Item 1A. Risk Factors
Item
1A. Risk Factors
An
investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. The risks and uncertainties we have described in this Annual Report are
not the only ones we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also
affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations. We may not be successful in preventing the material adverse effects
that any of the following risks and uncertainties may cause.
You
should carefully consider the following risks, as well as the other information contained in this Annual Report, including our historical
financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Annual Report. Any one of these risks and uncertainties has the potential
to cause material adverse effects on our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results which could cause actual results
to differ materially from any forward-looking statements expressed by us and a significant decrease in the value of our Common Stock
and warrants. Refer to “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”
Risks
Related to Our Business
We
have a history of operating losses and may never achieve profitability in the future .
We
have experienced net losses in each annual period since inception. We generated net losses of $2.8 million and $10.1 million for the
years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. As of December 31, 2025, we had an accumulated deficit of approximately $104.4
million.
We
expect to continue to incur significant losses in the development, marketing, sale and delivery of our services. If we do not grow our
revenues or if we lose existing customers, we expect to continue to incur losses from operations for the foreseeable future. Because
of the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with the development, marketing, sale and delivery of our iRWDTM services, we may
experience larger than expected future losses and may never become profitable. Moreover, there is a substantial risk that we may not
be able to successfully commercialize our iRWDTM services, which would make it unlikely that we would ever achieve profitability.
OneMedNet
believes it has demonstrated its quality and responsiveness in clinical imaging and curation of Real-World Data based upon success in
compiling one of the largest networks of imaging centers (comprised of hospitals, imaging centers and clinics) throughout the United
States covering more than 31 million Patient Records to date. On the global front, OneMedNet works with hospitals and life science companies
around the world including in Ireland, United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Canada and South Korea and growing. We base
these claims on our understanding of our competition in the United States and globally. However, if we were to lose these relationships
with our network of imaging centers or lose our customers or our competitors’ technology surpasses ours, our competitors could
claim a greater market share domestically or abroad, which could reduce our growth and our profits, which could harm our business, financial
position, results of operations and prospects.
The
report of our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 contains an explanatory
paragraph regarding substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
As
stated above, we have experienced net losses in each annual period since inception. We generated net losses of $2.8 million and $10.1
million for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. As of December 31, 2025, we had an accumulated deficit of approximately
$104.4 million. Our independent registered accounting firm has included an explanatory paragraph in its report expressing substantial
doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon our ability to generate
cashflows from operations and obtain financing. We intend to continue funding our operations through equity and debt financing arrangements,
which may be insufficient to fund our capital expenditures, working capital and other cash requirements in the long term. There can be
no assurance that the steps management is taking will be successful.
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We
may encounter difficulties in managing our attempted growth of our business, which could negatively impact our operations.
As
we expand, market, sell and deliver our service offerings, we anticipate that we will need to increase our service development, sales
and marketing and administrative headcount. Such an evolution may impact our strategic focus and our deployment and allocation of resources.
Our ability to manage our operations and growth effectively depends upon the continual improvement of our procedures, reporting systems
and operational, financial and management controls. We may not be able to implement administrative and operational improvements in an
efficient or timely manner and may discover deficiencies in existing systems and controls. If we do not meet these challenges, we may
be unable to execute our business strategies and may be forced to expend more resources than anticipated addressing these issues.
We
may acquire additional technology and complementary businesses in the future. Acquisitions involve many risks, any of which could materially
harm our business, including the diversion of management’s attention from core business concerns, failure to effectively exploit
acquired technologies, failure to successfully integrate the acquired business or realize expected synergies or the loss of key employees
from either our business or the acquired businesses.
We
may be unable to execute our business objectives and growth strategies successfully or sustain our growth and, as a result, this could
have a material adverse effect on our operating results.
The
highly complex nature of our industry requires that we effectively execute and manage our business objectives and growth strategies,
such as expanding our marketing and commercialization of our services in the U.S. and internationally, adding new customers, and increasing
our service delivery capacity. However, we may not be able to execute these strategies as effectively as anticipated. Our ability to
execute on these strategies depends on a number of factors, including, without limitation:
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our ability to obtain adequate
capital resources to execute our growth plans;
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our ability to hire, train
and retain skilled managers and personnel, including quality and production personnel, and marketing and commercial specialists;
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our ability to protect
our existing and new services by registering and defending our intellectual property rights; and
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Our
ability to successfully continue to add provider partners to the platform; and
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our ability to successfully
add new customers.
