−Removed: Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
−Removed: following discussion and analysis contain forward-looking statements about our plans and expectations of what may happen in the future.
−Removed: Forward-looking statements are based on a number of assumptions and estimates that are inherently subject to significant risks and uncertainties,
−Removed: and our results could differ materially from the results indicated by our forward-looking statements as a result of many known or unknown
−Removed: factors, including, but not limited to, those factors discussed in Item 1A.
−Removed: “Risk Factors” in our on Form 10-12GA below in
−Removed: Part II Item 1A.
−Removed: “Risk Factors” of this Form 10-K and in the “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements”
−Removed: set forth at the beginning of this report.
−Removed: should read the following discussion and analysis in conjunction with the audited financial statements, and the related footnotes thereto,
−Removed: appearing elsewhere in this Form 10-K, and in conjunction with management’s discussion and analysis and the audited financial statements
−Removed: included in our Form 10-12GA.
−Removed: In addition, we intend to use our media and investor section on our website (www.rainmakerww.com/category/investor-updates/),
−Removed: SEC filings and press releases to communicate with the public about Rainmaker, its services and other issues.
−Removed: Worldwide Inc.
−Removed: (“RAKR”, the “Company”, “we”, “us” or “our”) is a Nevada corporation
−Removed: originally formed on February 27, 1998.
−Removed: The corporation became RAKR on July 3, 2017, in a reverse merger.
−Removed: We are currently developing
−Removed: projects in various locations around the globe using RAKR and partner technologies.
−Removed: We are implementing these projects using proprietary
−Removed: technology of Rainmaker Holland B.V.
−Removed: (“RHBV”) in which the Company has a 12% ownership stake.
−Removed: RAKR retains access to the
−Removed: technology based on a cost-plus formula.
−Removed: Worldwide Inc.
−Removed: (Ontario) (“RWI”), an Ontario Corporation, was formed in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada on July 21, 2014, under
−Removed: the Ontario Business Corporations Act to finance and commercialize patented technology and to consolidate the assets, intellectual property,
−Removed: and executive management expertise of DRM.
−Removed: RAKR retains a 40% interest in RWI following an investment from financial partners to affect
−Removed: the acquisition of Miranda.
−Removed: July 3, 2017, RWI shareholders completed a share exchange with the Company (the “Merger”) pursuant to a share exchange agreement
−Removed: dated June 28, 2017 (the “Share Exchange Agreement”) among the Company, RWI and RWI’s 45 shareholders at the time.
−Removed: Upon completion of the Merger, and in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Share Exchange Agreement, the Company acquired
−Removed: an aggregate of 9,029,562 common shares of stock in the capital of RWI from the RWI Shareholders (being all the issued and outstanding
−Removed: shares of RWI) in exchange for an aggregate of 66,818,759 restricted shares of the Company’s common stock, or 7.4 shares for each
−Removed: share of RWI.
−Removed: Therefore, RWI became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company effective July 3, 2017.
−Removed: The Company’s former name,
−Removed: Gold and Silver Mining of Nevada, Inc.
−Removed: (“CJT”) was changed on April 24, 2017, in expectation of and conditional upon completion
−Removed: of the Merger.
−Removed: The Merger was accounted for as a reverse acquisition with RWI considered the accounting acquirer since the former RWI
−Removed: shareholders remained in control of the combined entity after the consummation of the transaction.
−Removed: As part of the Merger, net liabilities
−Removed: of $235,495 were recognized on the Company’s balance sheet.
−Removed: As a result of the Merger, the Company trades on the OTC:
−Removed: the symbol RAKR.
−Removed: July 15, 2020, Sphere 3D Corp.
−Removed: ANY) announced that it entered into a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which it would
−Removed: have acquired all the outstanding securities of Rainmaker Worldwide Inc.
−Removed: Upon closing, Sphere 3D’s name would have changed to Rainmaker
−Removed: Worldwide Inc., and its business model would have focused on Water-as-a-Service (“WaaS”).
−Removed: Rainmaker management would have
−Removed: assumed operational leadership of the combined entity.
−Removed: The agreement was ultimately terminated on February 12, 2021 and was subsequently
−Removed: announced publicly.
−Removed: a result of the incomplete Sphere 3D transaction, on March 31, 2021, the Company, including RWI, entered into a business agreement with
−Removed: RHBV, DRM and WWT.
−Removed: These companies were considered related parties on that date by virtue of stock ownership exceeding 10%.
−Removed: agreed to an exchange of contractual obligations, debt owed, and shares of common stock in full settlement of all obligations among the
−Removed: The resultant Financial Statements, in accordance with ASC 205-20-45-1E, reflect the impact of these exchanges to the Company.
−Removed: The Company and RHBV decided to restructure in order to optimize business operations and broaden access to the capital markets.
−Removed: and RHBV, as mutual shareholders in each other’s company, continue to pursue the mission and objective of providing low-cost water
−Removed: to communities and commercial entities in need of water solutions.
−Removed: The Company retains a 12% ownership stake in RHBV.
−Removed: Company is headquartered in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.
