VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 05, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CUV Ventures Corp. (TSX-V:CUV)
(the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a 10% minority stake in THCG AND
TECH LLC (“Havana Consulting Group”), the foremost United States domiciled, Cuba focused Think-Tank, consulting and business
advisory group. The company further welcomes, Emilio Morales; THCG CEO, TV and Media commentator, dual American/Cuban Citizen, to
the Company’s Advisory Board.
Significance of the stake in Havana Consulting Group
Shareholders are informed that through the minority acquisition of Havana Consulting Group and, the ensuing equity partnership, the Company acquires guaranteed and
coordinated national diffusion, in the United States, of the Revolupay® remittance app, CubaFIN lending platform and other
developing facets of the Cuba Ventures Division. In April 2018, Cuba will boast a new president and, accompanying this
monumental change, the United States and Cuba may well see a renewed joint vision for the future. The Company’s Cuba Division
continues to ready itself for this highly anticipated financial windfall.
Corporate Rational Behind The Minority Acquisition of THCG & Tech LLC
Revolupay® targets world remittance markets, including Cuba. Analyzing Cuba’s $3.6 billion estimated annual
remittance inflows, it is projected that up to 3 billion emanates from the United States, with Florida as the chief epicenter of
financial origin, due to the high prevalence of Cuban expatriates living in the state. Hence, the professionally collated, current
and historic Cuban market intelligence, in possession of our new equity partner, is crucial to triumph over this market. In unity
with Havana Consulting Group, CUV Ventures hopes to attain the levels of market penetration sought by management and shareholders
alike.
Likewise, the growing numbers American vendors selling goods and services to Cuba are expected to skyrocket in
coming years. The close geographical proximity of Cuba to the United States makes both countries natural future trading partners.
As we have seen over the past 6 short months, numerous United States congressmen have attended visits to Cuba in support of; U.S
manufacturers, producers and vendors, especially from the farming belt, who are anxious to initiate trade with non military owned
or managed Cuban entities.
No other consulting firm in the United States or, perhaps the world, maintains the up-to-date business and
national financial intelligence on the Cuban market as Havana Consulting Group. The team consists of some of the most prolific and cited authors in the
academic world, experienced journalists who have taken Cuba’s pulse for an extended period of time, executives who are familiar
with the world of business in the U.S. as well as in Cuba, analysts and researchers with vast knowledge of the internal dynamics of
the Cuban economy, the social and political situation and, attorneys who are adept at navigating the peculiar Cuban legal
environment.
THCG and Tech LLC have maintained a decade long, powerful and omnipresent, position in the U.S national media.
Acknowledged as a reliable source of relevant informative reference on the Cuban market and Economy, weekly THCG consultants are
interviewed and named in dozens of the most important news media outlets in the United States and the Ibero-American region.
Furthermore, beyond mass televised media, THCG staff has written more than 100 books and over 600 articles about the Cuban economy,
crowning them with the accolade of; “The most prominent U.S/Cuba think-tanks in the United States” - NYT.
Notable Havana Consulting Group CEO Media
CNN
America TV
EFE
BBC
Miami Herald
*Full List
Financial Terms of the Acquisition in THCG & Tech LLC.
The purchase price for the 10% equity of THCG & Tech LLC Shares is ninety seven thousand three hundred and forty
three Canadian dollars and seventy five cents (C$97,343.75) which will be paid by the issuance to the Vendor, Emilio Morales, of
468,750 common shares in the capital stock of CUV Ventures Corp at 0.165 C$ and the payment of C$20,000 in cash.
Highlights of THCG acquisition
- Established U.S/CUBA Consulting Think-Tank Founded in 2007
- Immediate market penetration of the approx $3 Billion Cuban American money inflows into Cuba
- Licensed for Business in Florida, epicenter of cash flows in Cuba
- Influential CEO & Media Commentator
- Mover and Shaker in South Florida Cuban Expat Community
- Owner of the largest Cuban Business intelligence worldwide
- Influential U.S based associate for Revolupay & CubaFIN
- Furtherance of the Cuba Ventures Divisions mission in Cuba & United States
Overview - Director Bernard Lonis; head of the Cuba Ventures Division
The Cuba Ventures division of CUV Ventures maintains notable equity assets, intrinsically linked to
Cuba’s economy yet; these assets are neither domiciled in Cuba, nor associated with the Cuban Military or Cuba’s current
government. While these assets currently generate notable revenue for the company, I and management are convinced that a day will
soon dawn when these assets are immensely lucrative and valuable. Shareholders must however comprehend, CUV Ventures is risk
adverse, therefore the owned assets of; USA Based Third Circle Publishing, Cuba Trade Magazine, European Domiciled Travelucion S.L, Online Travel Agency, Canadian Duales Inc, Cuban Remittances, Florida Based Licensed and Bonded Travel agency – IBTO, and now, Miami Based, Havana Consulting Group, are non Cuba domiciled entities who each play a central role in
commerce with the island. Astute investors will note that, should Cuba’s economy emerge from its current state, it will invariably
do so with capital and investments originating from outside the island. As Cuba’s economy traverses this transition, CUV Ventures
and its Cuba Ventures wholly owned division will hold, what management believe, hugely valuable,
imperatively important, “Non-Cuban” assets, which will be fundamental in this transitional economic transformation period.
