The EPA certified MOMS (Mold Odor Mildew Smoke Sanitizer) as a “high-level disinfectant” effective against all types of organisms, including bacteria, viruses and endospores. MOMS does not allow organisms to mutate, it penetrates biofilm, and kills Legionella’s bacterium. It also kills Staph A, the influenza A virus, the E. coli bacterium, aspergillus fungus, salmonella enterica, feline calcivirus, and many other microbes on any hard non-porous surface.

In addition to those benefits, MOMS by OdorXit acts as a fungicide, an algaecide, and kills “slime.” It also prevents the effects of allergies caused by cat and dog dander in the air, making life easier for those susceptible to pet and other allergies, including hay fever.

With very low acute toxicity to humans, it also kills mold and mildew, making it an effective cleaner for homes, businesses, warehouses and factories after floods caused by storms, such as “Superstorm Sandy.” One packet of MOMS will work in spaces up to 2,000 square feet.

“We’re delighted by the EPA certification,” said Martin Meyer, president of OdorXit. “The approval confirms what we have known for a while: that MOMS is an effective odor-elimination and microbe-killing product for almost limitless use in homes, industries and businesses.”

Outside the home, applications include, but are not limited to, medical laboratories, hospitals, veterinary hospitals, rehabilitation and diagnostic facilities, clinics, equipment and facilities used by EMTs and other first responders, medical equipment, pharmaceutical facilities and laboratories, food processing and beverage bottling facilities.

Easy to use either as a pouch or in a solution with recyclable materials and no environmental impact, MOMS by OdorXit has no chemicals to mix and no shipping limitations. Just clean heavily soiled surfaces in advance, and there’s no need for a wipe down after application.

For additional information about OdorXit Magic and other OdorXit products, go to www.odorxit.com or contact OdorXit at (877) 636‑7948 from North America or at

001–513-895‑1000 from the rest of the world.

In addition, the OdorXit toll-free help line: (877) ODORXIT or (877) 636‑7948 has experts that will assist customers on the use of MOMS by OdorXit on the most vexing odor elimination, disinfecting and mold-and-mildew elimination issues.

“Like” OdorXit on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/OdorXit.

OdorXit is available through delivery via Federal Express or the USPS outside of the United States.

To order, go to http://odorxit.com/?Order.

About OdorXit

Based in Hamilton, Ohio, OdorXit is the registered trademark and D/B/A of Listening Systems Incorporated (LSI), a privately held firm. LSI has offered top-quality odor control and elimination products through the Internet since May 1999.

OdorXit (LSI) offers a line of safe and natural malodor elimination products worldwide to the general public, real estate investors and rehabbers, taxidermists, and industrial users.

The transaction, which was agreed to on December 31, 2012, enables Link·age to own a significant equity position in Skilled Care and to partner with Skilled Care in growing and guiding the company to future success.  The infusion of long-term capital by Link·age will be used to position the company for growth and to accelerate the adoption of new technologies, such as remote dispensing.

The goal of the partners is to triple current company revenues over the next five years. Larry Galluzzo, who formed the company in 1981, will remain as CEO of Skilled Care.  Mr. Galluzzo also retains majority equity ownership of the company. Nancy Mlinarik will remain as Vice President, and will retain an ownership interest in the company.

In addition to the equity investment, Link·age and Skilled Care are working together to provide continuing superior customer service to all of the clients of Skilled Care. The two companies are also working together to build new “value add” programs that will allow customers of Skilled Care to enjoy continued success in the changing healthcare environment.

According to Mr. Galluzzo, “We are excited to build on the relationships we have formed with Link·age and its members over the last 12 years, and we look forward to taking both that relationship and our company to a higher level.”

Scott Collins, CEO of Link·age, added, “We believe that Skilled Care represents a truly unique opportunity for Link·age and our members.  The pharmacy services that our members receive are a critical component of their ability to provide high-quality cost-effective care for their residents.  Having a strong partnership, such as ours, with Skilled Care can only bode well for improving the already high level of service our members can provide to their residents.”

John Hopper, Managing Director of Link·age Ventures, stated, “Working with Larry and his team to create a relationship that makes sense for all parties and then making it come to fruition has been very rewarding.  We feel very confident that the combination of Link·age, our members and Skilled Care will be unique and unbeatable in the marketplace.”

For more information on Skilled Care, visit www.SkilledCare.com.

For more information on Link·age and Link·age Ventures, visit www.LinkageConnect.com.