−Removed: The Company will utilize two main types of energy-efficient, fresh water-producing/purification
−Removed: technologies:
−Removed: (1) Air-to-Water (“AW”), which harvests fresh water from humidity and heat in the atmosphere, and (2) Water-to-Water
−Removed: (“WW”), which transforms seawater or polluted water into drinking water.
−Removed: The technologies can be wind driven, solar based,
−Removed: or can use conventional power sources, such as grid or generator.
−Removed: It is deployable anywhere and leaves no carbon trace if renewable resources
−Removed: are deployed.
−Removed: January 22, 2024, RWI, a 40% subsidiary of RAKR, finalized the acquisition of Miranda.
−Removed: The first payment of one million USD together
−Removed: with 40 million RAKR common shares was paid to the shareholders of Miranda.
−Removed: This provides RWI with controlling interest of Miranda initially
−Removed: at 60% of Miranda common stock holdings.
−Removed: The remaining two million USD is to be paid no later than 2 years from the closing date of January
−Removed: 22 nd , 2024.
−Removed: Miranda is coming into 2024 after having a solid year of results in 2023 delivering projects in Iraq and Fiji
−Removed: among others.
−Removed: RWI and RAKR are actively marketing their solutions in Canada, US, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America and South America.
−Removed: The expanded product portfolio will assist in market entry opportunities for Miranda and RAKR products alike, bringing revenue and value
−Removed: to all of the companies.
−Removed: Approach to Sales and Marketing
−Removed: Company’s ongoing focus will be to pair Rainmaker technologies with those of Miranda and their affiliate partners.
−Removed: Company has generated limited revenue up until the present time, and its operations for the past four years have been typically focused
−Removed: on business development, market research, technology research and development activities.
−Removed: The Company had total
−Removed: assets of $43,038, as of December 31, 2022.
+Added: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
+Added: The following discussion and analysis contain forward-looking
+Added: statements about our plans and expectations of what may happen in the future.
+Added: Forward-looking statements are based on a number of assumptions
+Added: and estimates that are inherently subject to significant risks and uncertainties, and our results could differ materially from the results
+Added: indicated by our forward-looking statements as a result of many known or unknown factors, including, but not limited to, those factors
+Added: discussed in Item 1A.
+Added: “Risk Factors” in our on Form 10-12GA below in Part II Item 1A.
+Added: “Risk Factors” of this Form
+Added: 10-K and in the “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” set forth at the beginning of this report.
+Added: You should read the following discussion and analysis
+Added: in conjunction with the audited financial statements, and the related footnotes thereto, appearing elsewhere in this Form 10-K.
+Added: we intend to use our media and investor section on our website (www.rainmakerww.com/category/investor-updates/), SEC filings and press
+Added: releases to communicate with the public about Rainmaker, its services and other issues.
+Added: Share Consolidation
+Added: On September 26, 2024, the Company filed Articles
+Added: of Amendment to effect a share consolidation (also known as a reverse stock split) of its issued and outstanding common shares on a one-for-twenty-five
+Added: The share consolidation became effective on September 26, 2024.
+Added: All share and per share amounts have been restated for all periods
+Added: presented to reflect the share consolidation.
+Added: Rainmaker Worldwide Inc.
+Added: or the “Company”) is a Nevada-based corporation that became publicly traded on July 3, 2017, following a reverse merger.
+Added: Company specializes in energy-efficient freshwater production and purification technologies, primarily through Air-to-Water (“AW”)
+Added: systems that extract water from humidity.
+Added: It also offers solutions to transform contaminated or seawater into potable or reusable water.
+Added: Rainmaker focuses on providing sustainable water solutions to communities and industries globally through strategic partnerships.
+Added: Originally, the Company operated
+Added: through its Ontario-based subsidiary, Rainmaker Worldwide Inc.
+Added: (Ontario) (“RWI”), established in 2014 to commercialize its
+Added: patented water technologies.
+Added: In line with its expansion strategy, Rainmaker sold a 60% stake in RWI on March 31, 2023, retaining a 40%
+Added: Subsequently, on January 22, 2024, RWI acquired a 60% stake in Miranda Environmental and Water Treatment Technologies, with
+Added: plans to acquire the remaining 40% over the next two years.
+Added: This acquisition significantly expanded RAKR’s portfolio through its
+Added: distribution rights for Miranda’s products, thereby strengthening its water treatment capabilities.
+Added: On December 31, 2024, RWI underwent a
+Added: restructuring, during which the Company converted its investment in RWI into RWI shares.
+Added: Simultaneously, RWI independently secured
+Added: new capital investment, reducing the Company’s ownership in RWI to 13.65%.
+Added: As a result of RWI’s financial
+Added: situation—characterized by insufficient cash flow, net liabilities, and ongoing net losses—the Company decided to
+Added: impair the investment in accordance with standard accounting principles.
+Added: Given these conditions, the Company determined that the
+Added: investment could not reasonably provide a sufficient return on investment (ROI) and therefore impaired the asset to zero.
+Added: Company was fully aware of this outcome prior to the restructuring.
+Added: Although the equity value of
+Added: this investment has been impaired, the Company continues to benefit from all of the original distribution rights, in particular for Mexico
+Added: and the United States.