To
the extent we are unable to execute our growth strategies in accordance with our expectations, this could have a material adverse effect
on our business, financial condition, and future results of operations.
The
Real World Data and Real World Evidence business market continues to evolve and is highly competitive, and we may not be successful in
competing in this industry or establishing and maintaining confidence in our long-term business prospects among current and future partners
and customers.
The
Real World Data and Real World Evidence business market in which we compete continues to evolve and is highly competitive. To date, we
have focused our efforts on our expertise in clinical imaging innovation solutions that connect healthcare providers and patients and
satisfy a crucial need for the life sciences. We offer direct access to clinical images and associated contextual patient records. OneMedNet
proved the commercial and regulatory viability of iRWDTM, a promising emerging market, that exactly matches OneMedNet’s life science
partners’ case selection protocol. OneMedNet has the immediate ability to quickly search and extensively curate multi-layer data
from a federated group of healthcare facilities and to provide fast access to curated medical images that has proved the commercial and
regulatory viability of imaging Real World Data and covers the complete value chain in imaging Real World Data, validated by an increasing
federated network of providers. However, Real World Data and Real World Evidence has been increasingly adopted, and our current competitors
have, and future competitors may have, greater resources than we do and may also be able to devote greater resources to the development
of their current and future technologies. These competitors also may have greater access to customers and may be able to establish cooperative
or strategic relationships amongst themselves or with third parties that may further enhance their resources and competitive positioning.
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Developments
in improvements in Real World Data and Real World Evidence curation by competitors may materially adversely affect the sales, pricing
and gross margins of our business. If a competing technology or process is developed that has superior operational or price performance,
our business will be harmed. Similarly, if we fail to accurately predict and ensure that our Real World Data and Real World Evidence
offering can address customers’ changing needs or emerging technological trends, or if our customers fail to achieve the benefits
expected from our Real World Data and Real World Evidence offering, our business will be harmed.
We
must continue to commit resources to develop our Real World Data and Real World Evidence technology in order to establish a competitive
position, and these commitments will be made without knowing whether such investments will result in products potential customers will
accept. There is no assurance we will successfully identify new customer requirements, develop and bring our Real World Data and Real
World Evidence to market on a timely basis, or that products and technologies developed by others will not render our Real World Data
and Real World Evidence obsolete or noncompetitive, any of which would adversely affect our business and operating results.
If
we are unable to attract and retain key employees and qualified personnel, our ability to compete could be harmed.
We
depend on the talents and continued efforts of our senior management and key employees. The loss of members of our management or key
employees may disrupt our business and harm our results of operations. Further, our ability to manage further expansion will require
us to continue to attract, motivate and retain additional qualified personnel. Competition for this type of personnel is intense, and
we may not be successful in attracting, integrating and retaining the personnel required to grow and operate our business effectively.
There can be no assurance that our current management team or any new members of our management team will be able to successfully execute
our business and operating strategies.
A
material breach in security relating to the Company’s information systems and regulation related to such breaches, cyber-attacks,
or other disruptions could adversely affect the Company, expose us to liability and affect our business and reputation.
Information
security risks have generally increased in recent years, in part because of the proliferation of new technologies and the use of the
Internet, and the increased sophistication and activity of organized crime, hackers, terrorists, activists, cybercriminals and other
external parties, some of which may be linked to terrorist organizations or hostile foreign governments. Cybersecurity attacks are becoming
more sophisticated and include malicious software, ransomware, attempts to gain unauthorized access to data and other electronic security
breaches that could lead to disruptions in critical systems, unauthorized release of confidential or otherwise protected information
and corruption of data, substantially damaging the Company’s reputation. Any person who circumvents the security measures could
steal proprietary or confidential information or cause interruptions in the Company’s operations.
We
are increasingly dependent on our information technology systems and infrastructure for our business. We, our collaborators and our service
providers collect, store, and transmit sensitive information including intellectual property, proprietary business information, and personal
information in connection with our business operations. The secure maintenance of this information is critical to our operations and
business strategy. Some of this information could be an attractive target of criminal attack by third parties with a wide range of motives
and expertise, including organized criminal groups, “hacktivists,” disgruntled current or former employees, nation-state
and nation-state supported actors, and others. Cyber-attacks are of ever-increasing levels of sophistication, and despite our security
measures, our information technology and infrastructure may be vulnerable to such attacks or may be breached, including due to employee
error or malfeasance.