ABOUT LINK·AGE:

Link·age was created by a group of not-for-profit senior living providers in the mid 1990s to address opportunities in managed care. Over the years, the organization evolved into a provider of cost-containment solutions, as well as a platform for shared investment opportunities among the founding members. Today, Link·age is comprised of more than 600 senior living communities and over 300,000 residents. We connect our members and thought leaders in the aging space to a broad range of resources to ensure their ongoing success and sustainability.

Link·age Ventures is a subsidiary of Link·age, and is an investment firm interested in investing in financially viable companies that provide products, services or technology to the aging marketplace. Link·age Ventures is a “hybrid” firm, in that it will invest in traditional venture capital opportunities and more established companies that fit its investment criteria. Link·age Ventures looks to invest in companies that understand and can leverage the Link·age network of 600 senior living communities and more than 300,000 residents to grow their organizations.

ABOUT SKILLED CARE PHARMACY

Serving more than 10,000 patients in more than 100 facilities, Skilled Care Pharmacy offers all of the services of their larger competitors with an unmatched level of customer service. Each facility that they partner with is assigned a dedicated account manager, whose sole focus is to make sure that the customer gets the services and advice that they need in the smoothest, most efficient way possible.

• Pharmacy Services - Skilled Care Pharmacy provides daily distribution of medications, delivered direct to each nursing station in unit of use packaging. An emergency drug supply is maintained at each facility to assist nurses with medication availability, and STAT orders are delivered 24/7 with an on-time delivery rate of 98%.
• Medication Management - Skilled Care’s medication delivery system allows them to operate with a 99.9% error-free rate, dispensing over 4,600 prescriptions daily. In addition, Skilled Care Pharmacy’s consultant pharmacists recommend the discontinuation of over six medications for every recommended addition, with a best in nation acceptance rate exceeding 90%.
• Consultant Pharmacists — In addition to individual pharmaceutical counseling with residents, Skilled Care Pharmacy offers training programs and materials to help residents better manage their medications.
• Billing, Facilities Consulting and Training - Skilled Care also provides dedicated billing representatives for billing related to Medicaid, Medicare Parts A, B and D, third-party and private insurance.  Skilled Care’s experienced Clinical Education department helps facilities prepare for surveys by state agencies and consults on strategies for continuous performance improvement, clinical expertise, regulatory compliance, and leadership skills.

Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. Rising Star recognizes the top up-and-coming attorneys in the state — those who are 40 years old or younger, or who have been practicing for 10 years or less. Super Lawyers magazine is published in all 50 states and reaches more than 13 million readers. For more information, visit www.superlawyers.com.

Faruki, a trial lawyer with a focus on business litigation, was one of the founders of Faruki Ireland & Cox in 1989. He is a past president of the Dayton Bar Association, and of the Dayton Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. Faruki chairs the Ohio Supreme Court’s Commission on Continuing Legal Education, as well as the board of the United States Air Force Museum Foundation. Additionally, he chaired the Bar Examination Committee of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, and is a longtime member and current Chair of the Board of Governors of the Antitrust Law Section of the Ohio State Bar Association. He is immediate past Chair of the Federal Courts and Practice Committee of the Ohio State Bar Association.

A founding partner of Faruki Ireland & Cox and recognized each year by his peers in the Ohio Super Lawyer poll, Ireland has represented clients throughout the United States in federal and state courts as well as before the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, the SEC, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio and the National Advertising Division of the Better Business Bureau. He was selected as a Fellow of the International Society of Barristers, and is also a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, Ohio State Bar Foundation and Dayton Bar Foundation. Ireland is the immediate past president of the Dayton Bar Association. He served for 12 years as a member of City Council for a local suburb, and for 10 of those years, he was Mayor. He has served as a board member or board chair on a variety of not-for-profit organizations. The University of Dayton School of Law awarded him its Distinguished Alumni Award for his service to the community and the profession. Finally, Ireland is a Master in the Carl D. Kessler Inn of Courts.

Cox has tried cases in both state and federal courts, and has handled numerous arbitrations and mediations before the American Arbitration Association in various jurisdictions. His practice includes class action defense, privacy and data protection, intellectual property litigation, federal regulatory investigations, products liability, media, appropriations, advertising, competition and other business litigation. Cox is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, and a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, the Ohio State Bar Foundation and the Dayton Bar Foundation. He has been recognized as an Ohio Super Lawyer every year. He serves on the Dayton Bar Association’s Federal Practice and Civil Trial Practice Committees. A member of the Dayton Lawyers Club, Cox is past president of the Carl D. Kessler Inn of Court. Cox currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Chaminade Julienne.

