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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1: Financial Statements
Versus Systems Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Versus Systems Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss (Unaudited)
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| Net loss attributable to Versus Systems, Inc. Shareholders | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
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| Comprehensive loss attributable to shareholders | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Versus Systems Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity (Unaudited)
| Number of Common Shares | Number of Class “A” Shares | Common Shares | Class “A” Shares | Additional paid in Capital | Currency translation adjustment | Accumulated deficit | Stockholders’ equity | Non-controlling Interest | Total stockholders’ equity | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Balance at December 31, 2023 | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Cumulative translation adjustment | - | - | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | - | - | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance at March 31, 2024 | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance at December 31, 2024 | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cumulative translation adjustment | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | - | - | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance at March 31, 2025 | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Versus Systems Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited)
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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VERSUS SYSTEMS INC. NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)
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| 1. | NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND LIQUIDITY |
Versus Systems Inc. (the Company) was continued under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) effective January 2, 2007. The Company’s head office and registered and records office is located at 3500 South DuPont Highway Dover, DE 19901. The Company’s common stock is traded on the NASDAQ under the symbol “VS”. The Company’s Unit A warrants are traded on NASDAQ under “VSSYW”. All share and per share data are presented to reflect the reverse share splits on a retroactive basis.
The Company is engaged in the technology sector and has developed a proprietary prizing and promotions tool allowing game developers and creators of streaming media, live events, broadcast TV, games, apps, and other content to offer real world prizes inside their content. The ability to win prizes drives increased levels of consumer engagement creating an attractive platform for advertisers.
In June 2021, the Company completed its acquisition of multimedia, production, and interactive gaming company Xcite Interactive, a provider of online audience engagement through its owned and operated XEO technology platform. The Company partners with professional sports franchises across Major League Baseball (“MLB”), National Hockey League (“NHL”), National Basketball Association (“NBA”) and the National Football League (“NFL”) to drive audience engagement.
In September 2024 the Company closed down its operations within the United Kingdom, Versus Systems UK, Ltd.
Going Concern
These condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the assumption that the Company will continue as a going concern, meaning it will continue in operation for the foreseeable future and will be able to realize assets and discharge liabilities in the ordinary course of operations. Different bases of measurement may be appropriate if the Company is not expected to continue operations for the foreseeable future. As of March 31, 2025, the Company has not achieved positive cash flow from operations and is not able to finance day to day activities through operations and as such, there is substantial doubt as to the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The Company’s continuation as a going concern is dependent upon its ability to attain profitable operations and generate funds therefrom and/or raise equity capital or borrowings sufficient to meet current and future obligations. These condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments as to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern. These adjustments could be material.
Management’s plans include attempting to secure additional required funding through equity or debt financing, if available, seeking to enter into a partnership or other strategic agreement regarding, or sales or out-licensing of, its technology. There can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain required funding in the future. If the Company does not obtain required funding, the Company’s cash resources will be depleted in the near term and the Company would be required to materially reduce or suspend operations, which would likely have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, stock price and our relationships with third parties with whom the Company have business relationships. If the Company does not have sufficient funds to continue operations, the Company could be required to seek bankruptcy protection, dissolution or liquidation, or other alternatives that could result in the Company’s stockholders losing some or all of their investment in us. The Company has implemented expense reduction measures including, without limitation, employee headcount reductions and the reduction or discontinuation of certain product development programs. Additionally, the Company is not in compliance with certain listing standards of the Nasdaq National Market and there can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in curing the deficiencies and regaining compliance by the applicable cure dates.
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| 2. | BASIS OF PRESENTATION |
Basis of presentation
These condensed interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP) and the requirements of the Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for interim reporting. As permitted under those rules, certain footnotes or other financial information that are normally required by U.S. GAAP can be condensed or omitted. These condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the annual consolidated financial statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on March 31, 2025.
