Creatd Inc.
06/22/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 06/22/2021 14:10
Supplemental Prospectus (SEC Filing - 424B3)
Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
Registration No. 333-256873
PROSPECTUS
CREATD, INC.
2,024,242 Shares of Common Stock
This prospectus relates to the resale, from time to time, of up to 2,024,242 shares (the 'Shares') of our common stock, par value $0.001 per share ('Common Stock'), by the selling stockholders identified in this prospectus under 'Selling Stockholders' (the 'Offering') pursuant to the May 2021 Financing (as defined within). We are not selling any shares of our Common Stock under this prospectus and will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the Shares. We will, however, receive proceeds from any warrants that are exercised through the payment of the exercise price in cash. The Selling Stockholders will bear all commissions and discounts, if any, attributable to the sale of the Shares. We will bear all costs, expenses and fees in connection with the registration of the Shares.
No securities may be sold without delivery of this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement describing the method and terms of the offering of such securities.
INVESTING IN OUR SECURITIES INVOLVES RISKS. SEE THE 'RISK FACTORS' ON PAGE 12 OF THIS PROSPECTUS AND ANY SIMILAR SECTION CONTAINED IN THE APPLICABLE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT CONCERNING FACTORS YOU SHOULD CONSIDER BEFORE INVESTING IN OUR SECURITIES.
Our Common Stock is listed on The NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol 'CRTD'. On June 16, 2021, the last reported sale price of our Common Stock on The NASDAQ Capital Market was $4.13 per share.
Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. See 'Risk Factors' beginning on page 12 in this prospectus for a discussion of information that should be considered in connection with an investment in our securities.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The date of this prospectus is June 17, 2021.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS | ii |
| SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS | iii |
| THE COMPANY | 1 |
| RISK FACTORS | 12 |
| USE OF PROCEEDS | 12 |
| SELLING STOCKHOLDERS | 13 |
| LEGAL MATTERS | 14 |
| EXPERTS | 14 |
| WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION; INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE | 15 |
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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
This prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form S-3 that we filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the 'SEC'). You should read this prospectus and the information and documents incorporated by reference carefully. Such documents contain important information you should consider when making your investment decision. See 'Where You Can Find More Information' and 'Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference' in this prospectus.
This prospectus may be supplemented from time to time to add, to update or change information in this prospectus. Any statement contained in this prospectus will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained in a prospectus supplement modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified will be deemed to constitute a part of this prospectus only as so modified, and any statement so superseded will be deemed not to constitute a part of this prospectus. You may only rely on the information contained in this prospectus or that we have referred you to. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information. This prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities other than the securities offered by this prospectus. This prospectus and any future prospectus supplement do not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities in any circumstances in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful. Neither the delivery of this prospectus or any prospectus supplement nor any sale made hereunder shall, under any circumstances, create any implication that there has been no change in our affairs since the date of this prospectus or such prospectus supplement or that the information contained by reference to this prospectus or any prospectus supplement is correct as of any time after its date.
This prospectus contains summaries of certain provisions contained in some of the documents described herein, but reference is made to the actual documents for complete information. All of the summaries are qualified in their entirety by the actual documents. Copies of some of the documents referred to herein have been filed, will be filed or will be incorporated by reference as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, and you may obtain copies of those documents as described below under 'Where You Can Find More Information.'
The Selling Stockholders are offering the Shares only in jurisdictions where such offer is permitted. The distribution of this prospectus and the sale of the Shares in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons outside the United States who come into possession of this prospectus must inform themselves about, and observe any restrictions relating to, the distribution of this prospectus and the sale of the Shares outside the United States. This prospectus does not constitute, and may not be used in connection with, an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, the Shares by any person in any jurisdiction in which it is unlawful for such person to make such an offer or solicitation. If there is any inconsistency between the information in this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement, you should rely on the prospectus supplement. Before purchasing any securities, you should carefully read both this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement, together with the additional information described under the heading 'Where You Can Find More Information; Incorporation by Reference.'
We have not authorized any other person to provide you with different information. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. We will not make an offer to sell these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. You should assume that the information appearing in this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement to this prospectus is accurate as of the date on its respective cover, and that any information incorporated by reference is accurate only as of the date of the document incorporated by reference, unless we indicate otherwise. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates.
When we refer to 'Creatd,' 'we,' 'our,' 'us' and the 'Company' in this prospectus, we mean Creatd, Inc., unless otherwise specified. When we refer to 'you,' we mean the holders of the applicable series of securities.
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SPECIAL NOTICE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus contains forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements contain information about our expectations, beliefs or intentions regarding our product development and commercialization efforts, business, financial condition, results of operations, strategies or prospects, and other similar matters. These forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations and assumptions about future events, which are inherently subject to uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict. These statements may be identified by words such as 'expects,' 'plans,' 'projects,' 'will,' 'may,' 'anticipates,' 'believes,' 'should,' 'intends,' 'estimates,' and other words of similar meaning.
These statements relate to future events or our future operational or financial performance, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, among other things, those listed under the section titled 'Risk Factors' and elsewhere in this prospectus, in any related prospectus supplement and in any related free writing prospectus.
Any forward-looking statement in this prospectus, in any related prospectus supplement and in any related free writing prospectus reflects our current view with respect to future events and is subject to these and other risks, uncertainties and assumptions relating to our business, results of operations, industry and future growth. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. No forward-looking statement is a guarantee of future performance. You should read this prospectus, any related prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus and the documents that we reference herein and therein and have filed as exhibits hereto and thereto completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from any future results expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements for any reason, even if new information becomes available in the future.
This prospectus, any related prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus also contain or may contain estimates, projections and other information concerning our industry, our business and the markets for our products, including data regarding the estimated size of those markets and their projected growth rates. Information that is based on estimates, forecasts, projections or similar methodologies is inherently subject to uncertainties and actual events or circumstances may differ materially from events and circumstances reflected in this information. Unless otherwise expressly stated, we obtained these industry, business, market and other data from reports, research surveys, studies and similar data prepared by third parties, industry and general publications, government data and similar sources. In some cases, we do not expressly refer to the sources from which these data are derived.