Donnellon joined Faruki Ireland & Cox as a partner in the Cincinnati office in October 2010. He has devoted his practice to trial work concentrating on business and civil injunctions.  Donnellon is admitted to the state bar in Ohio, the Federal Bar in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and the U.S. Supreme Court. For the past three years, Donnellon has returned to the UC College of Law as an Adjunct Professor teaching advanced Trial Practice and to coach the competitive mock trial teams

Raether has handled numerous matters involving technology-related issues that have spanned several legal areas, including antitrust, contracts, employment, trademark, domain name disputes, and federal and state privacy statutes. In addition to publishing an array of technology related articles, Raether has been a featured speaker on the use of technology in the courtroom, electronic discovery, and data security and privacy issues and has been active in organizations designed to assist technology entrepreneurs.

Wright’s areas of practice include advertising and commercial/products liability matters; he also has been involved in federal multi-district litigation and technology-related litigation. In addition to being a Barrister in the Potter Stewart American Inn of Court, Wright is an active member of the American Bar Association, Ohio State Bar Association and Cincinnati Bar Association. He is a graduate of the 2010 class of Leadership Dayton. He has been chosen by the Dayton Business Journal as one of the top 40 business professionals under the age of 40 in Southwest Ohio and has been selected as an Ohio Rising Star by the Law & Politics Magazine every year since 2006.

Reitz’s practice ranges from quasi-contractual disputes to complex business torts and employment related issues. He also focuses on data security and privacy matters, contract disputes, and first amendment issues, including defamation, access to news and public records, and the Freedom of Information Act. Reitz is a recent Dayton Business Journal 40 Under 40 Award Winner. He is a national member of The Order of Barristers and is also an active member of the Carl D. Kessler Inn of Court, Generation Dayton, the American Association for Justice, the Incarnation Catholic Church Young Adults Group, and the Dayton, Ohio, Federal, and American Bar Associations.

Also, please visit http://businesslitigationinfo.com, Faruki Ireland & Cox’s business litigation blog, for the latest developments in business litigation, intellectual property, data security and advertising and media. You can also follow Faruki Ireland & Cox on LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/company/347629?trk=tyah.

About Faruki Ireland & Cox P.L.L.

Faruki Ireland & Cox P.L.L. (www.ficlaw.com) is a 35-attorney firm with offices in Cincinnati and Dayton that handles complex business disputes nationally, including intellectual property, class actions, competition-based litigation, employment, antitrust, privacy and commercial litigation and arbitration.

As a publication, Benchmark Litigation: The Definitive Guide to America’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys, (http://www.benchmarklitigation.com/), is the only publication in the United States that focuses solely on litigation. Selection of individuals, firms and cases up for awards is based upon a 6-month period of surveys, studies and peer reviews. The presentation of awards will be held on January 31, 2013 in New York City, where Benchmark Litigation will honor firms and individuals in the running for awards including: “Future Stars”, “Local Litigation Stars”, “Case of the Year”, and “Best Firm” at the state and regional level.

For more information about FI&C’s rating or to see their listing in its entirety, visit http://www.benchmarklitigation.com/ and click on “Ohio.”

To learn more about Charles Faruki or Faruki Ireland & Cox P.L.L., contact John Kendall at (937) 227‑3723, visit (www.ficlaw.com), FI&C’s LinkedIn page, or FI&C’s blog (http://businesslitigationinfo.com)

About Faruki Ireland & Cox P.L.L.

Faruki Ireland & Cox P.L.L. (www.ficlaw.com) is a 35-attorney firm with offices in Cincinnati and Dayton that handles complex business disputes nationally, including intellectual property, class actions, competition-based litigation, employment, antitrust, privacy and commercial litigation and arbitration.

“We are really looking forward to working with the Columbus Chamber. This region has a tremendous small business community. Our goal is to help educate small businesses about crowdfunding, and illustrate how our platform can fuel economic growth in central Ohio by helping entrepreneurs get access to the funding they need to sustain their operations,” said Cheryl Stamm, VP of Sales.

The Columbus Chamber provides connections, resources and solutions to help businesses thrive. Founded nearly 130 years ago, the Columbus Chamber has evolved to become the largest business services organization and primary advocate for the Columbus Region business community. Leveraging a customized, consultative approach to support members that range from small businesses to Fortune 500 enterprises, the Columbus Chamber is helping to grow the Columbus Region economy one business at a time. For more information, visit columbus.org.

