S-1: Nuburu Registers 25.9M Shares for Resale by Key Investors

Nuburu, Inc. filed an S-1 registration statement for the resale of up to 25,938,157 shares of common stock by various selling stockholders, including major convertible note holders.

Summary

• Nuburu, Inc. (BURU) is registering up to 25,938,157 shares of common stock for resale by selling stockholders, primarily from conversions of unsecured promissory notes.
• The company will not receive any proceeds from the sale of these shares by the selling stockholders.
• As of August 20, 2025, the last quoted sale price for Common Stock on NYSE American was $0.1630 per share.
• The company reported a net loss of $34.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, and $28.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025.
• The accumulated deficit reached $150.2 million as of June 30, 2025.
• Revenue decreased significantly to $152,127 in 2024 from $2.08 million in 2023, and was nil for the six months ended June 30, 2025.
• The company received a Notice of Noncompliance from NYSE American on April 29, 2025, for not maintaining stockholders' equity of $2.0 million or more, with a compliance deadline of October 29, 2026.
• The company's patent portfolio was transferred to senior secured lenders in March 2025 in exchange for extinguishing outstanding secured indebtedness.
• Nuburu is shifting its laser business focus to licensing and joint development within specific verticals, particularly the defense industry, and outsourcing production.
• The company is pursuing a 'Transformation Plan' involving strategic acquisitions and investments, including a controlling interest in defense-tech company Tekne S.p.A. and a SaaS startup.
• A Standby Equity Purchase Agreement (SEPA) was entered into with YA II PN, LTD. on May 30, 2025, for up to $100 million in Common Stock sales.
• The company is obligated to redeem all outstanding Series A Preferred Stock for $10.00 per share as of January 31, 2025, but currently lacks legally available funds.

Sentiment

Score: 2

Explanation: The company faces severe financial challenges, including recurring losses, a substantial accumulated deficit, a going concern qualification from auditors, and a NYSE American non-compliance notice. The foreclosure of its patent portfolio and significant revenue decline highlight operational distress. While strategic pivots and capital raises are underway, the immediate financial health is critical and highly concerning.

Positives

• Stockholders approved the issuance of shares on conversion of March and April 2025 Indigo Notes in excess of the NYSE Share Cap on July 9, 2025.
• Stockholders approved issuances of shares pursuant to the SEPA in excess of the SEPA Share Cap on July 9, 2025.
• NYSE American accepted the company's Compliance Plan on July 22, 2025, granting a plan period until October 29, 2026, to regain compliance.
• All long-term, secured indebtedness has been eliminated through conversion of outstanding indebtedness and the foreclosure sale of the patent portfolio in March 2025.
• The company is pursuing a 'Transformation Plan' to diversify its asset base through strategic acquisitions and investments in defense-tech and operational resilience SaaS.
• Formation of Tekne US JV is expected to generate revenue of up to approximately $7.5 million from open orders and backlog while Golden Power review is completed.
• The company entered into a convertible facility with Supply@ME Capital Plc (SYME) to loan SYME up to $5.15 million, potentially leading to a controlling interest in SYME.

Negatives

• The company will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the 25,938,157 shares by the selling stockholders.
• Significant dilution risk for existing stockholders due to future resales and issuances of Common Stock, including up to 25,938,157 shares in this filing, 50,000,000 shares under SEPA, and 40,700,408 shares under a prior resale registration.
• The company is an early-stage company with a history of losses, incurring net losses of $34.5 million in 2024 and $28.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025.
• Accumulated deficit reached $150.2 million as of June 30, 2025.
• Revenue declined drastically from $2.08 million in 2023 to $152,127 in 2024, and was nil in H1 2025.
• The company has substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern.
• Lack of funding led to employee furloughs in Q3/Q4 2024 and employee resignations.
• The company defaulted on its lease, resulting in a default judgment of $409,278 (plus 10% annual interest from March 2025) and the write-down of inventory, property, and equipment to zero in Q1 2025.
• The company's patent portfolio was foreclosed upon and transferred to senior secured lenders in March 2025.
• The company is obligated to redeem all outstanding Series A Preferred Stock for $10.00 per share as of January 31, 2025, but does not believe it currently has legally available funds to pay this amount ($23,889,050).
• The company has identified material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting.
• The company's management has limited experience operating a public company.
• The company faces potential antitrust and other legal challenges related to acquisitions.
• The company's Executive Chairman, Alessandro Zamboni, is the founder and current CEO of SYME, raising potential related-party transaction concerns for the SYME strategic investment.
• The proposed investment in the SaaS startup (part of TCEI acquisition) involves the Executive Chairperson owning a controlling interest, requiring independent board member negotiation and stockholder approval.
• The company is subject to a legal claim from J.H. Darbie for advisory and finders fees, which the company intends to defend vigorously as services were allegedly not provided.

