CAUD Collective Audience Inc

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 20, 2024

Registration No. 333-276512

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933

COLLECTIVE AUDIENCE, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

85 Broad Street 16-079
New York, NY 10004
(808) 829-1057
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

Peter Bordes
Chief Executive Officer
85 Broad Street 16-079
New York, NY 10004
(808) 829-1057
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:

Christopher Tinen, Esq.
Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch, LLP

12544 High Bluff Drive, Suite 400

San Diego, CA 92130

(858) 720-6320  

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

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

The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. These securities may not be sold until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities, nor does it seek an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

By Selling Securityholders

3.638,442 Shares of Common Stock
1,697,678 Shares of Common Stock Underlying Warrants
 

This prospectus relates to an aggregate of 5,336,120 shares of Common Stock, par value of $0.0001, of Collective Audience, Inc. (referred to herein as the “Company” or “Collective Audience”), being registered for resale by the Selling Securityholders named in this prospectus (the “Selling Securityholders”) which include, among other things, (i) up to 1,995,365 shares of our Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”) issued to various selling shareholders as described herein, (ii) 1,697,678 shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of issued warrants to purchase the Company’s common stock (the “Warrants”) (iii) 1,613,078 shares of our common stock originally issued in private placements to our sponsor, Abri Ventures, I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Sponsor”), and certain directors and former directors of the Company (collectively, the “Initial Shares”); and (iv) 30,000 shares of common stock previously issued to our Underwriter, Chardan capital Markets, LLC, (the “Underwriter”) (collectively, the “Offering”).

The securities being registered for resale was issued to, and purchased by the Selling Securityholders for the following consideration:

The total number of shares of common stock registered in this registration statement is 5,366,120 of which (i) 697,678 are issuable upon exercise of the December Warrants at an exercise price of $2.19 per share and (ii) 1,000,000 are issuable upon exercise of the February Warrants at an exercise price of $5.00 per share. With the exercise price of the warrants being either $2.19, or $5.00 respectively, and the closing price of the common stock being $1.11 per share on February 16, 2024, both the December Warrants and February Warrants are currently worth less than what an investor would pay per share upon exercise.

As a result of the foregoing, the Selling Securityholders may experience a more advantageous rate of return based on the current trading price and the public securityholders may not experience a similar rate of return on the securities they purchased due to differences in the purchase price and the current trading price.

The 5,336,120 shares of common stock being offered for resale pursuant to this prospectus by the Selling Securityholders represent approximately 39% of the total 13,726,810 shares of common stock outstanding and approximately 97% of the total 5,497,812 shares of common stock that are free trading as of February 16, 2023. Given the substantial number of shares of common stock being registered for potential resale by Selling Securityholders pursuant to this prospectus, the sale of shares by the Selling Securityholders, or the perception in the market that the Selling Securityholders of a large number of shares intend to sell shares, the trading price of our securities could decline.

On November 2, 2023, we consummated the transactions (the “Business Combination”) contemplated by that certain Merger Agreement dated as of September 9, 2022, as amended by the First Amendment dated May 1, 2023, the Second Amendment dated June 8, 2023, the Third Amendment dated July 20, 2023 and the Fourth Amendment dated August 28, 2023 thereto (collectively the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Abri SPAC I, Inc., our predecessor company (“Abri”), Logiq, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Logiq”), DLQ, Inc., a Nevada corporation a (“DLQ,”) and Abri Merger Sub, Inc. (“Merger Sub”). As a result of the Closing of the Business Combination, DLQ merged with and into Merger Sub, resulting in DLQ becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.

The Selling Securityholders may offer, sell or distribute all or a portion of the securities hereby registered publicly or through private transactions at prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. We will not receive any of the proceeds from such sales of the shares of our Common Stock or warrants, except with respect to amounts received by us upon the exercise of the Warrants. We will bear all costs, expenses and fees in connection with the registration of these securities, including with regard to compliance with state securities or “blue sky” laws. The Selling Securityholders will bear all commissions and discounts, if any, attributable to their sale of their shares of our Common Stock or warrants. See section entitled “Plan of Distribution” beginning on page 85 of this prospectus.

We have received letters from Nasdaq regarding our compliance with the exchange’s continued listing requirements; indicating that (i) for 30 consecutive business days, the market value of the Company’s listed securities (“MVLS”) did not maintain a minimum market value of $50,000,000 (the “Minimum MVLS Requirement”) as required by Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(b)(2)(A), and (ii) for 30 consecutive business days, the market value of the Company’s publicly held shares (“MVPHS”) did not maintain a minimum market value of $15,000,000 (the “Minimum MVPHS Requirement”) as required by Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(b)(2)(C). In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(C), we have a compliance period of 180 calendar days, or until June 19, 2024, to regain compliance with the Minimum MVLS Requirement. In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(D), we have a compliance period of 180 calendar days, or until June 19, 2024, to regain compliance with the Minimum MVPHS Requirement. If we do not regain compliance with both the Minimum MVLS Requirement and the Minimum MVPHS Requirement by June 19, 2024, Nasdaq will provide written notification to us that our common stock is subject to delisting. At that time, we may appeal the relevant delisting determination to a hearings panel pursuant to the procedures set forth in the applicable Nasdaq Listing Rules. However, there can be no assurance, if we do appeal the delisting determination by Nasdaq to the hearings panel, that such appeal would be successful. In such event, the we may also seek to apply for a transfer to The Nasdaq Capital Market if it meets the requirements for continued listing thereon. Please see the risk factor entitled “Nasdaq may delist our common stock from quotation on its exchange, which could limit investors’ ability to make transactions in our securities and subject us to additional trading restrictions” on page 24 for further information.

Our Common Stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Market of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) under the symbol “CAUD.” Our Public Warrants were listed on Nasdaq under the symbol “CAUDW” until November 3, 2023 and remain unlisted. On February 16, 2024, the last quoted sale price for our Common Stock as reported was $1.11 per share.

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined under the federal securities laws, and, as such, may elect to comply with certain reduced public company reporting requirements for future filings.

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Before buying any securities, you should carefully read the discussion of the risks of investing in our securities in the section entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 8 of this prospectus.

You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement or amendment hereto. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information.

Neither the Securities Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The date of this prospectus is,            2024.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus or in any free writing prospectus prepared by us or on our behalf. 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 are not making 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 is accurate only as of the date on the front cover of this prospectus. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since that date.

ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

This prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form S-1 that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The Selling Securityholders hereunder may, from time to time, sell the securities offered by them described in this prospectus. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale by such Selling Securityholders of the securities offered by them described in this prospectus. This prospectus also relates to the issuance by us of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants. We will receive proceeds from any exercise of the warrants for cash.

Neither we nor the Selling Securityholders have authorized anyone to provide you with any information or to make any representations other than those contained in this prospectus or any applicable prospectus supplement or any free writing prospectuses prepared by or on behalf of us or to which we have referred you. Neither we nor the Selling Securityholders take responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. Neither we nor the Selling Securityholders will make an offer to sell these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. No dealer, salesperson or other person is authorized to give any information or to represent anything not contained in this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement or any related free writing prospectus. You should assume that the information appearing in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement is accurate as of the date on the front of those documents only, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any applicable prospectus supplement, or any sale of a security. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates.

The Selling Securityholders and their permitted transferees may use the shelf registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part to sell securities from time to time through any means described in the section entitled “Plan of Distribution.” More specific terms of any securities that the Selling Securityholders and their permitted transferees offer and sell may be provided in a prospectus supplement that describes, among other things, the specific amounts and prices of the securities being offered and the terms of the offering.

We may also provide a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to the registration statement to add information to, or update or change information contained 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 such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment 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 should read both this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to the registration statement together with the additional information to which we refer you in the sections of this prospectus entitled “Where You Can Find More Information.”

Unless expressly indicated or the context otherwise requires, references in this prospectus to “Collective Audience”, the “Company,” the “Registrant”, “we,” “us” and “our” in this prospectus refers to Collective Audience, Inc., a Delaware corporation, the parent entity formerly named Abri SPAC I, Inc. after giving effect to the Business Combination, and as renamed Collective Audience, Inc., and where appropriate our wholly-owned subsidiaries (including DLQ, Inc. (“DLQ”) and its subsidiaries). References to the consummation of the Business Combination shall be as of the “Closing,” and such date of the consummation of the Business Combination, the “Closing Date.”

