IMCI Infinite Group Inc - 10-K
0001654954-25-012432Year-over-year tone shift - average net-tone change across Risk Factors and MD&A vs the prior 10-K. This filing is 0.09pp more bullish than last year's.
Why YoY instead of absolute: the LM lexicon has ~6.6× more negative words than positive (legal/risk-disclosure language is heavy on hedging), so every 10-K reads bearish on raw tone. Year-over-year change strips that bias and surfaces the actual shift in management's framing.
Tone shift by section
The two components the gauge averages: how Risk Factors and MD&A each shifted in net tone versus last year's 10-K. The headline above is their average, so a green needle over a soft section just means the other section carried it.
Sentence-level sentiment highlighting with category and subcategory filters is coming once the snippet-scoring pipeline lands. For now, dig into the actual section text on the Sections tab.
Language change vs prior 10-K
Risk Factors (Item 1A) - words with the biggest YoY frequency increase- negative+1
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Risk Factors (Item 1A)
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Item 1A. Risk Factors
In addition to the other information provided in our reports, you should consider the following factors carefully in evaluating our business and us. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us, which we currently deem immaterial or that are similar to those faced by other companies in our industry or business in general, such as competitive conditions, may also impair our business operations. If any of the following risks occur, our business, financial condition, or results of operations could be materially adversely affected.
Risks Related to our Business and Financial Condition
In the past, we have identified conditions and events that raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern and it is possible that conditions and events in the future may negatively impact our ability to continue as a going concern.
As of December 31, 2023, we had a working capital deficit of approximately $8.5 million. We reported a net loss of approximately $1,855,000 for the twelve months ended December 31, 2023. We reported a stockholders’ deficiency of $8,551,861 as of December 31, 2023. We had net loss of approximately $3,562,000 in 2022. At December 31, 2022, we had a stockholders’ deficiency of $6,864,214. These factors raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
During the year ended December 31, 2023, we engaged in multiple short term funding arrangements, which netted the Company approximately $2,205,000. We are exploring additional sources of financing, including debt and equity, and anticipate significant growth of business. As part of this amount, in March 2023, we, as seller, received approximately $1,413,294 as a purchase price for the sale of the Company’s rights, title and interest to an Employee Retention Credit claim made with the United States Internal Revenue Service. In the future, if we are unable to obtain sufficient funding to support our operations, we could be forced to delay, reduce or eliminate all our research and development programs, product portfolio expansion or commercialization efforts, and our financial condition and results of operations will be materially and adversely affected, and we may be unable to continue as a going concern. Our report from our independent registered public accounting firm contains statements expressing substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Future reports could also contain this wording. If we seek additional financing to fund our business activities in the future and there remains substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern, investors or other financing sources may be unwilling to provide additional funding to us on commercially reasonable terms or at all.
If we are unable to raise sufficient capital, we will be unable to fully fund our operations and to otherwise execute our business plan .
Until such time, if ever, that we can generate substantial revenues, we expect to finance our cash needs primarily through equity offerings and debt financings. Our ability to raise capital, whether through equity or through debt, is based, in part, on market events and conditions out of our control. We do not have any future committed source of external funds.
If we are unable to raise additional capital when needed, we may be required to delay, limit, reduce, or terminate our future product and service development or commercialization efforts.
Our efforts to commercialize our Nodeware solution may not be successful.
We have two patents granted and one patent pending relating to our Nodeware solution. The efforts we have taken to protect our intellectual property may not be sufficient or effective. Additionally, there is no guarantee that our Nodeware solution will perform as expected or as needed.
In order to protect our interest in Nodeware, we sell licenses permitting customers’ access. Licenses are protected through our EULA (end user licensing agreement), reseller/partner contracts, and through the cloud platform it resides in, enabling us to manage subscriptions, use and distribution of the platform. We face a risk of reputational harm and potential intellectual property theft if a licensee mistakenly or intentionally misuses our products. Licensing may also add an expense to our overall cost structure that is not supported by the market for like products.
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If we do not successfully develop enhancements or new software, or scale our platform effectively, our operating results and our business may be harmed.
The cybersecurity market is characterized by rapid technological advances, customer price sensitivity, short product and service life cycles, intense competition, changes in customer requirements, frequent new product introductions and enhancements and evolving industry standards and regulatory mandates. Any of these factors could create downward pressure on pricing and gross margins, and could adversely affect our renewal rates, as well as our ability to attract new customers. Our future success will depend on our ability to enhance existing software, introduce new software on a timely and cost-effective basis, meet changing customer needs, integrate, and extend our core technology into new applications, and anticipate and respond to emerging cybersecurity threats. We must also continually change and improve our software and services in response to changes in operating systems, application software, computer and communications hardware, networking software, data center architectures, programming tools and computer language technology. In addition, our future growth depends upon our ability to continue to meet the expanding needs of our customers and to scale our software and services to meet these expanding needs and expanding customer base. As a result, we must continue to dedicate significant financial and other resources to our research and development efforts.
We may not be able to anticipate future market needs and opportunities, develop enhancements or new software to meet such needs or opportunities, or scale our platforms to maintain the performance of our software and services, in a timely manner or at all. To the extent that we do not successfully develop enhancements or new software, or scale our platform effectively, our operating results and our business may be harmed.
If we are unable to protect our intellectual property rights, our business could be harmed, or we could be required to incur significant expenses to enforce our rights.
We believe that our intellectual property is an asset that may contribute to the growth and profitability of our business. We rely on a combination of patented, patent-pending and confidentiality procedures, trademarks, and contractual provisions to establish and protect our intellectual property rights in the United States and abroad. We intend to rely on both registration and common law protection for our trademarks. Despite our efforts, the steps we have taken to protect our intellectual property rights may not be adequate to preclude misappropriation of our proprietary information or infringement of our intellectual property rights, and our ability to police such misappropriation or infringement is uncertain. Enforcing our intellectual property rights, if necessary, is difficult, time-consuming, resource-intensive, expensive, and uncertain. Litigation may become necessary and, if so, it may come at a substantial cost and cause diversion of management’s resources, which could harm our business.
We may need to defend against intellectual property infringement claims or misappropriation claims, which may be time-consuming, resource-intensive, and expensive.
Although we have not in the past been subject to claims that any of our products or services infringe intellectual property rights of a third-party, we could be subject to such claims in the future. It’s possible that litigation could result. We do not know whether we will prevail in such proceedings given the highly complex, technical issues and inherent uncertainties in intellectual property litigation. Enforcing our intellectual property rights, if necessary, is difficult, time-consuming, resource-intensive, expensive, and uncertain.
If a challenge to our intellectual property rights results in an adverse outcome, then we could be required to stop the use of our products, services, or technology, pay damages for infringement, and expend resources developing products, services, or technology that are non-infringing.
We experience fluctuations in quarterly and annual operating results.
Our quarterly and annual operating results have fluctuated in the past and likely will fluctuate in the future. The demand for our products is driven largely by the demand for cybersecurity solutions. Accordingly, the cybersecurity industry is affected by market conditions that are often outside our control. Our results of operations may fluctuate significantly from period to period due to a number of factors, including general economic, industry and market conditions, the introduction or adoption of new technologies that compete with our software and services, the length and expense of our sales cycle for our software and services, the loss of a key customer and publicity regarding security breaches generally and the level of perceived threats to IT security. As a result of these factors and other risks discussed in this section, or the cumulative effect of some of these factors, may result in fluctuations in our operating results.
In addition, we recognize revenues from subscriptions over the term of the relevant service period, which is typically one year. As a result, a significant amount of our reported revenues in each quarter are derived from the recognition of deferred revenues relating to subscriptions entered into during previous quarters. Consequently, a shortfall in demand for our solutions in any period may not significantly reduce our revenues for that period but could negatively affect revenues in future periods. Accordingly, the effect of significant downturns in bookings may not be fully reflected in our results of operations until future periods.
This variability and unpredictability could result in our failure to meet expectations with respect to operating results, or those of securities analysts or investors, for a particular period. If we fail to meet or exceed expectations for our operating results for these or any other reasons, the trading price of our common stock could fall and we could face costly lawsuits, including securities class action suits.
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We do not maintain directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, which may subject us to significant exposure if one of our directors or officers is sued.
As of the date of this filing, we do not maintain directors’ and officers’ liability insurance. In addition to protecting the individual director or officer against personal losses, it can also cover the legal fees and costs an organization may incur as a result of the lawsuit.
If a legal action is commenced against one of our directors or officers, including, but not limited to, an action alleging a violation of securities law, we may incur the legal fees and costs associated with defending against the action, which may harm our business. In addition, a potential action could be time-consuming, resource-intensive, expensive, and uncertain.
We currently accrue a liability for a discontinued Simple IRA plan.
Through December 31, 2012, we offered a Simple (Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees) IRA plan as a retirement plan for eligible employees and offered a voluntary match. We did not make all required voluntary matches prior to terminating the Simple IRA plan and we have accrued liability for the voluntary match portion of the Simple IRA plan, including interest, which was $298,243 as of December 31, 2023. There can be no assurance that the accrued liability amount will be sufficient to satisfy the Company’s potential liability.
We have used and may use our existing credit facility to finance our growth.
We have an accounts receivable credit facility with a financial institution, which enables us to sell accounts receivable to the financial institution with full recourse against us. The fee charged is prime plus 3.6% (effective rate of 12.1% at December 31, 2023) against the average daily outstanding balance of funds advanced. We also granted the financial institution a first priority interest in accounts receivable and a blanket lien. The fee charged is based, in part, on market events and conditions out of our control. The terms of the credit facility are subject to change.
