RAPID MICRO BIOSYSTEMS, INC. - Quarter Report: 2023 March (Form 10-Q)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-Q
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(Mark One)
| x | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 | ||||
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2023
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| o | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 | ||||
For the transition period from ________________ to ________________
Commission File Number: 001-40592
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Rapid Micro Biosystems, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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| Delaware | 20-8121647 | ||||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) | ||||
1001 Pawtucket Boulevard West, Suite 280 Lowell, MA (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | 01854 (Zip Code) | ||||
(978) 349-3200
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of Each Class | Trading symbol(s) | Name of Exchange on which registered | ||||||||||||
| Class A common stock, $0.01 par value per share | RPID | The Nasdaq Global Select Market | ||||||||||||
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes x No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
| Large accelerated filer | o | Accelerated filer | o | ||||||||||||||
| Non-accelerated filer | x | Smaller reporting company | x | Emerging growth company | x | ||||||||||||
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No x
As of May 1, 2023, there were 36,768,540 shares of the registrant’s Class A common stock, par value $0.01, outstanding.
As of May 1, 2023, there were 5,553,379 shares of the registrant’s Class B common stock, par value $0.01, outstanding.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements. We intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q may be forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “could,” “intends,” “targets,” “projects,” “contemplates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “forecasts,” “predicts,” “potential” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. Forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q include, but are not limited to, statements regarding:
•our business strategy for our Growth Direct platform and systems;
•our future results of operations and financial position, including our expectations regarding revenue, gross margin, operating expenses and ability to generate cash flow;
•our expectations and assumptions related to our future funding requirements and available capital resources, which may be impacted by market uptake of our Growth Direct system, our management of inventory and supply chain, our research and development activities and the expansion of our sales, marketing, manufacturing and distribution capabilities;
•our ability to maintain and expand our customer base for our Growth Direct platform and systems;
•our exploration of strategic alternatives for the Company;
•the effectiveness of enhancements of our sales processes;
•the impact of our restructuring on the Company;
•anticipated trends and growth rates in our business and in the markets in which we operate;
•our research and development activities and prospective new features, products and product approvals;
•our ability to anticipate market needs and successfully develop new and enhanced solutions to meet those needs, including prospective products;
•our ability to hire and retain necessary qualified employees to grow our business and expand our operations;
•our expectations regarding the potential impact of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic on our business, operations and the markets in which we and our customers operate;
•our expectations regarding the potential impact of inflation and fluctuations in interest rates on our business and operating costs;
•our expectations regarding the potential impact of ongoing conditions in the banking system and financial markets on our operations and financial results; and
•our ability to adequately protect our intellectual property.
We caution you that the foregoing list may not contain all of the forward-looking statements made in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that we believe may affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the important factors discussed in Part I, Item 1A of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 under the heading “Risk Factors.” The forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are based upon information available to us as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and while we believe such information forms a reasonable basis for such statements, such information may be limited or incomplete, and our statements should not be read to indicate that we have conducted an exhaustive inquiry into, or review of, all potentially available relevant information. These statements are inherently uncertain and investors are cautioned not to unduly rely upon these statements.
You should read this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the documents that we reference in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and have filed as exhibits to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q with the understanding that our
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actual future results, levels of activity, performance and achievements may be materially different from what we expect. We caution you not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements which speak only as of the date hereof. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
TRADEMARKS
Solely for convenience, our trademarks and trade names in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are referred to without the ® and ™ symbols, but such references should not be construed as any indicator that we will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, our rights thereto.
INTERNET POSTING OF INFORMATION
We routinely post information that may be important to investors in the “Investors” section of our website at www.rapidmicrobio.com. We encourage investors and potential investors to consult our website regularly for important information about us. The contents of our website are not incorporated by reference in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and shall not be deemed “filed” under the Exchange Act.
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PART I —FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
RAPID MICRO BIOSYSTEMS, INC.
Condensed consolidated balance sheets
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)
| March 31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | ||||||||||
| Assets | |||||||||||
| Current assets: | |||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 24,410 | $ | 27,064 | |||||||
| Short-term investments | 75,276 | 81,584 | |||||||||
| Accounts receivable | 5,510 | 5,369 | |||||||||
| Inventory | 20,944 | 21,187 | |||||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 3,005 | 3,372 | |||||||||
| Total current assets | 129,145 | 138,576 | |||||||||
| Property and equipment, net | 13,509 | 13,818 | |||||||||
| Right-of-use assets, net | 6,825 | 7,063 | |||||||||
| Long-term investments | 22,462 | 29,790 | |||||||||
| Other long-term assets | 1,056 | 1,119 | |||||||||
| Restricted cash | 284 | 284 | |||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 173,281 | $ | 190,650 | |||||||
| Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity | |||||||||||
| Current liabilities: | |||||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 1,287 | $ | 5,428 | |||||||
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 6,104 | 8,150 | |||||||||
| Deferred revenue | 5,496 | 4,706 | |||||||||
| Lease liabilities, short-term | 773 | 766 | |||||||||
| Total current liabilities | 13,660 | 19,050 | |||||||||
| Lease liabilities, long-term | 6,940 | 7,202 | |||||||||
| Other long-term liabilities | 238 | 229 | |||||||||
| Total liabilities | 20,838 | 26,481 | |||||||||
| Commitments and contingencies (Note 17) | |||||||||||
| Stockholders’ equity: | |||||||||||
Class A common stock, $0.01 par value; 210,000,000 shares authorized at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022; 36,768,540 shares and 36,538,805 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively | 368 | 366 | |||||||||
Class B common stock, $0.01 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022; 5,553,379 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 | 55 | 55 | |||||||||
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value: 10,000,000 shares authorized at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022; zero shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 | — | — | |||||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 542,487 | 540,775 | |||||||||
| Accumulated deficit | (389,805) | (375,918) | |||||||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (662) | (1,109) | |||||||||
| Total stockholders’ equity | 152,443 | 164,169 | |||||||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 173,281 | $ | 190,650 | |||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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RAPID MICRO BIOSYSTEMS, INC.
Condensed consolidated statements of operations
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||
| Revenue: | |||||||||||
| Product revenue | $ | 3,324 | $ | 2,563 | |||||||
| Service revenue | 1,711 | 1,597 | |||||||||
| Total revenue | 5,035 | 4,160 | |||||||||
| Costs and operating expenses: | |||||||||||
| Cost of product revenue | 4,981 | 4,358 | |||||||||
| Cost of service revenue | 1,844 | 1,726 | |||||||||
| Research and development | 3,153 | 3,525 | |||||||||
| Sales and marketing | 3,462 | 3,456 | |||||||||
| General and administrative | 6,467 | 6,094 | |||||||||
| Total costs and operating expenses | 19,907 | 19,159 | |||||||||
| Loss from operations | (14,872) | (14,999) | |||||||||
| Other income (expense): | |||||||||||
| Interest income, net | 1,003 | 108 | |||||||||
| Other expense, net | (11) | (16) | |||||||||
| Total other income (expense), net | 992 | 92 | |||||||||
| Loss before income taxes | (13,880) | (14,907) | |||||||||
| Income tax expense | 7 | 23 | |||||||||
| Net loss | (13,887) | (14,930) | |||||||||
| Net loss per share — basic and diluted | $ | (0.32) | $ | (0.35) | |||||||
| Weighted average common shares outstanding — basic and diluted | 42,812,580 | 42,197,887 | |||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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RAPID MICRO BIOSYSTEMS, INC.
Condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive loss
(Unaudited)
(In thousands)
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||
| Net loss | $ | (13,887) | $ | (14,930) | |||||||
| Other comprehensive income: | |||||||||||
| Unrealized gain (loss) on investments, net of tax | 447 | (588) | |||||||||
| Comprehensive loss | $ | (13,440) | $ | (15,518) | |||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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RAPID MICRO BIOSYSTEMS, INC.
Condensed consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except share amounts)
| Class A Common stock | Class B Common stock | Additional paid-in capital | Accumulated deficit | Accumulated other comprehensive loss | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balances at December 31, 2022 | 36,538,805 | $ | 366 | 5,553,379 | $ | 55 | $ | 540,775 | $ | (375,918) | $ | (1,109) | $ | 164,169 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of Class A common stock under ESPP | 125,536 | 1 | 0 | — | 123 | — | — | 124 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vesting of restricted stock units | 96,303 | 1 | — | — | (1) | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Restricted stock award liability accretion | — | — | — | — | 341 | — | — | 341 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of Class A common stock upon exercise of common stock options | 7,896 | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | — | — | — | — | 1,243 | — | — | 1,243 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | — | — | — | — | — | (13,887) | — | (13,887) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income | — | — | — | — | — | — | 447 | 447 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balances at March 31, 2023 | 36,768,540 | $ | 368 | 5,553,379 | $ | 55 | $ | 542,487 | $ | (389,805) | $ | (662) | $ | 152,443 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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RAPID MICRO BIOSYSTEMS, INC.
Condensed consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity
(Unaudited), continued
(In thousands, except share amounts)
| Class A Common stock | Class B Common stock | Additional paid-in capital | Accumulated deficit | Accumulated other comprehensive loss | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balances at December 31, 2021 | 34,564,040 | $ | 346 | 6,903,379 | 69 | $ | 535,693 | $ | (315,112) | $ | (16) | $ | 220,980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conversion of Class B common stock to Class A common stock | 1,350,000 | 14 | (1,350,000) | (14) | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Restricted stock award liability accretion | — | — | — | — | 154 | — | — | 154 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of Class A common stock upon exercise of common stock options | 475,033 | 5 | — | — | 466 | — | — | 471 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | — | — | — | — | 983 | — | — | 983 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | — | — | — | — | — | (14,930) | — | (14,930) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive loss | — | — | — | — | — | — | (588) | (588) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balances at March 31, 2022 | 36,389,073 | $ | 365 | 5,553,379 | 55 | $ | 537,296 | $ | (330,042) | $ | (604) | $ | 207,070 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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RAPID MICRO BIOSYSTEMS, INC.
