Weave Communications Inc
For the period ended Dec 31, 2023. Filed Mar 13, 2024.
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Notes to consolidated financial statements
- Organization and Description of the Business
Description of the Business
Weave Communications, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries Weave Communications Canada, Inc. and Weave Communications India Private Limited (collectively, “Weave” or the “Company”) sells subscriptions to Weave, its vertically tailored customer experience and payments software platform for small- and medium-sized healthcare businesses. The Weave platform combines customer engagement, payments, and other operational software tools with voice over internet protocol (“VoIP”) phone services. The Company was incorporated in the state of Delaware in October 2015 and its corporate headquarters are located in Lehi, UT.
Initial Public Offering
On November 15, 2021, the Company completed its initial public offering (the “IPO”) for the sale of 5,000,000 shares of its common stock, $0.00001 par value per share at an offering price of $24.00 per share. The Company received aggregate proceeds of $107.5 million from its IPO after deducting underwriting discounts, commissions, and offering costs.
Upon the completion of the IPO, the 43,836,109 outstanding shares of redeemable convertible preferred stock with a carrying value of $151.9 million converted into an aggregate of 43,836,109 shares of common stock.
- Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Weave Communications, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries Weave Communications Canada, Inc. and Weave Communications India Private Limited. Intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and applicable rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
Segments
The Company operates asone operating and reportable segment. The Company’s chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) evaluates reporting operations and financial information on a consolidated basis for the purposes of making operating decisions, assessing financial performance and allocating resources.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amount of sales and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant estimates included in the Company’s financial statements include the valuation allowance against deferred tax assets, allowance for credit losses, recoverability of long-lived assets, fair value of stock-based compensation, amortization period of deferred contract costs, the incremental borrowing rate used in determining the value of right-of-use assets and lease liabilities, and useful lives for depreciable assets.
Concentration of Risks
The functionality of the Company’s software and cloud-based phone system relies heavily on the ability to integrate with customers’ systems of record, including practice or client management systems. Less than five providers make up the majority of practice management systems maintained by dentists, optometrists, and veterinarians in the United States. At this time, the Company does not anticipate loss of integration rights with any of these major providers. To mitigate the risk, the Company has developed a system-agnostic platform that, if needed, does not rely on an integration for functionality.
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash and cash equivalents. At times, the Company’s cash balances held at financial institutions may exceed the amount insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The Company does not anticipate nonperformance by those institutions. The Company believes the financial institutions which hold its investments are financially sound, and accordingly are subject to minimal credit risk.
No customers accounted for more than 10% of accounts receivable or total revenues as of and for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021. To date, the Company has not experienced material losses related to non-payment by customers.
Geographic Information
Other than the United States, no individual country exceeded 10% of total revenues for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, substantially all of the Company’s property and equipment was located in the United States.
Revenue Recognition
The Company derives substantially all revenue from subscription services by providing customers access to its platform.
The Company recognizes revenue when control of these services is transferred to customers in an amount that reflects consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled in exchange for those services, net of tax. Revenue recognition is determined from the following steps:
Identification of a contract with a customer;
Identification of the performance obligations in the contract;
Determination of the transaction price;
Allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations within the contract; and
Recognition of revenue when, or as, performance obligations are satisfied.
The Company recognizes revenue as follows:
Subscriptions revenue (software and phone service) is generated from fees that provide customers access to one or more of the Company’s software applications and related services. These arrangements generally have contractual terms of month-to-month. Arrangements with customers do not provide the customer with the right to take possession of the Company’s software at any time. Instead, customers are granted continuous access to the services over the contractual period. The Company transfers control of services evenly over the contractual period. Accordingly, the consideration related to subscriptions is recognized over time on a straight-line basis over the contract term beginning on the date the Company’s service is made available to the customer.
The Company also provides payment processing/collection services and receives a revenue share from a third-party payment facilitator on transactions between Weave customers that utilize the Weave payments platform, and their end consumers. These payment transactions are generally for services rendered at customers’ business location via credit card terminals or through several card-not-present modalities, including “text-to-pay” functionality. As the Company acts as an agent in these arrangements, revenue from payments services is recorded net of transaction processing fees and revenue is recognized as the performance obligation is performed each time transactions are processed.
Previously, as part of the onboarding process, the customer could request that the Company install pre-configured applications on customer hardware, which allowed remote access to Weave's cloud solution. In addition, the customer could request that the Company install phone hardware at the customer’s location. Although the Company continues to provide remote installation services, the in-office installation program was phased out during the third and fourth quarters of 2021. Whether performed remotely or in office, the Company considers onboarding/installation a separate performance obligation and recognizes revenue at the time the installation services are complete.
With the exception of payments services and installation revenue, customers are billed in advance and they may elect to be billed on a monthly or annual basis. The Company records contract liabilities to deferred revenue when cash payments are received, or billings are due in advance of revenue recognition from services. Deferred revenue is recognized as revenue when, or as, the performance obligations are satisfied. Software and phone service revenue is recognized net of discounts in the statements of operations. The Company does not consider discounts variable consideration as they are stated on each agreement and not subject to contingencies or variability. The Company collects sales and communications taxes from its customers. In the statement of operations, amounts collected from taxes are excluded from the reported revenue amounts.
The Company elected to apply the practical expedient to not disclose the transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations for contracts with a contract term of one year or less. As of December 31, 2023, approximately $1.3 million of revenue is expected to be recognized from remaining performance obligations for contracts with original performance obligations that exceed one year. As the right to invoice for this $1.3 million does not begin until January 2024, this amount is not recorded in deferred revenue as of December 31, 2023. The Company expects to recognize revenue on these remaining performance obligations over the next 7 months.
In addition to providing VoIP phone and software services, the Company provides phone hardware to its customers as part of its subscription offering. The Company allows customers to include up to 5 phones without adjustment to the subscription base price. In such arrangements, the Company is deemed the lessor and the arrangement is an operating lease per guidance provided in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 842. Title of the phones does not transfer to the customer at any point. If a customer were to cancel at any time, the phones are returned to the Company. For customers subscribed prior to August 2021, the Company allowed customers to include up to 10 phones without adjustment to the subscription base price and title of the phones transfers to the customer after 36 months of subscription have occurred. If a customer were to cancel at any time prior to completion of the 36-month period, the phones are returned to the Company. For the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021 the Company recorded $4.5 million, $4.2 million and $3.3 million, respectively, in lease revenues associated with the phone hardware.
As a lessor, future minimum lease payments may vary due to customer agreements being month-to-month and the fact that subscription payments are allocated based on the fair value of all services provided to the customer. With phones being deployed to customers for their useful life, residual value does not accrue to the benefit of the Company. Phones that are returned are refurbished and placed into service.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash consists of deposits in financial institutions. Cash equivalents consist of highly liquid investments in money market securities with an original maturity of 90 days or less. The fair value of cash equivalents approximated their carrying value as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 the Company didnot have any restricted cash.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The Company has incurred losses and, prior to 2023, has generated negative cash flows from operations since inception. As of December 31, 2023 the Company had an accumulated deficit of $262.7 million. The Company has partially funded its operations through cash flows generated by sales of its product offerings, and as of December 31, 2023 the Company had completed several rounds of equity financing as a private company with total net proceeds approximating $159.0 million. In November 2021, the Company completed its IPO, which generated an additional net proceeds of $107.5 million. As of December 31, 2023, the Company hadno outstanding borrowings under its revolving line of credit.
