Exhibit 99.3

		GlobalWise Investments, Inc. www.GlobalWiseInvestments.com XXX-XXX-XXXX Contact@GlobalWiseInvestments.com   Mission Investor Relations Atlanta, Georgia http://www.MissionIR.com 404-941-8975 Investors@MissionIR.com

GlobalWise Completes Acquisition of Intellinetics

Strategic Transaction Positions GlobalWise to become an Industry Leader in Cloud-Based

Enterprise Content Management

COLUMBUS, OH, February 13, 2012 – GlobalWise Investments, Inc. (OTCBB: GWIV) (www.globalwiseinvestments.com) today announces the completion of its acquisition of Intellinetics, Inc. (www.intellinetics.com).

Intellinetics, Inc., now a wholly owned subsidiary of GlobalWise Investments, is a leading-edge technology company focused on Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions for the digital age. Leveraging its cloud-based computing software, GlobalWise Investments is poised to capture a significant market share of the burgeoning ECM industry.

The Intellinetics platform defines a new industry benchmark and game-changing approach by combining advanced virtualization and automated content management with an open and service-oriented architecture using Web services. The Company provides strategies, tactics, and technologies to manage paper and digital assets from capture to long-term archive, without the need for manual processes conducted by a full-time employee.

The Company’s ECM service is delivered to customers via five unique delivery models that cover the full spectrum of business needs: Cloud/SaaS (Software as a Service); Hardware Vendor Integrated Service; Software Vendor Integrated Service; Premise (Client-Server); and Hybrid (Premise & Cloud/SaaS). This diversity provides advanced security and privacy features with an on-demand structure for businesses in the large, underserved Tier 3 and Tier 4 markets.

William J. “BJ” Santiago, President and CEO of GlobalWise Investments, stated, “IBM Market Insights predicts adoption of cloud computing to continue growing at a compound annual growth rate of 26% until 2013. Through its acquisition of Intellinetics, GlobalWise Investments is well positioned to secure a strong foothold in this rapidly growing ECM industry.”

About GlobalWise Investments, Inc.

GlobalWise Investments, Inc., via its wholly owned subsidiary Intellinetics, Inc., is a Columbus, Ohio based Enterprise Content Management (ECM) pioneer with industry-leading software that delivers cloud ECM based solutions on-demand. The Company’s flagship platform, Intellivue^TM, represents a new industry benchmark and “game-changing” solution by providing clients to access and manage the content of every scanned document, file, spreadsheet, email, photo, audio file or video tape – virtually anything that can be digitized – in their enterprise from any PC, laptop, tablet or smartphone from anywhere in the world.

For additional information, please visit the Company’s corporate website: www.globalwiseinvestments.com

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