−Removed: MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
−Removed: FOLLOWING DISCUSSION OF OUR PLAN OF OPERATION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: AND RELATED NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS INCLUDED ELSEWHERE IN THIS ANNUAL REPORT.
−Removed: THIS DISCUSSION CONTAINS FORWARD-LOOKING
−Removed: STATEMENTS THAT RELATE TO FUTURE EVENTS OR OUR FUTURE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE.
−Removed: THESE STATEMENTS INVOLVE KNOWN AND UNKNOWN
−Removed: RISKS, UNCERTAINTIES AND OTHER FACTORS THAT MAY CAUSE OUR ACTUAL RESULTS, LEVELS OF ACTIVITY, PERFORMANCE OR ACHIEVEMENTS TO BE
−Removed: MATERIALLY DIFFERENT FROM ANY FUTURE RESULTS, LEVELS OF ACTIVITY, PERFORMANCE OR ACHIEVEMENTS EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED BY THESE FORWARD-LOOKING
−Removed: is a fintech company with a scalable technology platform that allows private companies to raise capital online from accredited
−Removed: and non-accredited investors.
−Removed: We give all investors the opportunity to access investments in private companies.
−Removed: Our model is disruptive
−Removed: to traditional private equity investing and is based on Title III, Reg CF of the JOBS Act.
−Removed: We generate fees from listing private
−Removed: companies on our portal.
−Removed: Our consulting group, Netcapital Advisors, provides marketing and strategic advice in exchange for equity
−Removed: positions and cash fees.
−Removed: The Netcapital funding portal is registered with the SEC, is a member of FINRA and provides investors
−Removed: with opportunities to invest in private companies.
−Removed: provide private company investment access to accredited retail and non-accredited retail investors through our online portal (www.netcapital.com).
−Removed: The Netcapital funding portal charges a $5,000 engagement fee and a 4.9% success fee for capital raised at closing.
−Removed: the portal generates fees for other ancillary services, such as rolling closes.
−Removed: Netcapital Advisors generates fees and equity
−Removed: stakes from consulting in select portfolio and non-portfolio clients.
−Removed: Netcapital.com
−Removed: is an SEC-registered funding portal that enables private companies to raise capital online, while investors are able to invest
−Removed: from anywhere in the world, at any time, with just a few clicks.
−Removed: Securities offerings on the portal are accessible through individual
−Removed: offering pages, where companies include product or service details, market size, competitive advantages, and financial documents.
−Removed: Companies can accept investment from anyone, including friends, family, customers, employees, etc.
−Removed: addition to access to the funding portal, Netcapital provides the following services:
−Removed: fully automated onboarding process;
−Removed: filing of required regulatory documents;
−Removed: ● custom-built
−Removed: offering page on our portal website;
−Removed: party transfer agent and custodial services;
−Removed: marketing to our proprietary list of investors;
−Removed: closes, which provide potential access to liquidity before final close date of offering;
−Removed: with annual filings;
−Removed: access to our team for ongoing support.
−Removed: consulting group, Netcapital Advisors helps companies at all stages to raise capital.
−Removed: Netcapital Advisors provides strategic advice,
−Removed: technology consulting and online marketing services to assist with fundraising campaigns on the Netcapital platform.
−Removed: also acts as an incubator and accelerator, taking equity stakes in select disruptive start-ups.
−Removed: limited operating history and the uncertain nature of our future operations and the markets we address or intend to address make
−Removed: predictions of our future results of operations difficult.
−Removed: Our operations may never generate significant revenues, and we may
−Removed: not consistently achieve profitable operations.
−Removed: Uplist Offering
−Removed: July 15, 2022, we completed an underwritten public offering of 1,205,000 shares of our common stock and warrants to purchase 1,205,000
−Removed: shares of our common stock at a combined public offering price of $4.15 per share and warrant.
−Removed: The gross proceeds from the offering
−Removed: were $5,000,750 prior to deducting underwriting discounts, commissions, and other offering expenses.
−Removed: The warrants have a per share
−Removed: exercise price of $5.19, are exercisable immediately, and expire five years from the date of issuance.
−Removed: conjunction with this offering, the shares and warrants began trading on The Nasdaq Capital Market on July 13, 2022, under the
−Removed: ticker symbols “NCPL” and “NCPLW,” respectively.
