October 25, 2019, Resonate Blends, Inc.
−Removed: (formerly Textmunication Holdings Inc.) announced its entry into the cannabis industry
−Removed: by acquiring Resonate Blends LLC (“Resonate”
−Removed: or the “Company”), a California-based cannabis wellness lifestyle
−Removed: product company built on a proprietary system of experiential targets.
−Removed: Resonate is building a value-added, brand-focused cannabis
−Removed: organization offering premium brands of consistent quality.
−Removed: The Company also acquired Entourage Labs LLC (“Entourage Labs”),
−Removed: a sister company of Resonate.
+Added: (formerly Textmunication Holdings Inc.) announced its entry into the cannabis industry by acquiring
+Added: Resonate Blends LLC (“Resonate”
+Added: or the “Company”), a California-based cannabis wellness lifestyle product company
+Added: built on a proprietary system of experiential targets.
+Added: Resonate is building a value-added, brand-focused cannabis organization offering
+Added: premium brands of consistent quality.
+Added: The Company also acquired Entourage Labs LLC (“Entourage Labs”), a sister company of
Entourage Labs is the Intellectual Property (IP) subsidiary of Resonate.
−Removed: in Calabasas, California, Resonate Blends, Inc.
−Removed: is a cannabis holding company centered on valued-added holistic Wellness and Lifestyle
−Removed: The Company’s strategy is to ignite future growth by building a purpose-driven portfolio of innovative, trusted
−Removed: national brands, emerging brands, research organizations, and a variety of retail channels.
−Removed: The Company’s focus is finding
−Removed: mutual value between product and consumer by optimizing quality, supply chain resources and financial performance.
−Removed: offers a family of premium cannabis-based products of consistent quality based on unique formations calibrated to Resonate Blends
−Removed: effects system in what we believe is the industry gold standard in user experience.
−Removed: Company believes the greatest long-term value creation in the cannabis industry will be in the establishment of high quality and
−Removed: consistent consumer brands.
−Removed: Resonate hopes to become a national leader through its vision in creating a family of brands designed
−Removed: specifically to deliver reliable, effective, beneficial experiences.
−Removed: is committed to helping you live the life you love.
−Removed: We do not make the medicinal vs.
+Added: in Calabasas, California, Resonate Blends is a cannabis holding company centered on valued-added holistic Wellness and Lifestyle brands.
+Added: The Company’s strategy is to ignite future growth by building a purpose-driven portfolio of innovative, trusted national brands,
+Added: emerging brands, research organizations, and a variety of retail channels.
+Added: The Company’s focus is finding mutual value between
+Added: product and consumer by optimizing quality, supply chain resources and financial performance.
+Added: The Company offers a family of premium
+Added: cannabis-based products of consistent quality based on unique formations calibrated to Resonate Blends effects system in what the Company
+Added: believes is the industry gold standard in user experience.
+Added: believes the greatest long-term value creation in the cannabis industry will be in the establishment of high quality and consistent consumer
+Added: Resonate hopes to become a national leader through its vision in creating a family of brands designed specifically to deliver
+Added: reliable, effective and beneficial experiences.
+Added: is committed to helping people live the life they love, but they do not make the medicinal vs.
recreational distinction.
This is a temporary
−Removed: legal separation in some states that we expect will soon cease to exist.
−Removed: We believe in wellness for the whole person.
−Removed: that people with pain or anxiety also want to enjoy friends, concerts and have satisfying intimate experiences.
−Removed: We are designing
−Removed: experiences which will improve all areas of our lives.
+Added: legal separation in some states that should soon cease to exist.
+Added: The Company believes in wellness for the whole person, including
+Added: people with insomnia, pain or anxiety who also want to enjoy friends, concerts and have satisfying intimate experiences.
+Added: is designing experiences which should improve all areas of ones’
accomplish this, Resonate is Mastering the Art of Experience.
−Removed: This is our mission.
−Removed: By integrating science, technology, education,
−Removed: branding, marketing, sales and delivery - with every customer interaction we aim to provide exceptional experiences.
−Removed: has a broad range of unique characteristics and we are dedicated to harnessing and amplifying those characteristics to support
−Removed: healthy empowered and engaged lifestyles.
−Removed: From product development through customer communication, we prefect and demystify cannabis
−Removed: bringing innovative products to an increasingly sophisticated market.
−Removed: Resonate Blends has a strong social mission and the Resonate
−Removed: team is building a successful business by focusing our knowledge, skill and energy on creating wellness-lifestyle products which
−Removed: will improve community by helping individuals live more satisfying, meaningful and connected lives.
−Removed: The need for these products
−Removed: at this time is crucial.
−Removed: communicate the breadth of wellness products that Resonate is developing, our team created The Resonate System.
+Added: This is the Company’s mission.
