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Commitments and Contingencies
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
NOTE 10 - Commitments and Contingencies

The Company is not a party to any significant pending legal proceedings other than as disclosed below, and no other such proceedings are known to be contemplated. No director, officer or affiliate of the Company, and no owner of record or beneficial owner of more than 5.0% of the securities of the Company, or any associate of any such director, officer or security holder is a party adverse to the Company or has a material interest adverse to the Company in reference to pending litigation.

 

On or about March 27, 2018, Global Capital Partners, LLC (“Global”) sent a demand for payment of amounts allegedly owed by the Company to Global pursuant to several promissory notes and threatening legal action. The Company retained Texas litigation counsel and responded to the demand letter. On or about March 1, 2019, Global filed a breach of contract complaint against the Company in Travis County, Texas district court (case no. D-1-GN-19-001078). The Parties are currently negotiating a settlement agreement to avoid further litigation.

 

On September 7, 2018, the Company filed a claim against Liberated Solutions, Inc. d/b/a the Go Eco Group and Brian Conway for breach of contract and other causes of action in the County Court No. 2 for Travis County, Texas (case no. C-1-CV-18-008488), seeking approximately $55,000 in damages. On November 2, 2018, the court entered judgment against the defendants in favor of the Company for $55,000 in damages, plus $4,244 in attorney’s fees. To date the company has not received any payments toward the judgement from Go Eco Group or Brian Conway, and has written the receivable off as a loss.

 

On October 1, 2018, the Company filed a lawsuit against Mile High Construction seeking $134,900 in damages plus interest and attorney’s fees. To date the company has not received any payments toward the judgement from Mile High Construction.

 

During October of 2018, Adar Bays, LLC (“Adar”), one of the Company’s lenders holding approximately $636,371 in convertible notes, sent two demand letters to the Company noting the Company in default for the Company’s failure to (i) repay the notes at maturity, (ii) honor a partial conversion of the notes, and (iii) reserve sufficient shares for issuance upon conversion of the notes. The Company retained litigation counsel, which responded to Adar’s counsel, and on or about November 9, 2018, Adar’s manager and the Company’s CEO agreed to headline settlement terms. The parties reached a settlement agreement on or about December 3, 2018, in which Bravatek agreed to reserve 100,000,000 shares of common stock for issuance to Adar upon Adar’s conversion of its convertible notes.

 

Strategic Alliance Agreements

 

On September 5, 2017, the Company entered into a Strategic Alliance Agreement with DarkPulse Technology Holdings Inc. (“DarkPulse”), a New York corporation engaged in manufacturing hardware and software based on its BOTDA (Brillouin Optical Time Domain Analysis) technology, designating the Company as DarkPulse’s project-based partnership channel for government and non-governmental departments, agencies and units, for the purpose of promoting DarkPulse’s products, and pursuant to which DarkPulse will cross-promote the Company’s products and services, and the Company will be paid sales commissions for clients introduces to DarkPulse by the Company.  On October 19, 2017, the Company entered into an Addendum (the “Addendum”) to the Strategic Alliance Agreement with DarkPulse, pursuant to which Addendum the Company shall receive 20% of project revenue for DarkPulse’s “Five Deployments Eurasian Mining Project,” and 10% of project revenue for two additional DarkPulse agency agreements more specifically described in the Addendum. As of March 31, 2019, the Company has recognized $85,750 of revenue related to this agreement.

 

On January 5, 2018, the Company entered into a Strategic Alliance Agreement with QBRICS, Inc. (“QBRICS"), a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware engaged in providing customized private blockchain platforms and solutions for governmental and non-governmental departments / agencies / units for the purpose of promoting QBRICS’s relevant capabilities, products and/or service solutions, and pursuant to which QBRICS will cross-promote the Company’s products and services, and the Company will be paid sales commissions in the range of 10%-20% of project revenue for clients introduced by the Company, registered with QBRICS, and delivered through the Company or a QBRICS-designated distribution affiliate or sales channel. As of March 31, 2019, the Company has not recognized any revenue or expenses related to this agreement.

 

On January 4, 2018, the Company entered into a Strategic Alliance Agreement with AppGuard LLC (“AppGuard”), a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware engaged in providing anti-malware software for Windows devices, for the purpose of promoting AppGuard’s relevant capabilities, products and/or service solutions, and pursuant to which AppGuard will cross-promote the Company’s products and services, and the Company will be paid sales commissions in the range of 10%-20% of project revenue for clients introduced by the Company, registered with AppGuard, and delivered through the Company or a AppGuard-designated distribution affiliate or sales channel. As of March 31, 2019, the Company has recognized $1,666 in revenue and $738 in expenses related to the agreement.