Condensed consolidated statements of cash flows
(Unaudited)
(In thousands)
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities: | |||||||||||
| Net loss | $ | (13,887) | $ | (14,930) | |||||||
| Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: | |||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization expense | 759 | 560 | |||||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | 1,243 | 983 | |||||||||
| Provision for excess and obsolete inventory | 34 | — | |||||||||
| Noncash lease expense | 297 | 261 | |||||||||
| Accretion on investments | (586) | 6 | |||||||||
| Other | 9 | 8 | |||||||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | |||||||||||
| Accounts receivable | (142) | 1,169 | |||||||||
| Inventory | 209 | (2,041) | |||||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 367 | 839 | |||||||||
| Other long-term assets | (23) | (51) | |||||||||
| Accounts payable | (4,141) | (372) | |||||||||
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | (1,615) | (3,880) | |||||||||
| Deferred revenue | 790 | 647 | |||||||||
| Net cash used in operating activities | (16,686) | (16,801) | |||||||||
| Cash flows from investing activities: | |||||||||||
| Purchases of property and equipment | (759) | (2,353) | |||||||||
| Purchases of investments | (17,831) | (97,195) | |||||||||
| Maturity of investments | 32,500 | — | |||||||||
| Net cash provided by (used) investing activities | 13,910 | (99,548) | |||||||||
| Cash flows from financing activities: | |||||||||||
| Proceeds from issuance of Class A common stock - stock option exercise | 7 | 471 | |||||||||
| Proceeds from issuance of Class A common stock - employee stock purchase plan | 124 | — | |||||||||
| Payments on finance lease obligations | (9) | (8) | |||||||||
| Net cash provided by financing activities | 122 | 463 | |||||||||
| Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | (2,654) | (115,886) | |||||||||
| Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period | 27,348 | 178,671 | |||||||||
| Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period | $ | 24,694 | $ | 62,785 | |||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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RAPID MICRO BIOSYSTEMS, INC.
Condensed consolidated statements of cash flows, continued
(Unaudited)
(In thousands)
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||
| Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information | |||||||||||
| Cash paid for interest | $ | 10 | $ | 11 | |||||||
| Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing activities | |||||||||||
| Establishment of right of use operating assets | $ | — | $ | 6,932 | |||||||
| Purchases of property and equipment in accounts payable | $ | 154 | $ | 1,503 | |||||||
| Supplemental disclosure of non-cash financing activities | |||||||||||
| Establishment of right of use finance assets | $ | — | $ | 366 | |||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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RAPID MICRO BIOSYSTEMS, INC.
Notes to condensed consolidated financial statements
(Amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
1. Nature of the business and basis of presentation
Rapid Micro Biosystems, Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on December 29, 2006. The Company develops, manufactures, markets and sells Growth Direct systems (“Systems”) proprietary consumables, laboratory information management system (“LIMS”) connection software, and services to address rapid microbial analysis used for quality control in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, medical devices and personal care products. The Company’s technology uses a highly sensitive camera and the natural auto fluorescence of living cells to identify and quantify microbial growth faster and more accurately than the traditional method, which relies on the human eye. The Company currently sells to customers in North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. The Company is headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts.
Basis of presentation
These condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries in Germany and Switzerland. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in the consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted. Therefore, these condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes included in the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022. Any reference in these notes to applicable guidance is meant to refer to the authoritative GAAP as found in the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) and Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”).
The unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the audited annual consolidated financial statements and, in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments, which include only normal recurring adjustments, necessary for the fair statement of the Company’s financial position as of March 31, 2023 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022. The financial data and other information disclosed in these notes related to the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 are also unaudited. The results for the three months ended March 31, 2023 are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2023, any other interim periods, or any future year or period.
Reclassification
Certain amounts in the prior period financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the presentation of the current period financial statements.
Liquidity
The Company has incurred recurring losses and net cash outflows from operations since its inception. The Company expects to continue to generate significant operating losses for the foreseeable future. The Company expects that its existing cash and cash equivalents and investments will be sufficient to fund its operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements for at least twelve months following the date these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements were issued.
2. Summary of significant accounting policies
Use of estimates
The preparation of the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. Significant estimates and assumptions reflected in these condensed consolidated financial statements include, but are not limited to, calculating the standalone selling price
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for revenue recognition, the valuation of inventory, and the valuation of stock-based awards. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience, known trends and other market-specific and relevant factors that it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances. On an ongoing basis, management evaluates its estimates when there are changes in circumstances, facts and experience. Changes in estimates are recorded in the period in which they become known. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
There have been no significant changes to the significant accounting policies during the three months ended March 31, 2023, as compared to the significant accounting policies disclosed in Note 2 of the audited consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2022 filed with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022.
Risk of concentrations of credit, significant customers and significant suppliers
Financial instruments that potentially expose the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, short-term and long-term investments and accounts receivable. Periodically, the Company maintains deposits in accredited financial institutions in excess of federally insured limits. The Company maintains its cash and cash equivalents and investments with financial institutions that management believes to be of high credit quality. The Company has not experienced any other-than-temporary losses with respect to its cash equivalents and investments and does not believe that it is subject to unusual credit risk beyond the normal credit risk associated with commercial banking relationships.
Significant customers are those which represent more than 10% of the Company’s total revenue or accounts receivable balance at each respective balance sheet date. The following table presents customers that represent 10% or more of the Company’s total revenue:
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||
| Customer A | 27.0 | % | * | ||||||||
| Customer B | 20.1 | % | 15.6 | % | |||||||
| Customer C | * | 12.9 | % | ||||||||
| Customer D | * | 10.1 | % | ||||||||
| 47.1 | % | 38.6 | % | ||||||||
*– less than 10%
The following table presents customers that represent 10% or more of the Company’s accounts receivable:
| March 31, | December 31, | ||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||
| Customer A | 35.5 | % | 11.8 | % | |||||||
| Customer B | 20.2 | % | 21.4 | % | |||||||
| Customer C | * | 16.7 | % | ||||||||
| 55.7 | % | 49.9 | % | ||||||||
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*– less than 10%
The Company relies on third parties for the supply and manufacture of certain components of its products as well as third-party logistics providers. There are no significant concentrations around a single third-party supplier or manufacturer for the three months ended March 31, 2023 or 2022.
Cash equivalents
The Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of 90 days or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents. Cash equivalents that are readily convertible to cash are stated at cost, which approximates
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fair value. At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company held cash of less than $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively, in banks located outside of the United States.
Restricted cash
As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company was required to maintain guaranteed investment certificates of $0.3 million with maturities of three months to one year that are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value. The guaranteed investment certificates are held for the benefit of the landlord in connection with operating leases which have remaining terms of greater than one year and are classified as restricted cash (non-current) on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.
Software Development Costs
The Company accounts for software development costs for internal-use software under the provisions of ASC 350-40, “Internal-Use Software” (“ASC 350”). Accordingly, certain costs to develop internal-use computer software are capitalized, provided these costs are expected to be recoverable. The Company had $1.0 million of software development costs, net of amortization, capitalized in other long-term assets at March 31, 2023. These capitalized costs are being amortized on a straight-line basis over the initial subscription term of five years. For the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, there was $0.1 million of amortization expense related to capitalized software development costs recorded in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.
Fair value measurements
Certain assets and liabilities of the Company are carried at fair value under GAAP. Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Valuation techniques used to measure fair value must maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. Financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value are to be classified and disclosed in one of the following three levels of the fair value hierarchy, of which the first two are considered observable and the last is considered unobservable:
•Level 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
•Level 2—Observable inputs (other than Level 1 quoted prices), such as quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets that are not active for identical or similar assets or liabilities, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.
•Level 3—Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity that are significant to determining the fair value of the assets or liabilities, including pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies and similar techniques.
The Company’s cash equivalents, short-term and long-term investments are carried at fair value, determined according to the fair value hierarchy described above (see Note 3). The carrying values of the Company’s accounts
receivable, prepaid expenses and other current assets, accounts payable and accrued expenses and other current liabilities approximate their fair values due to the short-term nature of these assets and liabilities.
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Product warranties
The Company offers a one-year limited assurance warranty on System sales, which is included in the selling price. The accrual for these warranty obligations is included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The following table presents a summary of changes in the amount reserved for warranty cost (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||
| Balance, beginning of period | $ | 872 | $ | 598 | |||||||
| Warranty provisions | — | 10 | |||||||||
| Warranty repairs | (346) | (13) | |||||||||
| Balance, end of period | $ | 526 | $ | 595 | |||||||
Segment information
The Company determined its operating segment after considering the Company’s organizational structure and the information regularly reviewed and evaluated by the Company’s chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) in deciding how to allocate resources and assess performance. The Company has determined that its CODM is its Chief Executive Officer. The CODM reviews the financial information on a consolidated basis for purposes of evaluating financial performance and allocating resources. On the basis of these factors, the Company determined that it operates and manages its business as one operating segment, that develops, manufactures, markets and sells Systems and related LIMS connection software, consumables and services; and accordingly has one reportable segment for financial reporting purposes. Substantially all of the Company’s long-lived assets are held in the United States.
Revenue recognition
Remaining performance obligations
The Company does not disclose the value of remaining performance obligations for (i) contracts with an original contract term of one year or less, (ii) contracts for which the Company recognizes revenue at the amount to which it has the right to invoice when that amount corresponds directly with the value of services performed, and (iii) variable consideration allocated entirely to a wholly unsatisfied performance obligation or to a wholly unsatisfied distinct service that forms part of a single performance obligation. The Company does not have material remaining performance obligations associated with contracts with terms greater than one year.
Contract balances from contracts with customers
Contract assets arise from customer arrangements when revenue recognized exceeds the amount billed to the customer and the Company’s right to payment is conditional and not only subject to the passage of time. The Company had $0.1 million in contract assets as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, included in prepaid expenses and other current assets.
Contract liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to transfer goods or services to a customer for which it has received consideration (or the amount is due) from the customer. The Company has a contract liability related to service revenue, which consists of amounts that have been invoiced but that have not been recognized as revenue. Amounts expected to be recognized as revenue within 12 months of the balance sheet date are classified as current deferred revenue and amounts expected to be recognized as revenue beyond 12 months of the balance sheet date are classified as noncurrent deferred revenue. The Company did not record any non-current deferred revenue as of March 31, 2023 or December 31, 2022. Deferred revenue was $5.5 million and $4.7 million at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. Revenue recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 that was included in deferred revenue at the prior period-end was $1.0 million and $1.1 million, respectively.
Disaggregated revenue
The Company disaggregates revenue based on the recurring and non-recurring nature of the underlying sale. Recurring revenue includes sales of consumables and service contracts. The Company considers these to be recurring
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revenues because customers typically place purchase orders on a periodic basis as they use their Growth Direct system over time. These arrangements typically contain a single performance obligation and thus the entire consideration to which the Company is entitled is allocated entirely to that performance obligation. Non-recurring revenue includes sales of systems, LIMS connection software, validation services, and field services, and typically contains multiple performance obligations. The Company considers these to be non-recurring revenues because customers typically place single purchase orders for a bundle of products and services on a one-time or infrequent basis. For these arrangements, significant judgment is applied in identifying the distinct performance obligations, determination of the transaction price, transaction price allocation, and determination of standalone selling price for each of the distinct performance obligations.