+Added: By integrating science, technology,
+Added: education, branding, marketing, sales and delivery - with every customer interaction they aim to provide exceptional experiences.
+Added: has a broad range of unique characteristics, and they are dedicated to harnessing and amplifying those characteristics to support healthy
+Added: empowered and engaged lifestyles.
+Added: From product development through customer communication, they prefect and demystify cannabis bringing
+Added: innovative products to an increasingly sophisticated market.
+Added: Resonate Blends has a strong social mission and the Resonate team is building
+Added: a successful business by focusing its knowledge, skill and energy on creating wellness-lifestyle products which will improve community
+Added: by helping individuals live more satisfying, meaningful and connected lives.
+Added: The need for these products currently is crucial.
+Added: communicate the breadth of wellness products that Resonate is developing, the Company created The Resonate System.
The Resonate System
graphically represents a spectrum of wellness products based on cannabis scaffolding.
−Removed: This system helps users easily select which
−Removed: product they want.
−Removed: Products based on The Resonate System deliver relaxation, freedom from pain and anxiety, boosts in focus and
−Removed: creativity, sensuality, human connection and joy.
−Removed: Our products are formulated around a system of interconnected experience targets
−Removed: that will allow you to know exactly what to expect when using them.
−Removed: respecting and honoring the natural power of plant medicine, Resonate also employs advanced science, leading technology and a
−Removed: deep understanding of how various cannabis compounds, when working in the body, simultaneously can create unique effects and benefits
−Removed: (referred to as the “Entourage Effect”).
−Removed: Our product developers blend cannabinoids and terpenes to formulate products
−Removed: with specific, controllable and repeatable, beneficial effects.
−Removed: Through innovation, experimentation, testing and an iterative
−Removed: product development strategy, our team has unlocked new plant constituent combinations resulting in unique, enjoyable and extremely
−Removed: effective wellness products unlike anything else in the marketplace.
−Removed: Resonate plans to explore obtaining patent protection for
−Removed: these formulations and products in the future.
−Removed: the Resonate Blends product family, is based around a comprehensive system of interconnected experience targets that allow people
−Removed: to select the products that best fit their lifestyle and health objectives.
−Removed: Koan products are dedicated to the efficacy and precision
−Removed: of functional experience targets across a broad range of product categories.
+Added: This system helps users easily select which product
+Added: Products based on The Resonate System deliver relaxation, freedom from pain and anxiety, boosts in focus and creativity, sensuality,
+Added: human connection and joy.
+Added: Koan products are formulated around a system of interconnected experience targets that will allow you to know
+Added: exactly what to expect when using them.
+Added: respecting and honoring the natural power of plant medicine, Resonate also employs advanced science, leading technology and a deep understanding
+Added: of how various cannabis compounds, when working in the body, simultaneously can create unique effects and benefits (referred to as the
+Added: “Entourage Effect”).
+Added: Product developers blend cannabinoids and terpenes to formulate products with specific, controllable
+Added: and repeatable beneficial effects.
+Added: Through innovation, experimentation, testing and an iterative product development strategy,
+Added: the Koan team has unlocked new plant constituent combinations resulting in unique, enjoyable and extremely effective wellness
+Added: products unlike anything else in the marketplace.
+Added: Resonate has filed a provisional patent for protection of these formulations and products
+Added: in the future.
+Added: the Resonate Blends product family, is based around a comprehensive system of interconnected experience targets that allow people to
+Added: select the products that best fit their lifestyle and health objectives.
+Added: Koan products are dedicated to the efficacy and precision of
+Added: functional experience targets across a broad range of product categories.
Resonate’s
initial products are a completely unique class of products called Cordials.
−Removed: These blends offer a wide range of experiences not
−Removed: currently available in the cannabis market.
−Removed: Our Cordials are water-soluble and use emulsification technology to allow for quick
−Removed: onset and a sustained and nuanced experience.
−Removed: Single dose, healthful, subtle in taste, cordials are an ideal way for people to
−Removed: gently intentionally improve their well-being.
−Removed: They can be sipped directly or substituted for alcohol as a cocktail mixer.
+Added: These blends offer a wide range of experiences not currently
+Added: available in the cannabis market.
+Added: Cordials are water-soluble and use nano-emulsification technology to allow for quick onset and a sustained
+Added: and nuanced experience.
+Added: Single dose, healthful, subtle in taste, cordials are an ideal way for people to intentionally improve their
+Added: They can be shipped directly or substituted for alcohol as a cocktail mixer.
+Added: A significant competitive advantage is that
+Added: the Cordials allow users to select both the experience they want and the beverage they choose to enjoy them in.
Resonate’s
−Removed: Cordials have been developed in partnership with an award-winning advanced infusion technology partner and are targeted for commercial
−Removed: release in late Q1 of 2021.
−Removed: The company plans to offer six unique blends at its initial release.
