−Removed: An investment in
−Removed: our common stock involves a high degree of risk.
−Removed: You should carefully consider the risks described below and the other information in
−Removed: this Form 10-K before investing in our common stock.
−Removed: If any of the following risks occur, our business, operating results and financial
−Removed: condition could be seriously harmed.
−Removed: We have a limited
−Removed: operating history that you can use to evaluate us, and the likelihood of our success must be considered in light of the problems, expenses,
−Removed: difficulties, complications and delays frequently encountered by a small developing company.
−Removed: We were incorporated
−Removed: in the State of Utah in April 1984.
−Removed: The likelihood of our success must be considered in light of the problems, expenses, difficulties,
−Removed: complications and delays frequently encountered by a small developing company starting a new business enterprise and the highly competitive
−Removed: environment in which we will operate.
−Removed: Since we have a limited operating history, we cannot assure you that our business will maintain
−Removed: profitability.
−Removed: Major health epidemics,
−Removed: such as the outbreak caused by a coronavirus (COVID-19), and other outbreaks or unforeseen or catastrophic events could continue to disrupt
−Removed: and adversely affect our operations, financial condition, and business.
−Removed: Public health epidemics
−Removed: or outbreaks could adversely impact our business.
−Removed: In July 2021, the global tally of confirmed cases of the coronavirus-borne illness
−Removed: COVID-19 exceeded 180 million.
−Removed: The extent to which the coronavirus impacts our operations will depend on future developments, which are
−Removed: highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence, including the duration of the outbreak, new information which may emerge concerning
−Removed: the severity of the coronavirus and the emergence of variants, among others.
−Removed: In particular, the spread and treatment of the coronavirus
−Removed: globally could adversely impact our operations and could have an adverse impact on our business and our financial results.
−Removed: The requirements
−Removed: of being a public company may strain our resources, divert management’s attention and affect our ability to attract and retain
−Removed: executive management and qualified board members.
−Removed: As a public company,
−Removed: we are subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley
−Removed: Act, the Dodd-Frank Act, and other applicable securities rules and regulations.
−Removed: Compliance with these rules and regulations increases
−Removed: our legal and financial compliance costs, makes some activities more difficult, time-consuming or costly and increases demand on our
−Removed: systems and resources.
−Removed: The Exchange Act requires, among other things, that we file annual, quarterly and current reports with respect
−Removed: to our business and operating results.
−Removed: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires, among other things, that we maintain effective disclosure controls
−Removed: and procedures and internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: In order to maintain and, if required, improve our disclosure controls
−Removed: and procedures and internal control over financial reporting to meet this standard, significant resources and management oversight may
−Removed: As a result, management’s attention may be diverted from other business concerns, and such attention could adversely
−Removed: affect our business and operating results.
−Removed: We may need to hire more employees in the future or engage outside consultants who will increase
−Removed: our costs and expenses.
−Removed: In addition, changing
−Removed: laws, regulations and standards relating to corporate governance and public disclosure are creating uncertainty for public companies,
−Removed: increasing legal and financial compliance costs and making some activities more time consuming.
−Removed: These laws, regulations and standards
−Removed: are subject to varying interpretations, in many cases due to their lack of specificity, and, as a result, their application in practice
−Removed: may evolve over time as new guidance is provided by regulatory and governing bodies.
−Removed: This could result in continuing uncertainty regarding
−Removed: compliance matters and higher costs necessitated by ongoing revisions to disclosure and governance practices.
−Removed: We intend to invest resources
−Removed: to comply with evolving laws, regulations and standards, and this investment may result in increased general and administrative expenses
−Removed: and a diversion of management’s time and attention from revenue-generating activities to compliance activities.
−Removed: If our efforts
−Removed: to comply with new laws, regulations and standards differ from the activities intended by regulatory or governing bodies due to ambiguities
−Removed: related to their application and practice, regulatory authorities may initiate legal proceedings against us and our business may be adversely
−Removed: We also expect that
−Removed: being a public company and these new rules and regulations will make it more expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability
−Removed: insurance, and we may be required to accept reduced coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain coverage.
−Removed: These factors could
−Removed: also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified members of our board of directors.
−Removed: We may need to raise
−Removed: additional funds through public or private debt or sale of equity to pay for the costs we incur as a public company.
−Removed: Such financing may
−Removed: not be available when needed.
−Removed: Even if such financing is available, it may be on terms that are materially adverse to your interests with
−Removed: respect to dilution of book value, dividend preferences, liquidation preferences, or other terms.
−Removed: No assurance can be given that such
−Removed: funds will be available or, if available, will be on commercially reasonable terms satisfactory to us.
−Removed: There can be no assurance that
−Removed: we will be able to obtain financing if and when it is needed on terms we deem acceptable.
−Removed: If we are unable to obtain financing on reasonable
−Removed: terms, we could be forced to discontinue our public reporting.
−Removed: As a result of disclosure
−Removed: of information in this report and in future filings required of a public company, our business and financial condition will become more
−Removed: visible, which we believe may result in threatened or actual litigation, including by competitors and other third parties.
−Removed: If such claims
−Removed: are successful, our business and operating results could be adversely affected, and even if the claims do not result in litigation or
−Removed: are resolved in our favor, these claims, and the time and resources necessary to resolve them, could divert the resources of our management
−Removed: and adversely affect our business and operating results.
−Removed: We operate in
−Removed: a regulatory environment that is evolving and uncertain.
−Removed: The regulatory framework
−Removed: for online capital formation or crowdfunding is very new.
−Removed: The regulations that govern our operations have been in existence for a very
−Removed: Further, there are constant discussions among legislators and regulators with respect to changing the regulatory environment.
+Added: in our securities involves a high degree of risk.
+Added: You should carefully consider the risks described below, together with the other
+Added: information contained in this prospectus, including our financial statements and the related notes appearing at the end of this
+Added: prospectus, before making your decision to invest in our securities.
+Added: We cannot assure you that any of the events discussed in
+Added: the risk factors below will not occur.
+Added: These risks could have a material and adverse impact on our business, results of operations,
+Added: financial condition and cash flows and, if so, our prospects would likely be materially and adversely affected.
+Added: If any of such
+Added: events were to happen, the trading price of our securities in any market that may develop for our securities could decline and
+Added: you could lose all or part of your investment.
+Added: Related to Our Business and Growth Strategy
+Added: have a limited operating history and our profits have been generated primarily by unrealized gains from equity securities we own
+Added: in other companies.
+Added: Although we have been profitable, the likelihood of our success must be considered in light of the problems,
+Added: expenses, difficulties, complications and delays frequently encountered by a small developing company.
+Added: were incorporated in the State of Utah in April 1984.
+Added: Although we have reported earnings in the years ended April 30, 2022 and
+Added: 2021, the majority of our earnings came from unrealized gains in equity securities that we own.
+Added: These securities have observable
+Added: prices but are not liquid.
+Added: Furthermore, the likelihood of our success must be considered in light of the problems, expenses, difficulties,
+Added: complications and delays frequently encountered by a small developing company starting a new business enterprise and the highly
+Added: competitive environment in which we will operate.
+Added: Since we have a limited operating history, we cannot assure you that our business
+Added: will maintain profitability.
+Added: have substantial customer concentration, with a limited number of customers accounting for a substantial portion of our revenues.
+Added: currently derive a significant portion of our revenues from a limited number of customers.
+Added: For the year ended April 30, 2022,
+Added: the Company had one customer that constituted 22% of its revenues, a second customer that constituted 22% of its revenues, and
+Added: a third customer that constituted 18% of its revenues.
+Added: For the year ended April 30, 2021, the Company had one customer that constituted
+Added: 30% of its revenues, a second customer that constituted 15% of its revenues, a third customer that constituted 14% of its revenues
+Added: and a fourth customer that accounted for 11% of its revenues.
+Added: There are inherent risks whenever a large percentage of total revenues
+Added: are concentrated with a limited number of customers.
+Added: It is not possible for us to predict the future level of demand for our services
+Added: that will be generated by these customers or new customers, or the future demand for the products and services of these customers
+Added: or new customers.
+Added: If any of these customers experience declining or delayed sales due to market, economic or competitive
+Added: conditions, we could be pressured to reduce the prices we charge for our products which could have an adverse effect on our margins
+Added: and financial position and could negatively affect our revenues and results of operations and/or trading price of our common stock.