The following table presents the Company’s revenue by the recurring or non-recurring nature of the revenue stream (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||
| Product and service revenue — recurring | $ | 3,253 | $ | 2,658 | |||||||
| Product and service revenue — non-recurring | 1,782 | 1,502 | |||||||||
| Total revenue | $ | 5,035 | $ | 4,160 | |||||||
The following table presents the Company’s revenue by customer geography (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||
| United States | $ | 1,703 | $ | 2,042 | |||||||
| Japan | 1,386 | — | |||||||||
| Germany | 413 | 424 | |||||||||
| Switzerland | 973 | 879 | |||||||||
| All other countries | 560 | 815 | |||||||||
| Total revenue | $ | 5,035 | $ | 4,160 | |||||||
Advertising costs
Advertising costs are expensed as incurred and are included in sales and marketing expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. Advertising costs were less than $0.1 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022.
Stock-based compensation
The Company measures all stock-based awards granted to employees, officers and directors based on their fair value on the date of the grant and recognizes compensation expense for those awards over the requisite service period, which is generally the vesting period of the respective award. The Company issues stock-based awards with service-based vesting conditions only and stock-based awards with both service-based and Company performance vesting conditions, and records the expense for these awards using the straight-line method. Forfeitures are accounted for prospectively as they occur.
The Company measures all restricted common stock and restricted stock units granted to employees based on the common stock value on the date of grant. The purchase price of the restricted common stock is the common stock value on the date of grant.
Comprehensive loss
Comprehensive loss includes net loss as well as other changes in stockholders’ equity that result from transactions and economic events other than those with stockholders. For the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, there were $0.4 million and $0.6 million, respectively, of unrealized gains and losses, respectively, on investments, net of tax, included in comprehensive loss.
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Recently adopted accounting pronouncements
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments — Credit Losses (Topic 326) (“ASU 2016- 13”). The new standard adjusts the accounting for assets held at amortized costs basis, including marketable securities accounted for as available for sale, and trade receivables. The standard eliminates the probable initial recognition threshold and requires an entity to reflect its current estimate of all expected credit losses. The allowance for credit losses is a valuation account that is deducted from the amortized cost basis of the financial assets to present the net amount expected to be collected. The new standard was effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2023 and primarily impacted trade accounts receivable. The amendments in this update were adopted using a modified retrospective transition method as of January 1, 2023, which had no cumulative impact to retained earnings. The adoption of this new standard had no material impact on the Company's unaudited consolidated financial statements. The Company's concentrations of credit risks are limited due to the large number of customers and their dispersion across a number of geographic areas. Substantially all of the Company's trade receivables are concentrated in the pharmaceuticals industry in the U.S. and internationally or with distributors who operate in international markets. The Company's historical credit losses have not been significant due to this dispersion and the financial stability of the Company's customers. The Company considers its historical credit losses to be immaterial to its business and, therefore, has not provided all the disclosures otherwise required by the standard. The Company updated its accounting policy disclosure for accounts receivable as follows:
Accounts receivable are customer obligations that are unconditional. Accounts receivable are presented net of an allowance for doubtful accounts for expected credit losses, which represents an estimate of amounts that may not be collectible. The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers and, if necessary, provides an allowance for doubtful accounts and expected credit losses. A provision to the allowances for doubtful accounts for expected credit losses is recorded based on factors including the length of time the receivables are past due, the current business environment, the geographic market, and the Company’s historical experience. Provisions to the allowances for doubtful accounts for expected credit losses are recorded to general and administrative expenses. The Company writes off accounts receivable against the allowance when it determines a balance is uncollectible and no longer actively pursues collection of the receivable. The Company does not have any off-balance-sheet credit exposure related to customers. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the allowance for doubtful accounts for expected credit losses was zero.
Recently issued accounting pronouncements
The Company qualifies as an “emerging growth company” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 and has elected not to “opt out” of the extended transition related to complying with new or revised accounting standards, which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public and nonpublic companies, the Company will adopt the newer revised standard at the time nonpublic companies adopt the new or revised standard and will do so until such time that the Company either (i) irrevocably elects to “opt out” of such extended transition period or (ii) no longer qualifies as an emerging growth company. The Company may choose to early adopt any new or revised accounting standards whenever such early adoption is permitted for nonpublic companies.
3. Fair value of financial assets and liabilities
The following tables present information about the Company’s financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis and indicate the level of the fair value hierarchy used to determine such fair values (in thousands):
| Fair value measurements as of March 31, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Assets | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash equivalents | $ | 20,175 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 20,175 | |||||||||||||||
| Short-term investments | 73,793 | 1,483 | — | 75,276 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Long-term investments | 18,853 | 3,609 | — | 22,462 | |||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 112,821 | $ | 5,092 | $ | — | $ | 117,913 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Fair value measurements at December 31, 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Assets | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash equivalents | $ | 22,072 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 22,072 | |||||||||||||||
| Short-term investments | 81,093 | 491 | — | 81,584 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Long-term investments | 26,431 | 3,359 | — | 29,790 | |||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 129,596 | $ | 3,850 | $ | — | $ | 133,446 | ||||||||||||||||
During the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, there were no transfers between Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3.
Valuation of short-term and long-term investments
U.S. Treasury bills and notes included in short-term and long-term investments were valued by the Company using quoted prices in active markets for identical securities, which represents a Level 1 measurement within the fair value hierarchy. The Company's certificates of deposit included in short-term and long-term investments were valued using quoted prices for similar assets in active markets (or identical assets in inactive markets), which represent a Level 2 measurement within the fair value hierarchy.
4. Investments
Short-term and long-term investments by investment type consisted of the following (in thousands):
| March 31, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amortized cost | Gross unrealized gains | Gross unrealized losses | Fair value | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Short-term investments | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Certificates of Deposit | $ | 1,488 | $ | — | $ | (5) | $ | 1,483 | |||||||||||||||
| U.S. Government Treasury Bills | 27,121 | 9 | (13) | 27,117 | |||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Government Treasury Notes | 47,114 | 3 | (441) | 46,676 | |||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 75,723 | $ | 12 | $ | (459) | $ | 75,276 | ||||||||||||||||
| Long-term Investments | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Certificates of Deposit | 3,655 | — | (46) | 3,609 | |||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Government Treasury Notes - Maturity Up To Two Years | 19,021 | 24 | (192) | 18,853 | |||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 22,676 | $ | 24 | $ | (238) | $ | 22,462 | ||||||||||||||||
| December 31, 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amortized cost | Gross unrealized gains | Gross unrealized losses | Fair value | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Short-term investments | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Certificates of Deposit | $ | 491 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 491 | |||||||||||||||
| U.S. Government Treasury Bills | 32,115 | 1 | (40) | 32,076 | |||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Government Treasury Notes | 49,625 | — | (608) | 49,017 | |||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 82,231 | $ | 1 | $ | (648) | $ | 81,584 | ||||||||||||||||
| Long-term Investments | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Certificates of Deposit | $ | 3,391 | $ | 4 | $ | (36) | $ | 3,359 | |||||||||||||||
| U.S. Government Treasury Notes - Maturity Up To Two Years | 26,861 | 1 | (431) | 26,431 | |||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 30,252 | $ | 5 | $ | (467) | $ | 29,790 | ||||||||||||||||
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5. Inventory
Inventory consisted of the following (in thousands):
| March 31, | December 31, | ||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||
| Raw materials | $ | 15,173 | $ | 15,014 | |||||||
| Work in process | 1,505 | 1,599 | |||||||||
| Finished goods | 4,266 | 4,574 | |||||||||
| Total | $ | 20,944 | $ | 21,187 | |||||||
Raw materials, work in process and finished goods were net of adjustments to net realizable value of $0.7 million and $1.1 million as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.
6. Prepaid expenses and other current assets
Prepaid expenses and other current assets consisted of the following (in thousands):
| March 31, | December 31, | ||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||
| Prepaid insurance | $ | 971 | $ | 1,500 | |||||||
| Contract asset | 112 | 112 | |||||||||
| Deposits | 835 | 1,055 | |||||||||
| Other | 1,087 | 705 | |||||||||
| $ | 3,005 | $ | 3,372 | ||||||||
7. Property and equipment, net
Property and equipment, net consisted of the following (in thousands):
| March 31, | December 31, | ||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||
| Manufacturing and laboratory equipment | $ | 13,464 | $ | 13,408 | |||||||
| Computer hardware and software | 1,791 | 1,651 | |||||||||
| Office furniture and fixtures | 589 | 589 | |||||||||
| Leasehold improvements | 8,512 | 8,260 | |||||||||
| Construction-in-process | 1,616 | 1,712 | |||||||||
| 25,972 | 25,620 | ||||||||||
| Less: Accumulated depreciation | (12,463) | (11,802) | |||||||||
| $ | 13,509 | $ | 13,818 | ||||||||
Depreciation and amortization expense related to property and equipment was $0.7 million and $0.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
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8. Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consisted of the following (in thousands):
| March 31, | December 31, | ||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||
| Accrued employee compensation and benefits expense | $ | 2,776 | $ | 3,217 | |||||||
| Accrued vendor expenses | 1,972 | 3,212 | |||||||||
| Accrued warranty expense | 526 | 872 | |||||||||
| Accrued taxes | 266 | 329 | |||||||||
| Other | 564 | 520 | |||||||||
| $ | 6,104 | $ | 8,150 | ||||||||
On August 11, 2022, the board of directors of the Company approved an organizational restructuring plan (the “Restructuring Plan”) to right-size its cost structure based on its lowered 2022 outlook. The Company will continue to invest in key growth initiatives including enhancing commercial execution and key product development programs that are expected to drive future revenue growth. The Restructuring Plan involved an approximately 20% reduction in the Company’s workforce, including employees, contractors and temporary employees, which is largely focused on non-commercial functions. The Company recorded a restructuring charge of $1.1 million in the third quarter of 2022 primarily related to severance, employee benefits, outplacement and related costs under the Restructuring Plan. The Company made payments of $0.3 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023 related to the Restructuring Plan and had $0.2 million recorded within accrued expenses as of March 31, 2023.
9. Common stock and common stock warrants
As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company’s restated certificate of incorporation authorized the issuance of 210,000,000 shares of $0.01 par value Class A common stock.