−Removed: addition, we granted the underwriter a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 180,750 shares of common stock and/or up
−Removed: to 180,750 additional warrants to cover over-allotments, if any.
−Removed: In connection with the closing of the offering, the underwriter
−Removed: partially exercised its over-allotment option and purchased an additional 111,300 warrants.
−Removed: The underwriter retains the right
−Removed: to exercise the balance of its over-allotment option within the 45-day period.
−Removed: of Secured Debt
−Removed: July 21, 2022 the company paid $1 million to its secured lender, Vaxstar LLC, to reduce the principal balance on its debt from
−Removed: $1,400,000 to $400,000.
−Removed: Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
+Added: MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION
+Added: AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
+Added: THE FOLLOWING DISCUSSION OF OUR PLAN OF OPERATION
+Added: AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND RELATED NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS INCLUDED
+Added: ELSEWHERE IN THIS ANNUAL REPORT.
+Added: THIS DISCUSSION CONTAINS FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS THAT RELATE TO FUTURE EVENTS OR OUR FUTURE FINANCIAL
+Added: THESE STATEMENTS INVOLVE KNOWN AND UNKNOWN RISKS, UNCERTAINTIES AND OTHER FACTORS THAT MAY CAUSE OUR ACTUAL RESULTS,
+Added: LEVELS OF ACTIVITY, PERFORMANCE OR ACHIEVEMENTS TO BE MATERIALLY DIFFERENT FROM ANY FUTURE RESULTS, LEVELS OF ACTIVITY, PERFORMANCE OR
+Added: ACHIEVEMENTS EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED BY THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS.
+Added: Netcapital Inc.
+Added: is a fintech company with a
+Added: scalable technology platform that allows private companies to raise capital online from accredited and non-accredited investors.
+Added: virtually all investors the opportunity to access investments in private companies.
+Added: Our model is disruptive to traditional private equity
+Added: investing and is based on Title III, Reg CF of the JOBS Act.
+Added: We generate fees from listing private companies on our portal.
+Added: Our consulting
+Added: group, Netcapital Advisors, provides marketing and strategic advice in exchange for cash and equity positions.
+Added: The Netcapital funding
+Added: portal is registered with the SEC, is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA, a registered national securities
+Added: association, and provides investors with opportunities to invest in private companies.
+Added: We provide private company investment access
+Added: to accredited retail and non-accredited retail investors through our online portal (www.netcapital.com).
+Added: The Funding Portal charges a
+Added: $5,000 to $10,000 engagement fee, a 4.9% success fee for capital raised at closing and sometimes is paid with equity from the issuer that
+Added: has listed on the Funding Portal.
+Added: In addition, the Funding Portal generates fees for other ancillary services, such as rolling closes.
+Added: Securities offerings on the portal are accessible through individual offering pages, where companies include product or service details,
+Added: market size, competitive advantages, and financial documents.
+Added: Companies can accept investment from virtually anyone, including friends,
+Added: family, customers, employees, etc., at any time, with just a few clicks.
+Added: In addition to access to the Funding Portal,
+Added: Netcapital provides the following services:
+Added: a fully automated onboarding process;
+Added: automated filing of required regulatory documents;
+Added: compliance review;
+Added: custom-built offering page on our portal website;
+Added: third party transfer agent and custodial services;
+Added: email marketing to our proprietary list of investors;
+Added: rolling closes, which provide potential access to liquidity
+Added: before final close date of offering;
+Added: assistance with annual filings;
+Added: direct access to our team for ongoing support.
+Added: Our consulting group, Netcapital Advisors helps
+Added: companies at all stages to raise capital.
+Added: Netcapital Advisors provides strategic advice, technology consulting and online marketing services
+Added: to assist with fundraising campaigns on the Netcapital platform.
+Added: The Company also acts as an incubator and accelerator, taking equity
+Added: stakes in select disruptive start-ups.
+Added: Our limited operating history and the uncertain nature
+Added: of our future operations and the markets we address or intend to address make predictions of our future results of operations difficult.
+Added: Our operations may never generate significant revenues, and we may not consistently achieve profitable operations.
+Added: Recent Developments
+Added: May 2023 Registered Direct
+Added: On May 23, 2023, we entered
+Added: into a securities purchase agreement with certain institutional investors, pursuant to which we agreed to issue and sell to such investors,
+Added: in a registered direct offering (the “Offering”), 1,100,000 shares (the “Shares”) of our common stock at a price
+Added: of $1.55 per Share, for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,705,000, before deducting the placement agent's fees and other offering expenses
+Added: payable by the Company.