MARKET AND INDUSTRY DATA

This prospectus contains estimates and information concerning our industry, our business, and the market for our products and services, including our general expectations of our market position, market growth forecasts, our market opportunity, and size of the markets in which we participate, that are based on industry publications, surveys, and reports that have been prepared by independent third parties. This information involves a number of assumptions and limitations, and you are cautioned not to give undue weight to these estimates. Although we have not independently verified the accuracy or completeness of the data contained in these industry publications, surveys, and reports, we believe the publications, surveys, and reports are generally reliable, although such information is inherently subject to uncertainties and imprecision. The industry in which we operate is subject to a high degree of uncertainty and risk due to a variety of factors, including those described in the section entitled “Risk Factors.” These and other factors could cause results to differ materially from those expressed in these publications and reports.

TRADEMARKS

This document contains references to trademarks and service marks belonging to other entities. Solely for convenience, trademarks and trade names referred to in this prospectus may appear without the ^® or ^™ symbols, but such references are not intended to indicate, in any way, that the applicable licensor will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, its rights to these trademarks and trade names. We do not intend our use or display of other companies’ trade names, trademarks or service marks to imply a relationship with, or endorsement or sponsorship of it by, any other companies.

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This prospectus contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including with respect to the anticipated effects of the Business Combination. These statements are based on the current expectations and beliefs of management of the Company and are subject to a number of factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include statements about future financial and operating results of the Company; statements of the plans, strategies and objectives of management for future operations of the Company; statements regarding future economic conditions or performance; and other statements regarding the future business of the Company. Forward-looking statements may contain words such as “will be,” “will,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “continue,” “project,” “believe,” “plan,” “could,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “guidance,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “pursue,” “should,” “target” or similar expressions, and include the assumptions that underlie such statements. These statements include, but are not limited to the following:

In addition, there may be events that the Company’s management is not able to predict accurately or over which the Company has no control.

The forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus and registration statement are based on the Company’s current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on the Company. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting the Company will be those that the Company has anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond the Company’s control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those factors described under section entitled “Risk Factors” in this prospectus. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of the assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements. The Company will not and does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.

RISK FACTORS

You should carefully review and consider the following risk factors and the other information contained in prospectus, including the financial statements and notes to the financial statements included herein and the section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” before deciding whether to invest in our securities. We cannot assure you that any of the events discussed below will not occur. These events could have a material and adverse impact on the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. Unless otherwise indicated, references to the Company’s business being harmed in these risk factors will include harm to its business, reputation, financial condition, results of operations, net revenue and future prospects. In such event, the trading price of the Company’s Common Stock could decline, and you could lose all or part of your investment. We may face additional risks and uncertainties that are not presently known, or that are currently deem immaterial, which may also impair the Company’s business or financial condition. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes to the financial statements included herein. Unless expressly indicated or the context requires otherwise, the terms “Collective Audience” the “Company,” the “Registrant,” “we,” “us” and “our” in this prospectus refer to Collective Audience, Inc., the parent entity formerly named Abri SPAC I, Inc., after giving effect to the Business Combination, and as renamed Collective Audience, Inc., and where appropriate, our wholly-owned subsidiaries (including DLQ).

Risks Relating to the Company’s Business and the Consummation of the Business Combination

Our independent registered public accounting firm’s report contains an explanatory paragraph that expresses substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a “going concern.”

As of December 31, 2023, we had $611,449 in cash and a working capital deficit of $1,921,061. As of September 30, 2023, we had cash of $699,307 and a working capital deficit of $2,517,070. Further, we have incurred and expect to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of our finance and acquisition plans. Management’s plans to address this need for capital through this offering are discussed in the section of this prospectus titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” We cannot assure you that our plans to raise capital, increase revenues or to consummate any further business combinations will be successful. These factors, among others, raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements contained elsewhere in this prospectus do not include any adjustments that might result from our inability to consummate this offering or our inability to continue as a going concern.

We have consummated only one business combination, which causes us to be solely dependent on a single business which may have a limited number of products or services.

As discussed herein, we consummated our initial business combination with a single target business, DLQ, Inc. By consummating the Business Combination with only a single entity, our lack of diversification may subject us to numerous economic, competitive and regulatory developments. Further, we would not be able to diversify our operations or benefit from the possible spreading of risks or offsetting of losses, unlike other entities which may have the resources to complete several business combinations in different industries or different areas of a single industry. Accordingly, the prospects for our success may be:

This lack of diversification may subject us to numerous economic, competitive and regulatory developments, any or all of which may have a substantial adverse impact upon the particular industry in which we may operate subsequent to the Business Combination.

Risks Relating to the Company’s Management Team

Our ability to be successful after the Business Combination will be totally dependent upon the efforts of our key personnel, some of whom may join us post-Business Combination. While we intend to closely scrutinize any individuals we engage, our assessment of these individuals may not prove to be correct.

Our ability to successfully effect and continue operations post-Business Combination is dependent upon the efforts of our key personnel. We believe that our success depends on the continued service of our key personnel, post- Business Combination. None of our officers are required to commit any specified amount of time to our affairs (although we expect them to devote approximately 10 hours per week to our business) and, accordingly, they will have conflicts of interest in allocating management time among various business activities, including identifying potential business combinations and monitoring the related due diligence. If our officers’ and directors’ other business affairs require them to devote more substantial amounts of time to their other business activities, it could limit their ability to devote time to our affairs and could have a negative impact on our operations. In addition, other than our Chief Executive Officer, Peter Bordes, and our Chief Operating Officer, Christopher Andrews, we do not have employment agreements with, or key-man insurance on the life of, any of our officers. The unexpected loss of the services of our key personnel could have a detrimental effect on us.

Additionally, some members of the management team may be unfamiliar with the requirements of operating a public company, which could cause us to have to expend time and resources helping them become familiar with such requirements. This could be expensive and time-consuming and could lead to various regulatory issues which may adversely affect our operations.

Members of our management team may have affiliations with entities engaged in business activities similar to those intended to be conducted by us and, accordingly, may have conflicts of interest in determining to which entity a particular business opportunity should be presented.

Members of our management team may have affiliations with companies, including companies that are engaged in business activities similar to those intended to be conducted by us. Accordingly, they may participate in transactions and have obligations that may be in conflict or competition with ours. For a more detailed description of the potential conflicts of interest of our management, see the section titled “Management — Conflicts of Interest.” 

Risks Related to DLQ’s Business

Negative Operating Cash Flow.

DLQ has negative cash flow from operating activities. There is no assurance that sufficient revenues will be generated in the near future. To the extent that DLQ has negative operating cash flows in future periods, it may need to deploy a portion of its existing working capital to fund such negative cash flows.

DLQ is subject to risks associated with changing technologies in the digital marketing industry, which could place DLQ at a competitive disadvantage.

The successful implementation of DLQ’s business strategy requires DLQ to continuously evolve its existing solutions and introduce new solutions to meet customers’ needs. DLQ believes that its customers rigorously evaluate DLQ’s solution and service offerings on the basis of a number of factors, including, but not limited to: quality; price competitiveness; technical expertise and development capability; innovation; reliability and timeliness of delivery; operational flexibility; customer service; and overall management.

DLQ’s success depends on their ability to continue to meet its customers’ changing requirements and specifications with respect to these and other criteria. There can be no assurance that DLQ will be able to address technological advances or introduce new offerings that may be necessary to remain competitive within the digital marketing industry.

Systems failures could cause interruptions in DLQ’s services or decreases in the responsiveness of DLQ’s services which could harm DLQ’s business.

If DLQ’s systems fail to perform for any reason, they could experience disruptions in operations, slower response times, or decreased customer satisfaction. DLQ’s ability to provide digital marketing services successfully and provide high quality customer service depends on the efficient and uninterrupted operation of its hosting company’s computer and communications hardware and software systems. Although unlikely, DLQ’s hosting company’s systems are vulnerable to damage or interruption from human error, natural disasters, power loss, telecommunication failures, break-ins, sabotage, computer viruses, intentional acts of vandalism, and similar events. Any systems failure that causes an interruption in DLQ’s services or decreases the responsiveness of DLQ’s services could impair their reputation, damage our brand name, and materially adversely affect DLQ’s business, financial condition and results of operations and cash flows.

If DLQ’s security is breached, its business could be disrupted, its operating results could be harmed, and customers could be deterred from using DLQ’s products and services.