On June 25, 2021, the Company filed an amended and restated certificate of incorporation, which effected a recapitalization of the Company’s then outstanding common stock to Class A common stock and authorized an additional new class of common stock (Class B common stock). Rights of the holders of Class A common stock and Class B common stock are identical, except with respect to voting and conversion. On July 19, 2021, the Company filed an amended and restated certificate of incorporation which authorized Class A common stock and Class B common stock to 210,000,000 shares and 10,000,000 shares, respectively. As of March 31, 2023, there were 36,768,540 shares of Class A common stock issued and outstanding, and 5,553,379 shares of Class B common stock issued and outstanding.
Each share of Class A common stock entitles the holder to one vote on all matters submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders. The Company’s Class B common stock is non-voting. Class A and Class B common stockholders are entitled to receive dividends, as may be declared by the board of directors, if any, subject to the preferential dividend rights of Preferred Stock. As of March 31, 2023, no cash dividends had been declared or paid.
As of March 31, 2023, the Company had reserved 22,081,371 shares of Class A common stock for the exercise of outstanding stock options, vesting of restricted stock units, the number of shares remaining available for grant under the Company’s 2021 Incentive Award Plan (see Note 10), the number of shares available for purchase under the Company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan (see Note 10), shares of common stock for the exercise of outstanding common stock warrants and the conversion of Class B common stock.
Prior to its IPO, the Company issued warrants to purchase preferred stock in conjunction with previous financing arrangements. In connection with the IPO, all outstanding preferred stock warrants were automatically converted to Class A common stock warrants. The contractual terms of the converted Class A common stock warrants remained consistent with the original terms of the preferred stock warrants. The Company determined the event resulted in equity classification of the Class A common stock warrants and reclassified the fair value of the preferred stock warrant liability as of the IPO date into equity.
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As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, outstanding warrants to purchase common stock consisted of the following:
| Issuance date | Contractual term | Balance sheet classification | Shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrant | Weighted average exercise price | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (in years) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| July 24, 2017 | 10 | Equity | 17,194 | $ | 292.81 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| April 12, 2018 | 10 | Equity | 30,000 | $ | 1.00 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| July 14, 2021 | 10 | Equity | 975,109 | $ | 1.46 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1,022,303 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10. Stock-based compensation
2010 Stock Option and Grant Plan
The Company’s 2010 Stock Option and Grant Plan (the “2010 Plan”) provided for the Company to grant incentive stock options or nonqualified stock options, restricted stock awards and other stock-based awards to employees, officers, directors and consultants of the Company.
In March 2021, the board of directors approved an increase to the 2010 Plan shares of 382,889 shares. Following the effectiveness of the IPO, no additional awards are being granted under the 2010 Plan and shares of existing outstanding options that were issued under the 2010 Plan and are forfeited or canceled will be available for grant under the 2021 Incentive Award Plan.
2021 Incentive Award Plan
In July 2021, the board of directors adopted, and the Company’s stockholders approved, the 2021 Incentive Award Plan (the “2021 Plan”), which became effective in connection with the IPO. The 2021 Plan provides for the grant of stock options, including incentive stock options and non-qualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, and other stock-based and cash-based awards. The 2021 Plan has a term of ten years. The aggregate number of shares of Class A common stock available for issuance under the 2021 Plan is equal to (i) 4,200,000 shares; (ii) any shares which are subject to the 2010 Plan awards that become available for issuance under the 2021 Plan; and (iii) an annual increase for ten years on the first day of each calendar year beginning on January 1, 2022, equal to the lesser of (A) 5% of the aggregate number of shares of Class A common stock outstanding on the last day of the immediately preceding calendar year and (B) such smaller amount of shares as determined by the board of directors. No more than 33,900,000 shares of Class A common stock may be issued under the 2021 Plan upon the exercise of incentive stock options. As of March 31, 2023, there are 4,155,355 shares available for issuance under the 2021 Plan.
The following table presents, on a weighted average basis, the assumptions used in the Black-Scholes option-pricing model to determine the grant-date fair value of stock options granted to employees and directors:
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||
| Risk-free interest rate | 4.2 | % | 1.9 | % | |||||||
| Expected term (in years) | 6.0 | 6.0 | |||||||||
| Expected volatility | 47.8 | % | 43.0 | % | |||||||
| Expected dividend yield | 0 | % | 0 | % | |||||||
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Stock options
The following table summarizes the Company’s stock option activity since December 31, 2022:
| Number of shares | Weighted average exercise price | Weighted average remaining contractual term | Aggregate intrinsic value | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (in years) | (in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Outstanding as of December 31, 2022 | 5,041,308 | $ | 5.05 | 7.55 | $ | 532 | |||||||||||||||||
| Granted | 1,109,000 | 1.24 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Exercised | (7,896) | 0.83 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Expired | (31,249) | 10.91 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Forfeited | (46,798) | 5.53 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Outstanding as of March 31, 2023 | 6,064,365 | $ | 2.87 | 7.80 | $ | 1,109 | |||||||||||||||||
| Options vested and expected to vest as of March 31, 2023 | 6,064,365 | $ | 2.87 | 7.80 | $ | 1,109 | |||||||||||||||||
| Options exercisable as of March 31, 2023 | 2,950,908 | $ | 2.52 | 6.53 | $ | 801 | |||||||||||||||||
The aggregate intrinsic value of options is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of the stock options and the fair value of the Company’s Class A common stock for those options that had exercise prices lower than such fair value.
The intrinsic value of stock options exercised during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 was less than $0.1 million and $2.8 million, respectively.
The weighted average grant-date fair value per share of stock options granted during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 was $0.63 and $3.41, respectively.
On March 9, 2023, the board of directors approved a one-time repricing of certain outstanding stock options held by non-executive employees. As a result of the repricing, the exercise prices of eligible vested and unvested stock options were adjusted to reflect the fair market value of Class A common stock on the date of the repricing. The repricing was immaterial to the Company's financial results.
Restricted stock
In February 2021, the Company granted 248,903 shares of restricted stock to an employee under the 2010 Plan with a four-year vesting term. In connection with the grant, the employee paid $0.5 million, which represents the $2.10 per share fair value of the common stock on the date of the restricted stock grant. At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had zero and $0.3 million, respectively, in unvested restricted common stock liability included in other current liabilities and other long-term liabilities, respectively, related to these shares. The restricted common stock is no longer vesting due to the employee's termination and the Company waived its repurchase right during the first quarter of 2023, which resulted in all then-outstanding and unvested shares becoming fully vested.
The following table summarizes the Company’s restricted stock activity since December 31, 2022:
| Number of shares | Weighted average fair value | ||||||||||
| Unvested as of December 31, 2022 | 155,565 | $ | 2.10 | ||||||||
| Granted | — | ||||||||||
| Vested | (155,565) | $ | 2.10 | ||||||||
| Forfeited | — | ||||||||||
| Unvested as of March 31, 2023 | — | $ | — | ||||||||
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Restricted stock units
Restricted stock unit grants to employees typically have a three-year service-based vesting term in which vesting occurs annually on the anniversary of the grant date. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company granted restricted stock units with service-based vesting conditions only as well as restricted stock units with a combination of service-based and Company performance-based vesting conditions. The Company expenses the fair value of the restricted stock units over the expected vesting period and accounts for forfeitures prospectively as they occur. The following table summarizes restricted stock units granted to Company employees during the three months ended March 31, 2023:
| Number of shares | Weighted average fair value | ||||||||||
| Unvested as of December 31, 2022 | 532,121 | $ | 7.06 | ||||||||
| Granted | 878,125 | $ | 1.20 | ||||||||
| Vested | (147,782) | 7.74 | |||||||||
| Forfeited | (6,775) | $ | 6.17 | ||||||||
| Unvested as of March 31, 2023 | 1,255,689 | $ | 2.90 | ||||||||
The weighted average grant-date fair value per share of restricted stock units granted during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 was $1.20 and $7.73, respectively.
2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
In July 2021, the board of directors adopted, and the Company’s stockholders approved, the 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2021 ESPP”), which became effective in connection with the IPO of Class A common stock. The aggregate number of shares of Class A common stock available for issuance under the 2021 ESPP is equal to (i) 400,000 shares and (ii) an annual increase for ten years on the first day of each calendar year beginning on January 1, 2022, equal to the lesser of (A) 1% of the aggregate number of shares of Class A common stock outstanding on the last day of the immediately preceding calendar year and (B) such smaller amount of shares as determined by the board of directors. No more than 6,300,000 shares of Class A common stock may be issued under the 2021 ESPP.
Under the 2021 ESPP, eligible employees may purchase shares of the Company’s common stock through payroll deductions of up to 15% of eligible compensation during an offering period. Generally, each offering period will be for 6 months as determined by the Company's board of directors. In no event may an employee purchase more than 100,000 shares per offering period based on the closing price on the first trading date of an offering period or the last trading date of an offering period, or more than $25,000 worth of stock during any calendar year. The purchase price for shares to be purchased under the 2021 ESPP is 85% of the lesser of the market price of the Company's common stock on the first trading date of an offering period or on any purchase date during an offering period (March 14 or September 14).
During the three months ended March 31, 2023, there were 125,536 shares of Class A common stock purchased under the 2021 ESPP. The Company recognized less than $0.1 million of expense related to the 2021 ESPP for each of the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022. As of March 31, 2023, 933,659 shares were available for future issuance under the 2021 ESPP.
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The Company estimates the fair value of shares issued to employees under the 2021 ESPP using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The following weighted average assumptions were used in the calculation of fair value of shares under the 2021 ESPP at the grant date for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022:
| Three Months Ended March 31, | Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||
| Risk-free interest rate | 4.73 | % | 0.86 | % | |||||||
| Expected term (in years) | 0.5 | 0.5 | |||||||||
| Expected volatility | 47.8 | % | 43.1 | % | |||||||
| Expected dividend yield | 0 | % | 0 | % | |||||||
Stock-based compensation
Stock-based compensation expense was classified in the condensed consolidated statements of operations as follows (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||
| Cost of revenue | $ | 174 | $ | 99 | |||||||
| General and administrative | 781 | 674 | |||||||||
| Sales and marketing | 131 | 132 | |||||||||
| Research and development | 157 | 78 | |||||||||
| Total stock-based compensation expense | $ | 1,243 | $ | 983 | |||||||
As of March 31, 2023, total unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested stock options held by employees and directors was $6.6 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.3 years. Additionally, unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested restricted stock units held by employees and directors was $3.0 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.2 years.
11. Income taxes
During the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, the pretax losses incurred by the Company, as well as the research and development tax credits generated, received no corresponding tax benefit because the Company concluded that it is more likely than not that the Company will be unable to realize the value of any resulting deferred tax assets. The Company will continue to assess its position in future periods to determine if it is appropriate to reduce a portion of its valuation allowance in the future.