+Added: The Offering closed on May 25, 2023 and we received aggregate net proceeds of $1,468,700.
+Added: The Shares were offered
+Added: and issued and sold pursuant to the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File 333-267921) filed by the Company with
+Added: the SEC under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), on October 18, 2022 and declared effective on
+Added: October 26, 2022.
+Added: In connection with the Offering,
+Added: on May 23, 2023, we entered into a placement agency agreement with ThinkEquity (the “Placement Agent”), pursuant to which
+Added: (i) the Placement Agent agreed to act as placement agent on a “best efforts” basis in connection with the Offering, (ii) we
+Added: agreed to pay the Placement Agent an aggregate fee equal to 8.0% of the gross proceeds raised in the Offering, and to reimburse the Placement
+Added: Agent for certain expenses, and (iii) we agreed to issue to the Placement Agent warrants to purchase up to 55,000 shares of Common Stock
+Added: at an exercise price of $1.94 (the “Placement Agent Warrants”), which were issued on May 25, 2023.
+Added: The Placement Agent Warrants
+Added: (and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants) were not registered under the Securities Act,
+Added: and were offered pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided in Section 4(a)(2) of the
+Added: Securities Act and Rule 506(b) promulgated thereunder.
+Added: Repayment of Secured Debt
+Added: On May 25, 2023 the Company paid $367,167 to its secured
+Added: lender, Vaxstar LLC, to pay off the remaining $350,000 principal balance and $17,167 in interest.
+Added: Recent Common Stock Issuances.
+Added: In April and May 2023, we issued an aggregate of 450,000
+Added: shares of common stock to consultants in consideration of services rendered.
+Added: In addition, in July 2023, we issued 49,855 shares of common
+Added: stock to an unrelated third party, in consideration of a release from such third party related to settlement of an outstanding debt between
+Added: such third-party and Netcapital DE LLC.
+Added: We did not receive any proceeds from these issuances.
+Added: Such shares were issued as restricted securities
+Added: and were issued pursuant to the exemption provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
+Added: July 2023 Public Offering
+Added: On July 24, 2023 the Company completed an underwritten
+Added: public offering of 1,725,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, at a price to the public of $0.70 per share for aggregate gross
+Added: proceeds of $1,207,500, before deducting underwriting discounts and offering expenses payable by the Company.
+Added: In conjunction with this
+Added: offering, the Company issued the underwriter and its designees warrants to purchase 86,250 shares of our common stock at an exercise price
+Added: Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
+Added: of Operations
following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the financial statements
2 unchanged sentences
that relate to future events or our future financial performance.
−Removed: These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties
−Removed: and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different
−Removed: from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.
−Removed: of Operations
−Removed: Year 2022 Compared to Fiscal Year 2021
−Removed: revenues for fiscal 2022 increased by $759,832, or 16%, to $5,480,835 as compared to $4,721,003 reported for fiscal 2021.
−Removed: increase in revenues is primarily attributable to increased revenues from our funding portal, which recorded an increase of portal
−Removed: fees of $681,966, or 130% to $1,206,957 in fiscal 2022 as compared to $524,991 in fiscal 2021, in addition to an increase in listing
−Removed: fees of $92,500, or 31%, to $394,490 is fiscal 2022, as compared to $301,990 in fiscal 2021.
−Removed: The components of revenue are as
+Added: These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and
+Added: other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any
+Added: future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.
+Added: Results of Operations
+Added: Fiscal Year 2023 Compared to Fiscal Year 2022
+Added: Our revenues for fiscal 2023 increased by $3,013,150,
+Added: or 55%, to $8,493,985 as compared to $5,480,835 reported for fiscal 2022.
+Added: The increase in revenues is attributable to increased revenues
+Added: from consulting services for equity securities, which recorded an increase in fees of $3,730,000, or 111% to $7,105,000 in fiscal 2023
+Added: as compared to $3,375,000 in fiscal 2022.
+Added: The components of revenue are as follows:
April 30, 2023
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Other revenue
−Removed: costs of revenues decreased by $649,043, or 85%, to $110,115 in fiscal 2022, from $759,158 in fiscal 2021.
−Removed: The decrease is primarily
−Removed: attributable to labor costs that were incurred for revenue-generating projects in fiscal 2021 that were not required for our customers
−Removed: in fiscal 2022.
