The Company

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

The Company

NOTE A – The Company

SoOum Corp., formerly known as Swordfish Financial, Inc., (a Texas Corporation), acquired 80% of the outstanding common stock of Nature Vision, Inc. pursuant to a stock acquisition/merger agreement on August 14, 2009. As a result of the merger, Nature Vision changed its name to Swordfish Financial, Inc. (“Swordfish”).

On September 23, 2014, Swordfish entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with 100% of the common stock shareholders (the “Sellers”) of SoOum Corp.  Upon the closing of the transaction on November 10, 2014, SoOum Corp. shareholders transferred all of their outstanding shares of common stock to SoOum Holdings, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Swordfish.  In consideration, Swordfish issued 9,100,000 shares of its Class B Preferred stock and 1,690,000 shares of its Class C preferred Stock.  The Class B Preferred Stock is convertible at the rate of 1 common share to 1.  The Class C Preferred Stock is convertible at the rate of 10 common shares to 1.  Class B and Class C have voting rights of 1,000 to 1 per share. As a result of the merger Swordfish Financial, Inc. changed its name to SoOum Corp.

Effective with the merger, SoOum Corp. changed its business focus to international commodity trading arbitrage.  The Company will use its own proprietary technology to identify and exploit arbitrage opportunities.  SoOum also plans to distribute trade intelligence to global subscribers in order to solve supply shortages and bring new business to local manufacturers.

On November 14, 2017, the Board of Directors of the Company approved a one for 500 share reverse split of the Company’s common stock. All share transactions and disclosures have been restated as if the reverse stock split occurred before all periods presented.

Material Definitive Agreements  

Acquisition

On August 25, 2016, SoOum Corp entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with one hundred percent (100%) of the members (“the Sellers”) of Western Grade LLC (“WG”).   Upon the closing of the transaction on October 6, 2016, WG members transferred all of their outstanding ownership interests to SoOum Corp. In consideration, SoOum Corp. issued 890,000 shares of common stock to the Sellers. The common stock received by the members of Western Grade LLC, represent an ownership interest in SoOum Corp of approximately 42% at such time.  WG became a wholly owned subsidiary of SoOum Corp. See Form 8-K filed by SoOum Corp. on October 6, 2016 for more detail.

Initially, for periods after the acquisition of WG (since October 6, 2016), SoOum Corp.’s financial results were referred to as “Successor” and its results of operations combined SoOum Corp. operations and Western Grade’s operations.  For periods prior to the acquisition of WG the financial results were referred to as “Predecessor” and its operations included only the operations of WG.

Spin-Off

On July 28, 2017, the Company signed a Separation Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Ms. Joy Gillespie pursuant to which Ms. Gillespie exchanged her 890,000 shares of common stock of SoOum Corp. for 100% of the ownership interests of Western Grade, LLC (“WG”), which were owned by SoOum Corp.  In effect, this transaction reverses the prior acquisition of Western Grade by SoOum Corp., which occurred on October 06, 2016.  The Separation Agreement entered between the parties contains other terms common to a transaction of this nature.  Accordingly, the Company's financial statements will not include the operations of WG from effective date of January 1, 2017, and the related transaction was accounted for as a spin-off of WG as of the effective date. Based on the consideration received (shares of common stock) and the net assets surrendered, the Company recorded a loss on spinoff of approximately $2,600,000, which has been included in loss on discontinued operations in the accompanying statement of operations for the period ended September 30, 2017.

Due to the Agreement, the Company will no longer report WG as the Company's "Predecessor" and all historical financial information of the Company will be that of SoOum Corporation.  WG was only consolidated with SoOum Corporation's financial statements for the period from October 6, 2017 (date of acquisition) through December 31, 2016.   The Proforma financial information included below discloses the effects as if the acquisition of WG was not included in the consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2016 included herein.

	As Reported	Less: WG	ProForma
Current Assets	391,658	391,566	92
Total Assets	3,846,445	3,846,353	92
Current Liabilities	9,867,116	1,652,316	8,214,800
Total Liabilities	9,945,924	1,733,124	8,214,800
Total Equity (Deficit)	(6,099,479)	2,113,229	(8,214,708)

The following financial information presents the aggregate carrying amounts of the classes of assets and liabilities of discontinued operations at December 31, 2016.

ASSETS
Current Assets:
Cash and Cash Equivalents	$	122,829
Accounts Receivable		112,929
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets		155,808
Total Current Assets of Discontinued Operations		391,566
Noncurrent assets of Discontinued Operations		3,454,787
TOTAL ASSETS OF DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS	$	3,846,353
LIABILITIES
LIABILITIES
Current Liabilities:
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses	$	480,055
Current Portion of Notes Payable		1,033,183
Current Portion of Notes Payable to Related Parties		139,078
Total Current Liabilities of Discontinued Operations		1,652,316
Noncurrent Liabilities of Discontinued Operations		80,808
TOTAL LIABILITIES OF DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS	$	1,733,124

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of SoOum Corp., and its wholly owned subsidiaries; Nature Vision, Inc., and SoOum (collectively the “Company”).  All significant inter-company balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

Basis of Presentation

The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2016, which has been derived from audited consolidated financial statements, and these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared by management in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United Stated ("U.S. GAAP"), and include all assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All material intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated. These interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto should be read in conjunction with Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016. Certain information required by U.S. GAAP has been condensed or omitted in accordance with the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securites and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). The results for the period ended September 30, 2017, are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the entire fiscal year ending December 31, 2017 or for any future period. Certain items have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.