During the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, we sold approximately $4,104,000 and $3,973,000, respectively, of our accounts receivable to the financial institution.
Because of the high relative cost, use of the credit facility, in the aggregate, may harm our business.
We rely on one customer for a large portion of our revenues.
We depend on one customer for a large portion of our revenue. Through the 12 months ending December 31, 2023, sales to this customer, including sales under subcontracts, accounted for 64% of total sales and 16% of accounts receivable. During 2022, sales to this customer, including sales under subcontracts, accounted for 63% of total sales and 27% of accounts receivable. The loss of this customer could have a significant impact on our revenues and harm our business and results of operations.
We rely on our channel partners to generate a substantial amount of our revenues, and if we fail to expand and manage our distribution channels, our revenues could decline and our growth prospects could suffer.
Our success significantly depends upon establishing and maintaining relationships with a variety of channel partners and we anticipate that we will continue to depend on these partners in order to grow our business.
For the twelve months ended December 31, 2023, approximately 90% of our business comes from our channel sales and approximately 10% from direct sales to end customers, and the percentage of revenues derived from channel partners may increase in future periods. Our agreements with our channel partners are generally non-exclusive and do not prohibit them from working with our competitors or offering competing solutions, and many of our channel partners have more established relationships with our competitors. If our channel partners choose to place greater emphasis on products of their own or those offered by our competitors, do not effectively market and sell our software and services, or fail to meet the needs of our customers, then our ability to grow our business and sell our software and services may be adversely affected. In addition, the loss of one or more of our larger channel partners, who may cease marketing our software and services with limited or no notice, and our possible inability to replace them, could adversely affect our sales. Moreover, our ability to expand our distribution channels depends in part on our ability to educate our channel partners about our software and services, which can be complex. Our failure to recruit additional channel partners, or any reduction or delay in their sales of our software and services or conflicts between channel sales and our direct sales and marketing activities may harm our results of operations. Even if we are successful, these relationships may not result in greater customer usage of our software and services or increased revenues.
In addition, the financial health of our channel partners and our continuing relationships with them are important to our success. Some of these channel partners may be unable to withstand adverse changes in economic conditions, which could result in insolvency and/or the inability of such distributors to obtain credit to finance purchases of our software and services. In addition, weakness in the end-user market could negatively affect the cash flows of our channel partners who could, in turn, delay paying their obligations to us, which would increase our credit risk exposure. Our business could be harmed if the financial condition of some of these channel partners substantially weakened and we were unable to timely secure replacement channel partners.
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We are highly leveraged, which increases our operating deficit and makes it difficult for us to grow.
At December 31, 2023, we had current liabilities of approximately $8.9 million and long-term liabilities of $1.0 million and stockholders’ deficiency of $8,551,861. At December 31, 2023, we had a working capital deficit of approximately $8.5 million and a current ratio of 0.04. At December 31, 2022, we had current liabilities of approximately $6.6 million and long-term liabilities of approximately $1.9 million and stockholders’ deficiency of $6,864,214. At December 31, 2022, we had a working capital deficit of approximately $6.0 million and a current ratio of 0.09.
Working capital shortages may impair our business operations and growth strategy, and accordingly, our business operations.
If we acquire businesses or business assets and do not successfully integrate the acquisitions, our results of operations could be adversely affected.
We may grow our business by acquiring or investing in other companies and businesses and assets that we feel have synergy and will complement our business plan. As such, we periodically evaluate potential business combinations and investments in other companies and assets. We may be unable to profitably manage the businesses and assets that we may acquire or invest in. We may fail to integrate these businesses and assets successfully without incurring substantial expenses, delays or other problems that could negatively impact our results of operations.
Our investments in cybersecurity and other business initiatives may not be successful.
We have invested in and continue to invest in cybersecurity capabilities to add new software and services to address the needs of our clients, including our newly introduced product, Nodeware. Our investments may not be successful or increase our revenues. If we are not successful in creating value from our investments by increasing sales, our financial condition and prospects could be harmed.
If we fail to adequately manage the size of our business, it could have a severe negative impact on our financial results or stock price.
Our management believes that to be successful we must appropriately manage the size of our business. This may mean reducing costs and overhead in certain economic periods, and selectively growing in periods of economic expansion. In addition, we will be required to implement operational, financial and management information procedures and controls that are efficient and appropriate for the size and scope of our operations. The management skills and systems currently in place may not be adequate and we may not be able to manage any significant reductions or growth effectively.
We may have difficulties in managing our growth.
Our future growth depends, in part, on our ability to expand, train and manage our employee base and provide support to an expanded client base. We must also enhance and implement new operating and software systems to accommodate our growth and expansion of IT product and service offerings. If we cannot manage growth effectively, it could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, business and financial condition. In addition, acquisitions, investments and expansion involve substantial infrastructure costs and working capital. We cannot provide assurance that we will be able to integrate acquisitions, if any, and expansions efficiently. Similarly, we cannot provide assurance that any investments or expansion will enhance our profitability. If we do not achieve sufficient sales growth to offset the increased expenses associated with our expansion, our results will be adversely affected.
We depend on the continued services of our key personnel.
Our future success depends, in part, on the continuing efforts of our senior executive officers. The loss of any of these key employees may materially adversely affect our business. We do not maintain key-person insurance for any member of our senior management team. From time to time, there may be changes in our senior management team resulting from the termination or departure of executives. Our senior management and key employees are generally employed on an at-will basis, which means that they could terminate their employment with us at any time. The loss of the services of our senior management or other key employees for any reason could significantly delay or prevent the achievement of our development and strategic objectives and harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.
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Our future success depends on our ability to continue to retain and attract qualified employees.
We believe that our future success depends upon our ability to continue to train, retain, effectively manage and attract highly skilled technical, managerial, sales and marketing personnel. This includes skills for our new initiatives in cybersecurity. Employee turnover is generally high in the IT services industry. If our efforts in these areas are not successful, our costs may increase, our sales efforts may be hindered, and the quality of our client service may suffer. Although we invest significant resources in recruiting and retaining employees, there is often significant competition for certain personnel in the IT services industry. From time to time, we experience difficulties in locating enough highly qualified candidates in desired geographic locations, or with required specific expertise.
We believe that our growth will depend, to a significant extent, on our success in recruiting and retaining a sufficient number of qualified sales personnel and their ability to obtain new customers, manage our existing customer base and expand the sales of our software and services. We plan to continue to expand our sales force and make a significant investment in our sales and marketing activities. Our recent hires and planned hires may not become as productive as quickly as we would like, and we may be unable to hire or retain sufficient numbers of qualified individuals in the future in the competitive markets where we do business. Competition for highly skilled personnel is frequently intense and we may not be able to compete for these employees. If we are unable to recruit and retain a sufficient number of productive sales personnel, sales of our software and services and the growth of our business may be harmed. Additionally, if our efforts do not result in increased revenues, our operating results could be negatively impacted due to the upfront operating expenses associated with expanding our sales force.
If we are required to collect higher sales and use or other taxes on the software and services we sell, we may be subject to liability for past sales and our future sales may decrease.
Taxing jurisdictions, including state and local entities, have differing rules and regulations governing sales and use or other taxes, and these rules and regulations are subject to varying interpretations that may change over time. In particular, the applicability of sales taxes to our SaaS solutions in various jurisdictions is unclear. It is possible that we could face sales tax audits and that our liability for these taxes could exceed our estimates as tax authorities could still assert that we are obligated to collect additional amounts as taxes from our customers and remit those taxes to those authorities. We could also be subject to audits with respect to state and international jurisdictions for which we may not accrued tax liabilities. A successful assertion that we should be collecting additional sales or other taxes on our services in jurisdictions where we have not historically done so and do not accrue for sales taxes could result in substantial tax liabilities for past sales, discourage customers from purchasing our software and services or otherwise harm our business and operating results.
Climate change may have a long-term negative impact on our business.
The long-term effects of climate change on the global economy and the technology industry in particular are unclear, however there are inherent climate-related risks everywhere business is conducted. Climate-related events, including the increasing frequency of extreme weather events such as drought, water scarcity, heat waves, cold waves, flooding and wildfires, and their impact on regional short-term systemic failures in the U.S. and elsewhere, have the potential to disrupt our business, our third-party vendors, and/or the business of our customers and their end users, and may cause us to experience higher attrition, losses and additional costs to maintain and resume operations. While we employ the use of cloud technologies, we also store some data in physical data centers which depend on predictable and reliable energy and networking capabilities, which could be affected by a variety of factors, including climate change. In addition, if new laws are enacted, or current laws are modified in countries in which we or our suppliers operate, we could face increased costs to comply with these laws. These costs may be incurred across various levels of our supply chain to comply with new environmental regulations, taxes and penalties, which could cause us to incur increased costs to satisfy service obligations to customers. In addition, we may be subject to increased regulations, reporting requirements and standards, or expectations regarding the environmental impacts of our business, which may result in increased compliance costs, and any untimely or inaccurate disclosure could adversely affect our reputation, business or financial performance.
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Risks Related to our Industry
As a provider of cybersecurity software and services, we are subject to a heightened threat of cyberattacks intended to disrupt our internal operations or IT services provided to customers, and any such disruption could reduce our revenue, increase our expenses, damage our reputation.
We sell cybersecurity software and services, including third-party software as well as our internally developed software, Nodeware. As a result, we have been and will be a target of cyber-attacks designed to impede the performance of our products, penetrate our network security or the security of our cloud platform or our internal systems, or that of our customers, misappropriate proprietary information and/or cause interruptions to our services. Because of the significant military action against Ukraine launched by Russia, the risk of such cyber-attacks is increased.