−Removed: preparation for the upcoming release, we have formalized contracts with our logistical, manufacturing and marketing partners
−Removed: and are building a digital native strategy supporting direct to consumer sales.
−Removed: This release will be followed with our second
−Removed: product line that is already in full development and is expected for targeted commercial release before the end of 2021.
+Added: Cordials have been developed in partnership with an award-winning advanced infusion technology partner and were launched to the
+Added: retail channel in late Q2 of 2021.
+Added: The company is offering six unique formulations and expects to launch an additional blend “Love”
+Added: Q1 2022 and a “Sleep”
+Added: formulation in Q2 2022.
+Added: The Cordials were awarded the Golden Leaf Award as “Best New
+Added: Brand of 2021”
+Added: at the “Luxury Meets Cannabis Conference”
+Added: held in New York City in December.
+Added: Resonate also won a
+Added: Cannabis Clio Award for “Brand Design”
+Added: also in December.
+Added: has formalized contracts with logistical, sales and marketing partners to build a digital native strategy supporting Direct-to-Consumer
+Added: The Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) sales platform launched in October and now allows California consumers the ability to order on-line
+Added: and have the Cordials home delivered in most metro areas within four hours.
+Added: Based on customer demand, the Company is creating a “singles”
+Added: option for the Cordials which will be available in early 2022 and a multi-dose option shipping in early Q2 2022.
principal executive office is located at 26565 Agoura Road, Suite 200, Calabasas, CA 91302.
−Removed: Our executive telephone number is
−Removed: (571) 888-0009.
−Removed: Company signed a custom development contract with Vertosa in March of 2020, the leading provider of safe, reliable emulsion bases
−Removed: for infused product developers.
−Removed: This contract was a major milestone for the Company as it selected its strategic partners to develop
−Removed: innovative products and solutions.
−Removed: is an award-winning strategic partner who will assist the Company in the launch of its first unique category of six water soluble
−Removed: These multi-use products deliver specific, predictable, reliable, effects in a format that is completely unique in the
−Removed: The first product developed collaboratively is the Cordial product line, but both companies expect several other products
−Removed: to be developed over time utilizing Vertosa’s emulsification technology in support of Resonate’s experience targeting
+Added: The executive telephone number is (571) 888-0009.
+Added: Company signed a custom development contract with Vertosa in March of 2020, the leading provider of safe, reliable emulsion bases for
+Added: infused product developers.
+Added: This contract was a major milestone for the Company as it selected its strategic partners to develop innovative
+Added: products and solutions.
+Added: is an award-winning strategic partner who will assist the Company in the launch of its first unique category of six water soluble products.
+Added: These multi-use products deliver specific, predictable, reliable, effects in a format that is completely unique in the industry.
+Added: first product developed collaboratively is the Cordial product line, but both companies expect several other products to be developed
+Added: over time utilizing Vertosa’s emulsification technology.
+Added: In addition to the new Cordial blends, the company
+Added: also expects to launch a unique edible product line to the market in mid-2022.
Vertosa and Resonate teams share a mission of maximizing the benefits of cannabinoids and plant medicine.
−Removed: Resonate selected Vertosa
−Removed: as a development partner because the Vertosa systems’
−Removed: industry leading emulsification technology makes them highly stable,
−Removed: bioavailable, and water compatible.
+Added: Resonate selected Vertosa as
+Added: a development partner because the Vertosa systems’
+Added: industry leading emulsification technology makes them highly stable, bioavailable,
+Added: and water compatible.
All of Vertosa’s inactive base materials are FDA approved and are lab tested for quality.
−Removed: Vertosa’s Hemp-derived CBD Emulsion System is now certified organic by CCOF , a United States Department of
−Removed: Agriculture-accredited certifier and non-profit advocacy group, and the company has also received its Good Manufacturing
−Removed: Practice (GMP) certification , confirming that its offerings follow regulations promulgated by the US Food and Drug Administration
−Removed: and are safe, pure, and effective.
+Added: Vertosa’s
+Added: Hemp-derived CBD Emulsion System is now certified organic by CCOF, a United States Department of Agriculture-accredited certifier and
+Added: non-profit advocacy group, and the company has also received its Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) certification, confirming that its
+Added: offerings follow regulations promulgated by the US Food and Drug Administration and are safe, pure, and effective.
+Added: In addition, Vertosa
+Added: is expanding into other legal states, and this paves the way for Resonate to follow behind moving beyond California while still assuring
+Added: strict standards and high production quality for Koan products.
Manufacturing:
−Removed: Company plans to partner with The Galley, a California licensed Type N –
−Removed: Infused Products Manufacturer based in Santa Rosa,
−Removed: The Galley produces and packages premium award-winning products and has worked with some of the most popular brands
−Removed: in the industry.