−Removed: expense increased by $205,376, or 30%, to $892,567 for fiscal 2022 from $687,191 reported in the prior fiscal year.
−Removed: is attributed to an increase in contractors in fiscal 2022 for back-office support.
−Removed: and payroll related expenses increased by $646,770, or 21%, to $3,763,845 in fiscal 2022, as compared to $3,117,075 in fiscal
−Removed: Additional payroll expenses are attributable to the need for more personnel to support the increased issuers, investors
−Removed: and users in fiscal 2022.
+Added: In fiscal 2023 and 2022, the average dollars raised
+Added: in a successful offering on the funding portal amounted to $128,170 and $369,478, respectively, and the number of offerings that closed
+Added: successfully amounted to 49 and 64, respectively.
+Added: Our costs of revenues decreased by $25,077, or 23%,
+Added: to $85,038 in fiscal 2023, from $110,115 in fiscal 2022.
+Added: The decrease is attributable to lower costs of sales from our non-funding portal
+Added: sources of income.
+Added: Consulting expenses decreased by $303,218, or 34%,
+Added: to $589,349 for fiscal 2023 from $892,567 reported in the prior fiscal year.
+Added: The decrease was primarily attributed to a decrease in overseas
+Added: Payroll and payroll related expenses decreased by
+Added: $117,355, or 3%, to $3,646,490 in fiscal 2023, as compared to $3,763,845 in fiscal 2022.
+Added: The decrease was attributed to a decrease in
+Added: staff and wages.
General and administrative expenses increased by $138,667
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The primary increase in expenses
−Removed: is attributable to legal costs, professional fees and software usage fees.
−Removed: expense increased by $39,039 to $126,372 for the year ended April 30, 2022, as compared to $87,333 for the prior fiscal year.
−Removed: Although our debt balances decreased from $5,328,784 as of April 30, 2021 to $4,142,984 as of April 30, 2022 due to the forgiveness
−Removed: of an SBA loan of $1,904,296, bearing interest at an annual rate of 1%, we increased our borrowings in fiscal 2022 by $700,000
−Removed: with new borrowings that carried an annual interest rate of 8%.
−Removed: Debt forgiveness was $0 in fiscal 2021.
−Removed: fiscal 2022, we identified that one of our equity holdings had an observable price change.
−Removed: The result of the price change was
−Removed: an increase in the fair value of the equity securities totaling $3,275,745 in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2022, which was
−Removed: recorded in the income statement as an unrealized gain on equity securities.
−Removed: In fiscal 2021, there were observable price changes
−Removed: in two securities.
−Removed: The result of these price changes was an increase in the fair value of the equity securities totaling $2,571,494
−Removed: in the fiscal year ended April 30, 2021, which was recorded in the income statement as an unrealized gain on equity securities.
−Removed: and Capital Resources
+Added: is attributable to professional fees.
+Added: Interest expense decreased by $32,530 to $93,842 for
+Added: the year ended April 30, 2023, as compared to $126,372 for the prior fiscal year.
+Added: The decrease in interest expense is attributed to a
+Added: reduction in debt owed to our secured lender.
+Added: A realized loss of $406,060 was recorded in the year
+Added: ended April 30, 2023, as compared to no realized losses in the year ended April 30, 2022.
+Added: The Company sold 606,060 shares of KingsCrowd
+Added: in June 2022 for proceeds of $200,000 that had been valued at $606,060 and recorded a realized loss on the sale of the investment
+Added: Unrealized gains on equity securities for the years
+Added: ended April 30, 2023 decreased by $1,418,245, or approximately 43%, to $1,857,500, as compared to $3,275,745 during the year ended April
+Added: The decrease in unrealized gains is attributable to the sale of common stock at $1.00 per share in a public offering by Kingscrowd
+Added: Inc., which exceeded the carrying value on our books by $3,275,745, during the year ended April 30, 2022, as compared to a net gain of
+Added: $1,857,500 from observable price changes in investment securities of three investments held by the Company during the year ended April
+Added: Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of April 30, 2023, we had cash and cash equivalents
of $569,441 and negative working capital of $2,622,670 as compared to cash and cash equivalents of $473,925 and negative working capital
−Removed: of $4,666,833 as of April 30, 2021.
−Removed: have been successful in raising capital by selling restricted common stock and by completing a public offering of our common stock.