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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
This summary highlights certain information about us, this offering and information appearing elsewhere in this prospectus and in the documents we incorporate by reference. This summary is not complete and does not contain all of the information that you should consider before investing in our securities. To fully understand this offering and its consequences to you, you should read this entire prospectus carefully, including the information referred to under the heading 'Risk Factors' in this prospectus beginning on page 12, the financial statements and other information incorporated by reference in this prospectus when making an investment decision. This is only a summary and may not contain all the information that is important to you. You should carefully read this prospectus, including the information incorporated by reference therein, and any other offering materials, together with the additional information described under the heading 'Where You Can Find More Information.'
THE COMPANY
Overview
Our mission is to empower creators, entrepreneurs, and brands through technology and partnership. We accomplish this through Creatd's three main business pillars: Vocal Ventures, Creatd Partners, and Recreatd. At its core, Creatd centers around the philosophy that creators are the driving force that propels success in the digital realm. This philosophy is represented by a framework we call the Creatd Cycle, which operates on the premise that creators produce content that attracts audiences, who in turn attract brands who are interested in reaching those audiences.
Creatd's first pillar, Vocal Ventures, houses our proprietary technology platforms, including Creatd's flagship product, the Vocal platform, and its network of 37 wholly owned-and-operated creator communities. Through Vocal, creators can create and share their stories in a way that helps them get discovered by their ideal audiences and be rewarded for their creativity. Similarly, brands can access their ideal consumers and drive conversions for their products and services. The Vocal platform's scalable and unique underlying agile framework lends itself well to future acquisitions and white-label opportunities for Creatd's technology because of the ease with which other platforms can be integrated into our ecosystem.
Creatd Partners, Creatd's second pillar, houses our brand-oriented initiatives, including our agency businesses, Vocal for Brands and Seller's Choice, as well as its corporate ventures and investments. Both of these agencies serve a multitude of clients, while the venture arm looks to make direct investments in the ones that have significant upside opportunity. Creatd Partners pairs Creatd's resources and Vocal's proprietary technology, which were built to simultaneously amplify creators' discoverability and potential reward and help direct-to-consumer brands achieve conversions and reach their target audiences, while generating value for all of Creatd's stakeholders.
Recreatd is the pillar which houses Creatd's intellectual property and legacy media assets, including acquired artwork, photographs and media memorabilia. Recreatd represents an initiative by Creatd to revitalize transmedia content, utilizing Vocal Ventures' technology, data, and marketing capabilities to reboot archival media assets and e-commerce properties. The Company's ability to leverage its technology to revitalize this content represents a significant value proposition for media companies and publishers that are sitting on vast collections of content that are of supreme quality but are not in a suitable format for today's consumer.
Vocal
Vocal, Creatd's flagship product, is a robust, proprietary technology platform that provides best-in-class tools, safe and curated communities, and monetization opportunities that enable creators to find a receptive audience and get rewarded. Through Vocal, content creators can get discovered and monetize their content by connecting to their ideal audiences and partnering with the brands that want to reach those audiences.
Vocal+ is Creatd's premium subscription membership program. Vocal+ members pay a membership fee for premium features, including receiving increased earnings for their content, reduced platform processing fees for Tips received, a Vocal+ badge on their creator page, eligibility to participate in exclusive Vocal+ Challenges, and more. Creators may sign up for a Vocal+ membership when they create an account, or they can upgrade an existing Vocal Free account to a Vocal+ account at any time.
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Since its initial launch in 2016, Vocal has grown to be one of the fastest growing communities for content creators of all kinds, including writers, musicians, podcasters, photographers, and more; as of March 2021, Vocal has reached over 900,000 freemium creators and over 20,000 Vocal+ paid subscribers across its 38 owned and operated niche communities. Subsequent to the first quarter 2021, the Company announced that Vocal+ reached a new record high, surpassing 25,000 subscribers.
Vocal provides a broad stage for creators to connect with fans and find new audiences. In addition to enabling access to millions of unique monthly visitors, the platform provides creators with a full suite of tools and services for content creation, discovery, distribution, and monetization, including:
| ● | Easy-to use, rich media content editor: Vocal's storytelling tools enable creators to produce beautiful and engaging stories in a simple, user-friendly interface, and incorporate rich-media content of all kinds, including streaming content, photos, videos, podcasts, product links, written text, and more. Vocal's open canvas content creation editor makes it easy to create high-quality and engaging stories, and is a cost effective alternative to managing a blog content management system (CMS). |
| ● | Numerous Monetization Features: Both of Vocal's membership tiers-Vocal freemium and the Vocal+ premium tier - provide multiple monetization opportunities for creators. Creators can earn money i) every time their story is read, ii) by competing in Challenges, iii) by receiving 'tips' and 'bonuses' iv) by collaborating on branded content campaigns through the company's in-house agency, Vocal for Brands. For freemium members, content 'reads' are monetized at a rate of $3.80 per 1,000 reads (calculated based on time on page, scrolling behavior, and other internal metrics), whereas Vocal+ members monetize at $6.00 per 1,000 reads. These rates are subject to change based on market trends or the introduction of additional features and plan tiers. |
| ● | Brand-safe advertising platform: Vocal was designed to target consumers in an authentic, non-interruptive way. Brand partnerships and collaborations allow companies tap into the power of Vocal through campaign-optimized stories, authored by real Vocal creators, that build brand affinity, trust, and drive sales. |
| ● | Transparent Performance Data: Creators can view their 'Stats' at any time to view their individual performance data, such as how many Reads a given story received, how much money they have earned, and how many Tips, Bonuses, or 'Likes,' they received. Additionally, Vocal users have the ability to view key metrics such as community-specific data and Vocal+ membership data. |
| ● | Valuable Audience: The nature of Vocal's genre-specific (niche) community structure is such that it generates a positively selected audience, a quality which makes Vocal an attractive prospect for creators and brands alike. In a niche community, audiences are inherently more likely to be interested in the particular content housed in that community. |
Vocal for Brands
Creatd's internal content studio, Vocal for Brands, pairs leading brands with authentic creators to produce marketing campaigns that are non-interruptive, engaging, and direct-response driven. The key value propositions for brands include:
| ● | Authentic Storytelling: Our internal data group partners brands with real Vocal creators to tell their brand's story in a way that is both engaging and trustworthy. In addition, brands can opt to sponsor a Challenge, which effectively yield a collection of crowdsourced branded content for brands and help them reach a wider audience. |
| ● | Valuable Audience: Vocal's first-party data provides an opportunity to create highly targeted and segmented audiences to promote branded content. Most importantly, Vocal's technology helps brands target the right audience by utilizing and applying that first-party data. |
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| ● | Transparent Analytics: For every campaign we produce, our brand clients have access to story performance data, engagement data, behavioral data, and interest data. Brands can apply this data to further increase awareness and optimize audience targeting. |
Vocal's first-party data enables our team to create highly targeted and segmented audiences for Vocal for Brands campaigns, and help the brand reach their ideal audience. Brands can access story performance data, engagement data, behavioral data, and sentiment data, all of which is used to further optimize the campaign's success. The combination of Vocal's hyper-engaged audiences, user-generated communities, and brand-safe environment help brands achieve maximum ROAS (return on ad spend).
