{"id":1690,"date":"2012-10-30T21:13:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T21:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/puginteractive.com\/pug-pharm-secures-1m-loan-facility-with-goal\/"},"modified":"2023-04-12T18:42:11","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T01:42:11","slug":"pug-pharm-secures-1m-loan-facility-with-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/puginteractive.com\/pug-pharm-secures-1m-loan-facility-with-goal\/","title":{"rendered":"Pug Pharm Secures $1m Loan Facility With Goal Holdings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2012\/10\/30<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em><strong>Best-in-Class Technology Platform and Large Market Potential Attract Investors\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">VANCOUVER, BC \u2013 October 30, 2012 \u2013 Pug Pharm Productions Inc., a technology leader in customer gamification, retention, and activation, announced that it has secured a $1.0 million loan facility to fund business expansion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cWe are pleased to partner with our lead investor, Goal Holdings. This injection of capital will aid in our aggressive business development efforts to expand the customer base for our Picnic\u2122 Customer Engagement Engine. We, along with our investment partners, see the tremendous potential of our Picnic\u2122 Customer Engagement Engine to address a huge market for online audience retention and activation,\u201d said Steve Bocska, CEO of Pug Pharm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cPug Pharm impressed us with their world-class platform solution that brings together the best elements of the rapidly growing fields of gamification and social media. The Pug Pharm team is focused on leveraging their extensive video game design expertise to deliver the same addictive gameplay mechanisms found some of the world\u2019s most successful video games to their clients.,\u201d said Farhad Ebrahimi, lead investor with Goal Holdings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>About Pug Pharm and the Picnic\u2122 Customer Engagement Engine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Incorporated in 2008, Pug Pharm Productions Inc. (<a href=\"https:\/\/puginteractive.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">puginteractive.com<\/a>) is a technology leader in customer gamification, retention, and activation. Pug Pharm\u2019s Picnic\u2122 Customer Engagement Engine is a platform designed to create community culture through gameplay and was built over the past 3+ years by a team of veteran game designers, web technology experts, and software-as-a-service product managers. Picnic\u2122 is the world\u2019s first technology platform that simultaneously delivers engagement, motivation, rewards, social matchmaking, item-based gameplay, and direct monetization possibilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>About Goal Holdings Group<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Goal Holdings Group is a privately held venture capital company based in Vancouver, BC.\u00a0 Goal Holdings Group provides a comprehensive range of custom financing solutions to eligible companies, and is involved in high level business development work, strategic alliances, joint venture projects and mergers &amp; acquisitions. 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