The Company’s tax provision and the resulting effective tax rate for interim periods is determined based upon its estimated annual effective tax rate, adjusted for the effect of discrete items arising in that quarter.
The impact of such inclusions could result in a higher or lower effective tax rate during a particular quarter, based upon the mix and timing of actual earnings or losses versus annual projections. In each quarter, the Company updates its estimate of the annual effective tax rate, and if the estimated annual tax rate changes, a cumulative adjustment is made in that quarter.
The Company has evaluated the positive and negative evidence bearing upon its ability to realize its deferred tax assets, which primarily consist of net operating loss carryforwards. The Company has considered its history of cumulative net losses, estimated future taxable income and prudent and feasible tax planning strategies and has concluded that it is more likely than not that the Company will not realize the benefits of its deferred tax assets. As a result, as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 the Company has recorded a full valuation allowance against its net deferred tax assets.
The Company files income tax returns as prescribed by the tax laws of the jurisdictions in which it operates. In the normal course of business, the Company is subject to examination by U.S. federal, state and international jurisdictions,
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where applicable. There are currently no pending tax examinations in the U.S. The Company has not received notice of examination by any jurisdictions in the U.S.
12. Net loss per share
As of March 31, 2023, the Company had Class A common stock and Class B common stock. According to the Company’s restated certificate of incorporation, both classes have the same rights to the Company’s earnings and neither of the shares have any prior or senior rights to dividends to other shares.
The Company reported a net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, as such basic net loss per share was the same as diluted net loss per share. Basic and diluted net loss per share was calculated as follows (in thousands, except share and per share amounts):
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||
| Numerator: | |||||||||||
| Net loss | $ | (13,887) | $ | (14,930) | |||||||
| Denominator: | |||||||||||
| Weighted average Class A common shares outstanding—basic and diluted | 37,259,201 | 35,941,754 | |||||||||
| Weighted average Class B common shares outstanding—basic and diluted | 5,553,379 | 6,256,133 | |||||||||
| Total shares for EPS—basic and diluted | 42,812,580 | 42,197,887 | |||||||||
| Net loss per share attributable to Class A common stockholders—basic and diluted | $ | (0.32) | $ | (0.35) | |||||||
| Net loss per share attributable to Class B common stockholders—basic and diluted | $ | (0.32) | $ | (0.35) | |||||||
The Company’s potentially dilutive securities, which include stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, redeemable convertible preferred stock, and common stock warrants, have been excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share as the effect would be to reduce the net loss per share. Therefore, the weighted average number of common shares outstanding used to calculate both basic and diluted net loss per share is the same. The Company excluded the following potential common shares, presented based on amounts outstanding at each period end, from the computation of diluted net loss per share for the periods indicated because including them would have had an anti-dilutive effect:
| March 31, | |||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||
| Options to purchase common stock | 6,064,365 | 5,639,683 | |||||||||
| Unvested restricted common stock | 286,324 | 749,205 | |||||||||
| Warrants to purchase common stock | 874,714 | 286,324 | |||||||||
| Options to purchase common stock under ESPP | 5,244 | 3,830 | |||||||||
| 7,230,647 | 6,679,042 | ||||||||||
13. Leases
The Company determines if an arrangement is or contains a lease at inception, which is the date on which the terms of the contract are agreed to, and the agreement creates enforceable rights and obligations. Under ASC 842, a contract is or contains a lease when (i) explicitly or implicitly identified assets have been deployed in the contract and (ii) the customer obtains substantially all of the economic benefits from the use of that underlying asset and directs how and for what purpose the asset is used during the term of the contract. The Company also considers whether its service arrangements include the right to control the use of an asset. See Note 2 for more information on the Company’s accounting policies for leases.
The Company leases office and manufacturing space under operating lease agreements that have initial terms ranging from approximately 8 to 10 years. The Company leases furniture under a financing lease agreement that has an initial term of approximately 8 years. Some leases include one or more options to renew, generally at the Company's sole discretion, with renewal terms that can extend the lease term by up to 5 years. In addition, certain leases contain termination options, where the rights to terminate are held by either the Company, the lessor, or both parties. Options to
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extend a lease are included in the lease term when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise the option. Options to terminate a lease are excluded from the lease term when it is reasonably certain that the Company will not exercise the option. The Company’s leases generally do not contain any material restrictive covenants or residual value guarantees.
Supplemental cash flow information related to leases is as follows (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||
| Cash paid for amounts included in measurement of lease liabilities: | |||||||||||
| Operating cash outflows - payments on operating leases | $ | 316 | $ | 283 | |||||||
| Operating cash outflows - payments on financing leases | $ | 10 | $ | 11 | |||||||
| Financing cash outflows - payments on financing leases | $ | 9 | $ | 8 | |||||||
| Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new lease obligations: | |||||||||||
| Operating leases | $ | — | $ | 6,932 | |||||||
| Financing leases | $ | — | $ | 366 | |||||||
Supplemental balance sheet information related to the Company’s operating and financing leases is as follows (in thousands):
| March 31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | ||||||||||
| Operating Leases: | |||||||||||
| $ | 6,520 | $ | 6,746 | ||||||||
| $ | 745 | $ | 729 | ||||||||
| 6,636 | 6,898 | ||||||||||
| Total operating lease liabilities | $ | 7,381 | $ | 7,627 | |||||||
| Financing Leases: | |||||||||||
| Office furniture and fixtures | $ | 386 | $ | 386 | |||||||
| Accumulated depreciation | (81) | (69) | |||||||||
| $ | 305 | $ | 317 | ||||||||
| $ | 38 | $ | 37 | ||||||||
| 294 | 304 | ||||||||||
| Total financing lease liabilities | $ | 332 | $ | 341 | |||||||
| Weighted-average remaining lease term - operating leases (in years): | 6.29 | 6.54 | |||||||||
| Weighted-average remaining lease term - financing leases (in years): | 6.25 | 6.50 | |||||||||
| Weighted-average discount rate - operating leases: | 3.7 | % | 3.7 | % | |||||||
| Weighted-average discount rate - financing leases: | 12.0 | % | 12.0 | % | |||||||
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The components of lease expense were as follows (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||
| Operating lease cost | $ | 297 | $ | 265 | |||||||
| Financing lease cost - amortization of right-of-use asset | 12 | 12 | |||||||||
| Financing lease cost - interest on lease liability | 10 | 11 | |||||||||
| Short-term lease cost | — | 16 | |||||||||
| Variable lease cost | 170 | 166 | |||||||||
| Total lease cost | $ | 489 | $ | 470 | |||||||
Operating lease cost is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Total rent expense, including the Company’s share of the lessors’ operating expenses, was $0.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022. Financing lease cost includes asset amortization on a straight-line basis over the lease term and interest accretion calculated using the effective interest method. Total financing lease asset depreciation and interest expense was less than $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022.
Maturities of the Company’s operating lease liabilities as of March 31, 2023 were as follows (in thousands):
| Operating Lease Maturities | |||||
| 2023 (excluding the three months ended March 31) | $ | 957 | |||
| 2024 | 1,306 | ||||
| 2025 | 1,339 | ||||
| 2026 | 1,371 | ||||
| 2027 | 1,404 | ||||
| Thereafter | 2,223 | ||||
| Total lease payments | $ | 8,600 | |||
| Less imputed interest | (948) | ||||
| Total present value of lease liabilities | $ | 7,652 | |||
Maturities of the Company’s financing lease liability as of March 31, 2023 were as follows (in thousands):
| Financing Lease Maturities | |||||
| 2023 (excluding the three months ended March 31) | $ | 56 | |||
| 2024 | 75 | ||||
| 2025 | 75 | ||||
| 2026 | 75 | ||||
| 2027 | 75 | ||||
| Thereafter | 113 | ||||
| Total lease payments | $ | 469 | |||
| Less imputed interest | (137) | ||||
| Total present value of lease liabilities | $ | 332 | |||
14. Commitments and contingencies
Software subscription
During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company entered into a non-cancelable agreement with a service provider for software as a service and cloud hosting services. As of March 31, 2023, the Company had committed to
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minimum payments under this arrangement totaling $0.7 million through January 31, 2026. The Company accrues a liability for such matters when it is probable that future expenditures will be made and such expenditures can be reasonably estimated. The Company had zero and $0.1 million accrued for the software subscription as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.
Indemnification agreements
In the ordinary course of business, the Company may provide indemnification of varying scope and terms to customers, vendors, lessors, business partners and other parties with respect to certain matters including, but not limited to, losses arising out of breach of such agreements or from intellectual property infringement claims made by third parties. In addition, the Company has entered into indemnification agreements with members of its board of directors and certain of its executive officers that will require the Company, among other things, to indemnify them against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as directors or officers. The maximum potential amount of future payments the Company could be required to make under these indemnification agreements is, in many cases, unlimited. To date, the Company has not incurred any material costs as a result of such indemnifications. The Company is not currently aware of any indemnification claims and has not accrued any liabilities related to such obligations in its condensed consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.
Legal proceedings
The Company is not a party to any litigation and does not have contingency reserves established for any litigation liabilities. At each reporting date, the Company evaluates whether or not a potential loss amount or a potential range of loss is probable and reasonably estimable under the provisions of the authoritative guidance that addresses accounting for contingencies. The Company expenses as incurred the costs related to legal proceedings.
15. Benefit plans
The Company established a defined contribution savings plan under Section 401(k) of the Code. This plan covers all U.S. employees who meet minimum age and service requirements and allows participants to defer a portion of their annual compensation on a pre-tax basis. Matching contributions to the plan may be made at the discretion of the Company’s board of directors. The Company made contributions of $0.2 million and $0.3 million to the plan during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read together with our consolidated condensed financial statements and the related notes appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and our audited Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2022, included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on March 10, 2023 (the “2022 Form 10-K”). Some of the information contained in this discussion and analysis or set forth elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including information with respect to our plans and strategy for our business, includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. As a result of many factors, including those factors set forth in the “Risk Factors” section of the 2022 Form 10-K, our actual results could differ materially from the results described in or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in the following discussion and analysis.
Overview
We are an innovative life sciences technology company that enables the safe and efficient manufacture of pharmaceutical products through our rapid automated microbial quality control ("MQC"), detection platform. We develop, manufacture, market and sell the Growth Direct system and related proprietary consumables, and value-added services to enable rapid MQC testing in the manufacture of biologics, cell and gene therapies, vaccines, sterile injectables, and other healthcare products. Our system delivers the power of industrial automation to bioprocessing and pharmaceutical manufacturing firms by modernizing and digitizing their MQC operations. Our Growth Direct platform, developed with over 15 years of active feedback from our customers, was purpose-built to meet the growing demands posed by the increasing scale, complexity, and regulatory scrutiny confronting global pharmaceutical manufacturing. Our Growth Direct platform comprises the Growth Direct system, optional laboratory information management system ("LIMS") connection software (which the majority of our customers purchase), proprietary consumables, and comprehensive field service, validation services and post-warranty service contracts. Once embedded and validated in our customers’ facilities, our Growth Direct platform provides for recurring revenues through ongoing sales of consumables and service contracts.