The Company believes its existing cash, cash equivalents, short-term investments, borrowing capacity under its revolving line of credit, and cash flows provided by sales of product offerings will be sufficient to meet operating cash flow requirements for at least twelve months from the date of issuance of the December 31, 2023 consolidated financial statements. As a result of the Company’s growth plans, the Company may experience losses and negative cash flows from operations in the future.
Foreign Currency
The reporting currency of the Company is the U.S. dollar. The functional currency of the subsidiaries is the applicable local currency. Transactions within a subsidiary entity which are denominated in currencies other than the subsidiary’s functional currency are recorded based on the exchange rates at the time such transactions arise. Resulting gains and losses are recorded in other income (expense), net in the consolidated statements of operations in the period of occurrence.
Revenues and expenses of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries are translated from the applicable functional currency to the U.S. dollar using the average exchange rates during the reporting period, while assets and liabilities are translated at the period-end exchange rates. Resulting gains or losses from translating foreign currency are included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).
Short-Term Investments
The Company determines the appropriate classification of its investments at the time of purchase. As the Company views these securities as available to support current operations, it accounts for these debt securities as available-for-sale and classifies them as current assets on its consolidated balance sheets. These securities are recorded at estimated fair value. Unrealized gains and losses for available-for-sale securities are included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). The Company periodically evaluates its investments to assess whether those with unrealized loss positions are other-than-temporarily impaired. The Company considers impairments to be other than temporary if they are related to deterioration in credit risk or if it is more likely than not that the Company will sell the securities before the recovery of their cost basis. If the Company does not intend to sell a security and it is not more likely than not that it will be required to sell the security before recovery, the unrealized loss is separated into an amount representing the credit loss, which is recognized in other income (expense), net, and the amount related to all other factors, which is recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).
Realized gains and losses and declines in value judged to be other than temporary are determined based on the specific identification method and are reported in other income (expense), net in the consolidated statements of operations.
Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
Accounts receivable mostly comprise credit card billings and are recorded at the invoiced amounts when an unconditional right to cash exists. Accounts receivable do not bear interest. Accounts outstanding longer than the contractual payment terms are considered past due. Accounts are written off when deemed uncollectible. Recoveries of accounts receivable previously written off are recorded when cash is received. Prior to 2023, the Company did not record an allowance for doubtful accounts, but specifically identified and wrote off uncollectible accounts of $0.7 million and $0.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
For the Company’s trade receivables from its customers, the Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers and maintains an allowance for expected credit losses. The allowance for expected credit losses represents the Company’s best estimate based on current and historical information, and reasonable and supportable forecasts of future events and circumstances. The Company’s allowance for doubtful accounts was $0.2 million as of December 31, 2023.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are stated at historical cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of property and equipment or over the related lease terms (if shorter). Costs of major improvements that extend the useful life of the property and equipment have been capitalized, while costs of normal repairs and maintenance are expensed as incurred. For customers who subscribed prior to August 2021, phone hardware provided to customers as part of the subscription arrangement remains the property of the Company forthree years beginning on the date that the customer begins receiving subscribed services. After three years, the title of the phone hardware passes to the customer. For phones provided to customers subscribing in or after August 2021, the Company retains ownership of the phone. Phone hardware is deemed to have a useful life ofthree years and is depreciated over that period. The estimated useful life of each asset category is summarized as follows:
| Estimated Useful Life | |
| Office equipment | 3 - 5 years |
|---|---|
| Phone hardware | 3 years |
| Payment terminals | 3 years |
| Office furniture | 7 years |
| Leasehold improvements | Shorter of remaining lease term or estimated life |
When property and equipment is retired or otherwise disposed of, the net book value of the asset is removed from the respective accounts and any gain or loss is included in the results of operations.
Capitalized Internal-Use Software Costs
The Company capitalizes certain costs in connection with implementing or developing software for internal use. Amortization of such costs begins when the implementation/development project is substantially complete and the software is ready for its intended use. Costs related to preliminary project activities and post implementation activities are expensed as incurred. Capitalized software is stated at cost less accumulated amortization and amortized on a straight-line basis over its estimated period of expected benefit, which isthree years.
Offering Costs
Offering costs, which consisted of direct incremental legal, consulting, accounting, and other fees relating to the anticipated sale of the Company’s common stock in the IPO, were initially capitalized and recorded as deferred offering costs in other non-current assets on the consolidated balance sheets. Upon the completion of the IPO in November 2021, these deferred offering costs were reclassified into stockholders’ equity (deficit) as a reduction from the proceeds of the offering. There wereno deferred offering costs as of December 31, 2023 or 2022.
Leases
At the inception of a contract, the Company determines whether the contract is or contains a lease. Lease classification is evaluated by the Company at lease commencement and when significant amendments are executed. For those leases which contain a readily determinable implicit rate, the implicit rate is used to discount lease payments. For those leases which do not provide a readily determinable implicit rate, the Company estimates the incremental borrowing rate to discount lease payments based on information available at lease commencement. The lease term consists of the noncancellable period of the lease and periods covered by options to extend the lease if the Company is reasonably certain to exercise the option. For leases of 12 months or less, the Company expenses lease payments on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
For all operating leases with a term greater than 12 months, the Company recognizes a right-of-use asset and a lease liability at the lease commencement date based on the estimated present value of future minimum lease payments, which includes certain lease and non-lease components, over the lease term. Operating lease right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities have their own lines on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Finance leases are initially recorded at the net present value of future minimum lease payments, which includes certain lease and non-lease components. Finance leases generally have one of these five attributes: 1) ownership of the underlying asset transfers to the Company at the end of the lease term, 2) the lease agreement contains a purchase option that the Company is reasonably certain to exercise, 3) the lease term represents the major part of the asset’s economic life, 4) the present value of lease payments over the lease term equals or exceeds substantially all of the fair value of the asset, and 5) the underlying asset is so specialized in nature that it provides no alternative use to the lessor after the lease term. Finance lease right-of-use assets and finance lease liabilities have their own lines on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. As discussed in the Leases footnote below, our finance lease arrangements are related to phone hardware, and, as such, the Company depreciates the related finance lease right-of-use assets consistent with the phone hardware useful life policy presented in the table above, or over three years.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
The Company’s long-lived assets consist of property and equipment. Long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its estimated future cash flows, an impairment charge is recognized in the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds the fair value of the asset. Significant management judgment is required in determining the estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to be generated by the asset and the fair value of long-lived assets for impairment purposes. No events or changes in circumstances were identified andno impairment has been recognized for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021.
Advertising Expense
Advertising costs are expensed as incurred. The Company recorded advertising expense of $8.3 million, $6.3 million, and $7.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021 respectively. Advertising costs are included in sales and marketing expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.
Sales Commissions
Sales commissions for all sales personnel are deferred and amortized on a straight-line basis over the period of consumer benefit, which has been determined to bethree years. See “Deferred Contract Costs” below for more detail on the period of benefit.