Vocal for Brands typically collects fixed fees ranging from $10,000 to $110,000, depending on campaign duration and specific client objectives.
Additionally, with the introduction of Challenges in early first quarter 2020, brands can now collaborate with Vocal on a sponsored Challenge, prompting the creation of high-quality stories that are centered around the brand's mission and further disseminated through creators' respective social channels and promotional outlets.
Seller's Choice
In addition to Vocal for Brands, Creatd supports brands by providing managed and performance marketing services through Seller's Choice. an in-house marketing agency for DTC (direct-to-consumer) and e-commerce clients. Acquired by Creatd in September 2019, Seller's Choice provides direct-to-consumer brands with design, development, strategy, and sales optimization services. Its status as an Amazon Solution Provider and its weighty operational structure made it an ideal candidate for acquisition in late 2019. Creatd's business model is built to absorb distressed operational infrastructures, integrate the few best components, and shed the non-essential costs.
Creatd Partners
Creatd Partners is the Company's corporate venture arm, as well as the business division that encompasses management of Seller's Choice and Vocal for Brands. Creatd Partners invests in qualified brands who are aligned with our corporate mission, such as direct-to-consumer brands, digital platforms, and technologies that support entrepreneurs and the creator economy. Creatd Partners was established with the aim of nurturing high-potential, early-stage companies that can meaningfully benefit by leveraging Creatd's technology, resources and proven capacity to optimize visibility, reach, and conversions for direct-to-consumer products and services. Creatd Partners investments are subject to the completion of rigorous due diligence and independent valuation assessment and may encompass a combination of financial and operational support in exchange for an equity stake in the business.
Creatd Partners' first investment is Plant Camp, a direct-to-consumer food company that creates healthy and nutritional upgrades to classic foods and was launched in December 2020. In first quarter 2021, the Company announced its second Creatd Partner investment, Untamed Photographer, an environmental art platform for wildlife photographers.
Creatd Partners is currently exploring future opportunities that fit its criteria and risk profile, seeking partner companies that combine a quality product, seasoned founders, and the ability to leverage Creatd's platform technology.
Moderation and Compliance
One of the key differentiating factors between Vocal and most other user-generated content platforms is the fact that each story submitted to Vocal is run through the Company's proprietary moderation process before it goes live on the platform. The decision to implement moderation into the submission process was in direct response to the rise of misinformation and bad actors on many social platforms. In response to these inherent pitfalls within the content landscape, Vocal's proprietary moderation system combines the algorithmic detection of copyrighted material, hate speech, graphic violence, and nudity, and human-led curation to ensure the quality and safety of each story published on Vocal, thus fostering a safe and trustworthy environment for creators, audiences, and brands. Moderation and compliance are more important than ever in a world where ambiguity can systematically damage value. Vocal's enforcement of community guidelines and emphasis on content moderation protects the platform, its creators, and Creatd shareholders.
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Trust and safety are paramount to the Vocal ecosystem. We follow best practices when handling personally identifiable information, with guidance from the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
Platform Compliance Policies include:
| ● | Human-led, technology assisted moderation of every story submitted; | |
| ● | Algorithmic detection of hate speech, nudity, and copyright infringement; | |
| ● | Brand, creator, and audience safety enforced through community watch; and | |
| ● | The rejection of what we consider toxic content, with the understanding that diverse opinions are encouraged. |
Technology Development
Vocal's proprietary technology is built on Keystone, the same underlying open-source framework used by industry-leaders such as Atlassian, a $43-billion Australian technology company. Some of the key differentiating elements of Vocal's technology are speed, sustainability, and scalability. The Company continues to invest heavily in research and development to continuously improve and innovate its platform, with the goal of optimizing the user experience for creators. Vocal's architecture allows it to do more with less cost and provides a model capable of turning a profit.
Additionally, the Vocal platform and its underlying technology allows us to maintain an advantageous capital-light infrastructure. By using cloud service providers, we are able to focus on platform and revenue growth rather than building and maintaining the costly internal infrastructures that have materially affected so many legacy media platforms. Vocal's technology has been specifically designed and built to scale without a material corresponding increase in operational costs. While our users can embed rich media, such as video, audio, and product links, into their Vocal stories, the rich media content is hosted elsewhere (such as YouTube, Instagram, Vimeo, Shopify, Spotify, etc.). Thus, our platform can accommodate rich media content of all kinds without bearing the financial or operational costs associated with hosting the rich media itself. In addition to the benefits this framework affords to the Company, it is the additional benefit to our content creators, in that a creator can increase their monetization; for example, a creator can embed their YouTube video into a Vocal story and thus derive earnings from both platforms when their video is viewed.
Application of First-Party Data
Creatd's business intelligence and marketing teams identify and target individual creators, communities, and brands, utilizing empirical data harnessed from the Vocal platform. The team's ability to apply its proprietary first-party data works to reduce acquisition costs for new creators and to help provide brands with conversions and an ideal targeted audience. In this way, our ability to apply first-party data is one of the value-drivers for the Company and the key advantages of its closed ecosystem strategy, which we refer to as the Creatd Cycle.
In its simplest definition, first-party data is data that you collect directly from your customers. Even the most simplistic blog website is collecting some degree of first-party data; Creatd's edge is in its application of that data. Our organization is constantly collecting a tremendous amount of first-party behavioral data extracted from the Vocal platform. To date, we have collected hundreds of millions of data points around our customers and our audiences.
