Netcapital Inc. 10-Q

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS. This quarterly report on Form 10-Q and other reports filed by Netcapital Inc. (the “Company”) from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (collectively, the “Filings”) contain or may contain forward-looking statements and information that are based upon beliefs of, and information currently available to, the Company’s management as well as estimates and assumptions made by Company’s management. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are only predictions and speak only as of the date hereof. When used in the Filings, the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “future,” “intend,” “plan,” or the negative of these terms and similar expressions as they relate to the Company or the Company’s management identify forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the current view of the Company with respect to future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and other factors. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should the underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may differ significantly from those anticipated, believed, estimated, expected, intended, or planned. Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this prospectus to the “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Netcapital Inc. and its subsidiaries. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, the Company cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements. Except as required by applicable law, including the securities laws of the United States, the Company does not intend to update any of the forward-looking statements to conform these statements to actual results. Our financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). These accounting principles require us to make certain estimates, judgments, and assumptions. We believe that the estimates, judgments, and assumptions upon which we rely are reasonable based upon information available to us at the time that these estimates, judgments and assumptions are made. These estimates, judgments and assumptions can affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the periods presented. Our financial statements would be affected to the extent there are material differences between these estimates and actual results. In many cases, the accounting treatment of a particular transaction is specifically dictated by GAAP and does not require management’s judgment in its application. There are also areas in which management’s judgment in selecting any available alternative would not produce a materially different result. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this report. Overview Netcapital Inc. is a fintech company with a scalable technology platform that allows private companies to raise capital online from accredited and non-accredited investors. We give virtually all investors the opportunity to access investments in private companies. We believe our model is disruptive to traditional private equity investing and is based on Title III, Regulation Crowdfunding (“Reg CF”) of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (“JOBS Act”). We generate fees from listing private companies on our funding portal located at www.netcapital.com. Our consulting group, Netcapital Advisors Inc. (“Netcapital Advisors”), which is a wholly owned subsidiary, provides marketing and strategic advice to companies in exchange for cash fees and previously also received equity positions in certain select portfolio companies. The Netcapital funding portal is registered with the SEC, is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), a registered national securities association, and provides investors with opportunities to invest in private companies. In addition, we recently expanded our model to include Regulation A (“Reg A”) offerings, which are conducted by our wholly owned subsidiary Netcapital Securities Inc. “(“Netcapital Securities”), which is a licensed broker-dealer with FINRA. Both A and Reg CF offerings are made available to investors via the Company’s website, www.netcapital.com. - 22 - We provide private company investment access to accredited and non-accredited investors through (i) our online portal (www.netcapital.com), which is operated by our wholly owned subsidiaries Netcapital Funding Portal, Inc and (ii) our broker-deal subsidiary, Netcapital Securities. The Netcapital funding portal charges a $5,000 listing fee, a 4.9% portal fee for capital raised at closing, and beginning in fiscal year 2024, a 1% success fee paid for with equity of the funding portal customer. In addition, the portal generates fees for other ancillary services, such as rolling closes. Netcapital Advisors previously generated fees and equity stakes from consulting in select portfolio (“Portfolio Companies”) and non-portfolio clients. With respect to services for Reg A offerings, Netcapital Securities charges a listing fee of $25,000 and a success fee of 4.9% of the capital raised by an issuer under Reg A. We generated revenues of $190,058, with costs of service of $7,409, in the three months ended July 31, 2025 for a gross profit of $182,649 (consisting of $62,195 in equity securities for payment of services and $127,863 in cash-based revenues, offset by $7,409 for costs of services), as compared to revenues of $142,227, with costs of service of $10,220, in the three months ended July 31, 2024 for a gross profit of $132,007 (consisting of $10,127 in equity securities for payment of services and $132,100 in cash-based