We
have implemented information security measures to protect our systems, proprietary information, and sensitive data against the risk of
inappropriate and unauthorized external use and disclosure and other types of compromise. However, despite these measures, and due to
the ever-changing information cyber-threat landscape, we cannot guarantee that these measures will be adequate to detect, prevent or
mitigate security breaches and other incidents and we may be subject to data breaches through cyber-attacks, malicious code (such as
viruses and worms), phishing attacks, social engineering schemes, and insider theft or misuse. Any such breach could compromise our networks,
and the information stored there could be accessed, modified, destroyed, publicly disclosed, lost or stolen. If our systems become compromised,
we may not promptly discover the intrusion.
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Any
security breach or other incident, whether real or perceived, could cause us to suffer reputational damage. Such incidents could result
in costs to respond to, investigate and remedy such incidents, notification obligations to affected individuals, government agencies,
credit reporting agencies and other third parties, legal claims or proceedings, and liability under our contracts with other parties
and federal and state laws that protect the privacy and security of personal information. The Company’s failure to prevent security
breaches, or well-publicized security breaches affecting the Internet in general, could significantly harm the Company’s reputation
and business and financial results.
If
we are unable to adequately protect or expand our intellectual property related to our current or future products, our business prospects
could be harmed.
Our
success, competitive position and future revenues will depend in part on our ability to obtain and maintain intellectual property protection
for our products, methods, processes and other technologies, to preserve our trade secrets, to prevent third parties from infringing
on our proprietary rights and to operate without infringing the proprietary rights of third parties.
We
will be able to protect our proprietary intellectual property rights from unauthorized use by third parties only to the extent that our
proprietary rights are effectively maintained as trade secrets. Our industry involves complex legal and factual questions, and, therefore,
we cannot predict with certainty whether we will be able to ultimately enforce our proprietary intellectual property rights. Therefore,
any intellectual property rights that may be challenged, invalidated or circumvented, and may not provide us with the protection against
competitors that we anticipate. The degree of future protection for our proprietary intellectual property rights is uncertain because
legal means afford only limited protection and may not adequately protect our rights or permit us to gain or keep our competitive advantage.
If
we fail to comply with the extensive legal and regulatory requirements affecting the health care industry, we could face increased costs,
penalties and a loss of business.
Our
activities, and the activities of our collaborators, partners and third-party providers, are subject to extensive government regulation
and oversight both in the United States and in foreign jurisdictions. The FDA and comparable agencies in other jurisdictions directly
regulate many of our most critical business activities, including product manufacturing, advertising and promotion, product distribution,
adverse event reporting and product risk management. States increasingly have been placing greater restrictions on the marketing practices
of healthcare companies and have instituted pricing disclosure and other requirements for companies in the health sciences industry.
In addition, health sciences companies have been the target of lawsuits and investigations alleging violations of government regulations,
including claims asserting submission of incorrect pricing information, improper promotion of products, payments intended to influence
the referral of federal or state healthcare business, submission of false claims for government reimbursement, antitrust violations,
violations of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the U.K. Bribery Act and similar anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws, or violations
related to environmental matters. There is also enhanced scrutiny of company-sponsored patient assistance programs, including insurance
premium and co-pay assistance programs and donations to third-party charities that provide such assistance. Violations of governmental
regulation by us, our customers, and our partners may be punishable by criminal and civil sanctions, including damages, fines and penalties
and exclusion from participation in government programs. Actions taken by federal or local governments, legislative bodies and enforcement
agencies with respect to these legal and regulatory compliance matters could also result in reduced demand for our products. We cannot
ensure that our compliance controls, policies, and procedures will in every instance protect us from acts committed by our employees,
collaborators, partners or third-party providers that would violate the laws or regulations of the jurisdictions in which we operate.
Whether or not we have complied with the law, an investigation into alleged unlawful conduct could increase our expenses, damage our
reputation, divert management time and attention and adversely affect our business, and any settlement of these proceedings could result
in significant payments by us. Risks relating to compliance with laws and regulations may be heightened as we continue to expand our
global operations, which may result in additional regulatory burdens and obligations.
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Our
collection, use, and disclosure of personal information is subject to U.S. state and federal privacy and security regulations, and our
failure to comply with those regulations or to adequately secure the information we hold could result in significant liability or reputational
harm.
The
privacy and security of personal information stored, maintained, received, or transmitted, including electronically, is a major issue
in the U.S. and abroad. Numerous federal and state laws and regulations, including state privacy, data security and breach notification
laws, federal and state consumer protection and employment laws, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“ HIPAA ”),
as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009, and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination
Act of 2008, govern the collection, dissemination, use, and confidentiality of personal information, including genetic, biometric, and
health information. These laws and regulations are increasing in complexity and number, may change frequently, and sometimes conflict.