−Removed: The Galley is built to FDA and CDPH standards and is focused on high demand
−Removed: areas of production –
−Removed: Edibles, Topicals, Tinctures, Chocolate, Hard Candies, Gummies, Pre-Rolls, Flower, Vapes and Beverages.
−Removed: and The Galley entered into a Master Services Agreement in which The Galley will manufacture and package Resonate’s first
−Removed: family of products to precise specifications.
−Removed: The Galley also has a Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC) issued distribution license
−Removed: in California and, along with other select distribution partners, will distribute Resonate’s products to retail establishments
−Removed: throughout the state.
−Removed: Galley and Resonate have been in frequent contact throughout Resonate’s development period and they are prepared to support
−Removed: production of the Company’s unique family of wellness lifestyle products.
−Removed: Resonate’s upcoming first of its kind offerings
−Removed: are emulsified through the advanced infusion technology provided by award-winning Vertosa and collaboratively developed to push
−Removed: the state of the art in its cannabis products.
+Added: Company partnered with The Galley, a California licensed Type N –
+Added: Infused Products Manufacturer based in Santa Rosa, California.
+Added: The Galley produces and packages premium award-winning products and has worked with some of the most popular brands in the industry.
+Added: The Galley is built to FDA and CDPH standards and is focused on high demand areas of production –
+Added: Edibles, Topicals, Tinctures,
+Added: Chocolate, Hard Candies, Gummies, Pre-Rolls, Flower, Vapes and Beverages.
+Added: Resonate Blends was granted a Type S:
+Added: Shared Facility - Adult
+Added: and Medicinal Cannabis Manufacturing License on July 23, 2021.
+Added: The license allows Resonate Blends to manufacture cannabis products at
+Added: the licensed facility of The Galley.
+Added: and The Galley entered into a Master Services Agreement in which The Galley will manufacture and package Resonate’s first family
+Added: of products to precise specifications.
+Added: Galley and Resonate have been in frequent contact throughout Resonate’s development period and are now supporting the production
+Added: of the Company’s unique family of wellness lifestyle products.
+Added: Resonate’s first of its kind offerings are emulsified through
+Added: the advanced infusion technology provided by award-winning Vertosa and collaboratively developed to push the state of the art in its
+Added: cannabis products.
Distribution:
−Removed: of the unique nature of Resonate’s Koan products and the recent expansion of home delivery services in the cannabis industry,
−Removed: Resonate has prioritized a direct-to-consumer method as their primary sales strategy.
−Removed: Resonate is identifying a technology partner
−Removed: who will add an e-commerce feature to the Koan web site that will allow the Company to sell products directly to consumers using
−Removed: a licensed California state-wide delivery network for fulfilment.
+Added: of the unique nature of Resonate’s Koan products and the recent expansion of home delivery services in the cannabis industry, Resonate
+Added: has prioritized a direct-to-consumer method as a key sales strategy.
+Added: Resonate has identified a technology partner who will add an e-commerce
+Added: feature to the Koan web site that will allow the Company to sell products directly to consumers using a licensed California state-wide
+Added: delivery network for fulfilment.
addition to direct sales, the company plans to offer products to select premium dispensaries throughout California.
−Removed: These products
−Removed: will be delivered to retail establishments by a leading cannabis full service distributor.
−Removed: is also developing relationships with a variety of complementary distribution channels such as subscription box companies and
−Removed: other non-storefront reseller organizations.
+Added: These products will
+Added: be delivered to retail establishments by a leading cannabis full-service distributor.
+Added: The Company contracted with The Vault 3PL to provide
+Added: logistics and state-wide distribution for Resonate’s Koan Cordials, its product line of unique experience blends currently available
+Added: in California.
+Added: is also developing relationships with a variety of complementary distribution channels such as subscription box companies and other non-storefront
+Added: reseller organizations.
+Added: Company partnered with leading e-commerce technology provider Grassdoor in October to allow online sales of Koan Cordials throughout
+Added: The Grassdoor partnership powers same-day delivery service of Resonate’s six precision-calibrated formulas throughout
+Added: Northern and Southern California.
+Added: summarize, Resonate has signed and announced definitive agreements with various partners to execute on its overall business strategy.
+Added: Vertosa is expected to develop unique formulations through its advanced nano-emulsification process, The Galley is expected to assemble
+Added: and package, Grassdoor’s e-commerce solution is expected to offer online sales and home delivery in California of Cordials and
+Added: Vault 3PL Distribution to distribute the products.
+Added: Resonate engaged with The Flower Agency to actively market social media channels to
+Added: the California market.
and Sales Plan
−Removed: cannabis industry is changing daily in response to updated regulations, customer product education, new interest from various
−Removed: demographics and now the COVID-19 pandemic.
−Removed: As a result, we are constantly attentive to these changes as they affect the marketing
−Removed: of our products.