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Importantly, we do not sell that data, that being a common monetization opportunity for many other businesses. Instead, we use our collected first-party data for the purposes of bettering the platform. Specifically, our data helps us understand the behaviors and attributes that are common among the creators, brands, and audiences within our ecosystem. We then pair our first-party Vocal data with third-party data from distribution platforms such as Facebook and Snapchat to provide a more granular profile of our creators, brands, and audiences.
It is through generating this valuable first-party data that we can continually enrich and refine our targeting capabilities for branded content promotion and creator acquisition, and specifically, to reduce our creator acquisition costs (CAC) and subscriber acquisition costs (SAC). Lower acquisition costs combined with increasing lifetime value (LTV) per subscriber, means that our enterprise value is accelerating each time we acquire a new user. We anticipate the lifetime value of our subscribers to increase as we introduce more features that cater to the needs of our creators. It is Vocal's unique capability to collect and apply first-party behavioral data that allows us to simultaneously increase the LTV of our subscribers over time, while lowering the cost to acquire them. In fact, the link between incentivizing creators and lowering creator acquisition costs is a primary focus of the data science team, and an important consideration for every feature we develop for the Vocal platform.
Competition
The idea for Vocal came as a response to what Creatd's founders recognized as systemic flaws inherent to the digital media industry and its operational infrastructures. Depreciating value of digital media business models built on legacy technology platforms created a unique opportunity for development of a creator-centric platform that could appeal to a global community and, at the same time, be capable of acquiring undervalued complimentary technology assets.
Creatd's founders built the Vocal platform upon the general thesis that a closed and safe ecosystem utilizing first-party data to increase efficiencies could create a sustainable and defensible business model. Vocal was strategically developed to provide value for content creators, readers, and brands, and to serve as a home for the ever-increasing amount of digital content being produced and the libraries of digital assets lying dormant.
Vocal is most commonly discussed as a combination of:
| ● | Medium, a platform for writers built by former Twitter founder Ev Williams; |
| ● | Reddit, a social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website; and |
| ● | Patreon, a membership platform that provides business tools for content creators to run a subscription service. |
Importantly, Creatd does not see Vocal as a substitute or competitor to segment-specific content platforms, such as Vimeo, YouTube, Instagram, or SoundCloud. We do not want to replace anyone; we built Vocal to be accretive to the entire digital ecosystem. In fact, one of the most powerful components of our technology is the fact that Vocal makes it easy for creators to embed their existing published content, including videos, songs, podcasts, photographs, and more, directly into Vocal. We see this as a growth opportunity by building partnerships with the world's greatest technology companies and to further spread our roots deeper into the digital landscape.
Revenue Model
Creatd's revenues are primarily generated through:
| ● | Creator Subscriptions: Vocal+ subscription offering provides creators with increased monetization and access to premium tools and features. At approximately $10 per month, Vocal+ offers creators a strong value proposition for freemium users to upgrade, while providing a scalable source of monthly recurring gross revenue for Creatd. Management projects 100,000 paid subscribers in 2021. |
| ● | Marketing Partnerships: Vocal partners with leading brands and creators through its internal content studio, Vocal for Brands, to produce influencer and content marketing campaigns, including sponsored Challenges, that leverage the power of Vocal. Branded stories and Challenges are optimized for conversions, distributed to a targeted audience based on Vocal's first-party data, and are optimized for conversions to maximize revenue growth. |
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| ● | Managed Services: Creatd's in-house marketing agency for e-commerce, Seller's Choice, provides direct-to-consumer brands with design, development, strategy, and sales optimization services. |
| ● | Platform Processing Fees and Microtransactions: With Tipping and other types of microtransactions, audiences can engage and support their favorite Vocal creators by actively investing in their creativity. Vocal takes a platform processing fee on all transactions. Each Tip sent on Vocal generates revenue for the Company in the form of platform processing fees. For Vocal Free creators, we retain a 7% platform processing fee for every Tip exchanged. For Vocal+ creators, we retain a 2.9% platform processing fee. |
| ● | Affiliate sales: Vocal generates revenue through affiliate marketing relationships, which pays the Company a percentage of purchases made on our platform. Affiliate relationships include Amazon, Skimlinks, Tune, and more. This represents a unique opportunity in the post-pandemic environment where brands need expansive distribution pipelines such as Vocal to reach broader audiences. |
| ● | E-commerce: Our e-commerce strategy involves revitalizing archival imagery and media content in dormant legacy portfolios. Our curation and data capabilities have helped us create scalable and definable value for our internal collection of media assets through financing, trademarking, licensing, and production opportunities. Creatd has an exclusive license to leverage the stories housed on Vocal, reimagining them for films, episodic shows, games, graphic novels, collectibles, books, and more. |
Growth Strategy:
Continued growth is likely to be achieved by focusing on the following key areas:
| ● | Creator Growth: Vocal brings new creators, their audience, and brands to its platform through organic growth, performance marketing, and brand-building campaigns that drive awareness. As the Vocal team continues to collect first-party behavioral data, we are able to further refine an ideal user profile and hone a specific targeting strategy to effectively scale the platform's creator base. Our product roadmap includes new features that will work to incentivize creators to help us expand the Vocal network organically; upcoming features include creator referrals and gated content, which will enable creators to utilize Vocal's microtransaction capabilities to charge recurring fees for exclusive content. With these new features, creators will have further opportunities to get discovered and earn on Vocal, which works to the benefit of the entire platform. | |
| ● | Brand Partnerships: Continued investment in new product offerings for brand storytelling on Vocal with the goal of increasing the value to brands in the form of analytics, audience engagement, and conversion data for their products and services. The Vocal for Brands in-house content studio is constantly evolving in order to elevate brand relationships, both qualitatively and quantitatively. |
| ● | Licensing and Transmedia Opportunities: In collaboration with other production and media companies, as well as with our expanding user base, we look for content that can be leveraged for adaptation to film, television, digital shorts, books, and comic series. We believe that Vocal's ever-expanding community of creators and influencers affords us with the unique opportunity to cultivate these relationships. This initiative is referred to by the Company as Recreatd. | |
| ● | White Label Opportunities: White-labeling Vocal's underlying platform architecture can be utilized for application in a range of industries, including use by sports franchises, trade companies, education organizations, companies in the financial sector, and others. An example of a white label installation of Vocal currently on our drawing board is a platform called Give. The idea behind Give is to borrow Vocal's topic-specific community structure and adapt it for the non-profit sector. The Give platform would function as a network of vetted, verified organizations for which creators can raise awareness, funding or discussions using Vocal's existing features like storytelling tools, community engagement, and microtransactions. Give will provide charities with the tools and resources to capture attention and donations in what is a saturated non-profit space. |
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| ● | Vocal Global: Vocal Global is Creatd's new market expansion strategy for applying Vocal's technology to international platform opportunities. While the U.S., U.K., and Canada represent the vast majority of our audience, we believe there will be significant demand for our product in overseas markets-including Asia, the Middle East, and South America-particularly for foreign language installations of the product, an initiative which Creatd refers to as 'Content Without Borders.' |
Acquisition Strategy
Creatd's hybrid finance and design culture is key to its acquisition strategy. Acquisition targets are companies that meet a set of opportunistic or financial standards or that are part of specific digital environments that are accretive and can seamlessly integrate into Creatd's existing revenue lines. Creatd will continue to make strategic acquisitions when presented with opportunities that are in the interest of shareholder value.