Emilio Morales to Join Advisory Board
Emilio Morales, was born and raised in Cuba and dual American/Cuban Citizen. Mr. Morales was
formerly the Head of the Strategic Marketing Planning Department for the Marketing Division for CIMEX Corporation, Cuba’s largest
state enterprise holding company, with more than 80 subsidiaries across Cuba engaged in 35 different retail and wholesale
businesses, with annual revenues of more than US$2.8 billion. Prior to CIMEX, Emilio was a high-ranking professional in Cuba, where
he conducted marketing research for more than 15 years and authored or co-authored dozens of market research studies for government
companies and foreign companies doing business with Cuba. His work in Cuba, as chief marketing consultant for companies,
includes; famed Cigar producer - Habanos S.A., Sugar Exporter - Tecnoazucar, Retail Chain - Palmares S.A., Health -Servimed S.A.,
Real Estate & Hospitality - Cubanacán S.A., Retail Chain - Shops Universo S.A., Food Producer - Bravo S.A., Cellular Company -
Cubacel, Telecommunications Giant - ETECSA, Food Producer - CORACAN S.A., and many more. Mr. Morales also worked for the
Cuban government on a plethora of bilateral projects outside Cuba in; Argentina, Canada, Mexico, and South
Africa. In 2007 Emilio founded HAVANA CONSULTING GROUP, the Miami-based Think-Tank, and business consulting firm.
Emilio is considered by many experts the guru of remittances to Cuba. He has developed for more than 15 years a unique and
sophisticated methodology for the collection of information related to various variables that allows him to estimate the
remittances that are sent to the country through both formal and informal channels. He is considered a visionary of the Cuban
market and of the remittance industry in general. Mr. Morales is the author of two books: “Cuba: A Silent Transition to Capitalism?” (2009) and “Marketing without Advertising: Brand Preference and Consumer Choice in Cuba,”
The Company has entered into a consulting agreement with Mr. Morales and granted Mr. Morales stock options exercisable to
purchase up to 150,000 common shares of the Company at a price of $0.165 each for a period of 5 years from the grant date.
About CUV Ventures Corp.:
CUV Ventures Corp. is a multi-asset, multidivisional publicly traded Canadian company deploying advanced
technologies in the; Money Remittance, Crypto Mining, Mobile Apps, Online Travel, Vacation Resort, Blockchain Systems, Invoice
factoring and Cryptotoken sectors.
Our flagship technology is Revolupay®, the Apple and Android multinational remittance app, powered by blockchain
protocols, and aimed at the worldwide + $150 billion family remittance market.
The ₡CU Coin Cryptotoken, allied to Revolupay®, promises to be the coin of choice for remittance senders,
travelers and the hospitality industry. Its increasing adoption across several spheres exemplifies its international perspective
and future value amongst users.
The company’s Fintech division continues to expand into this rapidly emerging segment, in which it; manages,
operates and develops end-to-end digital platforms to monetize the blockchain ecosystem across a broad spectrum of leisure related
industries, remittances and finance.
A diverse division of the company, named Cuba Ventures, is involved in Caribbean Basin strategic investments. Similar to the United
States Nasdaq listed Herzfeld Fund, the focus is to control noteworthy assets related to the Caribbean Basin
(including Cuba). The division is comprised of numerous assets. A wholly owned subsidiary Travelucion Media, a duly licensed and bonded online travel company, Amadeus GDS affiliated, digital & print media powerhouse that specializes in travel
marketing, electronic reservations and online booking solutions. Travelucion owns a vast portfolio of web assets consisting of 432 Cuba-centric websites in
up to 5 languages which generate over 35 million page-views per year and direct traffic to Travelucion’s online booking and
e-commerce sites and proprietary online booking systems, also customized for white label deployment on third party booking websites
for; Cayman Islands, Dominican republic, Aruba, Bahamas, BVI, Belize, Antigua, Jamaica and Cuba, offering bookings for hotels,
private residences, car rentals, tours, flights and a variety of other types of specialized travel services as well.
In 2017, the company acquired equity in the Florida, USA based, licensed and bonded Travel
Agency; International Business & Travel Opportunities, LLC (IBTO), a Caribbean Basin focused travel facilitator
operating trips in the region (including licensed Cuba trips for Americans).
In 2018, the company acquired equity in the Florida, USA based, Third Circle Publishing LLC, publisher of
the esteemed and U.S circulated print and digital magazine Cuba Trade Magazine. CUV Ventures Corp now controls important print and digital media assets,
reaching 10s of millions of consumers globally.
In 2018, the company acquired equity in the Toronto; Canada based, duly FINTRAC licensed, remittance
company Duales Inc. as part of the Revolupay® remittance app partner network.
In 2018, the company acquired equity in the Miami; USA based, Business Advisory/Consultant Think-Tank
Havana Consulting Group, as part of the progressive acquisition of key Cuba related but, non
domiciled, businesses.
The Cuba Ventures divisions consulting team harnesses over 80 years of combined advisor experience in submitting
and, obtaining approval, for joint ventures, joint production agreements and import/export permits for foreign enterprises. More
recently the company has taken a royalty approach for future agreements between third parties anxious to begin comercial operations
with Cuba and, the company’s Cuba Consulting Unit.
Through this methodology, the Company is gradually building a potentially valuable “future-ready”, non Caribbean
(Cuba) domiciled asset base while, in the interim, securing revenue, growth and unique opportunities present in the Caribbean
Basin, with an emphasis on the $4 billion dollar and rapidly growing Cuban travel and tourism industry, $3 billion factoring
and FinTech sector, $18.6 billion Caribbean remittance industry and international corporate
consulting for Cuba’s $86 Billion annual economy, which remains an interesting opportunity and, one that this division strives to
dominate at every opportunity by acquiring assets that are neither physically domiciled nor associated with entities located in
Republic of Cuba but, that have unparalleled future takeover prospects, should the political climate improve.
For further information on CUV Ventures Corp. (TSX-V:CUV) visit the Company’s website at www.cuvventures.com. The Company has 121,282,901 shares issued and outstanding.
CUV VENTURES CORP.
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CUV Ventures Corp.
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