For example, because Nodeware is a network vulnerability management solution, a successful cyber-attack on us may be perceived as a victory for the cyber attacker, thereby increasing the likelihood that we may be a target of more cyber-attacks, even absent financial motives. Further, if our systems are breached as a result of third-party action, employee error or misconduct, attackers could learn critical information about how our primary product operates to help protect our customers’ IT infrastructures from cyber risk, thereby making our customers more vulnerable to cyber-attacks. In addition, if actual or perceived breaches of our network security occur, they could adversely affect the market perception of our Nodeware solution, negatively affecting our reputation, and may expose us to the loss of our proprietary information or information belonging to our customers, investigations or litigation and possible liability, including injunctive relief and monetary damages. Such security breaches could also divert the efforts of our technical and management personnel. In addition, such security breaches could impair our ability to operate our business and provide products to our customers. If this happens, our reputation could be harmed, our revenue could decline, and our business could suffer.
Our information technology systems may be subject to intentional disruption or other security incidents that could result in liability and adversely impact our reputation and future sales.
We and our service providers face threats from a variety of sources, including attacks on our networks and systems from numerous sources, including traditional “hackers,” sophisticated nation-state and nation-state supported actors, other sources of malicious code (such as viruses and worms), and phishing attempts. We and our service providers could be a target of cyber-attacks or other malfeasance designed to impede the performance of our software and services, penetrate our network security or the security of our cloud platform or our internal systems, misappropriate proprietary information and/or cause interruptions to our services. Our software, platforms, and system, and those of our service providers, may also suffer security incidents as a result of non-technical issues, including intentional or inadvertent acts or omissions by our employees or service providers. With the increase in personnel continuing to work remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, we and our service providers are at increased risk for security breaches. Because of the significant military action against Ukraine launched by Russia, the risk of such cyber-attacks, malfeasance, security incidents, and security breaches is increased. The conditions caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine could also result in disruption or other security incidents for our service providers.
We are taking steps to monitor and enhance the security of our software and services, cloud platform, and other relevant systems, IT infrastructure, networks, and data; however, the unprecedented scale of remote work may require additional personnel and resources, which nevertheless cannot be guaranteed to fully safeguard our software and services, our cloud platform, or any systems, IT infrastructure networks, or data upon which we rely. Further, because our operations involve providing cybersecurity software and services to our customers, we may be targeted for cyber-attacks and other security incidents. A breach in our data security or an attack against our service availability, or that of our third-party service providers, could impact our networks or networks secured by our software and services, creating system disruptions or slowdowns and exploiting security vulnerabilities of our software and services, and the information stored on our networks or those of our third-party service providers could be accessed, publicly disclosed, altered, lost, or stolen, which could subject us to liability and cause us financial harm. If an actual or perceived disruption in the availability of our software and services or the breach of our security measures or those of our service providers occurs, it could adversely affect the market perception of our software and services, result in a loss of competitive advantage, have a negative impact on our reputation, or result in the loss of customers, channel partners and sales, and it may expose us to the loss or alteration of information, litigation, regulatory actions and investigations and possible liability. Any such actual or perceived security breach or disruption could also divert the efforts of our technical and management personnel. We also may incur significant costs and operational consequences of investigating, remediating, eliminating and putting in place additional tools and devices designed to prevent actual or perceived security incidents, as well as the costs to comply with any notification obligations resulting from any security incidents. In addition, any such actual or perceived security breach could impair our ability to operate our business and provide software and services to our customers. If this happens, our reputation could be harmed, our revenues could decline and our business could suffer.
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Although we maintain insurance coverage that may be applicable to certain liabilities in the event of a security breach or other security incident, we cannot be certain that our insurance coverage will be adequate for liabilities that actually are incurred, that insurance will continue to be available to us on economically reasonable terms, or at all, or that any insurer will not deny coverage as to any future claim. The successful assertion of one or more large claims against us that exceed available insurance coverage or the occurrence of changes in our insurance policies, including premium increases or the imposition of large deductible or co-insurance requirements, could have a material and adverse effect on our business, including our financial condition, operating results and reputation.
If our software and services fail to detect vulnerabilities or incorrectly detect vulnerabilities, our brand and reputation could be harmed, which could have an adverse effect on our business and results of operations.
If our software and services fail to detect vulnerabilities in our customers’ IT infrastructures, or if our software and services fail to identify and respond to new and increasingly complex methods of attacks, our business and reputation may suffer. There is no guarantee that our software and services will detect all vulnerabilities. Additionally, our cybersecurity software and services may falsely detect vulnerabilities or threats that do not actually exist. For example, some of our software and services rely on information on attack sources aggregated from third-party data providers who monitor global malicious activity originating from a variety of sources, including anonymous proxies, specific IP addresses, botnets and phishing sites. If the information from these data providers is inaccurate, the potential for false indications of security vulnerabilities increases. These false positives, while typical in the industry, may impair the perceived reliability or usability of our software and services and may therefore adversely impact market acceptance of our software and services and could result in negative publicity, loss of customers and sales, increased costs to remedy any incorrect information or problem, or claims by aggrieved parties. Similar issues may be generated by the misuse of our tools to identify and exploit vulnerabilities.
Further, our software and services sometimes are tested against other security products, and may fail to perform as effectively, or to be perceived as performing as effectively, as competitive products for any number of reasons, including misconfiguration. To the extent current or potential customers, channel partners, or others believe there has been an occurrence of an actual or perceived failure of our software and services to detect a vulnerability or otherwise to function as effectively as competitive products in any particular test or indicates our software and services do not provide significant value, our business, competitive position, and reputation could be harmed.
In addition, our software and services do not currently extend to cover mobile devices or personal devices that employees may bring into an organization. As such, our software and services would not identify or address vulnerabilities in mobile devices, such as mobile phones or tablets, or personal devices, and our customers’ IT infrastructures may be compromised by attacks that infiltrate their networks through such devices.
An actual or perceived security breach or theft of the sensitive data of one of our customers, regardless of whether the breach is attributable to the failure of our software and services, could adversely affect the market’s perception of our cybersecurity software and services.
If our solutions fail to help our customers achieve and maintain compliance with regulations and industry standards, our revenues and operating results could be harmed.
We generate a portion of our revenues from software and services that help organizations achieve and maintain compliance with regulations and industry standards. For example, some of our customers subscribe to our software and services to help them comply with the security standards developed and maintained by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council, or the PCI Council, which apply to companies that store cardholder data. Industry organizations like the PCI Council may significantly change their security standards with little or no notice, including changes that could make their standards more or less onerous for businesses. Governments may also adopt new laws or regulations, or make changes to existing laws or regulations, that could impact the demand for or value of our solutions.
If we are unable to adapt our software and services to changing regulatory standards in a timely manner, or if our solutions fail to assist with or expedite our customers’ compliance initiatives, our customers may lose confidence in our solutions and could switch to products offered by our competitors. In addition, if regulations and standards related to data security, vulnerability management and other IT, security and compliance requirements are relaxed or the penalties for non-compliance are changed in a manner that makes them less onerous, our customers may view government and industry regulatory compliance as less critical to their businesses, and our customers may be less willing to purchase our solutions. In any of these cases, our revenues and operating results could be harmed.
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Our cybersecurity software and services are delivered from a third-party vendor, and any disruption of service at their facilities would interrupt or delay our ability to deliver our software and services to our customers which could reduce our revenues and harm our operating results.
Our existing data center facilities providers have no obligation to renew their agreements with us on commercially reasonable terms, or at all. If we are unable to renew our agreements with the facilities providers on commercially reasonable terms or if in the future we add additional data center facility providers, we may experience costs or downtime in connection with the loss of an existing facility or the transfer to, or addition of, new data center facilities.
Any disruptions or other performance problems with our software and services could harm our reputation and business and may damage our customers’ businesses. Interruptions in our service delivery might reduce our revenues, cause us to issue credits to customers, subject us to potential liability and cause customers to terminate their subscriptions or not renew their subscriptions.
If the market for cloud solutions for IT, security and compliance does not evolve as we anticipate, our revenues may not grow and our operating results would be harmed.
Our success depends to a significant extent on the willingness of organizations to increase their use of cloud solutions for their IT, security, and compliance. To date, some organizations have been reluctant to use cloud solutions because they have concerns regarding the risks associated with the reliability or security of the technology delivery model associated with these solutions. If other cloud service providers experience security incidents, loss of customer data, disruptions in service delivery or other problems, the market for cloud solutions as a whole, including our solutions, may be negatively impacted. Moreover, many organizations have invested substantial personnel and financial resources to integrate on-premise software into their businesses, and as a result may be reluctant or unwilling to migrate to a cloud solution, such as Nodeware. Organizations that use on-premise security products, such as network firewalls, security information and event management products or data loss prevention solutions, may also believe that these products sufficiently protect their IT infrastructure and deliver adequate security. Therefore, they may continue spending their IT security budgets on these products and may not adopt our software and services in addition to or as a replacement for such products.
If customers do not recognize the benefits of our cloud software and our services over traditional on-premise enterprise software products, and as a result we are unable to increase sales of subscriptions to our software and services, then our revenues may not grow or may decline, and our operating results would be harmed.
We use third-party software and data that may be difficult to replace or cause errors or failures of our software and services that could lead to lost customers or harm to our reputation and our operating results.