Recent Developments
May 2021 Financing
On May 14, 2021 (the 'Effective Date'), the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the 'Purchase Agreement') with three accredited investors (the 'Investors'), whereby, at the closing, the Investors have agreed to purchase from the Company (i) convertible notes in the aggregate principal amount of $4,666,668 (the 'Notes'), inclusive of original issuance discount, and (ii) 1,090,908 warrants (the 'Warrants') to purchase shares of the Company's common stock. The Notes have a maturity date of November 14, 2022, with monthly installment payments due beginning six months from the date of issuance of the Notes. The Notes do not bear interest except in connection with a default, as described in the Notes. The Notes are convertible into shares of Common Stock at a fixed price of $5.00 per share, subject to adjustment as set forth in the Notes. The Company received $4.0 million of gross proceeds from the sale of the Notes and the Warrants, reflecting an original issuance discount on the Notes of $666,668.
The Warrants are exercisable for a term of five-years from the date of issuance, at an exercise price of $4.50 per share.
Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, promptly, but in any event no later than 15 business days, the Company agreed to prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement covering the resale of the shares of Common Stock underlying the Notes and Warrants.
In connection with the Purchase Agreement, the Company entered into that certain Security Agreement, granting a security interest in favor of Lind Global Macro Fund, LP as agent for the Investors ('Security Agreement'); and that certain Trademark Security Agreement, granting a security interest in certain trademark collateral in favor of Lind Global Macro Fund, LP as agent for the Investors (the 'Trademark Security Agreement').
The closing of the Purchase Agreement occurred on May 17, 2021.
Nasdaq Letter of Reprimand
On January 4, 2021, the Company received a letter from the staff of The Nasdaq Capital Market (the 'Exchange') notifying the Company that the Exchange had determined to delist the Company's common stock and warrants from the Exchange based on the Company's non-compliance with the Exchange's (i) $5 million stockholders' equity requirement for initial listing pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5505(b), (ii) the $2.5 million stockholders' equity requirement or any of the alternatives for continued listing pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b), and (iii) the Company's failure to provide material information to the Exchange pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(a)(1).
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On February 11, 2021, the Company met with the Exchange's Hearings Panel (the 'Panel') with respect to such determination, in accordance with the Exchange's rules and, pursuant to such request by the Company to appeal, the delisting of the Company's securities and the Form 25 Notification of Delisting filing was stayed pending the Panel's decision.
On March 9, 2021, the Exchange notified the Company that the Panel had determined to continue the listing of the Company on the Exchange. Notwithstanding the Panel's determination to continue the listing of the Company's securities on the Exchange, the Panel issued a public reprimand letter to the Company, pursuant to Listing Rule 5815(c)(1)(D), based on its finding 'that the Company failed to meet the initial listing criteria with respect to stockholders' equity and failed to provide Nasdaq with material information with respect to that deficiency.' Specifically, the Panel found that the Company failed to comply with Listing Rule 5250(a)(1), requiring it to notify Nasdaq of certain significant developments that led to the Company's prior representations about its ability to satisfy the initial listing requirements being inaccurate. In reaching its determination to continue the listing of the Company on Nasdaq, the Panel acknowledged that the Company has since demonstrated compliance with the initial listing requirement for stockholders' equity and all other applicable initial listing requirements. The Panel also determined that the violations were inadvertent and that the Company had relied on advice of counsel at the time in its interactions with the Nasdaq staff ('Staff'). The Panel also acknowledged the Company's efforts to implement structural changes within the Company to avoid similar misstatements in the future and that would allow for proper accounting and disclosure on an ongoing basis.
A Panel Monitor has been implemented under Listing Rule 5815(d)(4)(A) for a period of one year from the date of the Letter. In the event that the Company becomes deficient with respect to any continued listing requirement, the Company will not be afforded the opportunity to submit a compliance plan for Staff's consideration and Staff will issue a Delist Determination Letter and promptly schedule a new hearing under Listing Rule 5810(c)(2), at which the Company may present a compliance plan for the Panel's consideration. In the event of a new hearing, any suspension or delisting action would be stayed pending the completion of the hearings process and the expiration of any additional extension period granted by the Panel following the hearing.
Sale of Series E Convertible Preferred Stock
On December 29, 2020 (the 'Effective Date'), the Company entered into securities purchase agreements (the 'Purchase Agreement') with thirty-three accredited investors (the 'Investors'), whereby, at the closing, the Investors have agreed to purchase from the Company an aggregate of (i) 7,778 shares of the Company's Series E Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the 'Series E Preferred Stock'); and (ii) 2,831,715 warrants (the 'Warrants') to purchase shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the 'Common Stock'). The Series E Preferred Stock is convertible into a total of 1,887,810 shares of Common Stock (the 'Conversion Shares'). The combined purchase price of one Conversion Share and one and a half Warrant was $4.12. The aggregate purchase price for the Series E Preferred Stock and Warrants was $7,777,777.77. The closing for the purchase of 7,738 shares of Series E Preferred Stock, convertible into 1,878,101 shares of Common Stock, and 2,817,152 Warrants occurred on between December 29 and December 31, 2020. The closing for the remaining 40 shares of Series E Preferred Stock, convertible into 9,709 shares of Common Stock, and 14,563 Warrants occurred on January 4, 2021.