Risks

• Future resales and/or issuances of shares of Common Stock, including pursuant to this prospectus, may cause the market price of shares to drop significantly and may dilute stockholders.
• An early-stage company with a history of losses; has not been profitable historically and may not be able to achieve profitability in the future.
• Will require additional capital to finance operations and implement business plan and strategy, and if unable to raise such capital when needed, or on acceptable terms, that could have a material adverse effect on ability to meet financial obligations and support continued growth and development.
• To achieve growth objectives, management will rely on a rapid succession of strategic acquisitions, investments and procurement arrangements, the pace and scope of which may have the potential to adversely affect the day-to-day operation of business, and cash flows, financial condition and results of operations.
• Growth objectives require substantial capital that may be unable to obtain, or may only obtain at a cost or under terms that adversely affect cash flows, financial condition and results of operations.
• May have difficulty managing growth in business, which could adversely affect financial condition.
• May experience difficulties in integrating acquired assets into business and in realizing the expected benefits of an acquisition.
• Products and services involve a lengthy sales and installation cycle, and if fail to close sales on a regular and timely basis it could harm business. The long sales cycles for products may cause to incur significant expenses without offsetting revenues.
• If fail to meet customers price expectations, demand for products could be negatively impacted.
• Anticipate deriving a portion of revenue from government entities, and significant changes in the contracting or fiscal policies of such government entities could have an adverse effect on business.
• Highly dependent on key executives and if unable to attract and retain key employees and hire qualified management, technical, engineering, and sales personnel, ability to compete and successfully grow business could suffer.
• Expectations and targets regarding the times when products will launch depend in large part upon assumptions, estimates, measurements, testing, analyses and data developed and performed, which if incorrect or flawed, could have a material adverse effect on actual operating results and performance.
• Expect to incur significant research and development expenses and devote substantial resources to commercializing new products, which could increase losses and negatively impact ability to achieve or maintain profitability.
• Insurance coverage may not adequately protect from harm or losses may suffer.
• There is no assurance that will be able to execute on business model.
• Expanding operations internationally will subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties that could adversely affect business and operating results.
• Uses novel technologies, and potential customers may be hesitant to make a significant investment in technology or switch from the technology they are currently using.
• Market is characterized by rapid technological changes demanding a significant investment in research and development, and, if fail to address changing market conditions, business will be harmed.
• Litigation, regulatory actions, and compliance issues could subject to significant fines, penalties, judgments, remediation costs, negative publicity, and requirements resulting in increased expenses.
• Laws, regulations, and rules relating to privacy, information security, and data protection could significantly increase costs and adversely affect business opportunities.
• Could be negatively impacted by various export controls, tariffs and trade and economic sanctions laws and regulations that may change due to diplomatic and political considerations outside of control.
• Could be liable for environmental damages from operations, which could negatively impact reputation, business, and operating results.
• May be unable to protect, defend, maintain, or enforce intellectual property rights for the intellectual property on which business depends, including against existing or future competitors. Failure to protect defend, maintain and enforce that intellectual property could result in competitors offering similar products, potentially adversely affecting growth and success.
• May be subject to third-party claims of infringement, misappropriation or other violations of intellectual property rights, or other claims challenging agreements related to intellectual property, which may be time consuming and costly to defend, and could result in substantial liability.
• May not be able to protect intellectual property rights throughout the world.
• May be subject to claims that or employees have misappropriated the intellectual property of a third party or are in breach of non-competition or non-solicitation agreements with competitors.
• If unable to protect the confidentiality of proprietary information, business may be harmed.
• Cyber-attacks and other disruptions, security breaches, and incidents could have an adverse effect on business, harm reputation, and expose to liability.
• Natural disasters, unusual weather conditions, epidemic outbreaks, terrorist acts, and political events could disrupt business. Interruption or failure of infrastructure could hurt ability to effectively perform daily operations and provide and produce products and services, which could harm operating results.
• Received a Notice of Noncompliance from the NYSE American and the NYSE American may delist securities from trading on its exchange, which could limit investors ability to make transactions in securities and subject to additional trading restrictions.
• Had to restate previously issued consolidated financial statements and identified material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting. If unable to develop and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting, may not be able to accurately report financial results in a timely manner, which may adversely affect investor confidence and business.
• Management has limited experience in operating a public company.
• The redemption of Preferred Stock may require a significant amount of cash and may result in adverse tax consequences.
• Future sales of substantial amounts of Common Stock in the public markets, or the perception that such sales could occur, could cause the market price of Common Stock to drop significantly, even if business is doing well, and certain selling securityholders still may receive significant proceeds.
• Outstanding convertible notes, preferred stock, and warrants contain anti-dilution protection, which may cause significant dilution to stockholders.
• May redeem unexpired Public Warrants prior to their exercise at a time that is disadvantageous to you, thereby making Public Warrants worthless.
• Common Stock is subordinated to Preferred Stock.
• No current plans to pay cash dividends on Common Stock or Preferred Stock for the foreseeable future, so may not receive any return on investment unless sell shares for a price greater than that which originally paid.