+Added: The Company and RWI continue will work together to maximize the value of these distribution rights.
+Added: Both companies
+Added: understand that the water infrastructure sector has long sales cycles, often contingent upon factors such as timely permitting for projects
+Added: that require water treatment.
+Added: On October 9, 2024, RWI restructured
+Added: its 12% ownership of Rainmaker Holland B.V.
+Added: (“RHBV”) by rolling it into Rainmaker Holding B.V., reducing its stake to 5%.
+Added: Despite this reduction, the Company continues to benefit from access to RHBV’s technology on a cost-plus pricing basis.
+Added: Rainmaker’s corporate
+Added: journey has included significant restructuring efforts.
+Added: Originally formed as Gold and Silver Mining of Nevada, Inc., the Company underwent
+Added: a merger with RWI in 2017, resulting in a reverse acquisition where RWI shareholders took control of the combined entity.
+Added: In 2021, Rainmaker
+Added: and RWI entered into an agreement with RHBV, Dutch Rainmaker B.V.
+Added: (“DRM”), and Wind en Water Technologie Holding B.V.
+Added: to settle financial obligations through an exchange of debt, contractual obligations, and common stock.
+Added: These actions were aimed at optimizing
+Added: business operations and expanding access to capital markets.
+Added: Today, RAKR remains committed
+Added: to delivering advanced water production and purification solutions, leveraging its innovative technologies and expanded product range,
+Added: particularly through its distribution agreements for Miranda products.
+Added: The Company is focused on business development across North, South,
+Added: and Central America, as well as the Caribbean, positioning itself as a leader in sustainable water solutions.
+Added: Miranda Acquisition
+Added: On January 22, 2024, RWI finalized the acquisition
+Added: The first payment of one million USD together with 1,600,000 RAKR common shares was paid to the shareholders of Miranda.
+Added: This provided RWI with a 60% controlling interest of Miranda.
+Added: The remaining two million USD is to be paid no later than 2 years from
+Added: the closing date of January 22 nd , 2024.
+Added: RAKR is actively marketing Miranda products through distribution agreements with RWI,
+Added: primarily for Mexico and the United States.
+Added: It is possible that RAKR will expand this territory to include Central and South America
+Added: in the future.
+Added: With an expanded portfolio of products RAKR has the opportunity to increase revenue and shareholder value.
+Added: Ongoing Approach to Sales and Marketing
+Added: The Company’s ongoing focus will be to pair
+Added: Rainmaker technologies with those of Miranda and our affiliate partners.
+Added: The Company has generated limited revenue up to present.
+Added: Operations have been typically focused on business development, market research, technology research and development activities.
+Added: had total assets of $30,725, as of December 31, 2023.
As of December 31, 2024, net assets were $50,116.
−Removed: present, the Company executes consulting agreements with experienced executive personnel and senior advisors.
−Removed: Future sales will be heavily
−Removed: driven by independent distributors and project developers.
−Removed: The Company had $78,912 in revenue for the year ending December 31, 2023 and
−Removed: no revenue for the year ending December 31, 2022 and had net losses of $1,218,908 and $1,837,611 for the years ended December 31, 2023
−Removed: and 2022, respectively.
+Added: At present, the Company executes consulting
+Added: agreements with experienced executive personnel and senior advisors.
+Added: Future sales will be heavily driven by independent distributors
+Added: and project developers.
+Added: The Company had $143,725 in revenue for the year ending December 31, 2024, and $78,912 in revenue for the
+Added: year ending December 31, 2023 and had net losses of $1,056,242 and $1,229,753 for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023,
+Added: respectively.
The losses in 2024 have been reduced by 14% compared to 2023.
−Removed: The 2023 losses are driven by operating expenses,
−Removed: the first important component being the cost associated with maintaining the Company’s listing and current filing status with the
−Removed: The second component is consulting expenses including stock option expenses which incorporate derivative liabilities for warrants,
−Removed: the majority of which remains on the balance sheet as related party payables.
−Removed: The Company has suffered recurring losses from operations,
−Removed: negative cash flows from operating activities and has limited resources or revenues to cover its operating costs.
−Removed: The Company’s
−Removed: auditor’s report for 2023 stated that there was substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
−Removed: June 29, 2022, the Company held a Special Meeting of Stockholders that confirmed majority vote was achieved.
−Removed: Each share of the Company’s
−Removed: common stock was entitled to one vote per share.
−Removed: The matter voted upon and the results are set forth below.
−Removed: The Proposal presented:
−Removed: in Authorized Shares and Establishment of Preferred shares.
−Removed: Stockholders approved an increase in the Company’s authorized common
−Removed: stock to 500,000,000 and the establishment of 1,000,000 preferred shares.
−Removed: Broker Non-Votes
−Removed: March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization categorized COVID-19 as a pandemic.
−Removed: As a global corporation the economic effects within
−Removed: the Company’s environment were substantial and there are still lingering economic impacts globally.
−Removed: In global markets, disruptions
−Removed: in supply chains and increases in related costs have had a real impact on our ability to deliver projects.