−Removed: Our initial marketing strategy was to launch in select dispensaries in Los Angeles and to support the launch
−Removed: with dispensary promotional material and location-based marketing.
−Removed: However, in the current market the Company has decided to modify
−Removed: this strategy.
−Removed: Paradoxically, retail restrictions and safety regulations were actually beneficial for us, as these allowed us
−Removed: to reprioritize our sales approach and to build a marketing plan around on-line dispensaries with wide delivery networks.
−Removed: retail restrictions will eventually be relaxed, we do not expect that storefront dispensaries will return to the dominant role
−Removed: they played in the cannabis industry before COVID-19 for several reasons.
+Added: cannabis industry is changing daily in response to updated regulations, customer product education, new interest from various demographics
+Added: and now the COVID-19 pandemic.
+Added: As a result, we are constantly attentive to these changes as they affect the marketing of Koan products.
+Added: The initial marketing strategy was to launch in select dispensaries in Los Angeles and to support the launch with dispensary promotional
+Added: material and location-based marketing.
+Added: However, in the current market the Company has decided to modify this strategy.
+Added: Paradoxically,
+Added: retail restrictions and safety regulations were beneficial, as these allowed Resonate to reprioritize their sales approach and to build
+Added: a marketing plan around on-line dispensaries with wide delivery networks.
+Added: Although retail restrictions will eventually be relaxed, the
+Added: Company doesn’t expect that storefront dispensaries will return to the dominant role they played in the cannabis industry before
+Added: COVID-19 for several reasons.
are generally small, making social distancing difficult.
Limitations on a customers’
−Removed: ability to touch and smell products
−Removed: reduces the value of in-person shopping.
−Removed: Restrictions on the number of people allowed in these small spaces will create waiting
−Removed: lines outside stores, which will be inconvenient and even embarrassing for some.
−Removed: Finally, we have learned that a significant number
−Removed: of customers, particularly in our targeted demographic, really prefer the privacy and convenience of having products delivered
−Removed: to their homes.
−Removed: For all these reasons, we have decided to focus our marketing budget for at least the next six to nine months
−Removed: on supporting online and delivery outlets.
−Removed: response to the sudden change in customer buying preferences, Resonate has accelerated our plan to sell directly to consumers.
−Removed: We are in the process of partnering with an on-line platform which will allow us to communicate the value of our products directly
−Removed: to consumers.
−Removed: This platform will connect consumers to a licensed retail and California-wide home delivery network.
−Removed: This direct-to-consumer
−Removed: approach has significant benefits for us.
−Removed: First, it allows us to control our brand messaging and to assure that we are able to
−Removed: provide the information and education customers need to make confident and informed product choices.
−Removed: Through this method, we also
−Removed: have access to customer information which is not available from dispensaries, which allows us to employ successful marketing techniques
−Removed: used by leading on-line retailers such as customer loyalty programs, memberships, ambassadors, etc., to build brand awareness
−Removed: and increase sales.
−Removed: It is also better for us financially as it increases our profit margin.
−Removed: And, most exciting of all, upon launch,
−Removed: Koan products will immediately be available throughout California.
−Removed: our marketing budget and energy is now being channeled into appropriate programmatic advertising, developing informational materials
−Removed: for customers on our website, and developing professional and effective social media, search engine optimization and direct to
−Removed: consumer marketing campaigns.
−Removed: We will also offer training and market support to select premium California dispensaries.
−Removed: that building our brand online will complement retail sales by increasing customer awareness and creating “pull-through”
+Added: ability to touch and smell products reduces
+Added: the value of in-person shopping.
+Added: Restrictions on the number of people allowed in these small spaces will create waiting lines outside
+Added: stores, which will be inconvenient and even embarrassing for some.
+Added: Finally, a significant number of customers, particularly in targeted
+Added: demographics, prefer the privacy and convenience of having products delivered to their homes.
+Added: For all these reasons, Resonate has decided
+Added: to focus sales efforts on select high-end retail dispensaries and on-line, delivery and e-commerce outlets.
+Added: response to the sudden change in customer buying preferences, Resonate has implemented a plan to sell directly to consumers, by partnering
+Added: with an on-line platform which will allows them to communicate the value of their products directly to consumers.
+Added: This platform will
+Added: connect consumers to a licensed retail and California-wide home delivery network.
+Added: This direct-to-consumer approach has significant benefits
+Added: First, it allows Resonate to control brand messaging and to assure that we can provide the information and education customers
+Added: need to make confident and informed product choices.
+Added: Through this method, they have access to customer information, which is not available
+Added: from dispensaries, which allows them to employ successful marketing techniques used by leading on-line retailers such as customer loyalty
+Added: programs, memberships, ambassadors, etc., to build brand awareness and increase sales.
+Added: It is also better for them financially as it increases
+Added: profit margin.