DLQ’s business relies on the secure electronic transmission, storage, and hosting of sensitive information, including financial information, and other sensitive information relating to its customers, company, and workforce. As a result, DLQ face some risk of a deliberate or unintentional incident involving unauthorized access to its computer systems (including, among other methods, cyber- attacks or social engineering) that could result in misappropriation or loss of assets or sensitive information, data corruption, or other disruption of business operations. In light of this risk, DLQ have devoted significant resources to protecting and maintaining the confidentiality of its information, including implementing security and privacy programs and controls, training DLQ’s workforce, and implementing new technology. DLQ has no guarantee that these programs and controls will be adequate to prevent all possible security threats. DLQ believes that any compromise of its electronic systems, including the unauthorized access, use, or disclosure of sensitive information or a significant disruption of its computing assets and networks, would adversely affect its reputation and ability to fulfill contractual obligations, and would require DLQ to devote significant financial and other resources to mitigate such problems, and could increase future cyber security costs. Moreover, unauthorized access, use, or disclosure of such sensitive information could result in contractual or other liability. In addition, any real or perceived compromise of DLQ’s security or disclosure of sensitive information may result in lost revenues by deterring customers from using or purchasing DLQ’s products and services in the future or prompting them to use competing service providers.

Delays in the release of new or enhanced products or services or undetected errors in DLQ’s products or services may result in increased costs, delayed market acceptance of their products, and delayed or lost revenue.

To achieve market acceptance, new or enhanced products or services can require long development and testing periods, which may result in delays in scheduled introduction. Any delays in the release schedule for new or enhanced products or services may delay market acceptance of these products or services and may result in delays in new or existing customers from using these new or enhanced products or services or the loss of new or existing customers. In addition, new or enhanced products or services may contain a number of undetected errors or “bugs” when they are first released. Although DLQ extensively tests each new or enhanced product or service before it is released to the market, there can be no assurance that significant errors will not be found in existing or future releases. As a result, in the months following the introduction of certain releases, DLQ may need to devote significant resources to correct these errors. There can be no assurance, however, that all of these errors can be corrected.

Defects or errors in DLQ’s platform and products could harm its reputation, result in significant costs and impair its ability to market their products and services.

DLQ’s products and software may contain defects or errors, some of which may be material. Errors may result from DLQ’s own technology or from DLQ’s cloud-based solutions with legacy systems and data, which DLQ did not develop. The risk of errors is particularly significant when a new product is first introduced or when new versions or enhancements of existing products are released. The likelihood of errors is increased when DLQ has more frequent releases of new products, services and enhancements of existing products. DLQ has, from time to time, found defects in their software. Although these past defects have not resulted in any litigation against DLQ to date, they have invested significant capital, technical, managerial, and other resources to investigate and correct these past defects and they have needed to divert these resources from other development efforts. In addition, material performance problems or defects in DLQ’s products may arise in the future. Material defects in DLQ’s cloud-based solutions could result in a reduction in sales, delay in market acceptance of services, or credits or refunds to DLQ’s customers. In addition, such defects may lead to the loss of existing customers and difficulty in attracting new customers, diversion of development resources, or harm to DLQ’s reputation. Correction of defects or errors could prove to be impossible or impractical. The costs incurred in correcting any defects or errors or in responding to resulting claims or liability may be substantial and could adversely affect DLQ’s operating results.

If DLQ is unable to reliably meet their data storage and management requirements, or if they experience any failure or interruption in the delivery of their services over the Internet, customer satisfaction and DLQ’s reputation could be harmed and customer contracts may be terminated.

As part of DLQ’s current business model, it delivers its services over the Internet and store and manage hundreds of terabytes of data for its customers, resulting in substantial information technology infrastructure and ongoing technological challenges, which it expects to continue to increase over time. If DLQ does not reliably meet these data storage and management requirements, or if they experience any failure or interruption in the delivery of their services over the Internet, customer satisfaction and reputation could be harmed, leading to reduced revenues and increased expenses. DLQ’s hosting services are subject to service-level agreements and, in the event that they fail to meet guaranteed service or performance levels, they could be subject to customer credits or termination of these customer contracts. If the cost of meeting these data storage and management requirements increases, DLQ’s results of operations could be harmed.

Upgrading DLQ’s products and services could result in implementation issues and business disruptions.

DLQ updates their products and services on a periodic basis. In doing so, they face the possibility that existing customers will find the updated product and/or service unacceptable, or new customers may not be as interested as they have been in the past versions. Furthermore, translation errors might introduce new software and/or technical bugs that will not be caught.

New entrants and the introduction of other platforms in DLQ’s markets may harm DLQ’s competitive position.

The markets for development, distribution, and sale of offering SMB’s digital marketing solutions to establish a brand presence for their business are rapidly evolving. New entrants seeking to gain market share by introducing new technology, new products, and new platforms may make it more difficult for DLQ to sell their products and services which could create increased pricing pressure, reduced profit margins, increased sales and marketing expenses, or the loss of market share or expected market share, any of which may significantly harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

DLQ’s future success depends on their ability to develop and successfully introduce new and enhanced products that meet the needs of our customers.

DLQ’s sales depend on their ability to anticipate our existing and prospective customers’ needs and develop products and services that address those needs. DLQ’s future success will depend on their ability to develop new products and strategies, anticipate technological improvements and enhancements, and to develop products that are competitive in the rapidly changing digital marketing industry. Introduction of new products and product enhancements will require coordination of DLQ’s efforts with their customers to develop products that offer performance metrics and features desired by their customers and performance and functionality superior or more cost effective than solutions offered by our competitors. If DLQ fails to coordinate these efforts, develop product enhancements or introduce new products that meet the needs of their customers as scheduled, its operating results will be materially and adversely affected, and DLQ’s business and prospects will be harmed. DLQ cannot assure that product introductions will meet their anticipated release schedules or that their products will be competitive in the market. Furthermore, given the rapidly changing nature of the mobile apps market, there can be no assurance DLQ’s products and technology will not be rendered obsolete by alternative or competing technologies.

DLQ’s cost structure is partially fixed. If their revenues decline and they are unable to reduce costs, their profitability will be adversely affected.

DLQ’s cost structure is partially fixed, and if their revenues decrease, these fixed costs will not be reduced. DLQ bases their cost structure on historical and expected levels of demand for DLQ’s services, as well as fixed operating infrastructure, such as computer hardware, software, and staffing levels. If demand for DLQ’s services declines, and as a result, DLQ’s revenues decline, DLQ may not be able to adjust its cost structure on a timely basis and their profitability may be materially adversely affected.

DLQ has substantial customer concentration, with a limited number of customers accounting for a substantial portion of our Revenues.

DLQ currently derives a significant portion of its revenue from two customers. Approximately 53% of revenues were generated from these two customers for the year ended December 31, 2022 and 21% of revenues were generated from three (3) customers for the year ended December 31, 2021. There are inherent risks whenever a large percentage of total revenues are concentrated with a limited number of customers. It is not possible for DLQ to predict the future level of demand for its services that will be generated by these customers or the future demand for the products and services of these customers in the end-user marketplace. In addition, revenues from these larger customers, especially DLQ’s three largest customers, may fluctuate from time to time based on the commencement and completion of projects, the timing of which may be affected by market conditions or other facts, some of which may be outside of DLQ’s control. Further, some of DLQ’s contracts with these larger customers permit them to terminate DLQ’s services at any time (subject to notice and certain other provisions). If any of these customers experience declining or delayed sales due to market, economic or competitive conditions, DLQ could be pressured to reduce the prices they charge for services which could have an adverse effect on DLQ’s margins and financial position, and could negatively affect DLQ’s revenues and results of operations and/or trading price of its common stock. If any of DLQ’s largest customers terminates their services, such termination would negatively affect DLQ’s revenues and results of operations and/or trading price of its common stock.

There can be no assurance that DLQ will be successful in maintaining their existing contractual relationships with customers.

DLQ’s customers have in the past, and may in the future, negotiate agreements that are short-term and subject to renewal, non-exclusive and/or terminable at the option of the customer on relatively short notice or no notice and without penalty. In the event that such contracts are terminated, the customer is generally required to pay DLQ costs associated with any work completed as of the date of the termination. While contract termination is rare, there can be no assurance that long-term contractual relationships will not be terminated, which could adversely affect DLQ.

Attrition of customers and failure to attract new customers could have a material adverse effect on DLQ’s business, financial condition and results of operations, and cash flows.

Although DLQ offers digital marketing services designed to support and retain their customers, their efforts to attract new customers or prevent attrition existing customers may not be successful. If DLQ is unable to retain existing customers or acquire new customers in a cost-effective manner, their business, financial condition and results of operations, and cash flows would likely be adversely affected. Although DLQ has spent significant resources on business development and related expenses and plans to continue to do so, these efforts may not be cost-effective at attracting new customers.