+Added: operate in a regulatory environment that is evolving and uncertain.
+Added: regulatory framework for online capital formation or crowdfunding is very new.
+Added: The regulations that govern our operations have
+Added: been in existence for a very few years.
+Added: Further, there are constant discussions among legislators and regulators with respect
+Added: to changing the regulatory environment.
New laws and regulations could be adopted in the United States and abroad.
−Removed: Further, existing laws and regulations may be interpreted
−Removed: in ways that would impact our operations, including how we communicate and work with investors and the companies that use our services
−Removed: and the types of securities that our clients can offer and sell on our platform.
−Removed: We may be liable
−Removed: for misstatements made by issuers.
−Removed: Under the Securities
−Removed: Act of 1933 and the Exchange Act of 1934, issuers making offerings through our funding portal may be liable for inappropriate disclosures,
−Removed: including untrue statements of material facts or for omitting information that could make the statements misleading.
−Removed: This liability may
−Removed: also extend in Regulation Crowdfunding offerings to funding portals, such as our subsidiary.
−Removed: Even though due diligence defenses may be
−Removed: available, there can be no assurance that if we were sued, we would prevail.
−Removed: Further, even if we do succeed, lawsuits are time consuming
−Removed: and expensive, and being a party to such actions may cause us reputational harm that would negatively impact our business.
−Removed: even if we are not liable or a party to a lawsuit or enforcement action, some of our clients have been and will be subject to such proceedings.
−Removed: Any involvement we may have, including responding to document production requests, may be time-consuming and expensive as well.
−Removed: Our compliance
−Removed: is focused on U.S.
−Removed: laws and we have not analyzed foreign laws regarding the participation of non-U.S.
−Removed: Some of the investment
−Removed: opportunities posted on our platform are open to non-U.S.
−Removed: We have not researched all the applicable foreign laws and regulations,
−Removed: and we have not set up our structure to be compliant with foreign laws.
−Removed: It is possible that we may be deemed in violation of those laws,
−Removed: which could result in fines or penalties as well as reputational harm.
−Removed: Any violation of foreign laws may limit our ability in the future
−Removed: to assist companies in accessing money from those investors, and compliance with those laws and regulations may limit our business operations
−Removed: and plans for future expansion.
−Removed: Netcapital Funding
−Removed: Portal’s product offerings are relatively new in an industry that is still quickly evolving .
−Removed: The principal securities
−Removed: regulations that we work with, Rule 506(c) and Regulation Crowdfunding, have only been in effect in their current form since 2013
+Added: Further, existing
+Added: laws and regulations may be interpreted in ways that would impact our operations, including how we communicate and work with investors
+Added: and the companies that use our services and the types of securities that our clients can offer and sell on our platform.
+Added: operate in a highly regulated industry.
+Added: are subject to extensive regulation and failure to comply with such regulation could have an adverse effect on our business.
+Added: our subsidiary Netcapital Funding Portal Inc is registered as a funding portal.
+Added: As a funding portal we have to comply with stringent
+Added: regulations, and the operation of our funding portal is frequently subject to examination, constraints on its business, and in
+Added: some cases fines.
+Added: In addition, some of the restrictions and rules applicable to our subsidiary could adversely affect and limit
+Added: some of our business plans.
+Added: funding portal’s service offerings are relatively new in an industry that is still quickly evolving .
+Added: principal securities regulations that we work with, Rule 506(c) and Reg CF, have only been in effect in their current form since
2013 and 2016, respectively.
−Removed: Our ability to continue to penetrate the market remains uncertain as potential issuer companies may choose to
−Removed: use different platforms or providers (including, in the case of Rule 506(c) and Regulation A, using their own online platform),
−Removed: or determine alternative methods of financing.
+Added: Our ability to continue to penetrate the market remains uncertain as potential issuer companies may
+Added: choose to use different platforms or providers (including, in the case of Rule 506(c) and Regulation A, using their own online
+Added: platform), or determine alternative methods of financing.
Investors may decide to invest their money elsewhere.
−Removed: Further, our potential market may
−Removed: not be as large, or our industry may not grow as rapidly as anticipated.
−Removed: Success will likely be a factor of investing in the development
−Removed: and implementation of marketing campaigns, repeat business from both issuer companies and investors, and favorable changes in the regulatory
−Removed: We are vulnerable
−Removed: to hackers and cyber attacks.
−Removed: As an internet-based
−Removed: business, we may be vulnerable to hackers who may access the data of our investors and the issuer companies that utilize our platform.
−Removed: Further, any significant disruption in service on our funding portal platform or in our computer systems could reduce the attractiveness
−Removed: of our platform and result in a loss of investors and companies interested in using our platform.
−Removed: Further, we rely on a third-party technology
−Removed: provider to provide some of our back-up technology as well as act as our escrow agent.
−Removed: Any disruptions of services or cyber-attacks either
−Removed: on our technology provider, escrow agent, or on us could harm our reputation and materially negatively impact our financial condition
−Removed: and business.
−Removed: Our strategy to
−Removed: purchase a portion of early-stage companies may provide us with investments that have no liquidity.
−Removed: is our strategy to sometimes purchase, at an affordable price, part or all of early-stage companies and cross pollinate the ideas, technology
−Removed: and expertise within these companies to enhance the operations, profits and market share of all the entities.
−Removed: That strategy may result
−Removed: in us diverting management attention and advisory resources to do work for early-stage companies that pay for the work with equity, which
−Removed: becomes impaired in value or never becomes a liquid asset.
−Removed: For all of these early-stage companies, the future liquidity and value of
−Removed: our investments cannot be guaranteed, and no market may exist for us to generate gains from our investments in early-stage companies.
−Removed: Our business depends
−Removed: on the reliability of the infrastructure that supports the Internet and the viability of the Internet.
−Removed: The growth of Internet
−Removed: usage has caused frequent interruptions and delays in processing and transmitting data over the Internet.
−Removed: There can be no assurance that
−Removed: the Internet infrastructure or the Company’s own network systems will continue to be able to support the demands placed on it by
−Removed: the continued growth of the Internet, the overall online securities industry or that of our customers.
−Removed: The Internet’s
−Removed: viability could be affected if the necessary infrastructure is not sufficient, or if other technologies and technological devices eclipse
−Removed: the Internet as a viable channel.
−Removed: End-users of our
−Removed: software depend on Internet Service Providers (“ISPs”), online service providers and our system infrastructure for access
−Removed: to the Internet sites that we operate.
−Removed: Many of these services have experienced service outages in the past and could experience service
−Removed: outages, delays and other difficulties due to system failures, stability or interruption.
−Removed: As a result, we may not be able to meet a level
−Removed: of service that we have promised to our subscribers, and we may be in breach of our contractual commitments, which could materially adversely
−Removed: affect our business, revenues, operating results and financial condition.
−Removed: Intense competition
−Removed: could prevent us from increasing our market share and growing our revenues.
−Removed: We compete with a
−Removed: number of public and private companies and most of our competitors have significant financial resources and occupy entrenched positions
−Removed: in the market with name-brand recognition.
−Removed: We also face challenges from new Internet sites that aim to attract subscribers who seek to
−Removed: play interactive games or invest in public or private securities.
−Removed: Such companies may be able to attract significantly more subscribers
−Removed: because of new marketing ideas and user interface concepts.
−Removed: Increased competition
−Removed: from current and future competitors may in the future materially adversely affect our business, revenues, operating results and financial
−Removed: Our debt level
−Removed: could negatively impact our financial condition, results of operations and business prospects.
−Removed: As of April 30, 2021,
−Removed: we continue to owe $1,000,000 in secured debt and we have borrowed money on three occasions from the U.S.
−Removed: Small Business Administration.
−Removed: Our level of debt could have significant consequences to our shareholders, including the following:
−Removed: requiring the
−Removed: dedication of a substantial portion of cash flow from operations to make payments on debt, thereby reducing the availability of cash
+Added: Further, our potential
+Added: market may not be as large, or our industry may not grow as rapidly as anticipated.
+Added: Success will likely be a factor of investing
+Added: in the development and implementation of marketing campaigns, repeat business from both issuer companies and investors, and favorable
+Added: changes in the regulatory environment.
+Added: have an evolving business model.
+Added: business model is one of innovation, including continuously working to expand our product lines and services to our clients.