revenues, offset by $10,220 for costs of services). The total number of offerings on the Netcapital funding portal in the three months ended July 31, 2025 and 2024 that closed was 3 and 16, respectively, of which 0 and 4 offerings hosted on the Netcapital funding platform in the three months ended July 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, terminated their listings without raising the required minimum amount of capital. In fiscal 2025 and 2024, the average amount raised in an offering on the Netcapital funding portal was $215,745 and $280,978, respectively. The total number of offerings on the Netcapital funding portal in fiscal 2025 and 2024 that closed was 70 in each fiscal year, of which 21 and 17 offerings hosted on the Netcapital funding platform in fiscal 2025 and 2024, respectively, terminated their listings without raising the required minimum dollar amount of capital. Netcapital.com is an SEC-registered funding portal that enables private companies to raise capital online, while investors are able to invest from almost anywhere in the world, at any time, with just a few clicks. Securities offerings on the portal are accessible through individual offering pages, where companies include product or service details, market size, competitive advantages, and financial documents. Companies can accept investments from virtually anyone, including friends, family, customers, and employees. Customer accounts on our platform are not permitted to hold or use digital securities to make an investment. In addition to access to the funding portal, Netcapital provides the following services: ● a fully automated onboarding process; ● automated filing of required regulatory documents; ● compliance review; ● a custom-built offering page on our portal website; ● third party transfer agent and custodial services; ● email marketing to our proprietary list of investors; ● rolling closes, which provide potential access to liquidity before final close date of offering; ● assistance with annual filings; and ● direct access to our team for ongoing support. Our consulting group, Netcapital Advisors helps companies at all stages to raise capital. Netcapital Advisors provides strategic advice, technology consulting and digital marketing services to assist with fundraising campaigns on the Netcapital platform. The company also acts as an incubator and accelerator for select disruptive start-ups. Netcapital Advisors’ services include: ● investor introductions; ● online marketing; ● website design, software and software development; ● message crafting, including pitch decks, offering pages, and ad creation; ● strategic advice; and ● technology consulting. - 23 - Broker-Dealer Business In November 2024, our wholly owned subsidiary, Netcapital Securities Inc. received approval from FINRA to become a FINRA-member broker dealer. We believe that by having a registered broker-dealer, it may create opportunities to expand the Company’s revenue base by hosting and generating additional fees from Reg A and Reg D offerings on the Netcapital platform, earning additional fees in connection with offerings that may result from the introduction of clients to other FINRA broker-dealers and expanding our distribution capabilities by leveraging strategic partnerships with other broker-dealers to distribute offerings of issuers that utilize the Netcapital platform to a wider range of investors in order to maximize market penetration and optimize capital raising efforts. As of the date of this prospectus, Netcapital Securities has been engaged by one issuer seeking to raise capital via a Regulation A offering. Our limited operating history and the uncertain nature of our future operations and the markets we address or intend to address make predictions of our future results of operations difficult. Our operations may never generate significant revenues, and we may not consistently achieve profitable operations. Recent Developments Seidenberg Settlement Agreement On September 16, 2025, the Company entered into a settlement agreement with Ivan Seidenberg (the “Seidenberg Settlement Agreement”) to settle the $209,272 outstanding under the April 29, 2025 $200,000 note issued to him (the “Seidenberg Note”) on such date, which amount includes accrued interest of $9,272. Under the terms of the Seidenberg Settlement Agreement the parties agreed that the Seidenberg Note was fully paid in complete satisfaction upon the Company paying $104,636 and issuance of $104,636 of the Company’s common stock (46,258 shares at a price equal to 2.262 per share, which price represents the “Minimum Price” as defined under Nasdaq Rule 5635(d)). Hesse Settlement Agreement On September 16, 2025, the Company entered into a settlement agreement with Daniel R. Hesse Revocable Trust (“Hesse”) dated October 12, 2006(the “Hesse Settlement Agreement”) to settle the $418,148 outstanding under the May 1, 2025 $400,000 note issued to Hesse (the “Hesse Note”) on such date, which amount includes accrued interest of $18,148. Under the terms of the Hesse Settlement Agreement the parties agreed that the Hesse Note was fully paid in complete satisfaction upon the Company paying $209,074 and issuance of $209,074 of the Company’s common stock (92,428 shares at a price of equal to 2.262 per share, which price represents the “Minimum Price” as defined under Nasdaq Rule 5635(d)). July 2025 Warrant Exercises In July 2025, the Company issued an aggregate of 269,257 shares of its common stock to warrant holders that exercised warrants to purchase 418,510 shares of common stock on a net exercise