Victory Square Reports Increase of 604.87% in Total Revenues in First Half of 2018 Versus Same Period 2017

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 18, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The multi-faceted technology accelerator Victory Square Technologies Inc. ("Victory Square" or the "Company") (CSE: VST, OTCQX: VSQTF, FWB: 6F6) today provided financial highlights for the first half of 2018 as part of a corporate update that includes a comprehensive list of both equity investments and companies that are currently being incubated under its corporate umbrella.

The Company saw total revenues increase to $1,312,742 for the first two quarters of 2018, up from $186,238 in the first half of 2017, validating its approach as a technology accelerator that uses its experience, expertise and resources to help grow and scale its portfolio companies. It currently spans 23 portfolio companies which are collectively committed to innovative and disruptive projects in every sector of the global economy, including Finance, Health, Cannabis, Real Estate, Insurance, Entertainment and Education.

Victory Square provides investors with a curated portfolio of emerging technology companies focused on: Artificial Intelligence (“AI”), Blockchain, e-Sports, Virtual Reality (“VR”), and Augmented Reality (“AR”), with the ability to provide significant upside to shareholders through monetization strategies that include IPOs, RTOs and M&A activity.

First Half of 2018 Financial Highlights

• Total revenues increased to $1,312,742 from $186,238 during the same period last year; an increase of 604.87%.
• Gross profit increased to $356,249 from $58,293 during the same period last year; an increase of 511.14%.
• Net income increased to $4,156,848 from -$999,288 during the same period last year.
• Total assets increased to $32,618,268 from $11,713,354 as at December 31, 2017; an increase of 178.47%.
• Total investments increased to $20,719,543 from $5,118,359 as at December 31, 2017; an increase of 304.81%.

“We kick-started 2018 with a focus on identifying and investing in exceptional startups, each led by a strong management team and engaged in global market opportunities,” said Shafin Diamond Tejani, Chief Executive Officer of Victory Square. “With our portfolio companies curated to provide our investors with the best possible exposure to the next generation of technology giants, we are now prioritizing maximal value creation within each venture. “We’re also gratified to see that 2018 has been an active year of growth for our portfolio companies where we have recognized a very healthy 604.87% revenue increase since June 30, 2017, alongside a 178.47% total asset growth since December 2017.”

Tejani also pointed to the growth of Victory Square portfolio company FansUnite Entertainment Inc., which closed an oversubscribed financing; raising $4,457,750 CAD to value FansUnite at $17,457,750 CAD. Victory Square originally acquired 100% of FansUnite for $2,000,000 CAD in late 2016. The private placement was undertaken to provide FansUnite with additional growth capital to develop the FansUnite Sportsbook. As a result of the financing, Victory Square realized a $6,946,937 gain on its initial investment to acquire FansUnite, which is continuing to develop software and preparing for a standalone go public strategy in early 2019.

“The FansUnite case study exemplifies a strategy that not only resulted in a significant win for our shareholders but clearly validated our business model of identifying extraordinary start-ups and helping them successfully grow and scale globally,” said Tejani in reference to FansUnite.

VICTORY SQUARE PORTFOLIO AS AT AUGUST 29, 2018

The following outlines the Victory Square equity portfolio, percentage of ownership as at August 29, 2018, and the Company's vertical:

Note 1 – The ownership percentages are provided based on the information provided to the Company by the investee companies. If additional shares have been issued by the investees without the knowledge of Company these percentages may not be accurate.

“Since the beginning of 2018, Victory Square has garnered real momentum by continuing to deploy our signature incubation and acceleration strategies; identifying, investing and enabling the 23 companies within our portfolio,” said Tejani. “Each company’s management group has been actively engaged in collaborating with our product and growth experts to position their opportunities to deliver the maximum impact to their respective markets. We are now accelerating these companies into scaling through strategic sales and marketing, rapidly acquiring users and customers, which of course ultimately delivers significant returns to Victory Square shareholders.”

Victory Square will continue to update shareholders on all significant advancements of portfolio companies as they occur in the second half of 2018.

For further information about the Company, please contact:

Investor Relations Contact - Prit Singh 
Email: prit@victorysquare.comTelephone: 905-510-7636

Media Contact - Howard Blank, Director 
Email: howard@victorysquare.com 
Telephone: 604-928-6066

ABOUT VICTORY SQUARE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Victory Square Technologies (VST) is an accelerator with 20+ portfolio companies focused on emerging technologies such as: Blockchain, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and VR/AR. It has a proven process for identifying and investing in extraordinary start-ups which are working on innovative and disruptive projects in every sector of the global economy, including Finance, Health, Real Estate, Insurance, Entertainment and Education. Victory Square uses its expertise and resources to help grow and scale these portfolio companies, which results in significant returns for VST and its shareholders. For more information, please visit www.victorysquare.com.

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FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
This news release contains “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable securities laws relating to the outlook of the business of Victory Square, including, without limitation, statements relating to future performance by any portfolio company of the Company, the impact of any portfolio company’s performance on the Company, the strategic direction of the Company, and its goal of broadening its portfolio of interests in innovative companies. Such forward-looking statements may, without limitation, be preceded by, followed by, or include words such as “believes”, “expects”, “anticipates”, “estimates”, “intends”, “plans”, “continues”, “project”, “potential”, “possible”, “contemplate”, “seek”, “goal”, or similar expressions, or may employ such future or conditional verbs as “may”, “might”, “will”, “could”, “should” or “would”, or may otherwise be indicated as forward-looking statements by grammatical construction, phrasing or context. All statements other than statements of historical fact contained in this news release are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking information is based on certain key expectations and assumptions made by the management of Victory Square. Although Victory Square believes that the expectations and assumptions on which such forward looking information is based are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on them because Victory Square can give no assurance that they will prove to be correct. Actual results and developments may differ materially from those contemplated by these statements. The statements contained in this news release are made as of the date of this news release. Victory Square disclaims any intent or obligation to update publicly any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or results or otherwise, other than as required by applicable securities laws.

The Canadian Securities Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this news release and accepts no responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy hereof.