Future Outlook

The company anticipates continued net losses for the foreseeable future as it implements its "Transformation Plan" to diversify its asset base through strategic acquisitions and investments in defense-tech and operational resilience SaaS. The plan involves shifting the laser business focus to licensing and joint development, outsourcing manufacturing, and securing additional capital through various financing agreements, including a Standby Equity Purchase Agreement for up to $100 million. The company aims to regain compliance with NYSE American listing standards by October 29, 2026, through these strategic initiatives, but acknowledges that these transactions are subject to regulatory and stockholder approvals and may not achieve anticipated results.

Management Comments

• We intend to diversify our asset base by investing in other businesses that include potential synergies with our existing business.
• We are adjusting our laser business to focus on licensing and joint development within specific verticals, as described below.
• We anticipate coordinating future research and development through our partnerships and key subsidiaries.
• We anticipate significant changes to our sales and marketing programs in the future to align with our licensing and joint development strategy, along with our onboarding of key acquisitions.
• We view our human capital investments as crucial for our success.
• Unless we are able to implement our Transformation Plan described below, these factors raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
• The Company believes that, upon consummation of certain of the transactions that it has recently announced, it will be able to regain compliance.
• However, such transactions are subject to regulatory approvals, stockholder approval, and other closing conditions and, as a result, may not be consummated. Even if consummated, such transactions may not achieve the anticipated results or benefits to the Company.

Industry Context

The company is transitioning from a focus on high-power blue laser technology, a market characterized by rapid technological changes and significant competition from established players like Coherent, nLight, and IPG Photonics, as well as emerging green laser technologies. Following the foreclosure of its patent portfolio, Nuburu is pivoting to a licensing and joint development model within specific verticals, notably the defense industry. This strategic shift aims to diversify its asset base and expand into new, potentially synergistic areas like defense-tech and operational resilience SaaS, moving away from direct manufacturing and traditional laser product sales. This indicates a response to competitive pressures and financial constraints in its legacy market, seeking growth in adjacent, high-value sectors.

Comparison to Industry Standards

• The filing does not provide specific comparable companies, projects, or results to assess against global benchmarks. It primarily discusses the company's internal strategic shift and financial performance.
• The company acknowledges that its historical laser system industry has "significant price and technological competition" from "mature competitors" (Coherent, Inc., nLight, Inc., IPG Photonics Corporation, Laserline GmbH, Lumentum Holdings Inc., Raycus Fiber Laser Technologies Co., Ltd. and Trumpf SE + Co. KG) which have "longer operating histories, significantly greater financial and operational resources, and name recognition." This implies Nuburu is not meeting industry standards set by these larger, more established players in its legacy business.
• The pivot to licensing and joint development in defense, and acquisitions in defense-tech and SaaS, suggests an attempt to find new market niches where it can establish a competitive advantage, rather than directly competing with the established laser manufacturers on their terms.

Management Changes

Corporate Governance

Legal Proceedings

• CFGI, LLC obtained a default judgment in March 2025 for $86,826 through the Superior Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• FICTIV, Inc. obtained a default judgment through the Superior Court of California on January 30, 2025, in the amount of $197,899, which was subsequently settled by the company.
• The Landlord obtained a default judgment in April 2025 for $409,278, which accrues interest at a rate of 10% per annum beginning in March 2025 until paid in full, through the Arapahoe County Colorado District Court.
• J.H. Darbie initiated a legal claim regarding advisory and finders fees, which the company intends to defend vigorously as services were allegedly not provided.