−Removed: July 15, 2022, the Company completed an underwritten public offering of 1,205,000 shares of the Company’s common stock and
−Removed: warrants to purchase 1,205,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at a combined public offering price of $4.15 per share
−Removed: The gross proceeds from the offering were $5,000,750 prior to deducting underwriting discounts, commissions, and
−Removed: other offering expenses.
−Removed: The warrants have a per share exercise price of $5.19, are exercisable immediately, and expire five years
−Removed: from the date of issuance.
−Removed: With the use of proceeds, we paid $1 million of debt to our secured lender, to reduce the outstanding
−Removed: principal balance to $400,000.
−Removed: believe that our existing cash investment balances, and our anticipated cash flows from operations will be sufficient to meet
−Removed: our working capital and expenditure requirements for the next 12 months.
−Removed: Although we believe we have adequate sources of liquidity
−Removed: over the next 12 months, the success of our operations, the global economic outlook, and the pace of sustainable growth in our
−Removed: markets, in each case, in light of the market volatility and uncertainty as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, among other factors,
−Removed: could impact our business and liquidity.
−Removed: Up to this point in time, we believe the pandemic has helped drive people to online investing,
−Removed: as we see regular monthly increases in users and dollars invested, and an increase in issuers seeking to use online fund-raising
+Added: of $3,113,403 of April 30, 2022.
+Added: We have been successful in raising capital by completing
+Added: public offerings of our common stock.
+Added: On July 15, 2022, the Company completed an underwritten
+Added: public offering of 1,205,000 shares of the Company’s common stock and warrants to purchase 1,205,000 shares of the Company’s
+Added: common stock at a combined public offering price of $4.15 per share and warrant.
+Added: The gross proceeds from the offering were $5,000,750
+Added: prior to deducting underwriting discounts, commissions, and other offering expenses.
+Added: The warrants have a per share exercise price of $5.19,
+Added: are exercisable immediately, and expire five years from the date of issuance.
+Added: With the use of proceeds, we paid $1 million of debt to
+Added: our secured lender, to reduce the outstanding principal balance to $400,000.
+Added: On December 16, 2022 we completed an underwritten
+Added: public offering of 1,247,000 shares of our common stock, at a price to the public of $1.40 per share.
+Added: In conjunction with this offering,
+Added: we issued the underwriter and its designees warrants to purchase 62,350 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $1.75.
+Added: underwriters exercised their over-allotment option and on January 5, 2023, we issued an additional 187,000 shares of its common stock
+Added: at a price of $1.40 per share.
+Added: We received net proceeds of $1,621,459 for the issuance of a total of 1,434,000 shares of common stock
+Added: in both the initial and over-allotment offering.
+Added: In conjunction with the exercise of the over-allotment, the Company issued the underwriter
+Added: and its designees warrants to purchase 9,350 shares of our common stock with an exercise price of $1.75.
+Added: On May 23, 2023, we entered into a securities purchase
+Added: agreement with certain institutional investors, pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to such investors, in a registered
+Added: direct offering (the “Offering”), 1,100,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value
+Added: $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), at a price of $1.55 per Share, for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,705,000, before deducting
+Added: the placement agent's fees and other offering expenses payable by the Company.
+Added: The Offering closed on May 25, 2023.
+Added: The Shares were offered
+Added: and issued and sold pursuant to the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File 333-267921), filed by the Company with
+Added: the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on October 18, 2022 and declared effective on October
+Added: With the use of proceeds, we paid our secured lender
+Added: $350,000 in principal plus accrued interest of $17,167.23 to retire all outstanding obligations to the secured lender.
+Added: On July 24, 2023 the Company completed an underwritten
+Added: public offering of 1,725,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, at a price to the public of $0.70 per share for aggregate gross
+Added: proceeds of $1,207,500, before deducting underwriting discounts and offering expenses payable by the Company.
+Added: In conjunction with this
+Added: offering, the Company issued the underwriter, and its designees, warrants to purchase 86,250 shares of our common stock at an exercise
+Added: price of $0.875.
+Added: believe that our existing cash investment balances, our anticipated cash flows from operations and liquidity sources including
+Added: o ffering of equity and/or debt securities
+Added: and/or the sale of equity positions in certain portfolio companies for which Netcapital Advisors provides marketing and strategic advice
+Added: will be sufficient to meet our working capital and expenditure requirements for the next 12 months.