+Added: example, we are evaluating an expansion into the transfer agent and broker-dealer space as well as our foray into becoming an
+Added: alternative trading system.
+Added: It is unclear whether these services will be successful.
+Added: Further, we continuously try to offer additional
+Added: types of services, and we cannot offer any assurance that any of them will be successful.
+Added: From time to time, we may also modify
+Added: aspects of our business model relating to our service offerings.
+Added: We cannot offer any assurance that these or any other modifications
+Added: will be successful or will not result in harm to the business.
+Added: We may not be able to manage growth effectively, which could damage
+Added: our reputation, limit our growth, and negatively affect our operating results.
+Added: may be liable for misstatements made by issuers.
+Added: the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), issuers making offerings through
+Added: our funding portal may be liable for inappropriate disclosures, including untrue statements of material facts or for omitting
+Added: information that could make the statements misleading.
+Added: This liability may also extend in Reg CF offerings to funding portals,
+Added: such as our subsidiary.
+Added: Even though due diligence defenses may be available, there can be no assurance that if we were sued, we
+Added: would prevail.
+Added: Further, even if we do succeed, lawsuits are time consuming and expensive, and being a party to such actions may
+Added: cause us reputational harm that would negatively impact our business.
+Added: Moreover, even if we are not liable or a party to a lawsuit
+Added: or enforcement action, some of our clients have been and will be subject to such proceedings.
+Added: Any involvement we may have, including
+Added: responding to document production requests, may be time-consuming and expensive as well.
+Added: compliance is focused on U.S.
+Added: laws and we have not analyzed foreign laws regarding the participation of non-U.S.
+Added: of the investment opportunities posted on our platform are open to non-U.S.
+Added: We have not researched all the applicable
+Added: foreign laws and regulations, and we have not set up our structure to be compliant with foreign laws.
+Added: It is possible that we may
+Added: be deemed in violation of those laws, which could result in fines or penalties as well as reputational harm.
+Added: Any violation of
+Added: foreign laws may limit our ability in the future to assist companies in accessing money from those investors, and compliance with
+Added: those laws and regulations may limit our business operations and plans for future expansion.
+Added: cash flow is reliant on one main type of service.
+Added: of our cash-flow generating services are variants on one type of service:
+Added: providing a platform for online capital formation.
+Added: revenues are therefore dependent upon the market for online capital formation.
+Added: As such, any downturn in the market could have
+Added: a material adverse effect of our business and financial condition.
+Added: depend on key personnel and face challenges recruiting needed personnel.
+Added: future success depends on the efforts of a small number of key personnel, including the founder of our subsidiary, Netcapital
+Added: Funding Portal Inc.
+Added: and Chief Executive Officer, and our compliance, engineering and marketing teams.
+Added: Our software engineer team,
+Added: as well as our compliance team and our marketing team are critical to continually innovate and improve our products while operating
+Added: in a highly regulated industry.
+Added: In addition, due to the specialized expertise required, we may not be able to recruit the individuals
+Added: needed for our business needs.
+Added: There can be no assurance that we will be successful in attracting and retaining the personnel
+Added: we require to operate and be innovative.
+Added: are vulnerable to hackers and cyber attacks.
+Added: an internet-based business, we may be vulnerable to hackers who may access the data of our investors and the issuer companies
+Added: that utilize our platform.
+Added: Further, any significant disruption in service on our funding portal platform or in our computer systems
+Added: could reduce the attractiveness of our platform and result in a loss of investors and companies interested in using our platform.
+Added: Further, we rely on a third-party technology provider to provide some of our back-up technology as well as act as our escrow agent.
+Added: Any disruptions of services or cyber-attacks either on our technology provider, escrow agent, or on us could harm our reputation
+Added: and materially negatively impact our financial condition and business.
+Added: funding portal relies on one escrow agent to hold investment commitments for issuers.
+Added: currently rely on Silicon Valley Bank to provide all escrow services related to offerings on our platform.
+Added: Any change in this
+Added: relationship will require us to find another escrow agent and escrow bank.
+Added: This change may cause us delays as well as additional
+Added: costs in transitioning our technology.
+Added: We are not allowed to operate our funding portal business without a qualified third-party
+Added: There are a limited number of banks that provide this service.
+Added: As such, if our relationship with our escrow agent
+Added: is terminated, we may have difficulty finding a replacement which could have a material adverse effect on our business and results
+Added: of operations.
+Added: our wholly-owned subsidiary, Netcapital Funding Portal Inc., fails to comply with its obligations under the license agreement
+Added: with Netcapital Systems LLC under which the technology to operate our funding portal is licensed to Netcapital Funding Portal
+Added: Inc., we could lose rights necessary to operate our funding portal which are important to our business.
+Added: wholly owned subsidiary, Netcapital Funding Portal Inc.
+Added: has licensed the technology necessary to operate our funding portal from
+Added: our majority stockholder, Netcapital Systems LLC, of which Mr.
+Added: Frishman owns a 29% interest.
+Added: These rights are extremely important
+Added: to our business.
+Added: If Netcapital Funding Portal Inc.
+Added: fails to comply with any obligations under this license agreement, such license
+Added: agreement may be subject to termination in whole or in part, which could severely impact our ability to operate our funding portal
+Added: which would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, and results of operations.
+Added: addition, disputes may arise regarding the technology subject to a license agreement, including:
+Added: scope of rights granted under the license agreement and other interpretation-related issues;
+Added: extent to which our processes infringe on the technology of Netcapital Systems LLC that is not subject to the license agreement;
+Added: ownership of inventions and know-how resulting from the joint creation or use of technology by Netcapital Systems LLC
+Added: over technology under the license agreement with Netcapital Systems LLC may prevent or impair our ability to maintain our current
+Added: license agreement on acceptable terms, and we may be unable to successfully operate our funding portal.
+Added: In addition, any failure
+Added: of Netcapital Systems LLC to service the technology subject to the license agreement or to operate its website could result in
+Added: our inability to operate our funding portal which would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and
+Added: results of operations.
+Added: Systems LLC relies on third-party software for the technology subject to the license agreement with Netcapital Funding Portal
+Added: that may be difficult to replace or which could cause errors or failures of our funding portal.
+Added: Systems LLC relies on software licensed from third parties for the technology subject to the license agreement with Netcapital
+Added: Funding Portal Inc.
+Added: This software may not continue to be available at reasonable prices or on commercially reasonable terms, or
+Added: Any loss by Netcapital Systems LLC of the right to use any of this software could significantly increase our expenses
+Added: and otherwise result in delays in the provisioning of our funding portal until equivalent technology is either developed by us
+Added: or Netcapital Systems LLC, or, if available, is identified, obtained, and integrated, which could harm our business.
+Added: or defects in third-party software could result in errors or a failure of our funding portal which could harm our business.
+Added: strategy to purchase a portion of early-stage companies may provide us with investments that have no liquidity.
+Added: is our strategy to sometimes purchase, at an affordable price, part or all of early-stage companies and cross pollinate the ideas,
+Added: technology and expertise within these companies to enhance the operations, profits and market share of all the entities.
+Added: strategy may result in us diverting management attention and advisory resources to do work for early-stage companies that pay
+Added: for the work with equity, which becomes impaired in value or never becomes a liquid asset.
+Added: For all of these early-stage companies,
+Added: the future liquidity and value of our investments cannot be guaranteed, and no market may exist for us to generate gains from
+Added: our investments in early-stage companies.
+Added: business depends on the reliability of the infrastructure that supports the Internet and the viability of the Internet.
+Added: growth of Internet usage has caused frequent interruptions and delays in processing and transmitting data over the Internet.
+Added: can be no assurance that the Internet infrastructure or the Company’s own network systems will continue to be able to support
+Added: the demands placed on it by the continued growth of the Internet, the overall online securities industry or that of our customers.
+Added: Internet’s viability could be affected if the necessary infrastructure is not sufficient, or if other technologies and technological
+Added: devices eclipse the Internet as a viable channel.
+Added: of our software depend on Internet Service Providers (“ISPs”), online service providers and our system infrastructure
+Added: for access to the Internet sites that we operate.
+Added: Many of these services have experienced service outages in the past and could
+Added: experience service outages, delays and other difficulties due to system failures, stability or interruption.
+Added: As a result, we may
+Added: not be able to meet a level of service that we have promised to our subscribers, and we may be in breach of our contractual commitments,
+Added: which could materially adversely affect our business, revenues, operating results and financial condition.