In the opinion of our management, the information in these condensed consolidated financial statements reflects all adjustments, all of which are of a normal and recurring nature necessary for a fair statement of the financial position and results of operations for the reported interim periods. We consider events or transactions that occur after the balance sheet date but before the financial statements are issued to provide additional evidence relative to certain estimates or to identify matters that require additional disclosure. The results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the full year or any other interim period.
Basis of consolidation
These condensed interim consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Versus Systems Inc. and its subsidiaries, from the date control was acquired. Control exists when the Company possesses power over an investee, has exposure to variable returns from the investee and has the ability to use its power over the investee to affect its returns. All inter-company balances and transactions, and any unrealized income and expenses arising from inter-company transactions, are eliminated on consolidation.
Use of estimates
The preparation of these condensed interim consolidated statements requires management to make certain estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements. Estimates and assumptions are continually evaluated and are based on historical experience and management’s assessment of current events and other facts and circumstances that are considered to be relevant. Actual results could differ from these estimates.
Significant assumptions about the future and other sources of estimation uncertainty that management has made at the end of the reporting period, that could result in a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities in the event that actual results differ from assumptions made. These estimates and assumptions include valuing equity securities in share-based payments and warrants; and the impairment of goodwill and intangible assets.
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| 3. | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Basic and diluted loss per share
Basic earnings (loss) per share is computed
by dividing net earnings (loss) available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the reporting
periods. Diluted earnings (loss) per share is computed similar to basic earnings (loss) per share, except that the weighted average shares
outstanding are increased to include additional shares for the assumed exercise of stock options and warrants, if dilutive. The number
of additional shares is calculated by assuming that outstanding stock options and warrants were exercised and that the proceeds from such
exercises were used to acquire common stock at the average market price during the reporting periods. Potentially dilutive options as
of March 31, 2025 totaled
Share-based compensation
The Company grants stock options to acquire common shares of the Company to directors, officers, employees and consultants. An individual is classified as an employee when the individual is an employee for legal or tax purposes, or provides services similar to those performed by an employee.
The fair value of stock options is measured on the date of grant, using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, and is recognized over the vesting period. Consideration paid for the shares on the exercise of stock options is credited to capital stock.
In situations where equity instruments are issued to non-employees and some or all of the goods or services received by the Company as consideration cannot be specifically identified, they are measured at fair value of the share-based payment. Otherwise, share-based payments are measured at the fair value of goods or services received.
Non-controlling interest
Non-controlling interest in the Company’s less than wholly owned subsidiaries are classified as a separate component of equity. On initial recognition, non-controlling interest is measured at the fair value of the non-controlling entity’s contribution into the related subsidiary. Subsequent to the original transaction date, adjustments are made to the carrying amount of non-controlling interest for the non-controlling interest’s share of changes to the subsidiary’s equity.
Changes in the Company’s ownership interest in a subsidiary that do not result in a loss of control are recorded as equity transactions. The carrying amount of non-controlling interest is adjusted to reflect the change in the non-controlling interest’s relative interest in the subsidiary, and the difference between the adjustment to the carrying amount of non-controlling interests and the Company’s share of proceeds received and/or consideration paid is recognized directly in equity and attributed to owners of the Company.
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| 3. | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued) |
Revenue recognition
The Company recognizes revenue when its customer obtains control of promised goods or services, in an amount that reflects the consideration which the entity expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. To determine revenue recognition for arrangements that an entity determines are within the scope of Accounting Standards Codification ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”), the entity performs the following five steps: (i) identify the contract(s) with a customer; (ii) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (iii) determine the transaction price; (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and (v) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation. The Company only recognizes revenue from contracts when it is probable that the entity will collect substantially all the consideration it is entitled to in exchange for the goods or services it transfers to the customer.
The Company earns revenue in two primary ways: 1) the sales of software-as-a-service (SAAS) from its interactive production software platform or 2) development and maintenance of custom-built software or other professional services.
