S-1/A 1 ea187093-s1a7_signingday.htm AMENDMENT NO. 7 TO FORM S-1

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 24, 2023.

Registration No. 333-271951

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

AMENDMENT NO. 7 TO

FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

Signing Day Sports, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   7389   87-2792157
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

 

 

8355 East Hartford Rd., Suite 100

Scottsdale, AZ 85255

(480) 220-6814

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

 

Daniel D. Nelson, Chief Executive Officer

8355 East Hartford Rd., Suite 100

Scottsdale, AZ 85255

(480) 220-6814

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

 

Copies to:

 

Louis A. Bevilacqua, Esq.

Bevilacqua PLLC

1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 500

Washington, DC 20036

(202) 869-0888

Laura Anthony, Esq.

Craig D. Linder, Esq.

Anthony L.G., PLLC

625 N. Flagler Drive, Suite 600

West Palm Beach, FL 33401

(561) 514-0936

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the date this registration statement becomes effective.

 

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box.

 

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  Large accelerated filer Accelerated filer
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    Emerging growth company

 

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The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to such Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

This registration statement contains two prospectuses, as set forth below.

 

Public Offering Prospectus. A prospectus to be used for the public offering of shares of common stock through the underwriter named on the cover page of this prospectus, which is referred to in this Explanatory Note as the Public Offering Prospectus.

 

  The Resale Prospectus. A prospectus, which is referred to in this Explanatory Note as the Resale Prospectus, to be used for the resale by selling stockholders of up to 2,346,548 shares of common stock, consisting of (i) 746,548 shares of common stock held by the selling stockholders; (ii) 410,000 shares of common stock issuable upon the conversion of 6% convertible unsecured promissory notes issued to the selling stockholders, based on the assumed initial public offering price of $4.00 per share, which is the low point of the price range set forth on the cover page of the Public Offering Prospectus; (iii) 250,000 shares of common stock issuable upon the conversion of 8% convertible unsecured promissory notes issued to the selling stockholders, based on the assumed initial public offering price of $4.00 per share, which is the low point of the price range set forth on the cover page of the Public Offering Prospectus; and (iv) 940,000 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants issued to the selling stockholders.

 

The Resale Prospectus is substantively identical to the Public Offering Prospectus, except for the following principal points:

 

they contain different front covers;

 

they contain different “Offering” sections in the Prospectus Summary;

 

they contain different “Use of Proceeds” sections;

 

the “Capitalization” and “Dilution” sections are deleted from the Resale Prospectus;

 

a “Selling Stockholders” section is included in the Resale Prospectus;

 

the “Underwriting” section from the Public Offering Prospectus is deleted from the Resale Prospectus and a “Plan of Distribution” section is inserted in its place; and

 

the “Legal Matters” section in the Resale Prospectus deletes the reference to counsel for the underwriters.

 

The registrant has included in this registration statement a set of alternate pages after the back cover page of the Public Offering Prospectus, which are referred to as the Alternate Pages, to reflect the foregoing differences in the Resale Prospectus as compared to the Public Offering Prospectus. The Public Offering Prospectus will exclude the Alternate Pages and will be used for the public offering by the Registrant. The Resale Prospectus will be substantively identical to the Public Offering Prospectus except for the addition or substitution of the Alternate Pages and will be used for the resale offering by the selling stockholders.

 

 

 

 

The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. These securities may not be sold until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting offers to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION

 

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS DATED OCTOBER 24, 2023

 

 

 

Signing Day Sports, Inc.

1,500,000 Shares of Common Stock

 

 

 

This is an initial public offering of our shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “common stock”). We are offering 1,500,000 of our shares of common stock. It is currently estimated that the initial public offering price will be between $4.00 and $6.00. We have selected the lowest point of this range of $4.00 per share for use herein as the assumed sales price for our shares, given recent market volatility, for purposes of calculation of estimated use of proceeds, estimated dilution and other matters in this prospectus.

 

We are also seeking to register the issuance of warrants to purchase 120,750 shares of common stock (the “representative’s warrants”) to the underwriters (assuming the exercise of the over-allotment option by the underwriters in full) as well as the 120,750 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise by the underwriters of the representative’s warrants at an exercise price of $4.00 per share, based on the assumed public offering price of $4.00 per share, which is the low point of the estimated offering range set forth above.

 

Prior to this offering, there has been no public market for our shares.  We are in the process of applying to list our shares of common stock on NYSE American LLC (“NYSE American”) under the symbol “SGN”. NYSE American may or may not approve such application, and if our application is not approved, this offering cannot be completed.

 

Unless otherwise noted, the share and per share information in this prospectus have been adjusted to give effect to the one-for-five (1-for-5) reverse stock split (the “Reverse Stock Split”) of the outstanding common stock which became effective on April 14, 2023. See “Corporate History and Structure – Reverse Stock Split”.

 

We are an “emerging growth company”, as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, under applicable U.S. federal securities laws, and are eligible for reduced public company reporting requirements. See “Prospectus Summary – Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company” for more information.

 

Investing in our securities is highly speculative and involves a high degree of risk.  See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 15 for a discussion of information that should be considered in connection with an investment in our securities.

 

Neither the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state or provincial securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete.  Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

   Per Share   Total 
Initial public offering price  $        $          
Underwriting discounts and commissions(1)  $   $ 
Proceeds to us, before expenses  $   $ 

 

(1)Does not include a non-accountable expense allowance equal to 1% of the gross proceeds of this offering payable to Boustead Securities, LLC, the representative of the underwriters (“Boustead” or “the representative”), or the reimbursement of certain expenses of the underwriters. The representative will also receive other compensation in addition to underwriting discounts and commissions. See “Underwriting” for additional disclosure regarding underwriters’ compensation and offering expenses.

 

This offering is being conducted on a firm commitment basis.  The underwriters are obligated to take and purchase all of the shares of common stock offered under this prospectus if any such shares are taken.

 

We have granted the underwriters an option for a period of 45 days from the date of this prospectus to purchase up to 15% of the total number of our shares to be offered by us pursuant to this offering (excluding shares subject to this option), solely for the purpose of covering over-allotments, at the initial public offering price less the underwriting discounts, commissions and non-accountable expense allowance. If the underwriters exercise the option in full, the total estimated underwriting discounts, commissions and non-accountable expense allowance payable will be $552,000, and the total estimated gross proceeds to us, before underwriting discounts, commissions and non-accountable expense allowance will be $6,900,000.00, based on the assumed initial public offering price of $4.00 per share, which is the low point of the estimated offering range set forth above.  Net proceeds will be delivered to us on the closing date.

 

The underwriters expect to deliver the shares of common stock to purchasers in the offering on or about                , 2023.

 

Boustead Securities, LLC

 

 

 

The date of this prospectus is                  , 2023.

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

    Page
Prospectus Summary   1
Risk Factors   15
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements   38
Use of Proceeds   39
Dividend Policy   40
Capitalization   41
Dilution   43
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations   45
Corporate History and Structure   69
Business   73
Management   91
Executive Compensation   98
Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions   109
Principal Stockholders   116
Description of Securities   119
Shares Eligible for Future Sale   128
Material U.S. Federal Tax Considerations for Non-U.S. Holders of Our Common Stock   131
Underwriting   134
Legal Matters   139
Experts   139
Changes In and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure   139
Where You Can Find More Information   140
Financial Statements   F-1

 

Please read this prospectus carefully. It describes our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects, among other things. We are responsible for the information contained in this prospectus and in any free-writing prospectus we have authorized. Neither we nor the underwriter have authorized anyone to provide you with different information, and neither we nor the underwriter take responsibility for any other information others may give you. Neither we nor the underwriter are making an offer to sell these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. The information contained in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date on the front of this prospectus, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any sale of shares of common stock. You should not assume that the information contained in this prospectus is accurate as of any date other than its date.

 

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TRADEMARKS, TRADE NAMES AND SERVICE MARKS

 

We use various trademarks, trade names and service marks in our business, including “Signing Day Sports™”, “The Hat Before The Hat™” and associated marks. For convenience, we may not include the ℠, ® or symbols, but such omission is not meant to indicate that we would not protect our intellectual property rights to the fullest extent allowed by law. Any other trademarks, trade names or service marks referred to in this prospectus are the property of their respective owners.

 

INDUSTRY AND MARKET DATA

 

We are responsible for the information contained in this prospectus. This prospectus includes industry and market data that we obtained from periodic industry publications, third-party studies and surveys, filings of public companies in our industry and internal company surveys. These sources generally state that the information they provide has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, but that the accuracy and completeness of the information are not guaranteed. The forecasts and projections are based on historical market data, and there is no assurance that any of the forecasts or projected amounts will be achieved. Industry and market data could be wrong because of the method by which sources obtained their data and because information cannot always be verified with complete certainty due to the limits on the availability and reliability of raw data, the voluntary nature of the data gathering process and other limitations and uncertainties. The market and industry data used in this prospectus involve risks and uncertainties that are subject to change based on various factors, including the COVID-19 pandemic and those discussed in the section titled “Risk Factors.” These and other factors could cause results to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, the estimates made by independent parties and by us. Furthermore, we cannot assure you that a third party using different methods to assemble, analyze or compute industry and market data would obtain the same results.

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

 

This summary highlights selected information contained elsewhere in this prospectus. This summary is not complete and does not contain all of the information that you should consider before deciding whether to invest in common stock. You should carefully read the entire prospectus, including the risks associated with an investment in our company discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of this prospectus, before making an investment decision. Some of the statements in this prospectus are forward-looking statements. See the section titled “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”

 

In this prospectus, unless the context indicates otherwise, “we,” “us,” “our,” “Signing Day Sports,” “the Company,” “our company” and similar references refer to the consolidated operations of Signing Day Sports, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

Unless otherwise noted, the share and per share information in this prospectus reflects the Reverse Stock Split ratio of 1-for-5 as if it had occurred at the beginning of the earliest period presented.

 

Our Company

 

Overview

 

We are a technology company developing and operating platforms aiming to give significantly more student-athletes the opportunity to go to college and continue playing sports. Our platform, Signing Day Sports, is a digital ecosystem to help athletes get discovered and recruited by coaches and recruiters across the country. We fully support football, baseball, softball, and men’s and women’s soccer, and we plan to expand the Signing Day Sports platform to include additional sports. Each sport is led by former professional athletes and coaches who know what it takes to get to the big leagues.

 

Signing Day Sports launched in 2019, and as of June 2023, many high schools, sports clubs, and aspiring high school athletes have subscribed to the Signing Day Sports platform. Colleges in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I, Division II, and Division III, and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), have utilized our platform for recruitment purposes. Signing Day Sports initially supported football athletes, and now also offers a platform for baseball, softball, and men’s and women’s soccer, resulting in even more recruiter and athlete platform participants.

 

We founded Signing Day Sports to reinvent the high school and college sports recruiting process for the digital era. When we started the Company, recruiting was still being done largely as it had been done since before the mass availability of Internet-connected devices and was still limited by that model. We believe that we identified the flaws in the recruiting process and the unique opportunity it presented for us to become a solution provider in the industry. We developed and operated our platform with the objective of optimizing and enhancing the sports recruitment process across all sizes of colleges and athletic departments.

 

Our ability to leverage modern technologies to bring coaches and athletes together in a mutually beneficial ecosystem has shown significant benefits for both sides of the student-athlete recruitment process. Parents and athletes can use the platform to understand and provide what recruiters want to see, seek and gain offers of better athletic scholarships or other financial aid packages, and maximize the potential of an athlete’s career. Recruiters now have a comprehensive recruitment application that shows video verification of key attribute data and gives the recruiter the ability to narrow down their search with a highly optimized search engine and athlete screening process.

 

In short, we offer a comprehensive solution that services the needs of all participants in the sports recruitment process. We are aware of no other platform that offers what our platform does. Our goal is to change the way sports recruitment is done for the betterment of everyone.

 

 

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Our Historical Performance

 

The Company’s current and former independent registered public accounting firms have expressed substantial doubt as to the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. We have incurred losses for each period from our inception and a significant accumulated deficit. For the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, our net loss was approximately $1.7 million and $3.7 million, respectively, and our net cash used in operating activities was approximately $1.2 million and $4.1 million, respectively. As of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, we had cumulative losses of approximately $19.8 million and $18.1 million, respectively. For the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, our net loss was approximately $6.7 million and $8.8 million, respectively, our cash used in operating activities was approximately $4.9 million and $5.7 million, respectively, and we had cumulative losses of approximately $18.1 million and $11.5 million, respectively. We expect to incur expenses and operating losses over the next several years. Accordingly, we will need additional financing to support our continuing operations. We will seek to fund our operations through public or private equity offerings, debt financings, government or other third-party funding, collaborations and licensing arrangements. Adequate additional financing may not be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all. Our failure to raise capital as and when needed would impact our going concern status and would have a negative impact on our financial condition and our ability to pursue our business strategy and continue as a going concern. We will need to generate significant revenues to achieve profitability, and we may never do so.

 

For further discussion, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Liquidity and Capital Resources – Going Concern”.

 

The sports recruitment industry has a number of problems. Frequently, the best athletes in the world get overlooked because of a lack of exposure, promotion, and experience. The dominance of the top athletic programs reduces opportunities for talented student-athletes. Many student-athletes who do not know how to effectively promote themselves will get pushed down ranking sheets. Signing Day Sports has built an application to bring equal opportunity to all student-athletes looking to be recruited at every level.

 

We believe that our technology can help level the playing field for both student-athletes and recruiters. Any student-athlete can promote and demonstrate their talent to all of the recruiters on our platform. On the other side, every recruiter who uses the platform can access the same rich level of data that can be provided by our platform’s student-athletes.

 

We believe our technology will help move sports recruitment toward a truly fair experience for all parties involved.

 

Our Solution

 

Signing Day Sports is a platform in the form of an app available on Apple’s App Store and Google Play for student-athletes and desktops for coaches and recruiters. We believe Signing Day Sports is the first comprehensive sports recruitment platform. The platform interface is designed to be optimized for each participant in the sports recruitment process. The three-tiered technology platform serves student-athletes and their parents, high school and sports club coaches, and college and professional recruiters and scouts.

 

Student-athletes can upload key information and verified data that is critical in the recruitment process. The data fields in our player platform include the following: Video-verified measurables (such as height, weight, 40-yard dash, wingspan, hand size), academic information (such as official transcripts and SAT/ACT scores), and technical skill videos (such as drills and mechanics that exemplify player mechanics, coordination, and development).

 

College coaches, team managers and other recruiters can load in all athletes on their respective teams, sports clubs or programs. They can use the platform to communicate directly with athletes, track their progress in the weight room and training field, and manage other aspects of their athletes. Additionally, the platform serves as an important tool for recruitment and development. In particular, college coaches can manage their entire recruitment process through our platform. Our platform provides college coaches an optimized organizational system, communication tools, and verified data to make informed decisions and save program costs. Athletes and parents can use the platform to communicate with their coaches and managers as well as track individual performance and key metrics that are valuable to recruiters. The platform was built by athletes and recruiters for athletes and recruiters, and we believe it truly represents the future of sports recruitment.

 

 

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Our Competitive Strengths

 

We believe our key competitive strengths include:

 

Massive Low-Cost Access to Recruiters. Recruiting events, camps, games and showcases such as those hosted by Next College Student Athlete, Gridiron Elite and Perfect Game strive to match high-level high school athletes for in-person competition. Attendees sometimes travel interstate to attend these events and typically pay an attendance fee as well. These events are typically costly to recruits’ families and present a number of practical challenges for recruits.  Our app evens the playing field by allowing an athlete to get in front of numerous recruiters without any travel or significant costs.

 

More Objective and Fair Player Evaluations.  Our platform fills a niche in the current competitive landscape by allowing recruits to put their best foot forward by submitting only their best interviews, verified athletic/academic measurables, verified drill footage, and actual game film.  Recruiters can then better assess their prospects than in traditional in-person recruitment events where chance events can throw off even the best athletes’ performances.

 

Better Athlete Comparison Tools. Other digital sports recruitment apps such as Hudl do not allow coaches to evaluate prospects’ drill performances frame-by-frame, side-by-side. Additionally, these platforms do not have verified statistics within individual recruiting profiles.  Our tool offers these and a number of other unique features that recruiters and their prospects find exceptionally valuable.

 

Designed for Coaches and Recruiters. Through our verified measurables, “Film Room,” “Big Board”, “Interview” and recruiter-athlete messaging features, our app’s coach/recruiter platform allows college coaches and recruiters to drive the recruitment process. At their desktops, recruiters can easily access and request verifiable information from thousands of athletes across the nation. After players submit their video-verified uploads, verified academics, and supplemental data like responses to interview questions, coaches can make well-informed decisions. Our in-app messaging allows coaches to communicate directly with prospective recruits. All of our app’s features are designed to produce an efficient, comprehensive and intuitive process for accessing, comparing, ranking and recruiting athletes by user coaches and recruiters.

 

Designed for Players and Parents. Our app’s player-facing mobile platform easily allows players to submit video-verified information, verified academic information, responses to interview questions, and other data, and be seen by hundreds of college coaches and recruiters. In the comfort of their own home or a nearby field, players can upload all the information coaches need to make a well-informed decision.

 

Educational Tools for Players and Parents. Signing Day Sports supports athletes and parents through the entirety of the recruiting process in three ways. First, our former college coaches, athletes, and player personnel directors are readily available through the Signing Day Sports app, website, and personal social media accounts. They support and communicate regularly with athletes to assist them throughout the recruiting process. The second way is The Wire, Signing Day Sports’ official blog. We regularly post educational and informative blog entries that consist of interviews, player features, in-depth dives into specific recruiting processes and events, and other relevant subjects. Thousands of visitors read The Wire’s entries every month to stay up to date regarding the most recent recruiting news and updates. The third way is called “Signing Day Sports University” or “SDS University”. SDS University is a Zendesk-based customer-facing knowledge base and is composed of short, educational videos. Athletes, parents, and coaches can learn about our app, the collegiate recruiting process from beginning to end, and more through the SDS University video catalog. Topics range from NIL, the transfer portal, and eligibility to more specific app tutorials like uploading videos or sharing the athlete’s profile link. SDS University helps leverage our internal knowledge to communicate more efficiently and with more people.

 

Our Growth Strategies

 

The key elements of our strategy to grow our business include:

 

Completion and Development of New Sports Platforms. Our app has offered fully-supported football and baseball platforms since before 2023. More recently, our official platform for softball launched in February 2023, and our men’s and women’s soccer platform launched in May 2023. We plan to continue to develop all of our platforms with additional features.

 

 

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Investment in our Platform. We will continue to invest in our technology and infrastructure to improve our product and ability to present best-in-class technology in the recruitment space, with planned features such as player recommendations for coaches based on their specific requirements and preferences. We hired key employees and retained an onshore technology and development agency, Midwestern Interactive, LLC, or Midwestern, for product launches in baseball, softball, and soccer, in addition to continually improving the features and performance of our platform. Additionally, we will recruit, hire, and employ a high-quality offshore team to improve the efficiency and quality of our platform. We will also prioritize internal hires of engineers and developers to launch new features and sports platforms, while ensuring product stability and effectiveness.

 

Launch New Products and Expand Features. Over time, we will continue to launch new products and features to meet market demand. We will prioritize both the needs of college coaches and recruiters across the nation and the athletes seeking to be recruited in major sports verticals. Some of the planned features include:

 

Public Player Profile. By allowing athletes and their parents to share a public version of the athlete’s profile, we can ensure that the ultimate power of recruiting is in the athlete’s hands.  We expect that the public version may be shared with coaches, other athletes and on social media and will contain all of the athlete’s data, including videos.  The profile will be available to anyone, including recruiters and others that are not Signing Day Sports users. Additionally, our profile tracking is being designed to allow players to see who has viewed their profile and may be interested in recruiting them.

 

Social Community of Student-Athletes. Signing Day Sports plans to introduce social features on the platform. We expect these features will help athletes share and exchange videos, information, and bragging rights, and enhance the users’ sense of community. With a robust integration of LinkedIn and Facebook, athletes will be able to follow other athletes, see their profiles and videos in a feed, favorite other athletes, and exchange workout tips on our platform forums.  Athletes will also be able to compete against one another for bragging rights on the leaderboard, complete tasks for badges, and take part in Signing Day Sports community challenges.  These social features are expected to engage athletes with the Signing Day Sports app more holistically through these social connections.

 

Release of My Invites. With the first iterative release of our platform’s My Invites feature, coaches can drive player subscriptions and engagement by uploading unlimited lists of athletes and inviting them to our platform with as few as two mouse clicks. Our system analyzes the submitted data and tracks whether an athlete deleted their email, opened it or signed up for subscription. With this functionality, coaches can play a key role in the recruitment process by getting prospective athletes to not only join the platform but encourage them to upload verified information like transcripts, drill videos, and height and weight.  This data upload from the coaches is simple, streamlined and provides them with key information to make data-informed decisions, communicate with prospects and even make offers and build their virtual team.

 

Increase Profitability through Multiple Revenue Streams. Signing Day Sports expects increased profitability as we launch digital marketing campaigns and sports platforms. We expect that a growing subscriber base will allow us to increase subscription margin, increase subscriber lifetime value, and increase monthly and annual renewal profits. An increase in profitability from a greater subscription base and multiple sports platforms can in turn support our branding, marketing, and operational spend.

 

Expand Sports Club Support. Prominent youth sports organizations in the United States are involved in many different sports including soccer, baseball, softball, lacrosse, basketball, and track and field. Sports clubs are often more competitive than high school athletic programs, and club players often demonstrate a commitment to continue playing sports at the next level. As we expand our platform to other sports, we will prioritize support for youth club sports organizations. Our support will be the expansion of a sales team to directly work with club coaches and organizations. We expect that club teams and organizations will embed our platform fees into their annual fees so that they can offer enhanced recruitment support for players and their parents, while providing their coaches with a tool to streamline the recruitment process.

 

Grow and Broaden Brand Awareness. Our brand awareness has developed primarily within our football vertical, particularly in the Southwestern United States and other areas where football is a dominant sport. With strategic partnerships with football associations and organizations, digital, social media, event marketing, and organizational partnerships, we expect to grow our brand throughout the United States. Additionally, as we launch new sports verticals, we will have many opportunities to increase brand and product awareness through additional markets. We will broaden our reach through educating players, parents, and coaches through best-in-class technology and compelling value.

 

 

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Pursue Strategic Geographies for Product Expansion. With youth sports being played across the world, we will seek to expand our platform and technology to other countries across the globe. Through disciplined research, we will seek to expand our product to areas with significant children’s sport participation, technology adoption, and access to recruiters. We expect to prioritize the North America markets first, then replicate and introduce products suited to the local. For example, our anticipated soccer platform could provide a significant solution to inefficiencies in the student-athlete recruitment process in markets like Mexico and Europe.

 

Digital Marketing Campaigns

 

Business-to-consumer (B2C) digital marketing. Through our B2C digital marketing campaign, we will promote and advertise our products and services to thousands of high-school-aged football players and parents across the nation. With our planned combination of compelling content, brand influencers, and a marketing website, we expect significant growth in individual subscriber growth. In particular, we will prioritize parent-friendly social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and our campaigns will support and educate parents on the recruitment process while providing our value proposition through our products, services and technology.

 

Business-to-business (B2B) digital marketing. Through our B2B digital marketing campaign, we will promote and advertise our products and services to high school and sports club coaches, athletic directors, sports club owners, and their business development teams.

 

Digital marketing techniques. Our digital marketing campaigns will utilize search engine optimization, pay per click, digital ads, and other effective techniques to increase team and organizational subscriptions.

 

Strategic Alliance, Marketing, Sponsorship, and Collaboration Agreements. Our focus on key sponsorship and marketing agreements will serve to both increase overall player subscriptions and marketing.

 

Elite Development Program Soccer: Under our strategic alliance with Elite Development Program Soccer, or EDP, one of the largest organizers of youth soccer leagues and tournaments in the U.S., EDP will offer its athletes promotional one-year subscriptions to our platform, provide us with customer data, and promote our recruiting platform as its “Exclusive Recruiting Platform Provider”. We will promote EDP, give access to athlete data, and consult with EDP to implement and improve our platform’s features for its athletes. Subscription revenues from EDP referrals will be shared between us. See “Business – Sales and Marketing – Strategic Alliance, Marketing, Sponsorship, and Collaboration Agreements” for further information regarding the terms of this agreement.

 

Louisville Slugger Hitting Science Center: We and Louisville Slugger Hitting Science Center LLC, or LSHSC, whose mission is to become the gold standard in baseball and fastpitch softball education and instruction, will collaborate on the joint marketing and promotion of each other’s products and services. LSHSC will offer subscriptions to our platform and subscription revenues will be shared between us. See “Business – Sales and Marketing – Strategic Alliance, Marketing, Sponsorship, and Collaboration Agreements” for further information regarding the terms of this agreement.

 

The U.S. Army Bowl: Over the course of our three-year agreement, we will be the official recruitment platform for the U.S. Army Bowl, or the Bowl, an annual national all-star game for U.S. high school football which was last held in December 2022 at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. Aside from having priority on-site access to many of the top players in the game, we may potentially promote ourselves, advertise to, and onboard more than an estimated 30,000 athletes as a sponsor through the game’s advertising channels. The first Bowl event in December 2022 resulted in more than 600 player subscriptions. Bowl-related events planned for 2023 include, among others, the 2023 U.S. Army Bowl National Combine Series, which were held from March 2023 to June 2023. Data collected and analyzed by our platform will be part of the selection process for determining whether athletes participating in the combines may advance to the Bowl and/or National Combine events in December 2023. Athletes participating in Bowl combines will receive three months of access to the Signing Day Sports app’s recruiting platform with registration, a Signing Day Sports recruiting profile with personal guidance from recruiting experts, video highlights from their combine, and tools to put their game highlights into their profiles on the Signing Day Sports app. See “Business – Sales and Marketing – Strategic Alliance, Marketing, Sponsorship, and Collaboration Agreements” for further information regarding the terms of this agreement.

 

State Athletic and Coaches Associations: We have sponsored a number of state athletic associations across the U.S., including the Texas High School Coaches Association, or THSCA, and the Arizona Football Coaches Association, or AZFCA. These associations have agreed to designate us as their exclusive recruitment platform for all coaches in their respective states. In addition, we have marketing rights to their coaches, athletes, and athletic events and combines throughout the year. Please see the details of our marketing and sponsorship agreements with these associations in “Business – Sales and Marketing – Strategic Alliance, Marketing, Sponsorship, and Collaboration Agreements”.

 

 

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Potential Accretive Acquisitions. We are currently evaluating potential acquisition targets (although no such acquisition target has yet been identified) that could bolster subscriber growth, branding awareness, and revenue shares. These potential acquisitions range from owners of specific game events, athlete development programs, and technologies to boost subscriber growth and revenue. 

 

Events and Marketing. Through key partnerships, our events team will conduct on-site Signing Day Sports app registration with high school-aged athletes and their parents. Specifically, at these events, athletes will have the opportunity to purchase, download, and upload key data and information on-site. These events will include football skills camps, soccer tournaments, 7v7 football tournaments, baseball showcases, and state-wide combines. In particular, our hosted combine events are expected to continue to be an effective means for gaining exposure to our brand and registering new users on our platform. We plan to increase the number of our hosted combine events and utilize media to increase attendance and exposure at these events.

 

Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company and a Smaller Reporting Company

 

Upon the completion of the Company’s initial public offering, we will qualify as an “emerging growth company” under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act. As a result, we will be permitted to, and intend to, rely on exemptions from certain disclosure requirements. For so long as we are an emerging growth company, we will not be required to:

 

have an auditor report on our internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act;

 

comply with any requirement that may be adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report providing additional information about the audit and the financial statements (i.e., an auditor discussion and analysis);

 

being permitted to present only two years of audited financial statements, in addition to any required unaudited interim financial statements, with correspondingly reduced “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” disclosure in this prospectus;

 

submit certain executive compensation matters to stockholder advisory votes, such as “say-on-pay” and “say-on-frequency;” and

 

disclose certain executive compensation related items such as the correlation between executive compensation and performance and comparisons of the chief executive officer’s compensation to median employee compensation.

 

In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an emerging growth company can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, for complying with new or revised accounting standards. In other words, an emerging growth company can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We have elected to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period. Our financial statements may therefore not be comparable to those of companies that comply with such new or revised accounting standards.

 

We will remain an emerging growth company for up to five years, or until the earliest of (i) the last day of the first fiscal year in which our total annual gross revenues exceed $1,235,000,000, (ii) the date that we become a “large accelerated filer” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, which would occur if the market value of our common stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter, or (iii) the date on which we have issued more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt during the preceding three year period.

 

To the extent that we continue to qualify as a “smaller reporting company,” as such term is defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act, after we cease to qualify as an emerging growth company, certain of the exemptions available to us as an emerging growth company may continue to be available to us as a smaller reporting company, including: (i) not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; (ii) scaled executive compensation disclosures; and (iii) the requirement to provide only two years of audited financial statements, instead of three years.

 

 

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Significant Voting Power of Certain Beneficial Owners, Executive Officers and Directors

 

Our executive officers and directors collectively will beneficially own approximately 12.3% of our outstanding common stock following the Company’s initial public offering if the underwriters do not exercise the over-allotment option, or approximately 12.1% if the underwriters exercise the over-allotment option in full (based on the assumed public offering price of $4.00 per share of common stock being sold in the Company’s initial public offering, which is the low point of the estimated offering range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus), and assuming, at the time of the initial public offering, the automatic conversion of the Company’s 6% convertible unsecured promissory notes into a total of 3,152,500 shares of common stock, the automatic conversion of the Company’s 8% convertible unsecured promissory notes into a total of 732,500 shares of common stock, the exercise of certain warrants of the Company to purchase 940,000 shares of common stock, and the issuance of 13,375 shares of common stock to certain vendors pursuant to service provider agreements. Management will collectively control the same percentage of the voting power following the offering. Dennis Gile, our largest stockholder and a former officer and director, will beneficially own approximately 15.5% of our outstanding common stock following the initial public offering, or approximately 15.2% if the underwriters exercise the over-allotment option in full, subject to the other assumptions described above, and will have the same percentage of the voting power following the offering. As a result, both Mr. Gile individually, and our executive officers and directors collectively, will be able to exercise significant influence over all matters requiring stockholder approval following the offering.

 

Our Corporate History and Structure

 

Signing Day Sports, LLC, an Arizona limited liability company (“SDS LLC – AZ”), was formed on January 21, 2019. SDS LLC – AZ formed two wholly-owned subsidiaries, Signing Day Sports Football, LLC, an Arizona limited liability company (“SDSF LLC”), and Signing Day Sports Baseball, LLC, an Arizona limited liability company (“SDSB LLC”), on September 29, 2020 and November 25, 2020, respectively.

 

On June 5, 2020, a process to change SDS LLC – AZ into a Delaware corporation was initiated (collectively, the “Arizona-to-Delaware Conversion Process”). On that date, a certificate of formation of Signing Day Sports, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“SDS LLC – DE”), and a certificate of conversion of SDS LLC – AZ into SDS LLC – DE, were filed with the Delaware Secretary of State. On September 9, 2021, a certificate of incorporation (as amended from time to time, the “Certificate of Incorporation”) of Signing Day Sports, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“SDS Inc. – DE”), and a certificate of conversion of SDS LLC – DE into SDS Inc. – DE were filed with the Delaware Secretary of State. From September 9, 2021 to July 11, 2022, SDS Inc. – DE operated as the successor entity to SDS LLC – AZ, and SDS LLC – AZ continued to be registered as an active entity with the Arizona Corporation Commission while its conversion into SDS LLC – DE pended.