+Added: are dependent on general economic conditions.
+Added: business model is dependent on investors investing in the companies presented on our platforms.
+Added: Investment dollars are disposable
+Added: Our business model is thus dependent on national and international economic conditions.
+Added: Adverse national and international
+Added: economic conditions may reduce the future availability of investment dollars, which would negatively impact our revenues and possibly
+Added: our ability to continue operations.
+Added: It is not possible to accurately predict the potential adverse impacts on the Company, if
+Added: any, of current economic conditions on its financial condition, operating results and cash flow.
+Added: face significant market competition.
+Added: facilitate online capital formation.
+Added: Though this is a new market, we compete against a variety of entrants in the market as well
+Added: likely new entrants into the market.
+Added: Some of these follow a regulatory model that is different from ours and might provide them
+Added: competitive advantages.
+Added: New entrants could include those that may already have a foothold in the securities industry, including
+Added: some established broker-dealers.
+Added: Further, online capital formation is not the only way to address helping start-ups raise capital,
+Added: and the Company has to compete with a number of other approaches, including traditional venture capital investments, loans and
+Added: other traditional methods of raising funds and companies conducting crowdfunding raises on their own websites.
+Added: Additionally, some
+Added: competitors and future competitors may be better capitalized than us, which would give them a significant advantage in marketing
+Added: and operations.
+Added: as we continue to expand our offerings, we will continue to face headwinds and compete with companies that are more established
+Added: and/or have more financial resources than we do and/or new entrants bringing disruptive technologies and/or ideas.
+Added: competition could prevent us from increasing our market share and growing our revenues.
+Added: compete with a number of public and private companies and most of our competitors have significant financial resources and occupy
+Added: entrenched positions in the market with name-brand recognition.
+Added: We also face challenges from new Internet sites that aim to attract
+Added: subscribers who seek to play interactive games or invest in public or private securities.
+Added: Such companies may be able to attract
+Added: significantly more subscribers because of new marketing ideas and user interface concepts.
+Added: competition from current and future competitors may in the future materially adversely affect our business, revenues, operating
+Added: results and financial condition.
+Added: will require our secured lender to cooperate with us and, among other things, not demand repayments of principal and interest
+Added: until the business is capable of making such payments.
+Added: owe our secured lender, or the Lender, $400,000 in principal as of the date of this Report.
+Added: Our Lender holds a term note bearing
+Added: interest at an annual rate of 8%.
+Added: We have not paid interest on the note and it accrues each month.
+Added: We have a loan and security
+Added: agreement, or the Loan, with the Lender with a maturity date of April 30, 2023.
+Added: secure the payment of all obligations to the Lender, the Company granted to the Lender a continuing security interest and first
+Added: lien on all of the assets of the Company.
+Added: connection with the Loan, the Company has agreed to certain restrictive covenants, including, among others, that the Company may
+Added: not convey, sell lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any part of its business or property, except as permitted in the agreement,
+Added: dissolve, liquidate or merge with any other party unless, in the case of a merger, the Company is the surviving entity, incur
+Added: any indebtedness except as defined in the agreement, create or allow a lien on any of its assets or collateral that has been pledged
+Added: to the Lender, make any loans to any person, except for prepaid items or deposits incurred in the ordinary course of business,
+Added: or make any material capital expenditures.
+Added: If we default on our loan obligations with the Lender, it could exercise their
+Added: rights and remedies under the applicable agreements, which could include seizing all of our assets.
+Added: Any such action would have
+Added: a material adverse effect on our business and prospects.
+Added: Loan contains numerous restrictive covenants which limit management’s discretion to operate our business.
+Added: order to obtain the Loan, we agreed to certain covenants that place significant restrictions on, among other things, our ability
+Added: to incur additional indebtedness, to create liens or other encumbrances, to make certain payments and investments, and to sell
+Added: or otherwise dispose of assets and merge or consolidate with other entities.
+Added: Any failure to comply with the covenants included
+Added: in the Loan could result in an event of default, which could trigger an acceleration of the related debt.
+Added: If we were unable to
+Added: repay the debt upon any such acceleration, the Lender could seek to foreclose on our assets in an effort to seek repayment under
+Added: If the Lender was successful, we would be unable to conduct our business as it is presently conducted and our
+Added: ability to generate revenues and fund our ongoing operations would be materially adversely affected.
+Added: may require additional financing in the future to fund our operations.
+Added: may need additional capital in the future to continue to execute our business plan.
+Added: Therefore, we will be dependent upon additional
+Added: capital in the form of either debt or equity to continue our operations.
+Added: At the present time, we do not have arrangements to raise
+Added: all of the needed additional capital, and we will need to identify potential investors and negotiate appropriate arrangements
+Added: Our ability to obtain additional financing will be subject to a number of factors, including market conditions, our
+Added: operating performance and investor sentiment.
+Added: If we are unable to raise additional capital when required or on acceptable terms,
+Added: we may have to significantly delay, scale back or discontinue our operations.
+Added: additional capital may cause dilution to our stockholders, restrict our operations or require us to relinquish certain rights.
+Added: may seek additional capital through a combination of equity offerings, debt financings, strategic collaborations and alliances
+Added: or licensing arrangements.
+Added: To the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of equity, convertible debt securities
+Added: or other equity-based derivative securities, your ownership interest will be diluted and the terms may include liquidation or
+Added: other preferences that adversely affect your rights as a stockholder.
+Added: Any indebtedness we incur could involve restrictive covenants,
+Added: such as limitations on our ability to incur additional debt, acquire or license intellectual property rights, declare dividends,
+Added: make capital expenditures and other operating restrictions that could adversely impact our ability to conduct our business.
+Added: the issuance of additional securities, whether equity or debt, by us, or the possibility of such issuance, may cause the market
+Added: price of our common stock to decline.
+Added: If we raise additional funds through strategic collaborations and alliances or licensing
+Added: arrangements with third parties, we may have to relinquish valuable rights to future therapeutic candidates or otherwise agree
+Added: to terms unfavorable to us, any of which may have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and prospects.
+Added: Adequate additional financing may not be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all.
+Added: If we are unable to raise additional
+Added: funds when needed, we may be required to delay, limit, reduce or terminate our product development or future commercialization
+Added: efforts or grant rights to develop and market our future therapeutic candidates that we would otherwise prefer to develop and
+Added: market ourselves.
+Added: debt level could negatively impact our financial condition, results of operations and business prospects.
+Added: level of debt could have significant consequences to our shareholders, including the following:
+Added: requiring the dedication
+Added: of a substantial portion of cash flow from operations to make payments on debt, thereby reducing the availability of cash
flow for working capital, capital expenditures and other general business activities;
requiring a substantial
−Removed: portion of our corporate cash reserves to be held as a reserve for debt service, limiting our ability to invest in new growth opportunities;
−Removed: limiting the ability to
−Removed: obtain additional financing in the future for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions and general corporate and other
+Added: portion of our corporate cash reserves to be held as a reserve for debt service, limiting our ability to invest in new growth
+Added: opportunities;
+Added: limiting the ability
+Added: to obtain additional financing in the future for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions and general corporate
+Added: and other activities;
limiting the flexibility
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to both general and industry-specific adverse economic conditions;
−Removed: putting us at a competitive
−Removed: disadvantage vs.
+Added: putting us at a
+Added: competitive disadvantage vs.
less leveraged competitors;
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to changes in the prevailing interest rates.
−Removed: Our ability to make
−Removed: payments of principal and interest, or to refinance our indebtedness, depends on our future performance, which is subject to economic,
−Removed: financial, competitive and other factors.
−Removed: Our business may not generate sufficient cash flow in the future to service our debt because
−Removed: of factors beyond our control, including but not limited to our ability to market our products and expand our operations.
−Removed: If we are unable
−Removed: to generate sufficient cash flows, we may be required to adopt one or more alternatives, such as restructuring debt or obtaining additional
−Removed: equity capital on terms that may be onerous or highly dilutive.
−Removed: Our ability to refinance our indebtedness will depend on the capital
−Removed: markets and our financial condition at such time.
−Removed: We may not be able to engage in any of these activities or engage in these activities
−Removed: on desirable terms, which could result in a default on our debt obligations.