The Company recognizes SAAS revenues from its interactive production sales over the life of the contract as its performance obligations are satisfied. Payment terms vary by contract and can be periodic or one-time payments. The Company determines that the customer receives and consumes the benefits of the service simultaneously as the service is provided. The transaction price is allocated to the contractual performance obligations and recognized ratably over the contract term.
The Company recognizes revenues received from the development and maintenance of custom-built software and other professional services provided upon the satisfaction of its performance obligation in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled in exchange for those services. Performance obligations can be satisfied either at a single point in time or over time. For those performance obligations that are satisfied at a single point in time, the revenue is recognized at that time. For each performance obligation satisfied over time, the Company recognizes revenue by measuring the progress toward complete satisfaction of that performance obligation. The Company generally measures progress comparing hours incurred to total estimated hours.
For revenues received from the sales of advertising, the Company is deemed the agent in its revenue agreements. The Company does not own or obtain control of the digital advertising inventory. The Company recognizes revenues upon the achievement of agreed-upon performance criteria for the advertising inventory, such as a number of views, or clicks. As the Company is acting as an agent in the transaction, the Company recognizes revenue from sales of advertising on a net basis, which excludes amounts payable to partners under the Company’s revenue sharing agreements.
The Company’s contracts with customers may include promises to transfer multiple products and services. For these contracts, the Company accounts for individual performance obligations separately if they are capable of being distinct and distinct within the context of the contract. Determining whether products and services are considered distinct performance obligations may require significant judgment. Judgment is also required to determine the stand-alone selling price, for each distinct performance obligation.
During the three months ended March 31, 2025 the Company recognized
$
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| 3. | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued) |
Revenue recognition
License Revenue
The Company entered into a Technology License and Software Development Agreement (the “License Agreement”) in October 2024 which provides for the Company to license its gamification, engagement and QR code technology to ASPIS for use in ASPIS’s website business and for development of additional functionality for Versus’ technology.
Pursuant to the License Agreement, the
Company granted ASPIS a license to use Versus’ technology in ASPIS’s website business that provides cybersecurity technology.
ASPIS will pay for any required technology modifications, improvements and developments to Versus’ technology in addition to a license
fee of $
We recognize revenue when the performance obligations in the contract are satisfied. For performance obligations that are fulfilled at a point in time, revenue is recognized at the fulfillment of the performance obligation. Since the IP is determined to be a functional license, the value of the grant of use is recognized in the first period of the contract term in which the license agreement is in force. For the three months ended March 31, 2025 no revenue was recognized on our functional IP as the Technology Agreement with ASPIS as the license had not been delivered to ASPIS during the year.
As of March 31, 2025 the Company had not granted ASPIS access to its technology for use in ASPIS’s cybersecurity technology. The Company expects to begin the License Agreement in during the second quarter of 2025.
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| 3. | SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued) |
Recent accounting pronouncements not yet adopted
New accounting pronouncements
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-04, Debt-Debt with Conversion and Other Options (“Subtopic 470-20”) (“ASU No. 2024-04”), which intends to clarify the conditions in which induced conversion applies to convertible debt by outlining three criteria that must be met for an entity to apply the induced conversion model. The amendments in this ASU are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2025 (and interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods). Early adoption is permitted as of the beginning of a reporting period if the entity has also adopted ASU 2020-06 for that period. The Company is currently evaluating how this ASU will impact its consolidated financial statements and disclosures.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income-Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (“Subtopic 220-40”). This ASU improves financial reporting by requiring that public business entities disclose additional information about specific expense categories in the notes to financial statements at interim and annual reporting periods. This ASU will be effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026, for interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption is permitted. We are evaluating the potential impact of this guidance on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
Recent adopted accounting pronouncements
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (“Topic 740”): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. This ASU enhances the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures. It is designed to provide more detailed information about an entity’s income tax expenses, liabilities, and deferred tax items, potentially affecting how companies report and disclose their income tax-related information. The ASU is effective for public business entities for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The adoption of the guidance in the first quarter of 2025 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
Management does not believe any other recently issued but not yet effective accounting pronouncement, if adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s present or future consolidated financial statements.