 

A unanimous written consent of the board of directors of SDS Inc. – DE, dated as of March 25, 2022, approved the form of an Agreement and Plan of Merger between SDS LLC – AZ, SDSF LLC, SDSB LLC, and SDS Inc. – DE (the “Merger Agreement”) and related merger documents, the related merger transactions, the form of certain Settlement Agreements (as defined below), the form of a Shareholder Agreement among the Company and the stockholders of the Company (the “Shareholder Agreement”) (for a description of the terms of the Shareholder Agreement, see “Corporate History and Structure – Shareholder Agreement”), and a proposed capitalization table of SDS Inc. – DE, approved and ratified the Certificate of Incorporation and approved amended and restated bylaws of SDS Inc. – DE, and approved and ratified related matters. In anticipation of the execution of the Merger Agreement and its consummation, in April 2022 and May 2022, SDS LLC – AZ, SDS Inc. – DE, and each of the members or stockholders of SDS LLC – AZ, SDSF LLC, SDSB LLC, and SDS Inc. – DE, entered into a Settlement Agreement and Release (each individually, the “Settlement Agreement,” and collectively, the “Settlement Agreements”), which provided, among other things, for the mutual general release of all claims by the parties against and relating to SDS LLC – AZ, SDSF LLC, SDSB LLC, and SDS Inc. – DE, and confirmed the owners and related amounts of all outstanding shares of common stock of SDS Inc. represented by the capitalization table exhibit to the Settlement Agreements. The stockholders of SDS Inc. – DE and the members of SDS LLC – AZ executed unanimous written consents, dated as of May 17, 2022 and July 6, 2022, respectively, approving the Merger Agreement and related transactions, the form of the Settlement Agreements, the form of the Shareholder Agreement, an updated capitalization table of SDS Inc., and approved and ratified the Certificate of Incorporation, the amended and restated bylaws, the prior corporate actions that were taken in connection with the Arizona-to-Delaware Conversion Process, and certain related matters.

 

On July 11, 2022, the Merger Agreement was executed. On the same date, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, a certificate of merger was filed with the Delaware Secretary of State and a statement of merger was filed with the Arizona Secretary of State effecting the merger of SDS LLC – AZ, SDSF LLC, and SDSB LLC with and into SDS Inc. – DE, and SDS Inc. – DE succeeded to the rights, property, obligations, and liabilities of each of SDS LLC – AZ, SDSF LLC, and SDSB LLC.

 

The releases of claims under the Settlement Agreements with each of Dennis Gile, Dorsey Family Holdings, LLC, an Arizona limited liability company (“Dorsey LLC”), Joshua A. Donaldson Revocable Trust, and Zone Right, LLC, a California limited liability company (“Zone Right”) are subject to certain specific exceptions for claims under certain separate agreements or instruments, including rights under one convertible note held by Zone Right. For a further description of the Settlement Agreements, including the rights under the convertible note held by Zone Right and other rights subject to exceptions referenced in the Settlement Agreements, see “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions – Transactions With Related Persons”.

 

 

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On March 13, 2023, the Reverse Stock Split, in which each five shares of the outstanding common stock were automatically combined and converted into one share of outstanding common stock, was approved by the board of directors, and was approved by stockholders holding a majority of the voting power of our issued and outstanding voting capital stock as of April 4, 2023. On April 14, 2023, we filed a certificate of amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation, which provided for the Reverse Stock Split, and the Reverse Stock Split became effective on the same date.

 

The Reverse Stock Split combined each five shares of our outstanding common stock into one share of common stock, without any change in the number of authorized shares of common stock or the par value per share of common stock. The Reverse Stock Split, correspondingly adjusted, among other things, the exercise price of our warrants, convertible notes and stock options. No fractional shares were issued in connection with the Reverse Stock Split, and any fractional shares resulting from the Reverse Stock Split were rounded up to the nearest whole share.

 

On May 5, 2023, the amendment and restatement of the Certificate of Incorporation was approved by stockholders holding a majority of the voting power of our issued and outstanding voting capital stock, and on May 9, 2023, the amended and restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation”) was filed with the Delaware Secretary of State and became effective the same date. Effective the same date, the second amended and restated bylaws of the Company currently in effect (the “Second Amended and Restated Bylaws”) were adopted by unanimous written consent of the board of directors. The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Second Amended and Restated Bylaws contain certain provisions relating to limitations of liability and indemnification of directors and certain officers, provide advance notice procedures for stockholder proposals at stockholder meetings, and other matters. See “Description of Securities – Anti-Takeover Provisions” and “Management – Limitation on Liability and Indemnification of Directors and Certain Officers”.

 

See “Corporate History and Structure” for a further description of our corporate history and structure.

 

Corporate Information

 

Our principal executive offices are located at 8355 East Hartford Rd., Suite 100, Scottsdale, AZ 85255 and our telephone number is (480) 220-6814. We maintain a website at https://www.signingdaysports.com/. Information available on our website is not incorporated by reference in and is not deemed a part of this prospectus.

 

Retrospective Presentation of Reverse Stock Split

 

Except as otherwise indicated, all references to our common stock, share data, per share data and related information has been adjusted for the Reverse Stock Split ratio of 1-for-5 as if it had occurred at the beginning of the earliest period presented.

 

 

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The Offering

 

Shares being offered:   1,500,000 shares of common stock (or 1,725,000 shares if the underwriters exercise the over-allotment option in full).
     
Offering price:   We currently estimate that the initial public offering price will be between $4.00 and $6.00 per share.
     
Shares outstanding after the offering(1):   9,237,652 shares of common stock (or 9,462,652 shares if the underwriters exercise the over-allotment option in full).
     
Over-allotment option:   We have granted to the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase from us up to an additional 15% of the shares sold in the offering (225,000 additional shares) at the initial public offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions.
     
Representative’s warrants:   We have agreed to issue to the representative warrants to purchase a number of shares of common stock equal in the aggregate to 7% of the total number of shares issued in the initial public offering. The representative’s warrants will be exercisable at a per share exercise price equal to 100% of the public offering price per share of common stock sold in the initial public offering. The representative’s warrants will be exercisable at any time and from time to time, in whole or in part, during the five-year period commencing on the commencement date of sales in the initial public offering. The registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part also registers the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the representative’s warrants. See “Underwriting” for more information.
     
Use of proceeds:   We expect to receive net proceeds of approximately $4.8 million from the initial public offering (or approximately $5.7 million if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full), assuming an initial public offering price of $4.00 per share (which is the low point of the estimated range of the initial public offering price shown on the cover page of this prospectus), no exercise of the representative’s warrants, and after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. We plan to use the net proceeds of the initial public offering for  product and technology development, expansion of our sales team and marketing efforts, and general working capital and other corporate purposes. See “Use of Proceeds” for more information on the planned use of proceeds.
     
Risk factors:   Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. As an investor, you should be able to bear a complete loss of your investment. You should carefully consider the information set forth in the “Risk Factors” section beginning on page 15 before deciding to invest in our common stock.

 

 

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Lock-up   We, all of our directors and officers and stockholders holding 5% or more of our shares (as well as holders of convertible or exercisable securities which convert into or are exercisable into common stock) have agreed with the underwriters, subject to certain exceptions, not to sell, transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any of our common stock or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for our common stock for a period of 12 months, from the date on which the trading of our common stock commences as to our directors, officers and security holders, and from the closing date of the initial public offering as to us. The underwriters have agreed to waive the lock-up requirement for shares of common stock being sold by the selling stockholders named in the resale prospectus filed contemporaneously with this prospectus.  See “Underwriting” for more information.
     
Proposed trading market and symbol   Reverse Stock Split   We are in the process of applying to list our common stock on NYSE American under the symbol “SGN”. We believe that upon the completion of the initial public offering, we will meet the standards for listing on NYSE American. The closing of the initial public offering is contingent upon the successful listing of our common stock on NYSE American. The Reverse Stock Split, in which each five shares of the outstanding common stock were automatically combined and converted into one share of outstanding common stock, became effective on April 14, 2023. Except as otherwise indicated, all references to the common stock, share data, per share data and related information has been adjusted for the Reverse Stock Split ratio of 1-for-5 as if it had occurred at the beginning of the earliest period presented.

 

(1)The number of shares of common stock outstanding immediately following the initial public offering is based on 7,737,652 shares outstanding as of the date of this prospectus, after giving effect to the Reverse Stock Split at a ratio of 1-for-5, and excludes the following securities or rights to securities that were outstanding as of the date of this prospectus or that may be outstanding before the commencement of the initial public offering:

 

3,152,500 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of outstanding 6% convertible unsecured promissory notes at a conversion price of $2.00 per share assuming that all are converted at the mandatory conversion price at the time of the initial public offering, based on the assumed initial public offering price of $4.00 per share, which is the low point of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, or up to 2,522,000 shares of common stock issuable upon the optional conversion of outstanding 6% convertible unsecured promissory notes at their optional conversion price of $2.50 per share;

 

732,500 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of outstanding 8% convertible unsecured promissory notes at a conversion price of $2.00 per share assuming that all are converted at the mandatory conversion price at the time of the initial public offering, based on the assumed initial public offering price of $4.00 per share, which is the low point of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, or up to 453,427 shares of common stock issuable upon the optional conversion of outstanding 8% convertible unsecured promissory notes at their optional conversion price of approximately $3.23 per share;

 

732,500 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding warrants at an exercise price of $2.00 per share, based on the assumed initial public offering price of $4.00 per share, which is the low point of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus;

 

940,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding warrants issued to private placement investors in our 8% unsecured promissory notes at an exercise price of $2.50 per share;

 

 

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220,675 shares of common stock issuable to Boustead as placement agent upon exercise of placement agent’s warrants issued to Boustead at an exercise price of $2.00 per share with respect to outstanding 6% convertible unsecured promissory notes issued to private placement investors assuming that all such private placement securities are converted at the 6% convertible unsecured promissory notes’ mandatory conversion price at the time of the initial public offering, based on the assumed initial public offering price of $4.00 per share, which is the low point of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, or 176,540 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of such placement agent’s warrants at an exercise price of $2.50 per share upon the optional conversion of outstanding 6% convertible unsecured promissory notes at their optional conversion price of $2.50 per share;

 

65,800 shares of common stock issuable to Boustead as placement agent upon exercise of placement agent’s warrants issued to Boustead at an exercise price of $2.50 per share with respect to warrants issued to private placement investors in our 8% unsecured promissory notes;

 

13,375 shares of common stock upon the completion of the initial public offering assuming the offering is completed by November 15, 2023, based on the assumed initial public offering price of $4.00 per share, which is the low point of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, otherwise the number of shares of common stock equal to the number of shares derived by dividing $53,500 by the Fair Market Value, as defined by certain service provider agreements, of the common stock of the Company on November 15, 2023, pursuant to such service provider agreements;

 

442,190 total shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options, consisting of 199,190 total shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options at an exercise price per share equal to $3.10 per share and 243,000 total shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options at an exercise price per share equal to $2.50 per share, which were granted to certain employees, consultants, officers, and directors under the Signing Day Sports, Inc. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan, or the Equity Incentive Plan, or the Plan;

 

10,000 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of a stock option to be granted to a consultant under the consultant’s consulting agreement under the Plan promptly following the consummation of the initial public offering, subject to the consultant’s continuing in service through the grant date, at an exercise price per share equal to the initial public offering price per share;

 

750,000 shares of common stock that are reserved for issuance under the Plan, which is inclusive of the 442,190 shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options that are granted under the Plan; and

 

120,750 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the representative’s warrants to be issued to the underwriters in connection with the initial public offering, assuming full exercise by the underwriters of the over-allotment option.

 

 

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Summary Financial Information

 

The following tables summarize certain financial data regarding our business and should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and related notes contained elsewhere in this prospectus and the information under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”

 

Our summary financial data as of and for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 are derived from our reviewed financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. Our summary financial data as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 are derived from our audited financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. All financial statements included in this prospectus are prepared and presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”). The summary financial information is only a summary and should be read in conjunction with the historical financial statements and related notes contained elsewhere herein. The financial statements contained elsewhere fully represent our financial condition and operations; however, they are not indicative of our future performance.

 

  Six Months Ended
June 30,
   Year Ended
December 31,
   Year Ended
December 31,
 
   2023    2022   2022   2021 
Statements of Operations Data  (Unaudited)    (Unaudited)       (Restated) 
Revenue  $170,830   $68,349   $78,336   $340,984 
Cost of revenues   14,226    518,507    783,064    504,342 
Operating expenses   1,414,086    3,282,800    5,688,840    8,408,918 
Total other income (expense)   (396,084)   3,498    (280,246)   (231,951)
Net loss  $(1,653,566)  $(3,729,460)  $(6,673,814)  $(8,804,227)

 

  As of
June 30,
   As of
December 31,
 
   2023   2022   2021 
Balance Sheet Data  (unaudited)       (restated) 
Cash and cash equivalents  $55,204   $254,409   $4,687,550 
Total current assets   179,443    301,332    4,855,223 
Total assets   1,338,500    454,163    4,916,195 
Total current liabilities   3,263,586    2,639,631    532,552 
Total liabilities   11,861,382    8,556,711    8,477,180 
Total stockholders’ (deficit)   (10,522,881)   (8,102,548)   (3,560,985)
Total liabilities and stockholders’ (deficit)   1,338,500    454,163    4,916,195 

 

 

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Summary of Risk Factors

 

An investment in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risks summarized below. These risks are discussed more fully in the “Risk Factors” section immediately following this Prospectus Summary. These risks include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

Risks Related to the Company’s Business, Operations and Industry

 

The currently evolving situation related to the COVID-19 pandemic could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

We have a limited operating history. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in growing our business.

 

We have a history of losses since our inception and may continue to incur losses for the foreseeable future.

 

Our management has concluded that factors raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern and our current and former auditors have included an explanatory paragraph relating to our ability to continue as a going concern in their respective audit reports for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021.

 

We will need to obtain additional funding to continue operations. If we fail to obtain the necessary financing or fail to become profitable or are unable to sustain profitability on a continuing basis, then we may be unable to continue our operations and we may be forced to significantly delay, scale back or discontinue our operations.

 

Our ability to use our net operating loss carryforwards and certain other tax attributes may be limited.

 

We operate in the highly competitive sports recruitment industry which is subject to rapid and significant technological changes.

 

If we fail to acquire new customers, we may not be able to increase net sales or achieve profitability.

 

Our software or services may not operate properly, which could damage our reputation, give rise to claims against us, or divert application of our resources from other purposes, any of which could harm our business and operating results.

 

If our security measures are breached or fail and unauthorized access is obtained to a customer’s data, our service may be perceived as insecure, the attractiveness of our services to current or potential customers may be reduced, and we may incur significant liabilities.

 

We depend on sophisticated information technology systems and data processing to operate our business. If we experience security or data privacy breaches or other unauthorized or improper access to, use of, or destruction of our proprietary or confidential data, customer data or personal data, we may face costs, significant liabilities, harm to our brand and business disruption.

 

Claims by others that we infringe their intellectual property could force us to incur significant costs or revise the way we conduct our business.

 

There may be challenges to our patents and proprietary technology.

 

If we fail to renew and/or expand our existing licenses, we may be required to discontinue or limit our use of the products that include or incorporate the licensed intellectual property.

 

Some aspects of our products and services incorporate open source software, and our use of open source software could negatively affect our business, results of operations, financial condition, and prospects.

 

Changes in government policy, legislation or regulatory or judicial interpretations could hinder or prevent our ability to conduct our business operations.

 

We are dependent on our management team, and the loss of any key member of this team may prevent us from implementing our business plan in a timely manner, or at all.

 

 

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If we fail to effectively manage our growth, our business, financial condition and operating results could be harmed.

 

We are subject to complex and growing user data privacy use and other governmental laws and regulations, and any failure to comply with these laws and regulations may have a material negative effect on our business and results of operations.

 

Climate change and increased focus by governmental organizations on sustainability issues, including those related to climate change, may have a material adverse effect on our business and operations.

 

Risks Related to Our Common Stock and Initial Public Offering

 

There has been no public market for our common stock prior to the Company’s initial public offering, and an active market in which investors can resell their shares of our common stock may not develop.

 

The market price of our common stock may fluctuate, and you could lose all or part of your investment.

 

Certain recent initial public offerings of companies with relatively small public floats comparable to our anticipated public float have experienced extreme volatility that was seemingly unrelated to the underlying performance of the respective company. Our common stock may potentially experience rapid and substantial price volatility, which may make it difficult for prospective investors to assess the value of our common stock.

 

We may not be able to satisfy listing requirements of NYSE American or maintain a listing of our common stock on NYSE American.

 

Investors in the Company’s initial public offering will experience immediate and substantial dilution.

 

Substantial future sales or issuances of our common stock or securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, our common stock, or the perception in the public markets that these sales or issuances may occur, may depress our stock price. Also, future issuances of our common stock or rights to purchase common stock could result in additional dilution of the percentage ownership of our stockholders and could cause our share price to fall. The expiration of lock-up agreements that restrict the issuance of new common stock or the trading of outstanding common stock could also cause the market price of our common stock to decline.

 

We do not expect to declare or pay dividends in the foreseeable future.

 

If securities industry analysts do not publish research reports on us, or publish unfavorable reports on us, then the market price and market trading volume of our common stock could be negatively affected.

 

Future issuances of debt securities, which would rank senior to our common stock upon our bankruptcy or liquidation, and future issuances of preferred stock, which could rank senior to our common stock for the purposes of dividends and liquidating distributions, may adversely affect the level of return you may be able to achieve from an investment in our common stock.

 

We will be subject to ongoing public reporting requirements that are less rigorous than Exchange Act rules for companies that are not emerging growth companies and our stockholders could receive less information than they might expect to receive from more mature public companies.

 

Our internal controls over financial reporting currently may not meet all of the standards contemplated by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and failure to achieve and maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting in accordance with Section 404 could impair our ability to produce timely and accurate financial statements or comply with applicable regulations and have a material adverse effect on our business.

 

Upon becoming a public company, we will incur significant increased costs as a result of operating as a public company, and our management will be required to devote substantial time to new compliance initiatives.

 

Our principal stockholder, executive officers and directors will beneficially own a significant percentage of the outstanding voting power of the Company following the Company’s initial public offering. As a result, they will be able to exercise significant influence over all matters requiring stockholder approval.

 

 

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RISK FACTORS

 

An investment in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the following risk factors, together with the other information contained in this prospectus, before purchasing our common stock. We have listed below (not necessarily in order of importance or probability of occurrence) what we believe to be the most significant risk factors applicable to us, but they do not constitute all of the risks that may be applicable to us. Any of the following factors could harm our business, financial condition, results of operations or prospects, and could result in a partial or complete loss of your investment. Some statements in this prospectus, including statements in the following risk factors, constitute forward-looking statements. Please refer to the section titled “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements”.

 

Risks Related to the Company’s Business, Operations and Industry

 

The currently evolving situation related to the COVID-19 pandemic could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

In January 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak to be a public health emergency and, in March 2020, it declared the outbreak to be a pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused severe global economic and societal disruptions and uncertainties. In response to the virus, countries and local governments instituted policies and measures to curtail the spread of the virus, including “stay at home” orders, travel restrictions and restrictions on the operation of non-essential businesses and services. Companies have also taken precautions, such as requiring employees to work remotely and temporarily closing or minimizing operations. Although initial restrictions have been relaxed, some restrictions have remained and these and future prevention and mitigation measures imposed by governments and private companies may have a severe adverse impact on global economic conditions and consumer confidence and spending. The COVID-19 pandemic may negatively affect our business by causing or contributing to, among other things, the following:

 

Cessation or significant reductions in the operations of, or the inability, or significant disruptions in the ability, to meet obligations to us, of significant third-party suppliers, vendors, external manufacturers and other business or commercial partners, which may be caused by their business, operational or financial difficulties, among other reasons.

 

Significant decreases in sales of or demand for, or significant volatility in sales of or demand for, one or more of our significant products or service offerings due to, among other things, closure or reduction in occupancy of sporting events which could affect our key customers; changes in customer behavior or preference; any negative impact to our reputation resulting from an adverse perception of our response to the pandemic; or the worldwide, regional and local adverse economic and financial market conditions.

 

Significant disruptions to our business operations due to, among other things, unavailability of key employees, including our senior management team, as a result of illness to themselves or their families; cancellation or other disruptions of sales and marketing events; disruptions to trade promotion initiatives; and any delays or modifications to any significant strategic initiatives.

 

Additional or renewed significant governmental actions, including closures, quarantines or other restrictions on the ability of our employees to travel or perform necessary business functions or our ability to market or sell our products; changes in costs associated with governmental actions or general economic trends; or other limitations or restrictions on our ability to market or sell our products or the ability of our suppliers, customers or third-party partners to effectively run their operations, which may negatively impact demand and our ability to market and sell our products. 

 

The Company does not believe that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant adverse impact on the Company’s business to date. As described under “Business – Market for Recruiting Services”, the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic has increased both the need for, and familiarity with, remote interactions. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company believes that its business can generate more revenues, at little or no additional cost, from more customers as a result of their search for alternatives to in-person recruiting events. Therefore, we do not believe that the COVID-19 pandemic has had an adverse impact on the Company’s business to date, or on the Company’s revenues or expenses. However, the ultimate extent of the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on our operational and financial performance will depend on future developments, including the duration, spread and intensity of the pandemic and our continued ability to provide our services and products, as well as any future government actions affecting consumers and the economy generally, all of which are uncertain and difficult to predict, especially in light of the rapidly evolving social and political situations in response to the pandemic. We will continue to actively monitor the situation and may take further actions that alter our business operations as may be required by local, state or federal authorities or that we determine are in the best interests of our employees, consumers, customers or business partners. Although the potential effects that COVID-19 may have on us are not clear, such impacts could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

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We have a limited operating history. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in growing our business.

 

We have a limited history of operations. As a result, there can be no assurance that we will be successful in providing our sports recruitment technology services. Any potential for future growth will place additional demands on our executive officers, and any increased scope of our operations will present challenges due to our current limited management resources. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in our efforts. Our inability to locate additional opportunities, to hire additional management and other personnel, or to enhance our management systems, could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations. There can be no assurance that our operations will be profitable.

 

We have a history of losses since our inception and may continue to incur losses for the foreseeable future.

 

To date, we have been unable to sell our services in quantities sufficient to be operationally profitable. Consequently, we have sustained substantial losses. There can be no assurances that the Company will ever achieve the level of revenues needed to be operationally profitable in the future and if profitability is achieved, that it will be sustained. Our revenues have fluctuated and may likely continue to fluctuate significantly from quarter to quarter and from year to year. We will need to obtain additional capital and increase sales to become profitable.

 

Our management has concluded that factors raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern and our current and former auditors have included an explanatory paragraph relating to our ability to continue as a going concern in their respective audit reports for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021.

 

Our management has concluded that our historical recurring losses from operations and negative cash flows from operations as well as our dependence on private equity and other financings raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern and our current and former auditors have included an explanatory paragraph relating to our ability to continue as a going concern in their respective audit reports for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021.

 

Our financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. These adjustments would likely include substantial impairment of the carrying amount of our assets and potential contingent liabilities that may arise if we are unable to fulfill various operational commitments. In addition, the value of our securities, including common stock issued in the Company’s initial public offering, would be greatly impaired. Our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon generating sufficient cash flow from operations and obtaining additional capital and financing, including funds to be raised in the initial public offering. If our ability to generate cash flow from operations is delayed or reduced and we are unable to raise additional funding from other sources, we may be unable to continue in business even if the initial public offering is successful. For further discussion about our ability to continue as a going concern and our plan for future liquidity, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Liquidity and Capital Resources – Going Concern.”

 

We will need to obtain additional funding to continue operations. If we fail to obtain the necessary financing or fail to become profitable or are unable to sustain profitability on a continuing basis, then we may be unable to continue our operations and we may be forced to significantly delay, scale back or discontinue our operations.

 

We will require additional capital to fund our operations, and if we fail to obtain necessary financing, our business plan may not be successful.

 

Our operations have consumed substantial amounts of cash since inception, and we expect they will continue to consume substantial amounts of cash as we aggressively build our platform and our internal marketing, compliance and other administrative functions. Although we believe the net proceeds from the Company’s initial public offering together with existing cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to fund our projected operating expenses for some period of time, we will require additional capital to maintain our business operations, and we may also need to raise additional funds sooner if our operating and other expenses are higher than we expect.

 

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Our forecast of the period of time through which our financial resources will be adequate to support our operations is a forward-looking statement and involves risks and uncertainties, and actual results could vary as a result of a number of factors. We have based this estimate on assumptions that may prove to be wrong, and we could exhaust our available capital resources sooner than we currently expect.

 

If a lack of available capital means that we are unable to expand our operations or otherwise capitalize on our business opportunities, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected.

 

Adverse developments affecting the financial services industry, such as actual events or concerns involving liquidity, defaults, or non-performance by financial institutions or transactional counterparties, could adversely affect our current and projected business operations and our financial condition and results of operations.

 

Actual events involving limited liquidity, defaults, non-performance or other adverse developments that affect financial institutions, transactional counterparties or other companies in the financial services industry or the financial services industry generally, or concerns or rumors about any events of these kinds or other similar risks, have in the past and may in the future lead to market-wide liquidity problems. For example, on March 10, 2023, Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”), was closed by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, which appointed the FDIC as receiver. Similarly, on March 12, 2023, Signature Bank Corp. (“Signature”), and Silvergate Capital Corp. were each swept into receivership. Although a statement by the Department of the Treasury, the Federal Reserve and the FDIC indicated that all depositors of SVB would have access to all of their money after only one business day of closure, including funds held in uninsured deposit accounts, borrowers under credit agreements, letters of credit and certain other financial instruments with SVB, Signature or any other financial institution that is placed into receivership by the FDIC may be unable to access undrawn amounts thereunder. In addition, on May 1, the FDIC announced that First Republic had been closed by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation and its assets seized by the FDIC. JPMorgan Chase eventually won the auction, paying the FDIC $10.6 billion for nearly all of First Republic’s assets. Although we are not a borrower under or party to any material letter of credit or any other such instruments with SVB, Signature or any other financial institution currently in receivership, if we enter into any such instruments and any of our lenders or counterparties to such instruments were to be placed into receivership, we may be unable to access such funds. In addition, if any of our customers, suppliers or other parties with whom we conduct business are unable to access funds pursuant to such instruments or lending arrangements with such a financial institution, such parties’ ability to pay their obligations to us or to enter into new commercial arrangements requiring additional payments to us could be adversely affected. In this regard, counterparties to credit agreements and arrangements with these financial institutions, and third parties such as beneficiaries of letters of credit (among others), may experience direct impacts from the closure of these financial institutions and uncertainty remains over liquidity concerns in the broader financial services industry. Similar impacts have occurred in the past, such as during the 2007-2008 financial crisis.

 

Inflation and rapid increases in interest rates have led to a decline in the trading value of previously-issued government securities with interest rates below current market interest rates. Although the U.S. Department of Treasury, FDIC and Federal Reserve Board have announced a program to provide up to $25 billion of loans to financial institutions secured by certain of such government securities held by financial institutions to mitigate the risk of potential losses on the sale of such instruments, widespread demands for customer withdrawals or other liquidity needs of financial institutions for immediately liquidity may exceed the capacity of such program.

 

Our access to funding sources and other credit arrangements in amounts adequate to finance or capitalize our current and projected future business operations could be significantly impaired by factors that affect us, any financial institutions with which we enter into credit agreements or arrangements directly, or the financial services industry or economy in general. These factors could include, among others, events such as liquidity constraints or failures, the ability to perform obligations under various types of financial, credit or liquidity agreements or arrangements, disruptions or instability in the financial services industry or financial markets, or concerns or negative expectations about the prospects for companies in the financial services industry. These factors could involve financial institutions or financial services industry companies with which we have financial or business relationships, but could also include factors involving financial markets or the financial services industry generally.

 

The results of events or concerns that involve one or more of these factors could include a variety of material and adverse impacts on our current and projected business operations and our financial condition and results of operations. These risks include, but may not be limited to, the following:

 

delayed access to deposits or other financial assets or the uninsured loss of deposits or other financial assets;

 

inability to enter into credit facilities or other working capital resources;

 

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potential or actual breach of contractual obligations that require us to maintain letters of credit or other credit support arrangements; or

 

termination of cash management arrangements and/or delays in accessing or actual loss of funds subject to cash management arrangements.

 

In addition, investor concerns regarding the U.S. or international financial systems could result in less favorable commercial financing terms, including higher interest rates or costs and tighter financial and operating covenants, or systemic limitations on access to credit and liquidity sources, thereby making it more difficult for us to acquire financing on acceptable terms or at all. Any decline in available funding or access to our cash and liquidity resources could, among other risks, adversely impact our ability to meet our operating expenses or other obligations, financial or otherwise, result in breaches of our financial and/or contractual obligations, or result in violations of federal or state wage and hour laws. Any of these impacts, or any other impacts resulting from the factors described above or other related or similar factors, could have material adverse impacts on our liquidity and our current and/or projected business operations and financial condition and results of operations.

 

In addition, any further deterioration in the economy or financial services industry could lead to losses or defaults by our customers, service providers, vendors, or suppliers, which in turn, could have a material adverse effect on our current and/or projected business operations and results of operations and financial condition. For example, a customer may fail to make payments when due, default under their agreements with us, become insolvent or declare bankruptcy, or a service provider, vendor, or supplier may determine that it will no longer deal with us as a customer. In addition, a service provider, vendor or supplier could be adversely affected by any of the liquidity or other risks that are described above as factors that could result in material adverse impacts on us, including but not limited to delayed access or loss of access to uninsured deposits or loss of the ability to draw on existing credit facilities involving a troubled or failed financial institution. The bankruptcy or insolvency of any customers, service providers, vendors, or suppliers, or the failure of any customer to make payments when due, or any breach or default by a customer, service provider, vendor, or supplier, or the loss of any significant supplier relationships, could cause us to suffer material losses and may have a material adverse impact on our business.

 

Our ability to use our net operating loss carryforwards and certain other tax attributes may be limited.

 

We have incurred net losses since our inception in 2019, and we may never achieve or sustain profitability. Federal net operating loss, or NOL, carryforwards we generated since our incorporation may be carried forward indefinitely but may only be used to offset 80% of our taxable income annually. Under Sections 382 and 383 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, if a corporation undergoes an “ownership change,” generally defined as a greater than 50 percentage point change (by value) in its equity ownership by certain stockholders over a three-year period, the corporation’s ability to use its pre-change NOL carryforwards and other pre-change tax attributes (such as research tax credits) to offset its post-change income or taxes may be limited. We have not completed a study to assess whether an ownership change for purposes of Section 382 or 383 has occurred, or whether there have been multiple ownership changes since our inception. For purposes of Section 382 or 383, we may have experienced ownership changes in the past and may experience ownership changes in the future as a result of shifts in our stock ownership (some of which shifts are outside our control). As a result, if we earn net taxable income, our ability to use our pre-change NOL carryforwards to offset such taxable income will be subject to limitations. Similar provisions of state tax law may also apply to limit our use of accumulated state tax attributes. Therefore, if we attain profitability, we may be unable to use a material portion of our NOL carryforwards and other tax attributes, which could adversely affect our future cash flows.

 

We operate in the highly competitive sports recruitment industry which is subject to rapid and significant technological changes.