−Removed: We will require
−Removed: our secured lender to cooperate with us and, among other things, not demand repayments of principal and interest until the business is
−Removed: capable of making such payments.
−Removed: We owe our secured
−Removed: lender $1,000,000 at April 30, 2021.
−Removed: Our lender holds a term note bearing interest at an annual rate of 8%.
−Removed: We have not paid interest
−Removed: on the note and it accrues each month.
−Removed: We have a loan and security agreement (the “Loan”) with the lender for a maximum amount
−Removed: of $1,250,000.
−Removed: The maturity date of our loan from the lender is April 30, 2022.
−Removed: To secure the payment
−Removed: of all obligations to the lender, the Company granted to the lender a continuing security interest and first lien on all of the assets
−Removed: of the Company.
−Removed: In connection with
−Removed: the Loan, the Company has agreed to certain restrictive covenants, including, among others, that the Company may not convey, sell lease,
−Removed: transfer or otherwise dispose of any part of its business or property, except as permitted in the agreement, dissolve, liquidate or merge
−Removed: with any other party unless, in the case of a merger, the Company is the surviving entity, incur any indebtedness except as defined in
−Removed: the agreement, create or allow a lien on any of its assets or collateral that has been pledged to the lender, make any loans to any person,
−Removed: except for prepaid items or deposits incurred in the ordinary course of business, or make any material capital expenditures.
−Removed: We may make acquisitions
−Removed: or form joint ventures that are unsuccessful.
+Added: ability to make payments of principal and interest, or to refinance our indebtedness, depends on our future performance, which
+Added: is subject to economic, financial, competitive and other factors.
+Added: Our business may not generate sufficient cash flow in the future
+Added: to service our debt because of factors beyond our control, including but not limited to our ability to market our products and
+Added: expand our operations.
+Added: If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flows, we may be required to adopt one or more alternatives,
+Added: such as restructuring debt or obtaining additional equity capital on terms that may be onerous or highly dilutive.
+Added: to refinance our indebtedness will depend on the capital markets and our financial condition at such time.
+Added: We may not be able
+Added: to engage in any of these activities or engage in these activities on desirable terms, which could result in a default on our
+Added: debt obligations.
+Added: may make acquisitions or form joint ventures that are unsuccessful.
ability to grow is partially dependent on our ability to successfully acquire other companies, which creates substantial risk.
−Removed: to pursue a growth by acquisition strategy successfully, we must identify suitable candidates for these transactions;
−Removed: however, because
−Removed: of our limited funds, we may not be able to purchase those companies that we have identified as potential acquisition candidates.
−Removed: Additionally,
−Removed: we may have difficulty managing post-closing issues such as the integration into our corporate structure.
−Removed: Integration issues are complex,
−Removed: time consuming and expensive and, without proper planning and implementation, could significantly disrupt our business, including, but
−Removed: not limited to, the diversion of management's attention, the loss of key business and/or personnel from the acquired company, unanticipated
−Removed: events, and legal liabilities.
−Removed: We do not expect
−Removed: to pay dividends and investors should not buy our common stock expecting to receive dividends.
−Removed: We have not paid
−Removed: any dividends on our common stock in the past, and do not anticipate that we will declare or pay any dividends in the foreseeable future.
−Removed: Consequently, you will only realize an economic gain on your investment in our common stock if the price appreciates.
−Removed: You should not
−Removed: purchase our common stock expecting to receive cash dividends.
−Removed: Since we do not pay dividends, and if we are not successful in having
−Removed: our shares listed or quoted on an exchange, then you may have a limited ability to liquidate or receive any payment on your investment.
−Removed: Therefore our failure to pay dividends may cause you to not see any return on your investment even if we are successful in our business
−Removed: In addition, because we do not pay dividends we may have trouble raising additional funds, which could affect our ability
−Removed: to expand our business operations.
−Removed: Our future growth
−Removed: depends on our ability to develop and retain customers.
−Removed: Our future growth
−Removed: depends to a large extent on our ability to effectively anticipate and adapt to customer requirements and offer services that meet customer
−Removed: If we are unable to attract new customers and/or retain new customers, our business, results of operations and financial condition
−Removed: may be materially adversely affected.
−Removed: We will need to
−Removed: attract, train and retain additional highly qualified senior executives and technical and managerial personnel in the future.
−Removed: We continue to seek
−Removed: technical and managerial staff members, although we have limited resources to compensate them until we have raised additional capital
−Removed: or developed a business that generates consistent cash flow from operations.
−Removed: We believe it is important to negotiate with potential candidates
−Removed: and, if appropriate, engage them on a part-time basis or on a project basis and compensate them at least partially, with stock-based
−Removed: compensation, when appropriate.
−Removed: There is a high demand for highly trained and managerial staff members.
−Removed: If we are not able to fill these
−Removed: positions, it may have an adverse effect on our business.
−Removed: We may conduct
−Removed: future offerings of our common stock and pay debt obligations with our common and preferred stock which may diminish our investors’
+Added: In order to pursue a growth by acquisition strategy successfully, we must identify suitable candidates for these transactions;
+Added: however, because of our limited funds, we may not be able to purchase those companies that we have identified as potential acquisition
+Added: Additionally, we may have difficulty managing post-closing issues such as the integration into our corporate structure.
+Added: Integration issues are complex, time consuming and expensive and, without proper planning and implementation, could significantly
+Added: disrupt our business, including, but not limited to, the diversion of management's attention, the loss of key business and/or
+Added: personnel from the acquired company, unanticipated events, and legal liabilities.
+Added: future growth depends on our ability to develop and retain customers.
+Added: future growth depends to a large extent on our ability to effectively anticipate and adapt to customer requirements and offer
+Added: services that meet customer demands.
+Added: If we are unable to attract new customers and/or retain new customers, our business, results
+Added: of operations and financial condition may be materially adversely affected.
+Added: will need to attract, train and retain additional highly qualified senior executives and technical and managerial personnel in
+Added: continue to seek technical and managerial staff members, although we have limited resources to compensate them until we have raised
+Added: additional capital or developed a business that generates consistent cash flow from operations.
+Added: We believe it is important to
+Added: negotiate with potential candidates and, if appropriate, engage them on a part-time basis or on a project basis and compensate
+Added: them at least partially, with stock-based compensation, when appropriate.
+Added: There is a high demand for highly trained and managerial
+Added: staff members.
+Added: If we are not able to fill these positions, it may have an adverse effect on our business.
+Added: health epidemics, such as the outbreak caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and other outbreaks or unforeseen or catastrophic events
+Added: could continue to disrupt and adversely affect our operations, financial condition and business.
+Added: health epidemics or outbreaks could adversely impact our business.
+Added: The extent to which the coronavirus impacts our operations
+Added: will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence, including the duration
+Added: of the outbreak, new information which may emerge concerning the severity of the coronavirus and the emergence of variants, among
+Added: In particular, the spread and treatment of the coronavirus globally could adversely impact our operations and could have
+Added: an adverse impact on our business and our financial results.
+Added: To date, our business has not been impacted by COVID-19 but it could
+Added: be in the future.
+Added: may not be able to protect all of our intellectual property.
+Added: profitability may depend in part on our ability to effectively protect our proprietary rights, including obtaining trademarks
+Added: for our brand names, protecting our products and websites, maintaining the secrecy of our internal workings and preserving our
+Added: trade secrets, as well as our ability to operate without inadvertently infringing on the proprietary rights of others.
+Added: be no assurance that we will be able to obtain future protections for our intellectual property or defend our current trademarks
+Added: and future trademarks and patents.
+Added: Further, policing and protecting our intellectual property against unauthorized use by third
+Added: parties is time-consuming and expensive, and certain countries may not even recognize our intellectual property rights.
+Added: can also be no assurance that a third party will not assert infringement claims with respect to our products or technologies.
+Added: Any litigation for both protecting our intellectual property or defending our use of certain technologies could have material
+Added: adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition, regardless of the outcome of such litigation.
+Added: revenues and profits are subject to fluctuations.
+Added: is difficult to accurately forecast our revenues and operating results, and these could fluctuate in the future due to a number
+Added: These factors may include adverse changes in:
+Added: number of investors and amount of investors’ dollars, the success
+Added: of world securities markets, general economic conditions, our ability to market our platform to companies and investors, headcount
+Added: and other operating costs, and general industry and regulatory conditions and requirements.
