GlobalWise Reports Second Quarter 2012 Financial Results

COLUMBUS, OH--(Marketwire - Aug 14, 2012) - GlobalWise Investments, Inc. (OTCBB: GWIV) (OTCQB: GWIV) (www.GlobalWiseInvestments.com) and its wholly owned subsidiary Intellinetics, Inc., an enterprise content management ("ECM") software development, sales and marketing company serving both public and private sector clients, today announce financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2012.

Financial Highlights for the Second Quarter 2012:

• Total revenue increased by 146% to $887,285 compared to $360,328 in the first quarter, and an increase of 52% compared to $582,051 in the year-ago second quarter;
• Gross profit improved to $597,123, a 959% increase over the first quarter of $56,381, and a 64% increase compared to $364,661 in the year-ago second quarter;
• Gross profit margin increased to 67% compared to 16% in the first quarter and 63% in the year-ago second quarter;
• Total operating expenses decreased by 69% to $680,062 compared to $1,148,905 in the first quarter; up from $421,636 in the year-ago second quarter;
• Loss from operations decreased by 1,217% to ($82,939) compared to ($1,092,524) in the first quarter; up from ($56,975) in the year-ago second quarter;
• Net loss decreased by 639% to ($155,250) compared to ($1,147,873) in the first quarter; up from ($93,039) in the year-ago second quarter.

The Company's operating expenses in the second quarter reflect additional costs associated with being a public company and strategic investments in human talent, technology and process assets that we believe help establish a solid foundation for profitable geometric growth in its subscriber base and revenue. Combined, these investments drive cost and cycle time out of the marketing, sales and order fulfillment processes. As a result, GlobalWise is better positioned to be able to harvest demand from captive markets with little additional operating cost and expects expenses to remain relatively stable at current levels as revenue continues to increase.

"GlobalWise's dynamic approach to the ECM software market is taking hold in 2012," stated William J. "BJ" Santiago, CEO of GlobalWise. "Two important changes have occurred in the past 18 months that are becoming the catalysts for our extraordinary growth. First, the advancement of our ECM software to a cloud-delivery model reduces our cost of service delivery and time to installation. Second, moving from a domestic direct-sales model to an international Channel Partner strategy has dramatically increased our ability to sell our software to a greater number of clients in a lower-cost manner. Our second-quarter revenue growth of 146% vs. the prior quarter and 52% growth year-over-year is a direct, tangible result of these developments. Simply put, we're now selling more software faster and have reduced our average sales cycle from a historic 18 - 24 months to 3 - 6 months."

Since the beginning of 2012, the Company has signed eight new Channel Partners with several potential new partners pending. In 2011, 14 new Channel Partners were signed. The increase in sales capacity is driving significant and consistent revenue growth, and the trend is expected to continue throughout 2012 and beyond. 

Fiscal Year 2012 Guidance:

Based upon the Company's current sales funnel and recent Channel Partner activity, GlobalWise currently expects to exceed $3.3 million in annual revenue in 2012 vs. $1.7 million in 2011. Management anticipates exiting 2012 at an annualized revenue run rate for 2013 in excess of $5.0 million, as existing Channel Partners increase their sales and marketing efforts and new Channel Partners are added. GlobalWise expects to be increasingly well positioned for growth and profitability in future periods as projected revenues increase, operating expenses continue to decline as a percentage of revenue, and the cost of continuing as a public company normalizes.

"Our sales funnel is growing steadily with qualified clients through our Channel Partner eco-system," added Mr. Santiago. "The Channel Partners need a cloud-based ECM solution to complement their product strategy and increase the number of value added services provided to clients. We strategically choose partners who sell enterprise software, consulting services or office equipment focused around document management. We can quickly train them on our template based ECM software and/or how to integrate the software into their existing business application software or hardware products. This new sales strategy allows us to focus on what we do best - software engineering, support and cloud services delivery - and allows our partners to do what they do best - demand generation for industry leading business software solutions."

About GlobalWise Investments, Inc.

GlobalWise Investments, Inc., via its wholly owned subsidiary Intellinetics, Inc., is a Columbus, Ohio based Enterprise Content Management (ECM) pioneer with industry-leading software that delivers cloud ECM based solutions on-demand. The Company's flagship platform, Intellivue™, represents a new industry benchmark and game-changing solution by enabling clients to access and manage the content of every scanned document, file, spreadsheet, email, photo, audio file or video tape - virtually anything that can be digitized - in their enterprise from any PC, laptop, tablet or smartphone from anywhere in the world. 