 

The sports recruitment industry in which the Company is engaged is intensely competitive and characterized by rapid changes in technology, customer requirements, and industry standards, and by frequent new product and service offerings and improvements. We compete with an array of established and emerging recruiting solution providers. Conditions in our market could change rapidly and significantly as a result of technological advancements, partnerships, or acquisitions by our competitors or continuing market consolidation. With the introduction of new technologies and market entrants, we expect the competitive environment to remain intense. There can be no assurance that Company’s systems can be upgraded to meet future innovations in the industry or that new technologies will not emerge, or existing technologies will not be improved, which would render the Company’s offerings obsolete or non-competitive. Many of the companies we compete with enjoy significant competitive advantages over us, including but not limited to greater name recognition; greater financial, technical and service resources; established networks; additional product offerings; and greater resources for product development and sales and marketing. In addition, there can be no assurance that other established sports recruiting companies, any of which would likely have greater resources than the Company, will not enter the market. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to compete successfully against any of its competitors.

 

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If we fail to acquire new customers, we may not be able to increase net sales or achieve profitability.

 

We have invested in marketing and branding related to customer acquisition and expect to continue to do so. We must continue to acquire subscription customers in order to increase net sales and achieve profitability. In order to expand our customer base, we must appeal to and acquire customers who have historically used other means to recruit athletes and may prefer alternatives to do so. We cannot assure you that the net sales from new customers we acquire will ultimately exceed the cost of acquiring those customers. If consumers do not perceive the platform we offer to be of high value and quality, we may not be able to acquire new customers. If we are unable to acquire new customers, the net sales we generate may decrease, and our business, financial condition and operating results may be materially and adversely affected.

 

We use social networking sites, such as Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, online services, search engines, affiliate marketing websites, directories and other social media websites and ecommerce businesses to advertise, market and direct potential customers to use our platform. As social networking continues to rapidly evolve, we must continue to use social media channels that are used by our current and prospective customers and cost-effectively drive traffic to our platform. We believe that failure to utilize these channels as sources of traffic to our site to generate new customers would adversely affect our financial condition.

 

Our software or services may not operate properly, which could damage our reputation, give rise to claims against us, or divert application of our resources from other purposes, any of which could harm our business and operating results.

 

We may encounter human or technical obstacles that prevent our website and apps from operating properly. If our offerings do not function reliably or fail to achieve customer expectations in terms of performance, customers could assert liability claims against us or cancel their contracts with us. This could damage our reputation and impair our ability to attract or maintain customers. We cannot assure you that material performance problems or defects in our service offerings will not arise in the future. Errors may result from receipt, entry, or interpretation of customer information or from interface of our services. These defects and errors and any failure by us to identify and address them could result in loss of revenue or market share, liability to customers or others, failure to achieve market acceptance or expansion, diversion of development resources, injury to our reputation, and increased service and maintenance costs. The costs incurred in correcting any defects or errors or in responding to resulting claims or liability may be substantial and could adversely affect our operating results.

 

If our security measures are breached or fail and unauthorized access is obtained to a customer’s data, our service may be perceived as insecure, the attractiveness of our services to current or potential customers may be reduced, and we may incur significant liabilities.

 

Our services involve the Internet-based storage and transmission of customers’ information. We rely on proprietary and commercially available systems, software, tools and monitoring, as well as other processes, to provide security for processing, transmission and storage of such information. Because of the sensitivity of this information and due to requirements under applicable laws and regulations, the effectiveness of our security efforts is very important. If our security measures are breached or fail as a result of third-party action, acts of terror, social unrest, employee error, malfeasance or for any other reasons, someone may be able to obtain unauthorized access to customer data. Improper activities by third-parties, advances in computer and software capabilities and encryption technology, new tools and discoveries and other events or developments may facilitate or result in a compromise or breach of our security systems. Our security measures may not be effective in preventing unauthorized access to the customer data stored on our servers. If a breach of our security occurs, we could face damages for contract breach, penalties for violation of applicable laws or regulations, possible lawsuits by individuals affected by the breach and significant remediation costs and efforts to prevent future occurrences. In addition, whether there is an actual or a perceived breach of our security, the market perception of the effectiveness of our security measures could be harmed and we could lose current or potential customers.

 

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We depend on sophisticated information technology systems and data processing to operate our business. If we experience security or data privacy breaches or other unauthorized or improper access to, use of, or destruction of our proprietary or confidential data, customer data or personal data, we may face costs, significant liabilities, harm to our brand and business disruption.

 

We rely on information technology systems and data processing that we or our service providers, collaborators, consultants, contractors or partners operate to collect, process, transmit and store electronic information in our day-to-day operations, including a variety of personal data, such as name, mailing address, email addresses, academic records, phone numbers and potentially other sensitive user information. Additionally, we, and our service providers, collaborators, consultants, contractors or partners, do or will collect, receive, store, process, generate, use, transfer, disclose, make accessible, protect and share personal information and other information to operate our business, for legal and marketing purposes, and for other business-related purposes. Our internal computer systems and data processing and those of our third-party vendors, consultants, collaborators, contractors or partners, may be vulnerable to a cyber-attack, malicious intrusion, breakdown, destruction, loss of data privacy, actions or inactions by our employees or contractors that expose security vulnerabilities, theft or destruction of intellectual property or other confidential or proprietary information, business interruption or other significant security incidents. As the cyber-threat landscape evolves, these attacks are growing in frequency, level of persistence, sophistication and intensity, and are becoming increasingly difficult to detect. In addition to traditional computer “hackers,” threat actors, software bugs, malicious code (such as viruses and worms), employee theft or misuse, denial-of-service attacks (such as credential stuffing), phishing and ransomware attacks, sophisticated nation-state and nation-state supported actors now engage in attacks (including advanced persistent threat intrusions). These risks may be increased as a result of COVID-19, owing to an increase in personnel working remotely and higher reliance on internet technology. Furthermore, because the techniques used to obtain unauthorized access to, or to sabotage, systems change frequently and often are not recognized until launched against a target, we may be unable to anticipate these techniques or implement adequate preventative measures. We may also experience security breaches that may remain undetected for an extended period.

 

There can be no assurance that we, our service providers, collaborators, consultants, contractors or partners will be successful in efforts to detect, prevent or fully recover systems or data from all breakdowns, service interruptions, attacks or breaches of systems that could adversely affect our business and operations and/or result in the loss of critical or sensitive data. Any failure by us or our service providers, collaborators, consultants, contractors or partners to detect, prevent, respond to or mitigate security breaches or improper access to, use of, or inappropriate disclosure of any of this information or other confidential or sensitive information, including customers’ personal data, or the perception that any such failure has occurred, could result in claims, litigation, regulatory investigations and other proceedings, significant liability under state, federal and international law, and other financial, legal or reputational harm to us. Further, such failures or perceived failures could result in liability and a material disruption of our development programs and our business operations, which could lead to significant delays, lost revenues or other adverse consequences, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition, prospects and cashflow.

 

Additionally, applicable laws and regulations relating to privacy, data protection or cybersecurity, external contractual commitments and internal privacy and security policies may require us to notify relevant stakeholders if there has been a security breach, including affected individuals, business partners and regulators. Such disclosures are costly, and the disclosures or any actual or alleged failure to comply with such requirements could lead to a materially adverse impact on the business, including negative publicity, a loss of confidence in our services or security measures by our business partners or breach of contract claims. There can be no assurance that the limitations of liability in our contracts would be enforceable or adequate or would otherwise protect us from liabilities or damages if we fail to comply with applicable data protection laws, privacy policies or other data protection obligations related to information security or security breaches.

 

If we are unable to protect the confidentiality of our trade secrets, know-how and other proprietary and internally developed information, the value of our technology could be adversely affected.

 

We may not be able to protect our trade secrets, know-how and other internally developed information adequately. Although we use reasonable efforts to protect this internally developed information and technology, our employees, consultants and other parties (including independent contractors and companies with which we conduct business) may unintentionally or willfully disclose our information or technology to competitors. Enforcing a claim that a third party illegally disclosed or obtained and is using any of our internally developed information or technology is difficult, expensive and time-consuming, and the outcome is unpredictable. We rely, in part, on non-disclosure, confidentiality and assignment-of-invention agreements with our employees, independent contractors, consultants and companies with which we conduct business to protect our internally developed information. These agreements may not be self-executing, or they may be breached and we may not have adequate remedies for such breach. Moreover, third parties may independently develop similar or equivalent proprietary information or otherwise gain access to our trade secrets, know-how and other internally developed information.

 

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Claims by others that we infringe their intellectual property could force us to incur significant costs or revise the way we conduct our business.

 

Our competitors protect their proprietary rights by means of patents, trade secrets, copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property. We have not conducted an independent review of patents and other intellectual property issued to third-parties, who may have patents or patent applications relating to our proprietary technology. We have not received notice of any claims alleging infringement of third parties’ intellectual property. However, we may in the future receive letters from third parties alleging, or inquiring about, possible infringement, misappropriation or violation of their intellectual property rights. Any party asserting that we infringe, misappropriate or violate proprietary rights may force us to defend ourselves, and potentially our customers, against the alleged claim. These claims and any resulting lawsuit, if successful, could subject us to significant liability for damages and/or invalidation of our proprietary rights or interruption or cessation of our operations. Any such claims or lawsuit could:

 

be time-consuming and expensive to defend, whether meritorious or not;

 

require us to stop providing products or services that use the technology that allegedly infringes the other party’s intellectual property;

 

divert the attention of our technical and managerial resources;

 

require us to enter into royalty or licensing agreements with third-parties, which may not be available on terms that we deem acceptable;

 

prevent us from operating all or a portion of our business or force us to redesign our products, services or technology platforms, which could be difficult and expensive and may make the performance or value of our product or service offerings less attractive;

 

subject us to significant liability for damages or result in significant settlement payments; or

 

require us to indemnify our customers.

 

Furthermore, during the course of litigation, confidential information may be disclosed in the form of documents or testimony in connection with discovery requests, depositions or trial testimony. Disclosure of our confidential information and our involvement in intellectual property litigation could materially adversely affect our business. Some of our competitors may be able to sustain the costs of intellectual property litigation more effectively than we can because they have substantially greater resources. In addition, any litigation could significantly harm our relationships with current and prospective customers. Any of the foregoing could disrupt our business and have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition.

 

There may be challenges to our patents and proprietary technology.

 

The Company holds one or more pending utility patent applications, know-how and trade secret rights relating to various aspects of its technologies, which are of material importance to the Company and its future prospects. Any patent we have obtained or do obtain may be challenged by re-examination or otherwise invalidated or eventually found unenforceable. Both the patent application process and the process of managing patent disputes can be time consuming and expensive. Competitors may attempt to challenge or invalidate our patents, or may be able to design alternative techniques or devices that avoid infringement of our patents, or develop products with functionalities that are comparable to ours. In the event a competitor infringes upon our patent or other intellectual property rights, litigation to enforce our intellectual property rights or to defend our patents against challenge, even if successful, could be expensive and time consuming and could require significant time and attention from our management. Furthermore, there can be no assurance that the Company’s products and services will not infringe on any patents of others. We may not have sufficient resources to enforce our intellectual property rights or to defend our patents against challenges from others.

 

If we fail to renew and/or expand our existing licenses, we may be required to discontinue or limit our use of the products that include or incorporate the licensed intellectual property.

 

Our third-party licenses, or support for such licensed products and technologies, may not continue to be available to us on commercially reasonable terms, if at all. In the event that we cannot renew and/or expand existing licenses, we may be required to discontinue or limit our use of the products that include or incorporate the licensed intellectual property. Although to date we have not encountered such issues, licensing requirements may preclude us from using technologies owned or developed by third parties if those parties are unwilling to allow us to comply with related disclosure requirements or other regulatory requirements. In any such event, we may be unable to operate on a profitable basis.

 

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Some aspects of our products and services incorporate open source software, and our use of open source software could negatively affect our business, results of operations, financial condition, and prospects.

 

Some aspects of our app platform incorporate and are dependent on the use and development of open source software. Open source software is software licensed under an open source license, which may include a requirement that we make available, or grant licenses to, any modifications or derivative works created using the open source software, make our proprietary source code publicly available, or make our products or services available for free or for nominal amounts. If an author or other third party that uses or distributes such open source software were to allege that we had not complied with the legal terms and conditions of one or more of these open source licenses, we could incur significant legal expenses defending against such allegations, could be subject to significant damages, and could be required to comply with these open source licenses in ways that cause substantial competitive harm to our business.

 

The terms of various open source licenses have not been interpreted by U.S. and international courts, and there is a risk that such licenses could be construed in a manner that imposes unanticipated conditions or restrictions on our products or services. In such an event, we could be required to re-engineer all or a portion of our technologies, seek licenses from third parties in order to continue offering our products and services, discontinue the use of our platform in the event re-engineering cannot be accomplished, or otherwise be limited in the licensing of our technologies, each of which could reduce or eliminate the value of our technologies and loan products and services. If portions of our proprietary software are determined to be subject to an open source license, we could also be required to, under certain circumstances, publicly release or license, at no cost, our products or services that incorporate the open source software or the affected portions of our source code, which could allow our competitors or other third parties to create similar products and services with lower development effort, time, and costs, and could ultimately result in a loss of transaction volume for us. We cannot ensure that we have not incorporated open source software in our software in a manner that is inconsistent with the terms of the applicable license or our current policies, and our employees or our consultants, third party contractors or suppliers may inadvertently or willfully use open source in a manner that we do not intend or that could expose us to claims for breach of contract or intellectual property infringement, misappropriation, or other violation. If we fail to comply, or are alleged to have failed to comply, with the terms and conditions of our open source licenses, we could be required to incur significant legal expenses defending such allegations, be subject to significant damages, be enjoined from the sale of our products and services, and be required to comply with onerous conditions or restrictions on our products and services, any of which could be materially disruptive to our business.

 

In addition to risks related to license requirements, usage of open source software can lead to greater risks than use of third-party commercial software because open source licensors generally do not provide warranties or other contractual protections regarding infringement, misappropriation, or other violations, the quality of code, or the origin of the software. Many of the risks associated with the use of open source software cannot be eliminated and could adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition, and prospects. For instance, open source software is often developed by different groups of programmers outside of our control that collaborate with each other on projects. As a result, open source software may have security vulnerabilities, defects, or errors of which we are not aware. Even if we become aware of any security vulnerabilities, defects, or errors, it may take a significant amount of time for either us or the programmers who developed the open source software to address such vulnerabilities, defects, or errors, which could negatively impact our products and services, including by adversely affecting the market’s perception of our products and services, impairing the functionality of our products and services, delaying the launch of new products and services, or resulting in the failure of our products and services, any of which could result in liability to us, our vendors, and our service providers. Further, our adoption of certain policies with respect to the use of open source software may affect our ability to hire and retain employees, including engineers.

 

Changes in government policy, legislation or regulatory or judicial interpretations could hinder or prevent our ability to conduct our business operations.

 

Changes in government policy, legislation or regulatory or judicial interpretations could hinder or prevent our ability to conduct our business operations. For example, we could be deemed to be subject to insurance and other regulations, which in some circumstances may be applied retrospectively. Any other changes in or interpretations of current laws and regulations could also require us to increase our compliance expenditures, inhibit our ability to enter into new contracts or conduct our business operations. In addition, our failure to comply with applicable laws and regulations could lead to significant penalties, fines or other sanctions. If we are unable to effectively respond to any such changes or comply with existing and future laws and regulations, our competitive position, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows could be materially adversely impacted.

 

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We are dependent on our management team, and the loss of any key member of this team may prevent us from implementing our business plan in a timely manner, or at all.

 

Our success depends largely upon the continued services of our executive officers and other key personnel, particularly Daniel D. Nelson, our Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and director; Damon Rich, our Interim Chief Financial Officer; and David O’Hara, our Chief Operating Officer and Secretary. Our executive officers or key employees could terminate their employment with us at any time without penalty. In addition, we do not maintain key person life insurance policies on any of our employees or any of our contract parties. The loss of one or more of these executive officers or key employees could seriously harm our business and may prevent us from implementing our business plan in a timely manner, or at all.

 

The failure to attract and retain additional qualified personnel could harm our business and culture and prevent us from executing our business strategy.

 

To execute our business strategy, we must attract and retain highly qualified personnel. Competition for executives, software developers, sales personnel, and other key personnel in our industry is intense. In particular, we compete with many other companies for software developers with high levels of experience in designing, developing, and managing software for college sports recruitment technologies, as well as for skilled sales and operations professionals with connections and experience in the intensely competitive college sports recruitment system. Recently we have experienced, and we may continue to experience, employee turnover, and we may not be able to fill positions in a timely manner or at all. These risks may be exacerbated by perceptions of our recent restructuring actions in preparation for our initial public offering, including potential confusion or misgivings regarding the intent and effect of the Reverse Stock Split, changes in executive management, efforts to rapidly expand the utility of our platform, multiple capital raises through private placements of debt and equity at valuations of our common stock that are or may be the same or less than the implied valuations of our common stock upon which their equity awards were granted, and any similar future actions. In addition, our recruiting personnel, methodology, and approach may need to be altered to address a changing candidate pool and profile. We may not be able to identify or implement such changes in a timely manner. New hires and other personnel require training and take time before they achieve full productivity. New employees and other personnel may not become as productive as we expect, and we may be unable to hire or retain sufficient numbers of qualified individuals. If we fail to attract new personnel or fail to retain and motivate our current personnel, our business could be harmed.

 

Many of the companies with which we compete for experienced personnel have greater resources than we have, and some of these companies may offer more attractive compensation packages. In particular, job candidates and existing employees and other personnel carefully consider the value of the equity awards they receive in connection with their employment or engagement. If the perceived value of our equity awards declines, or if the mix of equity and cash compensation that we offer is unattractive, it may adversely affect our ability to recruit and retain highly skilled employees and other personnel. Job candidates may also be threatened with legal action under agreements with their existing employers if we attempt to hire them, which could impact hiring and result in a diversion of our time and resources. Additionally, laws and regulations, such as restrictive immigration laws, may limit our ability to recruit internationally. We must also continue to retain and motivate existing employees and other personnel through our compensation practices, company culture, and career development opportunities. If we fail to attract new personnel or to retain our current personnel, our business would be harmed.

 

If we fail to effectively manage our growth, our business, financial condition and operating results could be harmed.

 

To effectively manage our growth, we must continue to implement our operational plans and strategies, improve and expand our infrastructure of people and information systems and expand, train and manage our employee and contractor base. We have increased employee and contractor headcount since our inception to support the growth in our business, and we intend for this growth to continue for the foreseeable future. To support continued growth, we must effectively integrate, develop and motivate new employees, while maintaining our corporate culture. We face competition for qualified personnel. Additionally, we may not be able to hire new employees quickly enough to meet our needs. If we fail to effectively manage our hiring needs or successfully integrate our new hires, our efficiency and ability to meet our forecasts and our employee morale, productivity and retention could suffer, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.

 

Additionally, the growth and expansion of our business and our product offerings in the future will place significant demands on our management. The growth of our business may require significant additional resources, which may not scale in a cost-effective manner or may negatively affect the quality of our customer experience. We are also required to manage multiple relationships with various vendors, customers and other third parties. Further growth of our operations, our vendor base, our fulfillment process, information technology systems or our internal controls and procedures may not be adequate to support our operations. If we are unable to manage the growth of our organization effectively, our business, financial condition and operating results may be materially and adversely affected.

 

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We are subject to complex and growing user data privacy use and other governmental laws and regulations, and any failure to comply with these laws and regulations may have a material negative effect on our business and results of operations.

 

We are subject to substantial governmental regulations affecting our business. These include, but are not limited to, data privacy and protection laws, regulations, and policies that apply to the collection, transmission, storage, processing and use of personal information or personal data, which among other things, impose certain requirements relating to the privacy and security of personal information. The variety of laws and regulations governing data privacy and protection, and the use of the internet as a commercial medium are rapidly evolving, extensive, and complex, and may include provisions and obligations that are inconsistent with one another or uncertain in their scope or application.

 

Under our user agreements and certain sponsorship agreements, we collect certain information about student-athletes that have been submitted by the student-athletes and, if applicable, their coaches, recruiters, or other teaching professionals or institutions. This data includes or may include age, date of birth, name, email address, athletic statistics and educational data including student transcripts and SAT and other test scores, and payment information. We intend to use such data for purposes of providing platform services to the submitting student-athletes and, if applicable, their coaches, recruiters, and other teaching professionals and institutions. In order to provide such services, we may need to share certain data with certain third-party services providers. We do not intend to share such data for any other purposes. The collection, use and sharing of user data is subject to disclosures of our data collection, use and sharing practices and opt-out, access, correction, deletion, portability, and security provisions in our website and app user terms of service and privacy policy. All such data collection, use, and sharing is subject to our prior receipt of electronically- or physically-signed written consents or acceptance of terms of use and terms and conditions of our platform app software by student-athletes and, if applicable, their coaches, recruiters, or other teaching professionals or institutions, granting us rights to share such information for posting on our platform. Such consents or acceptances of terms of use and terms and conditions of our app software explicitly includes the student-athlete’s and, if applicable, their coach, recruiter, or other teaching professional or institution’s grant of a license to each coach, recruiter, or other teaching professional or institution on our platform to view, compare, analyze and store platform player data. Each coach, recruiter, or other teaching professional or institution on our platform is in turn required to agree to such terms of use and terms and conditions to access and use such player data only as permitted under all applicable international, national, state, and local law, including laws applicable to the use of data of minors. Regardless of these agreements and consents, however, we are subject to a number of data protection requirements relating to the management and safeguarding of information of users, including minors, including those described below.

 

Relevant U.S. federal data privacy laws include the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (“FERPA”), which regulates the use and disclosure of student education records held by certain educational institutions; the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing Act, as amended (the “CAN-SPAM Act”), which, among other things, restricts data collection and use in connection with CAN-SPAM Act’s opt-out process requirements for senders of commercial emails; and the U.S. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”), which regulates the collection of information by operators of websites and other electronic solutions that are directed to children under 13 years of age, although our website and app user terms of service and privacy policy expressly prohibit children under 13 from submitting information to or on our website or app. These laws and regulations promulgated under these laws restrict our collection, processing, storage, use and disclosure of personal information, may require us to notify individuals of our privacy practices and provide individuals with certain rights to prevent the use and disclosure of protected information, and mandate certain procedures with respect to safeguarding and proper description of stored information. 

 

Moreover, certain laws and regulations of U.S states and the European Union (the “EU”) impose similar or greater data protection requirements and may also subject us to scrutiny or attention from regulatory authorities. For example, the EU and California have passed comprehensive data privacy laws, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and regulations promulgated under the CCPA, respectively, which impose data protection obligations on enterprises, including limitations on data uses and constraints on certain uses of sensitive data. Of particular importance, the CCPA, which became effective on January 1, 2020, limits how we may collect and use personal information, including by requiring companies that process information relating to California residents to make disclosures to consumers about their data collection, use and sharing practices, provide consumers with rights to know and delete personal information and allow consumers to opt out of certain data sharing with third parties. The CCPA also creates an expanded definition of personal information, imposes special rules on the collection of consumer data from minors, and provides for civil penalties for violations, as well as a private right of action for data breaches that is expected to increase the likelihood and cost of data breach litigation. The potential effects of this legislation are far-reaching and may require us to modify our data processing practices and policies and incur substantial costs and expenses in compliance and potential ligation efforts.  Effective January 1, 2023, we also became subject to the CPRA, which expands upon the consumer data use restrictions, penalties and enforcement provisions under the CCPA, and Virginia’s Consumer Data Protection Act (“VCDPA”), another comprehensive data privacy law, and regulations promulgated under the CPRA and the VCDPA.

 

In addition, effective July 1, 2023, we may also be subject to the Colorado Privacy Act (the “CPA”) and Connecticut’s An Act Concerning Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring (“CDPA”) and regulations promulgated under these laws, which are also comprehensive consumer privacy laws. Effective December 31, 2023, we may also become subject to the Utah Consumer Privacy Act (“UCPA”), regarding business handling of consumers’ personal data. Effective January 1, 2025, we may also become subject to the Iowa Consumer Privacy Act (“ICPA”), a similar consumer data privacy law. Further, there are several legislative proposals in the United States, at both the federal and state level, that could impose new privacy and security obligations. We cannot yet determine the impact that these laws and regulations may have on our business.

 

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We believe that our compliance programs include adequate business processes, procedures, including annual audits, and reliance on experts to ensure substantial compliance with applicable privacy law. Despite such safeguards, in the course of collecting the user data described above, our employees, independent contractors, suppliers, or service providers may have inadvertently or willfully used, and may in the future inadvertently or willfully use, protected user data in a manner that we do not intend or in a manner that could expose us to claims for violation of data privacy rights. In addition, our agreements with our employees, contractors, suppliers and service providers generally do not address compliance with applicable privacy law and indemnify the Company against mis-use of regulated data or unauthorized practices, although we have recently made efforts to include such terms in new agreements with such parties. Therefore, these programs and agreements may have failed, or may in the future fail, to prevent violations of our users’ data privacy rights, or to protect us from damages relating to such failures.

 

If we fail to comply, or are alleged to have failed to comply, with any applicable user privacy laws or regulations, we could be required to incur significant legal expenses defending such allegations, be subject to significant damages, be enjoined from the sale of our products and services, and be required to comply with onerous conditions or restrictions on our products and services, any of which could be materially disruptive to our business.

 

In addition, our business is, and may in the future be, subject to a variety of other laws and regulations, including working conditions, labor, immigration and employment laws, and health, safety and sanitation requirements. Our inability or failure to comply with these governmental laws and regulations, or to maintain necessary permits or licenses, could result in liability that could have a material negative effect on our business and results of operations.


Climate change and increased focus by governmental organizations on sustainability issues, including those related to climate change, may have a material adverse effect on our business and operations.

 

Federal, state and local governments are beginning to respond to climate change issues. This increased focus on sustainability may result in new legislation or regulations and vendor and customer requirements that could negatively affect us as we may incur additional costs or be required to make changes to our operations in order to comply with any new regulations. Legislation or regulations that potentially impose restrictions, caps, taxes, or other controls on emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, a by-product of burning fossil fuels could force us to incur additional costs and we may fail to pass such additional costs on to our customers, which could also have a material adverse effect on our business.

 

In addition, on March 21, 2022, the SEC proposed new rules requiring a range of climate-related disclosure that would be applicable to all companies that file annual reports or registration statements with the SEC, including the Company. The proposed climate-related disclosure framework is modeled in part on the Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosures’ recommendations, and also draws upon the Greenhouse Gas (“GHG”) Protocol (“GHG Protocol”). In particular, the proposed rules would require a registrant to disclose information about: The oversight and governance of climate-related risks by the registrant’s board and management; how any climate-related risks identified by the registrant have had or are likely to have a material impact on its business and consolidated financial statements, which may manifest over the short-, medium-, or long-term; how any identified climate-related risks have affected or are likely to affect the registrant’s strategy, business model, and outlook; the registrant’s processes for identifying, assessing, and managing climate-related risks and whether any such processes are integrated into the registrant’s overall risk management system or processes; the impact of climate-related events (severe weather events and other natural conditions as well as physical risks identified by the registrant) and transition activities (including transition risks identified by the registrant) on the line items of a registrant’s consolidated financial statements and related expenditures, and disclosure of financial estimates and assumptions impacted by such climate-related events and transition activities; “Scope 1” and “Scope 2” (as defined by the SEC’s proposed rule) GHG emissions metrics, separately disclosed, expressed both by disaggregated constituent greenhouse gases and in the aggregate, and in absolute and intensity terms; “Scope 3” (as defined by the SEC’s proposed rule) GHG emissions and intensity, if material, or if the registrant has set a GHG emissions reduction target or goal that includes its Scope 3 emissions; and the registrant’s climate-related targets or goals, and transition plan, if any. The proposed rules would be subject to certain accommodations and phase-in periods. For example, companies meeting the definition of “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act, which currently includes the Company (see below, “—We believe we will be considered a smaller reporting company and will be exempt from certain disclosure requirements, which could make our common stock less attractive to potential investors.” and “As a ’smaller reporting company,’ we may choose to exempt our company from certain corporate governance requirements that could have an adverse effect on our public stockholders.”), would be exempt from the Scope 3 emissions disclosure requirement. The proposed rules would also require an attestation report provided by a third-party attestation service provider that satisfies a minimum level of attestation services for a company that meets the definition of “accelerated filer” or “large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act, including: (1) limited assurance for Scopes 1 and 2 emissions disclosure that scales up to reasonable assurance after a specified transition period; (2) minimum qualifications and independence requirements for the attestation service provider; and (3) minimum requirements for the accompanying attestation report. A company that is not an “accelerated filer” or “large accelerated filer”, which currently includes the Company, would not be subject to this attestation requirement (see also “—As a non-accelerated filer, we will not be required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.” and “—We will be subject to ongoing public reporting requirements that are less rigorous than Exchange Act rules for companies that are not emerging growth companies and our stockholders could receive less information than they might expect to receive from more mature public companies.”).

 

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Although we cannot predict the costs of implementation or any potential adverse impacts resulting from the proposed rule, the SEC estimated that compliance costs for a “smaller reporting company” in the first year of compliance would be $490,000 ($140,000 for internal costs and $350,000 for outside professional costs), while annual costs in the subsequent five years were estimated to be $420,000 ($120,000 for internal costs and $300,000 for outside professional costs). For non-“smaller reporting company” registrants, the costs in the first year of compliance were estimated to be $640,000 ($180,000 for internal costs and $460,000 for outside professional costs), while annual costs in the subsequent five years were estimated to be $530,000 ($150,000 for internal costs and $380,000 for outside professional costs). To the extent that this rule is finalized as proposed, we could therefore incur significant increased costs relating to the assessment and disclosure of climate-related matters.

 

These potential additional costs, forced changes in operations, or loss of revenues may have a material adverse effect on our business and operations.

 

Risks Related to Our Common Stock and Initial Public Offering

 

There has been no public market for our common stock prior to the Company’s initial public offering, and an active market in which investors can resell their shares of our common stock may not develop.

 

Prior to the Company’s initial public offering, there has been no public market for our common stock. We are in the process of applying to list our common stock on NYSE American under the symbol “SGN”. The closing of the initial public offering is contingent upon the successful listing of our common stock on NYSE American. There is no guarantee that NYSE American, or any other exchange or quotation system, will permit our common stock to be listed and traded.

 

Even if our common stock is approved for listing on NYSE American, a liquid public market for our common stock may not develop. The initial public offering price for our common stock has been determined by negotiation between us and the underwriters based upon several factors, including prevailing market conditions, our historical performance, estimates of our business potential and earnings prospects, and the market valuations of similar companies. The price at which the common stock is traded after the initial public offering may decline below the initial public offering price, meaning that you may experience a decrease in the value of your common stock regardless of our operating performance or prospects.

 

The market price of our common stock may fluctuate, and you could lose all or part of your investment.

 

After the Company’s initial public offering, the market price for our common stock is likely to be volatile, in part because our shares have not been traded publicly. In addition, the market price of our common stock may fluctuate significantly in response to several factors, most of which we cannot control, including:

 

actual or anticipated variations in our periodic operating results;

 

increases in market interest rates that lead investors of our common stock to demand a higher investment return;

 

changes in earnings estimates;

 

changes in market valuations of similar companies;

 

actions or announcements by our competitors;

 

adverse market reaction to any increased indebtedness we may incur in the future;

 

additions or departures of key personnel;

 

actions by stockholders;

 

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speculation in the media, online forums, or investment community; and

 

our intentions and ability to list our common stock on NYSE American and our subsequent ability to maintain such listing.