DLQ’s ability to sustain or increase revenues will depend upon their success in entering new markets, continuing to increase their customer base, and in deriving additional revenues from existing customers.

One component of DLQ’s overall business strategy is to derive more revenues from existing customers by expanding their use of DLQ products and services. Such strategy would have DLQ customers utilize its platforms and their tools and components to leverage vast amounts of information stored in both corporate databases and public data sources in order to make informed business decisions during the research and development process. In addition, DLQ seeks to expand into new markets, and new areas within DLQ’s existing markets, by potentially acquiring businesses in these markets, attracting and retaining personnel knowledgeable in these markets, identifying the needs of these markets, and developing marketing programs to address these needs. If successfully implemented, these strategies could increase the usage of DLQ’s platforms from SMBs operating within DLQ’s existing customer base, as well as by new customers in other industries. However, if these strategies are not successfully implemented, DLQ’s products and services may not achieve market acceptance or penetration in targeted new departments within their existing customers or in new industries. As a result, DLQ may incur additional costs and expend additional resources without being able to sustain or increase revenue.

Some of DLQ’s products and services utilize open source software, and any failure to comply with the terms of one or more of these open source licenses could adversely affect DLQ’s business.

Some of DLQ’s products utilize software covered by open source licenses. Open source software is typically freely accessible, usable and modifiable, and is used by DLQ’s development team in an effort to reduce development costs and speed up the development process. Certain open source software licenses require a user who intends to distribute the open source software as a component of the user’s software to disclose publicly part or all of the source code to the user’s software. In addition, certain open source software licenses require the user of such software to make any derivative works of the open source code available to others on unfavorable terms or at no cost. This can subject previously proprietary software to open source license terms. While DLQ monitors the use of all open source software in their products, processes and technology, in some areas of their business they do not have written policies and procedures for managing against the risks of potential copyright or other intellectual property infringement claims made by third parties. Enforcement of such intellectual property rights may have an adverse effect on their business, such as, for example, following inadvertent use of open source software that requires them to disclose or make available the source code to related products.

A pandemic, epidemic or outbreak of an infectious disease in the United States or elsewhere may adversely affect DLQ’s business.

If a pandemic, epidemic or outbreak of an infectious disease occurs in the United States or elsewhere, DLQ’s business may be adversely affected.

COVID-19 has spread worldwide and has resulted in government authorities implementing numerous measures to try to contain it, such as travel bans and restrictions, quarantines, shelter-in-place orders and shutdowns. These measures have impacted, and may further impact, DLQ’s workforce and operations, the operations of DLQ’s customers and DLQ’s partners, and those of their respective vendors and suppliers. DLQ’s critical business operations, including their headquarters, are located in regions which have been impacted by COVID-19. DLQ’s customers worldwide have also been affected and may continue to be affected by COVID-19 related restrictions and closures.

The spread of COVID-19 caused DLQ to modify their business practices as they comply with state mandated requirements for safety in the workplace to ensure the health, safety and well-being of DLQ employees. These measures include personal protective equipment, social distancing, cleanliness of the facilities and daily monitoring of the health of employees in DLQ facilities, as well as modifying DLQ policies on employee travel and the cancellation of physical participation in meetings, events and conferences. DLQ may take further actions as required by government authorities or that they determine are in the best interests of DLQ employees, customers, partners and suppliers. However, DLQ has not developed a specific and comprehensive contingency plan designed to address the challenges and risks presented by the COVID-19 pandemic and, even if and when DLQ does develop such a plan, there can be no assurance that such plan will be effective in mitigating the potential adverse effects on DLQ’s business, financial condition and results of operations.

In addition, while the extent and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy and DLQ’s business in particular is difficult to assess or predict, the pandemic has resulted in, and may continue to result in, significant disruption of global financial markets, which may reduce their ability to access capital or DLQ’s customers’ ability to pay them for past or future purchases, which could negatively affect their liquidity. A recession or financial market correction resulting from the lack of containment and spread of COVID-19 could impact overall technology spending, adversely affecting demand for DLQ products, its business and the value of DLQ’s common stock.

The ultimate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic or a similar health epidemic is highly uncertain and subject to change. The extent of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on DLQ’s operational and financial performance, including their ability to execute their business strategies and initiatives in the expected time frame, will depend on future developments, including, but not limited to, the duration and continued spread of the pandemic, its severity, the actions to contain the disease or treat its impact, further related restrictions on travel, and the duration, timing and severity of the impact on customer spending, including any recession resulting from the pandemic, all of which are uncertain and cannot be predicted. An extended period of economic disruption as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic could have a material negative impact on DLQ’s business, results of operations, access to sources of liquidity and financial condition, though the full extent and duration is uncertain.

If DLQ is not successful in selecting and integrating the businesses and technologies they acquire, or in managing their current and future divestitures, DLQ’s business may suffer.

Over the years, DLQ has expanded their business through acquisitions. DLQ continues to search to acquire businesses and technologies and form strategic alliances. However, businesses and technologies may not be available on terms and conditions DLQ finds acceptable. DLQ risks spending time and money investigating and negotiating with potential acquisition or alliance partners, but not completing transactions. Even if completed, acquisitions and alliances involve numerous risks which may include: difficulties in achieving business and continuing financial success; difficulties and expenses incurred in assimilating and integrating operations, services, products, technologies, or pre-existing relationships with DLQ customers, distributors, and suppliers; challenges with developing and operating new businesses, including those which are materially different from DLQ’s existing businesses and which may require the development or acquisition of new internal capabilities and expertise; challenges of maintaining staffing at the acquired entities, including loss of key employees; potential losses resulting from undiscovered liabilities of acquired companies that are not covered by the indemnification DLQ may obtain from the seller(s); the presence or absence of adequate internal controls and/or significant fraud in the financial systems of acquired companies; diversion of management’s attention from other business concerns; acquisitions could be dilutive to earnings, or in the event of acquisitions made through the issuance of DLQ common stock to the stockholders of the acquired company, dilutive to the percentage of ownership of the existing stockholders; new technologies and products may be developed which cause businesses or assets DLQ acquires to become less valuable; and risks that disagreements or disputes with prior owners of an acquired business, technology, service, or product may result in litigation expenses and distribution of DLQ’s management’s attention. In the event that an acquired business or technology or an alliance does not meet DLQ’s expectations, DLQ results of operations may be adversely affected.

Some of the same risks exist when DLQ decides to sell a business, site, product line, or division. In addition, divestitures could involve additional risks, including the following: difficulties in the separation of operations, services, products, and personnel; and the need to agree to retain or assume certain current or future liabilities in order to complete the divestiture. DLQ evaluates the performance and strategic fit of its businesses. These and any divestitures may result in significant write-offs, including those related to goodwill and other intangible assets, which could have an adverse effect on DLQ’s results of operations and financial condition. In addition, DLQ may encounter difficulty in finding buyers or alternative exit strategies at acceptable prices and terms and in a timely manner. DLQ may not be successful in managing these or any other significant risks that DLQ encounter in divesting a business, site, product line, or division, and as a result, DLQ may not achieve some or all of the expected benefits of the divestitures.

If DLQ is unable to manage their growth and expand their operations successfully, their business and operating results will be harmed and their reputation may be damaged.

DLQ has expanded their operations significantly since inception and anticipate that further significant expansion will be required to achieve its business objectives. The growth and expansion of their business and product offerings places a continuous and significant strain on their management, operational, and financial resources. Any such future growth would also add complexity to and require effective coordination throughout the organization. To manage any future growth effectively, DLQ must continue to improve and expand their information technology and financial infrastructure, their operating and administrative systems and controls, and their ability to manage headcount, capital and processes in an efficient manner. DLQ may not be able to successfully implement improvements to these systems and processes in a timely or efficient manner, which could result in additional operating inefficiencies and could cause its costs to increase more than planned. If DLQ does increase their operating expenses in anticipation of the growth of their business and this growth does not meet DLQ’s expectations, their operating results may be negatively impacted. If DLQ is unable to manage future expansion, their ability to provide high quality products and services could be harmed, which could damage their reputation and brand and may have a material adverse effect on their business, operating results, and financial condition.

DLQ may be unable to respond to customers’ demands for new digital marketing solutions and service offerings, and their business, financial condition and results of operations, and cash flows may be materially adversely affected.

