Accelerize Inc. (ACLZ) SEC Filing 10-K Annual report for the fiscal year ending Sunday, December 31, 2017

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Launched Journey, the Company’s New Cloud-based Enterprise Software Platform: Late in Q3 2017, the Company launched Journey, a new cloud-based platform solution targeting large advertisers, publishers and brands, that collects and analyzes customer journey data using multi-touch attribution for marketing campaign optimization. The Company began ramping up its marketing efforts for this dynamic new product beginning in Q4 2017 and has already begun adding new customers to the Journey platform, including the addition of a leading global media company in January 2018. Accelerize sees its growing sales pipeline for Journey translating into a significant high margin revenue stream that will progressively grow throughout 2018.

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Completed a $15 MM three year hosting service extension in Q2 2017 to fuel future growth: In July 2017, the Company arranged a three-year $15 MM hosting service extension with its primary hosting partner to support anticipated future growth.

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Secured $7MM Credit Facility to support future growth: The Company secured a $7MM credit facility with Beedie Investments Limited in January 2018. The new facility provides Accelerize with significant financial resources to fuel the expansion of its Journey platform.

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Net Loss Narrowed by 37% and Company Achieved Positive Adjusted EBITDA: Full Year 2017 net loss decreased by 37% to ($2.4MM) as the Company achieved positive Adjusted EBITDA of $371K, compared to a net loss of ($3.9MM) and an Adjusted EBITDA loss of ($394K) in 2016.

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Continued Year-over-Year Growth of Recurring License Fees, Average Revenue per Customer and Total Number of Customers: 2017 software license fee revenues increased 6.4% year-over-year to $19.5MM and comprised 81% of total revenue compared to 77% in 2016. Total number of customers increased by 6% with average license revenue per customer increasing by 1% year-over-year through broader usage of the Company’s SaaS platform. Revenue remained broad-based with no single customer representing more than 5% of total revenue.

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Continued International Expansion: The Company achieved significant global diversification in 2017 with 43% of overall revenue derived outside the U.S., up from 38% in 2016. The Company provides CAKE platform services for customers in more than 40 countries worldwide.