Investments | 10. Investments In April 2022, the Company received 3,000,000 units of Cust Corp. as a payment for services rendered in conjunction with a crowdfunding offering. The units are valued at $0.40 per unit based on a sales price of $0.40 per unit on an online funding portal. The receipt of the units satisfied an accounts receivable balance of $1,200,000. As of April 30, 2022, the Company owned 3,000,000 units which are valued at $1,200,000. In January 2022, the Company received 1,700,000 units of ScanHash LLC as a payment for services rendered in conjunction with a crowdfunding offering. The units are valued at $0.25 per unit based on a sales price of $0.25 per unit on an online funding portal. The receipt of the units satisfied $425,000 of an accounts receivable balance. As of April 30, 2022, the Company owned 1,700,000 units which are valued at $425,000. In January 2022, the Company received 2,850,000 units of Hiveskill LLC as a payment for services rendered in conjunction with a crowdfunding offering. The units are valued at $0.25 per unit based on a sales price of $0.25 per unit on an online funding portal. The receipt of the units satisfied an accounts receivable balance of $712,500. As of April 30, 2022, the Company owned 2,850,000 units which are valued at $712,500. In fiscal 2022, the Company purchased a 10% interest, or 400 shares of common stock, in Caesar Media Group Inc. (“Caesar”) for an initial purchase price of 50,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, valued at $500,000. Caesar is a marketing and technology solutions provider. The purchase agreement includes additional contractual requirements for the Company and Caesar, including the issuance of an additional 150,000 shares of common stock of the Company over a two-year period. The Company issued 37,500 shares of its common stock in April 2022 as part of its contractual payment obligations. As of April 30, 2022, there have been no observable price changes in the value of the Caesar’s common stock and the Company has valued its ownership in Caesar at cost, which is $900,000. In May 2020, the Company entered a consulting contract with Watch Party LLC (“WP”), which allowed the Company to receive up to 110,000 membership interest units of WP in return for consulting services. The WP units are valued at $2.14 per unit based on a sales price of $2.14 per unit on an online funding portal, resulting in revenues of $235,400 for the year ended April 30, 2021. As of April 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company owned 110,000 WP units, which are valued at $235,400. In May 2020, the Company entered a consulting contract with ChipBrain LLC (“Chip”), which allowed the Company to receive up to 710,200 membership interest units of Chip in return for consulting services. The Company earned 500,000 membership interest units in the quarter ended July 31, 2020 and earned the remaining units in the quarter ending October 31, 2020. The Chip units were initially valued at $0.93 per unit based on a sales price of $0.93 per unit on an online funding portal, resulting in revenues of $660,486 for the year ended April 30, 2021. Subsequently, ChipBrain sold identical units for $2.40 per unit, and as of April 30, 2022 and 2021, the units owned by the Company are valued at $1,704,480. In May 2020, the Company entered a consulting contract with a related party, Zelgor Inc. (“Zelgor”), which allowed the Company to receive up to 1,400,000 shares of common stock of Zelgor in return for consulting services. The Company earned 1,050,000 shares in the quarter ended July 31, 2020 and 350,000 shares in the quarter ending October 31, 2020. The Zelgor shares are valued at $1.00 per share based on a sales price of $1.00 per share on an online funding portal, resulting in revenues of $1,400,000 for the year ended April 30, 2021. On January 2, 2020, the Company entered a consulting contract with Deuce Drone LLC (“Drone”), which allowed the Company to receive up to 2,350,000 membership interest units of Drone in return for consulting services. The Company earned all 2,350,000 membership interest units in fiscal 2020. The Drone units were valued at $0.35 per unit based on a sales price of $0.35 per unit when the units were earned, or $822,500. Drone subsequently sold identical Drone units for $1.00 per unit on an online funding portal and as of April 30, 2022 and 2021, the units owned by the Company are valued at $2,350,000 In August 2019, the Company entered a consulting contract with KingsCrowd LLC (“KingsCrowd”), which allowed the Company to receive 300,000 membership interest units of KingsCrowd in return for consulting services. The KingsCrowd units were valued at $1.80 per unit based on a sales price of $1.80 per unit when the units were earned, or $540,000. In December 2020, KingsCrowd converted from a limited liability company to a corporation to facilitate raising capital under Regulation A. KingsCrowd filed a Form 1-A Offering Statement under the Securities Act of 1933 and is selling shares at $1.00 per share. In connection with the conversion to a corporation, each membership interest unit converted into 12.71915 shares of common stock. As of April 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company owned 3,815,745 shares of KingsCrowd Inc., valued at $3,815,745 as of April 30, 2022 and $540,000 as of April 30, 2021. During fiscal 2019, the Company entered a consulting contract with Netcapital Systems LLC (“Netcapital”), which allowed the Company to receive up to 1,000 membership interest units of Netcapital in return for consulting services. The Company earned 40 units in the quarter ended July 31, 2020, at a value of $91.15 per unit, or $3,646. The Company earned all 1,000 Netcapital units but sold a portion of the units in fiscal 2020 at a sales price of $91.15 per unit. As of April 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company owned 528 Netcapital units, at a value of $48,128. On July 20, 2020 the Company entered a consulting agreement with Vymedic, Inc. for a $40,000 fee over a 5-month period. Half the fee was payable in stock and half is payable in cash. As of April 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company owned $20,000 worth of stock. The following table summarizes the components of equity securities as of April 30, 2022 and 2021: Schedule of investments April 30, 2022 April 30, 2021 Netcapital Systems LLC $ 48,128 $ 48,128 Watch Party LLC 235,400 235,400 Zelgor Inc. 1,400,000 1,400,000 ChipBrain LLC 1,704,480 1,704,480 Vymedic Inc. 20,000 20,000 C-Reveal Therapeutics LLC 50,000 — Deuce Drone LLC 2,350,000 2,350,000 Hiveskill LLC 712,500 — ScanHash LLC 425,000 — Caesars Media Group Inc. 900,000 — Cust Corp. 1,200,000 — Kingscrowd Inc. 3,815,745 540,000 Total $ 12,861,253 $ 6,298,008 The above investments in equity securities are within the scope of ASC 321. The Company monitors the investments for any changes in observable prices from orderly transactions. All investments are initially measured at cost and evaluated for impairment. No impairment expense was recognized in the years ended April 30, 2022 and 2021. In fiscal 2022, the Company identified that Kingscrowd Inc. had an observable price change. The result of the price change was an increase in the fair value of the equity securities totaling $3,275,745 in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2022, which was recorded in the income statement as an unrealized gain on equity securities. In fiscal 2021, there were observable price changes in two securities, ChipBrain LLC and Deuce Drone LLC. The result of these price changes was an increase in the fair value of the equity securities totaling $2,571,494 in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021, which was recorded in the income statement as an unrealized gain on equity securities. |