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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>FORM 8-K</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<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>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Date of Report (date of earliest event reported):
September 4, 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>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 34%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">Nevada</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">000-31671</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">87-0613716</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">(State or other jurisdiction of</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">(Commission</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">(I.R.S. Employer</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">incorporation)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">File Number)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">2190 Dividend Drive</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">Columbus, Ohio</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">43228</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: center; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">(Address of principal executive offices)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">(Zip Code)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(614) 388-8909</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>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Former name or former address, if changed
since last report)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.55in">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:</P>

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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act.</P>

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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act.</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 29.7pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT>
Pre-commencement communications 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"><B>Item 4.01 Changes In Registrant&rsquo;s Certifying Accountant.
</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(a) Dismissal of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">On September 4, 2012, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors
of Globalwise Investments, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo; or &rdquo;Globalwise&rdquo;) dismissed Marcum LLP (&ldquo;Marcum&rdquo;)
as its independent registered public accounting firm, effective as of September 4, 2012. Marcum served as the Company&rsquo;s independent
registered accounting firm from February 10, 2012 to September 4, 2012.The Company notified Marcum of its dismissal on September
5, 2012.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Globalwise was a non-operating public shell company, prior to
February 10, 2012, when Globalwise entered into a Securities Exchange Agreement by and between itself and Intellinetics, Inc. (&ldquo;Intellinetics&rdquo;), and all of the former shareholders
of Intellinetics transferred to Globalwise all of their shares of Intellinetics in exchange for shares of common stock (&ldquo;Share
Exchange&rdquo;) of Globalwise. As a result of the Share Exchange, Intellinetics became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Globalwise.
The Share Exchange was accounted for as a reverse merger and recapitalization of Intellinetics.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">On March 30, 2012, the Company filed a Current Report on Form
8-K/A (the &ldquo;Form 8-K/A&rdquo;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;) for the purpose
of updating financial statements that were filed as exhibits to the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company filed with the Commission
on February 13, 2012 (the &ldquo;Original Filing&rdquo;). The Original Filing included audited financial statements of Intellinetics,
a business acquired by the Company, for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, and unaudited financial statements of
Intellinetics for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2011 and 2010. The Form 8-K/A included audited financial statements
of Intellinetics for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010. The audited financial statements of Intellinetics for fiscal
years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 were audited by Marcum.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Marcum&rsquo;s reports on Intellinetics consolidated
financial statements for fiscal years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 filed as exhibits to the Original Filing and the
Form 8-K/A did not contain an adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty,
audit scope, or accounting principles. Marcum&rsquo;s report on Intellinetics financial statements for the fiscal years ended
December 31,  2011, 2010 and 2009 contained an explanatory paragraph indicating that there was substantial doubt as to the
Company&rsquo;s ability to continue as a going concern. In relation to the audit of the financial statements that were filed
as exhibits to the Original Filing, and the Form 8-K/A, Marcum informed the Company of its observations of a material
weakness in internal control over financial reporting.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The Company and Marcum have not, during Marcum&rsquo;s audit
of financial statements for fiscal years 2011, 2010 or 2009 or through the date of this Form 8-K, had any disagreements on
any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements,
if not resolved to the satisfaction of Marcum, would have caused Marcum to make reference to the subject matter in its reports
for such years; and there were no &ldquo;reportable events&rdquo; as the term is described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The Company has provided Marcum with a copy of the above disclosures
and has requested Marcum furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether
or not Marcum agrees with the statements made by the Company in response to Item 304(a) of Regulation S-K and, if not, stating
the respects in which it does not agree. A copy of such letter dated September 10, 2012, is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Current
Report on Form 8-K.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(b) Newly Engaged Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">On September 4, 2012, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors
of the Company approved the appointment of GBQ Partners, LLC (&ldquo;GBQ&rdquo;) as the Company&rsquo;s independent registered
public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012. GBQ is an independent member of the BDO Seidman Alliance.
BDO Seidman is one of the largest accounting and consulting organizations in the world. At no time during fiscal year 2011 or fiscal
year 2010 or through the date of this Form 8-K did the Company or anyone acting on its behalf consult with GBQ regarding either
(i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion
that might be rendered on the Company&rsquo;s consolidated financial statements, and no written report or oral advice was provided
that GBQ concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing or financial
reporting issue; or (ii) any matter that was either (A) the subject of a disagreement with Marcum on accounting principles or practices,
financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedures, which, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Marcum, would have
caused Marcum to make reference to the matter in their report or (B) a reportable event of the type described in Item 304(a)(1)(v)
of Regulation S-K.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; text-align: justify"><B>Item
9.01.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Financial Statements and Exhibits.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 27.5pt">(d)<I> Exhibits</I></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 78%; font-weight: bold; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">Name of Exhibit</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">16.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">Letter from Marcum LLP to the Securities and Exchange Commission dated September 10, 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>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.55in">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: September 10, 2012</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">
        <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="width: 49%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 4%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 42%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">/s/ William J. Santiago</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">Name:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">William J. Santiago</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">Title:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">President and Chief Executive Officer</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><U>EXHIBIT INDEX</U></P>

