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      Basis of Presentation&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

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      Financial Information&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

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      &lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;The

      financial information for Innovaro, Inc. (the

      &amp;#8220;Company&amp;#8221;, &amp;#8220;we&amp;#8221;, &amp;#8220;us&amp;#8221; or

      &amp;#8220;Innovaro&amp;#8221;) as of June 30, 2013 and for the three

      months and six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012 is

      unaudited, but includes all adjustments, which, in the

      opinion of management are necessary in order to make the

      consolidated financial statements not misleading at such

      dates and for those periods. These consolidated financial

      statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting

      principles generally accepted in the United States of America

      for interim financial information and, therefore, do not

      include all information and notes required by accounting

      principles generally accepted in the United States of America

      (&amp;#8220;GAAP&amp;#8221;) for complete consolidated financial

      statements. These consolidated financial statements should be

      read in conjunction with the consolidated audited financial

      statements and related notes included in the Company&amp;#8217;s

      Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,

      2012. Operating results for the three and six months ended

      June 30, 2013 are not necessarily indicative of the results

      that may be expected for the entire year.&lt;/font&gt;

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      Company&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

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      &lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;Innovaro

      is The Innovation Solutions Company focused&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;on

      delivering innovation solutions to our clients through a

      combination of software and associated services as well as

      information for strategic decision making. Innovaro offers

      software to ensure the success of any innovation project,

      regardless of the size or intent. The Company&amp;#8217;s

      LaunchPad software provides an integrated innovation

      environment, and intelligence and insights services provide

      any business with the innovation support they need to drive

      success. These services are provided primarily from the

      Company&amp;#8217;s offices in the United States.&lt;/font&gt;

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      &lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Going

      Concern&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

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      &lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;These

      consolidated financial statements have been prepared in

      accordance with GAAP&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;including

      the assumption of a going concern basis which contemplates

      the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities

      and commitments in the normal course of business. The Company

      has incurred recurring losses and negative cash flows from

      operations.&amp;#160;&amp;#160;The Company incurred a net loss of

      $(1.9) million and $(10.0) million for the six months ended

      June 30, 2013 and the year ended December 31, 2012,

      respectively. In addition, the Company has a working capital

      deficit of $(3.6) million and an accumulated deficit of

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      million as of June 30, 2013. These factors&amp;#160;raise doubt

      about the Company&amp;#8217;s ability to continue as a going

      concern.&lt;/font&gt;

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      &lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;The

      Company&amp;#8217;s primary cash requirements include working

      capital, research and development expenditures, principal and

      interest payments on indebtedness, and employee salaries. Its

      primary sources of funds are cash received from collections

      of notes receivable, payments from customers in connection

      with operations and, to a lesser extent, proceeds from the

      sale from time to time of its investments and common

      stock.&lt;/font&gt;

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      &lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;The

      Company currently intends to fund its liquidity needs,

      including its software development costs, with existing cash

      balances, cash generated from operations, collections of its

      existing receivables, the proceeds from sales of its

      investments and the sale of certain of the Company&amp;#8217;s

      common stock. Given the Company&amp;#8217;s cash position,

      working capital deficit and expected revenues in the near

      term, the Company does not expect that it will be able to

      fund its current scheduled debt service payments of $3.0

      million and its operating requirements for the next twelve

      months. The Company is exploring opportunities for obtaining

      a credit facility, as well as selling equity securities. In

      addition, the Company has the capability to delay all cash

      intensive activities, including its software development

      costs, and will look to reduce costs further. However, if

      such measures prove inadequate, the Company could face

      liquidity problems and might be required to reduce or delay

      planned capital expenditures and other initiatives and it may

      be unable to take any of these actions on satisfactory terms

      or in a timely manner. &amp;#160;Further, any of these actions

      may not be sufficient to allow the Company to service its

      debt obligations or may have an adverse impact on its

      business. The failure to generate sufficient&amp;#160;cash from

      operations&amp;#160;could have a material adverse effect on the

      Company. The Company has negotiated a one year extension of

      the debt on the corporate office building of approximately

      $2,700,000, which is included in current maturities of long

      term debt at June 30, 2013.&lt;/font&gt;

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      of Consolidation&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

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      &lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;The

      consolidated financial statements include the accounts of

      Innovaro and its wholly owned subsidiaries: Innovaro Europe,

      Ltd. and UTEK Real Estate Holdings, Inc. and its

      subsidiaries: Ybor City Group, Inc., 22nd Street of Ybor

      City, Inc., ABM of Tampa Bay, Inc., and Cortez 114, LLC

      (collectively &amp;#8220;UTEK Real Estate&amp;#8221;). All

      intercompany transactions and balances are eliminated in

      consolidation.&lt;/font&gt;

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      On January 1, 2013, the Company acquired 100% ownership of an

      entity as a result of an assignment and transfer of certain

      collateral shares held in the entity. The Company has

      consolidated this entity as of January 1, 2013. The entity

      has no operations, or any liablities, and the only asset held

      by the entity relates to certain marketable securities. The

      securities have a readily determinable fair value, and the

      Company's intent is to sell the securities in the near term

      to generate profits. The Company has classified the

      securities as trading securities. As of June 30, 2013, all

      securities in this entity were sold.

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