In accordance with ASC-340, the Company capitalizes incremental costs of obtaining and fulfilling a contract provided the Company expects to recover those costs. The capitalized amounts mainly consist of sales commissions paid to the Company’s direct sales force. Capitalized costs also include:
Commissions to sales management for achieving incremental sales quota;
The associated payroll taxes and fringe benefit costs associated with the payments to the Company’s employees;
One time commissions paid to partners; and
One time registration fees assessed by mobile carriers.
These costs are recorded as deferred contract costs, net on the consolidated balance sheet. Amortization of deferred contract costs related to commissions, and the associated taxes and fringe benefit costs, are included in sales and marketing expense. Deferred contract costs related to one-time commissions paid to partners are included in cost of revenue. Deferred contract costs related to one-time registration fees paid to mobile carriers are included in cost of revenue. These expenses are amortized on a straight-line basis over the average period of consumer benefit, three years. In arriving at this average period of benefit, the Company evaluated both qualitative and quantitative factors which included the anticipated customer life, historical customer life, and the useful life of the Company’s product offerings.
Monthly commensurate revenue share fees paid to partners are expensed as incurred as their estimated period of benefit does not extend beyond twelve months and, therefore, fall under the practical expedient which allows these costs to be expensed as incurred.
Research and development expenses include software development costs that are not eligible for capitalization and support the Company’s efforts to ensure the reliability, availability and scalability of the Company’s solutions. The Company’s cloud platform is software-driven, and its research and development teams employ software engineers in the continuous testing, certification and support of the Company’s solutions. Accordingly, the majority of the Company’s research and development expenses result from employee-related costs, including salaries, bonuses, benefits and costs associated with technology tools used by the Company’s engineers.
Stock-Based Compensation
Stock-based compensation expense resulting from stock options is measured at the grant date fair value of the award and is calculated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. This compensation expense is recognized using the straight-line attribution method over the requisite service period. The Company accounts for forfeitures as they occur. See Note 12 for further detail on the judgements and assumptions used to calculate stock-based compensation.
The Company records restricted stock unit compensation expense based on the grant date fair value of the awards and recognizes the fair value of those awards as expense using the straight-line method over the requisite service period of the award.
Stock-based compensation expense related to purchase rights issued under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”) is based on the Black-Scholes option-pricing model fair value of the estimated number of awards as of the beginning of the offering period. Stock-based compensation expense is recognized using the straight-line method over the offering period.
Income Taxes
The Company records a provision for income taxes for the anticipated tax of its reported results of operations using the asset and liability method. Under this method, deferred income taxes are recognized by applying the enacted tax rates expected to be in effect in future years to the differences between financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases as well as net operating losses and tax credit carryforwards. The measurement of deferred tax assets is reduced by a valuation allowance when it is more likely than not that some portion of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
The Company does not recognize certain tax benefits from uncertain tax positions within the provision for income taxes. A tax benefit is recognized only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by taxing authorities based on the technical merits of the position. For such positions, the largest benefit that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized upon settlement is recognized in the consolidated financial statements. Where applicable, interest and penalties are recognized in income tax expense.
Net Loss Per Share
Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders is calculated using the two-class method required for companies with participating securities. All series of the Company's redeemable convertible preferred stock are considered participating securities as they participate on a pari passu basis in any dividends declared to holders of the Company's common stock. Net loss is adjusted for the effect of any cumulative dividends on the Company's redeemable convertible preferred stock prior to allocating undistributed earnings to common stockholders and holders of participating securities. Undistributed earnings are allocated to participating securities to the extent that each participating security may share in the earnings as if all of the earnings for the period had been distributed. In periods in which the Company reports a net loss, no amounts are allocated to participating securities as holders of the Company's redeemable convertible preferred stock do not have a contractual obligation to share in losses. Note that all redeemable convertible preferred stock was converted to common stock in connection with our IPO.
Basic net loss per share is computed by dividing net loss attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period.
Diluted net loss per share is computed using the weighted-average number of shares of common stock plus the effect of dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period using the treasury stock method unless their effect is anti-dilutive.
Accounting Pronouncements Adopted
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which requires lessees to apply a dual approach, classifying leases as either finance or operating leases based on the principle of whether or not the lease is effectively a financed purchase by the lessee. For all leases with a term greater than twelve months, the new standard also requires lessees to recognize a right-of-use (“ROU”) asset and a corresponding lease liability on their consolidated balance sheets. Upon adoption, lessees must apply a modified retrospective transition approach for leases existing at, or entered into after, the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements or they may record the amount in the year in which the ASU is adopted. The accounting applied by a lessor is largely unchanged from that applied under previous Topic 840. For example, the vast majority of operating leases should remain classified as operating leases, and lessors should continue to recognize lease income for those leases on a generally straight-line basis over the lease term.
On January 1, 2022, the Company adopted Topic 842 using the modified retrospective approach with the effective date as of the date of initial application. Prior period amounts were not adjusted and continue to be reported in accordance with previous lease guidance under ASC Topic 840, Leases. The Company elected the package of practical expedients permitted under the transition guidance, which allows an entity to carryforward certain conclusions for leases that commenced prior to the effective date, including the determination of whether an existing contract contains a lease, the classification of the lease, and the accounting for initial direct costs. In addition, the Company elected the practical expedient that allows lessees the option to account for lease and non-lease components together as a single component for all classes of underlying assets. The Company performed evaluations of its contracts to ensure compliance with the new guidance of Topic 842. Upon adoption, the Company recognized cumulative operating lease liabilities of $52.8 million offset by a write off in deferred rent of $4.3 million and operating right-of-use assets of $48.5 million. Capital lease obligations of $15.0 million existing as of December 31, 2021 were renamed finance lease liabilities, and the related $12.4 million in assets that were reported within property and equipment, net, as of December 31, 2021 were reclassified as finance right-of-use assets as of the adoption date.
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, which requires the measurement and recognition of expected credit losses for financial assets held at amortized cost, and includes the Company's accounts receivable, certain financial instruments and contract assets. ASU 2016-13 results in more timely recognition of credit losses. The Company adopted Topic 326 as of January 1, 2023, which did not materially impact the consolidated financial statements.
Accounting Pronouncements Pending Adoption
In November 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2023-07, “Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures” (“ASU 2023-07”), which expands annual and interim disclosure requirements for reportable segments, primarily through enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses. ASU 2023-07 will be effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2023 and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2024 and should be adopted retrospectively. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of ASU 2023-07 on its related disclosures.
In December 2023, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures” (“ASU 2023-09”), which requires the disclosure of specific categories in the rate reconciliation and greater disaggregation for income taxes paid. ASU 2023-09 will be effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024 and should be adopted prospectively with the option to be adopted retrospectively. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of ASU 2023-09 on its related disclosures.
As an “emerging growth company,” the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, or the JOBS Act, allows the Company to delay adoption of new or revised accounting pronouncements applicable to public companies until such pronouncements are made applicable to private companies. The Company has elected to use the adoption dates applicable to private companies. As a result, the Company’s financial statements may not be comparable to the financial statements of issuers who are required to comply with the effective date for new or revised accounting standards that are applicable to public companies.