−Removed: the world, fresh water is unevenly distributed.
−Removed: Many regions are desperately under-served, including North Africa, the Middle East, India,
−Removed: Mexico, large portions of South America, and various island geographies.
−Removed: Fundamentally,
−Removed: our solutions are based on deploying technology with the following attributes to ensure low-cost delivery and Company profitability:
−Removed: & Cost-effective
−Removed: Environmentally
−Removed: & Socially Sustainable
−Removed: Proprietary Technology through partners and affiliates
−Removed: (AW) – Harvests fresh water from airborne humidity by using advanced heating and cooling technologies.
−Removed: Water-to-Water (WW) –
−Removed: Transforms contaminated water (saltwater, sewage, polluted) into safe, clean water by using an environmentally sustainable process.
−Removed: the acquisition of Miranda and RAKR’s own technology we have multiple options to purify wastewater.
−Removed: operating efficiency of these technologies allows us to provide customers with clean water at a price that is highly competitive relative
−Removed: to traditional alternatives.
−Removed: We substantially out-perform peer competitors because we can deploy remotely where the water is consumed
−Removed: and using up to 50% less power than those same competitors.
−Removed: The compact and scalable systems for AW and WW enable decentralized deployment,
−Removed: in which water is distributed directly to the consumption site with no expensive piping or truck transport.
−Removed: AW and WW are both cost-effective
−Removed: technology solutions and can be powered by solar, wind, or grid electricity, or a combination of power sources.
−Removed: They can produce roughly
−Removed: 5,000 to 150,000 liters of water per unit, per day, depending on the local conditions and the type of unit deployed.
−Removed: in remote locations, the principal source of supply is bottled water.
−Removed: Accordingly, our solutions are optimally profitable when we compete
−Removed: head-to-head with bottled water that is transported or bulk water that is transported by truck to local communities.
−Removed: In most remote communities
−Removed: where this water is imported, the minimum cost per liter is US$0.30 reaching as high as US$2.00, according to our market research.
−Removed: Company’s fully amortized cost of water per liter including bottling, operating and maintenance, distribution and other costs allows
−Removed: us to compete profitably to generate corporate value beneficial to our shareholders.
−Removed: The market for distilled water supported in part
−Removed: by WW-based technology, which is essential to more specialized industrial or commercial activities, is expected to increase margins significantly.
−Removed: global nature of our approach means that regulatory conditions vary by jurisdiction.
−Removed: We believe that the ultimate test of profitability
−Removed: in this complex, cross-jurisdictional environment will be the quality of the water that is bottled and tested.
−Removed: The Company seeks to adhere
−Removed: to World Health Organization standards for clean water using the technologies that are authorized in a particular sovereign jurisdiction.
−Removed: RAKR business model typically begins with the identification of a trusted local partner.
−Removed: When applicable, the next step is to enter into
−Removed: JV structures, which maximize value to all stakeholder-parties.
−Removed: The Rainmaker delivery systems are to be installed by entering into contracts
−Removed: with local third-party experts that are typically Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (“HVAC”) experts.
−Removed: addition, over the course of the past year, we have been developing partnerships with highly experienced developers of complementary
−Removed: That gives RAKR the ability to have a more comprehensive product set when proposing solutions to communities, developers
−Removed: and commercial entities.
−Removed: The most significant agreement to date is with Miranda.
−Removed: January 22, 2024, RWI finalized the acquisition of Miranda (RAKR owns 40% of RWI).
−Removed: Miranda has been delivering systems for more than
−Removed: ten years across 40 countries globally.
+Added: The 2024 losses are driven by operating expenses and
+Added: other expenses, the largest components in operating expenses being consulting expenses, including stock option expenses while the
+Added: largest contributor in other expenses were interest expense, amortization of debt discount, loss on equity method investment and
+Added: impairment expense.
+Added: The costs associated
+Added: with maintaining the Company’s listing and current filing status with the SEC as expected are significant.
+Added: The Company has
+Added: suffered recurring losses from operations, negative cash flows from operating activities and has limited resources or revenues to
+Added: cover its operating costs.
+Added: The Company’s auditor’s report for 2024 stated that there was substantial doubt about the
+Added: Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
+Added: Products and Services
+Added: Across the world, fresh water is unevenly distributed.
+Added: Many regions are desperately under-served, including North Africa, the Middle East, India, Mexico, large portions of South America, and
+Added: various island geographies.
+Added: Fundamentally, the solutions are based on deploying
+Added: technology with the following attributes to ensure low-cost delivery and Company profitability:
+Added: Scalable & Cost-effective
+Added: Environmentally & Socially Sustainable
+Added: Applying Proprietary Technology through partners and affiliates
+Added: Air-to-Water (AW) – Harvests fresh water from
+Added: humidity by using advanced heating and cooling technologies.
+Added: Through the acquisition of Miranda and RAKR’s own technologies the
+Added: Company has multiple options to purify wastewater to potable water standards.
+Added: The operating efficiency of these technologies allows
+Added: us to provide customers with clean water at a price that is highly competitive relative to traditional alternatives.