+Added: the marketing budget and energy is now being channeled into appropriate programmatic advertising, developing informational materials
+Added: for customers on the website, and developing professional and effective social media, search engine optimization and direct to consumer
+Added: marketing campaigns.
+Added: We also offer market support to select premium California dispensaries both in person and thorough the Leaf.VIP
+Added: budtender training program.
+Added: The Company expects that building its brand online will complement retail sales by increasing customer awareness
+Added: and creating “pull-through”
at brick-and-mortar facilities.
−Removed: Koan Product - Resonate Growth Plans
−Removed: the first 12 months, Resonate will concentrate on releasing product and brand building in our home state of California.
−Removed: plans to follow the launch of its first six Koan products with others based on The Resonate System at regular intervals.
−Removed: Our formulas,
−Removed: combined with the proprietary Vertosa technology, will allow the Company to quickly deliver controlled, predictable, enjoyable
−Removed: effects in beverages, teas, and other innovative and unique products.
−Removed: Vertosa is the leading provider of emulsification
−Removed: technology for cannabis manufacturers.
−Removed: Emulsification allows cannabinoids to become water-soluble so that they can be added to
−Removed: Cordials, beverages, gummies, etc.
−Removed: Vertosa and Resonate are engaged in joint research focusing on effects of various emulsification
−Removed: methods on cannabinoids.
−Removed: We are working on methods that improve user experience by refining effects and managing bioavailability.
−Removed: Vertosa will also be providing the emulsification required for formulas in Resonate’s product line.
−Removed: cannabis industry is in its infancy.
−Removed: Resonate’s growth strategy is to create an innovative ecosystem of companies, investments
−Removed: and research that all support The Resonate System and our mission of empowering the wellness market.
−Removed: In addition to creating our
−Removed: “house”
−Removed: brands, the Company is also looking for other quality brands which could be incubated or targeted as either
−Removed: strategic partners or as acquisitions.
−Removed: Integrating these companies, we believe will provide consistent product quality that yields
−Removed: expected results and that also allows us to build a stable, successful company overall.
+Added: is currently recruiting two internal sales managers to oversee all sales efforts in Northern and Southern California.
+Added: The Company is planning an in-house sales strategy for early Q1 2022 to maximize both the dispensary outreach and budtender education
+Added: and to increase Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) sales platform activity.
+Added: While wellness dispensaries will be a focus for the Company,
+Added: the customer acquisition focus will be heavily tilted towards the D2C portal starting in 2022.
+Added: expansion through licensing arrangements with the Cordials is also being planned.
+Added: Several retailers in multiple states have reached out
+Added: to Resonate requesting the Cordials to be stocked in their dispensaries.
+Added: The Company is currently evaluating where and when to open
+Added: new states outside of California.
+Added: September 9, 2021, we entered into a binding letter of intent with L & G USA Inc., a Delaware corporation and L & G Canada Inc.,
+Added: an Ontario corporation (together “Seller”), and the stockholders of Seller, pursuant to which the Company planned to acquire
+Added: substantially all of the assets from Seller associated with the Lemon & Grass business and the Koan business (the “Acquisition”).
+Added: October 27, 2021, the Company terminated the agreement and the Acquisition.
+Added: The Company is still in discussions with Seller, and the
+Added: Company may or may not go through with a transaction with Seller, but if the Company does, the terms will change from the previous agreement.
Resonate’s
−Removed: first commercial release will be a family of six precisely targeted effect blends.
−Removed: These products are category-breaking offerings
−Removed: as they are neither tinctures nor beverages but have the benefits of both.
−Removed: They are emulsified, water soluble, single-dose formulas
−Removed: that can be enjoyed privately or shared socially.
−Removed: Resonate plans to make these available initially in California in stylish mini
−Removed: bottles, each containing a single dose.
+Added: first commercial release was a family of six precisely targeted effect blends.
+Added: These products are category-breaking offerings as they
+Added: are neither tinctures nor beverages but have the benefits of both.
+Added: They are emulsified, water soluble, single-serving blends that can
+Added: be enjoyed privately or shared socially.
+Added: Resonate offers these across California in stylish mini bottles, each containing a single serving.
They can be sipped directly from the bottle or poured into beverages.
−Removed: Koan products offer
−Removed: the very high bioavailability of tinctures not possible to deliver with edibles, take effect generally within minutes and provide
−Removed: benefits for approximately 3 hours.
−Removed: Significantly, these formulas all provide a pleasant predictable experience, a gentle onset
−Removed: and exit and have no unpleasant sensations or aftereffects sometimes associated with cannabis products.
−Removed: Our current products are
+Added: Koan products offer the very high bioavailability of tinctures
+Added: not possible to deliver with edibles, take effect generally within minutes and provide benefits for approximately 3 hours.