- Revenue
The Company accounts for revenue in accordance with ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts With Customers for all periods presented. See Note 2 for a description of the Company’s revenue recognition accounting policy.
Contract Balances
For the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, the Company recognized revenue of $34.1 million, $29.5 million and $22.9 million, respectively, that was included in the corresponding deferred revenue balance at the beginning of the period.
The following table summarizes the activity of deferred contract costs (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31, | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |
| Beginning balance | $18,027 | $16,804 | $13,386 |
| Capitalization of contract costs | 13,313 | 12,343 | 12,828 |
| Amortization of deferred contract costs | (12,171) | (11,120) | (9,410) |
| Ending balance | $19,169 | $18,027 | $16,804 |
Performance Obligations
Performance obligations promised in a contract are based on the services and products that will be transferred to the customer. They must be capable of being distinct and separately identifiable from other promises in the contract. The Company’s performance obligations consist of the following:
Software services;
Cloud-based phone services;
Payment services;
Onboarding/Installation services (pre-configured applications and phone hardware); and
Phone equipment.
Disaggregation of Revenues
Revenue has been disaggregated into recurring and non-recurring categories to identify revenue and costs of revenue that are one-time in nature from those that are term-based and renewable.
The table below outlines revenue for our recurring subscription (software and phone services) and payment processing services, as well as for our onboarding services, and phone hardware (in thousands) for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021:
| Year Ended December 31, | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |
| Subscription and payment processing | $162,715 | $136,592 | $108,841 |
| Onboarding | 3,232 | 1,288 | 3,687 |
| Hardware (embedded lease) | 4,521 | 4,237 | 3,343 |
| Total revenue | $170,468 | $142,117 | $115,871 |
- Fair Value Measurements
Financial instruments recorded at fair value in the financial statements are categorized as follows:
Level 1: Observable inputs that reflect quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.
Level 2: Observable inputs, other than Level 1 prices, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets that are not active or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.
Level 3: Unobservable inputs reflecting management's assumptions incorporated in valuation techniques used to determine fair value. These assumptions are required to be consistent with market participant assumptions that are reasonably available.
The following table summarizes the assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis by level within the fair value hierarchy for the year ended December 31, 2023 (in thousands):
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash equivalents | ||||
| Money market funds | $35,375 | $— | $— | $35,375 |
| Short-term investments | ||||
| US government and agency securities | 25,083 | 11,526 | — | 36,609 |
| Commercial paper | — | 21,479 | — | 21,479 |
| Total | $60,458 | $33,005 | $— | $93,463 |
The following table summarizes the assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis by level within the fair value hierarchy for the year ended December 31, 2022 (in thousands):
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash equivalents | ||||
| Money market funds | $41,213 | $— | $— | $41,213 |
| Commercial paper | — | 8,980 | — | 8,980 |
| Short-term investments | ||||
| US government and agency securities | 24,944 | 11,663 | — | 36,607 |
| Commercial paper | — | 14,733 | — | 14,733 |
| Total | $66,157 | $35,376 | $— | $101,533 |
There were no transfers of financial assets or liabilities into or out of Level 3 during the years ended December 31, 2023 or 2022.
The following table summarizes the Company's short-term investments on the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2023 (in thousands):
| Amortized Cost | Gross Unrealized Gains | Gross Unrealized Losses | Fair Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short-term investments | ||||
| US government and agency securities | $36,568 | $48 | $(7) | $36,609 |
| Commercial paper | 21,477 | 11 | (9) | 21,479 |
| Total | $58,045 | $59 | $(16) | $58,088 |
The following table summarizes the Company's short-term investments on the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2022 (in thousands):
| Amortized Cost | Gross Unrealized Gains | Gross Unrealized Losses | Fair Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short-term investments | ||||
| US government and agency securities | $36,595 | $18 | $(6) | $36,607 |
| Commercial paper | 14,733 | — | — | 14,733 |
| Total | $51,328 | $18 | $(6) | $51,340 |
The following table summarizes the Company’s cash and cash equivalents on the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2023 (in thousands):
| December 31, 2023 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amortized Cost | Gross Unrealized Gains | Gross Unrealized Losses | Fair Value | |
| Cash | $15,381 | $— | $— | $15,381 |
| Cash equivalents | ||||
| Money market funds | 35,375 | — | — | 35,375 |
| Total | $50,756 | $— | $— | $50,756 |
The following table summarizes the Company’s cash and cash equivalents on the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2022 (in thousands):
| December 31, 2022 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amortized Cost | Gross Unrealized Gains | Gross Unrealized Losses | Fair Value | |
| Cash | $11,804 | $— | $— | $11,804 |
| Cash equivalents | ||||
| Money market funds | 41,213 | — | — | 41,213 |
| Commercial paper | 8,980 | — | — | 8,980 |
| Total | $61,997 | $— | $— | $61,997 |
As of December 31, 2023, the weighted-average remaining contractual maturities of available for sale securities was approximately four months.
No available for sale securities held as of December 31, 2023 have been in a continuous unrealized loss position for more than 12 months. As of December 31, 2023, unrealized losses on available for sale securities are not attributed to credit risk and are considered temporary. The Company believes it is more-likely-than-not that investments in an unrealized loss position will be held until maturity or the cost basis of the investment will be recovered. The Company believes it has no other-than-temporary impairments on its securities as it does not intend to sell these securities and does not believe it is more-likely-than-not that it will be required to sell these securities before the recovery of their amortized cost basis. To date, the Company has not recorded any impairment charges on securities related to other-than-temporary declines in fair value. The Company’s cash equivalents and short-term investments are due within one year from the balance sheet date.
For the year ended December 31, 2023, both unrealized holding gains and losses are immaterial and the resulting net unrealized holding gain has been included in accumulated other comprehensive income. For the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, there were no unrealized holding gains or losses recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income.
As of December 31, 2023, there wasno outstanding debt, and as of December 31, 2022 the fair value of outstanding debt was $10.4 million (Level 2). The carrying amounts of certain financial instruments, including accounts receivable, accounts payable, and accrued liabilities approximate fair value due to their short-term maturities and are excluded from the fair value tables above.
- Property and Equipment
Property and equipment consisted of the following (in thousands):
| December 31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| Office equipment | $5,830 | $5,146 |
| Office furniture | 6,416 | 5,763 |
| Leasehold improvements | 2,731 | 2,615 |
| Fixed assets not placed in service | 25 | 318 |
| Capitalized internal-use software | 6,827 | 4,828 |
| Phone hardware | — | — |
| Payment terminals | 2,354 | 2,389 |
| Property and equipment, gross | 24,183 | 21,059 |
| Less accumulated depreciation and amortization | (14,261) | (10,286) |
| Property and equipment, net | $9,922 | $10,773 |
Depreciation and amortization expense on property and equipment (excluding amortization on operating ROU assets) was $12.0 million, $13.0 million, and $12.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Of this expense, $7.5 million, $9.0 million and $9.1 million was related to phone hardware finance ROU assets (see also Note 7) and data center equipment and has been included in cost of revenue in the consolidated statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Note that these finance ROU assets were reported as “phone hardware” prior to January 1, 2022.