+Added: The Company's operating results may
+Added: fluctuate from year to year due to the factors listed above and others not listed.
+Added: At times, these fluctuations may be significant
+Added: and could impact our ability to operate our business.
+Added: disasters and other events beyond our control could materially adversely affect us.
+Added: disasters or other catastrophic events may cause damage or disruption to our operations, international commerce and the global
+Added: economy, and thus could have a strong negative effect on us.
+Added: Our business operations are subject to interruption by natural disasters,
+Added: fire, power shortages, pandemics and other events beyond our control.
+Added: Although we maintain crisis management and disaster response
+Added: plans, such events could make it difficult or impossible for us to deliver our services to our customers and could decrease demand
+Added: for our services.
+Added: Since the spring of 2020, large segments of the U.S.
+Added: and global economies were impacted by COVID-19, a significant
+Added: portion of the U.S.
+Added: population were subject to “stay at home” or similar requirements.
+Added: The extent of the impact of
+Added: COVID-19 on our operational and financial performance will depend on certain developments, including the duration and spread of
+Added: the outbreak, impact on our customers (both issuers using our services and investors investing on our platform) and our sales
+Added: cycles, impact on our customer, employee or industry events, and effect on our vendors, all of which are uncertain and cannot
+Added: be predicted.
+Added: At this point, the extent to which COVID-19 may impact our financial condition or results of operations is uncertain.
+Added: To date, the COVID-19 outbreak, has significantly impacted global markets, U.S.
+Added: employment numbers, as well as the business prospects
+Added: of many small business (our potential clients).
+Added: A significant part of our business model is based on receiving a percentage of
+Added: the investments made through our platform and services.
+Added: Further, we are dependent on investments in our offerings to fund our
+Added: However, to date, other than working remotely, COVID-19 has not had a negative impact on the Company.
+Added: While our business
+Added: has not yet been impacted by COVID-19, to the extent COVID-19 continues and limits investment capital or personally impacts any
+Added: of our key employees, it may have significant impact on our results and operations.
+Added: may have unanticipated consequences that could harm our business and our financial condition.
+Added: acquisition that we pursue, whether successfully completed or not, involves risks, including:
+Added: adverse effects on our operating results, particularly in the fiscal quarters immediately following the acquisition of acquired
+Added: entities that are integrated into our operations;
+Added: associated with entering into markets or conducting operations where we have no or limited prior experience;
+Added: retaining key personnel;
+Added: impairment of tangible and intangible assets and goodwill acquired in the acquisition;
+Added: unknown liabilities;
+Added: of integration and failure to realize anticipated synergies;
+Added: of our ongoing business, including diversion of management’s attention from other business concerns.
+Added: acquisitions may be accomplished through a cash purchase transaction, the issuance of our equity securities or a combination of
+Added: both, could result in potentially dilutive issuances of our equity securities, the incurrence of debt and contingent liabilities
+Added: and impairment charges related to goodwill and other intangible assets, any of which could harm our business and financial condition.
+Added: we do not effectively protect our customers’ credit and debit card data, or other personal information, we could be exposed
+Added: to data loss, litigation, liability and reputational damage.
+Added: connection with credit and debit card sales, we transmit confidential credit and debit card information by way of secure online
+Added: Although we use private networks, third parties may have the technology or know-how to breach the security of the customer
+Added: information transmitted in connection with credit and debit card sales, and our security measures and those of our technology
+Added: vendors may not effectively prohibit others from obtaining improper access to this information.
+Added: If a person were able to circumvent
+Added: these security measures, he or she could destroy or steal valuable information or disrupt our operations.
+Added: Any security breach
+Added: could expose us to risks of data loss, litigation and liability and could seriously disrupt our operations and any resulting negative
+Added: publicity could significantly harm our reputation.
+Added: could be harmed by improper disclosure or loss of sensitive or confidential Company, employee, associate or customer data, including
+Added: personal data.
+Added: connection with the operation of our business, we plan to store, process and transmit data, including personal and payment information,
+Added: about our employees, customers, associates and candidates, a portion of which is confidential and/or personally sensitive.
+Added: disclosure or loss of sensitive or confidential data may occur through a variety of methods.
+Added: These include, but are not limited
+Added: to, systems failure, employee negligence, fraud or misappropriation, or unauthorized access to or through our information systems,
+Added: whether by our employees or third parties, including a cyberattack by computer programmers, hackers, members of organized crime
+Added: and/or state-sponsored organizations, who may develop and deploy viruses, worms or other malicious software programs.
+Added: disclosure, loss or breach could harm our reputation and subject us to government sanctions and liability under our contracts
+Added: and laws that protect sensitive or personal data and confidential information, resulting in increased costs or loss of revenues.
+Added: It is possible that security controls over sensitive or confidential data and other practices we and our third-party vendors follow
+Added: may not prevent the improper access to, disclosure of, or loss of such information.
+Added: The potential risk of security breaches and
+Added: cyberattacks may increase as we introduce new services and offerings, such as mobile technology.
+Added: Further, data privacy is subject
+Added: to frequently changing rules and regulations, which sometimes conflict among the various jurisdictions in which we provide services.
+Added: Any failure or perceived failure to successfully manage the collection, use, disclosure, or security of personal information or
+Added: other privacy related matters, or any failure to comply with changing regulatory requirements in this area, could result in legal
+Added: liability or impairment to our reputation in the marketplace.
+Added: to recognize, respond to and effectively manage the accelerated impact of social media could adversely impact our business.
+Added: recent years, there has been a marked increase in the use of social media platforms, including blogs, chat platforms, social media
+Added: websites, and other forms of Internet based communications which allow individuals access to a broad audience of consumers and
+Added: other interested persons.
+Added: The rising popularity of social media and other consumer-oriented technologies has increased the speed
+Added: and accessibility of information dissemination.
+Added: Many social media platforms immediately publish the content their subscribers
+Added: and participants post, often without filters or checks on accuracy of the content posted.
+Added: Information posted on such platforms
+Added: at any time may be adverse to our interests and/or may be inaccurate.
+Added: The dissemination of information via social media could
+Added: harm our business, reputation, financial condition, and results of operations, regardless of the information’s accuracy.
+Added: The damage may be immediate without affording us an opportunity for redress or correction.
+Added: addition, social media is frequently used to communicate with our customers and the public in general.
+Added: Failure by us to use social
+Added: media effectively or appropriately, particularly as compared to our brands’ respective competitors, could lead to a decline
+Added: in brand value, customer visits and revenue.
+Added: Other risks associated with the use of social media include improper disclosure of
+Added: proprietary information, negative comments about our brands, exposure of personally identifiable information, fraud, hoaxes or
+Added: malicious dissemination of false information.
+Added: The inappropriate use of social media by our customers or employees could increase
+Added: our costs, lead to litigation or result in negative publicity that could damage our reputation and adversely affect our results
+Added: of operations.
+Added: Related to Receipt of Securities for Services
+Added: are not, and do not intend to become, regulated as an investment company under the U.S.
+Added: Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended,
+Added: or the 40 Act, (and similar legislation in other jurisdictions) and if we are deemed an “investment company” under
+Added: the 40 Act applicable restrictions would make it impractical for us to operate as contemplated.
+Added: 40 Act and the rules thereunder (and similar legislation in other jurisdictions) provide certain protections to investors and
+Added: impose certain restrictions on companies that are registered as investment companies.
+Added: Among other things, such rules limit or
+Added: prohibit transactions with affiliates, impose limitations on the issuance of debt and equity securities and impose certain governance
+Added: requirements.
+Added: We have not been and do not intend to become regulated as an investment company and we intend to conduct our activities
+Added: so we will not be deemed to be an investment company under the 40 Act (and similar legislation in other jurisdictions).
+Added: to ensure that we are not deemed to be an investment company, we may be required to materially restrict or limit the scope of
+Added: our operations or plans related to us, we will be limited in the types of acquisitions that we may make and we may need to modify
+Added: our organizational structure or dispose of assets that we would not otherwise dispose of.
+Added: Moreover, if anything were to happen
+Added: which would potentially cause us to be deemed an investment company under the 40 Act, it would be impractical for us to operate
+Added: as intended pursuant to our platform and our business, financial condition and results of operations would be materially adversely
+Added: Accordingly, we would be required to take extraordinary steps to address the situation, such as the modification and
+Added: restructuring of our platform, which would materially adversely affect our ability to derive revenue.