 

The initial public offering price of our common stock has been determined by negotiations between us and the underwriters based upon many factors and may not be indicative of prices that will prevail following the closing of the initial public offering. Volatility in the market price of our common stock may prevent investors from being able to sell their common stock at or above the initial public offering price. As a result, you may suffer a loss on your investment.

 

Certain recent initial public offerings of companies with relatively small public floats comparable to our anticipated public float have experienced extreme volatility that was seemingly unrelated to the underlying performance of the respective company. Our common stock may potentially experience rapid and substantial price volatility, which may make it difficult for prospective investors to assess the value of our common stock.

 

In addition to the risks addressed above under “— The market price of our common stock may fluctuate, and you could lose all or part of your investment,” our common stock may be subject to rapid and substantial price volatility. Recently, companies with comparably small public floats and initial public offering sizes have experienced instances of extreme stock price run-ups followed by rapid price declines, and such stock price volatility was seemingly unrelated to the respective company’s underlying performance. Although the specific cause of such volatility is unclear, our anticipated public float may amplify the impact the actions taken by a few stockholders have on the price of our stock, which may cause our stock price to deviate, potentially significantly, from a price that better reflects the underlying performance of our business. Our common stock may experience run-ups and declines that are seemingly unrelated to our actual or expected operating performance and financial condition or prospects, making it difficult for prospective investors to assess the rapidly changing value of our common stock. In addition, investors in shares of our common stock may experience losses, which may be material, if the price of our common stock declines after the Company’s initial public offering or if such investors purchase shares of our common stock prior to any price decline. For example, if the trading volumes of our common stock are low, persons buying or selling in relatively small quantities may easily influence prices of our common stock. This low volume of trades could also cause the price of our common stock to fluctuate greatly, with large percentage changes in price occurring in any trading day session. Holders of our common stock may also not be able to readily liquidate their investment or may be forced to sell at depressed prices due to low volume trading. Broad market fluctuations and general economic and political conditions may also adversely affect the market price of our common stock. As a result of this volatility, investors may experience losses on their investment in our common stock. A decline in the market price of our common stock also could adversely affect our ability to sell additional shares of common stock or other securities and our ability to obtain additional financing in the future. No assurance can be given that an active market in our common stock will develop or be sustained. If an active market does not develop, holders of our common stock may be unable to readily sell the common stock they hold or may not be able to sell their common stock at all.

 

We may not be able to satisfy listing requirements of NYSE American or maintain a listing of our common stock on NYSE American.

 

If our common stock is listed on NYSE American we must meet certain financial and liquidity criteria to maintain such listing. If we violate NYSE American’s listing requirements, or if we fail to meet any of NYSE American’s listing standards, our common stock may be delisted. In addition, our board of directors may determine that the cost of maintaining our listing on a national securities exchange outweighs the benefits of such listing. A delisting of our common stock from NYSE American may materially impair our stockholders’ ability to buy and sell our common stock and could have an adverse effect on the market price of, and the efficiency of the trading market for, our common stock. The delisting of our common stock could significantly impair our ability to raise capital and the value of your investment.

 

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We have considerable discretion as to the use of the net proceeds from the Company’s initial public offering and we may use these proceeds in ways with which you may not agree.

 

We intend to use the proceeds from the Company’s initial public offering for product and technology development, expansion of our sales team and marketing efforts, and general working capital and other corporate purposes. However, we have considerable discretion in the application of the proceeds. Because of the number and variability of factors that will determine our use of our net proceeds from the initial public offering, their ultimate use may vary substantially from their currently intended use. You will not have the opportunity, as part of your investment decision, to assess whether the proceeds are being used appropriately. You must rely on the judgment of our management regarding the application of the net proceeds of the initial public offering. The net proceeds may be used for corporate or other purposes with which you do not agree or that do not improve our profitability or increase our share price. The net proceeds from the initial public offering may also be placed in investments that do not produce income or that lose value. Please see “Use of Proceeds” below for more information.

 

Investors in the Company’s initial public offering will experience immediate and substantial dilution.

 

As of June 30, 2023, our net tangible book value was $(11,556,889.62), or approximately $(1.52) per share. Since the effective price per share of our common stock being offered in the Company’s initial public offering is substantially higher than the net tangible book value per share of our common stock, you will suffer substantial dilution with respect to the net tangible book value of the common stock you purchase in the initial public offering. Based on the assumed public offering price of $4.00 per share of common stock being sold in the initial public offering, which is the low point of the estimated offering range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, our net tangible book value per share as of June 30, 2023, and certain events that have occurred or that we have assumed will occur prior to or at the time of the initial public offering, if you purchase shares of common stock in the initial public offering, you will suffer immediate and substantial dilution of approximately $3.80 per share (or approximately $3.74 per share if the underwriters exercise the over-allotment option in full) with respect to the net tangible book value of the common stock. See the section titled “Dilution” for a more detailed discussion of the dilution you will incur if you purchase securities in the initial public offering.

 

Substantial future sales or issuances of our common stock or securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, our common stock, or the perception in the public markets that these sales or issuances may occur, may depress our stock price. Also, future issuances of our common stock or rights to purchase common stock could result in additional dilution of the percentage ownership of our stockholders and could cause our share price to fall. The expiration of lock-up agreements that restrict the issuance of new common stock or the trading of outstanding common stock could also cause the market price of our common stock to decline.

 

Future issuances of our common stock or securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, our common stock, or the expiration of lock-up agreements that restrict the issuance of new common stock or the trading of outstanding common stock, could cause the market price of our common stock to decline. We cannot predict the effect, if any, of future issuances of our securities, or the future expirations of lock-up agreements, on the price of our common stock. In all events, future issuances of our common stock would result in the dilution of your holdings. In addition, the perception that new issuances of our securities could occur, or the perception that locked-up parties will sell their securities when the lock-ups expire, could adversely affect the market price of our common stock. In connection with the Company’s initial public offering, we, our executive officers, directors and stockholders holding 5% or more of our shares (as well as holders of convertible or exercisable securities which convert into or are exercisable into common stock) will enter into lock-up agreements that prevent us and the other locked-up parties, subject to certain exceptions, from offering or selling shares of capital stock for up to 12 months, from the date on which the trading of our common stock commences as to our directors, officers and security holders, and from the closing date of the initial public offering as to us, as further described in the section titled “Underwriting.” In addition to any adverse effects that may arise upon the expiration of these lock-up agreements, the lock-up provisions in these agreements may be waived, at any time and without notice. If the restrictions under the lock-up agreements are waived, our common stock may become available for resale, subject to applicable law, including without notice, which could reduce the market price for our common stock.

 

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In addition, the number of shares of common stock that will be issued upon conversion of outstanding 6% convertible unsecured notes with a total principal amount of $6,305,000 at the option of the holders at the price per share equal to $2.50 if converted prior to the initial public offering is 2,522,000 shares of common stock, or 3,152,500 shares of common stock (assuming an initial public offering price of $4.00 per share, the low point of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus), based on an automatic conversion price equal to 50% of the offering price per share in the initial public offering pursuant to the applicable convertible note terms, if such notes convert automatically pursuant to mandatory conversion upon the initial public offering, in either case without further payments by such notes’ holders and after applying a waiver of any accrued but unpaid interest in accordance with their terms. In addition, the number of shares of common stock that will be issued upon conversion of outstanding 8% convertible unsecured notes with a total principal amount of $1,465,000 at the option of the holders at the price per share determined by dividing $25 million by the total number of outstanding shares of the Company if converted prior to the initial public offering is 453,427 shares of common stock, or 732,500 shares of common stock (assuming an initial public offering price of $4.00 per share, the low point of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus), based on an automatic conversion price equal to 50% of the offering price per share in the initial public offering pursuant to the applicable convertible note terms, if such notes convert automatically pursuant to mandatory conversion upon the initial public offering, in either case without further payments by such notes’ holders and after applying a waiver of any accrued but unpaid interest in accordance with their terms. In addition, the number of shares of common stock that will be issued upon exercise of certain outstanding investor warrants that were issued to the initial holders of the outstanding 8% convertible unsecured promissory notes representing the right to purchase shares of up to a value equal to $1,465,000 in shares of common stock at an exercise price equal to 50% of the offering price per share in the initial public offering is 732,500 shares of common stock (assuming an initial public offering price of $4.00 per share, the low point of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus). In addition, the number of shares of common stock that will be issued upon exercise of certain investor warrants that were issued to the initial holders of the outstanding 8% unsecured promissory notes is 940,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $2.50 per share, which may be voluntarily exercised for cash, or, upon the occurrence of certain events, including this initial public offering, automatically exercised as to the unexercised portion for the deemed repayment in the amount of the exercise price of the balance under related outstanding 8% unsecured promissory notes. Additionally, Boustead, as the placement agent in the private placements of these securities, has been issued warrants to purchase an amount equal to 7% of the shares issuable under the above securities other than the 8% convertible unsecured promissory notes and respective warrants, including 220,675 shares upon the automatic conversion of the 6% convertible unsecured promissory notes (assuming an initial public offering price of $4.00 per share, the low point of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus) or 176,540 shares at the 6% convertible unsecured promissory convertible notes’ optional conversion; and 65,800 shares upon exercise of the warrants issued to Boustead at an exercise price of $2.50 per share with respect to warrants issued to private placement investors in our 8% unsecured promissory notes. All of these shares will be issuable at a lower price per share than the initial public offering price, which may cause further dilution of the shares issued in the initial public offering.

 

We will also issue 13,375 shares of common stock upon the completion of the initial public offering to certain vendors, assuming the offering is completed by November 15, 2023, based on the assumed initial public offering price of $4.00 per share, which is the low point of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, otherwise the number of shares of common stock equal to the number of shares derived by dividing $53,500 by the Fair Market Value, as defined by certain service provider agreements, of the common stock of the Company on November 15, 2023, pursuant to such service provider agreements. These shares will be issued in exchange for services and no cash payments, which may cause further dilution of your shares.

 

We have also granted options to certain employees, consultants, officers and directors that may be exercised to purchase up to 199,190 shares of common stock at an exercise price per share equal to $3.10 per share and 243,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price per share equal to $2.50 per share, not including stock options or portions of stock options that subsequently terminated due to employee, officer, or director departures. The dilutive effect of these grants on the value of your shares may therefore be substantial.

 

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Following the initial public offering, we will have 14,076,027 shares of common stock outstanding (at the assumed public offering price of $4.00 per share, the low point of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus), assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option, and further assuming, at the time of the initial public offering, the automatic conversion of the Company’s 6% convertible unsecured promissory notes into a total of 3,152,500 shares of common stock, the automatic conversion of the Company’s 8% convertible unsecured promissory notes into a total of 732,500 shares of common stock, the exercise of certain warrants of the Company to purchase 940,000 shares of common stock, and the issuance of 13,375 shares of common stock to certain vendors pursuant to service provider agreements, or 14,301,027 shares of common stock outstanding assuming the over-allotment amount is exercised in full and subject to the other assumptions described above. Upon the closing of the initial public offering, all of the shares of common stock to be sold in the initial public offering or by the selling stockholders named in the resale prospectus filed contemporaneously with this prospectus will be freely tradable without restriction or further registration under the federal securities laws. All of the shares of common stock outstanding prior to the initial public offering are believed to be subject to restrictions on resale under U.S. securities laws, including Securities Act Rule 144, or will be subject to lock-up agreements. Following the initial public offering, including both the shares of common stock offered by the Company and the shares of common stock offered by the selling stockholders named in the Company’s resale prospectus, 3,846,548 shares, or 27.3%, if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised (or 4,071,548 shares, or 28.5% assuming the underwriters’ over-allotment amount is exercised in full), subject to the other assumptions described above, of our outstanding common stock may not be subject to restrictions on resale under U.S. securities laws or lock-up agreements. If the representative’s warrants being registered in the initial public offering are exercised, up to an additional 120,750 shares of common stock will become outstanding and freely tradable, subject to a lock-up period and the other assumptions described above. After applicable lock-up periods have expired, and the holding periods of restricted shares have elapsed, additional shares will be eligible for sale in the public market. The market price of shares of our common stock may drop significantly when the lock-up agreements and other restrictions on resale by our existing stockholders and beneficial owners lapse.

 

Moreover, in addition to the shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants related to the 8% unsecured promissory notes, which are being registered for resale contemporaneously with this initial public offering as required by such warrants, any shares issuable upon conversion of the 6% convertible unsecured promissory notes not being registered contemporaneously with the initial public offering must be registered by a resale registration statement within the period required by such notes, and any shares issuable upon conversion of the 8% convertible unsecured promissory notes not being registered contemporaneously with the initial public offering and shares issuable upon exercise of the placement agent’s warrants are required to be registered for resale with such shares pursuant to the piggyback registration rights of the holders of such warrants. Upon the registration of the resale of such shares, up to 4,243,975 additional shares of common stock will be registered for resale without restrictions, or 30.2%, of our outstanding common stock, if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised (or 29.7% assuming the underwriters’ over-allotment amount is exercised in full), subject to the other assumptions described above with respect to shares outstanding following the initial public offering.

 

In addition, if we file a registration statement after the initial public offering, certain beneficial owners of our common stock may be entitled to require us to register, for public sale in the United States, the shares of common stock beneficially owned by them, including shares issuable upon conversion or exercise of our 8% convertible unsecured promissory notes and respective warrants. We may also file a registration statement on Form S-8 to register shares, including shares under stock options or other equity compensation previously granted to our officers, directors, employees and service providers or reserved for future issuance under our Stock Incentive Plan after the completion of the initial public offering. Subject to the satisfaction of vesting conditions and the expiration of lock-up agreements, shares registered under the registration statement on Form S-8 will be available for resale immediately in the public market without restriction other than those restrictions imposed on sales by affiliates pursuant to Rule 144. Resales of our common stock as restrictions end or pursuant to registration rights may make it more difficult for us to sell equity securities in the future at a time and at a price that we deem appropriate. These sales could also cause the trading price of our common stock to decline and make it more difficult for you to sell shares of our common stock. See “Shares Eligible for Future Sale – Registration Rights” for a description of our obligations to file registration statements following the initial public offering.

 

Additionally, certain of our employees, executive officers, and directors may enter into Rule 10b5-1 trading plans providing for sales of shares of our common stock from time to time. Under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, a broker executes trades pursuant to parameters established by the employee, director, or officer when entering into the plan, without further direction from the employee, officer, or director. A Rule 10b5-1 trading plan may be amended or terminated in some circumstances. Our employees, executive officers, and directors also may buy or sell additional shares outside of a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan when they are not in possession of material, non-public information, subject to the expiration of the lock-up agreements and Rule 144 requirements referred to above.

 

We expect that significant additional capital will be needed in the future to continue our planned operations, including expanding research and development, hiring new personnel, marketing our products, and continuing activities as an operating public company. To the extent we raise additional capital by issuing equity securities, our stockholders may experience substantial dilution. We may sell common stock, convertible securities or other equity securities in one or more transactions at prices and in a manner we determine from time to time. If we sell common stock, convertible securities, or other equity securities in more than one transaction, investors may be materially diluted by subsequent sales. Such sales may also result in material dilution to our existing stockholders, and new investors could gain rights superior to our existing stockholders.

 

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In the event that the market price of shares of our common stock drops significantly when the restrictions on resale by our existing stockholders lapse, existing stockholders’ dilution might be reduced to the extent that the decline in the price of shares of our common stock impedes our ability to raise capital through the issuance of additional shares of our common stock or other equity securities. However, in the event that our capital-raising ability is weakened as a result of a lower stock price, we may be unable to continue to fund our operations, which may further harm the value of our stock price.

 

We do not expect to declare or pay dividends in the foreseeable future.

 

We do not expect to declare or pay dividends in the foreseeable future, as we anticipate that we will invest future earnings in the development and growth of our business. Therefore, holders of our common stock will not receive any return on their investment unless they sell their securities, and holders may be unable to sell their securities on favorable terms or at all.

 

If securities industry analysts do not publish research reports on us, or publish unfavorable reports on us, then the market price and market trading volume of our common stock could be negatively affected.

 

Any trading market for our common stock may be influenced in part by any research reports that securities industry analysts publish about us. We do not currently have and may never obtain research coverage by securities industry analysts. If no securities industry analysts commence coverage of us, the market price and market trading volume of our common stock could be negatively affected. In the event we are covered by analysts, and one or more of such analysts downgrade our securities, or otherwise reports on us unfavorably, or discontinues coverage of us, the market price and market trading volume of our common stock could be negatively affected.

 

Future issuances of debt securities, which would rank senior to our common stock upon our bankruptcy or liquidation, and future issuances of preferred stock, which could rank senior to our common stock for the purposes of dividends and liquidating distributions, may adversely affect the level of return you may be able to achieve from an investment in our common stock.

 

In the future, we may attempt to increase our capital resources by offering debt securities. Upon bankruptcy or liquidation, holders of our debt securities, and lenders with respect to other borrowings we may make, would receive distributions of our available assets prior to any distributions being made to holders of our common stock. Moreover, if we authorize and issue preferred stock, the holders of such preferred stock could be entitled to preferences over holders of common stock in respect of the payment of dividends and the payment of liquidating distributions. Because our decision to issue debt or preferred stock in any future offering, or borrow money from lenders, will depend in part on market conditions and other factors beyond our control, we cannot predict or estimate the amount, timing or nature of any such future offerings or borrowings. Holders of our common stock must bear the risk that any future offerings we conduct or borrowings we make may adversely affect the level of return, if any, they may be able to achieve from an investment in our common stock.

 

If our shares of common stock become subject to the penny stock rules, it would become more difficult to trade our shares.

 

The SEC has adopted rules that regulate broker-dealer practices in connection with transactions in penny stocks. Penny stocks are generally equity securities with a price of less than $5.00, other than securities registered on certain national securities exchanges or authorized for quotation on certain automated quotation systems, provided that current price and volume information with respect to transactions in such securities is provided by the exchange or system. If we do not retain a listing on NYSE American or another national securities exchange and if the price of our common stock is less than $5.00, our common stock could be deemed a penny stock. The penny stock rules require a broker-dealer, before a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from those rules, to deliver a standardized risk disclosure document containing specified information. In addition, the penny stock rules require that before effecting any transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from those rules, a broker-dealer must make a special written determination that the penny stock is a suitable investment for the purchaser and receive (i) the purchaser’s written acknowledgment of the receipt of a risk disclosure statement; (ii) a written agreement to transactions involving penny stocks; and (iii) a signed and dated copy of a written suitability statement. These disclosure requirements may have the effect of reducing the trading activity in the secondary market for our common stock, and therefore stockholders may have difficulty selling their shares.

 

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The offering price of the Company’s initial public offering and resale offering could differ.

 

The offering price of the common stock in the Company’s initial public offering has been determined by negotiations between the Company and the underwriters based upon several factors, including our prospects and the history and prospects for the industry in which we compete; an assessment of our management; our prospects for future revenue and earnings; the recent prices of, and demand for, shares sold by us prior to the initial public offering; the general condition of the securities markets at the time of the initial public offering; the recent market prices of, and demand for, publicly traded securities of generally comparable companies; and other factors deemed relevant by us and the underwriters. The offering price in the initial public offering bears no relationship to our assets, earnings or book value, or any other objective standard of value. Additionally, the assumed offering price in the initial public offering of $4.00 per share (which is the low point of the estimated range of the initial public offering price shown on the cover page of this prospectus) is substantially higher than the prices at which the selling stockholders named in the resale prospectus filed contemporaneously with this prospectus acquired or may acquire the shares that they are offering (at a weighted-average price per share of approximately $1.78 based on the assumed offering price in the initial public offering of $4.00 per share), and we recently sold securities that were converted into (at $2.00 per share), or that may convert into or be exercised to purchase (at $2.00 per share based on the assumed offering price in the initial public offering of $4.00 per share), shares of common stock at a per-share conversion or exercise price substantially less than the initial public offering price. Our recent share issuances at prices substantially less than the initial public offering price occurred while we were a non-public company, and the shares we issued were subject to transfer restrictions imposed by the Securities Act, and by lock-up restrictions, whereas shares issued in the initial public offering will be issued after we are a public company and will be issued without restriction.

 

The selling stockholders may sell the resale shares at prevailing market prices or privately negotiated prices after close of the initial public offering and listing of our common stock on NYSE American. Therefore, the offering prices of our common stock in the initial public offering and the Company’s contemporaneous resale offering could differ. As a result, purchasers in the resale offering could pay more or less than the offering price in the initial public offering.

 

Recent independent and internal valuations of our stock are lower than the purchase price in the initial public offering, which means that our shares may be worth less than the purchase price.

 

The per share purchase price of our shares in the Company’s initial public offering has been determined by us and our underwriters without regard to an independent valuation of our common stock. The fair value per share of our common stock was recently determined by a third-party independent valuation firm to be $1.74 as of August 31, 2022 and $2.22 per share as of March 31, 2023, respectively, and was determined by our management to be $2.00 per share as of August 7, 2023. These valuations have no relationship to the price per share in the initial public offering. We did not obtain an independent appraisal opinion on the valuation of our shares as of the date of the initial public offering. Accordingly, our shares may have a value significantly less than the initial public offering price, and our common stock may never have a value equal to or greater than the initial public offering price.

 

The resale by the selling stockholders may cause the market price of our common stock to decline.

 

The resale of shares of our common stock by the selling stockholders named in the resale prospectus filed contemporaneously with this prospectus for the Company’s contemporaneous resale offering could result in resales of our common stock by our other stockholders concerned about selling volume. In addition, the resale by the selling stockholders could have the effect of depressing the market price for our common stock.

 

We will be subject to ongoing public reporting requirements that are less rigorous than Exchange Act rules for companies that are not emerging growth companies and our stockholders could receive less information than they might expect to receive from more mature public companies.

 

Upon the completion of the Company’s initial public offering, we will be required to publicly report on an ongoing basis as an “emerging growth company” (as defined in the JOBS Act) under the reporting rules set forth under the Exchange Act. For so long as we remain an emerging growth company, we may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other Exchange Act reporting companies that are not emerging growth companies, including but not limited to:

 

not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act;

 

being permitted to comply with reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements; and

 

being exempt from the requirement to hold a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.

 

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In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an emerging growth company can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards. In other words, an emerging growth company can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We have elected to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period. Our financial statements may therefore not be comparable to those of companies that comply with such new or revised accounting standards.

 

We expect to take advantage of these reporting exemptions until we are no longer an emerging growth company. We would remain an emerging growth company for up to five years, although if the market value of our common stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of any June 30 before that time, we would cease to be an emerging growth company as of the following December 31.

 

Because we will be subject to ongoing public reporting requirements that are less rigorous than Exchange Act rules for companies that are not emerging growth companies, our stockholders could receive less information than they might expect to receive from more mature public companies. We cannot predict if investors will find our common stock less attractive if we elect to rely on these exemptions, or if taking advantage of these exemptions would result in less active trading or more volatility in the price of our common stock.

 

We believe we will be considered a smaller reporting company and will be exempt from certain disclosure requirements, which could make our common stock less attractive to potential investors.

 

Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act defines a “smaller reporting company” as an issuer that is not an investment company, an asset-backed issuer, or a majority-owned subsidiary of a parent that is not a smaller reporting company and that:

 

had a public float of less than $250 million as of the last business day of its most recently completed second fiscal quarter, computed by multiplying the aggregate worldwide number of shares of its voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates by the price at which the common equity was last sold, or the average of the bid and asked prices of common equity, in the principal market for the common equity; or

 

in the case of an initial registration statement under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act for shares of its common equity, had a public float of less than $250 million as of a date within 30 days of the date of the filing of the registration statement, computed by multiplying the aggregate worldwide number of such shares held by non-affiliates before the registration plus, in the case of a Securities Act registration statement, the number of such shares included in the registration statement by the estimated public offering price of the shares; or

 

in the case of an issuer whose public float as calculated under paragraph (1) or (2) of this definition was zero or whose public float was less than $700 million, had annual revenues of less than $100 million during the most recently completed fiscal year for which audited financial statements are available.

  

If a company determines that it does not qualify for smaller reporting company status because it exceeded one or more of the above thresholds, it will remain unqualified unless when making its annual determination it meets certain alternative threshold requirements which will be lower than the above thresholds if its prior public float or prior annual revenues exceed certain thresholds.

 

As a smaller reporting company, we will not be required to include a Compensation Discussion and Analysis section in our proxy statements; we must provide only two years of financial statements; and we need not provide the table of selected financial data. We also will have other “scaled” disclosure requirements that are less comprehensive than issuers that are not smaller reporting companies which could make our common stock less attractive to potential investors, which could make it more difficult for our stockholders to sell their shares.

 

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As a “smaller reporting company,” we may choose to exempt our company from certain corporate governance requirements that could have an adverse effect on our public stockholders.

 

Under NYSE American rules, a “smaller reporting company,” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act, is not subject to certain corporate governance requirements otherwise applicable to companies listed on NYSE American. For example, a smaller reporting company is exempt from the requirement of having a compensation committee composed solely of directors meeting certain enhanced independence standards, as long as the compensation committee has at least two members who do meet such standards. Although we have not yet determined to avail ourselves of this or other exemptions from NYSE American requirements that are or may be afforded to smaller reporting companies, while we will seek to maintain our shares on NYSE American in the future we may elect to rely on any or all of them. By electing to utilize any such exemptions, our company may be subject to greater risks of poor corporate governance, poorer management decision-making processes, and reduced results of operations from problems in our corporate organization. Consequently, our stock price may suffer, and there is no assurance that we will be able to continue to meet all continuing listing requirements of NYSE American from which we will not be exempt, including minimum stock price requirements.

 

As a non-accelerated filer, we will not be required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

 

We will not be an “accelerated filer” or a “large accelerated filer” under the Exchange Act. Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act defines an “accelerated filer” to mean any company that first meets the following conditions at the end of each fiscal year: The company had a public float of $75 million or more, but less than $700 million, as of the last business day of the company’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter; the company has been subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act for at least twelve calendar months; the company has filed at least one annual report under the Exchange Act; and the company is not eligible to use the requirements for a “smaller reporting company” under the revenue test in paragraph (2) or (3)(iii)(B), as applicable, of the “smaller reporting company” definition in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act defines a “large accelerated filer” in the same way except that the company meeting the definition must have a public float of $700 million or more as of the last business day of the company’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter.

 

A non-accelerated filer is not required to file an auditor attestation report on internal control over financial reporting that is otherwise required under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

 

Therefore, our internal control over financial reporting will not receive the level of review provided by the process relating to the auditor attestation included in annual reports of issuers that are subject to the auditor attestation requirements. In addition, we cannot predict if investors will find our common stock less attractive because we are not required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements. 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 trading price for our common stock may be negatively affected.

 

Our internal controls over financial reporting currently may not meet all of the standards contemplated by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and failure to achieve and maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting in accordance with Section 404 could impair our ability to produce timely and accurate financial statements or comply with applicable regulations and have a material adverse effect on our business.

 

Upon becoming a public company, we will have significant requirements for enhanced financial reporting and internal controls. The process of designing and implementing effective internal controls is a continuous effort that will require us to anticipate and react to changes in our business and the economic and regulatory environments and to expend significant resources to maintain a system of internal controls that is adequate to satisfy our reporting obligations as a public company. If we are unable to establish or maintain appropriate internal financial reporting controls and procedures, it could cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations on a timely basis, result in material misstatements in our consolidated financial statements, and harm our operating results. In addition, we will be required, pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, to furnish a report by management on, among other things, the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting in the second annual report on Form 10-K following the completion of this offering. This assessment will need to include disclosure of any material weaknesses identified by our management in our internal control over financial reporting. The rules governing the standards that must be met for our management to assess our internal control over financial reporting are complex and require significant documentation, testing, and possible remediation through the implementation of new internal controls and procedures and hiring accounting or internal audit staff. Testing and maintaining internal controls may divert management’s attention from other matters that are important to our business. If we are not able to complete our initial assessment of our internal controls and otherwise implement the requirements of Section 404 in a timely manner or with adequate compliance, we may not be able to certify as to the adequacy of our internal controls over financial reporting.

 

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Moreover, in the course of our former auditor’s audit of our financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2021, several material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting were identified: (i) Ineffective controls over period end financial disclosures and reporting process: Due to resource constraints, we have not formally defined internal controls over the period end financial disclosure and reporting process, including the identification of subsequent events, which increases susceptibility to fraud or error; and (ii) Revenue recognition – customer contracts: In connection with our former auditor’s testing of revenue, several test selections did not have documentation such as a corresponding contract or third party written documentation of the customer’s order. While management is in the process of developing measures intended to remediate these material weaknesses in internal control, there can be no assurance that these measures will succeed.

 

Matters impacting our internal controls may cause us to be unable to report our financial information on a timely basis and thereby be required to restate our financial statements or otherwise be subject to adverse regulatory consequences, including sanctions by the SEC or violations of applicable stock exchange listing rules, which may result in a breach of the covenants under existing or future financing arrangements. If we fail to meet our public reporting obligations, investors could lose confidence in us and the reliability of our financial statements, which could have a negative effect on the trading price of our common stock. Confidence in the reliability of our financial statements also could suffer if we report a material weakness in our internal controls over financial reporting. This could materially adversely affect us and lead to a decline in the market price of our common stock.

 

Upon becoming a public company, we will incur significant increased costs as a result of operating as a public company, and our management will be required to devote substantial time to new compliance initiatives.

 

Upon becoming a public company, we will incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses that we did not incur as a private company. In addition, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act has imposed various requirements on public companies including requiring establishment and maintenance of effective disclosure and financial controls. Our management and other personnel will need to devote a substantial amount of time to these compliance initiatives. Moreover, these rules and regulations have increased and will continue to increase our legal and financial compliance costs and will make some activities more time-consuming and costly. For example, we expect that these rules and regulations may make it more difficult and more expensive for us to obtain directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, which could make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified members of our board of directors. We cannot predict or estimate the amount of additional costs we will incur as a public company or the timing of such costs.

 

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires, among other things, that we maintain effective internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures. In particular, we must perform system and process evaluation and testing of our internal control over financial reporting to allow management to report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, as required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. In addition, we will be required to have our independent registered public accounting firm attest to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting the later of our second annual report on Form 10-K or the first annual report on Form 10-K following the date on which we are no longer an emerging growth company or a smaller reporting company. Our compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act will require that we incur substantial accounting expense and expend significant management efforts. We currently do not have an internal audit group, and we will need to hire additional accounting and financial staff with appropriate public company experience and technical accounting knowledge. If we are not able to comply with the requirements of Section 404 in a timely manner, or if we or our independent registered public accounting firm identify deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting that are deemed to be material weaknesses, the value of our securities could decline and we could be subject to sanctions or investigations by the SEC or other regulatory authorities, which would require additional financial and management resources.

 

Our ability to successfully implement our business plan and comply with Section 404 requires us to be able to prepare timely and accurate financial statements. We expect that we will need to continue to improve existing, and implement new operational and financial systems, procedures and controls to manage our business effectively. Any delay in the implementation of, or disruption in the transition to, new or enhanced systems, procedures or controls, may cause our operations to suffer and we may be unable to conclude that our internal control over financial reporting is effective and to obtain an unqualified report on internal controls from our auditors as required under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. This, in turn, could have an adverse impact on value of our securities, and could adversely affect our ability to access the capital markets.

 

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Our principal stockholder, executive officers and directors will beneficially own a significant percentage of the outstanding voting power of the Company following the Company’s initial public offering. As a result, they will be able to exercise significant influence over all matters requiring stockholder approval. 