We license third-party software as well as security and compliance data from various third parties to deliver our software and services. In the future, this software or data may not be available to us on commercially reasonable terms, or at all. Any loss of the right to use any of this software or data could result in delays in the provisioning of our software and services until equivalent technology or data is either developed by us, or, if available, is identified, obtained and integrated, which could harm our business. In addition, any errors or defects in or failures of this third-party software or data could result in errors or defects in our software and services or cause our software and services to fail, which could harm our business and be costly to correct. Many of these providers attempt to impose limitations on their liability for such errors, defects or failures, and if enforceable, we may have additional liability to our customers or third-party providers that could harm our reputation and increase our operating costs.
We will need to maintain our relationships with third-party software and data providers, and to obtain software and data from such providers that do not contain any errors or defects. Any failure to do so could adversely impact our ability to deliver effective solutions to our customers and could harm our operating results.
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Our software contains third-party open source software components, and our failure to comply with the terms of the underlying open source software licenses could restrict our ability to sell our software and services.
Our software contains software licensed to us by third-parties under so-called “open source” licenses, including the GNU General Public License, the GNU Lesser General Public License, the BSD License, the Apache License and others. From time to time, there have been claims against companies that distribute or use open source software in their products and services, asserting that such open source software infringes the claimants’ intellectual property rights. We could be subject to suits by parties claiming that what we believe to be licensed open source software infringes their intellectual property rights. Use and distribution of open source software may entail greater risks than use of third-party commercial software, as open source licensors generally do not provide warranties or other contractual protections regarding infringement claims or the quality of the code. In addition, certain open source licenses require that source code for software programs that are subject to the license be made available to the public and that any modifications or derivative works to such open source software continue to be licensed under the same terms. If we combine our proprietary software with open source software in certain ways, we could, in some circumstances, be required to release the source code of our proprietary software to the public. Disclosing the source code of our proprietary software could make it easier for cyber attackers and other third parties to discover vulnerabilities in or to defeat the protections of our solutions, which could result in our solutions failing to provide our customers with the security they expect from our services. This could harm our business and reputation. Disclosing our proprietary source code also could allow our competitors to create similar products with lower development effort and time and ultimately could result in a loss of sales for us. Any of these events could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition.
Our software and services could be used to collect and store personal information of our customers’ employees or customers, and therefore privacy and other data handling concerns could result in additional cost and liability to us or inhibit sales of our software and services.
We may collect, store, process and use our customers’ employees or customers’ personally identifiable information and other data in our transactions with them, and we may rely on third parties that are not directly under our control to do so as well. While we take reasonable measures intended to protect the security, integrity and confidentiality of the personal information and other sensitive information we collect, store or transmit, we cannot guarantee that inadvertent or unauthorized use or disclosure will not occur, or that third parties will not gain unauthorized access to this information. If we or our third-party service providers were to experience a breach, disruption or failure of systems compromising our customers’ data, or if one of our third-party service providers or partners were to access our customers’ personal data without our authorization, our brand and reputation could be adversely affected, use of our software and services could decrease and we could be exposed to a risk of loss, litigation and regulatory proceedings.
Despite our compliance efforts, we may fail to achieve compliance with applicable privacy or data protection laws and regulations as they evolve, or adhere to contractual obligations regarding the collection, processing, storage and transfer of data (including data from our customers, prospective customers, partners and employees), either due to internal or external factors such as resource limitations or a lack of vendor cooperation. Any actual or perceived failure to comply with these laws or obligations could result in enforcement action against us, including fines, claims for damages by customers and other affected individuals, damage to our reputation and loss of goodwill (both in relation to any existing customers and prospective customers), any of which could harm our business, results of operations, and financial condition. Further, privacy concerns may inhibit market adoption of our software and services, particularly in certain industries and foreign countries.
We depend on prime contracts or subcontracts with the federal, state, and local governments for a substantial portion of our sales, and our business would be seriously harmed if the government ceased doing business with us or our prime contractors or significantly decreased the amount of business it does with us or our prime contractors.
We derived approximately 64% of our sales in 2023 and 63% of our sales in 2022 from contracts as either a prime contractor or a subcontractor from government contracts. We expect that we will continue to derive a substantial portion of our sales for the foreseeable future from work performed under government contracts, as we have in the past, and from marketing efforts focused on commercial enterprises. If we or our prime contractors were suspended or prohibited from contracting with federal, state or local governments, or if our reputation or relationship with the federal, state or local governments and commercial enterprises were impaired, or if any of the foregoing otherwise ceased doing business with us or our prime contractors or significantly decreased the amount of business it does with us or our prime contractors, our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results would be materially adversely affected.
We operate in a highly competitive environment and, as a result, we may not be able to compete effectively or maintain or increase our sales.
We operate in a highly competitive environment with numerous competitors, some of which have greater resources or better brand recognition than we do. This competitive environment subjects us to various risks, including the ability to provide our software and services at competitive prices that allow us to maintain our profitability. Because of this competitive environment, we may have limited ability to increase prices in response to increased costs without losing competitive position which may adversely affect our margins and financial performance. In addition, price reductions by our competitors may result in the reduction of our prices and a corresponding reduction in our profitability. As a result, we may face periods of intense competition in the future, which could have a material adverse effect on our profitability and results of operations.
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Our sales cycle can be long and unpredictable, and our sales efforts require considerable time and expense. As a result, revenues may vary from period to period, which may cause our operating results to fluctuate and could harm our business.
The timing of sales of our software and services can be difficult to forecast because of the length and unpredictability of our sales cycle, particularly with large transactions. We sell our cybersecurity software and services primarily to IT departments that are managing a growing set of user and compliance demands, which has increased the complexity of customer requirements to be met and confirmed during the sales cycle and prolonged our sales cycle. Further, the length of time that potential customers devote to their testing and evaluation, contract negotiation and budgeting processes varies significantly, which has also made our sales cycle long and unpredictable. The length of the sales cycle for our software and services typically ranges from six to twelve months but can be more than eighteen months. In addition, we might devote substantial time and effort to a particular unsuccessful sales effort, and as a result we could lose other sales opportunities or incur expenses that are not offset by an increase in revenues, which could harm our business.
Our business could be adversely affected by changes in budgetary priorities of the federal, state and local governments.
Because we derive a significant portion of our sales from contracts with federal, state and local governments, we believe that the success and development of our business will continue to depend on our successful participation in their contract programs. Changes in federal, state and local government budgetary priorities could directly affect our financial performance. A significant decline in government expenditures, a shift of expenditures away from programs which call for the types of services that we provide or a change in government contracting policies, could cause U.S. Governmental agencies as well as state and local governments to reduce their expenditures under contracts, to exercise their right to terminate contracts at any time without penalty, not to exercise options to renew contracts or to delay or not originate new contracts. Any of those actions could seriously harm our business, prospects, financial condition or operating results. Moreover, although our contracts with governmental entities may contemplate that our services will be performed over a period of several years, government entities usually must approve funds for a given program each government fiscal year and may significantly reduce or eliminate funding for a program. Significant reductions in these appropriations could have a material adverse effect on our business. Additional factors that could have a serious adverse effect on our government contracting business include, but may not be limited to:
changes in government programs or requirements;
budgetary priorities limiting or delaying government spending generally, or by specific departments or agencies and changes in fiscal policies or available funding, including potential governmental shutdowns;
reductions in the government's use of technology solutions firms;
a decrease in the number of contracts reserved for small businesses, or small business set asides, which could result in our inability to compete directly for these prime contracts; and
curtailment of the government uses of IT or related professional services.
We rely on software-as-a-service vendors to operate certain functions of our business and any failure of such vendors to provide services to us could adversely impact our business and operations.
We rely on third-party software-as-a-service vendors to operate certain critical functions of our business, including financial management and human resource management. If these services become unavailable due to extended outages or interruptions or because they are no longer available on commercially reasonable terms or prices, our expenses could increase, our ability to manage our finances could be interrupted and our processes for managing sales of our solutions and supporting our customers could be impaired until equivalent services, if available, are identified, obtained and integrated, all of which could harm our business.
Risks Related to our Common Stock
Upon exercise of our outstanding options or warrants and conversion of our convertible notes we will be obligated to issue a substantial number of additional shares of common stock which will dilute our present stockholders.
We are obligated to issue additional shares of our common stock in connection with our outstanding options, warrants, and convertible notes. As of December 31, 2023, there were options, warrants, convertible notes outstanding, convertible into 147,631, 161,472 and 143,564 shares of common stock, respectively, at prices ranging from $1.00 to $18.75 per share. The exercise, conversion or exchange of warrants or convertible securities, including for other securities, will cause us to issue additional shares of our common stock and will dilute the percentage ownership of our stockholders. In addition, we have in the past, and may in the future, exchange outstanding securities for other securities on terms that are dilutive to the securities held by other stockholders not participating in such exchange.
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Our stock price is volatile and could be further affected by events not within our control.
The trading price of our common stock has been volatile and will continue to be subject to volatility in the trading markets and other factors.
The closing market price for our common stock varied between a low of $0.40 and a high of $2.75 in 2023. This volatility may affect the price at which a stockholder could sell its shares of common stock, and the sale of substantial amounts of our common stock could adversely affect the price of our common stock. Our stock price is likely to continue to be volatile and subject to significant price and volume fluctuations in response to market and other factors, including variations in our quarterly operating results and announcement by us or our competitors of significant acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures, or capital commitments.
Our common stock is currently quoted on the expert market. Because there is a limited public market for our common stock, a stockholder may not be able to buy or sell shares when he or she wants. We cannot assure you that an active trading market for our common stock will ever develop.