 

On January 10, 2018, the Company entered into a Strategic Alliance Agreement with Fazync LLC (“Fazync”), a Colorado limited liability company engaged in providing energy-saving solutions and capabilities to the Critical Infrastructure/Key Resources arena, for the purpose of promoting Fazync’s relevant capabilities, products and/or service solutions, and pursuant to which Fazync will cross-promote the Company’s products and services, and the Company will be paid sales commissions in the range of 10%-20% of project revenue for clients introduced by the Company, registered with Fazync, and delivered through the Company or a Fazync-designated distribution affiliate or sales channel. As of March 31, 2019, the Company has not recognized any revenue or expenses related to this agreement.

 

On February 15, 2018, the Company entered into a Strategic Alliance Agreement (the “DP Telecom Strategic Alliance Agreement”) with IEVOLV Ventures, Inc., a California corporation engaged in providing turnkey telecom services (“IEVOLV”), and with DP Telecom Inc., a Wyoming corporation engaged in providing telecommunications implementation support for turn-key vendors with a focus on electrical and ground-based projects while providing logistical management for strategic partners in the northern California market (“DP Telecom” and together with IEVOLV the “MAP Partners”), for the purpose of promoting the MAP Partners’ relevant capabilities, products and/or service solutions, and pursuant to which the MAP Partners will cross-promote the Company’s products and services, and the Company will be paid sales commissions in the range of 15%-20% of project net profit for clients introduced by the Company. As of March 31, 2019, the Company has not recognized any revenue or expenses related to this agreement.

 

Pursuant to the DP Telecom Strategic Alliance Agreement, the parties also agreed that the Company would make every reasonable effort to fund $200,000 to DP Telecom within 60 days pursuant to a Credit Agreement attached to the DP Telecom Strategic Alliance Agreement as Exhibit A (the “Credit Agreement”), which the MAP Partners and the Company would execute at closing of the funding (the “Closing”). At the Closing, (1) Bravatek was to fund DP Telecom $200,000, (2) DP Telecom was to execute a secured promissory note (the “Note”) and security agreement (the “Security Agreement”) in the forms attached as exhibits to the Credit Agreement, (3) IEVOLV was to execute a guaranty (the “Guaranty”) in the form attached as an exhibit to the Credit Agreement, (4) each of DP Telecom and IEVOLV were to pay Bravatek 20% of their net profits for a minimum of 6 months following the Closing, and (5) each of DP Telecom and IEVOLV were to grant the Company a right of first refusal to provide telecom services for all telecom projects that either DP Telecom or IEVOLV receive for a minimum of 6 months following Closing. On March 1, 2018, the Company remitted $25,000 to DP Telecom in exchange for a Promissory Note. Since the entire $200,000 was not funded, other than the issuance of the Promissory Note, the parties have not proceeded to Closing and executed the additional agreements that were to be executed at Closing. The Company and DP Telecom entered into a settlement agreement on October 8, 2018 whereby DP Telcom agreed to repay the $25,000 with weekly payments of $300. As of March 31, 2019, the company has received $2,100 of the outstanding settlement agreement.

 

On March 14, 2018, the Company entered into a Strategic Alliance Agreement with OrangeHook, Inc. (“OrangeHook”), a Florida corporation engaged in the business of providing identification authentication and credentialing software, for the purpose of promoting OrangeHook’s relevant capabilities, products and/or service solutions, and pursuant to which OrangeHook will cross-promote the Company’s products and services, and the Company will be paid sales commissions in the range of 10%-20% of project revenue for clients introduced by the Company, registered with OrangeHook, and delivered through the Company or a OrangeHook-designated distribution affiliate or sales channel. As of March 31, 2019, the Company has not recognized any revenue or expenses related to this agreement.

 

On March 28, 2018, the Company entered into a Strategic Alliance Agreement with Center for Threat Intelligence, LLC (“Center”), a Washington limited liability company engaged in the business of providing critical threat intelligence training, for the purpose of promoting Center’s relevant capabilities, products and/or service solutions, and pursuant to which Center will cross-promote the Company’s products and services, and the Company will be paid sales commissions in the range of 10%-20% of project revenue for clients introduced by the Company, registered with Center, and delivered through the Company or a Center-designated distribution affiliate or sales channel. As of March 31, 2019, the Company has not recognized any revenue or expenses related to this agreement.

  

On May 11, 2018, the Company entered into a Strategic Alliance Agreement with KP Consulting, a Guam-based systems integration consulting services business. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company will offer a business advisory role to KP Consulting for prospective clients in the private and public sectors. KP Consulting will cross-promote the Company’s products and services, and the Company will be paid sales commissions in the range of 10%-20% of project revenue for clients introduced by the Company, registered with KP Consulting. As of March 31, 2019, the Company has not recognized any revenue or expenses related to this agreement.