 

As of the date of this prospectus, our executive officers and directors, in the aggregate, beneficially own shares representing approximately 17.8% of our common stock. Dennis Gile, our largest stockholder and a former officer and director, beneficially owns approximately 28.1% of our common stock. Our executive officers and directors collectively will beneficially own approximately 12.3% of our outstanding common stock following the Company’s initial public offering if the underwriters do not exercise their over-allotment option, or approximately 12.1% if the underwriters exercise the over-allotment option in full (based on the assumed public offering price of $4.00 per share of common stock being sold in the Company’s initial public offering, which is the low point of the estimated offering range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus), and assuming, at the time of the initial public offering, the automatic conversion of the Company’s 6% convertible unsecured promissory notes into a total of 3,152,500 shares of common stock, the automatic conversion of the Company’s 8% convertible unsecured promissory notes into a total of 732,500 shares of common stock, the exercise of certain warrants of the Company to purchase 940,000 shares of common stock, and the issuance of 13,375 shares of common stock to certain vendors pursuant to service provider agreements. Management will collectively control the same percentage of the voting power following the offering. Mr. Gile will beneficially own and have voting power over approximately 15.5% of our outstanding common stock following the initial public offering if the underwriters do not exercise their over-allotment option, or approximately 15.2% if the underwriters exercise the over-allotment option in full, subject to the other assumptions described above. Beneficial ownership includes shares over which an individual or entity has investment or voting power and includes shares that could be issued upon the exercise of options and warrants and conversion of convertible notes within 60 days after the date of determination. On matters submitted to our stockholders for approval, holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote per share. Mr. Gile, individually, and our executive officers and directors collectively if they choose to act together, would have significant influence over all matters submitted to our stockholders for approval, as well as our management and affairs. For example, these individuals would have significant influence on the election of directors and approval of any merger, consolidation, or sale of all or substantially all of our assets. This concentration of voting power could delay or prevent an acquisition of our company on terms that other stockholders may desire.

 

Anti-takeover provisions contained in our Second Amended and Restated Bylaws, as well as provisions of Delaware law, could impair a takeover attempt.

 

We are subject to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or DGCL, which prohibits a Delaware corporation from engaging in any business combination with any interested stockholder for a period of three years after the date that such stockholder became an interested stockholder, with the following exceptions:

 

before such date, the Board of the corporation approved either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder;

 

upon completion of the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction began, excluding for purposes of determining the voting stock outstanding (but not the outstanding voting stock owned by the interested stockholder) those shares owned (i) by persons who are directors and also officers and (ii) employee stock plans in which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer; or

 

on or after such date, the business combination is approved by the Board and authorized at an annual or special meeting of the stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least 66 2∕3% of the outstanding voting stock that is not owned by the interested stockholder.

 

In general, Section 203 defines a “business combination” to include the following:

 

any merger or consolidation involving the corporation and the interested stockholder;

 

any sale, transfer, pledge or other disposition of 10% or more of the assets of the corporation involving the interested stockholder;

 

subject to certain exceptions, any transaction that results in the issuance or transfer by the corporation of any stock of the corporation to the interested stockholder;

 

any transaction involving the corporation that has the effect of increasing the proportionate share of the stock or any class or series of the corporation beneficially owned by the interested stockholder; and

 

the receipt by the interested stockholder of the benefit of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges or other financial benefits by or through the corporation.

 

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In general, Section 203 defines an “interested stockholder” as an entity or person who, together with the person’s affiliates and associates, beneficially owns, or within three years prior to the time of determination of interested stockholder status did own, 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation.

 

The statute could prohibit or delay mergers or other takeover or change in control attempts and, accordingly, may discourage attempts to acquire us even though such a transaction may offer our stockholders the opportunity to sell their stock at a price above the prevailing market price.

 

A Delaware corporation may “opt out” of these provisions with an express provision in its certificate of incorporation. We have not opted out of these provisions, which may, as a result, discourage or prevent mergers or other takeover or change of control attempts of us.

 

In addition, our Second Amended and Restated Bylaws contain certain provisions that may have anti-takeover effects, making it more difficult for or preventing a third party from acquiring control of our company or changing our board of directors and management. Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that a majority of the board of directors has the sole authority to establish the number of directors and fill any vacancies and newly created directorships. These provisions may prevent a stockholder from increasing the size of our board of directors and gaining control of our board of directors by filling the resulting vacancies with its own nominees. In addition, our Second Amended and Restated Bylaws provide that in addition to any other vote required by law, no member of our board of directors may be removed from office by our stockholders without the approval of not less than the majority of the total voting power of all of our outstanding shares of capital stock then entitled to vote in the election of directors. Our Second Amended and Restated Bylaws also do not provide our stockholders with the power to call a special meeting of stockholders and contain certain advance notice provisions for the submission and presentation of stockholder meeting proposals or director nominations at a stockholder meeting, which may limit the ability of stockholders to influence the composition and business decisions of our management.

 

Our Second Amended and Restated Bylaws expressly provide for a right of first refusal of the Company for any proposed sale or transfer of stock by a stockholder. As provided, any stockholder may only sell or transfer stock after first giving written notice of the proposed terms of the transfer and a 30-day option to the Company or any designee(s) to purchase the shares on such terms. To the extent that the Company and any designee(s) do not exercise the right of first refusal, the stockholder will have 60 days to sell or transfer the shares as proposed. Certain transfers are exempt from the right of first refusal, including to immediate family, pledges of shares, or to another stockholder or an officer or director of the Company. However, this right of first refusal will terminate upon the date securities of the Company are first offered to the public pursuant to a registration statement or offering statement filed with, and declared effective or qualified by, as applicable, the SEC under the Securities Act. It is expected that upon the completion of the Company’s initial public offering, the right of first refusal under the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws will terminate in accordance with its terms.

 

Our Second Amended and Restated Bylaws also provide that the Company may agree with any stockholders to restrict the sale or other disposal of the stock of the Company owned by such stockholders. Our Second Amended and Restated Bylaws are expressly subject to the restrictions set forth in the Shareholder Agreement. As discussed in “Corporate History and Structure – Shareholder Agreement” and “Shares Eligible For Future Sale – Shareholder Agreement”, the Shareholder Agreement provides certain restrictions, rights and obligations relating to the proposed sale, transfer or other disposition of the shares of the Company. These restrictions, rights and obligations include certain provisions that may have anti-takeover effects and prevent a third party from acquiring control of the Company, including the Company’s right of first refusal for proposed sales of shares by any stockholder; each of the stockholder parties’ right to purchase up to their relative percentage ownership of the Company’s common stock of any common stock or securities convertible into or exercisable to purchase common stock that the Company may from time to time issue, including in an initial public offering, at the proposed price and other offering terms; and tag-along rights of the stockholder parties to a proposed Change of Control (as defined in “Corporate History and Structure – Shareholder Agreement – Drag-Along Right and Tag-Along Rights”, which may limit the Company’s ability to negotiate a Change of Control transaction. However, the Shareholder Agreement provides that it will terminate on the earliest of (i) the written consent of the board of directors and vote of two-thirds of the holders of the outstanding common stock of the Company; (ii) the Company’s dissolution, filing of a petition in bankruptcy under Chapter 7 of the United States Bankruptcy Code or insolvency of the Company; (iii) upon the closing of the Company’s first underwritten public offering of its common stock on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, or Nasdaq, the New York Stock Exchange or other exchange or marketplace approved by the board of directors; or (iv) at such time as only one stockholder party remains. It is expected that upon the completion of the initial public offering, the Shareholder Agreement will terminate in accordance with its terms.

 

Furthermore, the holders of our common stock do not have cumulative voting rights in the election of our directors. The combination of the present ownership by a few stockholders of a significant portion of our issued and outstanding common stock and lack of cumulative voting makes it more difficult for other stockholders to replace our board of directors or for a third party to obtain control of our company by replacing its board of directors.

 

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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This prospectus contains forward-looking statements that are based on our management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to us. All statements other than statements of historical facts are forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements are contained principally in, but not limited to, the sections entitled “Prospectus Summary,” “Risk Factors,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Business.” These statements relate to future events or to our future financial performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about:

 

our anticipated ability to obtain additional funding to develop additional services and offerings;

 

expected market acceptance of our existing and new offerings;

 

anticipated competition from existing online offerings or new offerings that may emerge;

 

anticipated favorable impacts from strategic changes to our business on our net sales, revenues, income from continuing operations, or other results of operations;

 

our expected ability to attract new users and customers, with respect to football, sports other than football, or both;

 

our expected ability to increase the rate of subscription renewals;

 

our expected ability to slow the rate of user attrition;

 

our expected ability and third parties’ abilities to protect intellectual property rights;

 

our expected ability to adequately support future growth;

 

our expected ability to comply with user data privacy laws and other legal requirements;

 

anticipated legal and regulatory requirements and our ability to comply with such requirements; and

 

our expected ability to attract and retain key personnel to manage our business effectively.

 

In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “may,” “could,” “will,” “should,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “project” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, among other things, those listed under the heading “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this prospectus. If one or more of these risks or uncertainties occur, or if our underlying assumptions prove to be incorrect, actual events or results may vary significantly from those implied or projected by the forward-looking statements. No forward-looking statement is a guarantee of future performance.

 

The forward-looking statements made in this prospectus relate only to events or information as of the date on which the statements are made in this prospectus. Although we will become a public company after the Company’s initial public offering and have ongoing disclosure obligations under United States federal securities laws, we do not intend to update or otherwise revise the forward-looking statements in this prospectus, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

 

After deducting the estimated underwriting discounts, commissions and non-accountable expense allowance and estimated other offering expenses payable by us, and assuming no exercise of the representative’s warrants, we expect to receive net proceeds of approximately $4.8 million from the Company’s initial public offering (or approximately $5.7 million if the underwriters exercise the over-allotment option in full), based on an assumed public offering price of $4.00 per share, which is the low point of the estimated offering range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus.

 

We plan to use the net proceeds of the initial public offering as follows:

 

50% of the net proceeds (approximately $2.4 million if the underwriters do not exercise the over-allotment option, or approximately $2.8 million if the underwriters exercise the over-allotment option in full), for product and technology development;

 

40% of the net proceeds (approximately $1.9 million if the underwriters do not exercise the over-allotment option, or approximately $2.3 million if the underwriters exercise the over-allotment option in full), for expansion of our sales team and marketing efforts; and

 

10% of the net proceeds (approximately $0.4 million if the underwriters do not exercise the over-allotment option, or approximately $0.6 million if the underwriters exercise the over-allotment option in full), for general working capital and other corporate purposes, including repayment of indebtedness used for working capital consisting of (i) $117,200 in fees and non-accountable expense allowance earned by Boustead as placement agent in connection with the Company’s private placement of its 8% convertible unsecured promissory notes and the respective warrants, (ii) the aggregate balance outstanding under promissory notes issued on July 11, 2022, January 12, 2023, March 8, 2023, and March 17, 2023 for the principal amount of $35,000, $40,000, $95,000, and $10,000, respectively, bearing interest at 6% per annum, due on the earlier to occur of the tenth day following the closing of the initial public offering, other equity financing, or issuance of debt convertible into equity, or in the case of the promissory notes issued on March 8, 2023 and March 17, 2023, the initial maturity date of March 1, 2024 and March 17, 2024, respectively, (iii) any balance outstanding under 8% unsecured promissory notes issued for the aggregate principal amount of $2,350,000 bearing interest at 8% per annum, due on the earlier to occur of the second anniversary of the initial closing date of the respective private placement (March 17, 2025 as to $1,500,000 principal and May 2, 2025 as to $850,000 principal), the closing of the initial public offering and listing of the common stock on a national stock exchange, or other Liquidity Event (defined in the same manner as “Alternative Liquidity Event,” except such term also applies to an initial public offering and national stock exchange listing of the common stock) (see “Description of Securities – 6% Convertible Unsecured Promissory Notes”), and (iv) up to the aggregate balance outstanding under 15% original issue discount (“15% OID”) promissory notes issued on August 2, 2023, August 18, 2023, September 11, 2023, and September 22, 2023 for the principal amount of $117,647, $58,824, $58,824, and $117,647, respectively, bearing interest at 5% per annum, due on December 31, 2023.

 

Each $1.00 increase or decrease in the assumed initial public offering price of $4.00 per share, which is the low point of the estimated offering price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, would increase or decrease the net proceeds that we receive from the initial public offering by approximately $1.4 million if the underwriters do not exercise the over-allotment option (or approximately $1.6 million if the underwriters exercise the over-allotment option in full), assuming that the number of shares offered by us, as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, remains the same and after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts, commissions and non-accountable expense allowance, and other offering expenses payable by us.

 

The foregoing represents our current intentions to use and allocate the net proceeds of the initial public offering based upon our present plans and business conditions. Our management, however, will have broad discretion in the way that we use the net proceeds of the initial public offering. Pending the final application of the net proceeds of the initial public offering, we intend to invest the net proceeds of the initial public offering in short-term, interest-bearing, investment-grade securities. See “Risk Factors – Risks Related to Our Common Stock and the Initial Public Offering – We have considerable discretion as to the use of the net proceeds from the initial public offering and we may use these proceeds in ways with which you may not agree.”

 

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DIVIDEND POLICY

 

We have never declared or paid cash dividends on our common stock. We currently intend to retain all available funds and any future earnings for use in the operation of our business and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the near future. We may also enter into credit agreements or other borrowing arrangements in the future that will restrict our ability to declare or pay cash dividends on our common stock. Any future determination to declare dividends will be made at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on our financial condition, operating results, capital requirements, contractual restrictions, general business conditions and other factors that our board of directors may deem relevant. See also “Risk Factors – Risks Related to Our Common Stock and Initial Public Offering – We do not expect to declare or pay dividends in the foreseeable future.”

 

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CAPITALIZATION

 

The following table sets forth our capitalization as of June 30, 2023:

 

on an actual basis;

 

on a pro forma basis to reflect (i) an agreement to accelerate a provision increasing the outstanding balance under the Company’s 8% convertible unsecured promissory notes to 120% of the original principal amount such that the outstanding balance under these convertible notes increased to $1,758,000, convert $293,000 of this new outstanding balance into a total of 146,500 shares of common stock, and waive all accrued interest with respect to the amount converted subsequent to June 30, 2023; and (ii) the issuance of 15% OID promissory notes for total gross proceeds of $300,000 having total principal of $352,941 subsequent to June 30, 2023; and

 

on a pro forma as-adjusted basis to reflect (i) the issuance of 1,500,000 shares by us in the Company’s initial public offering at an assumed price to the public of $4.00 per share, which is the low point of the estimated offering range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, resulting in net proceeds to us of approximately $4.8 million after deducting (a) underwriting discounts and commissions and non-accountable expense allowance of approximately $0.5 million and (b) our estimated other offering expenses of approximately $0.7 million, assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option and assuming no exercise of the representative’s warrants; (ii) the assumed automatic conversion upon the closing of the initial public offering of the outstanding 6% convertible unsecured promissory notes in the principal amount of $6,305,000 into an aggregate of 3,152,500 shares of common stock assuming a mandatory conversion price of $2.00 per share, based on the assumed initial public offering price of $4.00 per share, which is the low point of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, and waiver of all accrued interest with respect to the outstanding 6% convertible unsecured promissory notes upon such conversion, in accordance with their terms; (iii) the assumed automatic conversion upon the closing of the initial public offering of the outstanding 8% convertible unsecured promissory notes in the principal amount of $1,465,000 into an aggregate of 732,500 shares of common stock assuming a mandatory conversion price of $2.00 per share, based on the assumed initial public offering price of $4.00 per share, which is the low point of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, and waiver of all accrued interest with respect to the outstanding 8% convertible unsecured promissory notes upon such conversion, in accordance with their terms; (iv) the assumed automatic exercise of warrants upon the closing of the initial public offering for the issuance of 940,000 shares of common stock; (v) the assumed deemed repayment of the principal amount of the 8% unsecured promissory notes upon such automatic exercise of warrants; (vi) the cash repayment of accrued interest under the 8% unsecured promissory notes within three business days following the initial public offering; (vii) the issuance of 13,375 shares of common stock to certain vendors pursuant to service provider agreements; (viii) the repayment of balances totaling $187,849 in aggregate as of June 30, 2023 due under promissory notes bearing 6% interest by the tenth day following the initial public offering; and (ix) the payment of up to $117,200 in fees and non-accountable expense allowance earned by Boustead as placement agent in connection with the Company’s private placement of its 8% convertible unsecured promissory notes and the respective warrants.

 

The pro forma as-adjusted information below is illustrative only and our capitalization following the completion of the initial public offering is subject to adjustment based on the initial public offering price of our common stock and other terms of the initial public offering determined at pricing. You should read this table together with our financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus and the information under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”

 

    As of June 30, 2023  
    Actual     Pro Forma     Pro Forma
As Adjusted
 
Cash and cash equivalents   $ 55,204     $ 355,204     $ 4,893,110  
Convertible notes - current maturities     1,315,000       1,315,000       -  
Original issue discount promissory notes - current maturities     -       352,942       352,942  
Loans payable - current maturities including respective accrued interest     187,849       187,849       -  
Convertible and nonconvertible notes - net of current maturities, less unamortized debt issuance costs     8,410,795       8,410,795       -  
Stockholders’ (deficit):                        
Common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, 150,000,000 shares authorized, 7,591,152 shares issued and outstanding, actual, 7,737,652 shares issued and outstanding, pro forma, 14,076,027 shares issued and outstanding, pro forma as adjusted     760       774       1,408  
Additional paid-in capital     2,610,753       2,903,739       17,046,595  
Subscription Receivable     (11 )     (11 )     (11 )
Accumulated deficit     (13,134,383 )     (13,187,325 )     (12,444,924 )
Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)     (10,522,881 )     (10,282,823 )     4,603,067  
Total capitalization   $ (2,112,086 )   $ (1,872,028 )   $ 4,603,067  

 

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Each $1.00 increase or decrease in the assumed offering price per share of $4.00 would increase or decrease the net proceeds that we receive in the initial public offering and each of total stockholders’ equity and total capitalization by approximately $1.4 million (or approximately $1.6 million if the over-allotment option is exercised in full), assuming that the number of shares offered by us, as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, remains the same, and after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and non-accountable expense allowance and offering expenses payable by us.

 

The table above is based on 7,591,152 shares of our common stock outstanding as of June 30, 2023, after giving effect to the Reverse Stock Split at a ratio of 1-for-5 which became effective on April 14, 2023, and excludes the following securities or rights to securities that were outstanding as of June 30, 2023:

 

2,522,000 shares of common stock issuable upon the optional conversion of outstanding 6% convertible unsecured promissory notes at their adjusted optional conversion price of $2.50 per share;

 

444,842 shares of common stock issuable upon the optional conversion of outstanding 8% convertible unsecured promissory notes at their optional conversion price of approximately $3.29 per share;

 

176,540 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of placement agent’s warrants at an exercise price of $2.50 per share upon the optional conversion of outstanding 6% convertible unsecured promissory notes at their optional conversion price of $2.50 per share;

 

65,800 shares of common stock issuable to Boustead as placement agent upon exercise of placement agent’s warrants issued to Boustead at an exercise price of $2.50 per share with respect to warrants issued to private placement investors in our 8% unsecured promissory notes;

 

a total of 515,250 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options, consisting of 272,250 total shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options at an exercise price per share equal to $3.10 per share and 243,000 total shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options at an exercise price per share equal to $2.50 per share, which were granted to certain employees, consultants, officers, and directors under the Equity Incentive Plan;

 

10,000 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of a stock option to be granted to a consultant under the consultant’s consulting agreement under the Plan promptly following the consummation of the initial public offering, subject to the consultant’s continuing in service through the grant date, at an exercise price per share equal to the initial public offering price per share;

 

750,000 shares of common stock that are reserved for issuance under the Plan, which is inclusive of the 515,250 shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options that were granted under the Plan; and

 

120,750 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the representative’s warrants to be issued to the underwriters in connection with the initial public offering, assuming full exercise by the underwriters of the over-allotment option.

 

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DILUTION

 

Dilution in net tangible book value per share to new investors is the amount by which the offering price paid by the purchasers of the shares of common stock sold in the Company’s initial public offering exceeds the pro forma net tangible book value per share of common stock after the initial public offering. Net tangible book value per share is determined at any date by subtracting our total liabilities from the total book value of our tangible assets and dividing the difference by the number of shares of common stock deemed to be outstanding at that date.

 

The net tangible book value of our common stock as of June 30, 2023 was $(11,556,889.62), or approximately $(1.52) per share.

 

Pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value dilution per share to new investors represents the difference between the amount per share paid by purchasers of common stock in the initial public offering and the pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per share of common stock immediately after completion of the initial public offering. Investors participating in the initial public offering will incur immediate, substantial dilution. After giving effect to (i) an agreement to accelerate a provision increasing the outstanding balance under the Company’s 8% convertible unsecured promissory notes to 120% of the original principal amount such that the outstanding balance under these convertible notes increased to $1,758,000, convert $293,000 of this new outstanding balance into a total of 146,500 shares of common stock, and waive all accrued interest with respect to the amount converted subsequent to June 30, 2023; (ii) the issuance of 15% OID promissory notes for total gross proceeds of $300,000 having total principal of $352,941 subsequent to June 30, 2023; (iii) the issuance of 1,500,000 shares by us in the initial public offering at an assumed price to the public of $4.00 per share, which is the low point of the estimated offering range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, resulting in net proceeds to us of approximately $4.8 million after deducting (a) underwriting discounts and commissions and non-accountable expense allowance of approximately $0.5 million and (b) our estimated other offering expenses of approximately $0.7 million, assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option and assuming no exercise of the representative’s warrants; (iv) the assumed automatic conversion upon the closing of the initial public offering of the outstanding 6% convertible unsecured promissory notes in the principal amount of $6,305,000 into an aggregate of 3,152,500 shares of common stock assuming a mandatory conversion price of $2.00 per share, based on the assumed initial public offering price of $4.00 per share, which is the low point of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, and waiver of all accrued interest with respect to the outstanding 6% convertible unsecured promissory notes upon such conversion, in accordance with their terms; (v) the assumed automatic conversion upon the closing of the initial public offering of the outstanding 8% convertible unsecured promissory notes in the principal amount of $1,465,000 into an aggregate of 732,500 shares of common stock assuming a mandatory conversion price of $2.00 per share, based on the assumed initial public offering price of $4.00 per share, which is the low point of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, and waiver of all accrued interest with respect to the outstanding 8% convertible unsecured promissory notes upon such conversion, in accordance with their terms; (vi) the assumed automatic exercise of warrants upon the closing of the initial public offering for the issuance of 940,000 shares of common stock; (vii) the assumed deemed repayment of the full principal amount of the 8% unsecured promissory notes upon such automatic exercise of warrants; (viii) the cash repayment of accrued interest under the 8% unsecured promissory notes within three business days following the initial public offering; (ix) the issuance of 13,375 shares of common stock to certain vendors pursuant to service provider agreements; (x) the repayment of balances totaling $187,849 in aggregate as of June 30, 2023 due under promissory notes bearing 6% interest by the tenth day following the initial public offering; and (xi) the payment of up to $117,200 in fees and non-accountable expense allowance earned by Boustead as placement agent in connection with the Company’s private placement of its 8% convertible unsecured promissory notes and the respective warrants, our pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value as of June 30, 2023 would have been approximately $2.9 million, or approximately $0.20 per share. This amount represents an immediate increase in pro forma net tangible book value of approximately $1.73 per share to existing stockholders and an immediate dilution in pro forma net tangible book value of approximately $3.80 per share to purchasers of common stock in the initial public offering, as illustrated in the following table.

 

Assumed public offering price per share

        $ 4.00  
Historical net tangible book value per share as of June 30, 2023   $ (1.52 )      
Increase in pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per share attributable to new investors purchasing shares in the initial public offering     1.73        
Pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per share after giving effect to the initial public offering           0.20  
Dilution per share to new investors purchasing shares in the initial public offering         $ 3.80  

 

If the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full, the pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per share of our common stock, as adjusted to give effect to the initial public offering, would be approximately $0.26 per share, and the dilution in pro forma net tangible book value per share to new investors purchasing shares of common stock in the initial public offering would be approximately $3.74 per share.

 

The pro forma information discussed above is illustrative only. Our net tangible book value following the completion of the initial public offering is subject to adjustment based on the actual initial public offering price of our common stock and other terms of the initial public offering determined at pricing.

 

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The following table sets forth, as of June 30, 2023 on a pro forma as adjusted basis, the total number of shares of common stock previously issued and sold to existing investors, the total consideration paid for the foregoing and the average price per share of common stock paid, or to be paid, by existing owners and by the new investors. The calculation below is based on the assumed initial public offering price of $4.00 per share, which is the low point of the estimated offering price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, before deducting estimated underwriter commissions and offering expenses, in each case payable by us, and assumes no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option or representative’s warrants.

 

    Shares Purchased     Total Consideration     Average
Price
 
    Number     Percent     Amount     Percent     Per Share  
Shares held by existing stockholders     7,737,652       55.0 %   $ 293,774       1.8 %   $ 0.04  
Shares issuable upon certain events upon the consummation of the initial public offering(1)     4,838,375       34.4 %   $ 10,120,000       61.7 %   $ 2.09  
Shares issued to investors in the initial public offering     1,500,000       10.7 %   $ 6,000,000       36.6 %   $ 4.00  
Total     14,076,027       100.0 %   $ 16,413,773       100.0 %   $ 1.17  

 

(1)Consists of (i) the assumed conversion upon the closing of the initial public offering of the outstanding 6% convertible unsecured promissory notes in the principal amount of $6,305,000 into an aggregate of 3,152,500 shares of common stock assuming a mandatory conversion price of $2.00 per share, based on the assumed initial public offering price of $4.00 per share, which is the low point of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, and waiver of all accrued interest with respect to the outstanding 6% convertible unsecured promissory notes upon such conversion, in accordance with their terms; (ii) the assumed conversion upon the closing of the initial public offering of the outstanding 8% convertible unsecured promissory notes in the principal amount of $1,465,000 into an aggregate of 732,500 shares of common stock assuming a mandatory conversion price of $2.00 per share, based on the assumed initial public offering price of $4.00 per share, which is the low point of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, and waiver of all accrued interest with respect to the outstanding 6% convertible unsecured promissory notes upon such conversion, in accordance with their terms; (iii) the assumed automatic exercise of warrants upon the closing of the initial public offering for the issuance of 940,000 shares of common stock; and (iv) the issuance of 13,375 shares of common stock to certain vendors pursuant to service provider agreements.

 

The tables above are based on 7,591,152 shares of our common stock outstanding as of June 30, 2023, after giving effect to the Reverse Stock Split at a ratio of 1-for-5 which became effective on April 14, 2023, and exclude the following securities or rights to securities that were outstanding as of June 30, 2023:

 

2,522,000 shares of common stock issuable upon the optional conversion of outstanding 6% convertible unsecured promissory notes at their adjusted optional conversion price of $2.50 per share;

 

444,842 shares of common stock issuable upon the optional conversion of outstanding 8% convertible unsecured promissory notes at their optional conversion price of approximately $3.29 per share;

 

176,540 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of placement agent’s warrants at an exercise price of $2.50 per share upon the optional conversion of outstanding 6% convertible unsecured promissory notes at their optional conversion price of $2.50 per share;

 

65,800 shares of common stock issuable to Boustead as placement agent upon exercise of placement agent’s warrants issued to Boustead at an exercise price of $2.50 per share with respect to warrants issued to private placement investors in our 8% unsecured promissory notes;

 

a total of 515,250 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options, consisting of 272,250 total shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options at an exercise price per share equal to $3.10 per share and 243,000 total shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options at an exercise price per share equal to $2.50 per share, which were granted to certain employees, consultants, officers, and directors under the Equity Incentive Plan;

 

10,000 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of a stock option to be granted to a consultant under the consultant’s consulting agreement under the Plan promptly following the consummation of the initial public offering, subject to the consultant’s continuing in service through the grant date, at an exercise price per share equal to the initial public offering price per share;

 

750,000 shares of common stock that are reserved for issuance under the Plan, which is inclusive of the 515,250 shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options that were granted under the Plan; and

 

120,750 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the representative’s warrants to be issued to the underwriters in connection with the initial public offering, assuming full exercise by the underwriters of the over-allotment option.

 

To the extent that any outstanding stock options or warrants are exercised, convertible notes are converted, or new stock options, restricted stock units or other securities are granted under the Plan, or we issue additional shares of common stock in the future, there will be further dilution to investors participating in the initial public offering.

 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

The following discussion and analysis summarizes the significant factors affecting our operating results, financial condition, liquidity and cash flows of our company as of and for the periods presented below. The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the related notes thereto included elsewhere in this prospectus. The discussion contains forward-looking statements that are based on the beliefs of management, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, our management. Actual results could differ materially from those discussed in or implied by forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including those discussed below and elsewhere in this prospectus, particularly in the sections titled “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements”.

 

Overview

 

We are a technology company developing and operating platforms to give significantly more student-athletes the opportunity to go to college and continue playing sports. Our platform, Signing Day Sports, is a digital ecosystem to help athletes get discovered and recruited by coaches and recruiters across the country. We fully support football, baseball, softball, and men’s and women’s soccer, and we plan to expand the Signing Day Sports platform to include additional sports. Each sport is led by former professional athletes and coaches who know what it takes to get to the big leagues.

 

Signing Day Sports launched in 2019, and as of June 2023, many high schools, sports clubs, and aspiring high school athletes have subscribed to the Signing Day Sports platform. Colleges in the NCAA Division I, Division II, and Division III, and the NAIA, have utilized our platform for recruitment purposes. Signing Day Sports initially supported football athletes, and now also offers a platform for baseball, softball, and men’s and women’s soccer, resulting in even more recruiter and athlete platform participants.

 

We founded Signing Day Sports to reinvent the high school and college sports recruiting process for the digital era. When we started the Company, recruiting was still being done largely as it had been done since before the mass availability of Internet-connected devices and was still limited by that model. We identified the flaws in the recruiting process and the unique opportunity it presented for us to become a solution provider in the industry. We developed and operated our platform with the objective of optimizing and enhancing the sports recruitment process across all sizes of colleges and athletic departments.

 

Our ability to leverage modern technologies to bring coaches and athletes together in a mutually beneficial ecosystem has shown significant benefits for both sides of the student-athlete recruitment process. Parents and athletes can use the platform to understand and provide what recruiters want to see, seek and gain offers of better athletic scholarships or other financial aid packages, and maximize the potential of an athlete’s career. Recruiters now have a comprehensive recruitment application that shows video verification of key attribute data and gives the recruiter the ability to narrow down their search with a highly optimized search engine and athlete screening process.

 

In short, we offer a comprehensive solution that services the needs of all participants in the sports recruitment process. We are aware of no other platform that offers what our platform does. Our goal is to change the way sports recruitment is done for the betterment of everyone.

 

Our Historical Performance

 

The Company’s current and former independent registered public accounting firms have expressed substantial doubt as to the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. We have incurred losses for each period from our inception and a significant accumulated deficit. For the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, our net loss was approximately $1.7 million and $3.7 million, respectively, and our net cash used in operating activities was approximately $1.2 million and $4.1 million, respectively. As of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, we had cumulative losses of approximately $19.8 million and $18.1 million, respectively. For the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, our net loss was approximately $6.7 million and $8.8 million, respectively, our cash used in operating activities was approximately $4.9 million and $5.7 million, respectively, and we had cumulative losses of approximately $18.1 million and $11.5 million, respectively. We expect to incur expenses and operating losses over the next several years. Accordingly, we will need additional financing to support our continuing operations. We will seek to fund our operations through public or private equity offerings, debt financings, government or other third-party funding, collaborations and licensing arrangements. Adequate additional financing may not be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all. Our failure to raise capital as and when needed would impact our going concern status and would have a negative impact on our financial condition and our ability to pursue our business strategy and continue as a going concern. We will need to generate significant revenues to achieve profitability, and we may never do so.