+Added: We substantially
+Added: out-perform peer competitors because we can deploy remotely where the water is consumed and using up to 50% less power than those same
+Added: The compact and scalable systems for AW and purification equipment enable decentralized deployment, in which water is distributed
+Added: directly to the consumption site with no expensive piping or truck transport.
+Added: Our technologies are cost-effective and can be powered by
+Added: solar, wind, or grid electricity, or a combination of power sources.
+Added: AW can produce roughly 5,000 liters of water per unit, per day, depending
+Added: on the local climatic conditions.
+Added: Cost Information
+Added: Currently in remote locations, the principal source
+Added: of supply is bottled water.
+Added: Accordingly, our solutions are optimally profitable when we compete head-to-head with bottled water that is
+Added: transported or bulk water that is transported by truck to local communities.
+Added: In most remote communities where this water is imported,
+Added: the minimum cost per liter is US$0.30 reaching as high as US$2.00, according to our market research.
+Added: The Company’s fully amortized
+Added: cost of water per liter including bottling, operating and maintenance, distribution and other costs allows us to compete profitably to
+Added: generate corporate value beneficial to our shareholders.
+Added: Regulatory Information
+Added: The global nature of our approach means that regulatory
+Added: conditions vary by jurisdiction.
+Added: We believe that the ultimate test of profitability in this complex, cross-jurisdictional environment
+Added: will be the quality of the water that is bottled and tested.
+Added: The Company seeks to adhere to World Health Organization standards for clean
+Added: water using the technologies that are authorized in a particular sovereign jurisdiction.
+Added: Business Model
+Added: The RAKR business model typically begins with the
+Added: identification of a trusted local technology partner and distributor.
+Added: The Rainmaker delivery systems will be installed by contracted local
+Added: third-party experts that are typically Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (“HVAC”) experts.
+Added: We work with the end clients
+Added: and their general contractors to build the supporting infrastructure required for our systems (i.e.
+Added: holding tanks, platforms etc.).
+Added: In addition, over the course of the past year, we
+Added: have been developing partnerships with highly experienced developers of complementary technology.
+Added: That gives RAKR the ability to have
+Added: a more comprehensive product set when proposing solutions to communities, developers and commercial entities.
+Added: The most significant advance
+Added: to date is the acquisition of Miranda.
+Added: On January 22, 2024, RWI finalized the acquisition of Miranda.
+Added: Miranda has been delivering systems
+Added: for more than ten years across 40 countries globally.
As a result, their global experience is invaluable to Rainmaker and Rainmaker shareholders.
−Removed: improvements and related applications that we are pursuing or plan to pursue include seeking more strategic and technology-based partnerships
−Removed: with complementary technology and business development companies to expand our global reach and service offering.
−Removed: the past ten years, there has been a growing awareness of the shortage of fresh water—and the associated economic and social effects
−Removed: the problem magnifies in impoverished and underdeveloped communities.
−Removed: Entities ranging from Water.Org to the United Nations (access to
−Removed: safe drinking water represents #6 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals articulated by the United Nations) are at the forefront of
−Removed: driving international policy momentum and prospects for multilateral cooperation in the realms of global governance and public-private
−Removed: co-regulation.
−Removed: Common to these efforts is the search for scalable and practical solutions that possess applications uniquely suited to
−Removed: the problem of shortage.
−Removed: metrics that underpin the international need for ingenuity and action are the same as those that animate and sustain the market opportunity
−Removed: for our Company:
−Removed: than 3% of the world’s water is fresh – the rest is seawater and undrinkable in its current state.
−Removed: this 3%, over 2.5% is frozen and locked up in Antarctica, the Arctic and glaciers.
−Removed: and animals rely on 0.5% of the world’s water.
+Added: Potential Improvements
+Added: Potential improvements and related applications that
+Added: we are pursuing or plan to pursue include seeking more strategic and technology-based partnerships with complementary technology and business
+Added: development companies to expand our global reach and service offering.
+Added: Market Opportunity
+Added: In the past twenty years, there has been a growing
+Added: awareness of the shortage of fresh water—and the associated economic and social effects the problem magnifies in impoverished and
+Added: underdeveloped communities.
+Added: Entities ranging from Water.Org to the United Nations (access to safe drinking water represents #6 of the
+Added: 17 Sustainable Development Goals articulated by the United Nations) are at the forefront of driving international policy momentum and
+Added: prospects for multilateral cooperation in the realms of global governance and public-private co-regulation.
+Added: Common to these efforts is
+Added: the search for scalable and practical solutions that possess applications uniquely suited to the problem of shortage.
+Added: The metrics that underpin the international need for
+Added: ingenuity and action are the same as those that animate and sustain the market opportunity for our Company:
+Added: Less than 3% of the world’s water is fresh – the rest is seawater and undrinkable in its current state.
+Added: Of this 3%, over 2.5% is frozen and locked up in Antarctica, the Arctic and glaciers.
+Added: People and animals rely on 0.5% of the world’s water.
Unwater.org - Facts and Trends:
−Removed: at any moment, the atmosphere contains approximately 37.5 million billion gallons of water.