+Added: Significantly,
+Added: these formulas all provide a pleasant predictable experience, a gentle onset and exit and have no unpleasant sensations or aftereffects
+Added: sometimes associated with cannabis products.
+Added: The current products are as follows:
rich with a hint of THC, Calm is formulated to quiet your mind and ease you into a gentle sense of wellbeing.
−Removed: highest THC offering, Wonder is carefully crafted to bring back that youthful sense of wonder and awe we feel when we are fully
−Removed: engaged with our senses and environment.
+Added: highest THC offering, Wonder is carefully crafted to bring back that youthful sense of wonder and awe we feel when we are fully engaged
+Added: with our senses and environment.
is a subtle combination of cannabinoids and terpenes formulated to bring your mind, body and spirit back to an even state of harmony
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is formulated to stimulate your senses, spark your imagination and channel your inner muse.
−Removed: Led by a stimulative blend of terpenes
−Removed: and just the right amount of THC to inspire and facilitate the artist in you.
+Added: Led by a stimulative blend of terpenes and
+Added: just the right amount of THC to inspire and facilitate the artist in you.
formulated Play to help you become fully immersed in the moment and the people around you.
−Removed: From the park to the beach to the dance
−Removed: floor, Play helps you find your groove and keep it going.
+Added: From the park to the beach to the dance floor,
+Added: Play helps you find your groove and keep it going.
on your rose-colored glasses and give everything some extra sparkle with Delight.
−Removed: Designed to open up your senses, raise your
−Removed: spirits and brighten your day
+Added: Designed to open up your senses, raise your spirits
+Added: and brighten your day.
+Added: Products - Resonate Growth Plans
+Added: the first 12-18 months, Resonate concentrated on releasing product and brand building in California, and possibly new state expansion
+Added: if the proper opportunities exist.
+Added: Resonate is following the launch of its first six Koan products with others based on The Resonate
+Added: System at regular intervals, and they plan to release their “Love”
+Added: in Q1 2022 and “Sleep”
+Added: Cordials in Q2.
+Added: formulas, combined with the proprietary Vertosa technology, will allow the Company to quickly deliver controlled, predictable, enjoyable
+Added: effects in beverages, teas, and gummies.
+Added: Vertosa is the leading provider of emulsification technology for cannabis manufacturers.
+Added: Emulsification
+Added: allows cannabinoids to become water-soluble so that they can be added to Cordials, beverages, gummies, etc.
+Added: Vertosa and Resonate are
+Added: engaged in joint research focusing on effects of various emulsification methods on cannabinoids.
+Added: Resonate is working on methods that
+Added: improve user experience by refining effects and managing bioavailability.
+Added: Vertosa will also be providing the emulsification required
+Added: for formulas in Resonate’s product line.
+Added: cannabis industry is in its infancy.
+Added: Resonate’s growth strategy is to create an innovative ecosystem of companies, investments
+Added: and research that all support The Resonate System and its mission of empowering the wellness market.
+Added: In addition to creating “house”
+Added: brands, the Company is also looking for other quality brands which could be incubated or targeted as either strategic partners or as
+Added: acquisitions.
+Added: Integrating these companies should provide consistent product quality that yields expected results and that also allows
+Added: scalability to make a successful company overall.
+Added: The Company is actively seeking potential acquisition roll-ups into the holding company
+Added: that could offer product synergies, new product development and shared resources in critical areas of the Company.
+Added: Property (“IP”) development and protection continues as a core area of value creation for Resonate.
+Added: The Company has developed
+Added: the world’s first Cannabis Cordial.
+Added: The Koan Cordials combine THC (psychoactive), CBD (non-psychoactive) with botanical terpenes
+Added: to deliver an all-natural, plant-derived, single-dosed experience that can be enjoyed straight out of the bottle or poured into any beverage.
+Added: These multi-use products deliver specific, predictable, reliable, effects in a format that is completely unique in the industry.
+Added: Company believes the greatest long-term value creation in the Cannabis industry will be in the establishment of high-quality value-added
+Added: consumer brands that deliver the expected experience.
+Added: As cultivation, supplies and services become quickly commoditized, value-added
+Added: brands represent the best opportunity for Resonate and its shareholders to support and benefit from the growth expected in the Cannabis
+Added: It is therefore critical for Resonate to protect its methods, formulations and packaging.
+Added: June 14, 2021, the Company successfully filed a Provisional Patent Application with the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) entitled
+Added: “Cannabis Nano-Emulsions for Achieving a Reliable, Targeted, Specific and Repeatable User Experience.”
+Added: The invention relates
+Added: to methods and formulations including a combination of cannabinoids and terpenes calculated and specifically formulated to achieve a
+Added: targeted, specific and repeatable user experience.
+Added: The Company is also filing for patent protection on its unique product packaging and
+Added: anticipates filing for other protections on new product development.
cannabis market still primarily consists of products of varying quality and poor branding.