 

For further discussion, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Liquidity and Capital Resources – Going Concern”.

 

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Emerging Growth Company

 

We qualify as an “emerging growth company” under the JOBS Act. As a result, we are permitted to, and intend to, rely on exemptions from certain disclosure requirements. For so long as we are an emerging growth company, we will not be required to:

 

have an auditor report on our internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act;

 

being permitted to present only two years of audited financial statements, in addition to any required unaudited interim financial statements, with correspondingly reduced “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” disclosure in this prospectus;

 

comply with any requirement that may be adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report providing additional information about the audit and the financial statements (i.e., an auditor discussion and analysis);

 

submit certain executive compensation matters to stockholder advisory votes, such as “say-on-pay” and “say-on-frequency;” and

 

disclose certain executive compensation related items such as the correlation between executive compensation and performance and comparisons of the chief executive officer’s compensation to median employee compensation.

 

In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an emerging growth company can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards. In other words, an emerging growth company can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We have elected to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period. Our financial statements may therefore not be comparable to those of companies that comply with such new or revised accounting standards.

 

We will remain an emerging growth company for up to five years, or until the earliest of (i) the last day of the first fiscal year in which our total annual gross revenues exceed $1,235,000,000, (ii) the date that we become a “large accelerated filer” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act, which would occur if the market value of our common stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter or (iii) the date on which we have issued more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt during the preceding three year period.

 

Principal Factors Affecting Our Financial Performance

 

Our operating results are primarily affected by the following factors:

 

our ability to acquire new customers and users or retain existing customers and users;

 

our ability to offer competitive product pricing;

 

our ability to broaden product offerings;

 

our ability to leverage technology and use and develop efficient processes;

 

our ability to attract and retain talented employees; and

 

industry demand and competition; and

 

market conditions and our market position.

 

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Results of Operations

 

Comparison of the Three Months Ended June 30, 2023 and 2022

 

The following table sets forth key components of our results of operations during the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022.

 

   Three Months Ended 
   June 30,
2023
   June 30,
2022
 
Revenues, net  $116,810   $(3,498)
Cost of revenues   9,686    242,739 
Gross profit (loss)   107,124    (246,238)
           
Operating cost and expenses          
Advertising and marketing   107,194    345,818 
General and administrative   586,716    1,148,444 
           
Total operating expenses   693,910    1,494,261 
           
Net income (loss) from operations   (586,786)   (1,740,499)
           
Other Income (expense)          
Interest expense   (255,141)   - 
Interest income   -    283 
Other expense   -    - 
Other income   29,682    26,982 
           
Total other income (expense)   (225,459)   27,265 
           
Net loss  $(812,245)  $(1,713,234)

 

Revenues, Net

 

Net revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 were approximately $0.117 million and $(0.003) million, respectively. Net revenues increased approximately $0.114 million, or approximately 3,439.3%, primarily due to an increase in user subscriptions. In addition, in June 2022, refunds totaling $30,942 were issued to certain high school sports program group accounts under our former free use arrangement for these accounts. These refunds exceeded total revenues in the second quarter of 2022 by $3,498, resulting in negative net revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2022. The former free use arrangement for these accounts was discontinued during the fourth quarter of 2022, and user refunds during the three months ended June 30, 2023 totaled less than $1,000. The increase in net revenues during the three months ended June 30, 2023 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2022 was offset by a reduction in the average revenues per subscription to approximately $28 per monthly subscription during the second quarter of 2023 from approximately $32 per monthly subscription during the second quarter of 2022.  The reduced average revenues per user subscription was in turn due to the reduction of monthly subscriptions to $24.99 from $29.99, the non-renewal of all of our former high school sports program group subscriptions, and a subscription conversion rate of users under a former free use arrangement of less than 1%.

 

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The following table presents information about the number of users of our website and app under subscriptions by type of subscription plan for each of the three-month periods ended June 30, 2023 and 2022. Subscriptions to our website and app require payment prior to website and app access except that group subscriptions may make payments on a monthly installment basis. See also “—Critical Accounting Policies – Payment Terms”.

 

   Users with Subscriptions 
Subscription Type 

Three Months
Ended
June 30,
2023

  

Three Months
Ended
June 30,
2022

 
Monthly   1,327    558 
Annual   30    2 
Semi-Annual   -(1)   2 
Group – High School   -    100 
Group – General   525    - 
Total:   1,882    662 

 

(1)Semi-annual subscriptions were not offered after 2022.

 

The following table presents information about the number of users of our website and app under a former free use arrangement and the number of users with subscriptions for each of the three-month periods ended June 30, 2023 and 2022.

 

    Number of Users  
User Type  

Three Months
Ended
June 30,
2023

   

Three Months
Ended
June 30,
2022

 
Free Use Arrangement     - (1)     32,820 (1)
Subscription     1,882       662  
Total:     1,882 (1)     33,482 (1)

 

(1) Does not include users that were provided free use as college coaches.

 

We anticipate that the number of users with subscriptions and revenues will continue to increase in future periods due to four strategic changes to our business during the fourth quarter of 2022. First, our former promotional free use arrangement for certain high school sports programs was discontinued, and since that time we have generally required that all users other than college coaches be covered under a subscription after a temporary trial period. Second, we reextended our app and website design and related marketing approach from the prior model of a recruitment tool for college sports recruiters to restore a major direct-to-consumer component including through increasing in-person recruiting events, reducing the monthly subscription fee from $29.99 to $24.99, and enhancing education resources on our website. Third, we have signed strategic alliance, marketing, sponsorship, and collaboration agreements with significant college sports recruiting industry participants, including GOAT Farm Sports, the owner of the U.S. Army Bowl, providing preferential access to student-athletes at many sports combines and events throughout the year for which we have committed to act as an official events sponsor and college sports recruitment platform, initially primarily for college football recruitment-related events due to our historic strengths in this sport and eventually for other college sports recruitment-related events. Fourth, we determined to extend our app and website to support baseball, softball, and men’s and women’s soccer recruitment as well as football, and apply the other aspects of our business model to the end of generating revenues from the significant markets for these major college sports areas. These changes are anticipated to increase first-time subscriptions by both individual users and groups, increase the rate of subscription renewals by individual monthly subscribers, and slow individual user attrition due to the inherently limited college recruiting cycle for each student-athlete.

 

However, we caution that the extent and timing of any favorable impacts from the strategic changes to our business described above on our net sales, revenues, income from continuing operations, or other results of operations, are subject to, and may be offset by unfavorable impacts on our results of operations due to, many other factors and uncertainties that are discussed throughout this prospectus, including under “Risk Factors”, “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements”, and, in this section, “—Our Historical Performance”, “—Principal Factors Affecting Our Financial Performance”, and “—Liquidity and Capital Resources – Going Concern”, in the notes to the financial statements accompanying this prospectus, and in the reports of our current and former independent registered public accounting firms included with this prospectus.

 

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Cost of Revenues

 

Cost of revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 was approximately $0.01 million and $0.24 million, respectively. Cost of revenue decreased approximately $0.23 million, or 96.0%, primarily due to a reduction in software development staff, which reduced cost of revenue by approximately $0.11 million, and the full capitalization of approximately $0.05 million of software development labor costs during the three months ended June 30, 2023, which reduced cost of revenue by approximately $0.05 million. Amortization of the Company’s platform’s capitalized costs for purposes of football recruitment started on January 1, 2023 due to its ready-for-use status. The capitalized cost for the period ending June 30, 2023 will have straight-line amortization expense to cost of revenue for a period of five years beginning January 1, 2023.  The Company expects that it may continue to advance toward a positive operating margin in future periods by optimal use of its previous software investments and streamlined and outsourced software development staff. However, we caution that the extent and timing of any favorable impacts from the measures described above on our net sales, revenues, income from continuing operations, or other results of operations, are subject to, and may be offset by unfavorable impacts on our results of operations due to, many other factors and uncertainties that are discussed throughout this prospectus, including under “Risk Factors”, “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements”, and, in this section, “—Our Historical Performance”, “—Principal Factors Affecting Our Financial Performance”, and “—Liquidity and Capital Resources – Going Concern”, in the notes to the financial statements accompanying this prospectus, and in the reports of our current and former independent registered public accounting firms included with this prospectus.

 

Advertising and Marketing

 

Advertising and marketing expenses were approximately $0.1 million and $0.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The decrease of approximately $0.2 million, or 69.0%, was due to minimal advertising and marketing during the three months ended June 30, 2023 principally relating to promotion of the Company and its app in connection with the U.S. Army Bowl, reliance on enhancements to our app and website’s direct-to-consumer design and resources, preferential access to mass in-person recruiting events, and determination to extend the functionality of our app to support baseball, softball, and men’s and women’s soccer college recruitment in order to increase users during the three months ended June 30, 2023, and the non-repetition of an approximately $0.1 million professional business-to-business digital marketing campaign, an approximately $0.05 million public relations campaign, and approximately $0.15 million in costs for special promotional events conducted during the three months ended June 30, 2022.

 

General and Administrative

 

General and administrative expenses were approximately $0.6 million and $1.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The decrease of approximately $0.5 million, or 48.9%, was primarily due to a reduction of nonessential employees, which reduced costs by approximately $0.3 million, and the move of our corporate headquarters to office space under a lower rental rate, which reduced costs by approximately $0.05 million.

 

Interest Expense

 

Interest expense was approximately $0.3 million and $0 for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The increase was due to an increase in nonconvertible notes payable.

 

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Comparison of the Six Months Ended June 30, 2023 and 2022

 

The following table sets forth key components of our results of operations during the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022.

 

   Six Months Ended 
  

June 30,
2023

  

June 30,
2022

 
Revenues, net  $170,830   $68,349 
Cost of revenues   14,226    518,507 
Gross profit (loss)   156,604    (450,158)
           
Operating cost and expenses          
Advertising and marketing   197,816    686,953 
General and administrative   1,216,270    2,595,847 
           
Total operating expenses   1,414,086    3,282,800 
           
Net income (loss) from operations   (1,257,482)   (3,732,957)
           
Other Income (expense)          
Interest expense   (455,448)   - 
Interest income   1,100    1,095 
Other expense   -    (53,640)
Other income   58,264    56,042 
           
Total other income (expense)   (396,084)   3,498 
           
Net loss  $(1,653,566)   $(3,729,460)

 

Revenues, Net

 

Net revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 were approximately $0.17 million and $0.07 million, respectively. Net revenues increased approximately $0.10 million, or approximately 149.9%, primarily due to an increase in user subscriptions. In addition, in June 2022, refunds totaling $30,942 were issued to certain high school sports program group accounts under the Company’s former free use arrangement for these accounts. The former free use arrangement for these accounts was discontinued during the fourth quarter of 2022, and user refunds during the six months ended June 30, 2023 totaled less than $1,000. The increase in net revenues during the six months ended June 30, 2023 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2022 was offset by a reduction in the average revenues per subscription to approximately $28 per monthly subscription during the six months ended June 30, 2023 from approximately $32 per monthly subscription during the six months ended June 30, 2022. The reduced average revenues per user subscription was in turn due to the reduction of monthly subscriptions to $24.99 from $29.99, the non-renewal of all of our former high school sports program group subscriptions, and a subscription conversion rate of users under a former free use arrangement of less than 1%.

 

The following table presents information about the number of users of our website and app under subscriptions by type of subscription plan for each of the six-month periods ended June 30, 2023 and 2022. Subscriptions to our website and app require payment prior to website and app access except that group subscriptions may make payments on a monthly installment basis. See also “—Critical Accounting Policies – Payment Terms”.

 

   Users with Subscriptions 
Subscription Type 

Six Months
Ended
June 30,
2023

  

Six Months
Ended
June 30,
2022

 
Monthly   1,766    911 
Annual   37    6 
Semi-Annual   -(1)   3 
Group – High School   -    250 
Group – General   658    - 
Total:   2,461    1,170 

 

(1)Semi-annual subscriptions were not offered after 2022.

 

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The following table presents information about the number of users of our website and app under a former free use arrangement and the number of users with subscriptions for each of the six-month periods ended June 30, 2023 and 2022.

 

    Number of Users  
User Type  

Six Months
Ended
June 30,
2023

   

Six Months
Ended
June 30,
2022

 
Free Use Arrangement     - (1)      46,398 (1) 
Subscription     2,461       1,170  
Total:     2,461 (1)     47,568 (1)

 

(1) Does not include users that were provided free use as college coaches.

 

We anticipate that the number of users with subscriptions and revenues will continue to increase in future periods due to four strategic changes to our business during the fourth quarter of 2022. First, our former promotional free use arrangement for certain high school sports programs was discontinued, and since that time we have generally required that all users other than college coaches be covered under a subscription after a temporary trial period. Second, we reextended our app and website design and related marketing approach from the prior model of a recruitment tool for college sports recruiters to restore a major direct-to-consumer component including through increasing in-person recruiting events, reducing the monthly subscription fee from $29.99 to $24.99, and enhancing education resources on our website. Third, we have signed strategic alliance, marketing, sponsorship, and collaboration agreements with significant college sports recruiting industry participants, including GOAT Farm Sports, the owner of the U.S. Army Bowl, providing preferential access to student-athletes at many sports combines and events throughout the year for which we have committed to act as an official events sponsor and college sports recruitment platform, initially primarily for college football recruitment-related events due to our historic strengths in this sport and eventually for other college sports recruitment-related events. Fourth, we determined to extend our app and website to support baseball, softball, and men’s and women’s soccer recruitment as well as football, and apply the other aspects of our business model to the end of generating revenues from the significant markets for these major college sports areas. These changes are anticipated to increase first-time subscriptions by both individual users and groups, increase the rate of subscription renewals by individual monthly subscribers, and slow individual user attrition due to the inherently limited college recruiting cycle for each student-athlete.

 

However, we caution that the extent and timing of any favorable impacts from the strategic changes to our business described above on our net sales, revenues, income from continuing operations, or other results of operations, are subject to, and may be offset by unfavorable impacts on our results of operations due to, many other factors and uncertainties that are discussed throughout this prospectus, including under “Risk Factors”, “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements”, and, in this section, “—Our Historical Performance”, “—Principal Factors Affecting Our Financial Performance”, and “—Liquidity and Capital Resources – Going Concern”, in the notes to the financial statements accompanying this prospectus, and in the reports of our current and former independent registered public accounting firms included with this prospectus.

 

Cost of Revenues

 

Cost of revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 was approximately $0.01 million and $0.52 million, respectively. Cost of revenue decreased approximately $0.51 million, or approximately 97.3%, primarily due to a reduction in software development staff, which reduced cost of revenue by approximately $0.37 million, and the full capitalization of approximately $0.14 million of software development labor cost during the six months ended June 30, 2023, which reduced cost of revenue by approximately $0.14 million. Amortization of the Company’s platform’s capitalized costs for purposes of football recruitment started on January 1, 2023 due to its ready-for-use status. The capitalized cost for the period ending June 30, 2023 will have straight-line amortization expense to cost of revenue for a period of five years beginning January 1, 2023.   The Company expects that it may continue to advance toward a positive operating margin in future periods by optimal use of its previous software investments and streamlined and outsourced software development staff. However, we caution that the extent and timing of any favorable impacts from the measures described above on our net sales, revenues, income from continuing operations, or other results of operations, are subject to, and may be offset by unfavorable impacts on our results of operations due to, many other factors and uncertainties that are discussed throughout this prospectus, including under “Risk Factors”, “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements”, and, in this section, “—Our Historical Performance”, “—Principal Factors Affecting Our Financial Performance”, and “—Liquidity and Capital Resources – Going Concern”, in the notes to the financial statements accompanying this prospectus, and in the reports of our current and former independent registered public accounting firms included with this prospectus.

 

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Advertising and Marketing

 

Advertising and marketing expenses were approximately $0.2 million and $0.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The decrease of approximately $0.5 million, or 71.2%, was due to minimal advertising and marketing during the six months ended June 30, 2023 principally relating to promotion of the Company and its app in connection with the U.S. Army Bowl, reliance on enhancements to our app and website’s direct-to-consumer design and resources, preferential access to mass in-person recruiting events, and determination to extend the functionality of our app to support baseball, softball, and men’s and women’s soccer college recruitment in order to increase users during the six months ended June 30, 2023, and the non-repetition of an approximately $0.17 million professional business-to-business digital marketing campaign, an approximately $0.1 million public relations campaign, and approximately $0.2 million in costs for special promotional events conducted during the six months ended June 30, 2022.

 

General and Administrative

 

General and administrative expenses were approximately $1.2 million and $2.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The decrease of approximately $1.4 million, or 53.1%, was primarily due to a reduction of nonessential employees, which reduced costs by approximately $1.0 million, and the move of our corporate headquarters to office space under a lower rental rate, which reduced costs by approximately $0.07 million.

 

Interest Expense

 

Interest expense was approximately $0.5 million and $0 for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The increase was due to an increase in convertible and nonconvertible notes payable.

 

Other Expense

 

Other expense was $0 and approximately $0.05 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The decrease was due to a decrease in events-related equipment expense.

 

Comparison of Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 2022 and 2021

 

The following table sets forth key components of our results of operations during the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021.

 

   Years Ended 
    December 31,
2022
    December 31,
2021
 
Revenues, net  $78,336   $340,984 
Cost of revenues   783,064    504,342 
Gross profit (loss)   (704,728)   (163,358)
           
Operating cost and expenses          
Advertising and marketing   1,842,666    1,104,939 
General and administrative   3,025,223    5,027,820 
Impairment charge   820,951    2,276,159 
           
Total operating expenses   5,688,840    8,408,918 
           
Net income (loss) from operations   (6,393,568)   (8,572,276)
           
Other Income (expense)          
Interest expense   (597,747)   (78,503)
Interest income   1,100    1,187 
Deferred tax income   100,000    - 
Change in fair value of SAFE Agreements   154,635    (154,635)
Other expense   (53,640)   - 
Other Income   115,406    - 
           
Total other income (expense)   (280,246)   (231,951)
           
Net loss  $(6,673,814)  $(8,804,227)

 

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Revenues, Net

 

Net revenues for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 was approximately $0.08 million and $0.3 million, respectively. Net revenues decreased approximately $0.26 million, or approximately 77.0%, due to an 89.8% decline in subscriptions by organizations, a 75.2% increase in users under a former free use arrangement that may have otherwise been in group subscriptions, and subscription conversion rate of users under a former free use arrangement of less than 1%.

 

The following table presents information about the number of users of our website and app under subscriptions by type of subscription plan for each of the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021. Subscriptions to our website and app require payment prior to website and app access except that group subscriptions may make payments on a monthly installment basis. See also “—Critical Accounting Policies – Payment Terms”.

 

  

Number of Users

with Subscriptions

 
Subscription Type  Year Ended
December 31,
2022
   Year Ended
December 31,
2021
 
Monthly   1,193    1,214 
Annual   33    47 
Semi-Annual   27    7 
PRO+(1)   13    - 
Group – High School   256    2,250 
Group – General   3    292 
Total:   1,525    3,810 

 

(1)PRO+ subscriptions were offered during the fourth quarter of 2022 only.

 

The following table presents information about the number of users of our website and app under a former free use arrangement and the number of users with subscriptions for each of the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021.

 

    Number of Users  
User Type   Year Ended
December 31,
2022
   Year Ended
December 31,
2021
 
Free Use Arrangement     46,961 (1)     26,808 (1)
Subscription     1,525       3,810  
Total:     48,486 (1)     30,618 (1)

 

(1) Does not include users that were provided free use as college coaches.

 

We anticipate that the number of users with subscriptions and revenues will increase in future periods due to four strategic changes to our business during the fourth quarter of 2022. First, our former promotional free use arrangement for certain high school sports programs was discontinued, and since that time we have generally required that all users other than college coaches be covered under a subscription after a temporary trial period. Second, we reextended our app and website design and related marketing approach from the prior model of a recruitment tool for college sports recruiters to restore a major direct-to-consumer component including through increasing in-person recruiting events, reducing the monthly subscription fee from $29.99 to $24.99, and enhancing education resources on our website. Third, we have signed strategic alliance, marketing, sponsorship, and collaboration agreements with significant college sports recruiting industry participants, including GOAT Farm Sports, the owner of the U.S. Army Bowl, providing preferential access to student-athletes at many sports combines and events throughout the year for which we have committed to act as an official events sponsor and college sports recruitment platform, initially primarily for college football recruitment-related events due to our historic strengths in this sport and eventually for other college sports recruitment-related events. Fourth, we determined to extend our app and website to support baseball, softball, and men’s and women’s soccer recruitment as well as football, and apply the other aspects of our business model to the end of generating revenues from the significant markets for these major college sports areas. These changes are anticipated to increase first-time subscriptions by both individual users and groups, increase the rate of subscription renewals by individual monthly subscribers, and slow individual user attrition due to the inherently limited college recruiting cycle for each student-athlete. Therefore, we do not anticipate the decrease in revenues in 2022 compared to 2021 to be indicative of future results.

 

However, we caution that the extent and timing of any favorable impacts from the strategic changes to our business described above on our net sales, revenues, income from continuing operations, or other results of operations are subject to, and could be offset by unfavorable impacts on our results of operations due to, many other factors and uncertainties that are discussed throughout this prospectus, including under “Risk Factors”, “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements”, and, in this section, “—Our Historical Performance”, “—Principal Factors Affecting Our Financial Performance”, and “—Liquidity and Capital Resources – Going Concern”, in the notes to the financial statements accompanying this prospectus, and in the reports of our current and former independent registered public accounting firms included with this prospectus.

 

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Cost of Revenues

 

Cost of revenues for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 was approximately $0.8 million and $0.5 million, respectively. Cost of revenue increased approximately $0.3 million, or approximately 55.3%, due to an increase in the number of employees in our internal engineering and development team.

 

Advertising and Marketing

 

Advertising and marketing expenses were approximately $1.8 million and $1.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The increase of approximately $0.7 million, or 66.8%, was due to increased advertising and marketing on social media platforms.

 

General and Administrative

 

General and administrative expenses were approximately $3.0 million and $5.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The decrease of approximately $2.0 million, or 41.2%, was due to a reduction of nonessential employees and the move of our corporate headquarters to office space under a lower rental rate.

 

Impairment Charge

 

An impairment charge of approximately $0.8 million and $2.3 million was recorded for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The decrease of approximately $1.5 million, or 63.9%, was due to an increase in the proportion of customers using our technology platform under a free use arrangement. For the reasons discussed under “—Revenues, Net” above, these results may not be indicative of future periods.

 

Interest Expense

 

Interest expense was approximately $0.6 million and $0.08 million for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The increase of approximately $0.52 million, or 661.4%, was due to an increase in convertible notes payable.

 

Deferred Tax Income

 

Deferred tax income was $0.1 million and none for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The increase was due to recognition of deferred tax assets.

 

Change in Fair Value of SAFE Agreements

 

Change in fair value of SAFE Agreements was approximately $0.2 million and $(0.2 million) for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The change was due to a change in fair value measurement.

 

Other Expense

 

Other expense was approximately $0.05 million and none for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The increase was due to an increase in events-related equipment expense.

 

Other Income

 

Other income was approximately $0.1 million and none for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The increase was due to tax deductions relating to employee travel expenses.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

As of June 30, 2023, we had cash and cash equivalents of $55,204. To date, we have financed our operations primarily through revenue generated from operations and private placements of securities.

 

We believe that our current levels of cash, with the proceeds of the Company’s initial public offering, will be sufficient to meet our anticipated cash needs for our operations and other cash requirements for at least 12 months from the initial public offering, including our anticipated costs associated with becoming a public reporting company. Without the proceeds of the Company’s initial public offering, we will require additional cash resources due to our current capital requirements, changing business conditions, implementation of our strategy to expand our business, or other investments or acquisitions we may decide to pursue. If our own financial resources are insufficient to satisfy our capital requirements, we may seek to sell additional equity or debt securities in private placements or credit facilities. The sale of additional equity securities could result in dilution to our stockholders. The incurrence of indebtedness would result in increased debt service obligations and could require us to agree to operating and financial covenants that would restrict our operations. Financing may not be available in amounts or on terms acceptable to us, if at all. Any failure by us to raise additional funds on terms favorable to us, or at all, could limit our ability to expand our business operations and could harm our overall business prospects.

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Going Concern

 

Our current auditor and former auditor’s opinions included in our audited financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 contain an explanatory paragraph regarding substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. For the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, our net loss was approximately $1.7 million and $3.7 million, respectively, and our net cash used in operating activities was approximately $1.2 million and $4.1 million, respectively. As of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, we had cumulative losses of approximately $19.8 million and $18.1 million, respectively. For the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, our net loss was approximately $6.7 million and $8.8 million, respectively, our cash used in operating activities was approximately $4.9 million and $5.7 million, respectively, and we had cumulative losses of approximately $18.1 million and $11.5 million, respectively. In recent years, we have suffered recurring losses from operations, have negative working capital and cash outflows from operating activities, and therefore we are dependent upon external sources for financing our operations.

 

Our transition to profitable operations is dependent on generating a level of revenue adequate to support our cost structure. We must continue our path to profitability through increased business development, marketing and sales of the Company’s multiple lines of subscriptions. Our management has evaluated the significance of these conditions as well as the time in which we have to complete these tasks and has determined that we can meet our operating obligations for the foreseeable future. We plan to finance our operations using primarily proceeds from private placements of securities and our initial public offering. There can be no assurance that we will succeed in generating sufficient revenues from our product sales to continue our operations as a going concern.

 

Our management expects to have the required funds in order to continue to operate as a going concern for at least 12 months from the initial public offering. Nonetheless, there can be no assurance that necessary financing will be available on satisfactory terms, if at all. If we are unable to secure needed financing, management may be forced to take additional restructuring actions, which may include significantly reducing our anticipated level of expenditures. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments to reflect the possible future effects on the recoverability and classification of assets or the amounts and classification of liabilities that may result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

SAFEs

 

From March 2021 through July 2021, the Company entered into eight agreements consisting of a “Simple Agreement for Future Equity” (the “SAFE agreements”) totaling $1,980,000. The SAFE agreements provided a right to the holder to future equity in the Company in the form of these agreements.

 

In September 2022 and October 2022, all of the SAFE agreements were canceled and in exchange a total of 591,048 shares of common stock were issued to the former SAFE holders pursuant to cancellation and exchange agreements with the former SAFE holders.

 

If the Company had conducted an Equity Financing (as defined in the SAFE agreements), the SAFE agreements would have automatically converted into the number of shares of preferred stock equal to the Purchase Amount (as defined in the SAFE agreements) divided by the conversion price per share.

 

If there had been a SAFE Liquidity Event (as defined in the “Description of Securities – SAFEs – Specific Conversion Terms”), the holder of the SAFE agreement would have been automatically entitled to receive a portion of the proceeds equal to the greater of (i) the Purchase Amount or (ii) an amount equal to a percentage of the proceeds to be received in a SAFE Liquidity Event with such percentage calculated by dividing the Purchase Amount by the Liquidity Event Amount (as defined in the SAFE agreements).

 

If there had been a Dissolution Event (as defined in the SAFE agreements), the holder of the SAFE agreement will automatically receive a portion of the Proceeds equal to the Purchase Amount/Cash-out Amount, due and payable immediately prior to the consummation of the Dissolution Event.

 

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If after eighteen months, there had been no Equity Financing, SAFE Liquidity Event, or Dissolution Event, the SAFE agreement would have automatically converted into the number of shares of common stock equal to the Purchase Amount divided by the Valuation Discount Price Per Share (as defined in the SAFE agreements) resulting in an approximate 20% discount.

 

The SAFE agreements were not subject to mandatory redemption, and they could have required the Company to issue a variable number of shares. Management of the Company determined that the SAFE agreements contained a liquidity event provision that embodied an obligation indexed to the fair value of the equity shares and that could have required the Company to settle the SAFE obligation by transferring assets or cash. The SAFE agreements represented a recurring measurement that is classified within Level 3, disclosed and defined in Note 6 to the audited financial statements accompanying this prospectus of the fair value hierarchy wherein fair value is estimated using significant unobservable inputs.

 

Equity Incentive Plan

 

On August 31, 2022, the Company adopted the Equity Incentive Plan for the purpose of granting restricted stock, stock options, and other forms of incentive compensation to officers, employees, directors, and consultants of the Company. A total of 750,000 shares of common stock are reserved for issuance under the Plan. In September 2022, stock options were granted under the Plan to certain officers, directors and employees that may be exercised to purchase a total of 159,190 shares of common stock, not including stock options or portions of stock options that subsequently terminated due to employee, officer, or director departures. In March 2023, a stock option was granted under the Plan to a certain employee that may be exercised to purchase a total of 40,000 shares of common stock, and 90,000 shares of restricted stock were granted under the Plan to an officer who is also an employee. In April 2023 and May 2023, stock options were granted under the Plan to certain employees, directors, and a consultant that may be exercised to purchase a total of 243,000 shares of common stock, not including stock options or portions of stock options that subsequently terminated due to employee, officer, or director departures. See “Executive Compensation – 2022 Equity Incentive Plan” for a summary of the principal features of the Plan.

 

Summary of Cash Flow

 

The following table provides detailed information about our net cash flow for all financial statement periods presented in this prospectus:

 

   Cash Flow 
   Six Months Ended   Year Ended 
   June 30,
2023
   June 30,
2022
   December 31,
2022
   December 31,
2021
(Restated)
 
Net cash used in operating activities  $(1,184,417)  $(4,060,420)  $(4,928,461)  $(5,729,483)
Net cash used in investing activities   (768,454)   (543,147)   (855,480)   (1,086,278)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities   1,753,666    -    1,350,800    10,452,434 
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents   (199,205)   (4,603,568)   (4,433,141)   3,636,673 
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period   254,409    4,687,550    4,687,550    1,050,877 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period  $55,204   $83,982   $254,409   $4,687,550 

 

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Net cash used in operating activities was approximately $1.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023, as compared to net cash used in operating activities of approximately $4.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022. The decrease was primarily due to a change to approximately $0.5 million in accounts payable and accrued liabilities from approximately $(0.4) million in accounts payable and accrued liabilities, a decrease of approximately $0.5 million in cost of revenues, a decrease of approximately $0.5 million in advertising and marketing expenses, a decrease of approximately $1.4 million in general and administrative expenses, and offset by an increase of approximately $0.5 million in interest expense.

 

Net cash used in operating activities was approximately $4.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, as compared to net cash used in operating activities of approximately $5.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2021. The decrease was primarily due to a reduction of nonessential employees and movement into office space at a reduced rental rate.

 

Net cash used in investing activities was approximately $0.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and approximately $0.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022. The increase was primarily due to an increase in software development expenditures.

 

Net cash used in investing activities was approximately $0.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 and approximately $1.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2021. The decrease was primarily due to reductions in computer equipment.

 

Net cash provided by financing activities was approximately $1.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and $0 for the six months ended June 30, 2022. The increase was primarily due to an increase in proceeds from private placements of debt securities and loans, offset in part by the purchase of stock from a stockholder.

 

Net cash provided by financing activities was approximately $1.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 and approximately $10.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2021. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease in proceeds from private placements of debt and equity securities.