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| 4. | NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST IN VERSUS LLC |
The Company holds an
The net loss for Versus, LLC for the
three-month periods ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 was $
The following table presents summarized financial information before intragroup eliminations for the non-wholly owned subsidiary as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.
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| 5. | SHARE CAPITAL |
| a) | Authorized share capital |
The Company is authorized to issue an unlimited number of Class A Shares. The Class A Shares do not have any special rights or restrictions attached., respectively. The Class A shares were converted to common shares on March 31, 2025, and as of December 31, 2024, there were Class A Shares issued and outstanding.
| b) | Issued share capital |
During the three-month periods ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company did not issue share capital.
| c) | Stock options |
The Company may grant incentive stock
options to its officers, directors, employees, and consultants. The Company has implemented a rolling Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”)
whereby the Company can issue up to
A continuity schedule of outstanding stock options is as follows:
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For the three months ended March 31,
2025 and 2024 the Company recorded share-based compensation of $
The Company used the following assumptions in calculating the fair value of stock options for the period ended:
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| d) | Share purchase warrants |
During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company:
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At March 31, 2025, the Company had share purchase warrants outstanding as follows:
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| 6. | SEGMENT REPORTING |
Our chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), the Chief Executive Officer, manages the Company’s business activities as a operating and reportable segment at the consolidated level. Accordingly, our CODM uses consolidated net loss to measure segment profit or loss, allocate resources and assess performance. Further, the CODM reviews and utilizes functional expenses (cost of revenues, research and development, and general and administrative) at the consolidated level to manage the Company’s operations. Other segment items included in consolidated net loss are interest income, other expense, net and the provision for income taxes, which are reflected in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. The measure of segment assets is reported on the consolidated balance sheet as total assets.
| 7. | COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES |
From time to time the Company may become involved in other legal proceedings or be subject to claims arising in the ordinary course of business. Although the results of ordinary course litigation and claims cannot be predicted with certainty, the Company currently believes that the final outcome of these ordinary course matters will not have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. Regardless of the outcome, litigation can have an adverse impact because of defense and settlement costs, diversion of management resources and other factors.
| 8. | SUBSEQUENT EVENTS |
The Company has evaluated subsequent events after the balance sheet date of March 31, 2025 through May 15, 2025, the date the consolidated financial statements were issued. Based upon its evaluation, management has determined that no subsequent events have occurred that would require recognition in the accompanying condensed interim consolidated financial statements or disclosure in the notes thereto.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results and the timing of selected events could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including those set forth under “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report.
Overview
We offer a suite of proprietary business-to-business software tools that are meant to drive user engagement through gamification and rewards. These tools allow our partners to offer in-game prizing and rewards, including merchandise, coupons, digital goods, and sweepstakes entries — inside their websites, their venues, or their streaming media content.
Our customers mostly sports teams (Professional and Collegiate), venues (Arenas, Football Stadiums, Baseball Stadiums), and advertising agencies, which typically use our products as part of their live events or as part of an advertising campaign with the goal of engaging fans, increasing consented first-party data, and increasing sales. At March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, we had two active customers.
Our products and games are designed so that end users of our products can earn prizes by registering on our system and completing in-content challenges like trivia, polls, or casual mobile games. Players could use our system to play a variety of games and earn a wide range of prize types, provided by advertisers and sponsors. Our products, include our in-venue XEO and Filter Fan Cam products for live events, and our new stand-alone “Winfinite” product line that can be used by brands, advertising agencies, and content partners to reach potential customers outside of sports venues, on mobile devices. We also have an IP portfolio that could create future licensing and product development opportunities including our recently allowed Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) and Machine Learning (“ML”) series of patent claims.