Related Party Transactions

• Indigo Capital LP: Issued multiple unsecured convertible notes to Indigo Capital LP in March, April, July, and August 2025, for capital infusions and debt extinguishments. Indigo Capital LP is a selling stockholder.
• S.F.E. Equity Investments SARL (SFE EI): Entered into a letter agreement on January 13, 2025, for financing and the Transformation Plan. Agreed to issue 6,086,957 shares of common stock as consideration for escrowing $4.2 million in assets to guarantee TCEI acquisition performance. SFE EI is a beneficial owner (>5%).
• Alessandro Zamboni (Executive Chairman): Owns a controlling interest in the SaaS startup targeted for acquisition (part of TCEI acquisition). Loaned $900,000 of cash proceeds from the TCEI acquisition back to the company for working capital in May 2025. Founder and owner of The AvantGarde Group (TAG), which advanced $545,000 to the company in January 2025 (TAG Promissory Note). Founder and current Chief Executive Officer of Supply@ME Capital Plc (SYME), with which the company entered into a convertible facility.
• The AvantGarde Group (TAG): Issued a $545,000 promissory note to TAG in January 2025, replacing a previously recorded shareholder advance.
• Wilson-Garling 2023 Family Trust: Held $5,138,055 in Senior Convertible Notes as of December 31, 2024. Thomas J. Wilson, an affiliate, was a Legacy Nuburu director.
• David Seldin: Held $762,211 in Junior Notes and $1,233,133 in Senior Convertible Notes as of December 31, 2024. Was a Legacy Nuburu director and sole manager of Anzu SPVs.
• Eunomia, LP: Held $1,100,000 in Junior Notes and $1,027,611 in Senior Convertible Notes as of December 31, 2024. Ron Nicol, manager of Eunomia, LP, was the Executive Chairman until January 2025.
• CST Global LLC: Held $220,000 in Junior Notes and $100,000 in Senior Convertible Notes as of December 31, 2024. David Michael, an affiliate, was a Legacy Nuburu director.
• Curtis N Maas Revocable Trust: Held $102,761 in Senior Convertible Notes as of December 31, 2024. Curtis Maas, an affiliate, was a Legacy Nuburu director.
• Ron Nicol: Paid director and officer insurance premiums of approximately $1.5 million on behalf of the company, which the company is obligated to repay without interest.
• Anzu Partners: Provided services to Legacy Nuburu, reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses, received $500,000 payment and a warrant for 500,000 shares of Preferred Stock in connection with the Business Combination.
• Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC: Company may direct Lincoln Park to purchase up to $100 million of Common Stock.
• Phoenix MGMT Consulting LLC: Entered into a consulting agreement on March 1, 2025, for ongoing services in exchange for 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock upon execution and quarterly issuances of Common Stock valued at $25,000.

Stakeholder Impact

• Shareholders: Face significant dilution risk from current and future share issuances (resale, SEPA, convertible notes, warrants, equity awards). Market price volatility is expected. Common Stock is subordinated to Preferred Stock. No anticipated cash dividends.
• Employees: Experienced furloughs and resignations due to funding issues. The company needs to attract and retain key personnel for its new strategy. Stock-based compensation is a component of executive and employee compensation.
• Customers: Legacy products had lengthy sales and installation cycles. The new business strategy focuses on licensing and joint development, potentially changing customer relationships. Government entities are anticipated to be a source of revenue.
• Suppliers: Potential impact from liquidity constraints and changes in manufacturing strategy (outsourcing). Purchase commitments exist.
• Creditors: Secured lenders foreclosed on the patent portfolio to extinguish debt. Unsecured creditors (like the landlord and CFGI, FICTIV) have obtained default judgments. Silverback Capital settled claims for shares. Preferred stockholders are owed redemption but funds are unavailable.

Next Steps

• Regain compliance with NYSE American continued listing standards by October 29, 2026.
• Negotiate and execute definitive agreements for the Tekne acquisition.
• Obtain regulatory and stockholder approvals for the Tekne acquisition.
• Complete the First Stage (3% equity interest) of the Tekne acquisition in September 2025.
• Complete the Second Stage (remaining 67% interest) of the Tekne acquisition by the end of 2025.
• Assist with financing up to EUR 40 million for Tekne's working capital needs.
• Form a U.S.-based joint venture (Tekne US JV) with Tekne.
• Develop new products in the defense sector for the Americas market through Tekne US JV.
• Manufacture and sell existing products in the Americas through Tekne US JV.
• Manage direct sales to non-Italian Tekne clients through Tekne US JV.
• Convert amounts outstanding under the SYME convertible facility into ordinary shares of SYME, subject to approvals.
• Pursue a lease for a replacement facility more appropriate for the new business strategy.
• Recruit and retain additional management, human resources, accounting, finance, technical, engineering, and sales personnel.
• Implement remediation measures for identified material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting.
• Continue to seek additional funds through public or private equity offerings, debt financings, joint ventures, partnerships, collaborations, and licensing arrangements.
• Address outstanding obligations, including overdue payables and preferred stock redemption.

Key Dates

Recommendation

The company is in severe financial distress, evidenced by recurring and increasing net losses, a substantial accumulated deficit, and a going concern qualification from its auditors. The NYSE American has issued a non-compliance notice, and the company's core patent portfolio was foreclosed upon. Revenue has plummeted to nil in the most recent interim period. While the company is attempting a strategic pivot and has secured some financing, the scale of its financial challenges, the high dilution risk from ongoing and planned capital raises, and the uncertainty of successful execution of its new business model make it a highly speculative and risky investment. The current share price of $0.1630 reflects this distress, and further downside is probable given the fundamental issues and the potential for continued dilution and operational hurdles.

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