There is limited trading in our common stock, and we cannot assure you that an active public market for our common stock will ever develop. The lack of an active public trading market means that a stockholder may not be able to sell shares of common stock when wanted, thereby increasing market risk. Until our common stock is listed on an exchange, we expect that the shares will continue to be quoted on the expert market. However, an investor may find it difficult to obtain accurate quotations regarding the common stock’s market value. In addition, if we failed to meet the criteria set forth in SEC regulations, various requirements would be imposed by law on broker-dealers who sell our securities to persons other than established customers and accredited investors. Consequently, such regulations may deter broker-dealers from recommending or selling our common stock, which may further affect the shares’ liquidity. Moreover, our ability to obtain future financing may be adversely affected by the consequences of our common stock trading on the expert market.
Our common stock may be considered a “penny stock” and may be difficult to buy or sell.
The SEC has adopted regulations which generally define “penny stock” to be an equity security that has a market or exercise price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to specific exemptions. The market price of our common stock is currently below $5.00 per share and therefore may be designated as a “penny stock” according to SEC rules. This designation requires any broker or dealer selling these securities to disclose certain information concerning the transaction, obtain a written agreement from the purchaser and determine that the purchaser is reasonably suitable to purchase the securities. These rules may restrict the ability of brokers or dealers to accept our share certificates into a customer account and may affect the ability of our stockholders to sell their shares.
Concentration of ownership among our existing executive officers, directors and holders of 5% or more of our outstanding common stock may prevent new investors from influencing significant corporate decisions.
As of December 31, 2023, our executive officers and directors owned, in the aggregate, approximately 16.8% of our outstanding common stock. In addition, there are a few holders of 5% or more of our outstanding common who are not our officers and directors. As a result, such persons, acting together, have significant ability to control our management and affairs and substantially all matters submitted to our stockholders for approval, including the election and removal of directors and approval of any significant transaction. This concentration of ownership may have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control, impeding a merger, consolidation, takeover or other business combination involving us, or discouraging a potential acquirer from making a tender offer or otherwise attempting to obtain control of our business, even if such a transaction would benefit other stockholders.
Offers or availability for sale of a substantial number of shares of our common stock may cause the price of our common stock to decline.
Sales of large blocks of our common stock over a short time last fall could have a significant adverse effect on our common stock price. If our existing stockholders and investors seek to sell a substantial number of shares of our common stock, such selling efforts may cause significant declines in the market price of our common stock. The existence of an overhang, which is the potential dilution in the value of our common stock due to outstanding convertible notes, warrants and stock options, whether or not sales have occurred or are occurring, also could make our ability to raise additional financing through the sale of equity or equity-linked securities more difficult in the future at a time and price that we deem reasonable or appropriate. If our existing stockholders and investors seek to sell a substantial number of shares of our common stock, such selling efforts may cause significant declines in the market price of our common stock.
O ur common stock may be affected by limited trading volume and price fluctuations, which could adversely impact the value of our common stock.
Our common stock has experienced, and is likely to experience in the future, significant price and volume fluctuations, which could adversely affect the market price of our common stock without regard to our operating performance. In addition, we believe that factors such as quarterly fluctuations in our financial results and changes in the overall economy or the condition of the financial markets could cause the price of our common stock to fluctuate substantially. These fluctuations may also cause short sellers to periodically enter the market in the belief that we will have poor results in the future. We cannot predict the actions of market participants and, therefore, can offer no assurances that the market for our common stock will be stable or appreciate over time.
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Because we do not intend to pay cash dividends on our shares of common stock, any returns will be limited to the value of our shares.
We currently anticipate that we will retain future earnings for the development, operation and expansion of our business and do not anticipate declaring or paying any cash dividends for the foreseeable future. Any return to stockholders will therefore be limited to the increase, if any, of our share price.
If securities analysts do not publish or cease publishing research or reports or publish misleading, inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business or if they publish negative evaluations of our stock, the price and trading volume of our stock could decline.
The trading market for our common stock will rely, in part, on the research and reports that industry or financial analysts publish about us or our business. We do not currently have, and may never obtain, research coverage by industry or financial analysts. If no, or few, analysts commence coverage of us, the trading price of our stock would likely decrease. Even if we do obtain analyst coverage, if one or more of the analysts covering our business downgrade their evaluations of our stock or publish inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, or provide more favorable relative recommendations about our competitors, the price of our stock could decline. If one or more of these analysts cease to cover our stock, we could lose visibility in the market for our stock, which in turn could cause our stock price and trading volume to decline.
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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Cautionary statement identifying important factors that could cause our actual results to differ from those projected in forward-looking statements.
Readers of this report are advised that this document contains both statements of historical facts and forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements. Examples of forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to (i) projections of sales, income or loss, earnings per share, capital expenditures, dividends, capital structure, and other financial items, (ii) statements of our plans and objectives with respect to business transactions and enhancement of stockholder value, (iii) statements of future economic performance, and (iv) statements of assumptions underlying other statements and statements about our business prospects.
The following Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this report.
Business
Headquartered in Pittsford, New York, Infinite Group is a developer of cybersecurity software and related cybersecurity consulting, advisory and managed information security services. We principally sell our software and services through indirect channels such as MSPs, MSSPs, agents and distributors and government contractors, whom we refer to collectively as our channel partners. We also sell directly to end customers.
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We believe our ability to succeed depends on how successful we are in differentiating ourselves in the cybersecurity market at a time when competition and consolidation in these markets are on the rise. Our strategy to differentiate our cybersecurity software and services from our competitors is to combine customized software and professional services, and grow our business by designing, developing, and marketing cybersecurity SaaS solutions that can be deployed in myriad environments. Software and services are initially developed in our wholly-owned subsidiary, IGI CyberLabs, to fill technology gaps we identify, and then we bring these software and services to market through our existing channel partner and customer relationships. Our software and services are designed to simplify and manage the security needs of our customers and channel partners in a variety of environments. We focus on the small and medium-sized enterprises market. We support our channel partners by providing recurring-revenue business models for both services and through our cybersecurity SaaS solutions. Products may be sold as standalone solutions or integrated into existing environments to further automate the management of cybersecurity and related IT functions.
Business Strategy
We have a threefold business strategy composed of:
providing differentiated cybersecurity software and services to small to mid-sized enterprises who lack the internal resources to focus on cybersecurity related matters by combining customized software and professional services;
designing, developing, and marketing cybersecurity SaaS solutions, including Nodeware; and
identifying other cybersecurity companies to acquire as part of a strategic roll-up strategy.
We believe our ability to succeed depends on how successful we are in differentiating ourselves in the market at a time when competition and consolidation in these markets is on the rise.
Our software and services are designed to simplify the security needs of our customers and channel partners, with a focus on the small to mid-sized enterprises, and be believe our ability to integrate our product and service offerings differentiates them from our competitors. In addition, we support our channel partners by providing recurring -revenue business models for both services and our cybersecurity SaaS solutions.
Cybersecurity is a constantly evolving field, so we devote significant efforts in developing proprietary software and services to meet our customer and channel partners’ evolving needs. These efforts have resulted in the development of our patented and patent-pending Nodeware solution. We expect to continue to make significant investments in developing other intellectual property to serve as the core to other proprietary software and services.
Historically, a significant portion of our revenues has been derived through our managed support services, however, we believe our cybersecurity SaaS solutions, including Nodeware, present an opportunity for significant growth. We believe that Nodeware’s ability to be deployed across a wide variety of networks and the ability to integrate it into existing and new cybersecurity solutions, will allow us to significantly grow this segment of our business. Similarly, we believe Nodeware’s SaaS recurring revenue business model and its flexibility as a standalone or integrated solution makes it an attractive part of our channel partners’ portfolio of products. Accordingly, in 2022 and 2023 we made significant investments in CyberLabs and sales and marketing to grow our team of cybersecurity sales and technical consultants. As a result, we believe we are seeing the pipeline growth expected from focused efforts, which we anticipate will convert to revenue growth in 2024.
We believe the market for cybersecurity services for small and medium-sized enterprises is fragmented and does not currently meet the needs of this customer base. The market is fragmented and is beginning to consolidate, which is why we are seeking to strategically acquire other cybersecurity technology and services companies.
Recent Developments
During the year ended December 31, 2023, we had sales of approximately $7.0 million, an operating loss of approximately $1.9 million, due primarily to increased investment in sales and marketing for Nodeware and related services, and a net loss of approximately $1.9 million, primarily due to the previously stated operating loss along with significant interest expense, offset by one-time gain from the Employee Retention Credit. We had full year sales of approximately $7.0 million in 2022, generating operating loss of approximately $2.3 million and net loss of approximately $3.6 million.