The carrying value of capitalized internal-use software consisted of the following (in thousands):
| December 31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| Capitalized internal-use software | $6,827 | $4,828 |
| Less: accumulated amortization | (3,665) | (2,408) |
| Capitalized internal-use software, net | $3,162 | $2,420 |
Capitalized internal-use software amortization expense was $1.2 million, $0.8 million, and $0.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and has been included in the cost of revenue in the consolidated statements of operations. Capitalized software implementation amortization expense was $0.1 million, $0.2 million, and $0.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and has been included in operating expense in the consolidated statements of operations.
- Accrued Liabilities
Accrued liabilities consisted of the following (in thousands):
| December 31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| Payroll-related accruals | $12,567 | $8,747 |
| Sales and telecom taxes | 2,953 | 2,811 |
| Employee stock purchase plan liability | 862 | 570 |
| Third-party commissions | 398 | 456 |
| Other | 1,711 | 1,052 |
| Total | $18,491 | $13,636 |
- Leases
The Company has lease arrangements, both as a lessor and a lessee, and makes assumptions and judgments when assessing contracts for lease components, determining lease classifications and calculating right-of-use asset and lease liability values. These assumptions and judgements may include the useful lives and fair values of the leased assets, the implicit rate underlying the Company’s leases, the
Company’s incremental borrowing rate or the Company’s intent to exercise or not exercise options available in lease contracts.
Lease expense and other information consisted of the following(in thousands, except terms and rates):
| Year Ended December 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | |
| Lease expense | ||
| Finance lease expense: | ||
| Amortization of right-of-use assets | $7,421 | $8,486 |
| Interest on lease liabilities | 1,165 | 923 |
| Operating lease expense | 5,690 | 5,671 |
| Short-term lease expense | 18 | 27 |
| Total lease expense | $14,295 | $15,107 |
| Supplemental cash flow information | ||
| Finance leases: | ||
| Operating cash outflow from finance leases | $1,165 | $923 |
| Financing cash outflow from finance leases | $7,530 | $8,709 |
| Finance lease liabilities arising from obtaining finance lease right-of-use assets | $7,183 | $6,655 |
| Operating leases: | ||
| Operating cash outflow from operating leases | $5,574 | $4,556 |
| Operating lease liabilities arising from obtaining operating lease right-of-use assets | $154 | $309 |
| Other information | ||
| Finance leases: | ||
| Weighted-average remaining lease term (years) | 1.8 | |
| Weighted-average discount rate | 10.3% | |
| Operating leases: | ||
| Weighted-average remaining lease term (years) | 9.1 | |
| Weighted-average discount rate | 3.9% | |
Operating leases
The Company as the Lessee
The Company leases office space for its headquarters and advertising space under non-cancelable operating lease agreements. These leases have expirations ranging from December 2024 to January 2033. Though the Company is considering renewal options on its leases nearing expiration, the Company has not recognized any renewal options as part of the current lease term as it is not reasonably certain that it will exercise its option as of December 31, 2023. The rates implicit in the Company’s operating leases are not readily determinable. Thus, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate to discount lease payments to present value. The incremental borrowing rate is the rate incurred to borrow on a collateralized basis, and is based on the Company’s secured line of credit, which may be adjusted for the specific terms and collateral of the lease. The operating lease agreements do not contain any residual value guarantees or other restrictions or covenants that would cause the Company to incur additional significant financial obligations. These office space lease agreements contain non-lease components, which represent charges for common area maintenance, taxes and utilities. The Company has elected the practical expedient on not separating lease components from non-lease components.
The Company has other leases for office space with terms less than twelve months from contract inception and no options to purchase the underlying asset. These agreements are accounted for as short-term leases in accordance with ASC 842-20-25-2.
Total rent expense for office space leases was $5.5 million, $5.6 million, and $5.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, respectively, and is reported gross of sublease income received. Note that rent expense amounts for periods prior to 2022 are reported under ASC 840.
Future maturities of remaining lease payments included in the measurement of operating lease as of December 31, 2023 are as follows (in thousands):
| Years ending December 31, | |
|---|---|
| 2024 | $5,562 |
| 2025 | 5,701 |
| 2026 | 5,843 |
| 2027 | 5,989 |
| 2028 | 6,139 |
| Thereafter | 26,695 |
| Total | 55,929 |
| Less: imputed interest | (9,028) |
| Present value of operating lease obligations | $46,901 |
The Company as the Lessor
As discussed in the Revenue Recognition accounting policy, the Company provides varying quantities of phone hardware to customers without adjustments to the base subscription price. The Company is deemed a lessor in these arrangements. For the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, the Company recorded lease revenues associated with phone hardware of $4.5 million, $4.2 million, and $3.3 million, respectively.
In April 2023, the Company entered into a Sublease Agreement for the fourth floor of the office space currently occupied by the Company in Lehi, Utah. During the Year Ended December 31, 2023, the Company recorded sublease revenues associated with this agreement of $0.7 million. These revenues are included in other income (expense) on the Consolidated Statement of Operations.
Finance leases
The Company is the lessee in all of its finance lease arrangements. In June 2016, the Company began financing its purchases of phone hardware through lease agreements classified as finance leases. As of December 31, 2023 the Company had 101 executed and active lease agreements, respectively, for phone hardware. These agreements require monthly payments ranging from approximately $55 to $21,473 and have maturity dates ranging from January 2024 to November 2026. As of December 31, 2023, the gross value of phone hardware acquired under these capital leases approximated $20.8 million. Amortization expense on finance-leased phone hardware was $7.4 million, $8.5 million, and $8.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021, respectively, which is included in the depreciation expense referenced in Note 5.