Additionally, SoMoLend announces the launch of their next SoMoLaunch Business Competition. Small businesses will be able to enter for a chance to win $1,000 towards funding their business. SoMoLaunch registration will be open through January 15. For more information or to enter, visit https://www.somolend.com/Launch.aspx.

Small businesses that apply for a loan through the SoMoLend platform will pay no transaction fees now through December 31, 2012.

To learn more about SoMoLend, as well as the crowdfunding industry, visit https://www.SoMoLend.com/, http://www.facebook.com/SoMoLend, or the SoMoLend blog at http://somolend.wordpress.com/.

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About SoMoLend

SoMoLend is a Web-based lending platform that uses patent-pending technology to connect small business borrowers with individual and organizational investors (lenders), executed within a hyper-localized geographic scope. SoMoLend’s user-friendly technology allows small business borrowers to obtain loans from friends, family, customers, community supporters, and interested organizations, as well as from Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn connections. For more information, visit www.SoMoLend.com or http://somolend.wordpress.com/.

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Through the partnership with the City, SoMoLend will identify qualified small businesses to which the City would potentially lend capital. The City would make loans of up to $400,000 in order to stimulate economic growth and job creation within the City. The partnership was approved this morning by the City’s Small Business Advisory Committee and announced shortly thereafter at a City Hall press conference.

“Our partnership with SoMoLend provides an optimal way of sourcing good deals that lead to investment in small businesses and job creation in a comprehensive way,” said Cincinnati Economic Development Director Odis Jones. “The City wants small businesses to prosper so the local economy prospers at all levels.”

Candice Peters, SoMoLend borrower and owner of the Hyde Park Body Boutique in Cincinnati, who took part in today’s announcement, describes why she chose to seek a loan through the SoMoLend.com platform. 

“I was attracted to SoMoLend because their platform gave me the opportunity to submit all of my financial information in one place, and from there my information could be seen by multiple investors wanting to lend to small businesses. The funding from SoMolend has given Hyde Park Body Boutique a huge boost. We were able to purchase Spinning bikes and are now offering total body indoor cycling classes called Spincinnati. We are now in negotiations to open a second Body Boutique facility in the Greater Cincinnati area,” said Peters.

SoMoLend is a debt-based crowdfunding platform that enables small businesses to obtain the money they need to launch and sustain their operations. SoMoLend’s software is designed to use the Web to match borrowers with lenders, connecting business borrowers with investors looking to make a return on investment. SoMoLend’s goal is to help U.S. business owners secure the funding they need at the lowest interest rates possible. In addition, small businesses that apply for a loan through the SoMoLend platform will pay no transaction fees now through December 31, 2012.

Candace Klein, Founder and CEO of SoMoLend, echoed Jones’ economic development comments. “We are thrilled about this partnership. By choosing to lend on SoMoLend, the City of Cincinnati has made a very important investment in the local small business community. It is our hope that this partnership will continue to build on the level of entrepreneurship and innovation this city has seen over the last few years. I look forward to working together to help Cincinnati businesses grow and thrive.”

To learn more about SoMoLend, as well as the crowdfunding industry, visit https://www.SoMoLend.com/,http://www.facebook.com/SoMoLend, or the SoMoLend blog at http://somolend.wordpress.com/.

About SoMoLend
SoMoLend is a Web-based lending platform that uses patent-pending technology to connect small business borrowers with individual and organizational investors (lenders), executed within a hyper-localized geographic scope. SoMoLend’s user-friendly technology allows small business borrowers to obtain loans from friends, family, customers, community supporters and interested organizations, as well as from Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn connections. For more information, visit http://SoMoLend.com/ or http://somolend.wordpress.com/.

The Adjunct Faculty Teaching Award is based on student nominations. The nominations are then submitted to the University of Cincinnati College of Law Alumni Association. Along with serving as an adjunct faculty member and coach of the mock trial teams, Donnellon is a 1986 graduate of the University of Cincinnati College of Law and a former Law Review editor.

“I am honored that my students took the time to nominate me and that the Association provided this recognition. But, helping to develop law students into future trial lawyers is its own reward.  I was fortunate enough over 20 years ago to have been taught advanced trial advocacy and complex litigation by my now law partner Charlie Faruki whom I, and others in Ohio, consider to be the most outstanding in our field. Had Charlie not volunteered his time for others, and myself, then my career would not likely have been as successful. I am not only happy to give back, but also happy to be recognized for the effort,” said Dan Donnellon.