On February 3, 2023, the Company, as borrower, entered into a financing arrangement with Mast Hill Fund, L.P. In exchange for a promissory note, Mast Hill agreed to lend the Company $118,000, which bears interest at a rate of eight percent (8%) per annum, less $11,800 original issue discount. Under the terms of the Loan, amortization payments are due beginning June 3, 2023, and each month thereafter with the final payment due on February 3, 2024. Additionally, in the event of a default under the Loan or if the Company elects to pre-pay the Loan, the Lender has the right to convert any portion or all of the outstanding and unpaid principal and interest into fully paid and non-assessable shares of the Company’s common stock at a conversion price of $2.00 per share. The conversion price is subject to adjustment under certain circumstances, including issuances of Company common stock below the conversion price. The Company is not required to issue additional shares to Lender in the event an adjustment to the conversion price occurs. Except for the option to convert the note in the event of a pre-payment, there is no pre-payment penalty associated with the promissory note. The Loan is subject to customary events of default, including cross-defaults on the Loan agreements and on other indebtedness of the Company, violations of securities laws (including Regulation FD), and failure to issue shares upon a conversion of the note. Amounts due under the Loan are subject to a 15% penalty in the event of a default. As additional consideration for the financing, the Company issued Lender a 5-year warrant to purchase 59,000 shares of Company common stock at a fixed price of $2.00 per share, subject to price adjustments for certain actions, including dilutive issuances, representing 100% warrant coverage on the principal amount of the Loan. The Company has granted the Lender customary “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to the shares issuable upon conversion of the promissory note and exercise of the warrant. No material relationship exists between the Company or its affiliates and Lender, other than in respect of the Loan and similar loans between the Company and Lender entered into on November 3, 2021, February 11, 2022, May 31, 2022, and November 23, 2022, respectively. J.H. Darbie & Co., Inc., a registered broker-dealer, acted as a finder in connection with the Loan, and was paid a cash fee of $3,100 (2.92% of the gross proceeds of the Loan) and issued a 5-year warrant to purchase 3,098 shares of Company common stock at a fixed price of $2.40 per share (120% of the exercise price of the warrant issued in connection with the Loan), subject to price adjustments for certain actions, including dilutive issuances, representing 7% warrant coverage on the gross proceeds of the Loan. The Company has granted the Finder customary “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to the shares issuable upon exercise of the warrant. The Company and the Lender are parties to promissory notes dated November 3, 2021, February 11, 2022, May 27, 2022, and November 23, 2022. On February 3, 2023, the Company and the Lender entered into an amendment with respect to the February 11, 2022 Note (the “Note”) waiving any Event of Default (as defined in the Note) under Section 4.17 of the Note that occurred prior to February 3, 2023. In addition, the amendment extended the maturity date of the Note to May 30, 2023. The Company shall pay $200,000 of the existing balance of the Note on or before March 31, 2023, to reduce the balance of the note by $200,000. If the company fails to make the payment, then the (i) the principal of the Note shall be increased by $30,000 (the “Increased Principal Portion”) as of April 1, 2023, and (ii) the Company shall repay the Increased Principal Portion on or before April 16,2023. Except as set forth above, the terms of the Notes remain the same.
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On March 17, 2023, the Company, as borrower, entered into an Amended and Restated Line of Credit Note and Agreement (the “New Note”) effective as of October 1, 2022, which amended and restated that certain Line of Credit Note and Agreement dated March 14, 2016 (the “Original Note”) by and between the Company and James V. Leonardo (the “Holder,” together with the Company the “Parties”). The New Note has a principal amount of $250,000 (the ‘Principal Amount”) and accrues interest on the unpaid Principal Amount at a rate of ten percent (10%) per annum. Also on March 17, 2023, James Villa, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, entered into a personal guarantee with the Holder to personally guarantee the obligations of the Company under the New Note. Under the terms of the New Note, the Company has agreed to make a one-time payment of $16,667 for interest accrued on the Original Note for the four-month period covering June 2022 through September 2022. The Company has also agreed to make quarterly interest payments of $6,250, commencing on December 31, 2022, and continuing through and including September 30, 2023. For consideration received by the Parties for entry into the New Note, the Parties, along with James Villa and RES Exhibit Services, LLC (“RES”), an entity owned by the Holder, entered into a Letter Agreement (the “Agreement”) on March 17, 2023. Under the terms of the Agreement, all prior amounts owed to the Company by RES were set off against amounts owed by the Company to the Holder under the Original Note.
On March 29, 2023, the Company, as seller, received a $1,330,464 as a purchase price (the “Purchase Price”) for the sale of the Company’s rights, title and interest per a Risk Participation of ERC Claim Agreement, dated March 27, 2023 (“Agreement”) by and between the Company and 1861 Acquisition LLC (the “Buyer,” together with the Company the “Parties”). The Agreement transferred all of the Company’s rights to receive any and all payments, proceeds or distributions of any kind (without set-off, deduction or withholding of any kind), including interest, from the United States Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) in respect of the employee retention credits duly and timely claimed by Seller on account of qualified wages paid by Seller and identified as a “Claim for Refund” under Form 941-X Adjusted Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return or Claim for Refund for the third (3rd) and fourth (4th) quarters of 2020, and the first (1st), second (2nd) and third (3rd) quarters of 2021 (the “Tax Refund Claim”) in the aggregate amount of $1,662,698 (“Transferred Interests”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Agreement, (i) the relationship between Company and Buyer under the Agreement with respect to the Transferred Interests is that of seller and purchaser, with the Company having irrevocably transferred to Buyer the right to receive from the Company 100% of the monies or property received by the Company with respect to the Tax Refund Claim in exchange for the Purchase Price, and (ii) the Agreement shall not constitute an assignment or transfer or agreement to assign or transfer all or any part of the Company’s legal title in and to the Tax Refund Claim. During 2023, the Company received the ERC Claim in the amount of $1,733,397 including interest of $70,699. Per the Agreement, the Company transferred this amount to the Buyer.
On August 25, 2023, the Company, as borrower, entered into a business loan arrangement with WebBank. In exchange for the loan, WebBank agreed to lend the Company $150,000, with a payment plan of $2,671 per week for 78 weeks effective August 28, 2023. The effective interest rate of the Loan is 46.8%. If the loan is prepaid, the unpaid portion of the finance charge of $58,350 will be due to WebBank. In September 2024, WebBank forgave the remaining payments on the business loan for $60,295. This forgiveness of debt resulted in a gain of approximately $12,800.
On September 14, 2023, the Company, as borrower, entered into a Financing and Security Agreement ("Agreement") with Celtic Bank Corporation (the “Celtic”). In exchange for a line of credit (“LOC”), Celtic agreed to lend the Company $200,000, with a payment plan of $20,892 per month for 12 months effective October 16, 2023. The annual percentage rate of the LOC is 48.4%. If LOC is prepaid, the unpaid interest accrued will be due to Celtic. If an additional draw on the LOC is requested, a draw fee will be imposed.
On December 15, 2023, the Company, as borrower, entered into a Sale of Future Receipts Agreement ("Agreement") with Fresh Funding Solutions, Inc. (“Fresh”). The Company is selling a portion of a future revenue stream to Fresh at a discount. The purchase price paid to the Company was $120,000. The net amount funded to the Company was $118,765 net of fees with a payment plan of $3,250 per week for 48 weeks. The effective interest rate of the agreement is 58.6%. In October 2024, Fresh Funding forgave the remaining payments on the subordinated business loan for $64,750. This forgiveness of debt resulted in a loss of approximately $1,500.
On December 19, 2023, U.S. Patent number 11,848,954 was issued for NETWORK ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF.
On December 26, 2023, the Company, as borrower, requested and received a draw against the LOC noted above. The amount of the draw was $42,224 with a payment plan of $4,411 per month for 12 months effective January 16, 2024. A draw fee of $967 was imposed. In October 2024, Celtic Bank Corporation forgave the remaining payments on the subordinated business loan for $93,381. This forgiveness of debt resulted in a gain of approximately $45,200.
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On February 16, 2024, the Company received funding from a future receivables purchase agreement with UFS West LLC. The purchase price amount was $150,000 with a fixed fee of $4,500. A payment plan of $5,824 per week for 34 weeks effective February 23, 2024. The effective interest rate of the agreement is 87.5%. In September 2024, UFS West LLC forgave the remaining payments on the subordinated business loan for $51,500. This forgiveness of debt resulted in a gain of approximately $29,900.
On March 8, 2024, the Company received funding from a subordinated business loan and security agreement with Agile Lending, LLC. The term loan amount was $185,500 with a fixed fee of $10,500. A payment plan of $11,285 per week for 24 weeks effective March 18, 2024. The effective interest rate of the agreement is approximately 170%. In August 2024, Agile Lending LLC forgave the remaining payments on the subordinated business loan for $60,000. This forgiveness of debt resulted in a gain of approximately $43,600.
On April 3, 2024. The Company formed Nodeware Inc. in the state of Delaware. It is a wholly owned subsidiary to support the Company’s Nodeware solution.
On May 20, 2024, the Company formed Nodeware Inc. in the state of Nevada. It is a wholly owned subsidiary to support the Company’s Nodeware solution.
On June 4, 2024, the Company received funding from a loan agreement with Stripe and Celtic Bank. The loan amount was $150,500 plus a fixed fee of $17,157. The repayment amount of $167,657 will be repaid at a repayment rate of 20% of the Company’s receivables automatically withheld by Stripe. There is no financing percentage. The repayment start date was June 11, 2024, with a minimum payment amount of $18,629 over every 60-day period. The final repayment date is December 3, 2025, if total repayment amount is not paid as of that date. This loan agreement also eliminates the remaining balance of $33,815 from the previous Stripe loan dated October 11, 2023, as the remaining balance was rolled into this new loan.
On August 16, 2024, the Company entered into an amended and restated loan and security agreement (the “Agreement”), dated as of August 16, 2024, by and between the Company and Harry Hoyen (the “Lender”), pursuant to which the Company may borrow up to an aggregate amount of $2,000,000 (the “Loan”) at 8% per annum Pursuant to the Agreement, on August 16, 2024, the Company borrowed $1,200,000 from the Lender and issued to the Lender a secured promissory note evidencing such portion of the Loan having a term ending on August 16, 2028. The Agreement’s payment plan is for 48 payments of $52,500 per month.