Future minimum lease payments for the Company’s finance leases as of December 31, 2023 were as follows (in thousands):
| Years ending December 31, | |
|---|---|
| 2024 | $7,482 |
| 2025 | 4,519 |
| 2026 | 2,153 |
| 2027 | — |
| 2028 | — |
| Thereafter | — |
| Total | 14,154 |
| Less amounts representing interest | (1,512) |
| Present value of finance lease obligations | $12,642 |
- Income Taxes
The components of the provision for (benefit from) income taxes were as follows (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31, | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |
| Current | |||
| Federal | $— | $— | $— |
| State | 53 | — | 22 |
| Foreign | 247 | 130 | 43 |
| Deferred | |||
| Federal | — | — | — |
| State | — | — | — |
| Foreign | (40) | (26) | (5) |
| Total | $260 | $104 | $60 |
Loss before income taxes was as follows (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31, | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |
| United States | $(30,622) | $(49,551) | $(51,777) |
| Foreign | (149) | (83) | 147 |
| Total | $(30,771) | $(49,634) | $(51,630) |
The following reconciles the differences between the federal statutory income tax rate in effect in each year to the Company’s effective tax rate:
| Year Ended December 31, | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |
| Statutory federal tax rate | 21.00% | 21.00% | 21.00% |
| State tax, net of federal tax effect | 2.70 | 1.02 | 2.64 |
| Stock compensation | (5.86) | (4.07) | 3.51 |
| Change in valuation allowance | (19.97) | (17.94) | (27.21) |
| Other | 1.29 | (0.03) | (0.06) |
| Effective tax rate | (0.84)% | (0.02)% | (0.12)% |
The components of deferred tax assets and (liabilities) were as follows (in thousands):
| December 31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| Deferred tax assets: | ||
| Net operating losses | $44,357 | $42,181 |
| Sales and use tax reserves | 187 | 195 |
| Stock compensation | 2,112 | 3,449 |
| Compensation related accruals | 1,749 | 933 |
| Interest expense limitations | 396 | 487 |
| Leases - Right-of-use liability | 11,702 | 13,150 |
| Other | 168 | 55 |
| Fixed assets | 1,013 | 736 |
| Capitalized research expenses | 8,470 | 5,411 |
| Valuation allowance | (54,867) | (48,723) |
| Total deferred tax assets - net | 15,287 | 17,874 |
| Deferred tax liabilities: | ||
| State taxes | — | (1,267) |
| Intangible assets | (266) | (342) |
| Leases - Right-of-use asset | (10,309) | (11,729) |
| Deferred contract costs | (4,647) | (4,512) |
| Total deferred tax liabilities | (15,222) | (17,850) |
| Net deferred taxes assets | $65 | $24 |
Activity of the deferred tax asset valuation allowance was as follows (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31, | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |
| Balance at beginning of the year | $48,723 | $40,101 | $26,052 |
| Charged to costs and expense | 6,144 | 8,622 | 14,049 |
| Balance at end of the year | $54,867 | $48,723 | $40,101 |
The Company evaluates its ability to realize net deferred tax assets by considering all available positive and negative evidence including past results of operations, forecasted earnings, tax planning strategies, and all sources of future taxable income. A full valuation allowance was maintained on domestic deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2023, primarily due to cumulative losses in recent years. Net deferred tax assets are included in the other non-current assets on the consolidated balance sheets.
As of December 31, 2023, U.S. Federal and State net operating loss (“NOL”) carry forwards are both approximately $191.8 million and $139.6 million. These NOLs have expiration dates starting in 2037 for U.S. Federal and 2032 for State jurisdictions. The U.S. Federal NOL generated in 2018 and years forward, are not subject to a carryforward limitation and can be utilized at any time in the future. The total U.S. Federal NOLs not subject to carryover limitation are $160.1 million. Full realization of the NOLs is dependent on generating sufficient taxable income prior to their expiration. The ability to realize the NOLs could also be limited by previous or future changes in ownership in accordance with rules in Internal Revenue Code Sections 382 and 383.
ASC 740-10, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, provides that a tax benefit from an uncertain tax position may be recognized in the financial statements only when it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained upon examination. Once the recognition threshold is met, the portion of the tax benefit that is recorded represents the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50 percent likely to be realized upon settlement with a taxing authority. The Company determined it did not have any unrecognized tax benefits at December 31, 2023 or 2022. The Company accounts for interest expense and penalties for unrecognized tax benefits as a part of its income tax provision. The Company does not anticipate any significant changes in unrecognized tax benefits during the next 12 months.
The Company files income tax returns in the U.S. Federal jurisdiction and in various states. Additionally, the Company files income tax returns in the foreign jurisdictions in which it operates. The statute of limitations for the federal U.S. income tax returns is still open for tax years 2020 forward. The statute of limitations for state income tax returns varies between three and four years in the state taxing jurisdictions where the Company files, and would still be open for tax years 2019 forward or 2018 depending on the jurisdiction. The statute of limitations in the foreign jurisdictions varies by foreign jurisdiction, however, the Company has open returns in the foreign jurisdictions beginning for tax year 2020.
- Related Party Transactions
There wereno related-party transactions during the years ended years ended December 31, 2023 2022, and 2021.
- Commitments and Contingencies
Legal Matters
As of December 31, 2023 and through the issuance date of these consolidated financial statements, the Company is not involved in any legal proceedings the outcomes of which are anticipated to significantly impact the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, or liquidity.
Other Purchase Commitments
In the ordinary course of business the Company has entered into certain non-cancelable contractual commitments related to third-party cloud infrastructure agreements and subscription arrangements. As of December 31, 2023 the commitments related to these services totaled $18.7 million.
Future minimum payments on these non-cancelable contractual commitments as of December 31, 2023, are as follows (in thousands):
| Years ending December 31, | |
|---|---|
| 2024 | $4,044 |
| 2025 | 4,589 |
| 2026 | 4,827 |
| 2027 | 5,250 |
| 2028 | — |
| Thereafter | — |
| Total | $18,710 |
Indemnification
The Company enters into standard indemnification arrangements in the ordinary course of business. Pursuant to these arrangements, the Company indemnifies, holds harmless and agrees to reimburse the indemnified parties for losses suffered or incurred by the indemnified party, in connection with any trade secret, copyright, patent or other intellectual property infringement claims brought by any third party against such indemnified party with respect to licensed technology. The term of these indemnification agreements is generally perpetual any time after the execution of the agreement. The maximum potential amount of future payments the Company could be required to make under these agreements is not determinable because it involves claims that may be made against the Company in the future but have not yet been made. To date, the Company has not incurred costs to defend lawsuits or settle claims related to these indemnification agreements.
The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and officers that may require the Company to indemnify its directors and officers against liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as directors or officers, other than liabilities arising from willful misconduct of the individual. No liability associated with such indemnifications has been recorded as of December 31, 2023.
- Current and Long-Term Debt
In August 2021, the Company established a revolving line of credit with Silicon Valley Bank allowing for total borrowing capacity up to $50.0 million, subject to reduction should the Company fail to meet certain metrics for recurring revenue and customer retention (the “August 2021 Agreement”). Amounts outstanding on the line will accrue interest at the greater of prime rate plus 0.25% and 3.50%. The Company is required to pay an annual fee of $0.1 million beginning on the effective date of the August 2021 Agreement, and continuing on the anniversary of the effective date as well as a quarterly unused line fee of 0.15% per annum of the available borrowing amount should the outstanding principal balance drop below $10.0 million (calculated based on the number of days and based on the average available borrowing amount). The line of credit is collateralized by substantially all of our assets. The August 2021 Agreement requires that, at any time, if total unrestricted cash and cash equivalents held at Silicon Valley Bank plus short-term investments managed by Silicon Valley Bank is less than $100.0 million, the Company must at all times thereafter maintain a consolidated minimum $20.0 million in liquidity, meaning unencumbered cash and short-term investments plus available borrowing on the line of credit, and the Company must meet specified minimum levels of EBITDA, as adjusted for stock-based compensation and changes in its deferred revenue. In April 2023, the Company amended the revolving line of credit agreement with Silicon Valley Bank, now a division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company (successor by purchase to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as receiver for Silicon Valley Bridge Bank, N.A. (as successor to Silicon Valley Bank)) (“SVB”), which amended certain terms of the August 2021 Agreement, including but not limited to, (i) extending the maturity date from August 2023 to August 2025 and (ii) setting EBITDA financial covenants of the Company for the 2023 fiscal year.
