Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

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SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES  
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

NOTE 2 – SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

There have been no material changes to the significant accounting policies included in the audited consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 and for the years then ended, which were included the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 30, 2023, except as disclosed in this note.

Liquidity

As of March 31, 2023, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $11,827,956 and working capital of $10,518,121. During the quarter ended March 31, 2023, the Company incurred a net loss of $2,465,664 and used cash in operating activities of $2,829,348.

The Company believes its current cash on hand is sufficient to meet its operating and capital requirements for at least the next twelve months from the date these financial statements are issued. The Company's operating needs include the planned costs to operate its business, including amounts required to fund working capital and capital expenditures. The Company's future capital requirements and the adequacy of its available funds will depend on many factors, including the Company's ability to successfully commercialize its products and services, competing technological and market developments, and the need to enter into collaborations with other companies or acquire other companies or technologies to enhance or complement the Company's product and service offerings.

Since inception, the Company’s operations have primarily been funded through proceeds received in equity and debt financings. The Company believes it has access to capital resources and continues to evaluate additional financing opportunities. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to obtain funds on commercially acceptable terms, if at all. There is also no assurance that the amount of funds the Company might raise will enable the Company to complete its development initiatives or attain profitable operations.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company maintains cash and cash equivalents in bank accounts, which, at times, may exceed Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insured limits. The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had cash balances of $11,827,956 and $14,739,484, respectively, in excess of FDIC insured limits. The Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents.

On March 10, 2023, Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”) was closed by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, and the FDIC was appointed as receiver. Thus, on March 17, 2023, the Company moved the majority of its funds on deposit at SVB to other banks, with the intention to move the remainder of its funds on deposit at SVB once the Company has transitioned all accounting and payroll functions connected to its account at SVB to accounts at other banks, such as our depository account at JP Morgan Chase. While the Company does not anticipate any losses, liquidity issues, or capital resource constraints arising as a result of the winding down of its accounts at SVB, it cannot predict at this time to what extent it or its collaborators, employees, suppliers, and/or vendors could be negatively impacted by the closure of SVB and other macroeconomic and geopolitical events.

Accounts Receivable

On January 1, 2023, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2016-13, "Financial Instruments — Credit Losses (Topic 326), Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments," using a modified retrospective approach. The standard amends several aspects of the measurement of credit losses related to certain financial instruments, including the replacement of the existing incurred credit loss model and other models with the current expected credit losses ("CECL") model. The cumulative effect of adoption did not result in an adjustment to the allowance for credit loss, and accordingly, the Company’s accumulated deficit as of January 1, 2023.

Accounts receivable are recorded at the amount the Company is responsible to collect from the customer, less an estimate for expected credit losses. See Note 2 — Significant Accounting Policies — Revenue Recognition for additional details. In the event that the Company does not collect the gross billing amount from the customer, the Company generally is not contractually obligated to pay the associated supplier cost. The Company’s allowance for credit losses on accounts receivable reflects management’s estimate of credit losses over the remaining expected life of such assets, measured primarily using historical experience, as well as current conditions and forecasts that affect the collectability of the reported amount.

Revenue Recognition

The Company maintains a contract with each customer and supplier, which specifies the terms of the relationship. The Company provides a service to its customers (the buy-side ad networks who work for advertisers) by connecting advertisers and Publishers. For this service, the Company earns a percentage of the amount that is paid by the advertiser, who wants to run a digital advertising campaign, which, in some cases, is reduced by the amount paid to the Publisher, who wants to sell its ad space to the advertiser.

The transaction price is determined based on the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled, including the impact of any implicit price concessions over the course of the contract. The Company’s performance obligation is to facilitate the publication of advertisements. The performance obligation is satisfied at the point in time that the ad is placed. Subsequent to a bid being won, the associated fees are generally not subject to refund or adjustment. Historically, any refunds and adjustments have not been material. The revenue recognized is the amount the Company is responsible to collect from the customer related to the placement of an ad (the “Gross Billing”), less the amount the Company remits to the supplier for the ad space (the “Supplier Cost”), if any. The determination of whether the Company is the principal or agent, and hence whether to report revenue on a gross basis equal to the Gross Billing or on a net basis for the difference between the Gross Billing and Supplier Cost, requires judgment. The Company acts as an agent in arranging via its platform for the specified good (the ad space) to be purchased by the advertiser, as it does not control the goods or services being transferred to the end customer, it does not take responsibility for the quality or acceptability of the ad space, it does not bear inventory risk, nor does it have discretion in establishing price of the ad space. As a result, the Company recognizes revenue on a net basis for the difference between the Gross Billing and the Supplier Cost.

The Company invoices customers on a monthly basis for the amount of Gross Billings in the relevant period. Invoice payment terms, negotiated on a customer-by- customer basis, are typically between 45 to 90 days. However, for certain agency customers with sequential liability terms as specified by the Interactive Advertising Bureau, (i) payments are not due to the Company until such agency customers has received payment from its customers (ii) the Company is not required to make a payment to its supplier until payment is received from the Company’s customer and (iii) the supplier is responsible to pursue collection directly with the advertiser. As a result, once the Company has met the requirements of each of the five steps under ASC 606, the Company’s accounts receivable are recorded at the amount of Gross Billings which represent amounts it is responsible to collect and accounts payable, if applicable, are recorded at the amount payable to suppliers. In the event step 1 under ASC 606 is not met, the Company does not record either the accounts receivable or accounts payable. Accordingly, both accounts receivable and accounts payable appear large in relation to revenue reported on a net basis.

From time to time, the Company records loss accruals for estimated costs that exceed estimated revenue related to its contracts with customers. During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company recognized an estimated loss accrual on a customer contract of $789,605 related to media costs incurred associated with a contract with a customer, which was included in costs and expenses on the condensed consolidated statement of operations.

As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company did not have any contract assets from contracts with customers. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company did not recognize any revenue that was deferred as of December 31, 2022. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had $567 and $531, respectively, of contract liabilities where performance obligations have not yet been satisfied. During the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, there was no revenue recognized from performance obligations satisfied (or partially satisfied) in previous periods.

Net Loss Per Common Share

Basic net loss per common share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of vested common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net loss per common share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of vested common and dilutive common-equivalent shares outstanding during each period. Dilutive common-equivalent shares consist of shares of options, warrants and convertible notes, if not anti-dilutive.

The following shares were excluded from the calculation of weighted average dilutive common shares because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive:

    

For the Three Months Ended

March 31, 

    

2023

    

2022

Warrants [1]

4,980,963

5,122,074

Restricted stock units

531,095

855,989

Restricted stock awards

52,087

307,491

Stock options

 

36,667

 

94,447

 

5,600,812

 

6,380,001

[1]  Includes shares underlying warrants that are exercisable into an aggregate of (i) 368,711 shares of common stock and (ii) five-year warrants to purchase 368,711 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.50 per share.