basis. July 2025 Registered Direct Offering and Concurrent Private Placement #2 On July 16, 2025, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “July 2025 Purchase Agreement #2”) with certain institutional investors, pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell 641,712 shares (the “July 2025 Shares #2”) of its common stock, at a purchase price of $7.00 per share (the “July 2025 Offering #2”) for gross proceeds of approximately $3 million, prior to deducting placement agent’s fees and other offering expenses payable by the Company. The Company intends to use approximately $250,000 of the net proceeds from the July 2025 Offering #2 for the repayment of certain outstanding promissory notes the remainder for working capital and other general corporate purposes. The July 2025 Shares #2 were offered pursuant to the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-267921), which was declared effective by the Securities Exchange Commission on October 26, 2022. Concurrently with the sale of July 2025 Shares #2 pursuant to the July 2025 Purchase Agreement #2 in a private placement, for each July 2025 Share #2 purchased by the investors, such investors received an unregistered warrant (the “July 2025 Investor Warrants #2”) to purchase one share of Common Stock, or 641,712 shares in the aggregate. The July 2025 Investor Warrants #2 have an exercise price of $4.55 per share and are exercisable immediately upon issuance for a twenty-four month period following the date of effectiveness of resale registration statement providing for a resale of the shares underlying the July 2025 Investor Warrants #2, which resale registration statement is required to be filed within 30-days of the July 2025 Purchase Agreement #2. - 24 - In connection with the July 2025 Offering #2, the Company paid H.C. Wainwright & Co. LLC, as placement agent (“Wainwright”) an aggregate cash fee equal to 7.5% of the gross proceeds from the sale of securities in the July 2025 Offering #2 and a management fee equal to 1.0% of the gross proceeds raised in the July 2025 Offering #2. The Company also issued Wainwright (or its designees) a warrant (the “Placement Agent Warrants #2”) to purchase up to 7.5% of the aggregate number of July 2025 Shares #2 sold in the offering, or warrants to purchase up to 48,128 shares of the Company’s common stock, at an exercise price equal to 125.0% of the offering price per share of the Company’s common stock, or $5.8438 per share. In addition, upon the cash exercise of July 2025 Warrants #2, the Company also agreed to issue Wainwright (or its designees) additional Placement Agent Warrants #2 to purchase an amount of share of Common Stock equal to 7.5% of the aggregate number of July 2025 Investor Warrants Shares #2 issued upon cash exercise of the July 2025 Investor Warrants #2. The Placement Agent Warrants #2 are (or will be) exercisable immediately upon issuance for a period of five years following the commencement of the sales pursuant to the July 2025 Offering #2. The closing of the sales of these securities under the July 2025 Purchase Agreement #2 took place on July 17, 2025. July 2025 Registered Direct Offering and Concurrent Private Placement #1 On July 2, 2025, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “July 2025 Purchase Agreement #1”) with certain institutional investors, pursuant to which it agreed to sell 714,286 shares (the “July 2025 Shares #1”) of its common stock, at a purchase price of $7.00 per share (the “July 2025 Offering #1”) for gross proceeds of approximately $5 million, prior to deducting placement agent’s fees and other offering expenses payable by the Company. The Company used approximately $320,000 of the net proceeds from the July 2025 Offering #1 for the repayment of certain outstanding promissory notes and intend to use the remainder for working capital and other general corporate purposes. The July 2025 Shares #1 were offered pursuant to the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-267921), which was declared effective by the Securities Exchange Commission on October 26, 2022. Concurrently with the sale of July 2025 Shares #1 pursuant to the July 2025 Purchase Agreement #1 in a private placement, for each July 2025 Share #1 purchased by the investors, such investors received an unregistered warrant (the “July 2025 Investor Warrants #1”) to purchase one share of the Company’s common stock, or 714,286 shares in the aggregate. The July 2025 Investor Warrants #1 have an exercise price of $6.88 per share and are exercisable immediately upon issuance for a twenty-four month period following the date of effectiveness of resale registration statement providing for a resale of the shares underlying the July 2025 Investor Warrants #1, which resale registration statement is required to be filed within 30 days of the July 2025 Purchase Agreement #1. In connection with the July 2025 Offering #1, the Company paid Wainwright, as placement agent an aggregate cash fee equal to 7.5% of the gross proceeds from the sale of securities in the July 2025 Offering #1 and a management fee equal to 1.0% of the gross proceeds raised in the July 2025 Offering #1. We also issued Wainwright (or its designees) a warrant (the “Placement Agent Warrants #1”) to purchase up to 7.5% of the aggregate number of July 2025 Shares #1 sold in the offering, or warrants to purchase up to 53,571 shares of Common Stock, at an exercise price equal to 125.0% of the offering price per share of the Company’s common stock, or $8.75 per share. In addition, upon the cash exercise of July 2025 Warrants #1, the