Our technology fully automates and digitizes the process of pharmaceutical MQC and is designed to enable our customers to perform this critical testing process more efficiently, accurately, and securely. Our Growth Direct platform accelerates time to results by several days, up to a 50% improvement over the traditional method, and reduces MQC testing to a simple two-step workflow, eliminating up to 85% of the manual steps of traditional MQC, generating significant time, operational, and cost savings for our customers. We seek to establish the Growth Direct platform as the trusted global standard in automated MQC by delivering the speed, accuracy, security, and data integrity that our customers depend on to ensure patient safety and consistent drug supply.
Since inception, we have devoted a majority of our resources to designing, developing, and building our proprietary Growth Direct platform and associated products, launching our Growth Direct platform commercially, advancing our technological capabilities, expanding our sales and marketing infrastructure to grow our sales, building a global customer support team to deliver our value-added services, investing in robust manufacturing and supply chain operations to serve our customers globally, and providing general and administrative support for these operations. To date, we have funded our operations primarily with proceeds from sales of redeemable convertible preferred stock, borrowings under loan agreements, revenue from products, services and contracts, and proceeds from our initial public offering ("IPO"), as well as our cost-reimbursement/cost sharing contracts with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Biomedical Advanced Research & Development Authority ("BARDA").
Since our inception, we have incurred net losses in each year. We generated revenue of $5.0 million and $4.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and incurred net losses of $13.9 million and $14.9 million for those same periods, respectively. As of March 31, 2023, we had an accumulated deficit of $389.8 million. We expect to continue to incur net losses in connection with our ongoing activities, including:
•growing sales of our products in both the United States and international markets by further expanding our sales and marketing capabilities;
•scaling our manufacturing and supply chain processes and infrastructure to meet growing demand for our products;
•investing in research and development to develop new products and further enhance our existing products;
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•protecting and building on our intellectual property portfolio; and
•attracting, hiring and retaining qualified personnel.
Until such time as we can generate revenue sufficient to achieve profitability, we expect to finance our operations through a combination of equity offerings and debt financings. If we are unable to raise capital or enter into such agreements as, and when, needed, we may have to significantly delay, scale back or discontinue our expansion plans including the further development and commercialization efforts of one or more of our products, or may be forced to reduce or terminate our operations.
We believe that our cash and cash equivalents and investments as of March 31, 2023 enable us to fund our operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements for at least twelve months following the issuance date of the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2023. We have based this estimate on assumptions that may prove to be wrong, and we could exhaust our available capital resources sooner than we expect. See “Liquidity and Capital Resources.”
Effects of inflation and interest rates
The current inflationary environment and rising interest rates could have a negative impact on our results of operations, cash flows and overall financial condition. We may experience inflationary pressures on significant cost categories including labor, materials and freight. We continue to monitor the impact of inflation on these costs in order to minimize its effects through productivity improvements and cost reductions. There can be no assurance, however, that our operating results will not be affected by inflation in the future. In addition, inflation and increased interest rates may decrease demand for our Growth Direct systems, as our customers may face economic uncertainty as a result. A decrease in demand for our products or increases in our costs, as well as any steps we may take to mitigate changes, could impact our overall growth. However, the related financial impact cannot be reasonably estimated at this time.
Factors affecting our performance
We believe that our financial performance has been, and in the foreseeable future will continue to be, primarily driven by multiple factors as described below, each of which presents growth opportunities for our business. Our ability to successfully address these challenges is subject to various risks and uncertainties, including those described under the section titled “Risk Factors” to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and other factors as set forth in Part I, Item 1A of the 2022 Form 10-K.
New customer adoption of the Growth Direct platform
Our financial performance has largely been driven by, and a key factor to our future success will be, our ability to increase the global adoption of our Growth Direct platform in our key markets. We plan to drive global customer adoption through both direct and indirect sales and marketing organizations in North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region.
We are focused on enhancing customer engagement and experience and improving the efficiency and effectiveness of our sales team. We are making targeted investments in these organizations and expect to continue to do so in the future. Examples of these investments include new tools and training for the sales organization, targeted marketing initiatives, expanding lead generation capabilities and hosting Growth Direct demonstrations and other customer-focused events.
Expansion within our existing customer base
There is an opportunity to broaden adoption and increase utilization of our Growth Direct platform throughout our existing customers' organizations as these customers purchase more systems. These additional systems will allow our existing customers to convert more of their test volume at existing locations, to support multiple locations, to meet redundancy requirements, or to increase capacity. As of March 31, 2023, approximately 45% of our customers have purchased Growth Direct systems for multiple sites, and approximately 55% of our customers have purchased multiple Growth Direct systems. Increased utilization amongst existing customers can also occur as customers advance through the Growth Direct platform adoption cycle from early validation of initial applications to validation and conversion of multiple applications on the Growth Direct platform or as the result of new product approvals or increases in their manufacturing volumes for existing products.
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Innovating and launching new products on the Growth Direct platform
We believe the depth, scalability and robust capabilities of our Growth Direct platform allow us to address key opportunities and challenges facing MQC testing in the pharmaceutical industry. As an innovative leader in automated MQC testing, we intend to invest in further enhancements in our existing Growth Direct platform as well as end-to-end workflow solutions in our core market. We plan to further invest in research and development to support the expansion of our Growth Direct platform through development and launch of new applications to capture greater share of customer testing volume, new product formats to broaden our ability to serve different market segments and launch of new products and technologies to address adjacent segments of the overall MQC workflow. We plan to continue to hire employees with the necessary scientific and technical backgrounds to enhance our existing products and help us introduce new products to market. We expect to incur additional research and development expenses as a result. By expanding and continuously enhancing the Growth Direct platform, we believe we can drive incremental revenue from existing clients as well as broaden the appeal of our solutions to potential new customers.
Revenue mix
Our revenue is derived from sales of our Growth Direct systems, our LIMS connection software, proprietary consumables, and services. Growth Direct system revenue involves a capital selling process and tends to be somewhat concentrated within a small (but varied) group of customers each year. As a result, it is subject to variability from quarter to quarter. As our base of validated Growth Direct systems continues to grow, we expect our recurring revenue (consumables and service contracts) to grow at a faster rate than our non-recurring revenues (Growth Direct systems, validation and other services), which we expect to drive variability and longer-term trends in our revenue mix.
Key business metrics
We regularly review the following key business metrics to evaluate our business, measure our performance, identify trends affecting our business, formulate financial projections and make strategic decisions. We believe that the following metrics are representative of our current business; however, we anticipate these may change or be substituted for additional or different metrics as our business grows and evolves.
| Three Months Ended March 31, | Change | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | Amount | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Systems placed: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Systems placed in period | 3 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cumulative systems placed | 128 | 118 | 10 | 8.5 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Systems validated: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Systems validated in period | 2 | 9 | (7) | (77.8) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cumulative systems validated | 105 | 93 | 12 | 12.9 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Product and service revenue — total | $ | 5,035 | $ | 4,160 | $ | 875 | 21.0 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Product and service revenue — recurring | $ | 3,253 | $ | 2,658 | $ | 595 | 22.4 | % | |||||||||||||||
Growth Direct system placements
We consider a Growth Direct system to be “placed” upon transfer of control of the system to the customer, at which point the revenue for that system is recognized. We regularly review the number of Growth Direct systems placed and cumulative Growth Direct system placements in each period as a leading indicator of our business performance. Our revenue has historically been driven by, and in the future will continue to be impacted by, the rate of Growth Direct system placements as a reflection of our success selling and delivering our products. We expect our Growth Direct system placements to continue to grow over time as we increase penetration in our existing markets and expand into new markets.
The number of Growth Direct system placements and rate of growth varies from period-to-period due to factors including, but not limited to, Growth Direct system order volume and timing, and access to customer sites (including coronavirus related restrictions in 2022 and the timing of customer site construction activities). As a result, we expect to
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experience continued variability in our period-to-period number of Growth Direct system placements due to the aforementioned factors.
Validated systems
We regularly review the number of Growth Direct systems validated and cumulative Growth Direct systems validated in each period as indicators of our business performance. Management focuses on validated Growth Direct systems as a leading indicator of likely future recurring revenue as well as a reflection of our success supporting our customers in validating placed systems. We expect our validated Growth Direct systems to continue to grow over time as we increase our base of cumulative systems placed and then install and validate those systems. After a Growth Direct system is placed with a customer and installed, we work with the customer to validate the system, which typically takes anywhere from three to nine months. Once a validation has been completed, we generally expect our customers to transition from their legacy manual method to our automated method and begin regular utilization of consumables over a period of up to three months after the validation is completed. However, the timeline for such transition may be longer depending on the specific circumstances of each individual customer.
The number of validated Growth Direct systems and rate of growth varies from period-to-period due to factors including, but not limited to, Growth Direct system placement volume and timing, whether customers have previously validated Growth Direct systems within their site or network, access to customer sites, customer site readiness and the time to install and validate each individual system. As a result, we expect to experience continued fluctuations in our period-to-period number of Growth Direct systems validated due to the aforementioned factors.
Product and service revenue
We regularly assess trends relating to our combined product and service revenue as an indicator of our business performance.
Recurring revenue
We regularly assess trends relating to our recurring revenue, which is the revenue from consumables and service contracts, based on our product offerings, our customer base and our understanding of how our customers use our products. Recurring revenue was 64.6% and 63.9% of our total revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Our recurring revenue as a percentage of the total product and service revenue will generally vary based upon the number of Growth Direct systems placed and the cumulative number of validated systems in the period, as well as other variables such as the volume of tests being conducted and the test application(s) being used on customers' Growth Direct systems. As our base of validated systems continues to grow, we expect our recurring revenue streams to grow at a faster rate that will ultimately result in our recurring revenue constituting the majority of our revenue over the longer term.
Components of results of operations
Revenue
We generate revenue from sales of our Growth Direct system (including our LIMS connection software), consumables, validation services, service contracts, and field service. We primarily sell our products and services through direct sales representatives. The arrangements are noncancellable and nonrefundable after ownership passes to the customer.