With the acquisition of Xcite Interactive in June 2021, we acquired a number of key pieces of technology and relationships that have helped to drive our engagement and rewards business, including a live events fan engagement business that has partnered with professional sports franchises in the National Football League (“NFL”), the National Basketball Association (“NBA”), the National Hockey League (“NHL”) and others to increase audience engagement using interactive gaming functions like trivia, polling, and casual games that can be played alongside live experiences whether a player is at-home, in a restaurant, or in-venue at the event itself. Our largest customers in 2024 were the Texas Rangers and San Jose Sharks.
We now have three principal software products. Our eXtreme Engagement Online or “XEO” platform is designed primarily for in-venue main-board work in stadiums and arenas. Our Filter Fan Cam (FFC) platform is an Augmented Reality filtering tool that can be used for mobile and in-venue applications. In addition, we have a stand-alone gaming and prizing product that we call “Winfinite,” which allows brands, media companies, and advertising agencies to reach out to customers directly on their mobile devices. We license these three software products to teams, ad agencies, and other content creators.
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Significant Components of Our Results of Operations
Revenue. In general, we recognize revenue when the amount of revenue can be reliably measured, it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to us, where there is evidence of an arrangement, when the selling price is fixed or determinable, and when specific criteria have been met or there are no significant remaining performance obligations for each of our activities as described below. Foreseeable losses, if any, are recognized in the year or period in which the loss is determined.
We earn revenue through the development and maintenance of custom-built software.
We recognize revenues received from the development and maintenance of custom-built software and other professional services provided upon the satisfaction of our performance obligation in an amount that reflects the consideration to which we expect to be entitled in exchange for those services. Performance obligations can be satisfied either at a single point in time or over time. For those performance obligations that are satisfied at a single point in time, the revenue is recognized at that time. For each performance obligation satisfied over time, we recognize revenue by measuring the progress toward complete satisfaction of that performance obligation.
Our contracts with customers may include multiple performance obligations. For these contracts, we account for individual performance obligations separately if they are capable of being distinct within the context of the contract. Determining which performance obligations are considered distinct may require significant judgment. Judgment is also required to determine the amount of revenue associated with each distinct performance obligation.
Operating Expenses. We classify our operating expense as research and development, and selling, general and administrative. Personnel costs are the primary component of each of these operating expense categories, which consist of cash-based personnel costs, such as salaries, benefits and bonuses. Additionally, these categories include intangible amortization, amortization expense, interest expense, software costs, professional fees and share-based compensation.
Operating Results
Comparison of Results of Operations for the Three-Month periods ended March 31, 2025 and March 31, 2024
The following table summarizes our results of operations for the three month periods ended March 31, 2025 and 2024:
| For the Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Loss Data: | ||||||||
| Revenue | $ | 199,347 | $ | 26,503 | ||||
| Cost of revenues | 8,223 | 24,046 | ||||||
| Gross Margin | 191,124 | 2,457 | ||||||
| Expenses | ||||||||
| Research and development | 6,149 | 39,412 | ||||||
| Selling, general and administrative | 1,357,736 | 1,464,481 | ||||||
| Total Operating Expenses | 1,363,885 | 1,503,893 | ||||||
| Operating loss | (1,172,761 | ) | (1,501,436 | ) | ||||
| Other income/(expense) | 16,284 | (247 | ) | |||||
| Net loss | (1,156,477 | ) | (1,501,683 | ) | ||||
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Revenue
Revenue was $199,347 for the three month period ended March 31, 2025, representing an increase of $172,844, or 652%, from $26,403 for the three month period ended March 31, 2024. The increase was primarily due to consulting services attributed to the ASPIS arrangement which accounted for approximately $176,000 during the three months ended March 31, 2025.
