Tanke Signs Incubation and Investment Agreement With Unepay
April 23 2014 - 8:15AM
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Tanke Signs Incubation and Investment Agreement With Unepay
Tanke to Develop Master Plan for Rapid Expansion and $1.6
Million Seed Investment
ST LOUIS, MO--(Marketwired - Apr 23, 2014) - Tanke, Incorporated
(OTC Pink: TNKE) (PINKSHEETS: TNKE) (the "Company"), a diversified
holding company focused on emerging technologies and "cleantech" is
pleased to announce the signing of an incubation and investment
agreement with Unepay Inc. a rapidly emerging company in both the
e-commerce and telecommunications business.
Unepay's E-Commerce discount couponing and retail business
currently has over 100 thousand subscribers and is forecasted to
exceed 2 million by year end. Unepay targets the underserved
Hispanic market which currently comprises approximately 60 million
people (approximately 20% of the US population) and is expected to
triple by 2050; currently the Hispanic market has a buying power
worth $1 trillion, and is expected to grow another 50% to $1.5
trillion in the next five years.1
Tanke is to serve as Unepays' primary incubator during this
important stage of Unepay's growth providing advice including the
development of a Master Plan for UnePay's to achieve aggressive
expansion, the arranging for capital investments and assisting in
identifying partnership for its expansion. The agreement includes
an injection of $1.6 million seed capital into Unepay over the next
12 months to fulfill its immediate growth requirements.
"This agreement is in alignment with our recently launched,
innovative and strategic incubation program; a program that is
aimed at accelerating commercialization and achieving enhanced
market reach for emerging growth companies that promise
significantly growth potential," stated Nick Balomenos, COO of
Tanke Inc.
According to Forrester Research, online retail sales in the
United States is forecasted to reach $370 billion by 2017;
eMarketer further forecasts global ecommerce to exceed $1.8
trillion by 2016. Specifically, discount ecommerce alone has shown
a steady 35% year over year growth over the last three years and is
expected to achieve $8 billion by 2015, representing an overall
1440% growth from 2011.
"UnePay has aggressive expansion plans currently underway to
capture a significant portion of the target market over the next
few years. Tanke's incubation model coupled with our proprietary
technologies and cross border abilities is by far the most
comprehensive incubation plan that exists to help companies achieve
exponential growth," stated Nick Balomenos COO of Tanke.
Additional information is available on the Company's website:
www.tankeinc.com or contact Investor Relations at:
IR@tankeinc.com
References:
1. Nielsen Report (Hispanic Buying Power) 02/02/2013
About Tanke Incorporated Tanke is a diversified holding company
with the mission to develop, manage and finance emerging companies
in high growth industries. Tanke is focused in the development of
environmental technologies and "Cleantech" for a wide range of
markets such as commercial, industrial and municipal
applications. Tanke believes that globalization and the
emergence of Asia stresses natural resources, water, energy and
food, and environmental technologies will be at the forefront of
the new paradigm shift in usage of resources. Through its
subsidiaries and affiliates in the world and with its deep
experience in China - the fastest growing emerging market in the
world, Tanke seeks to grow through acquisitions, organic growth in
the USA and also in the emerging markets. Our holdings consist of:
Environmental & Water technologies, eWaste and reverse
logistics technologies, and The Triple R Water recycling technology
and the uSMART™ brand.
Safe Harbor Statement: Certain statements and
information included in this release may constitute
"forward-looking statements" as defined in the Federal Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking
statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors which may cause the actual results, performance or
achievements of the company to be materially different from any
future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied in
such statements. Additional discussion of factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from management's projections,
estimates and expectations is contained in the Company's SEC
filings. The Company assumes no obligation to update any
forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future
events or developments, except as required by federal securities
laws.
Additional information is available on the Company's website:
www.tankeinc.com or Contact Investor Relations at:
IR@tankeinc.com
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