Company also agreed to issue Wainwright (or its designees) additional Placement Agent Warrants to purchase an amount of share of Common Stock equal to 7.5% of the aggregate number of July 2025 Investor Warrants Shares #2 issued upon cash exercise of the July 2025 Investor Warrants #1. The Placement Agent Warrants #! are (or will be) exercisable immediately upon issuance for a period of five years following the commencement of the sales pursuant to the July 2025 Offering #1. The closing of the sales of these securities under the July 2025 Purchase Agreement #1 took place on July 7, 2025. Horizon License On June 26, 2025, we entered into a Horizon Software Agreement (the “Horizon Agreement’) with Horizon Globex GmbH, a company incorporated in Switzerland (“Horizon”) pursuant to which Horizon granted us a royalty free, paid-up, non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, unrestricted license to use the Licensed Software (as defined in the Horizon Agreement) with our branding and image, in the United States to provide capital-raising and secondary trading services to its clients in consideration for the issuance of 500,0000 shares (the “Horizon Shares”) of our common stock to Horizon or its affiliate. The Horizon Agreement may be terminated by either party upon a default in the performance of any material obligation under the Agreement is not cured within 30-days after receipt of such notice. In addition, the Horizon Agreement may be terminated immediately by either party in the event the other party files or has filed against it any petition for relief under any bankruptcy statute or similar statute of any jurisdiction, or an order for relief in any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding is entered against the other party and such order remains undischarged for a period of sixty (60) days; or a receiver is appointed for the other Party; or the other party is dissolved or liquidated, or ceases to carry on its business, or makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors. ATM Increase On June 23, 2025, we filed a prospectus supplement under our At-The-Market-Offering Agreement with Wainwright for an aggregate of $975,000 of additional shares of our common stock. From June 23, 2025 to June 25, 2025, we sold 229,404 shares of our common stock through Wainwright at an average price of approximately $4.25 per share, resulting in aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $974,747, for which it paid Wainwright approximately $29,242 in commissions and other issuance costs of $1,438, resulting in net proceeds to the Company of approximately $944,067. June 2025 Private Placement On June 10, 2025, we entered into subscription agreements (the “Subscription Agreements”) with ten accredited investors to issue an aggregate of 118,750 shares (the “June 2025 Shares”) of our common stock at a purchase price of $4.00 per share (the “Purchase Price”) in a private placement, for gross proceeds of $475,000. We agreed to file a registration statement on providing for the resale of the Shares (the “Resale Registration Statement”) within 60 calendar days of the initial closing of the private placement (the “Filing Date”) and to use reasonable best efforts to cause the Resale Registration Statement to be declared effective by the SEC within 90 calendar days following the final closing of the private placement date of the Filing Date. Until the June 2025 shares are sold in accordance with applicable law, the Subscriber agrees to vote the shares in favor of all resolutions recommended by our Board of Directors, and to deliver any proxy or voting instruction required by us to effectuate this obligation. The Subscription Agreements include a price adjustment provision whereby if the Company issues additional shares at a price lower than the Purchase Price during the period beginning on the date of the Subscription Agreements and prior to the date that is 6-months following the Filing Date, investors will receive additional shares to reflect the lower price, subject to the minimum price as defined under Nasdaq Rule 5635(d) on the date the Subscription Agreements were signed, which was $2.56. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes. - 25 - Amendment to Netcapital 2023 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan On June 6, 2025, our board of directors approved an amendment (the “Plan Amendment”) to the Netcapital 2023 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) subject to stockholder approval, to: (i) increase the number of shares authorized for issuance under the Plan to 1,547,556 shares, and (ii) crease the evergreen limit from 5% to 10% of our outstanding shares, to allow for greater flexibility in future equity awards. Formation of Advisory Boards On June 6, 2025, our Board of Directors approved the formation of two strategic advisory boards: the Crypto Advisory Board and the Game Advisory Board. We entered into advisory agreements with each member of the Crypto and Game Advisory Boards. Under these advisory agreements, each advisor will provide us with sector-specific strategic guidance, marketing insight, partnership referrals, and other advisory services relevant to their industry expertise. The initial term of each advisory agreement is eighteen months and may be extended by mutual agreement of the parties. In consideration of the services rendered under these advisory agreements, we issued a total of 783,722 non-qualified stock options to the advisors of the Crypto and Game Advisory Boards under the Plan as amended by the Plan Amendment. Such options are