+Added: Although we believe we have adequate
+Added: sources of liquidity over the next 12 months, the success of our operations, the global economic outlook, and the pace of sustainable
+Added: growth in our markets, in each case, in light of the market volatility and uncertainty as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, among other
+Added: factors, could impact our business and liquidity.
+Added: Up to this point in time, we believe the pandemic has helped drive people to online
+Added: investing, as we see regular monthly increases in users and dollars invested, and an increase in issuers seeking to use online fund-raising
services in lieu of face-to-face meetings.
−Removed: over Year Changes
−Removed: cash used in operating activities amounted to $3,006,667 in fiscal 2022, as compared to net cash used in operating activities
−Removed: of $3,250,868 in fiscal 2021.
−Removed: fiscal 2022, the primary sources of cash were net income of $3,503,530 and stock-based compensation of $1,176,058.
−Removed: However, these
−Removed: items were offset by non-cash revenue from the receipt of equity of $2,387,500, an unrealized gain on equity securities of $3,275,745
−Removed: debt forgiveness of $1,904,302 and an increase in accounts receivable of $1,153,598.
−Removed: In fiscal 2021, the primary sources of cash
−Removed: were net income of $1,469,660 and stock-based compensation of $680,611.
−Removed: However, these items were offset by non-cash revenue from
−Removed: the receipt of equity of $2,319,532, an unrealized gain on equity securities of $2,571,494 and an increase in accounts receivable
−Removed: of $1,417,257.
−Removed: fiscal 2022, net cash used in investing activities amounted to $319,166, consisting of loans to affiliates of $202,000 and an
−Removed: investment in an affiliate of $117,166.
−Removed: In fiscal 2021, net cash provided by investing activities amounted to $242,025.
−Removed: from the purchase of a subsidiary provided cash of $364,939, which was offset by a use of cash of $122,914 as an investment in
−Removed: an affiliate.
−Removed: fiscal 2022, net cash provided by financing activities amounted to $1,325,799.
−Removed: Cash proceeds were received of $300,000 from the
−Removed: sale of two convertible notes, $400,000 from borrowing from our secured lender and $625,799 from the sale of stock subscriptions.
−Removed: In fiscal 2021, net cash provided by financing activities totaled $5,471,596.
−Removed: Proceeds from loans amounted to $4,271,600 and proceeds
−Removed: from stock subscriptions totaled $1,199,996.
−Removed: fiscal 2022 and 2021, there were no expenditures for capital assets.
−Removed: We do not anticipate any capital expenditures in the next
−Removed: Accounting Standards
−Removed: new accounting pronouncements in Note 1 to our financial statements, which are included in this Report, are incorporated herein
−Removed: by reference thereto.
−Removed: Accounting Policies and Estimates
−Removed: preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) in the United
−Removed: States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities and disclosures
−Removed: of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and reported amounts of revenues and expenses during
−Removed: the reporting period.
+Added: Year over Year Changes
+Added: Net cash used in operating activities amounted to
+Added: $4,617,200 in fiscal 2023, as compared to net cash used in operating activities of $3,006,667 in fiscal 2022.
+Added: In fiscal 2023, the primary sources of cash were net
+Added: income of $2,954,972, changes in deferred taxes of 680,000, a realized loss on the sale of investments of 406,060, a decrease in accounts
+Added: receivable of $1,039,957 and stock-based compensation of $269,577.
+Added: However, these items were offset by non-cash revenue from the receipt
+Added: of equity of $8,110,000, and an unrealized gain on equity securities of $1,857,500.
+Added: In fiscal 2022, the primary sources of cash were net
+Added: income of $3,503,530 and stock-based compensation of $1,176,058.
+Added: However, these items were offset by non-cash revenue from the receipt
+Added: of equity of $2,387,500, an unrealized gain on equity securities of $3,275,745 debt forgiveness of $1,904,302 and an increase in accounts
+Added: receivable of $1,153,598.
+Added: In fiscal 2023, net cash provided by investing activities
+Added: amounted to $200,000 from the sale of an investment.
+Added: In fiscal 2022, net cash used in investing activities amounted to $319,166, consisting
+Added: of loans to affiliates of $202,000 and an investment in an affiliate of $117,166.
+Added: In fiscal 2023, net cash provided from financing activities
+Added: amounted to $4,512,716, which included proceeds from the sale of common stock of $5,570,576, which was offset by a payment of $7,860 for
+Added: a related party note, and payment of $1,050,000 to a secured lender.
