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Toronto, Ontario – (May 2, 2024) – Blockchain Venture Capital Inc. (the “Company” or “BVCI”) is pleased to announce that it intends to complete a non-brokered private placement of up to 2,400,000 units (the “Units”) at a price of CA$0.75 per Unit for aggregate gross proceeds of up to CA$1,800,000 (the “Offering”). Each Unit is comprised of one (1) common share in the capital of the Company (“Common Share”) and one (1) common share purchase warrant (“Warrant”), with one Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one (1) Common Share at a price of CA$0.92 per Common Share for a period of 24 months from the date of closing of the Offering.
The Company intends to use the proceeds from the Offering to fund corporate expenditures and general working capital purposes.
All securities issued under the Offering will be subject to a hold period expiring four months and one day from the date of issuance in accordance with applicable securities laws.
In addition, the Company is pleased to announce that it received software audit reports from CertiK, a smart contract auditor, namely (i) a security assessment of the BVCChain CADT, BVCI’s proprietary blockchain platform and distributed ledger technology, and (ii) a security assessment of BVCChain BEP20CADT, BVCI’s proprietary blockchain platform and distributed ledger technology. BVCI is working to integrate CertiK’s recommendations and has communicated the reports to the Ontario Securities Commission. BVCI is continuing to work toward developing its blockchain technology and obtaining the required regulatory approvals that would permit BVCI to pursue its proposed CADT related businesses.
This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of the securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction. This news release does not constitute an offer of securities for sale in the United States. The securities being offered have not been, nor will they be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and such securities may not be offered or sold within the United States absent registration under U.S. federal and state securities laws or an applicable exemption from such U.S. registration requirements.
Forward-Looking Information and Statements
Certain statements in this news release may constitute "forward-looking" statements which involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause actual results, performance or achievements of the Company or the industry in which it operates to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. When used in this news release, the words "estimate", "believe", "anticipate", "intend", "expect", “pursue”, “proposed”, "plan", "may", “would”, "should", "will", the negative thereof or other variations thereon or comparable terminology are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements in this news release include, but are not limited to statements related to: the Company’s business plans and strategies; use of proceeds from the Offering; and closing and size of the Offering. Such statements reflect the current expectations of the management of the Company with respect to future events based on currently available information and are based on certain assumptions and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by those forward-looking statements, including assumptions and risks related to receipt of regulatory approvals and to carry on its proposed CADT business or any related BvcPay businesses. These risks and uncertainties are detailed from time to time, including, without limitation, under the heading "Risk Factors", in the Company’s listing statement, which is available on www.sedarplus.com., and in other continuous disclosure documents that are filed by the Company from time to time with the Ontario, Alberta or British Columbia Securities Commissions which are available at www.sedarplus.com and to which readers of this news release are referred for additional information concerning the Company, its prospects and the risks and uncertainties relating to the Company and its prospects. New risk factors may arise from time to time and it is not possible for management to predict all of those risk factors or the extent to which any factor or combination of factors may cause actual results, performance and achievements of the Company to be materially different from those contained in forwardlooking statements. Although the forward-looking statements contained in this news release are based upon what management believes to be reasonable assumptions, the Company cannot assure investors that actual results will be consistent and investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results. - 3 - The forward-looking information contained in this news release is current only as of the date hereof. The Company does not undertake or assume any obligation, except as required by law, to release publicly any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. No securities commission or regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the contents of this news release. Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Canadian Securities Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release nor have they approved or disapproved of the content hereof.
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