 

On June 26, 2018, the Company entered into a Strategic Alliance Agreement with AG Capital Management, LLP (“AG”), a Kazakhstan-based company engaged in the business of providing scalable integrated secure IT services focused on financial, security, commerce and other markets for the purpose to streamline secure low-cost transactions. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company will offer a business advisory role to KP Consulting for prospective clients in the private and public sectors. AG will cross-promote the Company’s products and services, and the Company will be paid sales commissions in the range of 10%-20% of project revenue for clients introduced by the Company, registered with AG. As of March 31, 2019, the Company has not recognized any revenue or expenses related to this agreement.

 

On January 7, 2019, the Company entered into a Strategic Alliance Agreement with Optimized Fuel Technologies, a Wyoming corporation engaged in the business of manufacturing and distributing Electric Vehicles, for the purpose of developing a joint Product Solution and Application Strategy whereby targeted markets, potential clients, and types of applications can be developed.

 

On March 25, 2019, the Company entered into a Strategic Alliance Agreement with MC Smart Controls, a Utah corporation engaged in the business of providing engineering, design, manufacturing, sales, marketing, and installation of irrigation controls, water flow sensors and IIOT (Industrial Internet of Things) technology, for the purpose developing and implementing joint Product Solution and Application Strategy for targeted markets, potential clients, and applications.

 

Joint Venture Agreements

 

Effective December 21, 2017, the Company entered into a Joint Venture Agreement (the “Agreement”) with DarkPulse Technologies, Inc. (“DarkPulse”), pursuant to which (1) the parties formed a joint venture limited liability company in Delaware to develop, market and sell products and services based on DarkPulse’s patented BOTDA DarkPulse technology (the “Technology”) to be owned 40% by the Company and 60% by Dark Pulse (the “JV”); (2) the Company would fund $10,000 in initial capital to the JV; and (3) and the JV would have a royalty-free non-exclusive license to use the Technology in the North America, Asia and European government, military and CI/KR (Critical Infrastructure / Key Resources) market segments. While DarkPulse has a controlling financial interest in the JV, the Company and DarkPulse jointly managed the JV, and any significant decisions and/or actions of the JV required the mutual consent of both parties. On January 25, 2018, our CEO was appointed to the Board of Directors of DarkPulse, and on February 5, 2018, he was also named Co-CEO of DarkPulse. Dr. Cellucci was terminated as co-CEO and Board Member of DarkPulse as of February 2019, which removes the significant influence aspect of the association with DarkPulse. Additionally, during the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company funded $89,450 to the JV and was the only party with a financial risk in the JV. Due to the termination of the relationship between our CEO and DarkPulse in 2019, the Company has recorded a loss for these funds in the amount of $89,450. On March 26, 2019, DarkPulse notified the JV that it was terminating the JV’s license to DarkPulse’s technology. 

 

Other

 

On April 19, 2018, the Company entered into a three-year White Label Distribution and Marketing Agreement with a MAP partner, whereas, they developed a security application product that blocks the ability of malware to execute (the “Software”). The Company will market, distribute and sell the Software under the Company’s registered trademark “Tuitio”. The Company will amortize the $40,000 over the three-year term of the agreement beginning on the date that the product is delivered and by the vendor fulfilling all of their product delivery obligations of the agreement. Product delivery commenced in June 2018.

 

On May 9, 2018, the Company entered into an Equity Purchase Agreement (the “EPA”) with Triton Funds, LP (“Triton”) for $500,000, which EPA was amended effective as of August 30, 2018. Triton, a new fund launched by students at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), is making the investment to drive the continued expansion of BVTK’s proprietary technology which assists corporate entities, governments, and individuals in protecting their organizations against errors, as well as cyber and physical attacks. Pursuant to the EPA, each closing for Capital Call Shares shall occur on the date that is 5 business days following the date that the Investor receives Capital Call Shares from the Company. The purchase price for the shares to be paid by Triton at each closing shall be 75% of the lowest daily volume-weighted average price of the Company’s common stock during the 5 trading days prior to a closing date. Triton’s obligation to purchase Capital Call Shares is subject to several conditions, including (i) that the Company has filed a registration statement with the SEC registering the Capital Call Shares within 130 days from the date of the amended EPA, and (ii) that the purchase of Capital Call Shares shall not cause Triton to own more than 4.99% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock. On October 26, 2018, the Company filed the registration statement, but it has not been declared effective. In connection with the EPA, the Company issued 25,000,000 shares common stock to Triton’s affiliate, Triton Funds LLC, on May 18, 2018.

 

Management and the Board of Directors believes it is owed monies in the following amounts, by the following firms, for breaches of executed agreements of the given party. None of the amounts below are included in the assets of the Company reflected on its balance sheet. In April of 2018, the Company engaged a law firm to pursue collections of the following:

 

DTREDS, LLC   $ 1,376,167  
YKTG LLC     4,857,441  
TOTAL   $ 6,233,608