DLQ’s customers may demand new digital marketing solutions and service offerings. If DLQ fails to identify these demands from customers or update its offerings accordingly, new offerings provided by DLQ’s competitors may render their existing solutions and services less competitive. DLQ’s future success will depend, in part, on their ability to respond to customers’ demands for new offerings on a timely and cost-effective basis and to adapt to address the increasingly sophisticated requirements and varied needs of their customers and prospective customers. DLQ may not be successful in developing, introducing or marketing new offerings. In addition, their new offerings may not achieve market acceptance. Any failure on their part to anticipate or respond adequately to customer requirements, or any significant delays in the development, introduction or availability of new offerings or enhancements of current offerings could have a material adverse effect on DLQ’s business, financial condition and results of operations and cash flows.

Increasing competition and increasing costs within DLQ’s customers’ industries may affect the demand for their products and services, which may affect its results of operations and financial condition.

DLQ’s customers’ demand for their products is impacted by continued demand for their products and by their customers’ research and development costs, budget costs, and capital expenditures. Demand for DLQ’s customers’ products could decline, and prices charged by their customers for their products may decline, as a result of increasing competition that their customers face in their respective industries. In addition, DLQ’s customers’ expenses could continue to increase as a result of increasing costs of complying with government regulations and other factors. A decrease in demand for their customers’ products, pricing pressures associated with the sales of these products, and additional costs associated with product development could cause DLQ’s customers to reduce their research and development costs, budget costs, and capital expenditures. Although DLQ believes its products can help their customers increase productivity, generate additional sales, and reduce costs in many areas, because their products and services depend on such research and development, budget, and capital expenditures, DLQ’s revenues may be significantly reduced.

DLQ’s insurance coverage may be insufficient to avoid material impact on their financial position or results of operations resulting from claims or liabilities against DLQ, and they may not be able to obtain insurance coverage in the future.

DLQ maintains insurance coverage for protection against many risks of liability. The extent of DLQ’s insurance coverage is under continuous review and is modified as they deem it necessary. Despite this insurance, it is possible that claims or liabilities against DLQ may have a material adverse impact on their financial position or results of operations. In addition, DLQ may not be able to obtain any insurance coverage, or adequate insurance coverage, when its existing insurance coverage expires.

Any negative commentaries made by any regulatory agencies or any failure by DLQ to comply with applicable regulations and related guidance could harm their reputation and operating results, and compliance with new regulations and guidance may result in additional costs.

Any negative commentaries made by any regulatory agencies or any failure on DLQ’s part to comply with applicable regulations could result in the termination of customers using their products and services. This could harm DLQ’s reputation, their prospects for generating future revenue, and their operating results. If DLQ’s operations are found to violate any applicable law or other governmental regulations, DLQ might be subject to civil and criminal penalties, damages, and fines. Any action against DLQ for violation of these laws, even if DLQ successfully defends against it, could cause DLQ to incur significant legal expenses, divert their management’s attention from the operation of its business, and damage DLQ’s reputation.

Current and future litigation against DLQ, which may arise in the ordinary course of business, could be costly and time consuming to defend.

DLQ is subject to claims that arise in the ordinary course of business, such as claims brought by their customers in connection with commercial disputes, vendor disputesand employment claims made by their current or former employees. Third parties may in the future assert intellectual property rights to technologies that are important to their business and demand back royalties or demand that DLQ license their technology. Litigation may result in substantial costs and may divert management’s attention and resources, which may seriously harm their business, overall financial condition, and operating results. Insurance may not cover such claims, may not be sufficient for one or more such claims, and may not continue to be available on terms acceptable to DLQ. A claim brought against DLQ that is uninsured or underinsured could result in unanticipated costs, negatively affecting their business, results of operations, and financial condition.

DLQ could incur substantial costs resulting from product liability claims relating to their products or services or their customers’ use of their products or services.

Any failure or errors caused by DLQ’s products or services could result in a claim for substantial damages against them by their customers, regardless of their responsibility for the failure. Although DLQ is generally entitled to indemnification under its customer contracts against claims brought against them by third parties arising out of their customers’ use of their products, DLQ might find themselves entangled in lawsuits against them, even if unsuccessful, may divert their resources and energy and adversely affect their business. Further, in the event DLQ seeks indemnification from a customer, a court may not enforce the indemnification right if the customer challenges it or the customer may not be able to fund any amounts for indemnification owed to DLQ. In addition, DLQ’s existing insurance coverage may not continue to be available on reasonable terms or may not be available in amounts sufficient to cover one or more large claims, or the insurer may disclaim coverage as to any future claim.

Cybersecurity and data privacy incidents or breaches may damage client relations and inhibit DLQ’s growth.

The confidentiality and security of DLQ’s information, and that of third parties, is critical to DLQ’s business. DLQ’s services involve the transmission, use, and storage of customers’ and their customers’ information, which may be confidential or contain personally identifiable information. Any cybersecurity or data privacy incidents could have a material adverse effect on DLQ’s results of operations and financial condition. While DLQ maintains a broad array of information security and privacy measures, policies and practices, its networks may be breached through a variety of means, resulting in someone obtaining unauthorized access to DLQ’s information, to information of DLQ’s customers or their customers, or to DLQ’s intellectual property; disabling or degrading service; or sabotaging systems or information. In addition, hardware, software, or systems, DLQ develops or procure from third parties may contain defects in design or manufacture or other problems that could unexpectedly compromise information security. Unauthorized parties may also attempt to gain access to DLQ’s systems or facilities, or those of third parties with whom DLQ does business, through fraud or other forms of deceiving DLQ’s employees, contractors, and vendors. Because the techniques used to obtain unauthorized access, or to sabotage systems, change frequently and generally are not recognized until launched against a target, DLQ may be unable to anticipate these techniques or to implement adequate preventative measures. DLQ will continue to incur significant costs to continuously enhance its information security measures to defend against the threat of cybercrime. Any cybersecurity or data privacy incident or breach may result in:

DLQ may face additional costs, loss of revenue, significant liabilities, harm to its brand, decreased use of its products or services and business disruption if there are any security or data privacy breaches or other unauthorized or improper access.

DLQ has access to and utilizes personal data, such as names, mailing addresses, email addresses, mobile phone numbers, location information and other consumer information used for marketing purposes. Any failure to prevent or mitigate security breaches or improper access to, use, disclosure or other misappropriation of its data or consumers’ personal data could result in significant liability under state, (e.g., state breach notification and privacy laws such as the CCPA) federal and laws in other jurisdictions. Such an incident may also cause a material loss of revenue from the potential adverse impact to DLQ’s reputation and brand, affect its ability to retain or attract new users of our products and services and potentially disrupt its business.

Unauthorized disclosure of sensitive or confidential data, including personally identifiable information, whether through a breach of computer systems, systems failure, employee negligence, fraud or misappropriation, or otherwise, or unauthorized access to or through DLQ’s information systems and networks, whether by its employees or third parties, could result in negative publicity, legal liability and damage to its reputation. Unauthorized disclosure of personally identifiable information could also expose DLQ to sanctions for violations of data privacy laws and regulations around the world. To the extent that any disruption or security breach resulted in a loss of or damage to our data or applications, or inappropriate disclosure of confidential or proprietary information, DLQ could incur liability. For example, the loss of or client data could result in delays of the performance of our services and negatively impact our reputation, revenues and in some instances create liability.

As DLQ becomes more dependent on information technologies to conduct our operations, cyber incidents, including deliberate attacks and attempts to gain unauthorized access to computer systems and networks, may increase in frequency and sophistication. These threats pose a risk to the security of DLQ’s systems and networks, the confidentiality and the availability and integrity of its data and these risks apply both to DLQ, and to third parties on whose systems it relies upon for the conduct of its business. Because the techniques used to obtain unauthorized access, disable or degrade service or sabotage systems change frequently and often are not recognized until launched against a target, DLQ and its partners may be unable to anticipate these techniques or to implement adequate preventative measures. may in the future, experience security incidents. DLQ cannot predict the impact of any such future events. Further, DLQ does not have any control over the operations of the facilities or technology of its cloud and service providers, including any third-party vendors that collect, process and store personal data on its behalf. DLQ’s systems, servers and platforms and those of its service providers may be vulnerable to computer viruses or physical or electronic break-ins that our or their security measures may not detect. Individuals able to circumvent such security measures may misappropriate DLQ’s confidential or proprietary information, disrupt its operations, damage its computers or otherwise impair its reputation and business. DLQ may need to expend significant resources and make significant capital investments to protect against security breaches or to mitigate the impact of any such breaches. In addition, to the extent that its cloud and other service providers, experience security breaches that result in the unauthorized or improper use of confidential data, employee data or personal data, DLQ may not be indemnified for any losses resulting from such breaches. There can be no assurance that DLQ or its third-party providers will be successful in preventing cyber-attacks or successfully mitigating their effects.