 

Recent Developments

 

Amendment, Increase of Outstanding Balance, and Partial Special Conversion of 8% Convertible Unsecured Promissory Notes

 

The 8% convertible unsecured promissory notes, with original principal of $1,465,000, were initially due to mature on August 8, 2023 unless converted in accordance with their terms. On August 7, 2023, an agreement was signed with the holders of the majority of the outstanding balance under these convertible notes. The agreement amended the maturity date of all of these convertible notes to August 8, 2025. Pursuant to the agreement, a provision in the convertible notes providing for an increase of the outstanding balance under the convertible notes to 120% of the original principal amount upon non-repayment by the maturity date was accelerated, and the outstanding balance under the convertible notes was increased in aggregate to $1,758,000. The agreement also provided for the immediate conversion of the additional amount of the outstanding balance under the convertible notes into 146,500 shares of common stock at $2.00 per share instead of the applicable optional conversion price, approximately $3.29 per share at the time of the conversion, not including any accrued but unpaid interest, which was waived with respect to the converted outstanding balance. As a result, the 8% convertible unsecured promissory notes’ aggregate underlying principal was $1,465,000 both before and after such increase of the outstanding balance and conversion of such increase.

 

Offering of 15% OID Promissory Notes

 

On August 2, 2023, August 18, 2023, September 11, 2023, and September 22, 2023, the Company issued 15% OID promissory notes for total principal of $352,942 to certain accredited investors in a private placement for gross proceeds of $300,000. The principal under the 15% OID promissory notes accrue 5% interest annually, and principal and interest under the notes must be repaid by December 31, 2023. The notes may be prepaid without a premium or penalty.

 

Boustead acted as placement agent in this private placement. Pursuant to our engagement letter agreement with Boustead, we agreed to pay a commission equal to 7% of the gross proceeds, a non-accountable expense allowance equal to 1% of the gross proceeds, and payment of certain other expenses. However, Boustead waived its fees and expenses for this private placement.

 

Limited Waiver of Promissory Note Repayment Obligation

 

On July 1, 2023, the net balance of $40,000 due under a promissory note issued to John Dorsey, a former Chief Executive Officer and director of the Company, was required to be repaid in full under the terms of the promissory note. Mr. Dorsey has orally waived enforcement of the repayment obligation until the tenth day following the consummation of the Company’s initial public offering. See “—Contractual Obligations – January 2023 Settlement and Related-Party Promissory Note” below for additional information.

 

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Contractual Obligations

 

Convertible and Nonconvertible Interest-Bearing Unsecured Promissory Notes

 

As of June 30, 2023, December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the outstanding convertible and nonconvertible interest-bearing unsecured promissory notes of the Company consisted of the following:

 

   June 30,
2023
   December 31,
2022
   December 31,
2021
 
11, 0 and 0 8% unsecured promissory notes, maturity dates March 17, 2025 and May 2, 2025  $2,350,000   $-   $- 
15, 13 and 0 8% convertible unsecured promissory notes, maturity date August 8, 2023   1,465,000    1,315,000    - 
9 6% convertible notes payable, maturity date October 15, 2024   3,300,000    3,300,000    3,300,000 
12 6% convertible notes payable, maturity date November 15, 2024   1,205,000    1,205,000    1,205,000 
6 6% convertible notes payable, maturity date December 23, 2024   1,800,000    1,800,000    1,800,000 
Total:   10,120,000    7,620,000    6,305,000 
Less unamortized debt issuance costs   (394,205)   (387,920)   (495,007)
Long-term debt, less unamortized debt issuance costs  $9,725,795   $7,232,080   $5,809,993 

 

For a description of the terms of the Company’s 6% convertible unsecured promissory notes, see “Description of Securities – 6% Convertible Unsecured Promissory Notes”. For a description of the terms of the Company’s 8% convertible unsecured promissory notes, see “Description of Securities – 8% Convertible Unsecured Promissory Notes”. For a description of the terms of the Company’s 8% unsecured promissory notes, see “Description of Securities – 8% Unsecured Promissory Notes”. As of June 30, 2023, the Company’s unsecured promissory notes will mature and require repayment in future years with respect to the total principal amounts indicated below:

 

Years ending December 31,  Amount 
Remainder of 2023  $1,465,000 
2024   6,305,000 
2025   2,350,000 
Total  $10,120,000 

 

See “—Recent Developments – Amendment, Increase of Outstanding Balance, and Partial Special Conversion of 8% Convertible Unsecured Promissory Notes” for a discussion of developments subsequent to June 30, 2023 with respect to the Company’s 8% convertible unsecured promissory notes which updates the information presented above, which is as of June 30, 2023.

 

Leases

 

The Company formerly leased office space under a lease agreement with a term from January 2022 to December 2026. The office space was owned by a former chief executive officer and director of the Company. The lease agreement required monthly payments of approximately $20,800 plus tax and certain operating expenses, with an increase of 3% at the beginning of every calendar year following the first year of the term of the lease agreement through January 2026. As of December 31, 2021, a security deposit was paid in the amount of $23,411. In August 2022, the Company entered into a lease termination agreement in which both parties agreed to terminate the lease and release each other from all future obligations.

 

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The Company currently leases its corporate offices consisting of approximately 3,154 square feet under a lease agreement dated November 1, 2022, as amended by an addendum dated November 2, 2022, and as further amended under a first amendment to lease dated April 1, 2023. As amended, the lease’s initial term from November 1, 2022 to April 30, 2023 was extended for a 39-month term beginning on May 4, 2023 and ending on August 3, 2026. Under the amended lease agreement, rent for the first month was $6,741.90 and was $7,491.00 for each subsequent month through April 2023, plus applicable rental taxes, sales taxes, and operating expenses. Monthly rent will be $7,359 from May 4, 2023 to May 3, 2024, abated for the first three months of this period; $7,580 from May 4, 2024 to May 3, 2025; $7,808 from May 4, 2025 to May 3, 2026; and $8,042 from May 4, 2026 to August 3, 2026, plus applicable rental taxes. Parking fees were $290.50 for the first month and will be $325.00 for each subsequent month. The Company also paid an initial security deposit of $8,000.00 in November 2022 and a second security deposit of $16,000 in May 2023. The initial security deposit will be refunded and credited toward monthly rent for the months beginning May 4, 2024 and May 4, 2025 if the Company has performed all obligations under the amended lease agreement including making all rent payments when due. The Company may exercise a one-time option to extend the amended lease agreement for an additional three-year term upon 9-12 months’ notice for the fair market rent at the time of the extension, as determined in accordance with the amended lease agreement and which will not be less than 103% of the final rent amount under the current term. Under the amended lease agreement, the Company must pay for any tenant improvements above the allowance provided for such improvements of $37,848 or that are not in compliance with the terms of the amended lease agreement.

 

The Company also leased office space under a lease agreement that expired on May 31, 2023. Monthly rent was $12,075 and included annual escalations. In December 2021, the Company entered into an agreement to sublease its office space. The sublease ended on May 31, 2023 and included fixed rent of $9,894 per month. As a result of the sublease, the Company incurred a loss on the transaction of $43,785 during the year ended December 31, 2021, which is included within accrued liabilities in the balance sheet included with the audited financial statements accompanying this prospectus. The lease liability will be amortized over the remainder of the lease. As of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the unamortized balance was $0 and $13,924, respectively.

 

January 2023 Settlement and Related-Party Promissory Note

 

On or about November 29, 2022, John Dorsey, a former Chief Executive Officer and director of the Company, through his counsel, sent the Company a letter demanding full payment on a $50,000 loan that Mr. Dorsey allegedly made to the Company on or about July 21, 2022 while Mr. Dorsey was the Chief Executive Officer of the Company that was due and payable two weeks thereafter (the “Alleged Loan”). The Company has generally denied entering into a binding agreement with Mr. Dorsey on those terms and that payment is due and owing (the “Loan Dispute”). Under a Settlement Agreement, Release of Claims, and Covenant Not To Sue between the Company and Mr. Dorsey, dated as of January 12, 2023 (the “January 2023 Dorsey Settlement Agreement”), Mr. Dorsey agreed to a discharge of the Alleged Loan and waiver and release of claims relating to the Alleged Loan and Loan Dispute and covenant not to sue on the basis of such claims or otherwise commence any action or proceeding that would be inconsistent with the release of such claims. The Company agreed to pay Mr. Dorsey $10,000 and issue a promissory note to Mr. Dorsey in the principal amount of $40,000 payable on the earlier of ten business days following the successful closing of an initial public offering of the Company’s common stock that generates at least $1 million in net proceeds to the Company or July 1, 2023. The net balance of this promissory note was $40,000 as of June 30, 2023. See “—Recent Developments – Limited Waiver of Promissory Note Repayment Obligation” above for discussion of related recent developments.

 

Other Related-Party Promissory Notes

 

On March 17, 2023, the Company issued a promissory note in the amount of $10,000 to Daniel Nelson. Daniel Nelson is the Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and director of the Company. The promissory note provides for 6% interest and maturity date of March 17, 2024 subject to acceleration upon the Company’s first equity financing, or issuance of any debt convertible into equity, following the date of the promissory note. The amount may be prepaid at any time.

 

On March 8, 2023, the Company issued a promissory note in the amount of $95,000 to Nelson Financial Services Inc. Daniel Nelson is the Chief Executive Officer and sole owner of Nelson Financial Services Inc. and the Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and director of the Company. The promissory note provides for 6% interest and maturity date of March 1, 2024 subject to acceleration upon the Company’s first equity financing, or issuance of any debt convertible into equity, following the date of the promissory note. The amount may be prepaid at any time.

 

On March 1, 2023, the Company issued a promissory note in the amount of $75,000 to Nelson Financial Services Inc. Mr. Nelson is the Chief Executive Officer and sole owner of Nelson Financial Services Inc. and the Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and director of the Company. The promissory note provided for 6% interest and maturity date of March 1, 2024 subject to acceleration upon the Company’s first equity financing, or issuance of any debt convertible into equity, following the date of the promissory note. At maturity, the balance due under the note must be repaid within ten days. The amount may be prepaid at any time. The promissory note was fully repaid on May 18, 2023.

 

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On July 11, 2022, the Company issued a promissory note in the amount of $35,000 to Dennis Gile. Dennis Gile is our largest stockholder and a former Chief Executive Officer, President, Secretary, Chairman, and director of the Company. The promissory note provides for 6% interest and maturity date of July 11, 2023 subject to acceleration upon the Company’s first equity financing, or issuance of any debt convertible into equity, following the date of the promissory note. At maturity, the balance due under the note must be repaid within ten days. The amount may be prepaid at any time. Due to a subsequent issuance of debt convertible into equity on August 8, 2022, the maturity date of the promissory note was accelerated to August 8, 2022. Repayment was not made within ten days of that date. The promissory note provides that default interest under the promissory note accrues at the lesser of 12% or the maximum permitted by law until the default is cured. The promissory note was repaid on April 6, 2023 with accrued interest not including default interest. Mr. Gile did not demand repayment or exercise any remedies under the promissory note prior to such repayment and has not indicated any intent to do so.

 

On July 11, 2022, the Company issued a promissory note in the amount of $35,000 to Daniel Nelson. Mr. Nelson is Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and director of the Company. The promissory note provides for 6% interest and maturity date of July 11, 2023 subject to acceleration upon the Company’s first equity financing, or issuance of any debt convertible into equity, following the date of the promissory note. At maturity, the balance due under the note must be repaid within ten days. The amount may be prepaid at any time. Due to a subsequent issuance of debt convertible into equity on August 8, 2022, the maturity date of the promissory note was accelerated to August 8, 2022. Repayment was not made within ten days of that date. The promissory note provides that default interest under the promissory note accrues at the lesser of 12% or the maximum permitted by law until the default is cured. Mr. Nelson has agreed to extend the maturity date to the closing of the initial public offering and waive payment of any default interest.

 

Repurchase of Shares, Settlement and Release

 

On March 31, 2023, under the terms of a Repurchase and Resignation Agreement, dated March 21, 2023, with Dennis Gile (the “Repurchase Agreement”), we paid an aggregate purchase price of $800,000 for the repurchase (the “Repurchase”) of 600,000 shares of common stock from Dennis Gile, our largest stockholder and a former Chief Executive Officer, President, Secretary, Chairman, and director of the Company, at approximately $1.33 per share. Pursuant to the Repurchase Agreement, $695,000 of the $800,000 payment was made to the attorneys for John Dorsey, a former officer and director of the Company (the “Dorsey/Gile Settlement Payment”), as part of the settlement of a private lawsuit under a settlement agreement between Mr. Gile and Mr. Dorsey (the “Dorsey/Gile Lawsuit”) between these individuals and Dorsey LLC (the “Dorsey/Gile Settlement Agreement”). Pursuant to the Repurchase Agreement, the balance of the aggregate purchase price was paid to the attorneys for Mr. Gile. Pursuant to the Repurchase Agreement, Mr. Gile agreed to resign his position as Chairman and every other director and officer position he held with the Company effective as of March 21, 2023. Prior to such date, on March 20, 2023, Mr. Gile delivered notice of resignation from such positions, which stated that it was effective March 19, 2023. Pursuant to the Repurchase Agreement, Mr. Gile will not receive any severance payments in connection with any other agreement with the Company as a result of his resignation. The Repurchase was also conditioned on the Company’s prior review of and consent to the Dorsey/Gile Settlement Agreement prior to its execution, and receipt of a certificate from the Chief Financial Officer of the Company that the Repurchase will not impair the Company’s capital within the meaning of Section 160 of the DGCL or the Company’s ability to pay down its debts as they become due (the “CFO Certificate”). Under the Repurchase Agreement, the Dorsey/Gile Settlement Agreement was required to fully resolve, settle and dismiss the Dorsey/Gile Lawsuit and contain a general release of claims by all the plaintiffs in the Dorsey/Gile Lawsuit in favor of Mr. Gile, the Company, the Company’s affiliates, stockholders, and certain other Company releasees. Under the Repurchase Agreement, Mr. Gile agreed to indemnify the Company for claims arising out of or based upon the Repurchase Agreement. Pursuant to the Repurchase Agreement, a copy of the Dorsey/Gile Settlement Agreement was reviewed and consented to by the Company and entered into as of March 20, 2023. Under the Dorsey/Gile Settlement Agreement, between Mr. Gile, Mr. Dorsey, and Dorsey LLC, Mr. Gile agreed to pay the Dorsey/Gile Settlement Payment, transfer 40,000 shares of the Company to Mr. Dorsey. The Company consented to the transfer and waived the application of the Company’s rights of first refusal under the Shareholder Agreement, to which Mr. Gile was a party. Pursuant to the requirements of the Shareholder Agreement, Mr. Dorsey also agreed to become a party to the Shareholder Agreement. Mr. Gile, Mr. Dorsey and Dorsey LLC agreed to mutual releases of all claims relating to the Dorsey/Gile Lawsuit and to dismiss the Dorsey/Gile Lawsuit. Although the Dorsey/Gile Settlement Agreement did not contain a release of the Company and did not contain releases by the plaintiffs of Mr. Gile other than with respect to the Lawsuit, the Company waived any related requirements under the Repurchase Agreement in light of the expected execution of the Mutual Release Agreement (as defined below). The CFO Certificate was received as of March 21, 2023. The repurchased shares were cancelled as of March 31, 2023. The transfer of 40,000 shares by Mr. Gile to Mr. Dorsey occurred on April 4, 2023, after waiver of the board of directors of the repurchase rights and purchase rights provided for under the Shareholder Agreement by resolutions adopted on March 24, 2023.

 

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Effective March 29, 2023, a Confidential Mutual General Release and Covenant Not to Sue Agreement was entered into between the Company and Mr. Dorsey (the “Mutual Release Agreement”). Under the Mutual Release Agreement, Mr. Dorsey agreed to a general release of claims against and covenant not to sue the Company, the Company’s affiliates, stockholders, and certain other Company releasees, and the Company agreed to a general release of claims against and covenant not to sue Mr. Dorsey, Mr. Dorsey’s affiliates, and certain other releasees, subject to payment of the Dorsey/Gile Settlement Payment, which, as indicated above, was made on March 31, 2023. The releases of claims and covenants not to sue under the Mutual Release Agreement do not apply to breach of the Dorsey/Gile Settlement Agreement or to the January 2023 Dorsey Settlement Agreement.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

The following discussion relates to critical accounting policies for our company. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires our management to make assumptions, estimates and judgments that affect the amounts reported, including the notes thereto, and related disclosures of commitments and contingencies, if any. We have identified certain accounting policies that are significant to the preparation of our financial statements. These accounting policies are important for an understanding of our financial condition and results of operation. Critical accounting policies are those that are most important to the portrayal of our financial condition and results of operations and require management’s difficult, subjective, or complex judgment, often as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain and may change in subsequent periods. Certain accounting estimates are particularly sensitive because of their significance to financial statements and because of the possibility that future events affecting the estimate may differ significantly from management’s current judgments. We believe the following critical accounting policies involve the most significant estimates and judgments used in the preparation of our financial statements:

 

Concentrations of Credit Risk

 

The Company maintains its cash account in several deposit accounts, the balances of which are periodically more than federally insured limits. At June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had no amounts uninsured. At December 31, 2021, the uninsured amount approximated $4,000,000.

 

Receivables and Credit Policy

 

The Company estimates an allowance for doubtful accounts based upon an evaluation of the status of receivables, historical experience, and other factors as necessary. It is reasonably possible that the Company’s estimate of the allowance for doubtful accounts will change. There were $9,894 of open receivables at June 30, 2023, $15,670 at December 31, 2022, and approximately $5,000 at December 31, 2021. At June 30, 2023, December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company believes the accounts receivable are fully collectable and has no reserve established.

 

Payment Terms

 

Users other than college coaches may only access the Company’s website and application on either a free-trial or paid basis. During 2022 and 2021, certain organizations and their coaches were also permitted to access the Company’s website and application under a separate free use arrangement. This free use arrangement was discontinued as of December 31, 2022 other than with respect to college coaches. Users that are not eligible or no longer eligible for a free use arrangement or free-trial access are required to have subscriptions by making payment to the Company prior to access to the Company’s website and application, except that user organizations may have subscriptions by agreeing to make payment on a monthly installment basis. If a required payment is not made, access to the Company’s website and application is suspended until the required payment is received.

 

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Property and Equipment

 

Property and equipment is recorded at cost. Expenditures for renewals and improvements that significantly add to the productive capacity or extend the useful life of an asset are capitalized. Expenditures for maintenance and repairs are charged to expense. When equipment is retired or sold, the cost and related accumulated depreciation are eliminated from the accounts and the resultant gain or loss is reflected in income.

 

Depreciation is provided using the straight-line method, based on useful lives of the assets which range from three to five years.

 

The Company reviews the carrying value of property and equipment for impairment whenever events and circumstances indicate that the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable from the estimated future cash flows expected to result from its use and eventual disposition. In cases where undiscounted expected future cash flows are less than the carrying value, an impairment loss is recognized equal to an amount by which the carrying value exceeds the fair value of assets. The factors considered by management in performing this assessment include current operating results, trends and prospects, the manner in which the property is used, and the effects of obsolescence, demand, competition, and other economic factors. Based on this assessment there was no impairment at June 30, 2023, December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021.

 

Internally Developed Software

 

Software consists of an internally developed information system for use by the Company in matching athletes with qualified coaches. The Company has capitalized costs incurred with development and upgrades of the information systems in accordance with applicable accounting standards. The Company amortizes these capitalized costs on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of the asset of five years. Costs incurred up to and including the feasibility stage of development as well as maintenance costs are expensed as incurred.

 

In accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 350-40, “Internal-Use Software,” amortization of internal-use software should begin when the software is ready for its intended use. Software is ready for its intended use after all substantial testing is completed. On January 1, 2023, all substantial testing of the Company’s platform for purposes of football recruitment was completed. Amortization of the platform’s capitalized costs for purposes of football recruitment therefore started on January 1, 2023, due to its ready-for-use status. 

  

In accordance with ASC Subtopic 350-40-25, during the application development stage, some costs are capitalized while other costs are expensed as incurred. In general, costs that are directly attributable to the development of the software are capitalized. The Company’s platform was in the application development stage during all periods presented with respect to support for football prior to January 1, 2023, and remained in the application development stage for soccer, baseball, and softball recruitment and additional feature development and enhancements for purposes of football recruitment during the six months ended June 30, 2023. Capitalized costs associated with the platform during the six months ended June 30, 2023 consisted of: Fees paid to third parties for services provided to develop the software during the application development stage, costs incurred to obtain computer software from third parties, and payroll and payroll-related costs for employees who are directly associated with and who devote time to the internal-use computer software project, to the extent of the time spent directly on the project. The following other costs during the six months ended June 30, 2023, were not capitalized: Training costs, data conversion costs except for costs to develop or obtain software that allows for access or conversion of old data by new systems, and general and administrative costs and overhead costs. Capitalized costs associated with the platform during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 consisted of: Fees paid to third parties for services provided to develop the software during the application development stage and costs incurred to obtain computer software from third parties. Capitalized costs during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 were fully impaired at the end of those fiscal years, respectively, in accordance with ASC Subtopic 350-40-35 and as described below. During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company incurred the following as expenses, not capitalized costs: Training costs, data conversion costs except for costs to develop or obtain software that allows for access or conversion of old data by new systems, general and administrative costs, and overhead costs.

 

The Company periodically performs reviews of the recoverability of capitalized technology costs. At the time a determination is made that capitalized amounts are not recoverable based on estimated cash flows to be generated from technology; any remaining capitalized amounts are written off. During the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company did not have an impairment charge. During the years ended December 31, 2022, and 2021, the Company wrote off net capitalized software development costs of $820,951 and $2,276,159 respectively. An impairment charge for this write-off is reflected in the operating expenses in the accompanying audited statement of operations.

 

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Intangible Assets

 

Intangible assets consist of development software, patented technology, customer lists, trademarks, software IP, and customer data in the form of verifiable video uploads, player statistics, and academic records. Intangible assets are stated at cost less accumulated amortization. For intangible assets that have finite lives, the assets are amortized using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets. For intangible assets with indefinite lives, the assets are tested periodically for impairment.

 

Fair Value Measurements

 

The Company uses the fair value framework that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques for recognizing financial assets and liabilities measured on a recurring basis and for non-financial assets and liabilities when these items are re-measured. Fair value is considered to be the exchange price in an orderly transaction between market participants, to sell an asset or transfer a liability at the measurement date. The hierarchy below lists three levels of fair value based on the extent to which inputs used in measuring fair value are observable in the market. The Company categorizes each of its fair value measurements in one of these three levels based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

 

These levels are:

 

Level 1 – This level consists of valuation techniques in which all significant inputs are unadjusted quoted prices from active markets for assets or liabilities that are identical to the assets or liabilities being measured.

 

Level 2 – This level consists of valuation techniques in which significant inputs include quoted prices from active markets for assets or liabilities that are similar to the assets or liabilities being measured and/or quoted prices for assets or liabilities that are identical or similar to the assets or liabilities being measured from markets that are not active. Also, model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable in active markets are Level 2 valuation techniques.

 

Level 3 – This level consists of valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable. Unobservable inputs are valuation technique inputs that reflect assumptions about inputs that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability.

 

The Company’s financial instruments also include accounts and receivable, accounts payable, and accrued liabilities. Due to the short-term nature of these instruments, their fair values approximate their carrying values on the balance sheet.

 

ASC Topic 825-10, “Financial Instruments,” allows entities to voluntarily choose to measure certain financial assets and liabilities at fair value (fair value option). The fair value option may be elected on an instrument-by-instrument basis and is irrevocable unless a new election date occurs. If the fair value option is elected for an instrument, unrealized gains and losses for that instrument should be reported in earnings at each subsequent reporting date.

 

The Company did not identify any assets or liabilities that are required to be presented on the balance sheets at fair value in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 820.

 

Due to the short-term nature of all financial assets and liabilities, their carrying value approximates their fair value as of the balance sheet dates.

 

Income Taxes

 

Income taxes are provided for the tax effects of transactions reported in the financial statements and consist of taxes currently due plus deferred taxes related primarily to differences between the basis of internally developed software and net operating loss and research and development tax credit carry forwards for financial and income tax reporting. The deferred tax assets and liabilities represent the future tax return consequences of those differences, which will either be taxable or deductible when the assets and liabilities are recovered or settled. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.

 

The Company converted to a C corporation in August of 2021. As a limited liability company for the 2020 year and through the date of conversion in 2021, the Company’s taxable loss was allocated to members in accordance with their respective percentage of ownership. Therefore, no provision for income taxes has been included in the financial statements for the period prior to the Company’s conversion to a C corporation.

 

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The Company evaluates its tax positions that have been taken or are expected to be taken on income tax returns to determine if an accrual is necessary for uncertain tax positions. As of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the unrecognized tax benefits accrual was zero. The Company will recognize future accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense if incurred. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the unrecognized tax benefits accrual was zero. As of June 30, 2023, the 2020 through 2022 tax years generally remain subject to examination by federal and state authorities.

 

Deferred Revenue

 

Deferred revenues are contract liabilities for collections on subscription agreements in excess of revenue recognized.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

The Company accounts for revenue under the guidance of FASB ASC Topic 606, “Revenue from Contracts from Customers” (“ASC 606”).

 

ASC 606 prescribes a five-step model that focuses on transfer of control and entitlement to payment when determining the amount of revenue to be recognized. Under the ASC 606 guidance, an entity is required to perform the following five steps:

 

(1) identify the contract(s) with a customer; (2) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (3) determine the transaction price; (4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and (5) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation.

 

Revenue from performance obligations satisfied at a point in time consist of sales to individuals representing a one-month subscription and are recognized at the end of the subscription.

 

Revenue from performance obligations satisfied over time consists of the sale of subscription agreements to individual organizations or customers that are more than one month in duration and are recognized on a monthly basis over the life of the subscription agreement.

 

In accordance with ASC 606, contracts may be amended to account for changes in contract specifications and requirements. Contract modifications exist when the amendment either creates new, or changes existing, enforceable rights and obligations. When contract modifications create new performance obligations and the increase in consideration approximates the standalone selling price for goods and services related to such new performance obligations as adjusted for specific facts and circumstances of the contract, the modification is considered to be a separate contract and revenue is recognized prospectively. If a contract modification is not accounted for as a separate contract, the Company accounts for the promised goods or services not yet transferred at the date of the contract modification (the remaining promised goods or services) prospectively, as if it were a termination of the existing contract and the creation of a new contract, if the remaining goods or services are distinct from the goods or services transferred on or before the date of the contract modification. The Company accounts for a contract modification as if it were a part of the existing contract if the remaining goods or services are not distinct and, therefore, form part of a single performance obligation that is partially satisfied at the date of the contract modification. In such case the effect that the contract modification has on the transaction price, and on the entity’s measure of progress toward complete satisfaction of the performance obligation, is recognized as an adjustment to revenue (either as an increase in or a reduction of revenue) at the date of the contract modification (the adjustment to revenue is made on a cumulative catch-up basis).

 

The Company had negative net revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2022 due to the issuance of refunds totaling $30,942 in June 2022 to certain high school sports program group accounts under the Company’s former promotional free use arrangement for these accounts. These refunds exceeded total revenues in the second quarter of 2022 by $3,498, resulting in negative net revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2022. The Company determined and accounted for the modification as if it were part of the original contracts. The Company determined that the modification does not create a performance obligation because the remaining services to be provided under the modified contract are not distinct. The Company updated its estimate of the transaction price to account for the effect of the modification. This update resulted in a cumulative catch-up adjustment at the date of the contract modification. The cumulative catch-up adjustment at the date of the contract modification resulted in negative net revenues under ASC 606 due to the decrease in revenue exceeding the revenue in the second quarter of 2022.

 

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Debt Issuance Costs

 

Debt issuance costs are amortized over the period the related obligation is outstanding using the straight-line method. The straight-line method is a reasonable estimate of the effective interest method due to the relatively short maturities of the related debt. Debt issuance costs are included within long-term debt on the balance sheet. Amortization of debt issuance costs is included in interest expense in the accompanying financial statements. As of June 30, 2023, December 31, 2022, and December 31, 2021, unamortized debt issuance costs are $394,205, $387,920, and $495,007, respectively.

 

Advertising Costs

 

Advertising and marketing costs are expensed as incurred. Such costs amounted to $107,194 and $197,816 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, respectively, $345,818 and $686,953 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively, and $1,842,666 and $1,104,939 for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Advertising costs are included in advertising and marketing expenses in the statements of operations.

 

Estimates

 

The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Contract Costs

 

Incremental costs of obtaining a contract are expensed as incurred as the amortization period of the asset that otherwise would have been recognized is estimated to be one year or less.

 

Stock-Based Compensation

 

The Company accounts for stock-based compensation costs under the provisions of ASC 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation, which requires the measurement and recognition of compensation expense related to the fair value of stock-based compensation awards that are ultimately expected to vest. Stock-based compensation expense recognized includes the compensation cost for all stock-based payments granted to employees, officers, and directors based on the grant date fair value estimated in accordance with the provisions of ASC 718. ASC 718 is also applied to awards modified, repurchased, or cancelled during the periods reported. Stock-based compensation is recognized as expense over the employee’s requisite vesting period and over the nonemployee’s period of providing goods or services.

 

The Company measures and recognize compensation expense for the cost of employee services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments based on the grant date fair value of the award. The fair value of options on the grant date is estimated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model, which requires the use of certain subjective assumptions including expected term, volatility, risk-free interest rate and the fair value of our common stock. These assumptions generally require significant judgment. The resulting costs are recognized over the period during which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the award, usually the vesting period. The Company amortizes the fair value of stock-based compensation on a straight-line basis over the requisite service periods. The Company recognizes forfeitures as they occur as a reduction to stock-based compensation expense and to additional paid-in-capital.

 

Risk free rate. The risk free interest rate is based on the yields of U.S. Treasury securities with maturities similar to the expected term of the options for each option group.

 

Expected term. Using the simplified method, the expected term is estimated as the midpoint of the expected time to vest and the contractual term, as permitted by the SEC. For out of the money option grants, we estimate the expected lives based on the midpoint of the expected time to a liquidity event and the contractual term.

 

Dividend yield. The Company has never declared or paid any cash dividends and do not presently plan to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Consequently, we use an expected dividend yield of zero.

 

Volatility. The Company’s expected volatility is derived from the historical volatilities of several unrelated public companies in the digital media and social platform industries because we have little information on the volatility of the price of our common stock because we have no trading history. When making the selections of our industry peer companies to be used in the volatility calculation, we consider operational area, size, business model, industry and the business of potential comparable companies. These historical volatilities are weighted based on certain qualitative factors and combined to produce a single volatility factor.

 

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The following table summarizes the assumptions relating to our stock options for the six-month period ended June 30, 2023 and the year ended December 31, 2022.

 

   Six months   Year ended 
   ended June 30,   December 31, 
   2023   2022 
Risk-free interest rate         3.52%         3.88%
Expected term (in years)   5.42    5.42 
Expected volatility   50%   50%
Expected dividend yield  $-   $- 

 

If in the future the Company determines that another method is more reasonable, or if another method for calculating these input assumptions is prescribed by authoritative guidance, and, therefore, should be used to estimate volatility or expected life, the fair value calculated for our stock options could change significantly. Higher volatility and longer expected lives result in an increase to stock-based compensation expense determined at the date of grant. Stock-based compensation expense affects our and selling, general and administrative expense.

 

Common Stock Valuation

 

It is also necessary to estimate the fair value of the common stock underlying our equity awards when computing the fair value calculation of options under the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The fair value of the common stock underlying our equity awards was assessed on each grant date or a date considered by management to be sufficiently near to the respective grant date to be representative of such grant date. Given the absence of an active market for our common stock prior to this offering, the estimated fair value of our common stock was determined based on an analysis of a number of objective and subjective factors that we believe market participants would consider, including the following:

 

the results of operations, history of losses and other financial metrics;
   
the capital resources and financial condition;
   
the prices of the Company’s private placement offerings;
   
the hiring of key personnel;
   
the introduction of new products;
   
the fact that the option grants involve illiquid securities in a private company;
   
the risks inherent in the development and explanation of the Company’s product and services; and
   
the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering or sale of our company given prevailing market conditions.

