relationship with partnerships in the USA for Redfund’s current portfolio companies and help them footprint the entire country.
New Frontier Data’s estimates that, the hemp-derived CBD market will grow from a $390 million-dollar market in 2018, to a $1.3 billion market (or 3.3x) by 2022, representing a 27.2% 5-year CAGR. (Hemp Business Journal)
“Redfund Capital is converting our strongest portfolio client loans into equity company positions this month. As we build our American footprint, the Company has also begun our application to the OTCQB. We are excited to welcome Jerry to our team and his input and experience will be an invaluable asset to our growth,” said Meris Kott, CEO.
Mr. Hug added, “We have already begun the process of developing a comprehensive plan for Mary’s Wellness to launch a CBD infused Tea line in the USA which includes contract manufacturing, retail distribution, and e-commerce. This process will serve as the playbook we will replicate for the other many brands in the Redfund portfolio.”
About Redfund Capital
Redfund intends to provide debt and equity funding in the mid-to-late stages of a target company’s development, or in technologies that are developed and validated by revenues. The present focus of the merchant bank is on medical cannabis, hemp and CBD-related, healthcare-related target companies.
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For more information on Redfund Capital contact Meris Kott CEO 604.484.8989 0r info@redfundcapital.com
Further information about the Company is available on www.SEDAR.com under the Company’s profile.
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