Cyber-attacks purportedly originated by Russian controlled entities have exacerbated in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and our systems may be infiltrated by foreign actors. If DLQ is unable to prevent or mitigate the impact of such security breaches, our ability to attract and retain new customers, other partners could be harmed as they may be reluctant to entrust their data to DLQ, and DLQ could be exposed to litigation and governmental investigations, which could lead to a potential disruption to its business or other adverse consequences.

DLQ’s use, disclosure and other processing of personally identifiable information is subject to US federal, state, and foreign privacy and security regulations, and its failure to comply with those regulations or to adequately secure the information it holds could result in significant liability or reputational harm and, in turn, a material adverse effect on DLQ’s business, operating results and prospects.

DLQ maintains and its third-party vendors, collaborators, contractors and consultants maintain and process on its behalf, sensitive information, including confidential business, personal and other information, and are subject to data privacy and protection laws and regulations that apply to the collection, transmission, storage and use of personally identifying information, which among other things, impose certain requirements relating to the privacy, security and transmission of personal information. Failure by DLQ or their third-party vendors, collaborators, contractors and consultants to comply with any of these laws and regulations could result in notification obligations or enforcement actions against them, which could result in fines, imprisonment of company officials and public censure, claims for damages by affected individuals, damage to reputation and loss of goodwill, any of which could have a material adverse effect on DLQ’s business, financial condition, results of operations or prospects. These laws, rules and regulations evolve frequently and their scope may continually change, through new legislation, amendments to existing legislation and changes in enforcement, and may be inconsistent from one jurisdiction to another. In the US, numerous federal and state laws and regulations, including federal health information privacy laws, state data breach notification laws, state health information privacy laws and federal and state consumer protection laws (e.g., Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act), that govern the collection, use, disclosure and protection of personal information could apply to DLQ’s operations.

Many state legislatures have adopted legislation relating to privacy, data security and data breaches. Laws in all 50 states require businesses to provide notice to customers whose personally identifiable information has been disclosed as a result of a data breach. The laws are not consistent, and compliance in the event of a widespread data breach is costly. States are also frequently amending existing laws, requiring attention to frequently changing regulatory requirements. For example, California recently enacted the CCPA, which became effective on January 1, 2020. The CCPA, among other things, requires new disclosures to California consumers and affords such consumers new abilities to access and delete their personal information, opt-out of certain sales of personal information and receive detailed information about how their personal information is used. The CCPA provides for fines of up to $7,500 per violation, as well as a private right of action for data breaches that is expected to increase the frequency of data breach litigation. While the CCPA has already been amended multiple times, it is unclear how this legislation will be further modified or how it will be interpreted. Interpretations of the CCPA may continue to evolve with regulatory guidance and the CCPA continue to be amended, including through a ballot initiative, the CPRA. That passed in November 2020. The CPRA will impose additional data protection obligations on companies doing business in California, including additional consumer rights, including regarding certain uses of sensitive data. It also creates a new California data protection agency specifically tasked to enforce the law, which may likely result in increased regulatory scrutiny of California businesses in the areas of data protection and security. The effects of this legislation potentially are far-reaching, however, and may require us to modify our data processing practices and policies and incur substantial compliance-related costs and expenses. The CCPA and other changes in state and federal laws or regulations relating to privacy, data protection and information security, particularly any new or modified laws or regulations that require enhanced protection of certain types of data or new obligations with regard to data retention, transfer or disclosure, could increase the cost of providing our offerings, require significant changes to our operations or even prevent us from providing certain offerings in jurisdictions in which DLQ currently operates and in which we may operate in the future.

Because of the breadth of these data protection laws and the narrowness of their exceptions and safe harbors, it is possible that DLQ’s business or data protection policies could be subject to challenge under one or more of such laws. The scope and enforcement of each of these laws is uncertain and subject to rapid change in the current environment of heightened regulatory focus on data privacy and security issues. Although DLQ endeavors to comply with our published policies and documentation and ensure their compliance with current laws, rules and regulations, DLQ may at times fail to do so or be alleged to have failed to do so. The publication of its privacy policy and other documentation that provide promises and assurances about privacy and security can subject DLQ to potential state and federal action in the United States if they are found to be deceptive, unfair, or misrepresentative of our actual practices. Any failure by DLQ or other parties with whom it does business to comply with this documentation or with federal, state, local or international regulations could result in proceedings against us by governmental entities, private parties or others. In many jurisdictions, enforcement actions and consequences for noncompliance are rising.

If DLQ’s operations are found to be in violation of any of the data protection laws described above or any other laws that apply to them, they may be subject to penalties, including, but not limited to, criminal, civil and administrative penalties, damages, fines, disgorgement, individual imprisonment, possible exclusion from participation in government healthcare programs, injunctions, private qui tam actions brought by individual whistleblowers in the name of the government, class action litigation and the curtailment or restructuring of DLQ’s operations, as well as additional reporting obligations and oversight if they become subject to a corrective action plan or other agreement to resolve allegations of non-compliance with these laws, any of which could adversely affect their ability to operate our business and our results of operations. Complying with these various laws and regulations could cause us to incur substantial costs or require us to change our business practices, systems and compliance procedures in a manner adverse to DLQ business.

DLQ may eventually operate in a number of countries outside of the United States whose laws, including data privacy laws, may in some cases be more stringent than the requirements in the United States. For example, EU and UK data privacy laws have specific requirements relating to cross-border transfers of personal data to certain jurisdictions, including to the United States, have strict requirements relating to personal data collection, use or sharing, and have more stringent requirements relating to organizations’ privacy programs and provide stronger individual rights. Moreover, we may also be subject to evolving international privacy and data security regulations which could result in greater compliance costs and in turn lead to penalties, where such compliance programs are not implemented correctly.

Risks Related to Intellectual Property

DLQ may be unable to adequately enforce or defend their ownership and use of DLQ’s intellectual property and other proprietary rights.

Part of DLQ’s success is dependent upon their intellectual property and other proprietary rights. DLQ relies upon a combination of trademark, trade secret, copyright, unpatented know-how, and unfair competition laws, as well as license and access agreements and other contractual provisions, to protect their intellectual property and other proprietary rights. In addition, DLQ attempts to protect its intellectual property and proprietary information by requiring certain of its employees and consultants to enter into confidentiality, non-competition, and assignment-of-inventions agreements. Policing unauthorized use of DLQ products and services is difficult and they may not be able to protect our technology from unauthorized use. Further, the steps DLQ takes to protect its rights may not be adequate under the laws of some foreign countries, which may not protect intellectual property rights to the same extent as do the laws of the United States. DLQ’s attempts to protect its intellectual property may be challenged by others or invalidated through administrative process or litigation, and agreement terms that address non-competition are difficult to enforce in many jurisdictions and may not be enforceable in any particular case. In addition, there remains the possibility that others will “reverse engineer” DLQ’s products or services in order to introduce competing products or services, or that others will develop competing technology independently and that do not infringe DLQ rights. In these cases, they may be unable to prevent such competitors from selling or licensing these similar or superior technologies. If DLQ resorts to legal proceedings to enforce its intellectual property rights or to determine the validity or scope of DLQ’s intellectual property or other proprietary rights, the proceedings could be burdensome, expensive and distracting of management, even if they were to prevail. The failure to adequately protect DLQ’s intellectual property and other proprietary rights may have a material adverse effect on DLQ’s business, results of operations or financial condition.

DLQ relies on third-party providers to license certain intellectual property and to provide internet services, and any failure by these third-party providers to continue to license any intellectual property or to provide reliable services could cause DLQ to lose customers and subject it to claims for credits or damages, among other things.

DLQ relies on services from third-party intellectual property providers in order to provide services to its customers and their customers. In addition, DLQ depends on its internet bandwidth suppliers to provide uninterrupted and error-free service through their networks. DLQ exercises little control over these third-party providers, which increases its vulnerability to problems with the services they provide.

When problems occur, it may be difficult to identify the source of the problem. Service disruption or outages, whether caused by DLQ’s service, the products or services of DLQ’s third-party service providers, or DLQ’s customers’ or their customers’ equipment and systems, may result in loss of market acceptance of its products and technologies and any necessary remedial actions may force it to incur significant costs and expenses.