Appointment of New Director
On October 27, 2020, the Board of the Company increased the size of the Board to six members and appointed LaBrena Martin to fill that newly-created vacancy and serve as a member of the Board. In connection with her appointment to the Board, the Board appointed Ms. Martin to serve as a member of the Audit and Compensation Committees and as the Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Ms. Martin will hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders, or until her successor is duly elected and qualified or her earlier resignation or removal.
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Appointment of Chief Operating Officer
Effective September 28, 2020, the board of directors of the Company appointed Laurie Weisberg as Chief Operating Officer of the Company. Ms. Weisberg also currently serves as a member of the Company's board of directors.
Underwritten Offering and Uplisting to Nasdaq
On September 15, 2020, Company consummated an underwritten public offering (the 'Offering') of 1,725,000 units of securities (the 'Units'), with each Unit consisting of (i) one share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and (ii) one warrant to purchase one share of Common Stock (the 'Warrants'). The Offering was conducted pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated September 10, 2020, by and between the Company and The Benchmark Company, LLC, acting as the representative (the 'Representative') of the several underwriters named therein (the 'Underwriting Agreement'). In connection with the Offering, the Company granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to 258,750 shares of Common Stock and/or 258,750 Warrants to purchase Common Stock to cover over-allotments, if any.
The public offering price per Unit was $4.50. The shares of Common Stock and Warrants were issued separately and are immediately separable upon issuance. Each Warrant represents the right to purchase one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $4.50 per share, expiring 5 years from the date of issuance.
On September 15, 2020, the Company entered into a Warrant Agreement with Pacific Stock Transfer ('Pacific Stock'), appointing Pacific Stock as Warrant Agent for the Warrants for purposes of the Offering (the 'Warrant Agreement'). A registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-238514) relating to the Offering was initially filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the 'SEC') on May 20, 2020 and was declared effective on September 10, 2020. Upon the closing of the Offering, Pacific Stock issued the shares of Common Stock and Warrants comprising the Units, which trade on The Nasdaq Capital Markets under the symbols CRTD and CRTDW, respectively. The gross proceeds to the Company from the Offering, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated Offering expenses, and excluding the exercise of any Warrants, was approximately $7.7625 million.
On October 6, 2020, the Underwriters partially exercised the over-allotment option and on October 8, 2020, purchased an additional 258,750 Warrants, generating gross proceeds, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions, of $2,587.50.
The 258,750 Warrants were issued pursuant to the registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-238514) initially filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2020 and declared effective on September 10, 2020.
Our Corporate History
Creatd, Inc., formerly Jerrick Media Holdings, Inc. ('we,' 'us,' the 'Company,' or 'Creatd'), is a technology company focused on the development of digital communities, marketing branded digital content, and e-commerce opportunities. Creatd's content distribution platform, Vocal, delivers a robust long-form, digital publishing platform organized into highly engaged niche-communities capable of hosting all forms of rich media content. Through Creatd's proprietary algorithm dynamics, Vocal enhances the visibility of content and maximizes viewership, providing advertisers access to target markets that most closely match their interests.
The Company was originally incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada on December 30, 1999 under the name LILM, Inc. The Company changed its name on December 3, 2013 to Great Plains Holdings, Inc. ('GTPH') as part of its plan to diversify its business.
On February 5, 2016 (the 'Closing Date'), GTPH, GPH Merger Sub, Inc., a Nevada corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of GTPH ('Merger Sub'), and Jerrick Ventures, Inc., a privately-held Nevada corporation headquartered in New Jersey ('Jerrick'), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the 'Merger') pursuant to which the Merger Sub was merged with and into Jerrick, with Jerrick surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of GTPH (the 'Merger'). GTPH acquired, pursuant to the Merger, all of the outstanding capital stock of Jerrick in exchange for issuing Jerrick's shareholders (the 'Jerrick Shareholders'), pro-rata, a total of 475,000 shares of GTPH's common stock. In connection therewith, GTPH acquired 33,415 shares of Jerrick's Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the 'Jerrick Series A Preferred') and 8,064 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (the 'Jerrick Series B Preferred').
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In connection with the Merger, on the Closing Date, GTPH and Kent Campbell entered into a Spin-Off Agreement (the 'Spin-Off Agreement'), pursuant to which Mr. Campbell purchased from GTPH (i) all of GTPH's interest in Ashland Holdings, LLC, a Florida limited liability company, and (ii) all of GTPH's interest in Lil Marc, Inc., a Utah corporation, in exchange for the cancellation of 39,091 shares of GTPH's Common Stock held by Mr. Campbell. In addition, Mr. Campbell assumed all debts, obligations and liabilities of GTPH, including any existing prior to the Merger, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Spin-Off Agreement.
Upon closing of the Merger on February 5, 2016, the Company changed its business plan to that of Jerrick.
Effective February 28, 2016, GTPH entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the 'Statutory Merger Agreement') with Jerrick, pursuant to which GTPH became the parent company of Jerrick Ventures, LLC, a wholly-owned operating subsidiary of Jerrick (the 'Statutory Merger') and GTPH changed its name to Jerrick Media Holdings, Inc. to better reflect its new business strategy.
On September 11, 2019, the Company acquired 100% of the membership interests of Seller's Choice, LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company ('Seller's Choice'). Seller's Choice is digital e-commerce agency based in New Jersey (see Note 4).
On September 9, 2020, the Company filed a certificate of amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada to change our name to 'Creatd, Inc.', which became effective on September 10, 2020.