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Even products of high and reliable quality all look alike and have no shelf appeal.
−Removed: In addition, there is
−Removed: a mismatch between the fastest growing demographic and many current product offerings, which are designed to be inhaled.
−Removed: is exactly why we have developed Koan Cordials, tasty, single dose, healthy cannabis products with timeless, exceptional branding.
−Removed: As the market matures, some companies are recognizing the importance of branding.
−Removed: Branded category leaders represent the 10 spots
−Removed: among best-selling products and sales data supports the desire among consumers for branded products.
−Removed: This is further supported
−Removed: by Headset, data (the leading industry provider of retail buying patterns), which shows that brands are leading every category
−Removed: Further, branded products command higher prices.
−Removed: Some branded products generate pricing as high as 150%, over
−Removed: industry average.
+Added: In addition, there is a mismatch
+Added: between the fastest growing demographic and many current product offerings, which are designed to be inhaled.
+Added: This is exactly why Resonate
+Added: has developed Koan Cordials, tasty, single dose, healthy cannabis products with timeless, exceptional branding.
+Added: As the market matures,
+Added: some companies are recognizing the importance of branding.
+Added: Branded category leaders represent the 10 spots among best-selling products
+Added: and sales data supports the desire among consumers for branded products.
+Added: This is further supported by Headset, data (the leading industry
+Added: provider of retail buying patterns), which shows that brands are leading every category in cannabis.
+Added: Further, branded products command
+Added: higher prices.
+Added: Some branded products generate pricing as high as 150%, over industry average.
The Resonate team excels in product branding.
−Removed: is no product in the marketplace exactly like our Koan products at this time.
−Removed: Other companies offer tinctures (which are concentrated
−Removed: herbal extracts made by soaking the bark, berries, leaves (dried or fresh), or roots from one or more plants in alcohol or vinegar),
−Removed: tea, salves, patches and cosmetics and vapes, and some of them provide effects which may be similar to those the Koan products
−Removed: will provide, but we believe that none are equal to ours with respect to quality, efficacy, consistency and scope.
−Removed: are water soluble and can be enjoyed privately or poured in beverages and shared socially.
−Removed: We believe that the total experience
−Removed: offered by our products cannot be found elsewhere in the industry.
+Added: is no product in the marketplace exactly like Koan products at this time.
+Added: Other companies offer tinctures (which are concentrated herbal
+Added: extracts made by soaking the bark, berries, leaves (dried or fresh), or roots from one or more plants in alcohol or vinegar), tea, salves,
+Added: patches and cosmetics and vapes, and some of them provide effects which may be similar to those the Koan products will provide, but few
+Added: are equal to Koan with respect to quality, efficacy, consistency and scope.
+Added: Koan products are water soluble and can be enjoyed privately
+Added: or poured in beverages and shared socially.
+Added: Resonate believes the total experience offered by Koan products cannot be found elsewhere
+Added: in the industry.
there are a number of very fine products in the premium cannabis space, there is not yet a dominant brand in any category.
−Removed: are leading but no brand dominates.
−Removed: Data indicates that our targeted demographic seeks out trusted brands when making product
−Removed: Resonate is bringing to market custom, reliable, experience-targeted products.
−Removed: which can be sipped or shared, offered
−Removed: under a well-crafted brand supported by an accessible information system.
−Removed: We provide The Resonate System so customers can understand
−Removed: what to expect and can make informed confident selections.
−Removed: Sale of SMS Business
−Removed: recently sold Textmunication, Inc., our mobile marketing subsidiary for the health, fitness and wellness sectors.
−Removed: and a group of shareholders (hereinafter referred to as, the “Asefi Group”), including Wais Asefi, our former Chief
−Removed: Executive Officer and director, have entered into a Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 22, 2020, pursuant to which we have agreed
−Removed: to sell Textmunication, Inc.
−Removed: to the Asefi Group.
−Removed: consideration for the sale of Textmunication, Inc.
−Removed: consisted of 4,822,029 shares of common stock of our company that belong to
−Removed: Wais Asefi and other members of the Asefi Group, and which were cancelled in the transaction.
−Removed: The 4,822,029 shares had a current
−Removed: market value of $337,542, based on our sales price of $.07 per share as of May 22, 2020.
+Added: Some are leading
+Added: but no brand dominates.
+Added: Data indicates that Resonate’s targeted demographic seeks out trusted brands when making product selections.
+Added: Resonate is bringing to market custom, reliable, experience-targeted products which can be sipped or shared;
+Added: and offered under a well-crafted
+Added: brand supported by an accessible information system.
+Added: The Company provides The Resonate System so customers can understand what to expect
+Added: and can make informed confident selections.
+Added: there are six employees, comprised of 3 C-level executives and managers of brand, marketing and sales.
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