+Added: In fiscal 2022, net cash provided by financing activities amounted
+Added: to $1,325,799.
+Added: Cash proceeds were received of $300,000 from the sale of two convertible notes, $400,000 from borrowing from our secured
+Added: lender and $625,799 from the sale of stock subscriptions.
+Added: In fiscal 2023 and 2022, there were no expenditures
+Added: for capital assets.
+Added: We do not anticipate any capital expenditures in the next fiscal year.
+Added: New Accounting Standards
+Added: The new accounting pronouncements in Note 1 to our
+Added: financial statements, which are included in this Report, are incorporated herein by reference thereto.
+Added: Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
+Added: The preparation of financial statements in conformity
+Added: with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions
+Added: that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
+Added: statements and reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.
The most significant estimates include:
−Removed: revenue recognition and estimating allowance
−Removed: for doubtful accounts;
+Added: revenue recognition and estimating allowance for doubtful
valuation of long-lived assets;
−Removed: income tax valuation allowance.
−Removed: continually evaluate our accounting policies and the estimates we use to prepare our financial statements.
−Removed: In general, the estimates
−Removed: are based on historical experience, on information from third party professionals and on various other sources and assumptions
−Removed: that are believed to be reasonable under the facts and circumstances at the time such estimates are made.
−Removed: Management considers
−Removed: an accounting estimate to be critical if:
+Added: valuation of intangible assets.
+Added: We continually evaluate our accounting policies and
+Added: the estimates we use to prepare our financial statements.
+Added: In general, the estimates are based on historical experience, on information
+Added: from third party professionals and on various other sources and assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the facts and circumstances
+Added: at the time such estimates are made.
+Added: Management considers an accounting estimate to be critical if:
it requires assumptions
to be made that were uncertain at the time the estimate was made;
−Removed: changes in the
−Removed: estimate, or the use of different estimating methods, could have a material impact on our consolidated results of operations
+Added: in the estimate, or the use of different estimating methods, could have a material impact on our consolidated results of operations
or financial condition.
−Removed: results could differ from those estimates.
−Removed: Significant accounting policies are described in Note 1 to our financial statements,
−Removed: which are included in this Report.
−Removed: In many cases, the accounting treatment of a particular transaction is specifically dictated
−Removed: There are also areas in which management’s judgment in selecting any available alternative would not produce a
−Removed: materially different result.
−Removed: of our accounting policies are deemed “critical”, as they require management's highest degree of judgment, estimates
−Removed: and assumptions.
−Removed: The following critical accounting policies are not intended to be a comprehensive list of all of our accounting
−Removed: policies or estimates:
−Removed: Company recognizes service revenue from its consulting contracts and its game website using the five-step model as prescribed
−Removed: Identification of the contract, or contracts, with a customer;
−Removed: Identification of the performance obligations in the contract;
−Removed: Determination of the transaction price;
−Removed: Allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract;
−Removed: Recognition of revenue when or as, the Company satisfies a performance obligation.
−Removed: for Doubtful Accounts
−Removed: order to record the Company’s accounts receivable at their net realizable value, the Company must assess their collectability.
−Removed: considerable amount of judgment is required in order to make this assessment, including an analysis of historical bad debts and
−Removed: other adjustments, a review of the aging of the Company’s receivables, and the current creditworthiness of the Company’s
−Removed: Generally, when a customer account reaches a certain level of delinquency, the Company provides an allowance
−Removed: for the related amount receivable from the customer.
−Removed: The Company writes off the accounts receivable balance from a
−Removed: customer and the related allowance established when it believes it has exhausted all reasonable collection efforts.
−Removed: receivable of $2,433,900 and $1,356,932 were recorded at April 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and an allowance for doubtful
−Removed: accounts of $136,955 and $60,325 were recorded at April 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
−Removed: of Long-Lived Assets
−Removed: Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) authoritative guidance requires that certain assets be reviewed for impairment
−Removed: and, if impaired, remeasured at fair value whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the
−Removed: asset may not be recoverable.
−Removed: Impairment loss estimates are primarily based upon management’s analysis and review of the
−Removed: carrying value of long-lived assets at each balance sheet date, utilizing an undiscounted future cash flow calculation.
−Removed: not recognize an impairment loss in fiscal 2022 and 2021.
