Peraso Inc.

S-11 ea0296400-s1_peraso.htm REGISTRATION STATEMENT

As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on July 2, 2026.

Registration No. 333-

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

PERASO INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

2033 Gateway Place, Suite 500

San Jose, California 95110

Tel: (408) 418-7500

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

James Sullivan

Chief Financial Officer

Peraso Inc.

2033 Gateway Place, Suite 500

San Jose, California 95110

Tel: (408) 418-7500

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:

Blake Baron, Esq.

Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

437 Madison Ave., 25th Floor

New York, New York 10022

Tel: (212) 509-3900

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement is declared effective.

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box. ☒

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, 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.

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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. The selling stockholder named in this prospectus may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and the selling stockholder named in this prospectus is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

Up to 31,750,000 Shares of Common Stock

This prospectus relates to the offer and sale of up to 31,750,000 shares of our common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“common stock”), of Peraso Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”, “we” or “us”), by Roth Principal Investments, LLC, whom we refer to in this prospectus as “Roth Principal Investments” or the “Selling Stockholder.”

The shares of our common stock to which this prospectus relates may be issued by us to Roth Principal Investments pursuant to a Common Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2026, we entered into with Roth Principal Investments (the “Purchase Agreement”). Such shares of our common stock consist of up to 31,750,000 shares (the “Purchase Shares”) that we may, in our sole discretion, elect to sell to Roth Principal Investments, from time to time after the date of this prospectus, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. As of the date of this prospectus, we have not issued any shares of our common stock to Roth Principal Investments under the Purchase Agreement.

We are not selling any securities under this prospectus and will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of our common stock by the Selling Stockholder. However, we may receive up to $25,000,000 aggregate gross proceeds under the Purchase Agreement from sales of our common stock we may elect to make to Roth Principal Investments pursuant to the Purchase Agreement after the date of this prospectus. See “The Committed Equity Facility” for a description of the Purchase Agreement and “Selling Stockholder” for additional information regarding Roth Principal Investments.

Roth Principal Investments may sell or otherwise dispose of the common stock described in this prospectus in a number of different ways and at varying prices. See “Plan of Distribution (Conflict of Interest)” for more information about how Roth Principal Investments may sell or otherwise dispose of our common stock pursuant to this prospectus. Roth Principal Investments is an “underwriter” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(11) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act.

We will pay the expenses incurred in registering under the Securities Act the offer and sale of the shares of our common stock to which this prospectus relates by the Selling Stockholder, including legal and accounting fees. We have also engaged Digital Offering, LLC (“Digital Offering”) to act as a “qualified independent underwriter” in this offering and have agreed to pay their fees for such services. See “Plan of Distribution (Conflict of Interest)” beginning on page 32.

Our shares of our common stock are listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “PRSO.” On June 29, 2026, the last reported sale price of our common stock on The Nasdaq Capital Market was $0.83 per share.

Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should review carefully the risks and uncertainties described in the section entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 10 of this prospectus before buying our common stock.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The date of this prospectus is , 2026.

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Neither we nor the Selling Stockholder have authorized anyone to provide you with information other than that contained in this prospectus or any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of us or to which we have referred you. We and the Selling Stockholder take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. The Selling Stockholder is offering to sell, and seeking offers to buy, the securities only in jurisdictions where offers and sales are permitted. The information contained in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date on the front cover page of this prospectus, or other earlier date stated in this prospectus, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or of any sale of our securities.

No action is being taken in any jurisdiction outside the United States to permit a public offering of our securities or possession or distribution of this prospectus in that jurisdiction. Persons who come into possession of this prospectus in jurisdictions outside the United States are required to inform themselves about and to observe any restrictions as to this offering and the distribution of this prospectus applicable to that jurisdiction.

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