Background of the Offering
See - 'Recent Developments - May 2021 Financing'
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THE OFFERING
| Issuer | Creatd, Inc. | |
| Shares of Common Stock offered by us | None | |
| Shares of Common Stock offered by the Selling Stockholders | 2,024,242 Shares (1) | |
| Shares of Common Stock outstanding before the Offering | 10,989,566 shares (2) | |
| Shares of Common Stock outstanding after completion of this offering, assuming the sale of all shares offered hereby | 13,013,808 shares | |
| Use of proceeds | We will not receive any proceeds from the resale of the common stock by the selling stockholders. | |
| Market for Common Stock | Our common stock is listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol 'CRTD.' | |
| Risk Factors | Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. See the 'Risk Factors' section of this prospectus on page 12 and in the documents we incorporate by reference in this prospectus for a discussion of factors you should consider carefully before deciding to invest in our securities. |
| (1) | This amount consists of (i) 933,334 shares of Common Stock underlying the Notes (as defined in this prospectus) and (ii) 1,090,908 shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrants, issued to the Selling Stockholders in the May 2021 Financing. |
| (2) | The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding before and after the Offering is based on 10,989,566 shares outstanding as of May 14, 2021 and excludes the following: |
| ● | 2,350,062 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock options having a weighted average exercise price of $23.97 per share; | |
| ● | 6,230,694 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding warrants having a weighted average exercise price of $4.96 per share; | |
| ● | 60,285 shares of the Company's common stock underlying convertible notes; and | |
| ● | 449,938 shares of common stock reserved for future issuance under the Company's 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (the '2020 Plan'). |
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RISK FACTORS
Our business, financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows may be impacted by a number of factors, many of which are beyond our control, including those set forth in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, the occurrence of any one of which could have a material adverse effect on our actual results. There have been no material changes to the Risk Factors previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020.
USE OF PROCEEDS
All proceeds from the resale of the shares of our Common Stock offered by this prospectus will belong to the Selling Stockholders. We will not receive any proceeds from the resale of the shares of our Common Stock by the Selling Stockholders.
We will receive proceeds from any cash exercise of the Warrants. If all such Warrants are fully exercised on a cash basis, we will receive gross cash proceeds of approximately $4.50 per Warrant exercised. We expect to use the proceeds from the exercise of such warrants, if any, for general corporate purposes. General corporate purposes may include providing working capital, funding capital expenditures, or paying for acquisitions. We currently do not have any arrangements or agreements for any acquisitions. We cannot precisely estimate the allocation of the net proceeds from any exercise of the warrants for cash. Accordingly, in the event the Warrants are exercised for cash, our management will have broad discretion in the application of the net proceeds of such exercises. There is no assurance that the Warrants will ever be exercised for cash.
PRIVATE PLACEMENT OF NOTES AND WARRANTS
On May 14, 2021 (the 'Effective Date'), the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the 'Purchase Agreement') with three accredited investors (the 'Investors'), whereby, at the closing, the Investors have agreed to purchase from the Company (i) convertible notes in the aggregate principal amount of $4,666,668 (the 'Notes'), inclusive of original issuance discount, and (ii) 1,090,908 warrants (the 'Warrants') to purchase shares of the Company's common stock. The Notes have a maturity date of November 14, 2022, with monthly installment payments due beginning six months from the date of issuance of the Notes. The Notes do not bear interest except in connection with a default, as described in the Notes. The Notes are convertible into shares of Common Stock at a fixed price of $5.00 per share, subject to adjustment as set forth in the Notes. The Company received $4.0 million of gross proceeds from the sale of the Notes and the Warrants, reflecting an original issuance discount on the Notes of $666,668.
The Warrants are exercisable for a term of five-years from the date of issuance, at an exercise price of $4.50 per share.
The representations and warranties contained in the Purchase Agreement were made by the parties to, and solely for the benefit of, the other in the context of all of the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement and in the context of the specific relationship between the parties. The provisions of the Purchase Agreement, including the representations and warranties contained therein, are not for the benefit of any party other than the parties to the Purchase Agreement. The Purchase Agreement is not intended for investors and the public to obtain factual information about the current state of affairs of the parties.
Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, promptly, but in any event no later than 15 business days, the Company agreed to prepare and file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the 'SEC') a registration statement covering the resale of the shares of Common Stock underlying the Notes and Warrants.
In connection with the Purchase Agreement, the Company entered into (a) that certain Security Agreement, granting a security interest in favor of Lind Global Macro Fund, LP as agent for the Investors ('Security Agreement'); and (b) that certain Trademark Security Agreement, granting a security interest in certain trademark collateral in favor of Lind Global Macro Fund, LP as agent for the Investors (the 'Trademark Security Agreement').
The closing of the Purchase Agreement occurred on May 17, 2021.
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The above disclosure contains only a brief description of the material terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Notes, the Warrants, the Security Agreement, and the Trademark Security Agreement, and does not purport to be a complete description of the rights and obligations of the parties thereunder, and such description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Purchase Agreement, the Notes, the Warrants, the Security Agreement, and the Trademark Security Agreement, the forms of which are attached as Exhibits 10.1, 4.1, 4.2, 10.2, and 10.3, respectively, to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 17, 2021, and are incorporated herein by reference.
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS
The shares of our Common Stock being offered by the Selling Stockholders are issuable upon the conversion of the Notes and exercising of the Warrants. For additional information regarding the issuance of the Notes and Warrants, see 'May 2021 Financing' above. We are registering the shares of our Common Stock in order to permit the Selling Stockholders to offer the shares for resale from time to time. Except as otherwise described in the footnotes to the table below and for the ownership of the registered shares issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, neither the Selling Stockholders nor any of the persons that control them has had any material relationships with us or our affiliates within the past three (3) years.
The table below lists the Selling Stockholders and other information regarding the beneficial ownership (as determined under Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the 'Exchange Act') (and the rules and regulations thereunder) of the shares of our Common Stock by each of the Selling Stockholders.
The second column lists the number of shares of our Common Stock beneficially owned by each Selling Stockholder before this Offering (including shares which the Selling Stockholder has the right to acquire within 60 days, including upon conversion of any convertible securities)
The third column lists the shares of our Common Stock being offered by this prospectus by each Selling Stockholder.
The fourth and fifth columns list the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by each Selling Stockholder and their percentage ownership after the Offering (including shares which the Selling Stockholder has the right to acquire within 60 days, including upon conversion of any convertible securities), assuming the sale of all of the shares offered by each Selling Stockholder pursuant to this prospectus.
Under the terms of the Notes and the Warrants, a Selling Stockholder may not convert the Notes or exercise the Warrants to the extent such conversion or exercise would cause such Selling Stockholder, together with any other person with which the Selling Stockholder is considered to be part of a group under Section 13 of the Exchange Act or with which the Selling Stockholder otherwise files reports under Section 13 and/or 16 of the Exchange Act, to beneficially own a number of shares of Common Stock which exceeds 4.99% or 9.99%, as applicable, of the Equity Interests of a class that is registered under the Exchange Act that is outstanding at such time. The number of shares in the third column does not reflect this limitation.