−Removed: This potential is not currently harvested
−Removed: by the means of private organizations or government institutions and thus presents a significant opportunity for AW technology to satisfy
−Removed: worldwide demand for water.
−Removed: World Health Organization estimates that 50 liters of water per day is required per individual to meet basic needs.
−Removed: It is estimated by
−Removed: the OECD that by 2030 nearly half of humanity will be living in a condition of severe water stress.
−Removed: Currently, according to UNICEF, 2.2
−Removed: billion people around the globe lack safe drinking water.
−Removed: While high-income countries only treat 70% of wastewater, low-income countries
−Removed: With the world’s population expected to reach 9 billion by 2038, the global need is indisputably high.
−Removed: Much of the population
−Removed: expansion is or will be in the very areas that are already suffering from the problem of water scarcity.
−Removed: above analysis points to a global market for water that is extraordinarily immense.
−Removed: Today, the annual global water market for all purposes
−Removed: and uses is $650 billion and is expected to expand to $1 trillion by 2025.
−Removed: RobecoSAM Study (2015, June).
−Removed: the market of
−Removed: Applying RAKR’s approach against the purposes and uses defined above, our solutions are tailored to meet roughly 70%
−Removed: of that global level of demand.
−Removed: stated previously, our principal suppliers for the core technologies to be deployed are Miranda and RHBV.
−Removed: Should RHBV not supply the
−Removed: appropriate scale of technology required by a project, RAKR has identified multiple technologies of different sizes and types.
−Removed: acquisition of Miranda, we now have complementary technology that we expect to deliver in 2024 to diversify the Rainmaker business model.
−Removed: Rainmaker business model that will deliver potable water at the source of demand is uniquely positioned to address alternative competitive
−Removed: We believe that competitive models, while relevant and plausible alternatives, will not ultimately fully support the global level
−Removed: of demand for water at a reasonable price per liter.
−Removed: In virtue of our current affiliations, we believe we have a cost per liter competitive
−Removed: Accordingly, on a global basis, we do not believe competitive conditions will thwart our ability to produce long-term, corporate
−Removed: value or significantly diminish our financial results in the near term.
−Removed: However, other companies with sufficiently greater resources
−Removed: may develop competing products and have an advantage over us based on the relative size.
−Removed: Subsidies and Incentives
−Removed: RAKR is not currently pursuing subsidies and incentives, we believe that over time such programs will be applicable to the Company, and
−Removed: we will pursue them in due course.
−Removed: time, RAKR will seek subsidies and incentives through its deployment of technology in underserved countries and particular communities
−Removed: within countries.
−Removed: One example is First Nations in Canada where there is an ongoing and desperate shortage of safe drinkable and general-purpose
−Removed: have indirect access to considerable intellectual property assets as a consequence of our partial ownership of and various partnerships
−Removed: with RHBV and Miranda.
−Removed: We believe that this allows us to maintain an edge in the competitive process from a technological and economic
−Removed: cost perspective.
−Removed: of Operations for the Years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022
−Removed: was $78,912 and $0 for the years ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.
−Removed: and Administrative Expenses
−Removed: and administrative expenses primarily include consultant expenses and benefit costs and stock-based compensation expense for executive
−Removed: consultants, outside legal and professional services, marketing and advertising, and facilities costs.
+Added: Moreover, at any moment, the atmosphere contains approximately
+Added: 37.5 million billion gallons of water.
+Added: This potential is not currently harvested by the means of private organizations or government institutions
+Added: and thus presents a significant opportunity for AW technology to satisfy worldwide demand for water.
+Added: The World Health Organization estimates that 50 liters
+Added: of water per day is required per individual to meet basic needs.
+Added: It is estimated by the OECD that by 2030 nearly half of humanity will
+Added: be living in a condition of severe water stress.
+Added: Currently, according to UNICEF, 2.2 billion people around the globe lack safe drinking
+Added: While high-income countries only treat 70% of wastewater, low-income countries treat 8%.
+Added: With the world’s population expected
+Added: to reach 9 billion by 2038, the global need is indisputably high.
+Added: Much of the population expansion is or will be in the very areas that
+Added: are already suffering from the problem of water scarcity.
+Added: The above analysis points to a global market for water
+Added: that is extraordinarily immense.
+Added: Today, the annual global water market for all purposes and uses is $880 billion in 2023 and is expected
+Added: to expand to $1.2 trillion by 2031 (Source:
+Added: Verified Market Research:
+Added: www.verifiedmarketresearch.com).
+Added: the market of the future).
+Added: Applying RAKR’s approach against the purposes and uses defined above, our solutions are tailored to meet roughly 70% of that global
+Added: level of demand.
+Added: As stated previously, our principal suppliers for
+Added: the core technologies to be deployed are Miranda and RHBV.
+Added: Should RHBV not supply the appropriate scale of technology required by a project,
+Added: RAKR has identified multiple technologies of different sizes and types.
+Added: With the acquisition of Miranda, we now have complementary technology
+Added: to diversify the Rainmaker business model.
+Added: The Rainmaker business model that will deliver potable
+Added: water at the source of demand is uniquely positioned to address alternative competitive models.