For additional information, please visit the Company's corporate website: www.GlobalWiseInvestments.com

This press release may contain "forward-looking statements." Expressions of future goals and similar expressions reflecting something other than historical fact are intended to identify forward-looking statements, but are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements. These forward-looking statements may include, without limitation, statements about our market opportunity, strategies, competition, expected activities and expenditures as we pursue our business plan. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in any forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot predict the effect that market conditions, customer acceptance of products, regulatory issues, competitive factors, or other business circumstances and factors described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission may have on our results. The company undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements in order to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this press release.

Financial Tables Follow

GLOBALWISE INVESTMENTS, INC. and SUBSIDIARY
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
				For the Three Months Ended June 30,								For the Six Months Ended June 30,
				2012				2011				2012				2011
Revenues:
	Sale of software licenses without modification			$	34,939			$	19,925			$	56,678			$	36,800
	Sale of software licenses with substantive modification				393,403				227,979				413,395				242,764
	Software as a service				24,596				37,910				53,637				69,327
	Software maintenance services				195,857				160,209				373,308				314,242
	Consulting services				238,490				136,028				350,595				158,044
		Total revenues			887,285				582,051				1,247,613				821,177
Cost of revenues:
	Sale of software licenses without modification				14,627				5,084				31,832				9,451
	Sale of software licenses with substantive modification				109,229				121,052				262,855				229,490
	Software as a service				7,364				6,930				13,894				13,516
	Software maintenance services				36,404				29,449				61,284				52,172
	Consulting services				122,538				54,875				224,244				116,904
		Total cost of revenues			290,162				217,390				594,109				421,533
Gross profit					597,123				364,661				653,504				399,644
Operating expenses:
	General and administrative				348,976				278,773				1,169,198				501,631
	Sales and marketing				323,439				132,524				645,333				266,925
	Depreciation				7,647				10,339				14,437				21,133
		Total operating expenses			680,062				421,636				1,828,968				789,689
Loss from operations					(82,939	)			(56,975	)			(1,175,464	)			(390,045	)
Interest expense, net					(72,311	)			(36,064	)			(127,659	)			(74,099	)
Net loss				$	(155,250	)		$	(93,039	)		$	(1,303,123	)		$	(464,144	)
Basic and deiluted net loss per share:				$	-			$	-			$	(0.04	)		$	(0.02	)
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - basic and diluted					32,590,850				22,757,100				31,589,531				22,757,100

GLOBALWISE INVESTMENTS, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
ASSETS
				Unaudited
				June 30,				December 31,
				2012				2011
Current assets:
	Cash			$	17,366			$	140,271
	Accounts receivable, net				400,168				335,453
	Prepaid expenses and other current assets				44,835				18,398
		Total current assets			462,369				494,122
Property and equipment, net					72,112				32,771
Other assets					41,400				46,404
		Total assets		$	575,881			$	573,297
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT
Current liabilities:
	Accounts payable and accrued expenses			$	999,909			$	389,080
	Accrued expenses, related parties				17,494				-
	Deferred revenues				745,975				964,043
	Notes payable - current				1,417,203				747,778
	Notes payable - related party - current				300,000				-
		Total current liabilities			3,480,581				2,100,901
Long-term liabilities:
	Deferred compensation				234,107				215,011
	Notes payable - net of current portion				1,385,029				1,528,915
	Notes payable - related party				276,707				262,707
	Deferred interest expense				34,564				17,063
	Other long-term liabilities - related parties				171,575				157,859
		Total long-term liabilities			2,101,982				2,181,555
		Total liabilities other than shares			5,582,563				4,282,456
Shares subject to mandatory redemption									111,235
		Total liabilities			5,582,563				4,393,691
Commitments and contingencies
Excess of liabilities over assets (deficit)					-				(3,820,394	)
		Total liabilities and excess of liabilities over assets (deficit)			5,582,563				573,297
Stockholders' deficit:
	Common stock, $0.001 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized; 32,590,850 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2012				32,591				-
	Additional paid-in capital (deficit)				(52,975	)			-
	Accumulated deficit				(4,986,298	)			-
		Total stockholders' deficit			(5,006,682	)			-
		Total liabilities and excess of liabilities over assets (deficit) and stockholders' deficit		$	575,881			$	573,297