If any of these service providers fail to provide reliable services, suffer outages, degrade, disrupt, increase the cost of or terminate the services that DLQ and its customers depend on, DLQ may be required to switch to another service provider. Delays caused by switching to another service provider, if available, and qualifying this new service provider could materially harm its operating results. Further, if any licenses cannot be renewed on commercially favorable terms, and any failure on the part of third-party service providers to achieve or maintain expected performance levels, stability and security could harm DLQ’s relationships with its customers, cause it to lose customers, result in claims for credits or damages, increase its costs or the costs incurred by its customers, damage its reputation, significantly reduce customer demand for its products and technologies and seriously harm its operating results.

If DLQ is unable to transfer existing customers or acquire new customers, its operating results will be harmed. Likewise, potential customer turnover in the future, or costs it incurs to retain its existing customers, could materially and adversely affect its operating results.

DLQ’s success depends on its ability to maintain existing customers and to acquire new customers in new and existing verticals, and in new and existing markets. If DLQ is unable to transfer existing customers or attract a sufficient number of new customers, it may be unable to reduce gross margins at desired rates and its operating results may suffer. The software service market is competitive and many of DLQ’s competitors have substantial financial, personnel and other resources that they utilize to develop solutions and attract customers. As a result, it may be difficult for us to maintain existing customers or add new customers to DLQ’s existing customer base. Competition in the marketplace may also lead us to win fewer new customers or result in us providing discounts and other commercial incentives. Additional factors that impact DLQ’s ability to acquire new customers include the perceived need for marketing products or services, the size of prospective customers’ budgets for these products and services, the utility and efficacy of DLQ’s existing platform and new products, whether proven or perceived, and general economic conditions. These factors may have a meaningful negative impact on operating results.

DLQ’s use of open source technology could impose limitations on its ability to commercialize its software.

DLQ uses open source technology in some of its software and expect to continue to use open source technology in the future. Although it monitors its use of open source technology to avoid subjecting its software to conditions DLQ does not intend, DLQ may face allegations from others alleging ownership of, or seeking to enforce the terms of, an open source license, including demands for the release of the open source software, derivative works, or DLQ’s proprietary source code that was developed using such technology. These allegations could also result in litigation. The terms of many open source licenses have not been interpreted by United States courts. There is a risk that these licenses could be construed in a way that could impose unanticipated conditions or restrictions on DLQ’s ability to commercialize its software. In such an event, DLQ may be required to seek licenses from third parties to continue commercially offering its software, to make its proprietary code generally available in source code form, to re-engineer software or to discontinue the sale of its software if re-engineering could not be accomplished on a timely basis, any of which could adversely affect DLQ’s business and revenue.

The use of open source technology could subject DLQ to a number of other risks and challenges. Certain open source technology is subject to further development or modification by anyone. Others may develop such software to be competitive with or no longer useful by us. It is also possible for competitors to develop their own solutions using open source software, potentially reducing the demand for DLQ’s software. If DLQ is unable to successfully address these challenges, its operating results may be adversely affected, and its development costs may increase.

Claims by others that DLQ infringes their intellectual property or trade secret rights could harm their business.

DLQ’s industry is characterized by vigorous protection and pursuit of intellectual property rights, which has resulted in protracted and expensive litigation for many companies. Third parties may in the future assert claims of infringement of intellectual property rights against DLQ or against their customers or channel partners for which DLQ may be liable. As the number of products and competitors in DLQ’s market increases and overlaps occur, infringement claims may increase.

Intellectual property or trade secret claims against DLQ, and any resulting lawsuits, may result in DLQ incurring significant expenses and could subject us to significant liability for damages. DLQ’s involvement in any patent dispute, copyright dispute or other intellectual property dispute or action regarding trade secret or know-how misappropriation could have a material adverse effect on our business. Adverse determinations in any litigation could subject DLQ to significant liabilities to third parties, require DLQ to seek licenses from third parties and prevent us from developing and selling DLQ products or services. Any of these situations could have a material adverse effect on our business. These claims, regardless of their merits or outcome, would likely be time consuming and expensive to resolve and could divert management’s time and attention.

DLQ’s software products may have bugs, which could result in delayed or lost revenue, expensive correction, liability to its customers and claims against us.

Complex software products and services such as DLQ’s may contain errors, defects or bugs. Defects in the solutions, products or services that they develop and sell to its customers could require expensive corrections and result in delayed or lost revenue, adverse customer reaction and negative publicity about us or DLQ’s products, services and technologies. Customers who are not satisfied with any of DLQ’s products or services may also bring claims against us for damages, which, even if unsuccessful, would likely be time-consuming to defend, and could result in costly litigation and payment of damages. Such claims could harm DLQ’s reputation, financial results and competitive position.

DLQ may be unable to respond quickly enough to changes in technology and technological risks and to develop its intellectual property into commercially viable products and services.

Changes in legislative, regulatory or industry requirements or in competitive technologies may render certain of DLQ’s products or services obsolete or less attractive to its customers, which could adversely affect its results of operations. DLQ’s ability to anticipate changes in technology and regulatory standards and to successfully develop and introduce new and enhanced products and services on a timely basis will be a significant factor in its ability to be competitive. There is a risk that DLQ will not be able to achieve the technological advances that may be necessary for us to be competitive or that certain of its products or services will become obsolete. DLQ is also subject to the risks generally associated with new product and service introductions, including lack of market acceptance, delays in product/service development and failure of products and services to operate properly. These risks could have a material adverse effect on DLQ’s business, results of operations and financial condition.

Risks Related to DLQ’s Personnel

DLQ depends on talented, experienced and committed personnel to operate and grow DLQ’s business and may incur increased operational costs to recruit, train, motivate and/or retain them. If DLQ is unable to do so, DLQ’s business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may be adversely affected.

DLQ believes that its future success is highly dependent on the talents and contributions of DLQ’s employees. DLQ’s future success depends on its ability to attract, develop, motivate and retain highly qualified and skilled employees. DLQ’s growth strategy is based, in part, on its ability to attract and retain highly skilled employees experienced in the digital marketing industry. DLQ has and will continue to face intense competition for qualified individuals from numerous software and other technology companies and has previously experienced attrition in these areas. DLQ may incur increased operational costs to recruit, train, motivate and/or retain qualified and suitable personnel. Even so, these measures may not be enough to attract and retain the personnel DLQ requires to operate its business effectively. DLQ may face difficulties in recruiting and retaining professionals of a caliber consistent with its business strategy in the future. The loss of even a few qualified employees or an inability to attract, retain and motivate additional highly skilled employees required for the expansion of DLQ’s business could adversely impact its operating results and impair its ability to grow.

Misconduct, errors, mistakes and/or inappropriate conduct (including breach of laws, regulations and internal policies) or public statements by DLQ’s personnel and/or service providers and/or DLQ’s failure to appropriately respond to such conduct or situation, may result in legal liability for DLQ and adversely impact DLQ’s business operations as well as reputation.

There is a risk that an employee of, or service provider to, DLQ or any of its affiliates could engage in misconduct that adversely affects DLQ’s business. It is not always possible to deter such misconduct and the precautions DLQ takes to detect and prevent such misconduct may not be effective in all cases.

Employee or service provider misconduct or error, including breach of laws, regulations and/or DLQ’s internal policies, could subject DLQ’s to legal liability, financial losses and regulatory sanctions and could seriously harm DLQ’s reputation and negatively affect DLQ’s business. Such misconduct could include breach of anti-bribery and corruption laws, engaging in improper or unauthorized transactions or activities, misappropriation of customer information or data, insider trading and misappropriation and misuse of information (including material non-public information), failing to supervise other employees or service providers, improperly using confidential information, as well as improper trading activity such as spoofing, layering, wash trading, manipulation and front-running. Employee or service provider errors, including mistakes in executing, recording or processing transactions for customers, could expose DLQ to the risk of material losses even if the errors are detected. Although DLQ plans to implement processes and procedures and provide training to DLQ’s employees and service providers to reduce the likelihood of misconduct and error, these efforts may not be successful.

Moreover, the risk of employee or service provider error or misconduct may be even greater for novel products and services and is compounded by the fact that many of DLQ’s employees and service providers are accustomed to working at digital marketing companies which generally do not maintain the same compliance customs and rules. This can lead to high risk of confusion among employees and service providers, particularly in a growing company like DLQ, with respect to compliance obligations, particularly including confidentiality, data access, trading and conflicts.