Commencing on September 1, 2024, the Company may borrow up to an additional $800,000 from the Lender to be evidenced by secured promissory notes. Additional amounts of $80,000, $70,000, $555,000 and $50,000 were borrowed on October 15, 2024, October 16, 2024, November 13, 2024, and October 27, 2025, respectively.
On September 30, 2024, the Company did not make the scheduled payment due under its financing agreement with the Lender, resulting in a technical default under the terms of the agreement as well as violating several other loan covenants. The payment default and violated covenants have been waived by the Lender through November 15, 2026.
In September 2024, CAN Capital LLC (successor to a WebBank loan dated August 23, 2023) forgave the remaining payments on the subordinated business loan for $60,295. This forgiveness of debt resulted in a gain of approximately $12,800.
In October 2024, Celtic Bank Corporation forgave the remaining payments on the subordinated business loan for $93,381. This forgiveness of debt resulted in a gain of approximately $445,200.
On December 6, 2024, ASM Technologies Division LLC. was organized in the state of Delaware.
On January 1, 2025, Infinite Group Inc. was admitted as the initial member with 100% of the membership interests in ASM Technologies Division LLC.
On March 12, 2025, the Company received funding from a loan agreement with Stripe and Celtic Bank. The loan amount was $241,500 plus a fixed fee of $23,667. The repayment amount of $265,167 will be repaid at a repayment rate of 30% of the Company’s receivables automatically withheld by Stripe. There is no financing percentage. The repayment start date was March 17, 2025, with a minimum payment amount of $29,463 over every 60-day period. The final repayment date is September 8, 2026, if the total repayment amount is not paid as of that date. This loan agreement also eliminates the remaining balance of $30,029 from the previous Stripe loan dated June 3, 2024, as the remaining balance was rolled into this new loan.
On March 12, 2025, Infinite Group, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) with Opti9 Technologies LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Buyer”) for the sale of assets related to the division of business known as the Ace Server Management division. Under this division the Company provides IT managed infrastructure services, to a US government agency as a subcontractor to Peraton Enterprise Solutions LLC (f/k/a Perspecta Enterprise Solutions LLC (“Peraton”)).
The purchase price was $7,500,000 plus the assumption of liabilities under the contract with Peraton going forward, and subject to customary adjustments prior to closing. The purchase price was to be funded by immediately available funds at the closing. The Agreement contemplated payment of a number of third-party creditors which proceeds will be applied at the closing.
The closing was expected to take place in June 2025. The closing of the transaction was subject to customary conditions, including, among other things, (i) approval by the Company’s stockholders; (ii) consent of Peraton; (iii) consent of a number of the Company’s debtholders; (iv) no temporary or permanent judgment issued by any governmental entity of competent jurisdiction or law or other legal restraint or prohibition preventing or prohibiting the consummation shall be in effect; (v) that no event or circumstance with a material adverse effect on the Ace server management business division shall have occurred; and, (vi) other customary conditions for a transaction of this nature.
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The Agreement contained representations, warranties and covenants of the parties customary for a transaction of this type, including a 4 year non-competition covenant from competing with the Buyer in providing services to the U.S. government agency that was subject of the Peraton subcontract, and providing 24x7x365 Windows and/or Linux operating system and hardware support and monitoring services to other parties.
Concurrently with the execution of the Agreement, certain stockholders were to enter into voting agreements (the “Voting Agreements”) with Buyer. Pursuant to the terms of the Voting Agreements, these stockholders were to agree to vote their shares in favor of the transaction and the Company’s upcoming stockholders meeting, to not solicit any other acquisition proposals and to vote their shares against any competing acquisition proposals. The shares subject to the Voting Agreements comprised approximately 28% of all outstanding shares. The Voting Agreements would terminate in certain circumstances, including upon termination of the Agreement.
The Company planned to present the transaction for the sale of these assets for approval at its upcoming annual meeting of stockholders tentatively scheduled for June 4, 2025.
On April 22, 2025, the Company received verbal communication from Peraton that the ASM contract was to be cancelled for convenience on May 17, 2025.
On May 8, 2025, the Company received a request in writing to answer an RFP that would retain certain employees of the Company that previously provided service under the ASM contract and would move the Company to a time and materials subcontract with Peraton serving the US government agency.
During April and May 2025, the Company executed layoffs constituting a material reduction in the workforce because of this change. During 2025,the Company received task orders and executed time and materials subcontracts with Peraton to retain certain employees serving the US Government agency.
On July 31, 2025, the Company received a notice of termination of the Asset Purchase Agreement.
On August 15, 2025, the Company received funding from Business Loan and Security Agreement with WebBank. The funding provided was $150,000 with a fixed fee of $3,000. A payment plan of $2,558 per week for 78 weeks effective August 21, 2025. The effective interest rate of the agreement is 42.6%.
On September 23, 2025, the Company received funding from a business installment loan with OnDeck Capital, LLC. The funding provided was $200,000 with a fixed fee of $5,000. A payment plan of $3,844 per week for 78 weeks effective September 30, 2025. The effective interest rate of the agreement is 61.6%.
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Results of Operations - Comparison of the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022
The following discussion analyzes our results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022. The following information should be considered together with our financial statements for such periods and the accompanying notes thereto.
The following table compares our statements of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022. Certain trends suggested by this table are not indicative of future operating results.
Years Ended December 31,
Amount of
% Increase
Sales
Sales
Change
(Decrease)
Sales
Cost of sales
Gross profit
General and administrative
Selling
Total cost and expenses
Operating loss
Other Income (loss)
Interest expense (net)
Net loss
Net loss per share - basic and diluted
Our managed support service sales decreased by 1% from $4,442,236 during the twelve months ended December 31, 2022 to $4,419,775 during the corresponding period of 2023. Managed support service sales accounted for approximately 64% of our sales in 2023 and approximately 63% for the same period in 2022. The decrease in our managed support service sales during 2023 was due to the termination of a minor scope project in services provided to our largest customer. We expect our Managed Information Security Services sales to remain steady in 2024.
Nodeware sales increased from $431,824 in 2022 to $705,562 in 2023, an increase of over 63%. This increase was due to the internal reorganization of our sales team in 2023, as well as increased marketing expenditures. We expect to see continued significant growth of Nodeware sales throughout 2024.
Sales of Webroot decreased from $720,222 in 2022 to $559,215 in 2023. This is a legacy third party offering which we are no longer aggressively marketing.
Our cybersecurity services sales, primarily to SMEs, decreased by 10% to $1,269,469 during the twelve months ended December 31, 2023 from $1,409,113 during the corresponding period of 2022. The decrease in cybersecurity software and services sales during 2023 was attributable to delayed timing on completion of several projects late in the year, as well as a reduction of sales orders. We expect our cybersecurity software and services business to grow in 2024 due to our increased spend in channel and marketing programs.
Cost of Sales and Gross Profit
Cost of sales principally represents the compensation expense for our employees (primarily the cost of our IT services group). To a lesser degree, but still significant, we also incurred cost of sales for third party software licenses for our commercial SME partners. Cost of sales decreased by 8% to $3,916,806 during the twelve months ended December 31, 2023 from $4,262,355 during the corresponding period of 2022. The decrease in cost of sales during the twelve months ended December 31, 2023 from 2022 was due to several cost reductions, but also partially offset by several increases. The cost of supplying Webroot software decreased from $403,496 in 2022 to $317,653 in 2023, due to a reduction in sales. The cost of labor to support cybersecurity projects decreased from $837,060 in 2022 to $653,860 in 2023 due to staff reductions. The cost of labor to support managed services decreased from $2,191,522 in 2022 to $2,034,031 in 2023 due to staff reductions.
These decreases were partially offset by increases in software expense. Software expenses related to cost of sales increased from $201,139 in 2022 to $274,290 in 2023, primarily driven by the increase in the amount of transactional data being processed by an outside third party vendor, due to the increase in Nodeware sales.
As a result of reduced costs of goods sold, gross profit increased year over year, by 11% to $3,037,214 for 2023.
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General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses include corporate overhead such as compensation and benefits for executive, administrative and finance personnel, rent, insurance, professional fees, travel, and office expenses. General and administrative expenses decreased by approximately $279,000 in 2023. The primary components of that change were a reduction in legal, accounting, and public company fees of approximately $415,000, an increase in consulting fees of approximately $82,000, with multiple other smaller changes netting the difference.
Selling Expenses
The increase of $140,000 in selling expenses to approximately $2,732,000 in 2023 is principally due to an increase in marketing expenses of $555,000, offset by decreases in salaries of $177,000, decrease in the recognition of stock option expenses of $127,000, decreases of commissions on cybersecurity projects of $71,000, with multiple other smaller changes netting the difference.
Operating Loss
Operating loss improved approximately $435,000 from 2022 to 2023. Gross profit also improved from the prior year, by approximately $296,000. The decrease in our general and administrative expenses of $279,000, and the increase in selling expenses of $140,000, both described in detail above, were the primary reasons for the improvement in operating income.
Other Income
Other income included a one-time refund of taxes of $1,662,698 related to the approval of the Employee Retention Credit by the IRS as well as the gain of $95,131 related to debt forgiveness.
Interest Expense, net
Interest expense increased by approximately $547,000 and includes interest on indebtedness, amortization of loan fees, cost of stock options as part of debt agreements and fees for financing accounts receivable invoices. The increase in interest expense is principally attributable to bridge loan financing considerations of approximately $1,004,000 during 2022 and another $557,000 during 2023.