Cost of revenues
Cost of revenues was $8,223 for the three month period ended March 31, 2025, representing a decrease of $15,823, or 66%, from $24,046 for the three month period ended March 31, 2024. The decrease was primarily due to significant reductions in staff related to our company restructuring and third-party support.
Research and development
Research and development was $6,149 for the three month period ended March 31, 2025, representing a decrease of $33,263, or 84%, from $39,412 for the three month period ended March 31, 2024. The decrease was primarily due to a reduction in staffing levels, including a large portion of our engineering staff, and a reduction in software costs.
Selling, general and administrative
Selling, general and administrative was $1,357,736 for the three month period ended March 31, 2025, representing a decrease of $106,745, or 7%, from $1,464,481 for the three month period ended March 31, 2024. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease in administrative employees and professional fees.
Loss from Operations
Loss from operations was $1,172,761 for the three month period ended March 31, 2025, representing a decrease of $328,675, or 22%, from $1,501,436 for the three month period ended March 31, 2024. The decrease was primarily the result of decreased spend on professional fees and headcount.
Inflation
The effect of inflation on our revenue and operating results was not significant.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
We had cash of $2,432,219 and a working capital balance of $2,726,545 as at March 31, 2025, compared to a cash position of $3,065,914 and working capital balance of $3,509,272 as at December 31, 2024. The decrease in our cash position and decrease in working capital balance was related to using cash to fund operations and ongoing losses.
Our financial condition and liquidity is and will continue to be influenced by a variety of factors, including:
| ● | our ability to generate cash flows from our operations; |
| ● | future indebtedness and the interest we are obligated to pay on this indebtedness; |
| ● | the availability of public and private debt and equity financing; and |
| ● | our capital expenditure requirements. |
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Overview
Since inception, we have incurred significant operating losses. For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, we incurred net losses of approximately $1.2 million and $1.5 million, respectively. During such periods, we have financed our operations primarily through an initial public offering of our common shares in January 2021 and subsequent public offerings, registered direct offerings, convertible debt, warrant exercises and private placements. In October 2024 warrant holders exercised $0.9 million of warrants into common stock. Also, in November and December 2024 the Company raised $2.5 million of convertible debt. Our cash and cash equivalents as of March 31, 2025 was $2.4 million. Our primary cash needs are for working capital requirements, capital expenditures and to fund our operations.
We are subject to the risks and uncertainties associated with a new business. We believe that our current resources and the expected revenues from operations will be insufficient to fund our planned operations for the next twelve months. The report of our independent registered public accounting firm on our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024 stated that our recurring losses from operations, accumulated deficit as of December 31, 2024, inability to achieve positive cash flows from operations and inability to fund day to day activities through operations indicates that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on our ability to continue as a going concern.
We plan to increase our cash flow from our operations to address some of our liquidity concerns and are evaluating other strategic alternatives. However, to execute our business plan and implement our business strategy, we anticipate that we will need to obtain additional financing from time to time and may choose to raise additional funds through public or private equity or debt financings, a bank line of credit, borrowings from affiliates or other arrangements. We cannot be sure that any additional funding, if needed, will be available on terms favorable to us or at all. Furthermore, any additional capital raised through the sale of equity or equity-linked securities may dilute our current shareholders’ ownership in us and could also result in a decrease in the market price of our common shares. The terms of those securities issued by us in future capital transactions may be more favorable to new investors and may include the issuance of warrants or other derivative securities, which may have a further dilutive effect. Furthermore, any debt financing, if available, may subject us to restrictive covenants and significant interest costs. There can be no assurance that we will be able to raise additional capital, when needed, to continue operations in their current form. If we cannot raise needed funds, we might be forced to make substantial reductions in our operating expenses, including reductions in our research and development expenses or headcount reductions, which could adversely affect our ability to implement our business plan and ultimately our viability as a company.