+Added: We believe that competitive models, while
+Added: relevant and plausible alternatives, will not ultimately fully support the global level of demand for water at a reasonable price per
+Added: By virtue of our current affiliations, we believe we have a cost per liter competitive advantage.
+Added: Accordingly, on a global basis,
+Added: we do not believe competitive conditions will thwart our ability to produce long-term, corporate value or significantly diminish our financial
+Added: results in the near term.
+Added: However, other companies with sufficiently greater resources may develop competing products and have an advantage
+Added: over us based on the relative size.
+Added: Government Subsidies and Incentives
+Added: While RAKR is not currently pursuing subsidies and
+Added: incentives, we believe that over time such programs will be applicable to the Company, and we will pursue them in due course.
+Added: RAKR will seek subsidies and incentives through its deployment of technology in underserved countries and particular communities within
+Added: Intellectual Property
+Added: We have indirect access to intellectual property assets
+Added: as a consequence of our partial ownership of and partnerships with RHBV and Miranda.
+Added: We believe that this allows us to maintain an edge
+Added: in the competitive process from a technological and economic cost perspective.
+Added: Results of Operations for the Years ended December
+Added: 31, 2024 and 2023
+Added: Revenue was $143,725 and $78,912 for the years ended
+Added: December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.
General and Administrative Expenses
−Removed: for the years ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 were as follows (in thousands):
+Added: General and administrative expenses primarily include
+Added: consultant expenses and benefit costs and stock-based compensation expense for executive consultants, outside legal and professional services,
+Added: marketing and advertising, and facilities costs.
+Added: General and administrative expenses for the years ended December 31, 2024 and December
+Added: 31, 2023 were as follows (in thousands):
General and administrative expense
Stock-based compensation expense included in general and administrative expense
−Removed: and administrative expenses, including stock-based compensation, for the year ended December 31, 2023 decreased $890,724, compared to
−Removed: the same period in 2022.
−Removed: This decrease primarily relates to (1) a decrease of $493,133 in general and administrative expenses, (2) stock-based
−Removed: compensation decreased $277,590, (3) consulting expense reduced by $83,417, and (4) marketing and advertising decreased by $48,811.
−Removed: decreases were offset minimally by an increase in travel.
−Removed: Excluding stock-based compensation, general and administrative expenses decreased
−Removed: and Capital Resources
−Removed: to other development stage companies, our products have yet to generate significant revenue.
−Removed: As a result, we have historically suffered
−Removed: recurring losses and we do not have the required cash resources to fully execute our business plans.
−Removed: Historically,
−Removed: the Company’s major sources of cash have comprised proceeds from various private offerings of its securities (including common
−Removed: stock) and debt financings.
−Removed: From 2015 through to the fiscal year end date December 31, 2023, the Company raised approximately $8.2 million
−Removed: in gross proceeds from various private offerings of our common stock and convertible debt.
−Removed: These funds were raised during various stages
−Removed: of the company and allowed us first to develop a commercially ready product and as soon as logistics and supply chains allow, deliver
−Removed: these products into identified projects and begin to generate revenue.
−Removed: The Company has sustained losses from operations in each fiscal
−Removed: year since our inception, and we expect losses to continue for the indefinite future.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022,
−Removed: the Company had an accumulated deficit of approximately $74 million and $73 million, respectively, and stockholders’ equity of
−Removed: approximately $(10.9) and $(10.3) million, respectively.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2023, the Company had approximately $131 in cash.
−Removed: Company recognizes the need to raise additional capital in order to continue to execute its business plan in the future.
−Removed: assurance that additional financing will be available when needed or that the Company will be able to obtain financing on terms acceptable
−Removed: to it or whether the Company will become profitable and generate positive operating cash flow.
+Added: General and administrative expenses, including stock-based
+Added: compensation, for the year ended December 31, 2024 decreased $258,580, compared to the same period in 2023.
+Added: This decrease primarily relates
+Added: to (1) a reduction in consulting expense of $158,583, (2) stock-based compensation decreased by $62,832, (3) a decrease of $20,782 in
+Added: general and administrative expenses, and (4) travel and entertainment expense decreased by $16,903.
+Added: These decreases were offset minimally
+Added: by an increase in marketing and advertising expenses of $519.
+Added: Excluding stock-based compensation, general and administrative expenses
+Added: decreased $195,748.
+Added: Segment Information
+Added: Effective for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024,
+Added: the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update (ASU) ASC 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280):
+Added: Improvements to Reportable Segment
+Added: Disclosures .
+Added: This standard enhances the disclosure of segment expenses and the measures used by the Chief Operating Decision Maker
+Added: (CODM) in evaluating performance.
+Added: As the Company has limited revenue, management continues
+Added: to evaluate its business activities to determine the most relevant financial metrics for assessing performance.
+Added: Currently, the Company
+Added: operates as a single reportable segment and does not allocate material costs or expenses across multiple business units.
+Added: The Company will continue to monitor its operational
+Added: growth and assess whether additional segment disclosures become necessary in future periods.