−Removed: estimate the degree to which tax assets and loss carryforwards will result in a benefit based on expected profitability by tax
−Removed: jurisdiction.
−Removed: A valuation allowance for such tax assets and loss carryforwards is provided when it is determined that such assets
−Removed: will more likely than not go unused.
−Removed: If it becomes more likely than not that a tax asset or loss carry-forward will be used, the
−Removed: related valuation allowance on such assets is reversed.
−Removed: Sheet Arrangements
−Removed: have no off-balance sheet arrangements.
−Removed: About Market Risk
−Removed: are not subject to fluctuations in interest rates, currency exchange rates or other financial market risks.
−Removed: We have not made any
−Removed: sales, purchases or commitments with foreign entities which would expose us to currency risks.
−Removed: QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.
−Removed: are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and are not required to provide information under
−Removed: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.
−Removed: Consolidated Financial Statements required by this Item are included herein, commencing on page F-1.
−Removed: CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.
+Added: Actual results could differ from those estimates.
+Added: Significant accounting policies are described in Note 1 to our financial statements, which are included in this Report.
+Added: In many cases,
+Added: the accounting treatment of a particular transaction is specifically dictated by GAAP.
+Added: There are also areas in which management’s
+Added: judgment in selecting any available alternative would not produce a materially different result.
+Added: Certain of our accounting policies are deemed “critical”,
+Added: as they require management's highest degree of judgment, estimates and assumptions.
+Added: The following critical accounting policies are not
+Added: intended to be a comprehensive list of all of our accounting policies or estimates:
+Added: Revenue Recognition
+Added: The Company recognizes service revenue
+Added: from its consulting contracts and its game website using the five-step model as prescribed by ASC 606:
+Added: Identification of the
+Added: contract, or contracts, with a customer;
+Added: Identification of the
+Added: performance obligations in the contract;
+Added: Determination of the transaction
+Added: Allocation of the transaction
+Added: price to the performance obligations in the contract;
+Added: Recognition of revenue
+Added: when or as, the Company satisfies a performance obligation.
+Added: Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
+Added: In order to record the Company’s accounts receivable
+Added: at their net realizable value, the Company must assess their collectability.
+Added: A considerable amount of judgment is required
+Added: in order to make this assessment, including an analysis of historical bad debts and other adjustments, a review of the aging of the Company’s
+Added: receivables, and the current creditworthiness of the Company’s customers.
+Added: Generally, when a customer account reaches
+Added: a certain level of delinquency, the Company provides an allowance for the related amount receivable from the customer.
+Added: Company writes off the accounts receivable balance from a customer and the related allowance established when it believes it has exhausted
+Added: all reasonable collection efforts.
+Added: Net accounts receivable of $1,388,500 and $2,433,900 were recorded at April 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively,
+Added: and an allowance for doubtful accounts of $91,955 and $136,955 were recorded at April 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
+Added: Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
+Added: Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”)
+Added: authoritative guidance requires that certain assets be reviewed for impairment and, if impaired, remeasured at fair value whenever events
+Added: or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the asset may not be recoverable.
+Added: Impairment loss estimates are primarily
+Added: based upon management’s analysis and review of the carrying value of long-lived assets at each balance sheet date, utilizing an
+Added: undiscounted future cash flow calculation.
+Added: We did not recognize an impairment loss in fiscal 2023 and 2022.
+Added: We estimate the degree to which tax assets and loss
+Added: carryforwards will result in a benefit based on expected profitability by tax jurisdiction.
+Added: A valuation allowance for such tax assets
+Added: and loss carryforwards is provided when it is determined that such assets will more likely than not go unused.
+Added: If it becomes more likely
+Added: than not that a tax asset or loss carry-forward will be used, the related valuation allowance on such assets is reversed.
+Added: Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
+Added: We have no off-balance sheet arrangements.
+Added: Information About Market Risk
+Added: We are not subject to fluctuations in interest
+Added: rates, currency exchange rates or other financial market risks.
+Added: We have not made any sales, purchases or commitments with foreign entities
+Added: which would expose us to currency risks.
+Added: QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE
+Added: DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.
+Added: We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule
+Added: 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and are not required to provide information under this item.
+Added: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY
+Added: Our Consolidated Financial Statements required by
+Added: this Item are included herein, commencing on page F-1.
+Added: CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS
+Added: WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.
+Added: Not applicable.
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