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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):
September 4, 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) 388-8909
(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 4.01 Changes In Registrant's Certifying Accountant.
(a) Dismissal of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
On September 4, 2012, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors
of Globalwise Investments, Inc. (the "Company" or "Globalwise") dismissed Marcum LLP ("Marcum")
as its independent registered public accounting firm, effective as of September 4, 2012. Marcum served as the Company's independent
registered accounting firm from February 10, 2012 to September 4, 2012.The Company notified Marcum of its dismissal on September
5, 2012.
Globalwise was a non-operating public shell company, prior to
February 10, 2012, when Globalwise entered into a Securities Exchange Agreement by and between itself and Intellinetics, Inc. ("Intellinetics"), and all of the former shareholders
of Intellinetics transferred to Globalwise all of their shares of Intellinetics in exchange for shares of common stock ("Share
Exchange") of Globalwise. As a result of the Share Exchange, Intellinetics became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Globalwise.
The Share Exchange was accounted for as a reverse merger and recapitalization of Intellinetics.
On March 30, 2012, the Company filed a Current Report on Form
8-K/A (the "Form 8-K/A") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") for the purpose
of updating financial statements that were filed as exhibits to the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company filed with the Commission
on February 13, 2012 (the "Original Filing"). The Original Filing included audited financial statements of Intellinetics,
a business acquired by the Company, for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, and unaudited financial statements of
Intellinetics for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2011 and 2010. The Form 8-K/A included audited financial statements
of Intellinetics for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010. The audited financial statements of Intellinetics for fiscal
years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 were audited by Marcum.
Marcum's reports on Intellinetics consolidated
financial statements for fiscal years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 filed as exhibits to the Original Filing and the
Form 8-K/A did not contain an adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty,
audit scope, or accounting principles. Marcum's report on Intellinetics financial statements for the fiscal years ended
December 31,  2011, 2010 and 2009 contained an explanatory paragraph indicating that there was substantial doubt as to the
Company's ability to continue as a going concern. In relation to the audit of the financial statements that were filed
as exhibits to the Original Filing, and the Form 8-K/A, Marcum informed the Company of its observations of a material
weakness in internal control over financial reporting.
The Company and Marcum have not, during Marcum's audit
of financial statements for fiscal years 2011, 2010 or 2009 or through the date of this Form 8-K, had any disagreements on
any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements,
if not resolved to the satisfaction of Marcum, would have caused Marcum to make reference to the subject matter in its reports
for such years; and there were no "reportable events" as the term is described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
The Company has provided Marcum with a copy of the above disclosures
and has requested Marcum furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether
or not Marcum agrees with the statements made by the Company in response to Item 304(a) of Regulation S-K and, if not, stating
the respects in which it does not agree. A copy of such letter dated September 10, 2012, is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Current
Report on Form 8-K.
(b) Newly Engaged Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
On September 4, 2012, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors
of the Company approved the appointment of GBQ Partners, LLC ("GBQ") as the Company's independent registered
public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012. GBQ is an independent member of the BDO Seidman Alliance.
BDO Seidman is one of the largest accounting and consulting organizations in the world. At no time during fiscal year 2011 or fiscal
year 2010 or through the date of this Form 8-K did the Company or anyone acting on its behalf consult with GBQ regarding either
(i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion
that might be rendered on the Company's consolidated financial statements, and no written report or oral advice was provided
that GBQ concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing or financial
reporting issue; or (ii) any matter that was either (A) the subject of a disagreement with Marcum on accounting principles or practices,
financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedures, which, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Marcum, would have
caused Marcum to make reference to the matter in their report or (B) a reportable event of the type described in Item 304(a)(1)(v)
of Regulation S-K.
Item
9.01.           Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits
Exhibit No.
Name of Exhibit
16.1
Letter from Marcum LLP to the Securities and Exchange Commission dated September 10, 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: September 10, 2012
GLOBALWISE INVESTMENTS, INC.
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ William J. Santiago
Name:
William J. Santiago
Title:
President and Chief Executive Officer
EXHIBIT INDEX
16.1
Letter from Marcum LLP to the Securities and Exchange Commission dated September 10, 2012.