 

The following table summarizes, by grant date, the number of stock options granted since January 1, 2021 and the associated per share exercise price:

 

   Common
shares
underlying
options
granted
   Exercise price per share   Fair value per
common
share as
determined
by the
board of directors at
grant date
   Fair value per
common
share for
financial reporting
purposes at grant date
   Intrinsic
value per
underlying
common
share
 
September 9, 2022   110,000   $3.10   $3.10   $1.74   $0.00 
September 28, 2022   152,000    3.10    3.10    1.74    0.00 
March 14, 2023   53,800    3.10    3.10    1.74    0.00 
April 5, 2023   100,000    2.50    2.50    2.22    0.00 
April 11, 2023   3,000    2.50    2.50    2.22    0.00 
April 19, 2023   16,000    2.50    2.50    2.22    0.00 
May 3, 2023   100,000    2.50    2.50    2.22    0.00 
May 9, 2023   24,000    2.50    2.50    2.22    0.00 

 

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The following table summarizes by grant date the number of restricted stock awards granted since January 1, 2021:

 

   RSAs   Fair value per common
share as
determined
by the
board of directors at grant date
   Fair value per common share
for financial reporting
purposes at grant date
 
March 14, 2023   90,000   $3.10   $3.10 

 

Following May 9, 2023 and through the date of this prospectus, we did not issue any stock compensation or stock-based compensation.

 

 

The following is a discussion of all options we have granted since January 1, 2021 and the significant factors contributing to our board of directors’ determination of the fair value:

 

On September 9, 2022, 110,000 stock options were granted to employees and a newly-appointed independent director. On September 28, 2022, 152,000 stock options were granted to the Company’s directors and officers as stock-based compensation for work performed and expected future services. The exercise price of the stock options and the valuation of the shares of common stock underlying the stock options was modified to $3.10 per share pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Company’s board of directors on October 18, 2022.  The valuation was determined using the optional conversion price of the convertible note private placement that was being conducted at the time of the stock option grants.

 

On March 14, 2023, 53,800 stock options and 90,000 restricted stock awards were granted to employees. The valuation of the shares of common stock underlying the stock options was $3.10 per share. The Company elected to continue to use the same valuation from 2022 while a new convertible note private placement was being prepared.

 

On March 14, 2023, the Company’s board of directors approved a non-convertible note private placement with warrants having a $2.50 exercise price. The Company used the valuation of this private placement to value all new stock option grants from April 2023 to May 2023. From April 2023 to May 2023, 243,000 stock options were granted to employees and a newly-appointed independent director. The valuation of the shares of common stock underlying the stock options was $2.50 per share pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Company’s board of directors with respect to April 5, 2023, April 11, 2023, April 19, 2023, May 3, 2023, and May 9, 2023. The valuation was determined using the private placement warrant exercise price of $2.50 per share.

 

Independent Third-Party Valuation

 

On July 24, 2023, the Company engaged a third-party independent valuation firm, Scalar, LLC, which concluded that as of August 31, 2022, which the Company considered representative of the fair value of the underlying common stock of the options granted on September 9, 2022 and September 28, 2022 and modified on October 18, 2022 as described above, the fair value of the Company’s common stock was $1.74 per share. Their valuation report as of August 31, 2022 applied a Probability-Weighted Expected Return Method (“PWERM”) analysis that reflected a 45% probability that the Company would complete an initial public offering, and a 55% probability that the Company would continue to operate privately. The Company performed a retrospective analysis based on the July 24, 2023 valuation on the financial statements previously issued and determined that any difference to stock compensation expense previously booked is not material to the financial statements as a whole for the year ended December 31, 2022 and the three-month period ended March 31, 2023. The Company also engaged Scalar, LLC to conduct a valuation analysis as of March 31, 2023, which the Company considered representative of the fair value of the underlying common stock of the options granted on March 14, 2023, April 5, 2023, April 11, 2023, April 19, 2023, May 3, 2023 and May 9, 2023, and concluded that the fair value of the Company’s common stock was $2.22 per share. Their valuation report as of March 31, 2023 applied a PWERM analysis that reflected a 70% probability that the Company would complete an initial public offering and a 30% probability that the Company would continue to operate privately.

 

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Partial Conversion of Convertible Notes and Reduction of Valuation of Common Stock

 

From August 2022 to January 2023, the Company conducted a private placement of the Company’s 8% convertible unsecured promissory notes and respective warrants under subscription agreements with a number of accredited investors. Pursuant to the agreements, we issued 15 convertible notes and respective warrants for aggregate loans of $1,465,000. The convertible notes bear interest at 8% annually, and were initially due to mature on August 8, 2023 unless converted in accordance with their terms. On August 7, 2023, an agreement was signed with the holders of the majority of the outstanding balance under these convertible notes. The agreement amended the maturity date of all of these convertible notes to August 8, 2025. Pursuant to the agreement, a provision in the convertible notes providing for an increase of the outstanding balance under the convertible notes to 120% of the original principal amount upon non-repayment by the maturity date was accelerated, and the outstanding balance under the convertible notes was increased in aggregate to $1,758,000. The agreement also provided for the immediate conversion of the additional amount of the outstanding balance under the convertible notes into 146,500 shares of common stock at $2.00 per share instead of the applicable optional conversion price, approximately $3.29 per share at the time of the conversion, not including any accrued but unpaid interest, which was waived with respect to the converted outstanding balance. As a result, the 8% convertible unsecured promissory notes’ aggregate underlying principal was $1,465,000 both before and after such increase of the outstanding balance and conversion of such increase. In connection with this transaction, the estimated fair value of the underlying shares of common stock was reduced from $2.22 as of March 31, 2023 to $2.00 as of August 7, 2023, reflecting an assumed 65% probability that the Company would complete an initial public offering and an assumed 35% probability that the Company would continue to operate privately.

 

Other Equity-Related Transactions

 

Following August 7, 2023 and through the date of this prospectus, we did not conduct any equity-related transactions. We expect to enter an underwriting agreement with the representative on the date of the final prospectus of our initial public offering with respect to the offer and sale of the shares of common stock that will be offered in our initial public offering. We expect that the underwriting agreement will provide for the initial public offering of 1,500,000 shares of common stock (or 1,725,000 shares if the underwriters exercise the over-allotment option in full), at an estimated initial public offering price of between $4.00 and $6.00 per share. Under the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the underwriting agreement, the underwriters will purchase from us on a firm commitment basis the respective shares of common stock at the initial public offering price less underwriting discounts and commissions equal to 7% of the initial public offering price and a non-accountable expense allowance equal to 1% of the initial public offering price. The underwriting agreement also provides for our payment of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the representative in connection with the initial public offering of up to $255,000. The underwriting agreement will also provide for the issuance of representative’s warrants to purchase a number of shares of common stock equal in the aggregate to 7% of the total number of shares issued in the initial public offering exercisable at a per share exercise price equal to 100% of the public offering price per share of common stock sold in the initial public offering, and exercisable at any time and from time to time, in whole or in part, during the five-year period commencing on the commencement date of sales in the initial public offering. The underwriting agreement will contain other terms and conditions, including the grant of a right of first refusal to the representative for two years following the consummation of the Company’s initial public offering to act as financial advisor on certain transactions; and lock-up provisions preventing us from offering, selling or otherwise disposing of securities and certain related transactions and filings for the 12-month period from the closing date of the initial public offering. See “Underwriting”.

 

Basic and Diluted Net Loss per Common Share

 

Basic loss per common share is computed by dividing the net loss by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding for each period. Diluted loss per share is computed by dividing the net loss by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding plus the dilutive effect of shares issuable through the common stock equivalents. The weighted-average number of common shares outstanding excludes common stock equivalents because their inclusion would be anti-dilutive. As of June 30, 2023, December 31, 2022, and December 31, 2021, 532,900, 253,000 and zero stock options, respectively, were excluded from dilutive earnings per share as their effects were anti-dilutive.

 

Leases

 

At the inception or modification of a contract, the Company determines whether a lease exists and classifies its leases as an operating or finance lease at commencement. Right-of-use (“ROU”) assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent their obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease.

 

As most of the Company’s leases do not provide an implicit interest rate, the lease liability is calculated at lease commencement as the present value of unpaid lease payments using the Company’s estimated incremental borrowing rate. The incremental borrowing rate represents the rate of interest that the Company would have to pay to borrow an amount equal to the lease payments on a collateralized basis over a similar term and is determined using a portfolio approach based on information available at the commencement date of the lease.

 

The lease asset also reflects any prepaid rent, initial direct costs incurred and lease incentives received. The Company’s lease terms may include optional extension periods when it is reasonably certain that those options will be exercised.

 

Leases with an initial expected term of 12 months or less are not recorded in the Company’s balance sheet and the related lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. For certain classes of underlying assets, the Company has elected to not separate fixed lease components from the fixed non-lease components.

 

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CORPORATE HISTORY AND STRUCTURE

 

Our Corporate History

 

SDS LLC – AZ was formed on January 21, 2019. SDS LLC – AZ formed two wholly-owned subsidiaries, SDSF LLC, and SDSB LLC, on September 29, 2020 and November 25, 2020, respectively.

 

On June 5, 2020, the Arizona-to-Delaware Conversion Process was initiated. On that date, a certificate of formation of SDS LLC – DE, and a certificate of conversion of SDS LLC – AZ into SDS LLC – DE, were filed with the Delaware Secretary of State. On September 9, 2021, the Certificate of Incorporation of SDS Inc. – DE, and a certificate of conversion of SDS LLC – DE into SDS Inc. – DE were filed with the Delaware Secretary of State. From September 9, 2021 to July 11, 2022, SDS Inc. – DE operated as the successor entity to SDS LLC – AZ, and SDS LLC – AZ continued to be registered as an active entity with the Arizona Corporation Commission while its conversion into SDS LLC – DE pended.

 

A unanimous written consent of the board of directors of SDS Inc. – DE, dated as of March 25, 2022, approved the Merger Agreement and related merger documents, the related merger transactions, the form of the Settlement, the form of the Shareholder Agreement (for a description of the terms of the Shareholder Agreement, see “Corporate History and Structure – Shareholder Agreement”), and a proposed capitalization table of SDS Inc. – DE, approved and ratified the Certificate of Incorporation and approved amended and restated bylaws of SDS Inc. – DE, and approved and ratified related matters. In anticipation of the execution of the Merger Agreement and its consummation, in April 2022 and May 2022, SDS LLC – AZ, SDS Inc. – DE, and each of the members or stockholders of SDS LLC – AZ, SDSF LLC, SDSB LLC, and SDS Inc. – DE, entered into the Settlement Agreements, which provided, among other things, for the mutual general release of all claims by the parties against and relating to SDS LLC – AZ, SDSF LLC, SDSB LLC, and SDS Inc. – DE, and confirmed the owners and related amounts of all outstanding shares of common stock of SDS Inc. represented by the capitalization table exhibit to the Settlement Agreements. The stockholders of SDS Inc. – DE and the members of SDS LLC – AZ executed unanimous written consents, dated as of May 17, 2022 and July 6, 2022, respectively, approving the Merger Agreement and related transactions, the form of the Settlement Agreements, the form of the Shareholder Agreement, an updated capitalization table of SDS Inc., and approved and ratified the Certificate of Incorporation, the Amended and Restated Bylaws, and the prior corporate actions that were taken in connection with the Arizona-to-Delaware Conversion Process, and certain related matters.

 

On July 11, 2022, the Merger Agreement was executed. On the same date, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, a certificate of merger was filed with the Delaware Secretary of State and a statement of merger was filed with the Arizona Secretary of State effecting the merger of SDS LLC – AZ, SDSF LLC, and SDSB LLC with and into SDS Inc. – DE, and SDS Inc. – DE succeeded to the rights, property, obligations, and liabilities of each of SDS LLC – AZ, SDSF LLC, and SDSB LLC.

 

The releases of claims under the Settlement Agreements with each of Dennis Gile, Dorsey LLC, Joshua A. Donaldson Revocable Trust, and Zone Right are subject to certain specific exceptions for claims under certain separate agreements or instruments, including rights under one convertible note held by Zone Right. For a further description of the Settlement Agreements, including the rights under the convertible note held by Zone Right and other rights subject to exceptions referenced in the Settlement Agreements, see “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions – Transactions With Related Persons”.

 

Reverse Stock Split

 

On March 13, 2023, the Reverse Stock Split, in which each five shares of the outstanding common stock were automatically combined and converted into one share of outstanding common stock, was approved by the board of directors, and was approved by stockholders holding a majority of the voting power of our issued and outstanding voting capital stock as of April 4, 2023. On April 14, 2023, we filed a certificate of amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation, which provided for the Reverse Stock Split, and the Reverse Stock Split became effective on the same date.

 

Except as otherwise indicated, all references to our common stock, share data, per share data and related information has been adjusted for the Reverse Stock Split ratio of 1-for-5 as if it had occurred at the beginning of the earliest period presented. The Reverse Stock Split combined each five shares of our outstanding common stock into one share of common stock, without any change in the number of authorized shares of common stock or the par value per share of common stock. The Reverse Stock Split, correspondingly adjusted, among other things, the exercise price of our warrants, convertible notes and stock options. No fractional shares were issued in connection with the Reverse Stock Split, and any fractional shares resulting from the Reverse Stock Split were rounded up to the nearest whole share.

 

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Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Second Amended and Restated Bylaws

 

On May 5, 2023, the amendment and restatement of the Certificate of Incorporation was approved by stockholders holding a majority of the voting power of our issued and outstanding voting capital stock, and on May 9, 2023, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Delaware Secretary of State and became effective the same date. Effective the same date, the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws were adopted by unanimous written consent of the board of directors. The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Second Amended and Restated Bylaws contain certain provisions relating to limitations of liability and indemnification of directors and certain officers, provide advance notice procedures for stockholder proposals at stockholder meetings, and other matters. See “Description of Securities – Anti-Takeover Provisions” and “Management – Limitation on Liability and Indemnification of Directors and Certain Officers”.

 

Private Placements

 

SAFEs Financing

 

From March 2021 to July 2021, we raised an aggregate of $1,980,000 from investors in exchange for securities called Simple Agreements for Future Equity (collectively, the “SAFEs”). For a description of the terms of the SAFEs, see “Description of Securities – SAFEs”.

 

SAFE Cancellations and Exchanges

 

From September 22, 2022 to October 11, 2022, we entered into cancellation and exchange agreements with the holders of the SAFEs. Under these agreements, each SAFE holder agreed to cancel and exchange the holder’s SAFE for a number of shares of common stock equal to the purchase amount under the SAFE divided by approximately $3.35, based on a $25 million valuation for the Company. As a result, SAFEs that were purchased in the aggregate amount of $1,980,000 were cancelled and exchanged for a total of 591,048 shares of common stock.

 

Promissory Notes and Warrants

 

6% Convertible Unsecured Promissory Notes

 

From October 2021 to December 2021, we conducted a private placement of 6% convertible unsecured promissory notes due three years from the date of execution and entered into related subscription agreements and investor rights and lockup agreements with a number of accredited investors. Pursuant to the agreements, we issued 27 convertible notes for aggregate loans of $6,305,000. The convertible notes bear interest at 6% annually. For a further description of the terms of these convertible notes, see “Description of Securities – 6% Convertible Unsecured Promissory Notes”.

 

8% Convertible Unsecured Promissory Notes and Warrants

 

From August 2022 to January 2023, we conducted a private placement of the Company’s 8% convertible unsecured promissory notes and respective warrants under subscription agreements with a number of accredited investors. Pursuant to the agreements, we issued 15 convertible notes and respective warrants for aggregate loans of $1,465,000. The convertible notes bear interest at 8% annually, and were initially due to mature on August 8, 2023 unless converted in accordance with their terms. On August 7, 2023, an agreement was signed with the holders of the majority of the outstanding balance under these convertible notes. The agreement amended the maturity date of all of these convertible notes to August 8, 2025. Pursuant to the agreement, a provision in the convertible notes providing for an increase of the outstanding balance under the convertible notes to 120% of the original principal amount upon non-repayment by the maturity date was accelerated, and the outstanding balance under the convertible notes was increased in aggregate to $1,758,000. The agreement also provided for the immediate conversion of the additional amount of the outstanding balance under the convertible notes into 146,500 shares of common stock at $2.00 per share instead of the applicable optional conversion price, approximately $3.29 per share at the time of the conversion, not including any accrued but unpaid interest, which was waived with respect to the converted outstanding balance. As a result, the 8% convertible unsecured promissory notes’ aggregate underlying principal was $1,465,000 both before and after such increase of the outstanding balance and conversion of such increase. For a further description of the terms of these convertible notes and warrants, see “Description of Securities – 8% Convertible Unsecured Promissory Notes” and “Description of Securities – Warrants – Investor Warrants – Warrants Issued With 8% Convertible Unsecured Promissory Notes”, respectively.

 

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8% Unsecured Promissory Notes and Warrants

 

In March 2023 and April 2023 we conducted one private placement, and in May 2023 we completed a subsequent private placement, in which we issued 8% unsecured promissory notes and respective warrants to a number of accredited investors under subscription agreements. Pursuant to the agreements, we issued promissory notes for aggregate loans of $2,350,000. The notes will be due by the earlier of the second anniversary of the initial closing date of the respective private placement (March 17, 2025 as to $1,500,000 principal and May 2, 2025 as to $850,000 principal) or the date of a Liquidity Event. For a further description of the private placement and the terms of these notes and warrants, see “Description of Securities – 8% Unsecured Promissory Notes” and “Description of Securities – Warrants – Investor Warrants – Warrants Issued With 8% Unsecured Promissory Notes”.

 

15% OID Promissory Notes

 

On August 2, 2023, August 18, 2023, September 11, 2023, and September 22, 2023, the Company issued 15% OID promissory notes for total principal of $352,942 to certain accredited investors in a private placement for gross proceeds of $300,000. The principal under the 15% OID promissory notes accrue 5% interest annually, and principal and interest under the notes must be repaid by December 31, 2023. The notes may be prepaid without a premium or penalty.

 

Placement Agent Services

 

Boustead acted as placement agent in our private placements of the convertible promissory notes, promissory notes, warrants, and 15% OID promissory notes described above. Pursuant to our engagement letter agreement with Boustead, in addition to a commission equal to 7% of the gross proceeds raised in the private placements, a non-accountable expense allowance equal to 1% of the gross proceeds raised in the private placements, and payment of certain other expenses, we agreed to issue Boustead five-year warrants to purchase a number of shares of common stock at an exercise price equal to the conversion price as defined in the convertible notes in an amount equal to 7% of the common stock underlying the securities sold in the private placements. Accordingly, a warrant to purchase common stock was issued in December 2021 in connection with our private placement of 6% convertible unsecured promissory notes, exercisable to purchase 7% of the original principal amount of the Company’s 6% convertible unsecured promissory notes divided by the convertible notes’ applicable conversion price, at an exercise price equal to the convertible notes’ applicable per-share conversion price. Warrants to purchase shares of common stock have also been issued to Boustead in March 2023, April 2023 and May 2023 in connection with our private placements of 8% unsecured promissory notes and respective investor warrants. The warrants may be exercised to purchase an aggregate of 7% of the common stock underlying the warrants that were issued to the initial 8% unsecured promissory note holders at an exercise price equal to the exercise price as defined in such warrants. Each of the placement agent’s warrants will terminate five years after issuance.

 

Boustead waived its fees and expenses with respect to our private placement of 15% OID promissory notes. Boustead also waived its rights to warrants to purchase shares of common stock in connection with our private placement of 8% convertible unsecured promissory notes and respective investor warrants. In addition, under the engagement letter with Boustead, its placement agent’s warrants must be registered for resale with the Company’s initial public offering. However, Boustead waived these registration rights with respect to the Company’s registration statement for its initial public offering.

 

Shareholder Agreement

 

On May 17, 2022, the Shareholder Agreement was entered into by and among the Company and the stockholders of the Company. The Shareholder Agreement provides certain restrictions, rights and obligations relating to the proposed sale, transfer or other disposition of the shares of the Company.

 

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Rights of First Refusal

 

If a stockholder party proposes to sell their shares, or the ownership of the shares would change as a result of a marital divorce or separation, death, bankruptcy or similar proceeding, or the stockholder party engages in fraud, a felony or bad-faith violation of the implied contractual covenant of good faith and fair dealing, the Company may repurchase the shares within a certain period. If the Company does not repurchase any of the shares within the prescribed period, the other stockholder parties may then purchase the unpurchased shares within a certain period. The purchase price would be the seller’s proposed price, or, in the event of a purchase pursuant to a change in the ownership of the shares for one of the reasons stated above, at the Company or other stockholder party buyer’s proposed price, and if not accepted by the disposing stockholder or their spouse, representative or successor, as applicable, then the fair market value of the shares. The purchase price must be paid at the proposed price for proposed sales; in cash as to dispositions pursuant to marital divorce or separation; and for the other events described above, must be paid in cash or with a 5-year nonnegotiable promissory note bearing interest at the rate per annum equal to The Wall Street Journal prime rate of interest as quoted in the Money Rates section of The Wall Street Journal, compounded annually on each anniversary of the note. These purchase rights are subject to certain notice, timing and other provisions set forth in the Shareholder Agreement. The board of directors of the Company may waive the application of the repurchase rights of the Company and the purchase rights of the other stockholder parties described above. Dispositions subject to the tag-along right or drag-along rights described below are subject to the requirements described below and are not subject to the purchase rights and repurchase rights described above.

 

Drag-Along Right and Tag-Along Rights

 

If the Company proposes a transaction or series of related transactions resulting in (i) the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to a non-affiliated third party; (ii) a sale resulting in more than 50% of the voting power of the Company being held by one or a non-affiliated third parties; or (iii) a merger, consolidation, recapitalization or reorganization of the Company with or into a non-affiliate third party after which the stockholder parties will be unable to designate or elect a majority of the board of directors or similar governing body (a “Change of Control”), the Company may require the other stockholders to transfer all of their shares to the proposed transferee for the same consideration and otherwise on the same terms and conditions upon which the Company is arranging for the sale of shares. Likewise, in the event of such a proposed transaction or series of transactions, subject to the Company’s repurchase rights described above, any stockholder party may cause the Company to effect a disposition of such stockholder’s shares in the transaction. The drag-along right and tag-along rights are subject to certain notice, timing, payment, and other provisions set forth in the Shareholder Agreement.

 

Participation Rights

 

Each of the stockholder parties generally has the right to purchase up to their relative percentage ownership of the Company’s common stock of any common stock or securities convertible into or exercisable to purchase common stock that the Company may from time to time issue, including in an initial public offering, at the proposed price and other offering terms. These purchase rights are subject to certain notice and timing provisions set forth in the Shareholder Agreement.

 

Other Provisions

 

The stockholder parties are subject to certain confidentiality requirements. The Shareholder Agreement will terminate on the earliest of (i) the written consent of the board of directors and vote of two-thirds of the holders of the outstanding common stock of the Company; (ii) the Company’s dissolution, filing of a petition in bankruptcy under Chapter 7 of the United States Bankruptcy Code or insolvency of the Company; (iii) upon the closing of the Company’s first underwritten public offering of its common stock on Nasdaq, the New York Stock Exchange or other exchange or marketplace approved by the board of directors; or (iv) at such time as only one stockholder party remains.

 

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BUSINESS

 

Overview

 

We are a technology company developing and operating platforms to give significantly more student-athletes the opportunity to go to college and continue playing sports. Our platform, Signing Day Sports, is a digital ecosystem to help athletes get discovered and recruited by coaches and recruiters across the country. We fully support football, baseball, softball, and men’s and women’s soccer, and we plan to expand the Signing Day Sports platform to include additional sports. Each sport is led by former professional athletes and coaches who know what it takes to get to the big leagues.

 

Signing Day Sports launched in 2019, and as of June 2023, many high schools, sports clubs, and aspiring high school athletes have subscribed to the Signing Day Sports platform. Colleges in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I, Division II, and Division III, and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NCIA), have utilized our platform for recruitment purposes. Signing Day Sports initially supported football athletes, and now also offers a platform for baseball, softball, and men’s and women’s soccer, resulting in even more recruiter and athlete platform participants.

 

We founded Signing Day Sports to reinvent the high school and college sports recruiting process for the digital era. When we started the Company, recruiting was still being done largely as it had been done since before the mass availability of Internet-connected devices and was still limited by that model. We identified the flaws in the recruiting process and the unique opportunity it presented for us to become a solution provider in the industry. We developed and operated our platform with the objective of optimizing and enhancing the sports recruitment process across all sizes of colleges and athletic departments.

 

Our ability to leverage modern technologies to bring coaches and athletes together in a mutually beneficial ecosystem has shown significant benefits for both sides of the student-athlete recruitment process. Parents and athletes can use the platform to understand and provide what recruiters want to see, seek and gain offers of better athletic scholarships or other financial aid packages, and maximize the potential of an athlete’s career. Recruiters now have a comprehensive recruitment application that shows video verification of key attribute data and gives the recruiter the ability to narrow down their search with a highly optimized search engine and athlete screening process.

 

In short, we offer a comprehensive solution that services the needs of all participants in the sports recruitment process. We are aware of no other platform that offers what our platform does. Our goal is to change the way sports recruitment is done for the betterment of everyone.

 

A Problem Worth Solving

 

The sports recruitment industry has a number of problems. Frequently, the best athletes in the world get overlooked because of a lack of exposure, promotion, and experience. The dominance of the top athletic programs reduces opportunities for talented student-athletes. Many student-athletes who do not know how to effectively promote themselves will get pushed down ranking sheets. Signing Day Sports has built an application to bring equal opportunity to all student-athletes looking to be recruited at every level.

 

We believe that our technology can help level the playing field for both student-athletes and recruiters. Any student-athlete can promote and demonstrate their talent to all of the recruiters on our platform. On the other side, every recruiter who uses the platform can access the same rich level of data that can be provided by our platform’s student-athletes.

 

We believe our technology will help move sports recruitment toward a truly fair experience for all parties involved.

 

Our Solution

 

Signing Day Sports is a platform in the form of an app available on Apple’s App Store and Google Play for student-athletes and desktops for coaches and recruiters. We believe Signing Day Sports is the first comprehensive sports recruitment platform. The platform interface is designed to be optimized for each participant in the sports recruitment process. The three-tiered technology platform serves student-athletes and their parents, high school and sports club coaches, and college and professional recruiters and scouts.

 

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Student-athletes can upload key information and verified data that is critical in the recruitment process. The data fields in our player platform include the following: Video-verified measurables (such as height, weight, 40-yard dash, wingspan, hand size), academic information (such as official transcripts and SAT/ACT scores), and technical skill videos (such as drills and mechanics that exemplify player mechanics, coordination, and development).

 

College coaches, team managers and other recruiters can load in all athletes on their respective teams, sports clubs or programs. They can use the platform to communicate directly with athletes, track their progress in the weight room and training field, and manage other aspects of their athletes. Additionally, the platform serves as an important tool for recruitment and development. In particular, college coaches can manage their entire recruitment process through our platform. Our platform provides college coaches an optimized organizational system, communication tools, and verified data to make informed decisions and save program costs. Athletes and parents can use the platform to communicate with their coaches and managers as well as track individual performance and key metrics that are valuable to recruiters. The platform was built by athletes and recruiters for athletes and recruiters, and we believe it truly represents the future of sports recruitment.

 

Market for Recruiting Services

 

The youth sports market was $28.7 billion in the U.S. in 2019 before it declined to $6.7 billion in the wake of the pandemic, and it was projected that it would start to recover in 2021 (Wintergreen Research, Inc., “Global Youth Team, League, and Tournament Sports Market Report 2021: The $28.7 Billion Market Declined to $6.7 Billion in 2020 in the Wake of the Pandemic with Recovery Expected in 2021,” May 2021). Prior to the pandemic, it was reported that the youth sports market was projected to reach $77.6 billion by 2026 (Business Wire, “Youth Sports: Market Shares, Strategies and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2019-2026 - ResearchAndMarkets.com”, December 26, 2019). In the United States alone, in the 13-17 age-range only, as of 2020, there are 1,845,000 youth baseball players, 1,437,000 youth tackle football players, 1,208,000 outdoor soccer players, and 353,000 youth fastpitch softball players (Sports & Fitness Industry Association, 2020). Additionally, sports families spent an average of $693 per child, per sport annually (Project Play – An Initiative of the Aspen Institute, “State of Play – 2019,” September 4, 2019).

 

Globally, we believe that the number is likely in the hundreds of millions. This grouping includes school-affiliated athletic programs, sports clubs, and recreational participants. In 2020, in the United States alone there were 8 million student-athletes competing in high school sports (NCAA, “Probability of Competing Beyond High School”). In most sports, less than 10% of high school athletes compete in college athletics, and the probability of NCAA athletes making it to the professional leagues ranges from about 2% to essentially zero (NCAA, “2020 Probability of Competing Beyond High School Figures and Methodology”).

 

Parents of recruitable student-athletes are also an important demographic. According to a survey conducted by The Harris Poll for TD Ameritrade, sports parents say a third of their income goes toward covering children’s expenses, including sports (TD Ameritrade, “Cost of Youth Sports Delaying Retirement for Parents,” May 15, 2019). According to the survey, the majority (62%) of sports parents believe college scholarships will cover more than half of tuition. Yet from 2016 to 2019, according to the report, the number of sports parents’ children who secured an athletic scholarship has declined by more than half (24% in 2016; 11% in 2019).

 

Historically, only those parents with the necessary knowledge and resources could access the private coaches, training camps, and other services often needed to ensure that their student-athletes would have the best opportunities in the traditional recruitment process. Long-distance traveling, an essential part of the traditional recruitment process, has always presented unique difficulties for student-athletes, parents, and coaches, both as a major expense and distraction from academic or job priorities. However, most student-athletes and their parents do not have the necessary resources or know-how to overcome the challenges in the recruitment process, and may be at a severe disadvantage as a result.

 

In the past several years, online recruiting services have emerged to improve the reach and accessibility of the recruiting process for coaches and athletes. The overall technology, familiarity and overall usage of online recruiting has developed, and the number of users leveraging appears to be growing. Additionally, the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic has increased both the need for, and familiarity with, remote interactions. As a result, we believe a significant business opportunity exists to provide these opportunities to existing and new customers as alternatives to in-person recruiting events.

 

Our proprietary and custom technology allows coaches and athletes to bypass that process by providing a platform that allows coaches to effectively evaluate talent without having to see the athletes in person.

 

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Competitive Strengths

 

We believe our key competitive strengths include:

 

Massive Low-Cost Access to Recruiters. Recruiting events, camps, games and showcases such as those hosted by Next College Student Athlete, Gridiron Elite and Perfect Game strive to match high-level high school athletes for in-person competition. Attendees sometimes travel interstate to attend these events and typically pay an attendance fee as well. These events are typically costly to recruits’ families and present a number of practical challenges for recruits. Our app evens the playing field by allowing an athlete to get in front of numerous recruiters without any travel or significant costs.

 

More Objective and Fair Player Evaluations. Our platform fills a niche in the current competitive landscape by allowing recruits to put their best foot forward by submitting only their best interviews, verified athletic/academic measurables, verified drill footage, and actual game film. Recruiters can then better assess their prospects than in traditional in-person recruitment events where chance events can throw off even the best athletes’ performances.