Net Loss
The improvement in net loss is attributable primarily to the Employee Retention Credit as discussed above, the selling, general and administrative items discussed above resultant from our focus on growing and developing the Nodeware product, offset by the interest expense associated with loans in 2023.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
At December 31, 2023, we had cash of $25,473 available for working capital needs and planned capital asset expenditures and a working capital deficit of approximately $8,543,000 with a current ratio of 0.04.
During 2023, our primary sources of liquidity are cash provided by collections of accounts receivable and our factoring line of credit, and short term debt arrangements. We maintain an accounts receivable financing line of credit with an independent financial institution that allows us to sell selected accounts receivable invoices to the financial institution with full recourse against us in the amount of $2,000,000, including a sublimit for one major client of $1,500,000. This provides us with the cash needed to finance certain of our on-going costs and expenses. At December 31, 2023, based on eligible accounts receivable, we had $1,000 available under this arrangement. We expect sales during 2024 to generate additional accounts receivable eligible for factoring, that will support our operations. We pay fees based on the length of time that the invoice remains unpaid.
At December 31, 2023, we had current notes payable of $219,000 to related parties. $100,000 of this debt was due on January 1, 2023. The remaining $129,000 are in the form of demand notes with an interest rate of 6%.
At December 31, 2023, we have current notes payable of approximately $2,085,000 to third parties, which includes convertible notes payable of approximately $150,000. Also included is $12,500 in principal amount of a note payable due on June 30, 2016 but not paid by then. This note was issued in payment of software we purchased in February 2016 and secured by a security interest in the software. To date, the holder has not taken any action to collect the amount past due on this note or to enforce the security interest in the software.
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Also included in the current notes payable to third parties at December 31, 2023, are five bridge loans with Mast Hill Fund, L.P. All five loans bear interest at 8% and subject to a 12% default interest rate as well as a 15% penalty in the event of a default. We used the proceeds from the bridge loans to substantially enhance our marketing of CyberLabs’ Nodeware solution, in order to significantly increase its growth. In 2022, a total of approximately $737,000 was recorded as deferred note costs. An additional amount of approximately $125,000 was recorded as deferred note costs associated with these loans in 2023. At December 31, 2023, the unamortized balance of the deferred note costs for all five loans was approximately, $10,000. See Note 5 of the 2023 Audited Financial Statements for more information.
Notes payable to third parties at December 31, 2023, includes a loan with Celtic Bank. In lieu of interest, this has a one-time up-front fixed fee of $12,391. This entire fee was recorded as deferred note costs. The remaining unamortized balance at December 31, 2023 was approximately $8,000.
At December 31, 2023, we also have an accrued liability for the voluntary match portion of a former simple IRA plan, including interest, of approximately $298,000. We do not anticipate distributing this liability in the next year or two. Interest will continue to accrue.
We have approximately $1,066,000 of current maturities of long-term obligations to third parties. This is composed of seven notes including long-term notes to third parties of $265,000 due on January 1, 2018, which has not been renewed or amended, $175.000 due on January 1, 2024, which has not been renewed or amended, $100,000 due on January 1, 2024, which has not been renewed or amended, $9,000 due on January 1, 2024, which has not been renewed or amended, $166,473 due on August 24, 2024, $250,000 due on September 30, 2024, and $100,422 which is due in the next 12 months being paid $2,671 on a weekly schedule. The accrued interest on these notes is approximately $358,000 at December 31, 2023.
We have approximately $659,000 of current maturities of long-term obligations to related parties. This is composed of $25,000 which was due on June 30, 2023, $90,000 which was due on July 31, 2023, an $146,300 due on January 1, 2024 to two officers of the Company. The amount also includes $328,000 due on January 1, 2024 to our Chairman and $70,000 which was due on January 1, 2023 to a non-officer insider. The accrued interest of these five notes is approximately $239,800 at December 31, 2023.
We cannot provide assurance that we will be able to repay current notes payable or obtain extensions of maturity dates for long term notes payable when they mature or that we will be able to repay or otherwise refinance the notes at their schedules maturities.
Our ability to raise the additional capital is dependent on a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the market demand for our common stock, which itself is subject to a number of development and business risks and uncertainties, our creditworthiness and the uncertainty that we would be able to raise such additional capital at a price that is favorable to us. In addition, our ability to raise additional funds may be adversely impacted by deteriorating global economic conditions and the recent or future disruptions to and volatility in the financial markets in the United States and worldwide resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic or otherwise. With regards to our existing debt, we plan to restructure the debt, convert debt to equity or pay down appropriate debt. We may also increase ownership via exercising of stock options and the potential sale of restricted stock. If adequate funds are not available when needed, we may need to significantly reduce our operations while we seek strategic alternatives, which could have an adverse impact on our ability to achieve our intended business objectives including new software initiatives.
We do not engage in any activities involving variable interest entities or off-balance sheet arrangements.
There is substantial doubt of the Company to continue as a going concern and our audit report included this matter
Cash Flows
The following table summarizes our cash flow information for the years presented, described below, and should be read in conjunction with our financial statements appearing at Item 15, Page F-1, et seq., of this report.
Years Ended December 31,
Net cash provided (used) in operating activities
Net cash provided (used) in investing activities
Net cash provided (used) by financing activities
Net increase (decrease) in cash
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Cash Flows Used in Operating Activities
Our operating cash flow is primarily affected by the overall profitability of our contracts, our ability to invoice and collect from our clients in a timely manner, and our ability to manage our vendor payments. We bill the majority of our clients monthly after services are performed, depending on the contract terms. Our net loss of $1,854,524 for 2023 was increased by non-cash expenses for depreciation, amortization, bad debt expense, amortization of debt discount and stock-based compensation, and decreased by non-cash recoveries of bad debt expense and debt restructuring, for a net change of $1,128,787. In addition, a decrease in accounts payable and deferred revenue, with an increase in accrued expenses, totaling $906,312, along with decreases in accounts receivable and other assets of $209,265, and the other income gain of $95,131 resulted in net cash provided by operating activities of $294,709.
We are increasing our marketing of Nodeware to our IT channel partners who resell to their customers. We are making investments in our cyber security team for penetration testing, CISOTaaS and other services. Due to the lengthy lead times typically needed to generate these new sales, we do not expect to realize a return from our sales and marketing personnel for one or more quarters. As a result, we may continue to experience small operating income or operating losses from these investments in personnel until sufficient sales are generated. We expect to fund the cost for the new sales personnel from our operating cash flows and incremental borrowings, as needed.
Cash Flows Used in Investing Activities
In 2023 and 2022, we incurred capital expenditures for computer hardware as well as software development labor for the enhancements to Nodeware. The slight increase of $1,129 from 2022 was primarily due to a similar level of development activities in 2023 that were capitalized. We expect to continue to invest in computer hardware and software to update our technology to support the growth of our business. We do not anticipate our continued investment to be significant.
In 2023, we sold the rights to our Employee Retention Credit claim to an outside third party, generating funds of $1,413,294.
Cash Flows Provided by Financing Activities
During 2023, we received $118,000 from a bridge loan from the Mast Hill Fund L.P, with debt issuance costs of $17,900. We received two loans from Celtic Bank associated with Stripe payments for approximately $325,000, with debt issuance costs of $28,867. We received a line of credit of $200,000 from BlueVine and withdrew another $42,224 from the line after three months with debt issuance costs of $12,391. We also received $120,000 from a Sale of Future Receipts Agreement and $150,000 from a business loan agreement with Fresh Funding. These increases were partially offset by short term loan payments of $519,650.
We also paid off our bridge loan to Talos Victory Fund. The negotiated payment was $200,000. We recorded a gain on forgiveness of debt of approximately $95,000 with the transaction.
We plan to evaluate alternatives which may include renegotiating the terms of the notes, seeking conversion of the notes to shares of common stock and seeking funds to repay the notes. We continue to evaluate repayment of our notes payable based on our cash flow.
Credit Resources
We maintain an accounts receivable financing line of credit from an independent financial institution that allows us to sell selected accounts receivable invoices to the financial institution with full recourse against us in the amount of $2,000,000, including a sublimit for one major client of $1,500,000. This provides us with the cash needed to finance certain costs and expenses. At December 31, 2023, we had financing availability, based on eligible accounts receivable, of approximately $1,000 under this line. We pay fees based on the length of time that the invoice remains unpaid. We also have approximately $16,000 of available credit under various lines of credit as of December 31, 2023.
During May 2019, we originated a line of credit note payable for a $500,000 with a related party and borrowed $499,000 and have $1,000 available to borrow for working capital. This agreement matures in August 2026.
During 2017, we originated two lines of credit with related parties totaling $175,000. At December 31, 2023, we had $15,000 available under these financing agreements which matured in January 2023 and July 2023, respectively. We are renegotiating terms with the debtholders.
We believe the capital resources available under our factoring line of credit, cash from additional related party loans and cash generated by improving the results of our operations will be sufficient to fund our ongoing operations for at least the next 12 months. We anticipate financing growth from acquisitions of other businesses, if any, and our longer-term internal growth through one or more of the following sources: issuance of equity: cash from collections of accounts receivable; additional borrowing from related and third parties; use of our existing accounts receivable credit facility; a refinancing of our accounts receivable credit facility.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
See Note 3 to the Financial Statements for a discussion of the Company’s accounting policies and estimates including Capitalization of Software for Resale and management’s assessment of going concern.
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- Ticker
- IMCI
- CIK
0000884650- Form Type
- 10-K
- Accession Number
0001654954-25-012432- Filed
- Nov 3, 2025
- Period
- Dec 31, 2023 (Q4 23)
- Industry
- Services-Prepackaged Software
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