+Added: Liquidity and Capital Resources
+Added: Management’s Plans
+Added: While we are similar to other development stage companies,
+Added: we have now pursued and executed a strategy whereby we have a full suite of products that can deliver distributed water solutions globally.
+Added: To date, our products have yet to generate significant revenue.
+Added: As a result, we have historically suffered recurring losses and we do
+Added: not have the required cash resources to fully execute our business plans.
+Added: Historically, the Company’s major sources of
+Added: cash have comprised proceeds from various private offerings of its securities (including common stock) and debt financing.
+Added: From 2015 through
+Added: to the fiscal year end date December 31, 2023, the Company raised approximately $8.2 million in gross proceeds from various private offerings
+Added: of our common stock and convertible debt.
+Added: These funds were raised during various stages of the company and allowed us first to develop
+Added: a commercially ready product and as soon as logistics and supply chains allow, deliver these products into identified projects and begin
+Added: to generate revenue.
+Added: The Company has sustained losses from operations in each fiscal year since our inception, and we expect losses to
+Added: continue for the indefinite future.
+Added: As of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company had an accumulated deficit of approximately
+Added: $75.1 million and $74.1 million and stockholders’ equity of approximately $(11.9) and $(10.9) million, respectively.
+Added: As of December
+Added: 31, 2024, the Company had approximately $116 in cash.
+Added: The Company recognizes and is addressing the need
+Added: to raise additional capital in order to continue to execute its business plan in the future.
+Added: There is no assurance that additional financing
+Added: will be available when needed or that the Company will be able to obtain financing on terms acceptable to it or whether the Company will
+Added: become profitable and generate positive operating cash flow.
+Added: Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
+Added: As of December 31, 2024, the Company had no off-balance
sheet arrangements.
−Removed: of December 31, 2023, the Company had no off-balance sheet arrangements.
−Removed: Accounting Estimates
−Removed: preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires
−Removed: management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and related disclosures in the financial statements.
−Removed: considers an accounting estimate to be critical if:
−Removed: requires assumptions to be made that were uncertain at the time the estimate was made, and
−Removed: in the estimate or different estimates that could have been selected could have material impact in our results of operations or financial
−Removed: we base our estimates and judgments on our experience and on various other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances,
−Removed: actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.
−Removed: The most significant estimates impact the following
−Removed: transactions or account balances:
+Added: Critical Accounting Estimates
+Added: The preparation of financial statements in accordance
+Added: with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
+Added: affect the reported amounts and related disclosures in the financial statements.
+Added: Management considers an accounting estimate to be critical
+Added: it requires assumptions to be made that were uncertain at the time the estimate was made, and
+Added: changes in the estimate or different estimates that could have been selected could have a material impact on our results of operations or financial condition.
+Added: While we base our estimates and judgments on our experience
+Added: and on various other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, actual results could differ from those estimates
+Added: and the differences could be material.
+Added: The most significant estimates impact the following transactions or account balances:
stock compensation.
−Removed: Note 2 to our condensed financial statements for a discussion of our significant accounting policies.
−Removed: Issued Accounting Standards Not Yet Effective or Adopted
−Removed: December 31, 2021, the Company evaluated embedded conversion features within convertible debt under ASC 815 Derivatives and Hedging to
−Removed: determine whether the embedded conversion feature(s) should be bifurcated from the host instrument and accounted for as a derivative
−Removed: at fair value with changes in fair value recorded in earnings.
−Removed: If the conversion feature did not require derivative treatment under ASC
−Removed: 815, the instrument was evaluated under ASC 470-20 Debt with Conversion and Other Options for consideration of any beneficial conversion
−Removed: On January 1, 2022 the Company adopted ASU 2020-06 using the modified retrospective method and reviewed and calculated the
−Removed: impact on the outstanding financial instruments as of this adoption date concluding there was no impact.
−Removed: and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
+Added: See Note 2 in our financial statements for a discussion
+Added: of our significant accounting policies.
+Added: Recently Issued Accounting Standards Not Yet Effective
+Added: The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued
+Added: ASU 2024-03, which amends the disclosure requirements for the disaggregation of income statement expenses.
+Added: Effective for annual reporting
+Added: periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2027, this update requires public business
+Added: entities to provide more detailed expense disclosures, including amounts for inventory purchases, employee compensation, depreciation,
+Added: intangible asset amortization, and depletion in relevant expense captions.
+Added: Entities must also disclose total selling expenses annually
+Added: and a qualitative description of non-disaggregated amounts.
+Added: Early adoption is permitted.
+Added: The standard can be applied prospectively or
+Added: retrospectively.
+Added: Until December 31, 2021, the Company evaluated embedded
+Added: conversion features within convertible debt under ASC 815 Derivatives and Hedging to determine whether the embedded conversion feature(s)
+Added: should be bifurcated from the host instrument and accounted for as a derivative at fair value with changes in fair value recorded in earnings.
+Added: If the conversion feature did not require derivative treatment under ASC 815, the instrument was evaluated under ASC 470-20 Debt with
+Added: Conversion and Other Options for consideration of any beneficial conversion features.
+Added: Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
+Added: Not applicable.
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