+Added: consulting and advisory services are primarily paid for in restricted shares of stock of our customers, which are often private
+Added: companies with no established trading market for their securities.
+Added: our consulting and advisory services, payment is often made through equity securities of customers instead of cash.
+Added: The securities
+Added: issued are in private companies with no established trading market for their securities In the absence of a trading market, we
+Added: may be unable to liquidate our investment, which will result in the loss of our investment.
+Added: Factors Related to our Common Stock
+Added: Concentration
+Added: of ownership among our majority stockholders may prevent new investors from influencing significant corporate decisions.
+Added: of July 29 2022, Netcapital Systems LLC, our largest stockholder, beneficially owned, in the aggregate, approximately 40% of our
+Added: outstanding shares of common stock.
+Added: As a result, this stockholder will be able to exercise a significant level of control over
+Added: all matters requiring stockholder approval, including the election of directors, amendment of our certificate of incorporation
+Added: and approval of significant corporate transactions.
+Added: This control could have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control
+Added: of our company or changes in management and will make the approval of certain transactions difficult or impossible without the
+Added: support of these stockholders.
+Added: can be no assurance that we will be able to comply with Nasdaq’s continued listing standards, a failure of which could result
+Added: in a de-listing of our common stock and warrants .
+Added: requires that the trading price of a company’s listed stock on Nasdaq remain above one dollar in order for such stock to
+Added: remain listed.
+Added: If a listed stock trades below one dollar for more than 30 consecutive trading days, then it is subject to delisting
+Added: In addition, to maintain a listing on Nasdaq, we must satisfy minimum financial and other continued listing requirements
+Added: and standards, including those regarding director independence and independent committee requirements, minimum stockholders’
+Added: equity, and certain corporate governance requirements.
+Added: If we are unable to satisfy these requirements or standards, we could be
+Added: subject to delisting, which would have a negative effect on the price of our common stock and warrants and would impair your ability
+Added: to sell or purchase our common stock when you wish to do so.
+Added: In the event of a delisting, we would expect to take actions to restore
+Added: our compliance with the listing requirements, but we can provide no assurance that any such action taken by us would allow our
+Added: common stock to become listed again, stabilize the market price or improve the liquidity of our common stock, prevent our common
+Added: stock from dropping below the minimum bid price requirement, or prevent future non-compliance with the listing requirements.
+Added: recently sold a substantial number of shares of our common stock and warrants to purchase common stock in a public offering, which
+Added: could cause the price of our common stock to decline .
+Added: a recent offering, we sold 1,205,000 shares of common stock.
+Added: Additionally, we sold an equal number of warrants to purchase shares
+Added: of common stock.
+Added: The existence of the potential additional shares of our common stock in the public market, or the perception
+Added: that such additional shares may be in the market, could adversely affect the price of our common stock.
+Added: We cannot predict the
+Added: effect, if any, that market sales of those shares of common stock or the availability of those shares of common stock for sale
+Added: will have on the market price of our common stock.
+Added: Any decline in the price of a share of common stock will also have a negative
+Added: effect on the price in the market of a warrant.
+Added: do not expect to pay dividends and investors should not buy our common stock expecting to receive dividends.
+Added: have not paid any dividends on our common stock in the past, and do not anticipate that we will declare or pay any dividends in
+Added: the foreseeable future.
+Added: Consequently, you will only realize an economic gain on your investment in our common stock if the price
+Added: You should not purchase our common stock expecting to receive cash dividends.
+Added: Since we do not pay dividends, and
+Added: if we are not successful in having our shares listed or quoted on an exchange, then you may have a limited ability to liquidate
+Added: or receive any payment on your investment.
+Added: Therefore, our failure to pay dividends may cause you to not see any return on your
+Added: investment even if we are successful in our business operations.
+Added: In addition, because we do not pay dividends we may have trouble
+Added: raising additional funds, which could affect our ability to expand our business operations.
+Added: may conduct future offerings of our common stock and pay debt obligations with our common stock which may diminish our investors’
pro rata ownership and depress our stock price.
−Removed: We reserve the right
−Removed: to make future offers and sales, either public or private, of our securities, including shares of our common stock or securities convertible
−Removed: into common stock at prices differing from the price of the common stock previously issued.
−Removed: In the event that any such future sales of
−Removed: securities are affected or we use our common stock to pay principal or interest on our debt obligations, an investor’s pro rata
−Removed: ownership interest may be reduced to the extent of any such future sales.
−Removed: UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
−Removed: We are a smaller
−Removed: reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and are not required to provide information under this item.
+Added: reserve the right to make future offers and sales, either public or private, of our securities, including shares of our common
+Added: stock or securities convertible into common stock at prices differing from the price of the common stock previously issued.
+Added: the event that any such future sales of securities are affected or we use our common stock to pay principal or interest on our
+Added: debt obligations, an investor’s pro rata ownership interest may be reduced to the extent of any such future sales.
+Added: market price of our common stock is highly volatile and could be subject to volatility related or unrelated to our operations.
+Added: should consider an investment in our securities to be risky, and you should invest in our securities only if you can withstand
+Added: a significant loss and wide fluctuations in the market value of your investment.
+Added: Some factors that may cause the market price
+Added: of our common stock to fluctuate, in addition to the other risks mentioned in this “Risk Factors” section and elsewhere
+Added: in this prospectus, are:
+Added: or anticipated fluctuations in quarterly funding portal revenues or operating results, whether in our operations or in those
+Added: of our competitors;
+Added: in financial estimates or opinions by research analysts, either with respect to us or other fintech companies;
+Added: failure to accelerate user growth or new issuer growth;
+Added: failure to meet investor or analyst expectations;
+Added: public’s reaction to our press releases, other public announcements and our filings with the SEC;
+Added: or anticipated changes in domestic or worldwide economic, political or market conditions, such as recessions;
+Added: in the consumer spending environment;
+Added: in laws or regulations, or new interpretations or applications of laws and regulations, that are applicable to our business;
+Added: in accounting standards, policies, guidance, interpretations or principles;
+Added: sales, hedging and other derivative transactions in the shares of our common stock;
+Added: sales or issuances of our common stock, including sales or issuances by us, our directors or executive officers and our significant
+Added: stockholders;
+Added: dividend policy;
+Added: in the market valuations of other fintech companies;
+Added: by stockholders;
+Added: market factors or perceived market factors, including rumors, involving us, our vendors and clients, whether accurate or not;
+Added: announcements
+Added: by us or our competitors of new locations, technological advances, significant acquisitions, strategic partnerships, divestitures,
+Added: joint ventures or other strategic initiatives;
+Added: loss of a key member of management.
+Added: stock markets in general have experienced substantial volatility that has often been unrelated to the operating performance of
+Added: individual companies.
+Added: These broad market fluctuations may adversely affect the trading price of our common stock in any market
+Added: that develops for it.
+Added: In addition, our stock price may be influenced by trading activity in our common stock as a result of market
+Added: commentary (including commentary that may be unreliable or incomplete in some cases);
+Added: changes in expectations about our business,
+Added: our creditworthiness or investor confidence generally;
+Added: or actions by stockholders and others seeking to influence our business
+Added: the past, following periods of volatility in the market price of a company’s securities, stockholders have instituted class
+Added: action securities litigation against those companies.
+Added: Such litigation, if instituted, could result in substantial costs and a
+Added: diversion of management attention and resources, which would significantly harm our profitability and reputation.
+Added: common stock may be subject to the “penny stock” rules of the SEC and the trading market in the securities is limited,
+Added: which could make transactions in the stock cumbersome and may reduce the value of an investment in the stock.
+Added: 15g-9 under the Exchange Act establishes the definition of a “penny stock,” for the purposes relevant to us, as any
+Added: equity security that has a market price of less than $5.00 per share or with an exercise price of less than $5.00 per share, subject
+Added: to certain exceptions.
+Added: For any transaction involving a penny stock, unless exempt, the rules require:
+Added: (a) that a broker or dealer
+Added: approve a person’s account for transactions in penny stocks;
+Added: and (b) the broker or dealer receive from the investor a written
+Added: agreement to the transaction, setting forth the identity and quantity of the penny stock to be purchased.