not exercisable unless and until our stockholders approve the Plan Amendment. May 2025 Note Financings In May 2025, we completed the sale of debt pursuant to two separate securities purchase agreements with 1800 Diagonal Lending LLC, a Virginia limited liability company, under which it issued the following convertible promissory notes: ● A convertible promissory note in the principal amount of $61,360, for a purchase price of $52,000, reflecting an original issue discount of $9,360. The note carried a one-time interest charge of 12% and is repayable in ten (10) monthly payments of $6,872.30 beginning May 30, 2025. It matures on February 28, 2026 and is convertible into shares of common stock following an event of default, subject to a 25% discount to the then-current market price, subject to Nasdaq shareholder approval limits. We prepaid the note in full on July 8, 2025, with a remittance of $52,779 after having made two of the 10 scheduled monthly payments. ● A second convertible bridge note in the principal amount of $64,960, for a purchase price of $56,000, with an original issue discount of $8,960. The note also carried a 12% one-time interest charge and is repayable in five (5) monthly payments beginning October 30, 2025. It shares the same maturity date and default-based conversion rights as the first note. We prepaid the note in full on July 8, 2025, with a remittance of $69,845. On May 1, 2025, we completed a private financing transaction with a single accredited investor and issued an unsecured, non-convertible promissory note in the principal amount of $400,000. The note was issued at a 50% OID for gross proceeds of $200,000. The note bears interest at 8% per annum, matures three months from the issuance date, and is prepayable at any time without penalty. In the event of default, the interest rate increases to 20% per annum. The note is due on August 1, 2025 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and related notes to the financial statements included elsewhere in this Form 10-Q. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that relate to future events or our future financial performance. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Results of Operations Comparison of the Three Months Ended July 31, 2025 and 2024 Our revenues for the three months ended July 31, 2025, increased by $47,831, or approximately 34%, to $190,058 as compared to $142,227 during the three months ended July 31, 2024. The increase in revenues was primarily attributed to an increase in portal fees and an increase in revenues for the services that we provide in exchange for equity securities during the quarter ended July 31, 2025, as compared to the quarter ended July 31, 2024. One issuer, that accounted for 73% of our revenues in the three months ended July 31, 2025, was responsible for the increase. That issuer successfully raised approximately $5 million from March 24, 2025 to May 30, 2025. The components of revenue were as follows: July 31, 2025 July 31, 2024 Portal fees $ 122,728 $ 89,429 Listing fees 5,000 42,500 Game website revenue 135 171 Portal 1% equity fee 62,195 10,127 Total $ 190,058 $ 142,227 Revenue from portal fees increased by $33,299, or approximately 37%, in the three months ended July 31, 2025, to $122,728, from $89,429 in the three months ended July 31, 2024. Revenue from portal fees consists of a 4.9% fee of the total capital raised by an issuer plus fixed miscellaneous charges for administrative fees, such as a rolling close, or the filing of an amended offering statement. The increase in portal fees is attributable to one major customer, as noted above. Similarly, the increase in the 1% equity fee charged to issuers, from $10,127 in fiscal 2024 to $62,195 in fiscal 2025, is attributable to one customer. The total number of issuers on the funding portal in the three months ended July 31, 2025 and 2024 that successfully closed an offering was 3 and 11, respectively. The number of successful closings in a quarter is defined as an issuer that raised more than the targeted amount in its offering statement and stopped selling securities on our funding portal (a “Final Closing”). This number is not necessarily an indicator of quarterly revenue because an issuer may have several rolling closes in previous quarters before the Final Closing, and the funding portal receives its 4.9% portal fee for each rolling close. Revenue from listing fees decreased by $37,500, or approximately 88%, to $5,000 in the three months ended July 31, 2025 as compared to $42,500 in the three months ended July 31, 2024. Listing fees are typically $5,000 per issuer, and they are the first form of revenue earned by our funding portal when an issuer signs a contract with us to sell securities on the funding portal. The drop in listing fees is attributable to a decrease in new offerings launched. For the three months ended July 31, 2025, we launched 5 new offerings, as compared to 13 offerings launched in the three months ended July 31, 2024. - 26 - Costs of revenues decreased by $2,811 to $7,409, or approximately 28% for the three months ended July 31, 2025 from $10,220 during the three months ended July 31, 2024. The decrease was attributed to a decrease in costs from the escrow bank that the funding portal uses. Payroll and payroll related expenses increased by $656,857, or approximately 58%, to $1,793,450 for the three months ended July 31, 2025, as compared to $1,136,593 during the three months ended July 31, 2024. The increase was attributed to the salary increases and bonuses for certain key positions, to assist