Netcapital Inc. 10-Q

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS. Risk factors that affect our business and financial results are discussed in Part I, Item 1A “Risk Factors,” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended April 30, 2025 as filed with the SEC on August 12, 2025 (“Annual Report”). There have been no material changes in our risk factors from those previously disclosed in our Annual Report , except as discussed below . You should carefully consider the risks described in our Annual Report, which could materially affect our business, financial condition, or future results. The risks described in our Annual Report are not the only risks we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, and/or operating results. If any of the risks actually occur, our business, financial condition, and/or results of operations could be negatively affected. Our financial situation creates doubt whether we will continue as a going concern. As of July 31, 2025, we had working capital of $186,766 and for the three months ended July 31, 2025, we had an operating loss of $3,285,648 and net cash used in operating activities amounted to $4,214,258. There can be no assurances that we will be able to achieve a level of revenues adequate to generate sufficient cash flow from operations or additional financing through private placements, public offerings and/or bank financing necessary to support our working capital requirements. Our management is focused on growing our funding portal business, which generates cash revenues and has experienced revenue growth. We also plan to expand our broker-dealer operations and are seeking clients interested in conducting Regulation D offerings through our platform at netcapital.com. In addition, we plan to seek additional financing through private placements, public offerings, and/or bank financing. However, based on our recent operating history and negative cash flows from operations, management has determined that these plans are unlikely to sufficiently alleviate or mitigate, to a necessary extent, the relevant conditions and 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, our 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 its 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. Our business and operations could be negatively affected if we become subject to any securities litigation or shareholder activism, which could cause us to incur significant expense, hinder execution of business and growth strategy and impact our stock price. In the past, following periods of volatility in the market price of a company’s securities, securities class action litigation has often been brought against that company. Shareholder activism, which could take many forms or arise in a variety of situations, has been increasing recently. Volatility in the stock price of our Common Stock or other reasons may in the future cause us to become the target of securities litigation or shareholder activism. Securities litigation and shareholder activism, including potential proxy contests, could result in substantial costs and divert management’s attention and the attention and resources of our board of directors (our “Board”) from our business. Additionally, such securities litigation and shareholder activism could give rise to perceived uncertainties as to our future, adversely affect our relationships with service providers and make it more difficult to attract and retain qualified personnel. Also, we may be required to incur significant legal fees and other expenses related to any securities litigation and activist shareholder matters. Further, our stock price could be subject to significant fluctuation or otherwise be adversely affected by the events, risks and uncertainties of any securities litigation and shareholder activism - 31 - Regulatory and legal uncertainties could harm our business. From time to time, we may become involved in litigation or regulatory proceedings the ordinary course of our business, including litigation or regulatory proceedings that could be material to our business In addition, the securities industry is highly regulated and many aspects of our business involve substantial risk of liability. In past years, there has been an increasing incidence of litigation involving the securities industry, including class action suits that generally seek substantial damages, including in some cases punitive damages. Compliance problems that are reported to federal, state and provincial regulators, exchanges or other self-regulatory organizations by dissatisfied customers are investigated by such regulatory bodies, and, if pursued by such regulatory body or such customers, may rise to the level of arbitration or disciplinary action. We are also subject to periodic regulatory audits and inspections for various federal, self-regulatory and state regulators. Any such audits and inspections could require significant amounts of management time, result in the diversion of significant operational resources, require us to change our business practices or products, result in sanctions being levied against us, including fines and censures, suspension or expulsion from a certain jurisdiction or market or the revocation or limitation of licenses, result in negative publicity, or otherwise harm our business and financial results. Pending Regulatory Inquiries Our businesses are heavily regulated by state and federal regulatory agencies as well as the Securities & Exchange Commission, the Nasdaq Stock Market and FINRA. In the current era of heightened regulatory scrutiny of financial institutions, we have incurred increased legal and compliance costs, along with the industry as a whole. Increased regulation also creates increased barriers to entry. We receive many regulatory inquiries each year in addition to being subject to frequent regulatory examinations. The great majority of these inquiries do not lead to fines or any further action against us. We are routinely the subject of regulatory inquiries regarding subjects including, but not limited to: anti-money laundering, compliance, registration, record-keeping, disclosure and other topics of recent regulatory interest. We have procedures for evaluating whether potential regulatory fines are probable, estimable and material and for updating its contingency reserves and disclosures accordingly. In the current climate, we expect that we may, from time to time, be subject to regulatory fines on various topics on an ongoing basis, as other regulated financial services businesses do. The amount of any fines, and when and if they will be incurred, typically is impossible to predict given the nature of the regulatory process, and the cost of responding to such inquiries and matters can be significant. We have substantial customer concentration, with a limited number of customers accounting for a substantial portion of our revenues. We currently derive a significant portion of our revenues from a limited number of customers. There are inherent risks whenever a large percentage of total revenues are concentrated with a limited number of customers. For the three months ended July 31, 2025, we had one customer that constituted 73% of its revenues and for the three months ended July 31, 2024, we had one customer that constituted 15% of revenues. It is not possible for us to predict the future level of demand for our services that will be generated by these customers or new customers, or the future demand for the products and services of these customers or new customers. If any of these customers experience declining or delayed sales due to market, economic or competitive conditions, we could be pressured to reduce the prices we charge for our products which could have an adverse effect on our margins and financial position and could negatively affect our revenues and results of operations and/or trading price of our common stock. - 32 -