Penalties for violations of these laws vary but can be severe.
While
we strive to comply with all applicable privacy and security laws and regulations, including our own posted privacy policies, these laws
and regulations continue to evolve, and any failure or perceived failure to comply may result in proceedings or actions against us by
government entities or others or could cause us to lose customers, which could have a material adverse effect on our business. Recently,
there has been an increase in public awareness of privacy issues in the wake of revelations about the data collection activities of various
government agencies and in the number of private privacy-related lawsuits filed against companies. Concerns about our practices with
regard to the collection, use, retention, disclosure, or security of personal information or other privacy-related matters, even if unfounded
and even if we are in compliance with applicable laws, could damage our reputation and harm our business.
Our
operations could be damaged or adversely affected as a result of natural disasters and other catastrophic events.
Our
operations could be adversely affected by events outside of our control, such as natural disasters, wars, health epidemics such as the
COVID-19 pandemic, and other calamities . We cannot assure you that any backup systems will be adequate to protect us from the
effects of fire, floods, typhoons, earthquakes, power loss, telecommunications failures, break-ins, war, riots, terrorist attacks or
similar events. Any of the foregoing events may give rise to interruptions, breakdowns, system failures, technology platform failures
or internet failures, which could cause the loss or corruption of data or malfunctions of software or hardware as well as adversely affect
our ability to provide services. The impact of recent changes to United States trade policy, particularly as it relates to our workforce
in Canada, may have a negative effect on our business if access to our platform in the United States is restricted for support and ongoing
maintenance.
Our
ability to utilize our net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards to offset future taxable income may be subject to certain limitations.
In
general, under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code, a corporation that undergoes an “ownership change” is subject to
limitations on its ability to use its pre-change net operating loss carryforwards (“NOLs”) to offset future taxable income.
An “ownership change” is generally defined as a greater than 50 percentage point change (by value) in its equity ownership
by certain stockholders over a three-year period. If we have experienced an ownership change at any time since our incorporation, we
may already be subject to limitations on our ability to utilize our existing NOLs and other tax attributes to offset taxable income or
tax liability. In addition, the Business Combination and future changes in our stock ownership, which may be outside of our control,
may trigger an ownership change. Similar provisions of state tax law may also apply to limit our use of accumulated state tax attributes.
As a result, even if we earn net taxable income in the future, our ability to use these or our pre-change NOL carryforwards and other
tax attributes to offset such taxable income or tax liability may be subject to limitations, which could potentially result in increased
future income tax liability to us. The Company has not yet conducted a formal study of whether, or to what extent, past changes in control
of the Company impacts its ability to utilize NOL carryforwards because such NOL carryforwards cannot be utilized until the Company achieves
profitability.
There
is also a risk that changes in law or regulatory changes made in response to the need for some jurisdictions to raise additional revenue
to help counter the fiscal impact from unforeseen reasons, including suspensions on the use of net operating losses or tax credits, possibly
with retroactive effect, may result in our existing net operating losses or tax credits expiring or otherwise being unavailable to offset
future income tax liabilities.
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We
are subject to many hazards and operational risks that can disrupt our business, some of which may not be insured or fully covered by
insurance.
Our
operations are subject to many hazards and operational risks inherent to our business, including: (a) general business risks; (b) warranty
liability; and (c) damage to third parties (e.g., our vendors), our infrastructure or properties caused by fires, floods and other natural
disasters, power losses, telecommunications failures, terrorist attacks, riots, cyberattacks, public health crises such as the COVID-19
pandemic (and other future pandemics or epidemics), human errors and similar events. As a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, or similar
pandemics, we have and may in the future experience disruptions that could severely impact our business and the business of our customers.
Our
insurance coverage may be inadequate to cover our liabilities related to such hazards or operational risks. For example, we do not currently
maintain cybersecurity insurance and our insurance providers may take the position that our coverage, under present circumstances, does
not extend to business interruptions. In addition, we may not be able to maintain adequate insurance in the future at rates we consider
reasonable and commercially justifiable, and insurance may not continue to be available on terms as favorable as our current arrangements.
The occurrence of a significant uninsured claim or a claim in excess of the insurance coverage limits maintained by us could have a material
adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We
are subject to risks related to holding bitcoin, the price of which has been, and will likely continue to be, highly volatile
We
began strategically investing in bitcoin during 2024 and may use our cash and cash equivalents to purchase more bitcoin in the future.