with employee retention, during the quarter ended July 31, 2025. Marketing expense increased by $4,540, or approximately 66%, to $11,438 for the three months ended July 31, 2025, as compared to $6,898 during the three months ended July 31, 2024. The increase in expense was primarily attributed to new marketing efforts in the July 31, 2025 quarter to take advantage of additional cash resources. Rent expense increased by $3,736, or approximately 20%, to $22,852 for the three months ended July 31, 2025, as compared to $19,116 during the three months ended July 31, 2024. The increase was primarily attributed to a month-to-month rent agreement that we now have, as compared to an annual agreement in the prior fiscal year. General and administrative expenses increased by $188,250, or 14%, to $1,568,506 for the three months ended July 31, 2025, from $1,380,256 during the three months ended July 31, 2024. The increase was primarily attributed to increased legal costs. We incurred approximately $1,077,587 in legal costs in the three months ended July 31, 2025, of which approximately 60% were related to legal fees responding to regulatory matters as compared to approximately $442,288 in legal costs in the three months ended July 31, 2024 of which approximately 60% were related to legal fees responding to regulatory matters. Consulting expense decreased by $25,330, or 26%, to $72,051 for the three months ended July 31, 2025 from $97,381 during the three months ended July 31, 2024. The decrease was primarily attributed to a decrease in individual contractors used by the Company. Amortization expense amounted to $8,869 for each of the three months ended July 31, 2025 and 2024. There were no additions to or deletions of the intangible assets that are being amortized during these periods. Interest expense increased by $25,603 to $36,067, or approximately 245%, for the three months ended July 31, 2025, as compared to $10,464 during the three months ended July 31, 2024. The increase in interest expense was attributed to increased debt amounts from notes that were sold in March, April and May of 2025. Accretion expense amounted to $356,404 in the three months ended July 31, 2025. There was no accretion in the three months ended July 31, 2024. The Company sold 4 notes, and each note contained an original issuance discount that was accreted in three months ended July 31, 2025. The Company owned 8,989 shares of a funding portal issuer at a cost of $5.00 per share. On May 30, 2025, the issuer closed an offering at a price of $10.00 per share. As a result, the Company marked its investment to market and recorded an unrealized gain of $44,945 in the first quarter of fiscal 2026. No unrealized gains or losses were recorded in the first quarter of fiscal 2025. Liquidity and Capital Resources As of July 31, 2025, we had cash and cash equivalents of $4,562,491 and working capital of $186,766 as compared to cash and cash equivalents of $289,428 and negative working capital of $5,096,155 as of April 30, 2025. We have been successful in raising capital by completing public offerings of our common stock. - 27 - On July 16, 2025, we entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain institutional investors, pursuant to which we agreed to sell 641,712 shares of our common stock, at a purchase price of $4.675 per share for gross proceeds of approximately $3 million, prior to deducting placement agent’s fees and other offering expenses payable by us. Each share of commons stock was also sold with a warrant to purchase one share of common stock with an exercise price of $4.55 per share. The shares were offered pursuant to our shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-267921), which was declared effective by the Securities Exchange Commission on October 26, 2022. This offering closed in July 17, 2025. On July 2, 2025, we entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain institutional investors, pursuant to which we agreed to sell 714,286 shares of our common stock, at a purchase price of $7.00 per share for gross proceeds of approximately $5 million, prior to deducting placement agent’s fees and other offering expenses payable by us. Each share of commons stock was also sold with a warrant to purchase one share of common stock with an exercise price of $6.88 per share. We used approximately $320,000 of the net proceeds for repayment of outstanding promissory notes and intend to use the remainder for working capital and other general corporate purposes. The shares were offered pursuant to our shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-267921), which was declared effective by the Securities Exchange Commission on October 26, 2022. On June 23, 2025, the Company filed a prospectus supplement with respect to our At-The-Market-Offering Agreement with Wainwright for an aggregate of $975,000 of additional shares of our common stock. From June 23, 2025 to June 25, 2025, 2025, we sold 229,404 shares of our common stock through Wainwright at an average price of approximately $4.25 per share, resulting in aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $974,747, for which it paid Wainwright approximately $29,242 in commissions and other issuance costs of $1,438, resulting in net proceeds to the Company of approximately $944,067. No additional shares will be sold under this ATM Agreement unless an additional prospectus supplement is filed. On June 10, 2025, we entered into subscription agreements with ten accredited investors to issue an aggregate of 118,750 shares of common stock at a purchase price of $4.00 per