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 | Percentage of total revenue | Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 | Percentage of total revenue | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (in thousands) | (in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Product revenue | $ | 3,324 | 66.0 | % | $ | 2,563 | 61.6 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Service revenue | 1,711 | 34.0 | % | 1,597 | 38.4 | % | |||||||||||||||||
| Total revenue | $ | 5,035 | 100.0 | % | $ | 4,160 | 100.0 | % | |||||||||||||||
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Product revenue
We derive product revenue primarily from the sale of our Growth Direct systems and related consumables as well as our LIMS connection software, which the majority of our customers purchase. As of March 31, 2023, we had placed 128 Growth Direct systems to over 35 customers globally, including over half of the top twenty pharmaceutical companies as measured by revenue and approximately 25% of globally approved cell and gene therapies.
Growth Direct systems
Growth Direct system revenue is a non-recurring product revenue stream that we recognize as revenue upon transfer of control of the system to the customer. The Growth Direct system is fully functional for use by the customer upon delivery. Although we do not require our customers to use our installation and validation services, our customers typically elect to purchase those services from us. As such, transfer of control occurs at shipment or delivery depending on contractual terms.
We expect our Growth Direct system revenue to continue to grow over time as we increase system placements into our existing customers and markets and expand into new customers and markets.
Consumables
Our consumable revenue is a recurring product revenue stream composed of two proprietary consumables to capture test samples for analysis on the Growth Direct system, an Environmental Monitoring ("EM") consumable, and a Water/Bioburden consumable ("W/BB") consumable. Both proprietary consumables support the growth-based compendial method for MQC testing mandated by global regulators and provide results that are comparable to traditional consumables. Our consumables are designed with features that enable automation on the Growth Direct system, with bar coding for tracking and data integrity, and physical characteristics for robotic handling, to support vision detection, and to prevent counterfeiting.
We expect consumable revenue to increase in future periods as our base of cumulative validated Growth Direct systems grows and those systems utilize our consumables on a recurring, ongoing basis.
LIMS Connection Software
Our LIMS connection software is a non-recurring product revenue stream. Although optional, the majority of our customers elect to purchase this software, which allows Growth Direct systems to export result reports and securely link to a customer’s two-way LIMS connection software to completely eliminate manual data entry and drive productivity.
Service revenue
We derive service revenue from validation services, field service including installations, and service contracts sold to our customers. Other than revenue from service contracts, which is recurring service revenue, revenue from all other field services as well as validation services are non-recurring service revenue streams.
We offer our customers validation services (including related documentation) that enable them to replace their existing manual testing method and utilize their Growth Direct systems in compliance with relevant MQC regulations. Validation services are recognized as revenue over time as these services are provided to the customer.
We offer our customers service contracts that can be purchased after the expiration of the one-year assurance warranty that all of our customers receive with the purchase of a Growth Direct system. Under these contracts, they are entitled to receive phone support, emergency on-site maintenance support and two preventative maintenance visits per year. These service contracts generally have fixed fees and a term of one year. We recognize revenue from the sale of service contracts over time as these services are provided over the respective contract term.
We also offer our customers field service which primarily consists of services provided by our field service engineers to install Growth Direct systems at customer sites, perform one-time paid field service, and provide preventative maintenance service during the one-year assurance warranty period. We recognize revenue from installation services, one-time paid field service, and preventative maintenance service during the assurance warranty period over time as these services are provided to the customer.
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We expect service revenue to increase in future periods as the number of placed and validated Growth Direct systems grows and we are able to generate increasing non-recurring revenue from validation services and field service for newly placed systems and increasing recurring revenue from service contracts for validated systems.
Costs and operating expenses
Costs of revenue
Cost of product revenue primarily consists of costs for raw material parts and associated freight, shipping and handling costs, salaries and other personnel costs including stock-based compensation expense, contract manufacturer costs, scrap, warranty cost, inventory reserves, royalties, depreciation and amortization expense, allocated information technology and facility-related costs, overhead and other costs related to those sales recognized as product revenue in the period.
Cost of service revenue primarily consists of salaries and other personnel costs including stock-based compensation expense, travel costs, materials consumed when performing installations, validations and other services, allocated information technology and facility-related costs, costs associated with training, and other expenses related to service revenue recognized in the period.
Research and development
Research and development expenses consist primarily of costs incurred for our research activities, product development, hardware and software engineering and consultant services and other costs associated with our technology Growth Direct platform and products, which include:
•employee-related expenses, including costs for salaries, bonuses and other personnel costs including stock-based compensation expense, for employees engaged in research and development functions;
•the cost of developing, maintaining and improving new and existing product designs;
•the cost of hardware and software engineering;
•research materials and supplies;
•external costs of outside consultants engaged to conduct research and development associated with our technology and products; and
•allocated information technology and facility-related costs, which include headcount-related costs for those functions as well as expenses for information technology systems and services, software, rent, maintenance of facilities and insurance as well as related depreciation and amortization.
Our research and development costs are expensed as incurred. We believe that our continued investment in research and development is essential to our long-term competitive position, and we expect these expenses to increase in future periods.
Sales and marketing
Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of salaries, commissions, benefits and other personnel costs including stock-based compensation expense as well as costs relating to travel, consulting, public relations and allocated information technology and facility-related costs for our employees engaged in sales and marketing activities. We expect sales and marketing expenses to increase in future periods as the number of sales and marketing personnel grows and we continue to expand our geographic reach and capabilities, broaden our customer base and introduce new products.
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General and administrative
General and administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries, bonuses and other personnel costs including stock-based compensation expense for our finance, legal, human resources and general management employees, as well as director and officer insurance costs and professional fees for legal, patent, accounting, audit, investor relations, recruiting, consulting, regulatory, compliance and other services. General and administrative expenses also include direct and allocated information technology and facility-related costs. General and administrative expenses are expected to increase in future periods as the number of administrative personnel grows to support increasing business size and complexity.
Other income (expense)
Interest income (expense), net
Interest income (expense), net is comprised primarily of interest income from investments.
Other income (expense), net
Other income (expense), net primarily consists of other miscellaneous income and expense unrelated to our core operations.
Income tax (benefit) expense
We generated significant taxable losses during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 and, therefore, have not recorded any U.S. federal or state income tax expense during those periods. However, we did record an immaterial amount of foreign income tax expense during each of those periods.
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Results of operations
Comparison of the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022
The following table summarizes our results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022:
| Three Months Ended March 31, | Change | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | Amount | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Revenue: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Product revenue | $ | 3,324 | $ | 2,563 | $ | 761 | 29.7 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Service revenue | 1,711 | 1,597 | 114 | 7.1 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total revenue | 5,035 | 4,160 | 875 | 21.0 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Costs and operating expenses: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of product revenue | 4,981 | 4,358 | 623 | 14.3 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of service revenue | 1,844 | 1,726 | 118 | 6.8 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Research and development | 3,153 | 3,525 | (372) | (10.6) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sales and marketing | 3,462 | 3,456 | 6 | 0.2 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| General and administrative | 6,467 | 6,094 | 373 | 6.1 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total costs and operating expenses | 19,907 | 19,159 | 748 | 3.9 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Loss from operations | (14,872) | (14,999) | 127 | (0.8) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Other income (expense): | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest income (expense), net | 1,003 | 108 | 895 | 828.7 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Other expense, net | (11) | (16) | 5 | (31.3) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total other income (expense), net | 992 | 92 | 900 | 978.3 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Loss before income taxes | (13,880) | (14,907) | 1,027 | (6.9) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Income tax (benefit) expense | 7 | 23 | (16) | (69.6) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | $ | (13,887) | $ | (14,930) | $ | 1,043 | (7.0) | % | |||||||||||||||
Revenue
Product revenue increased by $0.8 million, or 29.7%, with the increase primarily attributable to volume of $1.0 million due to one additional Growth Direct system placement as well as higher consumable shipment volumes due to an increase in cumulative validated Growth Direct systems in use by customers. The volume-related increase was partially offset by a $0.2 million negative impact from product mix. The number of system placements and rate of growth varies from period-to-period due to factors including, but not limited to, the volume and timing of system orders.
Service revenue increased by $0.1 million, or 7.1%. The increase in service revenue was primarily due to a $0.4 million increase in revenue from service contracts as a result of an increase in the cumulative number of Growth Direct systems validated and under service contracts. The increase was partially offset by lower validation revenue of $0.3 million primarily as a result of fewer system placements in 2022 vs. 2021, which limited potential validation work in the first quarter of 2023.
During the three months ended March 31, 2022, restrictions on travel and access to customer sites related to coronavirus, and its variants, negatively impacted our ability to sell, ship, install and validate systems, as well as train customers in certain geographies. Although travel restrictions have eased in many geographies, the impact of previous travel restrictions negatively impacted our product and service revenue in the first quarter of 2022.
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Costs and operating expenses
Costs of revenue
Cost of product revenue increased by $0.6 million, or 14.3%. The increase was driven by an increase in both the number of Growth Direct systems placed and consumable units sold. On a net basis, these factors accounted for $0.9 million of the increase in cost of product revenue. The increase was partially offset by $0.3 million net decrease in other costs of revenue.
Cost of service revenue increased by $0.1 million, or 6.8%. This increase was due to higher compensation and benefit related costs associated with validation and field service employees.
Research and development
| Three months ended March 31, | Change | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | Amount | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Research and development | $ | 3,153 | $ | 3,525 | $ | (372) | (10.6) | % | |||||||||||||||
| Percentage of total revenue | 62.6 | % | 84.7 | % | |||||||||||||||||||
Research and development expenses decreased by $0.4 million, or 10.6%. This decrease was primarily due to lower consulting fees of $0.4 million primarily due to bringing more consulting work in-house as well the timing of project-related consulting work.
Sales and marketing
| Three months ended March 31, | Change | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | Amount | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sales and marketing | $ | 3,462 | $ | 3,456 | $ | 6 | 0.2 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Percentage of total revenue | 68.8 | % | 83.1 | % | |||||||||||||||||||
Sales and marketing expenses were essentially flat in the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022.
General and administrative
| Three months ended March 31, | Change | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | Amount | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| General and administrative | $ | 6,467 | $ | 6,094 | $ | 373 | 6.1 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Percentage of total revenue | 128.4 | % | 146.5 | % | |||||||||||||||||||
General and administrative expenses increased by $0.4 million, or 6.1%. This increase was primarily driven by $0.3 million related to employee retention bonuses and $0.3 million in incremental depreciation and amortization associated with our Lexington, MA facility. The increase was partially offset by $0.1 million decrease in employee-related expenses due to lower headcount and a net decrease of $0.1 million in other general and administrative expenses.
Other income (expense)
Interest income (expense), net
Interest income (expense), net for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 was income of $1.0 million and $0.1 million, respectively. The increase of $0.9 million, or 828.7%, was due to higher interest rates earned on our investments.