In November 2023, the Company paid off the balance on the line of credit prior to its maturity, but did not otherwise modify the line of credit. As of December 31, 2023, there wasno balance outstanding on the line of credit, and the maximum borrowing capacity of $50.0 million was available to the Company. As of December 31, 2022, the Company had an outstanding balance of $10.0 million on the line of credit, which was classified as a current liability in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. The Company was in compliance with all debt covenants as of December 31, 2023 and 2022.
- Stockholders’ Equity
Amendment and Restatement of Certificate of Incorporation
In connection with the IPO, the Company filed an amended and restated certificate of incorporation, which authorized a total of 500,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.00001 par value per share and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.00001 per share.
Stock-Based Compensation Expense
Stock-based compensation expense, consisting of service-based expense related to the equity incentive plan, including expense from stock options and restricted stock units, and the employee stock purchase plan, as well as expenses related to secondary sales of shares of Company common stock, was classified as follows in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations for each of the periods presented (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31, | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |
| Cost of revenue | $971 | $723 | $526 |
| Sales and marketing | 4,233 | 3,436 | 1,962 |
| Research and development | 5,590 | 4,576 | 3,545 |
| General and administrative | 12,029 | 10,017 | 8,058 |
| Total | $22,823 | $18,752 | $14,091 |
Equity Incentive Plan
During 2016, the Company adopted the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2015 EIP”) under which common stock options could be issued for employee awards and the Company began issuing stock options under this plan in 2016.
In November 2021 in connection with the IPO, the Company adopted the 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2021 EIP” and, together with the 2015 EIP, the “EIP”) under which the Company could issue stock options or restricted stock units (“RSUs”) as awards. Upon adoption of the 2021 EIP, the 2015 EIP plan was terminated. All options issued and outstanding or available for issuance under the 2015 EIP were absorbed into the 2021 EIP. Along with the absorbed 2015 EIP options, the Company reserved an additional 9.0 million shares of common stock for future issuance under the 2021 EIP, with scheduled annual increases to the reserve for amounts to be determined by the Board, subject to a maximum amount. In the first quarter of 2023, the board reserved an additional 3.3 million common shares for future issuance under the 2021 EIP. These plans are collectively referred to herein as the “EIP”.
Stock-based compensation expense related to the EIP was $22.1 million, $18.1 million and $10.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
Stock Options
Most options have afour-year vesting schedule with aone-year cliff and are classified as incentive stock options (ISOs). Some options have been granted in lieu of bonuses and have expeditedtwo- orthree-year vesting schedules. All awards vest based on service conditions.
Options with accelerated vesting clauses, should there be a change in Company control, were 333,998 as of December 31, 2023.
Unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to stock options as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 was $3.4 million and $10.2 million, respectively. Stock-based compensation expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the remaining weighted-average vesting periods. As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 the weighted-average vesting periods approximated 1.21 years and 1.49 years, respectively.
The aggregate intrinsic value of options outstanding is outlined in the table below. The intrinsic value represents the excess of the estimated fair value of the Company's common stock on the date of exercise over the exercise price of each option.
Stock option activity was as follows for the year ended December 31, 2023:
| Number of Options | Weighted Average Exercise Price | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (years) | Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outstanding as of December 31, 2022 | 4,185,876 | $6.32 | 5.03 | $3,470 |
| Exercisable as of December 31, 2022 | 3,060,997 | $6.47 | 3.87 | $3,286 |
| 2023 Activity | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granted | — | $— | ||
| Exercised | (1,756,386) | $7.33 | ||
| Forfeited and expired | (588,755) | $9.62 | ||
| Outstanding as of December 31, 2023 | 1,840,735 | $4.32 | 5.96 | $13,165 |
| Exercisable as of December 31, 2023 | 1,480,536 | $3.82 | 5.62 | $11,320 |
The aggregate intrinsic value of options exercised for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021 was $3.9 million, $5.5 million and $47.6 million, respectively. The intrinsic value represents the excess of the estimated fair value of the Company's common stock on the date of exercise over the exercise price of each option.
Stock-based compensation expense is measured at the grant date based on the estimated fair value of the award. The fair value of the awards is fixed at grant date and amortized over the remaining service period. The Company uses the Black-Scholes model to estimate the value of its stock options issued under the EIP. Prior to the Company’s IPO, the common stock fair values used in the models were based on the most recent 409(a) valuation as of the option grant date. Management reviews option grants and determines whether further valuation adjustments are appropriate based on recent company performance and/or changes in market conditions. The volatility assumed in the estimate was based on publicly traded companies in the same industry and considers the expected term calculated by the Company. The expected term of the options was derived from a simplified method which estimates the term based on an averaging of the vesting period and contractual term of the option grant. The risk-free rate utilized was the average of the five- and seven-year U.S. Treasury yields as the estimated expected term for options approximates 6 years. The Company has no plans to declare dividends in the foreseeable future.
The assumptions used in the Black-Scholes pricing model for stock-based compensation for options granted in the periods below were as follows:
| Year Ended December 31, | |
|---|---|
| 2021 | |
| Risk free interest rate | 0.97% - 1.06% |
| Expected term | 5.83 - 6.25 Years |
| Expected volatility | 42.43% - 43.01% |
| Dividend yield | 0.00% |
The Company didnot grant any options during the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.
Estimated fair value of granted options by grant date based on the Black-Scholes model:
| Number of Options | Fair Value | |
|---|---|---|
| April 2021 | 249,067 | $9.8159 |
| July 2021 | 1,610,102 | $9.1387 |
| September 2021 | 580,590 | $8.6490 |
In November 2022, the Company held a special meeting to approve a one-time repricing of 1,159,479 of its outstanding common stock option awards previously granted to certain service providers under the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Option Repricing”). The repricing only affected stock options held by “service providers” as defined under the 2015 Plan (“Eligible Participants”) other than (x) any current or former member of the Company’s board of directors, (y) any of the Company’s current or former Chief Executive Officers and (z) former employees or other service providers. Prior to the Option Repricing, these awards had per share exercise prices between $9.04 and $19.60; the Option Repricing reduced the exercise price of these awards to $7.00 per share. All other terms of the awards remained the same. This repricing resulted in incremental stock-based compensation expense of approximately $1.1 million to be recognized over the weighted average remaining vesting period of 2.5 years. Of this, approximately $0.4 million was recognized in 2022, which is included within the total 2022 EIP expense amount reported above.
Restricted Stock Units
RSUs granted under the Plan vest and settle upon the satisfaction of a service-based condition. The service-based condition for these awards is generally satisfied over three orfour years. A total of 76,320 RSUs have afour-year vesting schedule with 25% cliff vestingone year from grant date and the remaining 75% vesting monthly over the remaining three years. A total of 59,362 RSUs issued to non-employee directors have athree-year vesting schedule, with 33% vestingone year from the grant date and the remaining 67% vesting annually over the remainingtwo years. A total of 146,136 RSUs issued to non-employee directors have aone-year vesting schedule, with 100% vesting on the earlier ofone year from the grant date or the annual meeting of stockholders. The remaining RSUs that have been issued have athree-year vesting schedule with 33% vestingone year from grant date and the remaining 67% vesting quarterly over the remainingtwo years.