Bitcoin is a highly volatile asset that has traded below $75,000 per bitcoin and above $124,000 per bitcoin during 2025. In addition,
bitcoin does not pay interest or other returns and so the ability to generate a return on investment in bitcoin will largely depend on
whether there is appreciation in the market price of bitcoin following our purchases of bitcoin.
Purchasing
bitcoin exposes us to various risks, including the following:
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Bitcoin is a highly volatile
asset, and fluctuations in the price of bitcoin may influence our financial results and the market price of our common shares;
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bitcoin and other digital
assets are novel assets, and are subject to significant legal, commercial, regulatory and technical uncertainty;
●
our historical financial
statements do not reflect the potential variability in earnings that we may experience in the future relating to bitcoin holdings;
●
due to the unregulated
nature and lack of transparency surrounding the operations of many bitcoin trading venues, bitcoin trading venues may experience
greater fraud, security failures or regulatory or operational problems than trading venues for more established asset classes, which
may result in a loss of confidence in bitcoin trading venues and adversely affect the value of the bitcoin we own;
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the emergence or growth
of other digital assets, including those with significant private or public sector backing, could have a negative impact on the price
of bitcoin and adversely affect our business;
●
bitcoin holdings are less
liquid than our existing cash and cash equivalents and may not be able to serve as a source of liquidity for us to the same extent
as cash and cash equivalents;
●
if we or our third-party
service providers experience a security breach or cyberattack and unauthorized parties obtain access to our bitcoin, or if our private
keys are lost or destroyed, or other similar circumstances or events occur, we may lose some or all of our bitcoin and our financial
condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected;
●
we may face risks relating
to the custody of bitcoin, including the loss or destruction of private keys required to access our bitcoin and cyberattacks or other
data loss relating to our bitcoin; and
●
regulatory change reclassifying
bitcoin as a security could lead to our classification as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of
1940 and could adversely affect the market price of bitcoin and the market price of our common shares.
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Risks
Related to Our Common Stock
Our
Common Stock may be subject to extreme volatility.
The
trading price of our Common Stock may be subject to extreme volatility. We cannot predict the magnitude of future fluctuations in the
trading price of our Common Stock. The trading price of our Common Stock may be affected by a number of factors, including events described
in this section entitled, “Risk Factors” and in our other periodic reports filed with the SEC from time to time, as well
as our operating results, financial condition and other events or factors. Any of the factors listed below could have a material adverse
effect on your investment in our securities. Factors affecting the trading price of our securities may include:
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announcements
by us or our competitors regarding technical developments and levels of performance achieved by our or their Real World Data and
Real World Evidence offering;
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announcements
by us regarding developments in our relationship with existing and future key customers;
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our
ability to bring our products and technologies to market on a timely basis, or at all;
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our
operating results or development efforts failing to meet the expectation of securities analysts or investors in a particular period;
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Actual
or anticipated fluctuations in our quarterly financial results or the quarterly financial results of companies perceived to be similar
to us;
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changes
in the market’s expectations about our operating results or the Real World Data and Real World Evidence industry;
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success
of competitors’ actual or perceived development efforts;
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changes
in financial estimates and recommendations by securities analysts concerning the Company or the Real World Data and Real World Evidence
industry in general;
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operating
and share price performance of other companies that investors deem comparable to the Company;
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disputes
or other developments related to proprietary rights, including patents, litigation matters and our ability to obtain intellectual
property protection for our technologies;
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changes
in laws and regulations affecting our business;
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our
ability to meet compliance requirements;
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commencement
of, or involvement in, litigation involving the Company;
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changes
in our capital structure, such as future issuances of securities or the incurrence of additional debt;
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the
volume of shares of Common Stock available for public sale;
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the
level of demand for our Common Stock, including the amount of short interest in our Common Stock;
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any
major change in our Board of Directors or management;
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sales
of substantial amounts of shares of our Common Stock by our directors, executive officers or significant stockholders or the perception
that such sales could occur;
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the
expiration of contractual lock-up agreements with our executive officers, directors and certain stockholders, which we have entered
into and may enter into in the future from time to time; and
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general
economic and political conditions such as recessions, interest rates, fuel prices, international currency fluctuations and acts of
war or terrorism.