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Other expense
Other expense, which is comprised of miscellaneous expenses unrelated to our core business, remained flat for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022.
Liquidity and capital resources
Since our inception, we have incurred significant operating losses. To date, we have funded our operations primarily through proceeds from sales of redeemable convertible preferred stock, borrowing under loan agreements, revenue from sales of our products and services as well as under our contracts with BARDA and proceeds from our IPO.
We believe that our cash, cash equivalents and short- and long-term investments will enable us to fund our operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements for at least twelve months following the date the condensed consolidated financial statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, were issued.
As of March 31, 2023, we had the following cash and investment-related assets on our condensed consolidated balance sheet (in thousands):
| March 31, 2023 | |||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 24,410 | |||
| Short-term investments | 75,276 | ||||
| Long-term investments | 22,462 | ||||
| Restricted cash | 284 | ||||
| Total | $ | 122,432 | |||
Contractual obligations and commitments
In October 2013, we entered into an operating lease for office and manufacturing space in Lowell, Massachusetts, which expires in July 2026. The terms of the lease include options for a one-time, five-year extension of the lease and early termination of the lease in July 2024 as well as a $0.7 million tenant improvement allowance which has been drawn down in full. In March 2022, we amended this lease to increase the amount of facility space subject to the lease and extend the expiration of the lease from July 2026 to July 2029. The terms of the amendment include options for a one-time, five-year extension of the lease and early termination of the lease in July 2026 (subject to an early termination fee) as well as a $0.3 million tenant improvement allowance. Monthly rent payments are fixed and future minimum lease payments under the lease (as amended) are $3.9 million as of March 31, 2023, including $0.6 million in short-term obligations.
In December 2020, we entered into a non-cancelable agreement with a service provider for software as a service and cloud hosting services. As of March 31, 2023, we had committed to minimum payments under these arrangements totaling $0.7 million through January 31, 2026, including short-term obligations of $0.2 million. We had zero and $0.1 million accrued for the software subscription as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.
In June 2021, we entered into a sublease agreement for office and back-up manufacturing space in Lexington, Massachusetts, which expires in June 2029. The sublease includes an option to terminate the sublease in July 2026, subject to an early termination fee. Monthly rent payments are fixed and future minimum lease payments over the term of the sublease are $4.7 million as of March 31, 2023, including $0.7 million in short-term obligations. Concurrent with entering into the sublease agreement, we executed an option agreement with the property owner which provides us the option to enter into a new direct lease for the Lexington facility for an additional five years following expiration of the sublease.
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Cash flows
The following table summarizes our sources and uses of cash for each of the periods presented (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended March, | |||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||
| Net cash used in operating activities | $ | (16,686) | $ | (16,801) | |||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | 13,910 | (99,548) | |||||||||
| Net cash provided by financing activities | 122 | 463 | |||||||||
| Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash | $ | (2,654) | $ | (115,886) | |||||||
Operating activities
During the three months ended March 31, 2023, operating activities used $16.7 million in cash, primarily as a result of our net loss of $13.9 million and net changes in our operating assets and liabilities of $4.6 million, partially offset by non-cash charges of $1.8 million. Net cash used by changes in our operating assets and liabilities for the three months ended March 31, 2023 consisted of a decreases in accounts payable of $4.1 million and accrued expenses and other current liabilities of $1.6 million due to the timing of vendor, bonus and retention payments, and an increase in accounts receivable of $0.1 million. The cash used by operating assets and liabilities was partially offset by a decrease in inventory of $0.2 million, a decrease in prepaid and other assets of $0.4 million, and an increase in deferred revenue of $0.8 million.
During the three months ended March 31, 2022, operating activities used $16.8 million in cash, primarily resulting from our net loss of $14.9 million, net cash used by changes in our operating assets and liabilities of $3.7 million, which were partially offset by non-cash charges of $1.8 million. Net cash used by changes in our operating assets and liabilities for the three months ended March 31, 2022 consisted primarily of increases in inventory of $2.0 million driven by an increase in finished goods and raw material inventory, a decrease in prepaid and other assets of $0.8 million driven by amortization, a decrease in accounts payable of $0.4 million and an increase in deferred revenue of $0.6 million. The cash used by operating assets and liabilities was partially offset by a reduction in accrued expenses and other liabilities of $3.9 million.
Investing activities
During the three months ended March 31, 2023, net cash provided by investing activities was $13.9 million, due primarily to maturities of investments of $32.5 million, partially offset by purchases of investments of $17.8 million and purchases of property and equipment of $0.8 million.
During the three months ended March 31, 2022, net cash used in investing activities was $99.5 million, due to purchases of investments of $97.2 million and purchases of property and equipment of $2.3 million.
Financing activities
During the three months ended March 31, 2023, net cash provided by financing activities was $0.1 million, and was primarily related to the issuance of Class A common stock upon stock option exercises and in connection with purchases under our 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
During the three months ended March 31, 2022, net cash provided by financing activities was $0.5 million, primarily from the issuance of Class A common stock upon stock option exercises.
Seasonality
Our revenues vary from quarter to quarter as a result of factors such as our customers’ budgetary cycles and extended summer vacation periods that can impact our ability to deliver products and provide onsite services to our customers during those periods. We expect this volatility to continue for the foreseeable future, which may cause fluctuations in our operating results and financial metrics. In addition, trends may vary in the future as our revenue mix shifts from non-recurring to recurring revenues.
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Critical accounting estimates
Our condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. The preparation of our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, costs and expenses, and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities in our consolidated financial statements. Our estimates are based on our historical experience, known trends and events and various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. We evaluate our estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis. Our actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
Our significant accounting policies are described in more detail in Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies to our condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. There have been no significant changes in our critical accounting policies and estimates as compared to the critical accounting policies and estimates disclosed in the section titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included in the 2022 Form 10-K, other than as disclosed in Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies — to our condensed consolidated financial statements appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Recently issued accounting pronouncements
A description of recently issued accounting pronouncements that may potentially impact our financial position, results of operations or cash flows is disclosed in Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies — to our condensed consolidated financial statements appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Emerging growth company status
The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the "JOBS Act"), permits an “emerging growth company” such as us to take advantage of an extended transition period to comply with new or revised accounting standards applicable to public companies until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We have elected to use this extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies until the earlier of the date we (i) are no longer an emerging growth company or (ii) affirmatively and irrevocably opt out of the extended transition period provided in the JOBS Act. As a result, we will not be subject to the same new or revised accounting standards as other public companies that are not emerging growth companies, and our financial statements may not be comparable to other public companies that comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements as of public company effective dates. We may choose to early adopt any new or revised accounting standards whenever such early adoption is permitted for private companies.
We will cease to be an emerging growth company on the date that is the earliest of (i) the last day of the fiscal year in which we have total annual gross revenues of $1.235 billion or more, (ii) the last day of our fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the date of the closing of the IPO, (iii) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in nonconvertible debt during the previous three years or (iv) the date on which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Further, even after we no longer qualify as an emerging growth company, we may still qualify as a “smaller reporting company,” which would allow us to take advantage of many of the same exemptions from disclosure requirements, including reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements. We cannot predict if investors will find our common shares less attractive because we may rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our common shares less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our common shares and our share price may be more volatile.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
We are exposed to market risk in the ordinary course of our business. Market risk represents the risk of loss that may impact our financial position due to adverse changes in financial market prices and rates. Our market risk exposure is primarily a result of fluctuations in interest rates and inflationary pressure. There has been no material change in our exposure to market risks from that discussed in Part II, Item 7A, “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” of the 2022 Form 10-K.
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Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Limitations on effectiveness of controls and procedures
In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. In addition, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and that management is required to apply judgment in evaluating the benefits of possible controls and procedures relative to their costs.
Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures
Our management, with the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, evaluated, as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")). Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure (a) that information required to be disclosed in the reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and (b) that information required to be disclosed by us in reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. Based on that evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that, as of March 31, 2023, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the quarter ended March 31, 2023 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II — OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
From time to time, we may become involved in litigation or other legal proceedings. We are not currently a party to any litigation or legal proceedings that, in the opinion of our management, are probable to have a material adverse effect on our business. Regardless of outcome, litigation can have an adverse impact on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects because of defense and settlement costs, diversion of management resources and other factors.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. Information regarding risk factors appears in "Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors" of our 2022 Form 10-K. Aside from the below, there have been no material changes in our risk factors from those previously disclosed in the 2022 Form 10-K.
Risks Related to the Financial Services Industry
Conditions in the banking system and financial markets, including the failure of banks and financial institutions, could have an adverse effect on our operations and financial results.
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 and March 12, 2023, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation took control and was appointed receiver of Silicon Valley Bank, and Signature Bank and Silvergate Capital Corp,, respectively, after each bank was unable to continue their operations. Since then, additional financial institutions have experienced similar failures and have been placed into receivership. It is possible that other banks will face similar difficulty in the future.
Although we do not maintain any deposit accounts, credit agreements or letters of credit with any financial institution currently in receivership, we are unable to predict the extent or nature of the impacts of these evolving circumstances at this time. If, for example, other banks and financial institutions enter receivership or become insolvent in the future in response to financial conditions affecting the banking system and financial markets, our ability to access our existing cash, cash equivalents and investments may be threatened. While it is not possible at this time to predict the extent of the impact that the failure of these financial institutions or the high market volatility and instability of the banking sector could have on economic activity and our business in particular, the failure of other banks and financial institutions and the measures taken by governments, businesses and other organizations in response to these events could adversely impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities; Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer or Affiliated Purchaser
None.
Use of Proceeds
On July 14, 2021, the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-257431) relating to our IPO was declared effective by the SEC. There has been no material change in the expected use of the net proceeds from our IPO as described in our final prospectus.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
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Item 5. Other Information
Not applicable.
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Item 6. Exhibits
| Exhibit Number | Description of Exhibit | |||||||
| 101.INS* | Inline XBRL Instance Document – the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document | |||||||
| 101.SCH* | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document. | |||||||
| 101.CAL* | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document. | |||||||
| 101.DEF* | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document | |||||||
| 101.LAB* | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document | |||||||
| 101.PRE* | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document | |||||||
* Filed herewith.
** Furnished herewith.
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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, duly authorized.
Date: May 9, 2023 | ||||||||
| RAPID MICRO BIOSYSTEMS, INC. | ||||||||
| By: | /s/ Robert Spignesi | |||||||
| Robert Spignesi | ||||||||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
| (Principal Executive Officer) | ||||||||
| By: | /s/ Sean Wirtjes | |||||||
| Sean Wirtjes | ||||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
| (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | ||||||||
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