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Note 1 - Nature of Operations
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Notes to Financial Statements  
Nature of Operations [Text Block]

1. NATURE OF OPERATIONS

 

Venus Concept Inc. is a global medical technology company that develops, commercializes, and sells minimally invasive and non-invasive medical aesthetic and hair restoration technologies and related services. The Company’s systems have been designed on cost-effective, proprietary and flexible platforms that enable it to expand beyond the aesthetic industry’s traditional markets of dermatology and plastic surgery, and into non-traditional markets, including family and general practitioners and aesthetic medical spas. The Company was incorporated in the state of Delaware on November 22, 2002. In these notes to the consolidated financial statements, the “Company” and “Venus Concept”, refer to Venus Concept Inc. and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.

 

Going Concern

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business for the foreseeable future, and, as such, the consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue in existence.

 

The Company has had recurring net operating losses and negative cash flows from operations. As of  December 31, 2022 and  December 31, 2021, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $224,105 and $180,405, respectively. The Company was in compliance with all required covenants as of  December 31, 2022, and  December 31, 2021. The Company’s recurring losses from operations and negative cash flows raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within 12 months from the date that the consolidated financial statements are issued. As of  December 31, 2022, and for the twelve months then ended management believes the impact of COVID-19 on our business has largely subsided, but we continue to closely monitor all COVID-19 developments including its impact on our customers, employees, suppliers, vendors, business partners, and distribution channels. In addition, the global economy, including the financial and credit markets, has recently experienced extreme volatility and disruptions, including increases to inflation rates, rising interest rates, foreign currency impacts, declines in consumer confidence, and declines in economic growth. All these factors point to uncertainty about economic stability, and the severity and duration of these conditions on our business cannot be predicted, and the Company cannot assure that it will remain in compliance with the financial covenants contained within its credit facilities. 

 

In order to continue its operations, the Company must achieve profitable operations and/or obtain additional equity or debt financing. Until the Company achieves profitability, management plans to fund its operations and capital expenditures with cash on hand, borrowings, and issuance of capital stock. On  June 16, 2020, the Company entered into the Equity Purchase Agreement with Lincoln Park Capital Fund LLC ("Lincoln Park"), which provided that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions and limitations set forth therein, the Company  may sell to Lincoln Park up to $31,000 worth of shares of its common stock from time to time over the two-year term of the agreement. Any shares of common stock sold to Lincoln Park will be sold at a purchase price that is based on the prevailing prices of the common stock at the time of each sale. During the year ended  December 31, 2022, the Company raised net cash proceeds of $272 under the Equity Purchase Agreement as described below. The Equity Purchase Agreement expired on  July 1, 2022. On  July 12, 2022, the Company entered into the 2022 LPC Purchase Agreement with Lincoln Park, the details of which are described in Note 16 below. In  December 2021, the Company issued and sold to investors 9,808,418 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 3,790,755 shares of the convertible preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share for the total gross proceeds of $16,999 (see “The 2021 Private Placement” in Note 16). In  February 2021, several investors exercised an aggregate of 361,200  December 2020 Public Offering Warrants at the exercise price of $2.50 per share. The total proceeds received by the Company from the  December 2020 Public Offering Warrants exercises were $903. In  November 2022, the Company issued and sold to investors 1,750,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 3,185,000 shares of voting convertible preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share for the total gross proceeds of $6,720 (see “The 2022 Private Placement” in Note 16). Until the Company generates revenue at a level to support its cost structure, the Company expects to continue to incur substantial operating losses and net cash outflows from operating activities.

 

Given the economic uncertainty in U.S. and international markets, the Company cannot anticipate the extent to which the current economic turmoil and financial market conditions will continue to adversely impact the Company’s business and the Company  may need additional capital to fund its future operations and to access the capital markets sooner than planned. There can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in raising additional capital or that such capital, if available, will be on terms that are acceptable to the Company. If the Company is unable to raise sufficient additional capital, it  may be compelled to reduce the scope of its operations and planned capital expenditures or sell certain assets, including intellectual property assets. These consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or amounts and classification of liabilities that might result from the uncertainty. Such adjustments could be material.

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business for the foreseeable future, and, as such, the consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue in existence.

 

Operational Review of Subsidiaries

 

During the year ended  December 31, 2022, the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") made several strategic decisions to dissolve itself of underperforming direct sales offices in the countries which were not anticipated to produce sustainable results. As a part of this initiative, the Company has enacted a plan to dissolve its equity interests in Venus Concept Sucursal Colombia ("Venus Colombia"), a branch office of Venus Canada, Venus Concept France SAS ("Venus France"), and Venus Concept Argentina SA ("Venus Argentina"). In November 2022, the Company completed the dissolution of Venus France, and no severance costs are expected to be incurred in association with the planned divestiture of Venus Colombia Venus France, or Venus Argentina. The Company recognized severance and retention costs associated with Venus Concept SL ("Venus Spain") totaling $102 during the year ended  December 31, 2022. These disposals will not constitute a strategic shift that will have a major effect on the Company’s operations and financial results, therefore the results of operations and net assets of these subsidiaries are not reported as discontinued operations or held for sale, respectively, under the guidance of Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 205-20-45.