SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--XY – The Findables Company, a leading device tracking company and developer of the XYO Network, the technology bringing blockchain to the real world, today reported financial results for the first half of the year, ending June 30, 2018.
Revenue for the first six months of 2018 was approximately $15 million, as compared with approximately $442,000 for the same six-month period the prior year. Stronger U.S. and global product demand contributed to the growth.
The company’s investment in Research and Development over the first six months of 2018 increased to $249,000, or 153% greater than the prior year level over the same period. The additional investment was focused on building out infrastructure and applications to support the XYO Network.
Report Highlights:
- The first half of 2018 was defined by high sales growth and continued development of the XYO Network blockchain platform
- Sales for the six-month period ending June 30, 2018 were $15.0 million, up $14.6 million, on a year-over-year basis
- Approximately $13 million in sales were attributable to the pre-sale and main sale of XYO tokens
- Net Income increased $7.6 million year-over-year, up from a loss of $2 million over the same period in 2017
- Generated positive cash flows despite significant investment in infrastructure and human capital, with a net increase of $1.2 million in cash and equivalents
“We’re happy with the business growth and progress so far in 2018, and look forward to a successful close to this year as we seek to create the world’s first viable Location of Things (LoT) ecosystem,” noted Arie Trouw, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at XY. “We remain focused on building out the XYO Network, strengthening our industry partnerships, and engaging even more with our beloved global XYO community, as we plan for our first user conference, Spatial, next month here in San Diego.”
The full 1-SA report for the first half of 2018 is available on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) website here: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1577351/000119312518284062/d591010d1sa.htm
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About XY – The Findables Company
Since 2012, XY has been on a mission to decentralize the world’s location data. XY is the company’s consumer-facing brand of Bluetooth and GPS findable devices. XY has become a leading technology in the device tracking vertical and has introduced a real-world network of Bluetooth and GPS/Cellular Beacons that interact every day in the real world.
About XYO Network
XYO Network is an effort to create a vast, geospatial, blockchain-powered location network currently under development with the goal to provide accurate, certainty-driven location data on everything from cars to smartphones. By combining location beacons with IoT and mobile devices, the XYO Network ecosystem plans to deliver the verified coordinates and data needed to execute smart contracts, run smart cities, foster financial transactions, and power a legion of location-centric applications. For more information, please visit https://xyo.network.