In addition to his 24 years as a practicing attorney, this past year Donnellon was recognized as an Ohio Super Lawyer, along with many of his fellow Faruki Ireland & Cox partners. In addition to volunteering for the University of Cincinnati, Donnellon is active in children’s religious education at Good Shepherd Catholic Church, and was a founder and the first president of the St. Thomas More Society of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. An advocate for the Deaf, Donnellon is a former board member of St. Rita School for the Deaf, and is fluent in American Sign Language.

To learn more about Donnellon or Faruki Ireland & Cox P.L.L., contact John Kendall at (937) 227‑3723.

Also, please visit http://businesslitigationinfo.com, Faruki Ireland & Cox’s business litigation blog, for the latest developments in business litigation, intellectual property, data security and advertising and media. You can also follow Faruki Ireland & Cox on LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/company/347629?trk=tyah.

About Faruki Ireland & Cox P.L.L.
Faruki Ireland & Cox P.L.L. (www.ficlaw.com) is a 35-attorney firm with offices in Cincinnati and Dayton that handles complex business disputes nationally, including intellectual property, class actions, competition-based litigation, employment, antitrust, privacy and commercial litigation and arbitration.

The Launch Party will include an introduction to crowdfunding, a discussion about the best practices for business funding, and a Q&A with SoMoLend Founder Candace Klein and Candice Peters, the first SoMoLaunch competition winner. To learn more about Peters’s journey as an entrepreneur, visit http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=422049621195231.

Along with drinks, hors d’ oeuvres and chances to win great prizes, SoMoLend representatives will be on hand to answer questions about the platform and take entrepreneurs and small businesses through the application process.

This event will also serve as the kickoff for the St. Louis SoMoLaunch Business Competition. Small businesses in the St. Louis area will be able to enter for a chance to win $1,000 towards funding their business. SoMoLaunch registration will be open through January 15.

Requirements for competition entry include a fully developed business plan, completion of all sections of the SoMoLend application with contributions from all company owners, completed financial statements and financial projections, a viable business model, and evidence of research.

SoMoLend has formed a board of entrepreneurs, investors and business consultants who will review each SoMoLaunch Business Competition application. Points will be awarded for each required element, and extra credit will be awarded for social media involvement, community involvement, photos of the business or product, and a compelling business summary.

To qualify for the prize, contestants must be an incorporated entity (corporation or LLC) and they must submit and publish a loan application. For additional information, visit www.SoMoLend.com, email info@somolend.com, or call 855–766-6539.

SoMoLend is debt-based crowdfunding platform that enables small businesses to obtain the money they need to launch and sustain their operations. SoMoLend’s software is designed to use the Web to match borrowers with lenders, connecting business borrowers with investors looking to make a return on investment. SoMoLend’s goal is to help U.S. business owners secure the funding they need at the lowest interest rates possible. In addition, small businesses that apply for a loan through the SoMoLend platform will pay no transaction fee now through December 31, 2012.

To learn more about SoMoLend, as well as the crowdfunding industry, visit https://www.somolend.com/,http://www.facebook.com/SoMoLend, or the SoMoLend blog at http://somolend.wordpress.com/.

About SoMoLend
SoMoLend is a Web-based lending platform that uses patent-pending technology to connect small business borrowers with individual and organizational investors (lenders), executed within a hyper-localized geographic scope. SoMoLend’s user-friendly technology allows small business borrowers to obtain loans from friends, family, customers, community supporters and interested organizations, as well as from Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn connections. For more information, visit http://somolend.com/ or http://somolend.wordpress.com/.

The expansion comes on the heels of receiving funding from NYC Seed (www.nycseed.com/), as well as the formalization of a deal with New York City firm GATE Global Impact (www.GATEimpact.com). As a result of the GATE partnership, in addition to offering small businesses borrowers loans from banks, corporations and other institutional lenders, SoMoLend will now be able to make loans through friends, family and accredited investors.

“We are thrilled about our New York expansion. We see such an opportunity to work with small businesses in the New York area and believe that there will be significant investor interest in these deals. The partnership with GATE and investment from NYC Seed made New York a natural first expansion location for our business,” said Candace Klein, SoMoLend Founder and CEO.

SoMoLend, named by Worth magazine earlier this year as one of the country’s Top 10 crowdfunding platforms, is the pioneering Web-based lending platform that connects small business borrowers with organizational lenders looking to make a return on investment. Small business borrowers nationwide are encouraged to sign up today. For more information, visit https://www.somolend.com/, or http://www.facebook.com/SoMoLend.

