8-K
Energous Corp (WATT)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) ofthe Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
May 13, 2025
ENERGOUS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in itscharter)
| Delaware | 001-36379 | 46-1318953 |
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| (State or other jurisdiction<br><br> <br>of incorporation) | (Commission<br><br> <br>File Number) | (IRS Employer<br><br> <br>Identification No.) |
3590
North First Street, Suite 330
San Jose, California 95134
(Address, including zip code, of principal executiveoffices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including
area code: (408) 963-0200
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each<br> class registered | Trading symbol(s) | Name of each<br> exchange on which <br><br>registered |
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| Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share | WATT | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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| Item 2.02. | Results of Operations and Financial Condition. |
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On May 13, 2025, Energous Corporation (d/b/a Energous Wireless Power Solutions) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2025. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
The information in this Item 2.02 and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description |
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| 99.1 | Press release dated May 13, 2025 |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded as Inline XBRL document) |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| ENERGOUS CORPORATION | ||
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| Date: May 13, 2025 | By: | /s/ Mallorie Burak |
| Name: | Mallorie Burak | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Executive<br>Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) |
Exhibit 99.1
Energous Wireless Power Solutions Reports FirstQuarter 2025 Results
SAN JOSE, Calif. – May 13, 2025 – Energous Corporation d/b/a Energous Wireless Power Solutions (NASDAQ: WATT) (the “Company,” “we,” or “our”), a pioneer in scalable, over-the-air (OTA) wireless power networks, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025 and provided an update on recent events and Company highlights.
“As the Company enters the second quarter of 2025, we have continued to focus on executing the strategic initiatives established during 2024, including creating an efficient infrastructure and fortifying partner relationships ripe with expansion opportunities for deploying our scalable, RF-based wireless power network solutions that connect businesses with critical data, delivering operational efficiency with fewer batteries – for a smarter, more sustainable future,” said Mallorie Burak, CEO and CFO of Energous Wireless Power Solutions. “Reducing the Company’s cash burn remains a priority, with actions taken since last year resulting in annualized cost savings of approximately $7.3 million. We experienced revenue increases of over 430% in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the first quarter of the prior year, and we expect continued steady growth of revenue in the coming quarters, as we continue to strengthen relationships with key customers, secure new customers, and continue to introduce our innovative new products. A key strategic milestone for the Company was securing $13.8 million of net proceeds from our at-the-market offering program in the first quarter of 2025 to fund our growth as we pursue our strategic objectives.”
First Quarter 2025 Financial Results
| · | Revenue for the quarter ended March 31, 2025 of $0.3 million versus approximately<br>$0.1 million in the same period in 2024, representing a 436% increase year over year. |
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| o | The increase was primarily driven by a year over year 483% increase in revenue of our PowerBridge transmitter systems, with the first<br>quarter of 2025 marking a turning point in the commercial adoption of our technology to serve as the backbone for infrastructure modernization<br>projects spearheaded by major nationwide retailers. |
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| o | After the end of the first quarter, the Company shipped an additional $0.3 million in product, primarily attributable to fulfilment<br>of PowerBridge transmitter system orders to multinational retailers in addition to a new order from a multi-billion dollar power company<br>conducting a proof of concept. |
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| · | With the ramp up of our volume manufacturing during the first quarter of<br>2025, product margins improved significantly, driving a gross profit of approximately $0.1 million during the first quarter of 2025 compared<br>to a gross loss of $45,000 in the prior year period, representing a 307% improvement. |
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| · | Operating expenses for the first quarter of 2025 totaled $3.7 million versus<br>$6.6 million for the same period in 2024, a 44% improvement year over year. |
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| · | Total first quarter 2025 GAAP operating expenses were $3.7 million, consisting of $1.2 million in research and development (R&D) expenses and $2.5 million in sales, marketing, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses, severance expense, and abandoned financing transaction expenses related to the Regulation A offering. |
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| · | Non-GAAP operating expenses for the quarter ended March 31, 2025 were $2.5<br>million, decreasing from $4.7 million in the first quarter of 2024, representing a reduction of approximately $2.2 million, or 46%, year<br>over year. |
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| · | Continued operational and manufacturing cost reductions coupled with increased<br>commercial revenue yielded improved year over year net loss and loss per share of approximately $(3.4) million, or $(0.12) per basic and<br>diluted share, for first quarter of 2025, versus a net loss of approximately $(6.6) million, or $(1.11) per basic and diluted share, for<br>the first quarter of 2024. |
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| · | Non-GAAP net loss of approximately $(2.5) million for the quarter ended March<br>31, 2025 versus non-GAAP net loss of approximately $(4.6) million for the same 2024 period, representing a 47% improvement year over year. |
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| · | Approximately $10.1 million in cash and cash equivalents as of March 31,<br>2025. |
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See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below for additional information.
