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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">UNITED STATES</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Washington, D.C. 20549</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Date of Report (date of earliest event reported):
May 16, 2012</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>GLOBALWISE INVESTMENTS, INC.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; padding: 0; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Nevada</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; padding: 0; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; text-indent: 0">000-31671</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; padding: 0; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">87-0613716</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center">(State or other jurisdiction of</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0">(Commission</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center">(I.R.S. Employer</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center">incorporation)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0; text-align: center">File Number)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center">Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center"><B>2190 Dividend Drive</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center"><B>Columbus, Ohio</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center"><B>43228</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: center">(Address of principal executive offices)</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(614) 921-8170</B></P>

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area code)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>n/a</B></P>

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since last report)</P>

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Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 27.55pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT> Written communications pursuant
to Rule 425 under the Securities Act.</P>

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Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act.</P>

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pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act.</P>

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pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0in"><B>Item 2.02.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Results
of Operations and Financial Condition.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">On May 16, 2012, Globalwise Investments,
Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2012.
A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The information reported under this Item
2.02 of Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed to be &ldquo;filed&rdquo; for the purposes
of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;), or otherwise subject to the
liabilities of such section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.</P>

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Financial Statements and Exhibits.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(d) <I>Exhibits</I></P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">99.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">Press release issued by the Company, dated May 16, 2012.</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 36.75pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Dated: May 16, 2012</P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">GLOBALWISE INVESTMENTS, INC.</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(Registrant)</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">By:</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">/s/ William J. Santiago</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">Name:</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">William J. Santiago</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">Title:</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0">President and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
__________________________________
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported):
May 16, 2012
GLOBALWISE INVESTMENTS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)
Nevada
000-31671
87-0613716
(State or other jurisdiction of
(Commission
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation)
File Number)
Identification No.)
2190 Dividend Drive
Columbus, Ohio
43228
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(614) 921-8170
(Registrant's telephone number, including
area code)
n/a
(Former name or former address, if changed
since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the
Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
¨
Written communications pursuant
to Rule 425 under the Securities Act.
¨
Soliciting material pursuant to
Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act.
¨
Pre-commencement communications
pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act.
¨
Pre-commencement communications
pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act.
Item 2.02.
Results
of Operations and Financial Condition.
On May 16, 2012, Globalwise Investments,
Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2012.
A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
The information reported under this Item
2.02 of Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purposes
of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the
liabilities of such section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01.          
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits
Exhibit No.
Name of Exhibit
99.1
Press release issued by the Company, dated May 16, 2012.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: May 16, 2012
GLOBALWISE INVESTMENTS, INC.
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ William J. Santiago
Name:
William J. Santiago
Title:
President and Chief Executive Officer