Cash Flows
The following summarizes the key components of our cash flows for the three month periods ended March 31, 2025 and 2024:
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 | Three Months Ended March 31, 2024 | |||||||
| Net cash used in operating activities | $ | (641,445 | ) | $ | (1,757,911 | ) | ||
| Net cash used in investing activities | - | - | ||||||
| Net cash provided by financing activities | - | - | ||||||
| Effect of foreign exchange | 7,750 | (38,740 | ) | |||||
| Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents | $ | (633,695 | ) | $ | (1,796,651 | ) | ||
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Operating Activities
Net cash used in operating activities for the three month period ended March 31, 2025 was $641,445 as compared to $1,757,911 for the three month period ended March 31, 2024. The decrease in cash used in operating activities was primarily attributable to a decrease in the net loss of $345,206, increase of stock-based compensation of $205,135 and a decrease of working capital accounts of $566,125.
Investing Activities
No cash was used in or provided by investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Financing Activities
No cash was used in or provided by financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The preparation of consolidated financial statements requires management to make certain estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements. Estimates and assumptions are continually evaluated and are based on historical experience and management’s assessment of current events and other facts and circumstances that are considered to be relevant. Actual results could differ from these estimates.
Significant assumptions about the future and other sources of estimation uncertainty that management has made at the end of the reporting year, that could result in a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities in the event that actual results differ from assumptions made, relate to, but are not limited to, the following:
Revenue recognition
The Company recognizes revenue when its customer obtains control of promised goods or services, in an amount that reflects the consideration which the entity expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. To determine revenue recognition for arrangements that an entity determines are within the scope of Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”), the entity performs the following five steps: (i) identify the contract(s) with a customer; (ii) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (iii) determine the transaction price; (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and (v) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation. The Company only recognizes revenue from contracts when it is probable that the entity will collect substantially all the consideration it is entitled to in exchange for the goods or services it transfers to the customer.
The Company earns revenue in two primary ways: 1) the sales of software-as-a-service (SAAS) from its interactive production software platform or 2) development and maintenance of custom-built software or other professional services.
The Company recognizes SAAS revenues from its interactive production sales over the life of the contract as its performance obligations are satisfied. Payment terms vary by contract and can be periodic or one-time payments. The Company determines that the customer receives and consumes the benefits of the service simultaneously as the service is provided. The transaction price is allocated to the contractual performance obligations and recognized ratably over the contract term.
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The Company recognizes revenues received from the development and maintenance of custom-built software and other professional services provided upon the satisfaction of its performance obligation in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled in exchange for those services. Performance obligations can be satisfied either at a single point in time or over time. For those performance obligations that are satisfied at a single point in time, the revenue is recognized at that time. For each performance obligation satisfied over time, the Company recognizes revenue by measuring the progress toward complete satisfaction of that performance obligation. The Company generally measures progress comparing hours incurred to total estimated hours.
For revenues received from the sales of advertising, the Company is deemed the agent in its revenue agreements. The Company does not own or obtain control of the digital advertising inventory. The Company recognizes revenues upon the achievement of agreed-upon performance criteria for the advertising inventory, such as a number of views, or clicks. As the Company is acting as an agent in the transaction, the Company recognizes revenue from sales of advertising on a net basis, which excludes amounts payable to partners under the Company’s revenue sharing agreements.
The Company’s contracts with customers may include promises to transfer multiple products and services. For these contracts, the Company accounts for individual performance obligations separately if they are capable of being distinct and distinct within the context of the contract. Determining whether products and services are considered distinct performance obligations may require significant judgment. Judgment is also required to determine the stand-alone selling price, for each distinct performance obligation.
During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company recognized $176,000 attributed to professional services.
License Revenue
We recognize revenue when or as the performance obligations in the contract are satisfied. For performance obligations that are fulfilled at a point in time, revenue is recognized at the fulfillment of the performance obligation. Since the IP is determined to be a functional license, the value of the grant of use is recognized in the first period of the contract term in which the license agreement is in force. For the three months ended March 31, 2025, no revenue was recognized on our functional IP as the Technology Agreement with ASPIS as the license had not been delivered to ASPIS during the year.