RSU activity was as follows:
| Number of Shares | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Outstanding as of December 31, 2022 | 8,278,361 | $5.51 |
| Granted | 3,945,234 | 6.42 |
| Vested | (3,662,161) | 5.59 |
| Canceled | (1,056,586) | 5.30 |
| Outstanding as of December 31, 2023 | 7,504,848 | $5.98 |
The total fair value of awards vested was $20.5 million and $1.0 million during the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. In February 2023, the Company’s board of directors approved a net share settlement approach for satisfaction of tax withholding obligations in connection with settlement of taxes for RSUs. Accordingly a portion of the vested RSUs were net-settled such that the Company withheld shares with a value equivalent to the employees’ obligation for the applicable income and other employment taxes, and remitted the cash to the appropriate taxing authorities. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company withheld 1,333,489 shares, which was based on the value of the RSUs on their respective vesting dates as determined by the Company’s closing stock price. Total payments for the employees’ tax obligations to taxing authorities was$10.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. Prior to 2023, the Company had not net-settled vesting RSUs.
As of December 31, 2023 there was $38.4 million of unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to outstanding RSUs which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.01 years.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
In October 2021, the Company adopted the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”) in which eligible employees may contribute up to 50% of their base compensation to purchase shares of common stock at a price equal to 85% of the lower of (1) the fair market value of a share of the Company’s common stock at the beginning of the offering period and (2) the fair market value of a share of the Company’s common stock on the purchase date. No participant may purchase more than 2,500 shares during any offering period. The ESPP became effective in November 2021 in connection with the IPO. As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022,2,600,637 and 1,943,246 shares were reserved for issuance, and 457,593 and 165,347 shares, respectively, of common stock had been issued under the ESPP. The number of shares available for issuance under the ESPP may be increased on the first day of each fiscal year beginning with the 2022 fiscal year by an amount to be determined by the board of directors.
Except for the initial offering period, the 2021 ESPP provides forsix-month offering periods beginning February 16 and August 16 of each year, and the last day of each offering period is the purchase date for that period. The initial offering period began on December 1, 2021 and ended on August 15, 2022 and consists of one purchase period, which is the last day of the offering period.
During the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, the Company recognized $0.7 million, $0.6 million, and $0.1 million, respectively, of stock-based compensation expense related to ESPP. As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, $0.9 million and $0.6 million in accrued ESPP employee payroll contributions are included within accrued liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets, respectively. As of December 31, 2023, total unrecognized compensation costs related to the ESPP was $0.1 million, which will be amortized over the remaining offering period through February 15, 2024.
The following assumptions were used to calculate the fair value of shares to be granted under the ESPP during the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022:
| Year Ended December 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | |
| Risk free interest rate | 4.98% - 5.54% | 3.12% |
| Expected term | 0.50 years | 0.50 years |
| Expected volatility | 61.48% - 67.16% | 90.62% |
| Dividend yield | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Secondary Sales of Common Stock
Prior to the Company’s IPO, certain of the Company’s investors acquired outstanding shares of Company common stock from employees and certain sales of Company common stock by employees to new investors were facilitated by the Company. For these transactions, and where shares of Company common stock were acquired at a price in excess of the estimated fair value of the Company’s common stock, the Company recorded stock-based compensation expense of the difference between the price paid by the investors and the estimated fair value as of the date of the transactions. For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, there wereno secondary stock transactions that resulted in stock-based compensation charges. Stock-based compensation expense for these transactions totaled $3.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2021.
Common Share Warrants
All warrants discussed in this section were evaluated by the Company under the guidance of ASC 480-10, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity, and were determined to be recognized under the provisions of this guidance as equity transactions.
In September 2014, the Company issued 45,000 common share warrants, with a $0.20 strike price, to a financial institution in connection with the note payable discussed in Note 11. Using the Black-Scholes model, the Company estimated the fair value of the warrants to be $9,178 at issuance, which was recorded in equity in 2014. These warrants expire on the earlier of (1) October 13, 2025, or (2)three years after the Company’s Initial Public Offering. Should the fair value of the underlying common shares exceed the strike price at either expiration dates, the warrants will automatically be exercised via cashless net settlement.
The following inputs were used in the Black-Scholes valuation for these warrants:
| Risk free interest rate | 1.16% |
|---|---|
| Contractual term | 11 years |
| Expected volatility | 55.00% |
| Dividend yield | 0.00% |
In connection with the note payable issued in September 2016, the Company issued 62,000 common share warrants, with a $0.6825 strike price, to the same financial institution. These warrants have substantially the same terms as the other warrants discussed above. Using the Black-Scholes model, the Company estimated the fair value of the warrants to be $22,192 at issuance, which was recorded in equity in 2016. These warrants expire on March 14, 2026. Should the fair value of the underlying common shares exceed the strike price at the expiration date, the warrants will automatically be exercised via cashless net settlement.
The following inputs were used in the Black-Scholes valuation for these warrants:
| Risk free interest rate | 1.97% |
|---|---|
| Contractual term | 10 years |
| Expected volatility | 40.00% |
| Dividend yield | 0.00% |
The Company refinanced its notes payable in January of 2019, in April 2020 and again in August 2021 (see Note 11). The refinances had no impact on the warrants issued with the notes payable and no additional warrants were issued as part of the refinances.
In November 2021, both sets of common share warrants discussed above were exercised. A net exercise was elected, in whichno cash proceeds were received by the Company and in exchange, the financial institution received a total 104,269 common shares, which is reduced from the 107,000 combined total of the initial warrant grants.
- Net Loss Per Share
The following tables present the calculation of basic and diluted net loss per share for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021 (in thousands, except share and per share amounts):
| Year Ended December 31, | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |
| Numerator: | |||
| Net loss | $(31,031) | $(49,738) | $(51,690) |
| Less: cumulative dividends on redeemable convertible preferred stock | — | — | (1,961) |
| Net loss attributable to common stock holders - basic and diluted | $(31,031) | $(49,738) | $(53,651) |
| Denominator: | |||
| Weighted-average common shares outstanding - basic and diluted | 67,694,978 | 65,083,198 | 20,636,583 |
| Net loss per share | |||
| Net loss per share, basic and diluted | $(0.46) | $(0.76) | $(2.60) |
The following outstanding potential common shares were excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share attributable to common stockholders as of the end of the periods presented because their inclusion would have been antidilutive:
| Year Ended December 31, | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |
| Options to purchase common stock | 1,840,735 | 4,185,876 | 7,574,136 |
| Number of shares issuable from ESPP | 123,899 | 253,038 | 169,025 |
| Restricted stock units | 7,504,848 | 8,278,361 | 171,075 |
| Total | 9,469,482 | 12,717,275 | 7,914,236 |
- Retirement Plan
In March 2016, the Company established a qualified domestic 401(k) defined contribution plan covering substantially all employees. This plan allows employees to contribute a portion of their pretax salary up to the maximum dollar limitation prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service which was $22,500 for the year ended December 31, 2023, $20,500 for the year ended December 31, 2022, and $19,500 for the year ended December 31, 2021. During the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021 the Company made approximately $3.35 million, $2.88 million, and $2.13 million in employer matching contributions to this plan, respectively.
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