The amounts and information set forth below are based upon information provided to us by the Selling Stockholders as of May 14, 2021, except as otherwise noted below. The Selling Stockholders may sell all or some of the shares of Common Stock it is offering, and may sell, unless indicated otherwise in the footnotes below, shares of our common stock otherwise than pursuant to this prospectus. The tables below assume the Selling Stockholders sell all of the shares offered by them in offerings pursuant to this prospectus, and do not acquire any additional shares. We are unable to determine the exact number of shares that will actually be sold or when or if these sales will occur.
| Selling Stockholder | Number of Shares Owned Before Offering (1) |
Shares Offered Hereby |
Number of Shares Owned After Offering |
Percentage |
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| Lind Global Macro Fund, LP (2) | 0 | 1,518,182 | 0 | 0.00 | % | |||||||||||
| Brio Capital Master Fund, Ltd. (3) | 395,508 | 253,030 | 395,508 | 0.03 | % | |||||||||||
| L1 Capital Global Opportunities Master Fund (4) | 243,472 | 253,030 | 243,472 | 0.02 | % |
| (1) | Percentages are calculated based on an aggregate of 10,989,566 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of May 14, 2021. As applicable, such percentages have been further adjusted to account for outstanding convertible securities of such Selling Stockholder. |
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| (2) | Represents 700,000 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes and 818,182 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants. These securities are owned directly by Lind Global Macro Fund, LP. Lind Global Partners LLC, the general partner of Lind Global Macro Fund, LP, may be deemed to have sole voting and dispositive power with respect to the securities held by Lind Global Macro Fund, LP. Jeff Easton, the managing member of Lind Global Partners LLC, may be deemed to have sole voting and dispositive power with respect to the securities held by Lind Global Macro Fund, LP. |
| (3) | Number of Shares owned before offering includes 37,418 shares of common stock, 69,903 shares issuable upon the conversion of Series E Preferred stock, and 288,187 shares issuable upon the exercise of Warrants. Shares offered herein represents 116,667 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes, and 136,363 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of Warrants. Brio Capital Management LLC, is the investment manager of Brio Capital Master Fund Ltd. and has the voting and investment discretion over securities held by Brio Capital Master Fund Ltd. Shaye Hirsch, in his capacity as Managing Member of Brio Capital Management LLC, makes voting and investment decisions on behalf of Brio Capital Management LLC in its capacity as the investment manager of Brio Capital Master Fund Ltd. |
| (4) | Number of Shares owned before offering includes 243,472 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants. Shares offered herein represents 116,667 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes, and 136,363 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants. David Feldman is a director of L1 Capital Global Opportunities Master Fund and may be deemed to having voting and investment power over the securities listed in the table above. Such Selling Stockholder's address is 161A Shedden Road, 1 Artillery Court, PO Box 10085, Grand Cayman KY1-1001, Cayman Islands. |
LEGAL MATTERS
Lucosky Brookman LLP will pass upon certain legal matters relating to the issuance and sale of the securities offered hereby on behalf of Creatd, Inc.
EXPERTS
Our consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity (deficit), and cash flows for each of those two years have been audited by Rosenberg Rich Baker Berman, P.A., an independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in its report incorporated by reference and are included in reliance upon such report given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
Available Information
We file reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. Information filed with the SEC by us can be inspected and copied at the Public Reference Room maintained by the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You may also obtain copies of this information by mail from the Public Reference Room of the SEC at prescribed rates. Further information on the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. can be obtained by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC also maintains a web site that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information about issuers, such as us, who file electronically with the SEC. The address of that website is http://www.sec.gov.
Our website address is https://creatd.com. The information on our website, however, is not, and should not be deemed to be, a part of this prospectus.
This prospectus and any prospectus supplement are part of a registration statement that we filed with the SEC and do not contain all of the information in the registration statement. The full registration statement may be obtained from the SEC or us, as provided below. Forms of the documents establishing the terms of the offered securities are or may be filed as exhibits to the registration statement. Statements in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement about these documents are summaries and each statement is qualified in all respects by reference to the document to which it refers. You should refer to the actual documents for a more complete description of the relevant matters. You may inspect a copy of the registration statement at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. or through the SEC's website, as provided above.
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
The SEC's rules allow us to 'incorporate by reference' information into this prospectus, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document filed separately with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is deemed to be part of this prospectus, and subsequent information that we file with the SEC will automatically update and supersede that information. Any statement contained in a previously filed document incorporated by reference will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained in this prospectus modifies or replaces that statement.
We incorporate by reference our documents listed below and any future filings made by us with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which we refer to as the 'Exchange Act' in this prospectus, between the date of this prospectus and the termination of the offering of the securities described in this prospectus. We are not, however, incorporating by reference any documents or portions thereof, whether specifically listed below or filed in the future, that are not deemed 'filed' with the SEC, including any information furnished pursuant to Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K or related exhibits furnished pursuant to Item 9.01 of Form 8-K.
This prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement incorporate by reference the documents set forth below that have previously been filed with the SEC:
| ● | Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the SEC on March 31, 2021. | |
| ● | Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on May 17, 2021. | |
| ● | Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 5, 2021, January 8, 2021, February 2, 2021, February 17, 2021, March 12, 2021, June 10, 2021, and June 17, 2021. | |
| ● | The description of our Common Stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the SEC on September 9, 2020, and any amendment or report filed with the SEC for the purpose of updating the description. |
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All reports and other documents we subsequently file pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the termination of this Offering, including all such documents we may file with the SEC after the date of the initial registration statement and prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement, but excluding any information furnished to, rather than filed with, the SEC, will also be incorporated by reference into this prospectus and deemed to be part of this prospectus from the date of the filing of such reports and documents.
You may request a free copy of any of the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus (other than exhibits, unless they are specifically incorporated by reference in the documents) by writing or telephoning us at the following address:
Creatd, Inc.
2050 Center Avenue Suite 640
Fort Lee, NJ 07024
Telephone: (201) 258-3770
Exhibits to the filings will not be sent, however, unless those exhibits have specifically been incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement.
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CREATD, INC.
2,024,242 Shares of Common Stock
The date of this prospectus is June 17, 2021