Stock-based compensation
The estimation of share-based payments (including warrants and stock options) requires the selection of an appropriate valuation model and consideration as to the inputs necessary for the valuation model chosen. We use the Black-Scholes valuation model at the date of the grant. We make estimates as to the volatility, the expected life, dividend yield and the time of exercise, as applicable. The expected volatility is based on the average volatility of share prices of similar companies over the period of the expected life of the applicable warrants and stock options. The expected life is based on historical data. These estimates may not necessarily be indicative of future actual patterns.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Not required under Regulation S-K for smaller reporting companies.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures.
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management, with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, has performed an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this report, as required by Rule 13a-15(b) under the Exchange Act. Based upon that evaluation, our management, with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, has concluded that, as of March 31, 2025, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective in ensuring that the information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that 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 that the information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
None.
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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
None
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Other than as set for below, there have been no material changes to the risk factors set forth in the section titled “Risk Factors” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on March 31, 2025 (our “Annual Report”). Our business involves significant risks. You should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described in our Annual Report, together with all of the other information in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as well as our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes as disclosed in our Annual Report. The risks and uncertainties described in our Annual Report are not the only ones we face, and additional risk and uncertainties that we are unaware of or that we deem immaterial may also become important factors that adversely affect our business. The realization of any of these risks and uncertainties could have a material adverse effect on our reputation, business, financial condition, results of operations, growth and future prospects as well as our ability to accomplish our strategic objectives. In that event, the market price of our common shares could decline and you could lose part or all of your investment.
If we do not successfully raise additional capital, improve our operating cash flow, or complete a strategic transaction, our board of directors may decide to pursue a dissolution and liquidation of our company. In such an event, the amount of cash available for distribution to our stockholders will depend heavily on the timing of such liquidation as well as the amount of cash that must be reserved for commitments and contingent liabilities, as to which we can give you no assurance.
There can be no assurance that we will successfully raise additional capital, that we will improve our operating cash flow, or that we will be able to complete a strategic transaction. If none of those occur, our board of directors may decide to pursue a dissolution and liquidation of our company. In such an event, the amount of cash available for distribution to our stockholders will depend heavily on the timing of such decision and, ultimately, such liquidation, since the amount of cash available for distribution continues to decrease as we fund our operations while pursuing a financing, improved operations, or a strategic transaction. In addition, if our board of directors were to approve and recommend a dissolution and liquidation of our company, we would be required under British Columbia corporate law to pay our outstanding obligations, as well as to make reasonable provision for contingent and unknown obligations, prior to making any distributions in liquidation to stockholders. Our commitments and contingent liabilities may include obligations under our employment and related agreements with certain employees that provide for severance and other payments following a termination of employment occurring for various reasons, including a change in control of our company, litigation against us, and other various claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business, and other unexpected and/or contingent liabilities. As a result of this requirement, a portion of our assets would need to be reserved pending the resolution of such obligations.
In addition, we may be subject to litigation or other claims related to a dissolution and liquidation of our company. If a dissolution and liquidation were to be pursued, our board of directors, in consultation with our advisors, would need to evaluate these matters and make a determination about a reasonable amount to reserve. Accordingly, holders of our common stock could lose all or a significant portion of their investment in the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of our company. A liquidation would be a lengthy and uncertain process with no assurance of any value ever being returned to our stockholders.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
None
Item 3. Default Upon Senior Securities
None
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Other Information
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Item 6. Exhibits
The following documents are filed as a part of this report or incorporated herein by reference:
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| VERSUS SYSTEMS INC. | |
| Date: May 15, 2025 | /s/ Luis Goldner |
| Luis Goldner | |
| Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) | |
| Date: May 15, 2025 | /s/ Geoff Deller |
| Geoff Deller | |
| Chief Financial Officer | |
| (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
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