Company Highlights
| · | During the first quarter of 2025, the Company raised $13.8 million of net<br>proceeds under its at-the-market offering program. This capital allows the Company to continue executing upon its growth initiatives for<br>2025 and fulfilling customer orders. |
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| · | The Company is experiencing a growing backlog of enterprise orders demonstrating<br>increased market adoption of the Company’s wireless power network (WPN) solutions. |
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| · | The Company announced the acceleration of a multi-stage infrastructure<br>modernization project by a Fortune 10 multinational retailer planning to deploy PowerBridge PRO transmitters in more than 4,700 locations<br>nationwide. (https://energous.com/company/newsroom/news/energous-partners-with-fortune-10-retailer-to-scale-wireless-power-deployment-across-4700-u-s-locations/) |
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| · | The<br> Company introduced two new products: the AI driven PowerBridgeMOD and PowerBridge PRO+ with<br> integrated gateway. These new products exemplify Energous’ mission to continue delivering<br> innovative, adaptable, and versatile enterprise asset tracking solutions. (https://energous.com/company/newsroom/news/energous-introduces-ai-driven-powerbridgemod-and-powerbridge-pro-with-integrated-gateway-creating-adaptable-and-versatile-asset-tracking-solutions/) |
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“Additional PowerBridge PRO shipments to multinational retailers during the first quarter of 2025 demonstrates the traction that our wireless power technology is gaining in transforming and modernizing the operations of major retailers, setting new industry standards and best practices for automating asset tracking,” said Mallorie Burak, CEO and CFO, Energous Wireless Power Solutions. “We remain committed to driving the continued adoption of our innovative technology, staying laser focused on optimizing our operations to position the Company for growth, and remaining a leader in the wireless power technology space.”
About Energous Wireless Power Solutions
Energous Corporation d/b/a Energous Wireless Power Solutions (NASDAQ: WATT) is pioneering scalable, over-the-air (OTA) wireless power networks that enable unprecedented levels of visibility, control, and intelligent business automation. The Company’s wireless power transmitter and receiver technologies deliver continuous access to wireless power, helping drive a new generation of battery-free devices for asset and inventory tracking and management—from retail sensors, electronic shelf labels, and asset trackers, to air quality monitors, motion detectors, and more. For more information, visit http://www.energous.com/ or follow on LinkedIn.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this press release are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements may describe our future plans and expectations and are based on the current beliefs, expectations and assumptions of Energous. These statements generally use terms such as “believe,” “expect,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “seek,” “intend,” “plan,” “estimate,” “anticipate” or similar terms. Examples of forward-looking statements in this release include but are not limited to statements about our financial results and projections, our backlog, expected company growth, and potential cost savings. Factors that could cause actual results to differ from current expectations include: uncertain timing of necessary regulatory approvals; timing of customer product development and market success of customer products; our dependence on distribution partners; and intense industry competition. We urge you to consider those factors, and the other risks and uncertainties described in our most recent annual report on Form 10-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), any subsequently filed quarterly reports on Form 10-Q as well as in other documents that may have been subsequently filed by Energous, from time to time, with the SEC, in evaluating our forward-looking statements. In addition, any forward-looking statements represent Energous’ views only as of the date of this release and should not be relied upon as representing its views as of any subsequent date. Energous does not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements unless required by law.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We have provided in this release financial information that has not been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). We use non-GAAP financial measures internally in analyzing our financial results and believe they are useful to investors, as a supplement to GAAP measures, in evaluating our ongoing operational performance. We believe that the use of these non-GAAP financial measures provides an additional tool for investors to use in evaluating ongoing operating results and trends, and in comparing our financial results with other companies in our industry, many of which present similar non-GAAP financial measures to investors.
Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. Investors are encouraged to review the reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures below.
Our reported results include certain non-GAAP financial measures, including non-GAAP net loss, non-GAAP operating expenses, non-GAAP sales, marketing, general and administrative expenses (SG&A) and non-GAAP research and development expenses (R&D). Non-GAAP net loss and non-GAAP operating expenses exclude depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation expense, severance expense, change in fair value of warrant liability, and expenses related to the abandonment of financing transactions. Non-GAAP operating expenses excludes depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation expense, expenses related to the abandonment of financing transactions, and severance expense. Non-GAAP SG&A excludes depreciation and amortization and stock-based compensation expense, and expenses related to the abandonment of financing transactions. Non-GAAP R&D excludes depreciation and amortization and stock-based compensation expense. A reconciliation of our non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP measures has been provided in the financial statement tables included below in this press release.