Broad
market and industry factors may materially harm the market price of our securities irrespective of our operating performance. The stock
market in general, and the Nasdaq in particular, have experienced price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate
to the operating performance of the particular companies affected. The trading prices and valuations of these stocks, and of our securities,
may not be predictable. A loss of investor confidence in the market for retail stocks or the stocks of other companies which investors
perceive to be similar to the Company could depress our share price regardless of our business, prospects, financial conditions or results
of operations. A decline in the market price of our securities also could adversely affect our ability to issue additional securities
and our ability to obtain additional financing in the future.
Following
certain periods of volatility in the market price of our securities, we may become subject to securities litigation. We have experienced,
and may in the future experience, additional litigation following periods of volatility. This type of litigation may result in substantial
costs and a diversion of management’s attention and resources.
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We
are currently listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market. If we are unable to maintain listing of our securities on Nasdaq or any stock exchange,
our stock price could be adversely affected and the liquidity of our stock and our ability to obtain financing could be impaired and
it may be more difficult for our stockholders to sell their securities.
Although
our Common Stock is currently listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market, we may not be able to continue to meet the exchange’s minimum
listing requirements or those of any other national exchange. If we are unable to maintain listing on Nasdaq or if a liquid market for
our Common Stock does not develop or is sustained, our Common Stock may remain thinly traded.
The
listing rules of Nasdaq require listing issuers to comply with certain standards in order to remain listed on its exchange. If, for any
reason, we should fail to maintain compliance with these listing standards and Nasdaq should delist our securities from trading on its
exchange and we are unable to obtain listing on another national securities exchange, a reduction in some or all of the following may
occur, each of which could have a material adverse effect on our stockholders:
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the liquidity of our Common
Stock;
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the market price of our
Common Stock;
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our ability to obtain financing
for the continuation of our operations;
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the number of institutional
and general investors that will consider investing in our Common Stock;
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the number of investors
in general that will consider investing in our Common Stock;
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the number of market makers
in our Common Stock;
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the availability of information
concerning the trading prices and volume of our Common Stock; and
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the number of broker-dealers
willing to execute trades in shares of our Common Stock.
Our
principal stockholders will continue to have significant influence over the election of our Board of Directors and approval of any significant
corporate actions, including any sale of the Company.
Our
founders, executive officers, directors, and other principal stockholders, in the aggregate, beneficially own a majority of our outstanding
stock. These stockholders currently have, and likely will continue to have, significant influence with respect to the election of our
Board of Directors and approval or disapproval of all significant corporate actions. The concentrated voting power of these stockholders
could have the effect of delaying or preventing an acquisition of the Company or another significant corporate transaction.
We
could be subject to securities class action litigation.
In
the past, securities class action litigation has often been brought against companies following a decline in the market price of their
securities. If we face such litigation, it could result in substantial costs and a diversion of management’s attention and resources,
which could harm our business.
If
securities or industry analysts do not publish research or publish inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, the market
price for our Common Stock and trading volume could decline.
The
trading market for our Common Stock will depend in part on the research and reports that securities or industry analysts publish about
us or our business. If research analysts do not establish and maintain adequate research coverage or if one or more of the analysts who
covers us downgrades our Common Stock or publishes inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, the market price for our Common
Stock would likely decline. If one or more of these analysts cease coverage of our Company or fail to publish reports on us regularly,
we could lose visibility in the financial markets, which, in turn, could cause the market price or trading volume for our Common Stock
to decline.
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We
do not expect to pay dividends in the foreseeable future, and you must rely on price appreciation of your shares of Common Stock for
return on your investment.
We
have paid no cash dividends on any class of our stock to date, and we do not anticipate paying cash dividends in the near term. For the
foreseeable future, we intend to retain any earnings to finance the development and expansion of our business, and we do not anticipate
paying any cash dividends on our stock. Accordingly, investors must be prepared to rely on sales of their shares after price appreciation
to earn an investment return, which may never occur. Investors seeking cash dividends should not purchase our shares. Any determination
to pay dividends in the future will be made at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend on our results of operations,
financial condition, contractual restrictions, restrictions imposed by applicable law and other factors our Board of Directors deems
relevant.
Future
sales of substantial amounts of our Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Common Stock,
either by us or by our existing stockholders, or the possibility that such sales could occur, could adversely affect the market price
of our Common Stock.
Future
sales in the public market of shares of our Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of
Common Stock, shares held by our existing stockholders or shares issued upon exercise of our outstanding stock options or warrants, or
the perception by the market that these sales could occur, could lower the market price of our Common Stock or make it difficult for
us to raise additional capital.
We
are an “emerging growth company,” and the reduced reporting requirements applicable to emerging growth companies may make
our Common Stock less attractive to investors.