To learn more about SoMoLend, as well as the crowdfunding industry, visit the SoMoLend blog athttp://somolend.wordpress.com/.

About SoMoLend
SoMoLend is a Web-based lending platform that uses patent-pending technology to connect small business borrowers with individual and organizational investors (lenders), executed within a hyper-localized geographic scope. SoMoLend’s user-friendly technology allows small business borrowers to obtain loans from friends, family, customers, community supporters, and interested organizations, as well as from Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn connections. For more information, visit http://somolend.com/ or http://somolend.wordpress.com/.

Today, SoMoLend (www.SoMoLend.com) and GATE Global Impact (www.GATEimpact.com) formalized a deal that will make investing in business expansion and job growth easier than ever for the nation’s investors and small businesses. The new alliance ensures that industry standardization and best practices through streamlined technology will create and strengthen investor education, awareness and protection.

“NOW is the time to act for entrepreneurs and investors!” said Candace Klein, Founder & CEO of SoMoLend. “Prior to the signing of this new alliance, SoMoLend, a non-broker dealer, was not permitted to facilitate certain loan transactions, such as ‘friends-and-family’ and ‘accredited investor’ loans, that require broker dealer involvement. By collaborating with GATE, SoMoLend can now service many of these loans, thereby making it easier for both companies to service a broader range of borrowers and lenders. In the case of a typical small business borrower, their pool of possible lenders—both in their own neighborhoods and throughout the U.S.—could increase significantly.”

SoMoLend, named by Worth magazine earlier this year as one of the country’s Top 10 crowdfunding platforms, is the pioneering Web-based lending platform that connects small business borrowers with organizational lenders looking to make a return on investment.

The mission of GATE Global Impact is to fulfill the increasing global demand for market infrastructure that enables capital to identify and transact in investments that provide a sustainable social and/or environmental benefit and financial return. GATE has created a centralized electronic marketplace to facilitate the transactions of impact-focused investment products, and has developed a utility that provides efficiency, transparency, liquidity, and education that enables the transaction processes in a variety of markets. GATE provides an end-to-end solution inclusive of information, performance metrics, settlement, and clearance. These markets include private equity, private debt, microfinance, and environmental credits. GATE Global Impact ultimately believes they will have a positive influence by providing investors and entrepreneurs with a regulatory compliant marketplace in which to interact, allowing for future job creation and which will stimulate economic growth.

“This new relationship with SoMoLend now extends GATE’s effort to partner with best-of-breed participants in order to help create a crowdfunding marketplace equipped with maximum investor protections that fosters capital formation for America’s job creators, innovators, entrepreneurs, and small businesses,” said Vince Molinari, CEO of GATE Impact.

Additionally, say both companies, the Strategic Lending Alliance offers important benefits to both lenders and borrowers that were not available previously. The new relationship now offers protections to investors that, traditionally, have been offered only in other transactions. The alliance also allows high net-worth individuals to make loans through SoMoLend, which was not possible before. Finally, the alliance enables SoMoLend to establish a foundation for servicing even more categories of loans with the final passage of the JOBS Act, which is expected to occur sometime in early 2013.

“We do expect this partnership to help us implement all forms of lending when final regulations are agreed upon and passed by the SEC,” said Klein. “For now, our new alliance helps SoMoLend lend to businesses that we could not lend to previously. And that translates to more opportunity for lenders and borrowers across the country.”

For more information about SoMoLend’s and GATE Impact’s Strategic Lending Alliance, contact Dan O’Keeffe at (513) 235‑8638 or Bethany Miller at (513) 221‑1526.

About SoMoLend
SoMoLend is a Web-based lending platform that uses patent-pending technology to connect small business borrowers with individual and organizational investors (lenders), executed within a hyper-localized geographic scope. SoMoLend’s user-friendly technology allows small business borrowers to obtain loans from friends, family, customers, community supporters, and interested organizations, as well as from Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn connections. For more information, visit www.SoMoLend.com or http://somolend.wordpress.com/.

About GATE Global Impact LLC
Global Impact LLC is an impact investing-focused electronic regulatory compliant marketplace that provides market infrastructure and related services for the emerging impact investment industry—public and private investments with a sustainable social and/or environmental component that also generate a healthy rate of financial return. Gate US LLC is a New York-based broker dealer and a member of FINRA and SIPC. www.gateus.com. www.gateimpact.com