+Added: order to approve a person’s account for transactions in penny stocks, the broker or dealer must:
+Added: (a) obtain financial information
+Added: and investment experience objectives of the person and (b) make a reasonable determination that the transactions in penny stocks
+Added: are suitable for that person and the person has sufficient knowledge and experience in financial matters to be capable of evaluating
+Added: the risks of transactions in penny stocks.
+Added: broker or dealer must also deliver, prior to any transaction in a penny stock, a disclosure schedule prescribed by the SEC relating
+Added: to the penny stock market, which, in highlight form:
+Added: (a) sets forth the basis on which the broker or dealer made the suitability
+Added: determination;
+Added: and (b) confirms that the broker or dealer received a signed, written agreement from the investor prior to the
+Added: Generally, brokers may be less willing to execute transactions in securities subject to the “penny stock”
+Added: This may make it more difficult for investors to dispose of our common stock and cause a decline in the market value of
+Added: our common stock.
+Added: also has to be made about the risks of investing in penny stocks in both public offerings and in secondary trading and about the
+Added: commissions payable to both the broker or dealer and the registered representative, current quotations for the securities and
+Added: the rights and remedies available to an investor in cases of fraud in penny stock transactions.
+Added: Finally, monthly statements have
+Added: to be sent disclosing recent price information for the penny stock held in the account and information on the limited market in
+Added: penny stocks.
+Added: sales practice requirements may limit a stockholder’s ability to buy and sell our securities.
+Added: addition to the “penny stock” rules described above, FINRA has adopted rules that require that in recommending an
+Added: investment to a customer, a broker-dealer must have reasonable grounds for believing that the investment is suitable for that
+Added: Prior to recommending speculative, low-priced securities to their non-institutional customers, broker-dealers must make
+Added: reasonable efforts to obtain information about the customer’s financial status, tax status, investment objectives and other
+Added: The FINRA requirements may make it more difficult for broker-dealers to recommend that their customers buy our common
+Added: stock or our warrants, which may have the effect of reducing the level of trading activity in our securities.
+Added: As a result, fewer
+Added: broker-dealers may be willing to make a market in our common stock or our warrants, reducing a stockholder’s ability to
+Added: resell shares of our common stock and warrants.
+Added: securities or industry analysts do not publish or cease publishing research or reports about us, our business or our market, or
+Added: if they change their recommendations regarding our securities adversely, the price of our common stock or warrants and trading
+Added: volume could decline.
+Added: trading market for our common stock may be influenced by the research and reports that securities or industry analysts may publish
+Added: about us, our business, our market or our competitors.
+Added: If any of the analysts who may cover us change their recommendation regarding
+Added: our securities adversely, or provide more favorable relative recommendations about our competitors, the price of our common stock
+Added: or warrants would likely decline.
+Added: If any analyst who may cover us was to cease coverage of our company or fail to regularly publish
+Added: reports on us, we could lose visibility in the financial markets, which in turn could cause the price of our common stock or warrants
+Added: or trading volume to decline.
+Added: issuance of common stock upon the exercise of options granted under our 2021 Equity Incentive Plan may dilute all other stockholders.
+Added: have issued options to purchase 271,000 shares of common stock under our 2021 Equity Incentive Plan and we expect to issue options
+Added: to purchase the remaining 29,000 shares of common stock in the future to officers, directors, employees and consultants under
+Added: our 2021 Equity Incentive Plan.
+Added: Any such issuances of common stock underlying stock options may cause stockholders to experience
+Added: dilution of their ownership interests and the per share value of our common stock to decline.
+Added: compliance with complicated U.S.
+Added: regulations concerning corporate governance and public disclosure is expensive and diverts management’s
+Added: attention from our core business, which could adversely affect our business, results of operations, and financial condition.
+Added: a publicly reporting company, we are faced with expensive, complicated and evolving disclosure, governance and compliance laws,
+Added: regulations and standards relating to corporate governance and public disclosure, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Dodd-Frank
+Added: Act, and, following this offering, Nasdaq rules.
+Added: As a result of the complexity involved in complying with the applicable rules
+Added: and regulations, our management’s attention may be diverted from other business concerns, which could harm our business,
+Added: results of operations and financial condition.
+Added: We may need to hire more personnel in the future or engage outside consultants,
+Added: which will increase our operating expenses, to assist us in complying with these requirements.
+Added: addition, changing laws, regulations and standards relating to corporate governance and public disclosure are creating uncertainty
+Added: for public companies, increasing legal and financial compliance costs, and making some activities more time-consuming.
+Added: regulations and standards are subject to varying interpretations, in many cases due to their lack of specificity, and, as a result,
+Added: their application in practice may evolve over time as new guidance is provided by regulatory and governing bodies.
+Added: result in continuing uncertainty regarding compliance matters and higher costs necessitated by ongoing revisions to disclosure
+Added: and governance practices.
+Added: We intend to invest substantial resources to comply with evolving laws, regulations and standards, and
+Added: this investment may result in increased general and administrative expenses and a diversion of management’s time and attention
+Added: from business operations to compliance activities.
+Added: If our efforts to comply with new laws, regulations and standards differ from
+Added: the activities intended by regulatory or governing bodies due to ambiguities related to their application and practice, regulatory
+Added: authorities may initiate legal proceedings against us, and our business may be harmed.
+Added: to maintain effective internal control over our financial reporting in accordance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act could
+Added: cause our financial reports to be inaccurate.
+Added: are required pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, or Section 404, to maintain internal control over financial reporting
+Added: and to assess and report on the effectiveness of those controls.
+Added: This assessment includes disclosure of any material weaknesses
+Added: identified by our management in our internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: Although we prepare our financial statements in
+Added: accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, our internal accounting controls may not meet all
+Added: standards applicable to companies with publicly traded securities.
+Added: If we fail to implement any required improvements to our disclosure
+Added: controls and procedures, we may be obligated to report control deficiencies in which case, we could become subject to regulatory
+Added: sanction or investigation.
+Added: Further, these outcomes could damage investor confidence in the accuracy and reliability of our financial
+Added: for indemnification by our directors and officers may reduce our available funds to satisfy successful third-party claims against
+Added: us and may reduce the amount of money available to us.
+Added: articles of incorporation and bylaws provide that we will indemnify our directors and officers, in each case to the fullest extent
+Added: permitted by Utah law.
+Added: addition, as permitted by the Utah Business Corporation Act, our bylaws and the indemnification agreements that we have entered
+Added: into with our directors and officers provide that:
+Added: we will indemnify
+Added: our directors and officers for serving us in those capacities or for serving other business enterprises at our request, to
+Added: the fullest extent permitted by Utah law.
+Added: Utah law provides that a corporation may indemnify such person if such person acted
+Added: in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the registrant
+Added: and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful;
+Added: we may, in our discretion,
+Added: indemnify employees and agents in those circumstances where indemnification is permitted by applicable law;
+Added: we are required
+Added: to advance expenses, as incurred, to our directors and officers in connection with defending a proceeding, except that such
+Added: directors or officers shall undertake to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such person is not entitled
+Added: to indemnification;
+Added: we will not be obligated
+Added: pursuant to our bylaws to indemnify a person with respect to proceedings initiated by that person against us or our other
+Added: indemnitees, except with respect to proceedings authorized by our board of directors, or Board, or brought to enforce a right
+Added: to indemnification;
+Added: the rights conferred
+Added: in our bylaws are not exclusive, and we are authorized to enter into indemnification agreements with our directors, officers,
+Added: employees and agents and to obtain insurance to indemnify such persons;
+Added: we may not retroactively
+Added: amend our bylaw provisions to reduce our indemnification obligations to directors, officers, employees and agents.
+Added: on liability and indemnification matters.
+Added: permitted by the corporate laws of the state of Utah, our articles of incorporation include a provision to eliminate the personal
+Added: liability of our directors for monetary damages for breach or alleged breach of their fiduciary duties as directors, subject to
+Added: certain exceptions.
+Added: In addition, our bylaws provide that we are required to indemnify our officers and directors under certain
+Added: circumstances, including those circumstances in which indemnification would otherwise be discretionary, and we will be required
+Added: to advance expenses to our officers and directors as incurred in connection with proceedings against them for which they may be
+Added: If we are required to indemnify, both for the costs of their defense in any action or to pay monetary damages upon
+Added: a finding of a court or in any settlement, our business and financial condition could be materially and adversely affected.
+Added: STAFF COMMENTS
+Added: are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and are not required to provide information under
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