We
are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the JOBS Act. For as long as we continue to be an emerging growth company,
we may take advantage of exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging
growth companies, including, among other things, exemption from compliance with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation and exemptions from the requirements of holding
a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.
We will remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of (1) the last day of the fiscal year (a) following the fifth anniversary
of the closing of our initial public offering, (b) in which we have total annual gross revenue of at least $1.235 billion or (c) in which
we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which means the market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million
as of the end of our prior second fiscal quarter, and (2) the date on which we have issued more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt
during the prior three-year period.
In
addition, under the JOBS Act, emerging growth companies may delay adopting new or revised accounting standards until such time as those
standards apply to private companies. We may elect not to avail ourselves of this exemption from new or revised accounting standards
and, therefore, may be subject to the same new or revised accounting standards as other public companies that are not emerging growth
companies. We cannot predict if investors will find our Common Stock less attractive because we may rely on these exemptions. If some
investors find our Common Stock less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and our share
price may be more volatile.
Anti-takeover
provisions contained in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws as well as provisions of Delaware law could impair a takeover attempt.
Our
certificate of incorporation, bylaws and Delaware law contain provisions which could have the effect of rendering more difficult, delaying
or preventing an acquisition deemed undesirable by our Board of Directors. Our corporate governance documents include provisions:
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authorizing “blank
check” preferred stock, which could be issued by our Board of Directors without stockholder approval and may contain voting,
liquidation, dividend, and other rights superior to our Common Stock;
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limiting the liability
of, and providing indemnification to, our directors and officers;
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●
limiting the ability of
our stockholders to call and bring business before special meetings;
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requiring advance notice
of stockholder proposals for business to be conducted at meetings of our stockholders and for nominations of candidates for election
to our Board of Directors;
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controlling the procedures
for the conduct and scheduling of Board of Directors and stockholder meetings; and
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providing our Board of
Directors with the express power to postpone previously scheduled annual meetings and to cancel previously scheduled special meetings.
These
provisions, alone or together, could delay or prevent hostile takeovers and changes in control or changes in our management. As a Delaware
corporation, we are also subject to provisions of Delaware law, including Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which
prevents some stockholders holding more than 15% of our outstanding Common Stock from engaging in certain business combinations without
approval of the holders of substantially all of our outstanding Common Stock.
Any
provision of our certificate of incorporation, bylaws or Delaware law that has the effect of delaying or deterring a change in control
could limit the opportunity for our stockholders to receive a premium for their shares of our Common Stock and could also affect the
price that some investors are willing to pay for our Common Stock.
Risks
Related to Being a Public Company
Our
management has limited experience in operating a public company.
Our
executive officers have limited experience in the management of a publicly traded company. Our management team may not successfully or
effectively manage the significant regulatory oversight and reporting obligations under federal securities laws to which we are now subject
now that we are a public company. Their limited experience in dealing with the increasingly complex laws pertaining to public companies
could be a significant disadvantage in that it is likely that an increasing amount of their time may be devoted to these activities which
will result in less time being devoted to the management and growth of our Company. We may not have adequate personnel with the appropriate
level of knowledge, experience, and training in the accounting policies, practices or internal controls over financial reporting required
of public companies in the United States. The development and implementation of the standards and controls necessary for us to achieve
the level of accounting standards required of a public company in the United States may require costs greater than expected. It is possible
that we will be required to expand our employee base and hire additional employees to support our operations as a public company, which
will increase our operating costs in future periods.
We
have incurred and will continue to incur significant increased expenses and administrative burdens as a public company, which could have
an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We
currently face and will continue to face increased legal, accounting, administrative and other costs and expenses as a public company
that Legacy ONMD did not incur as a private company. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, including the requirements of Section 404, as well as rules
and regulations subsequently implemented by the SEC, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 and the rules
and regulations promulgated and to be promulgated thereunder, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and the securities exchanges,
impose additional reporting and other obligations on public companies. Compliance with public company requirements has increased and
will continue to increase costs and make certain activities more time-consuming. A number of those requirements will require us to carry
out activities we have not done previously. For example, we have created new Board of Directors committees and adopted new internal controls
and disclosure controls and procedures. In addition, expenses associated with SEC reporting requirements have been and will continue
to be incurred. Furthermore, if any issues in complying with those requirements are identified (the auditors identified a material weakness
and significant deficiency in our internal control over financial reporting), we could incur additional costs rectifying those issues,
and the existence of those issues could adversely affect our reputation or investor perceptions of it. It may also be more expensive
to obtain director and officer liability insurance. Risks associated with our status as a public company may make it more difficult to
attract and retain qualified persons to serve on our Board of Directors or as executive officers. The additional reporting and other
obligations imposed by these rules and regulations has increased and will continue to increase legal and financial compliance costs and
the costs of related legal, accounting and administrative activities. These increased costs have required and will continue to require
us to divert a significant amount of money that could otherwise be used to expand the business and achieve strategic objectives. Advocacy
efforts by stockholders and third parties may also prompt additional changes in governance and reporting requirements, which could further
increase costs.