share (the “Purchase Price”) in a private placement, for gross proceeds of $475,000. The Company has agreed to file a registration statement on providing for the resale of the Shares within 60 calendar days of the initial closing of the private placement (the “Filing Date”) and to use reasonable best efforts to cause the Resale Registration Statement to be declared effective by the SEC within 90 calendar days following the final closing of the private placement date of the Filing Date. The subscription agreements include a price adjustment provision whereby if the Company issues additional shares at a price lower than the Purchase Price during the period beginning on the date of the subscription agreements and prior to April 19, 2026, investors will receive additional shares to reflect the lower price, subject to the minimum price as defined under Nasdaq Rule 5635(d) on the date the subscription agreements were signed, which was $2.56. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes. We believe that our existing cash investment balances, our anticipated cash flows from operations and liquidity sources including offering of equity and/or debt securities and/or the sale of equity positions in certain portfolio companies for which we provide marketing and strategic advice may not be sufficient to meet our working capital and expenditure requirements for the next 12 months. Our management has determined, based on its recent history and the negative cash flow from operations, that it is unlikely that its plan will sufficiently alleviate or mitigate, to a sufficient level, the relevant conditions or events noted above. To the extent that funds generated from any private placements, public offerings and/or bank financing, if available, are insufficient, we will have to raise additional working capital. No assurance can be given that additional financing will be available, or if available, will be on acceptable terms. Accordingly, the Company’s management has concluded that these conditions raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. There can be no assurance that we will be able to achieve our business plan objectives or be able to achieve or maintain cash-flow-positive operating results. If we are unable to generate adequate funds from operations or raise sufficient additional funds, we may not be able to repay our existing debt, continue to operate our business network, respond to competitive pressures or fund our operations. As a result, we may be required to significantly reduce, reorganize, discontinue or shut down our operations. Year over Year Changes Net cash used in operating activities amounted to $4,214,258 and $1,963,645 for the three months ended July 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The principal sources of cash from operating activities in the three months ended July 31, 2025 were an increase in accretion of short-term notes of $356,413 and stock-based compensation of $516,073. However, the sources of cash were offset by a net loss of $3,642,052, a receipt of equity in lieu of cash of $62,195, and a decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $1,041,094. The principal sources of cash from operating activities in the three months ended July 31, 2024 were an increase in account payable and accrued expense of $313,620, collection of accounts receivable of $134,849, and stock-based compensation of $139,371. However, the sources of cash were offset by a net loss of $2,527,170, a receipt of equity in lieu of cash of $10,127, and an increase in prepaid expenses of $24,856. - 28 - In the three months ended July 31, 2025 and 2024, there were no investing activities. For the three months ended July 31, 2025, net cash provided by financing activities amounted to $8,487,321, which consisted of proceeds from the sale of common stock of $8,507,171, proceeds from short-term notes of $300,000, and payment of short-term notes of $319,850. For the three months ended July 31, 2024, net cash provided by financing activities amounted to $1,955,644, which consisted of proceeds from the exercise of warrants. In the three months ended July 31, 2025 and 2024, there were no expenditures for capital assets. We do not anticipate any capital expenditures in fiscal 2026. Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Judgments and Estimates Our condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP. These accounting principles require us to make certain estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements. We believe that the estimates, judgments and assumptions are reasonable based upon information available to us at the time that these estimates, judgments and assumptions are made. To the extent there are material differences between these estimates, judgments or assumptions and actual results, our financial statements will be affected. For a discussion of our critical accounting estimates, please read Part II, Item 7 — Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended April 30, 2025 filed with the SEC on August 12, 2025. There have been no material changes to the critical accounting estimates previously disclosed in such report. Recently Issued Accounting Standards Not Yet Effective or Adopted Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective accounting pronouncements, if adopted, would have a material impact on the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK. The Company is not required to provide the information required by this Item as it is a “smaller reporting company,” as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. - 29 -