Facedrive Enters into Strategic Advisory Services Agreement with Craven Street Capital for European Expansion

Facedrive Inc. (“Facedrive”) (TSXV: FD), a “people-and-planet first” business, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a Strategic Advisory Services Agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”) with Craven Street Capital Limited (“Craven Street”) to assist Facedrive in executing its European expansion plans.

The scope of services to be provided by Craven Street to Facedrive includes research and evaluation of expansion opportunities, as well as sourcing of strategic acquisition and investment opportunities. Under the terms of the Advisory Agreement, Craven Street will leverage its extensive network of corporate and technology relationships in order to assist Facedrive in securing opportunities that align with Facedrive’s European expansion plans. Specifically, Craven Street will: assist in identifying and evaluating expansion opportunities at the national, regional and municipal level; establish relationships with the public and private sectors; and identify potential strategic acquisition and investment opportunities for Facedrive in Europe.

Facedrive believes that European expansion is a strategic priority for Facedrive in that European consumers and businesses generally tend to have a greater degree of environmental consciousness than their North American counterparts. For example, a 2015 Pew Research Center survey found that 60% of Western Europeans believe that climate change is currently having a negative impact on society, while only 41% of North Americans share this view (Spring 2015 Global Attitudes Survey). Facedrive believes that their “people-and-planet” first message and business model will resonate with European citizens.

Craven Street has extensive experience in “buy and build” programs and working with high growth businesses. “Craven’s rich network and experience in Europe provides us with a great launchpad for our expansion plans in Europe,” said Sayan Navaratnam, Chairman and CEO of Facedrive. “Facedrive’s Transport-as-a-Service (TaaS) and COVID-19 contact tracing technologies have gained significant traction in the North American market, and we are hopeful that our solutions will be equally well-received in Europe.”

“Facedrive is a young fast-growing multi-faceted technology company with strong socially responsible credentials. In other words, Facedrive is exactly the type of company Craven Street Capital likes to represent,” said Soondra Appavoo, CEO of Craven Street. “We believe that Facedrive fulfills serious gaps in several underserved European markets. We look forward to working with Facedrive to evaluate and target strategic opportunities throughout Europe.”

About Facedrive

Facedrive is a multi-faceted “people-and-planet first” platform offering socially-responsible services to local communities with a strong commitment to doing business fairly, equitably and sustainably. Facedrive rideshare was the first to offer green transportation solutions in the TaaS space, planting thousands of trees and giving users a choice between EVs, hybrids and conventional vehicles. Facedrive Marketplace offers curated merchandise created from sustainably sourced materials. Facedrive Foods offers contactless deliveries of healthy foods right to consumers’ doorsteps. Facedrive Health develops innovative technological solutions to the most acute health challenges of the day. Facedrive is changing the ridesharing, food delivery, e-commerce and health tech narratives for the better, for everyone.

For more about Facedrive, visit www.facedrive.com.

About Craven Street Capital

Craven Street Capital Limited is a London-based corporate finance business specializing in M&A, fundraising, IPO and debt advisory with a focus on long term, multi-deal relationships with a small number of clients in selected sectors. The Craven Street team is experienced in mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, private placements, asset sales, debt financing, seeding and the establishment of corporate structures. Transactions have included the £140m IPO of Nucleus Financial, the £575m IPO of Sabre Insurance, the £153m sale of Punter Southall Limited and numerous buy side mandates for Punter Southall Group. Craven Street’s breadth of expertise spans Financial Services, Structured Finance, Cleantech, Healthcare and Infrastructure.

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