Contacts:
Investor Relations
IR@energous.com
Media Relations
pr@energous.com
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| BALANCE SHEETS<br><br> <br>(Unaudited) | ||||||
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| As of | ||||||
| March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |||||
| ASSETS | ||||||
| Current assets: | ||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 10,085 | $ | 1,353 | ||
| Accounts receivable, net | 312 | 78 | ||||
| Inventory | 644 | 498 | ||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 844 | 983 | ||||
| Total current assets | 11,885 | 2,912 | ||||
| Property and equipment, net | 332 | 356 | ||||
| Operating lease right-of-use lease assets | 1,160 | 527 | ||||
| Total assets | $ | 13,377 | $ | 3,795 | ||
| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT) | ||||||
| Current liabilities: | ||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 1,276 | $ | 1,852 | ||
| Accrued expenses | 534 | 1,135 | ||||
| Accrued severance expense | 101 | 28 | ||||
| Warrant liability | 91 | 358 | ||||
| Operating lease liabilities, current portion | 385 | 668 | ||||
| Short-term loan payable, net | 523 | 818 | ||||
| Deferred revenue | 11 | 13 | ||||
| Total current liabilities | 2,921 | 4,872 | ||||
| Operating lease liabilities, long-term portion | 960 | - | ||||
| Total liabilities | 3,881 | 4,872 | ||||
| Stockholders’ equity (deficit): | ||||||
| Common stock | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 413,301 | 399,362 | ||||
| Accumulated deficit | (403,806 | ) | (400,440 | ) | ||
| Total stockholders’ equity (deficit) | 9,496 | (1,077 | ) | |||
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity (deficit) | $ | 13,377 | $ | 3,795 |
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| STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS | ||||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||||
| (in thousands, except share and per share amounts) | ||||||
| For the Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||
| Revenue | $ | 343 | $ | 64 | ||
| Cost of revenue | 250 | 109 | ||||
| Gross profit (loss) | 93 | (45 | ) | |||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||
| Research and development | 1,192 | 2,189 | ||||
| Sales and marketing | 589 | 873 | ||||
| General and administrative | 895 | 1,995 | ||||
| Severance expense | 372 | 1,563 | ||||
| Expenses from abandoned financing transaction | 656 | – | ||||
| Total operating expenses | 3,704 | 6,620 | ||||
| Loss from operations | (3,611 | ) | (6,665 | ) | ||
| Other income (expense), net: | ||||||
| Change in fair value of warrant liability | 267 | (82 | ) | |||
| Interest income (expense), net | (22 | ) | 148 | |||
| Total other income (expense), net | 245 | 66 | ||||
| Net loss | $ | (3,366 | ) | $ | (6,599 | ) |
| Basic and diluted net loss per common share | $ | (0.12 | ) | $ | (1.11 | ) |
| Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted | 28,443,192 | 5,961,186 |
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| Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Information | |||||
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| 2024 | |||||
| Net loss (GAAP) | (3,366 | ) | $ | (6,599 | ) |
| Add (subtract) the following items: | |||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 45 | 48 | |||
| Stock-based compensation * | 94 | 274 | |||
| Severance expense | 372 | 1,563 | |||
| Expenses from abandoned financing transaction | 656 | – | |||
| Change in fair value of warrant liability | (267 | ) | 82 | ||
| Adjusted net non-GAAP loss | (2,466 | ) | $ | (4,632 | ) |
| * Stock-based compensation excludes 16 and 130 which is included in severance expense for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. | |||||
| Stock-based compensation excludes 1 which is included in cost of revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2025. | |||||
| Total operating expenses (GAAP) | 3,704 | $ | 6,620 | ||
| Subtract the following items: | |||||
| Depreciation and amortization | (45 | ) | (48 | ) | |
| Stock-based compensation * | (94 | ) | (274 | ) | |
| Severance expense | (372 | ) | (1,563 | ) | |
| Expenses from abandoned financing transaction | (656 | ) | – | ||
| Adjusted non-GAAP operating expenses | 2,537 | $ | 4,735 | ||
| * Stock-based compensation excludes 16 and 130 which is included in severance expense for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. | |||||
| Stock-based compensation excludes 1 which is included in cost of revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2025. | |||||
| Total research and development expenses (GAAP) | 1,192 | $ | 2,189 | ||
| Subtract the following items: | |||||
| Depreciation and amortization | (43 | ) | (41 | ) | |
| Stock-based compensation | (9 | ) | (107 | ) | |
| Adjusted non-GAAP research and development expenses | 1,140 | $ | 2,041 | ||
| Total sales, marketing, general and administrative expenses (GAAP) | 1,484 | $ | 2,868 | ||
| Subtract the following items: | |||||
| Depreciation and amortization | (2 | ) | (7 | ) | |
| Stock-based compensation | (85 | ) | (167 | ) | |
| Adjusted non-GAAP sales, marketing, general and administrative expenses | 1,397 | $ | 2,694 |
All values are in US Dollars.
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