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We
have identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, and if our remediation of these material weaknesses
is not effective, or if we fail to maintain an effective system of internal controls over financial reporting in the future, we may not
be able to accurately or timely report our financial condition or operating results, which may adversely affect our business.
In
October 2024, we identified material weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting related to user access/segregation
of duties, lack of a formalized control environment and oversight of controls over financial reporting, error in accounting for non-routine
transactions, and lack of record keeping. Upon re-evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as
of December 31, 2025, management has determined that, as of December 31, 2025, we did not maintain effective internal control over financial
reporting. We cannot assure you that we will adequately remediate the material weaknesses or that additional material weaknesses in our
internal controls will not be identified in the future. Any failure to maintain or implement required new or improved controls, or any
difficulties we encounter in their implementation, could result in additional material weaknesses, or could result in material misstatements
in our financial statements. Such misstatements have resulted in the restatement of the financial statements included in this Annual
Report, and misstatements could result in future restatements of our financial statements, cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations
in addition to stock exchange listing requirements, cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, result
in a decline in our stock price, and cause us to be subject to litigation or regulatory enforcement actions.
We
are in the process of remediating the identified material weaknesses in our internal controls, but we are unable at this time to estimate
when the remediation efforts will be completed. If we fail to remediate these material weaknesses, there will continue to be an increased
risk that our future financial statements could contain errors that will be undetected. We cannot assure you that the measures we have
taken to date, or any measures we may take in the future, will be sufficient to avoid potential future material weaknesses. The potential
consequences of any material weakness could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
Further and continued determinations that there are material weaknesses in the effectiveness of our internal controls could impact the
operations of our business, including our ability to obtain financing, impact the cost of any financing we obtain or require additional
expenditures of resources to comply with applicable requirements.
Our
business model is capital-intensive, and we may not be able to raise additional capital on attractive terms, if at all, and any additional
capital we do raise through issuances of equity securities could be dilutive to stockholders. If we cannot raise additional capital when
needed, our operations and prospects could be materially and adversely affected.
We
can be expected to continue to sustain substantial operating expenses without generating sufficient revenues to cover expenditures. Over
time, we expect that we will need to raise additional funds, including through the issuance of equity, equity-related or debt securities
or through obtaining credit from financial institutions to fund, together with our principal sources of liquidity, ongoing costs, any
significant unplanned or accelerated expenses, and new strategic investments. We cannot be certain that additional capital will be available
on attractive terms, if at all, when needed, which could be dilutive to stockholders, and our financial condition, results of operations,
business and prospects could be materially and adversely affected.
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Risks
Related to Our Warrants
We
may redeem unexpired Warrants prior to their exercise at a time that is disadvantageous to Warrant holders.
Our
Public Warrants (as defined below) are currently exercisable for one share of Common Stock at a price of $11.50 per share. We have the
ability to redeem outstanding Warrants at any time prior to their expiration, at a price of $0.01 per Warrant, provided that the last
reported sales price of Common Stock equals or exceeds $18.00 per share for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending
on the third trading day prior to the date we send the notice of redemption to Warrant holders and provided certain other conditions
are met. If and when the Warrants become redeemable by us, we may exercise our redemption rights even if we are unable to register or
qualify the underlying securities for sale under all applicable state securities laws. As a result, we may redeem the Warrants, as set
forth above even if the holders are otherwise unable to exercise the Warrants.
Redemption
of the outstanding Warrants could force Warrant holders (i) to exercise their Warrants and pay the exercise price therefor at a time
when it may be disadvantageous for them to do so, (ii) to sell their Warrants at the then-current market price when they might otherwise
wish to hold their Warrants or (iii) to accept the nominal redemption price which, at the time the outstanding Warrants are called for
redemption, we expect would be substantially less than the market value of their Warrants. None of the private placement warrants will
be redeemable by us so long as they are held by Data Knights, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”),
or its permitted transferees.
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