It is not always possible to deter misconduct and the precautions DLQ takes to prevent and detect this activity may not be effective in all cases. If DLQ were found to have not met its regulatory oversight and compliance and other obligations, DLQ could be subject to regulatory sanctions, financial penalties and restrictions on DLQ’s activities for failure to properly identify, monitor and respond to potentially problematic activity and seriously damage DLQ’s reputation. DLQ’s employees, contractors and agents could also commit errors that subject DLQ to financial claims for negligence as well as regulatory actions or result in financial liability. Further, allegations by regulatory or criminal authorities of improper trading activities could affect DLQ’s brand and reputation. DLQ’s failure to appropriately respond to such conduct or situation can also adversely impact DLQ’s business operations as well as reputation.

DLQ’s personnel or service providers may also make inappropriate or harmful public statements in their own capacity that are not authorized by DLQ, including posting on social media platforms. By virtue of their association with DLQ, the public may react negatively against DLQ. Such unauthorized public statements may damage DLQ’s brand, reputation and public perception and adversely impact DLQ’s business, financial condition and share price.

Risks Related To DLQ Becoming A Subsidiary of a NASDAQ Listed Company as a Result of The Business Combination

Industry data, projections and estimates relied upon by DLQ are inherently uncertain, subject to interpretation and may not have been independently verified.

Information concerning DLQ’s industry and the markets in which DLQ intends to operate is obtained from independent industry and research organizations and other third-party sources. Industry projections and estimates are derived from publicly available information released by independent industry analysts and third-party sources. DLQ has not independently verified any such third-party information. In addition, projections, assumptions and estimates of the future performance of the industry in which DLQ operates are subject to uncertainty and risk due to a variety of factors. As a result, inaccuracies in third-party information or in the projects may lead to adverse impact on assumptions that are relied upon for internal business planning and analysis purposes.

DLQ has not yet developed its environmental, social and governance (ESG) program. DLQ may be required by law, regulations or listing rules to implement an ESG program and its failure to do so may adversely impact its operations and reputation.

The growing integration of Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) factors in making investment decisions is relatively new and frameworks and methods used by investors for assessing ESG policies are not fully developed and vary considerably among the investment community. DLQ has not yet developed its ESG program, including its diversity and inclusion program. DLQ may be required by law and regulations to implement an ESG program. In particular, the SEC is considering implementing mandatory reporting rules regarding disclosure of climate related risks. Nasdaq is implementing diversity and inclusion reporting rules as well as requirements for its listed companies to meet certain diversity targets. Any failure to implement an ESG program and comply with ESG disclosure requirements may adversely impact DLQ’s business and reputation as well as financial condition. There may be a perception held by the general public, DLQ’s customers, investors, service providers or counterparties that DLQ’s policies and procedures are insufficient.

DLQ’s reputation could also be harmed if it fails to act responsibly in the ESG areas in which it chooses or is required to report apart from legal or regulatory requirements. Any harm to DLQ’s reputation resulting from setting these standards or its failure or perceived failure to set or meet such standards could impact employee retention; the willingness of DLQ’s customers to use its product and services, service providers or counterparties to do business with it; investors’ willingness or ability to purchase or hold its securities; or DLQ’s ability to access capital, any of which could adversely affect DLQ’s reputation, business, financial performance, and future prospects.

Risks Related to Collective Audience Being a Publicly Listed Company.

Our disclosure controls and procedures may not prevent or detect all errors or acts of fraud.

We are in the process of implementing disclosure controls and procedures designed to provide reasonable assurance that information we must disclose in reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, and recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC. We believe that any disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well-conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple errors or mistakes. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people or by an unauthorized override of the controls. As a result, because of these inherent limitations in our control system, misstatements or omissions due to error or fraud may occur and may not be detected, which could result in failures to file required reports in a timely manner and filing reports containing incorrect information. Any of these outcomes could result in SEC enforcement actions, monetary fines or other penalties, damage to our reputation, and harm to our financial condition.

The requirements of being a public company may strain our resources, result in litigation and divert management’s attention.

As a public company, we will be subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the listing requirements of Nasdaq and other applicable securities rules and regulations. Complying with these rules and regulations has increased and will increase our legal and financial compliance costs, make some activities more difficult, time-consuming, or costly and increase demand on our systems and resources, particularly after we are no longer an “emerging growth company” as defined in the JOBS Act. The Exchange Act requires, among other things, that we file annual, quarterly, and current reports with respect to our business and operating results. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires, among other things, that we maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting. We are required to disclose changes made in our internal control and procedures on a quarterly basis. In order to maintain and, if required, improve our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting to meet this standard, significant resources and management oversight may be required. As a result, management’s attention may be diverted from other business concerns, which could adversely affect our business and operating results. We will need to hire additional employees or engage outside consultants to comply with these requirements, which will increase our costs and expenses.

In addition, changing laws, regulations, and standards relating to corporate governance and public disclosure are creating uncertainty for public companies, increasing legal and financial compliance costs and making some activities more time-consuming.

These laws, regulations, and standards are subject to varying interpretations, in many cases due to their lack of specificity, and, as a result, their application in practice may evolve over time as new guidance is provided by regulatory and governing bodies. This could result in continuing uncertainty regarding compliance matters and higher costs necessitated by ongoing revisions to disclosure and governance practices. We intend to invest resources to comply with evolving laws, regulations, and standards, and this investment will result in increased general and administrative expenses and a diversion of management’s time and attention from revenue-generating activities to compliance activities. If our efforts to comply with new laws, regulations and standards differ from the activities intended by regulatory or governing bodies due to ambiguities related to their application and practice, regulatory authorities may initiate legal proceedings against us and our business may be adversely affected. By disclosing information in this prospectus and in filings required of a public company, our business and financial condition will become more visible, which we believe may result in threatened or actual litigation, including by competitors and other third parties. If those claims are successful, our business could be seriously harmed. Even if the claims do not result in litigation or are resolved in our favor, the time and resources needed to resolve them could divert our management’s resources and seriously harm our business. We also expect that being a public company and these new rules and regulations will make it more expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance and, in the future, we may be required to accept reduced coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain coverage. These factors could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified members of our board of directors, particularly to serve on our audit committee and compensation committee, and qualified executive officers.

In addition, as a result of our disclosure obligations as a public company, we will have reduced strategic flexibility and will be under pressure to focus on short-term results, which may materially and adversely affect our ability to achieve long-term profitability.

Risks Related to the Company’s Securities

We are a newly formed early-stage company with no operating history and, accordingly, you have no basis on which to evaluate our ability to achieve our business objective.

The only operations are through our DLQ and as a result of the Business Combination which closed on November 2, 2023. Because we lack an extensive operating history, you have no basis upon which to evaluate our ability to achieve our business objective, which is to complete our initial business combination with one or more target businesses.

There is currently a limited market for our securities and a more robust market for our securities may not develop, which would adversely affect the liquidity and price of our securities.

There is currently a limited market for our securities. Our common stock is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol “CAUD”. The trading of and the price per share of our securities is volatile and subject to significant and swift volume and price fluctuations. Following this offering, the price of our securities may vary significantly due to, dilution, release of updated financial information and/or general market or economic conditions. Furthermore, an active trading market for our securities may never develop or, if developed, it may not be sustained. You may be unable to sell your securities unless a market can be established and sustained.

Nasdaq may delist our common stock from quotation on its exchange, which could limit investors’ ability to make transactions in our securities and subject us to additional trading restrictions.

Our common stock is currently listed on the Nasdaq Global Market, a national securities exchange. We currently meet the minimum initial listing standards set forth in the Nasdaq listing standards, we cannot assure you that our securities will be, or will continue to be, listed on Nasdaq in the future. In order to continue listing our securities on Nasdaq we must maintain certain financial, distribution and stock price levels. Generally, we must maintain a minimum amount in stockholders’ equity (generally $5.0 million) and a minimum number of holders of our securities (generally 400 public holders). We will be required to demonstrate compliance with Nasdaq’s continued listing requirements in order to continue to maintain the listing of our securities on Nasdaq.

We received two written notices (the “Nasdaq Notices”), dated December 22, 2023, from the Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) indicating that (i) for the preceding 30 consecutive business days, the market value of the Company’s listed securities (“MVLS”) did not maintain a minimum market value of $50,000,000 (the “Minimum MVLS Requirement”) as required by Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(b)(2)(A), and (ii) for the preceding 30 consecutive business days, the market value of the Company’s publicly held shares (“MVPHS”) did not maintain a minimum market value of $15,000,000 (the “Minimum MVPHS Requirement”) as required by Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(b)(2)(C).

In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(C), we have a compliance period of 180 calendar days, or until June 19, 2024, to regain compliance with the Minimum MVLS Requirement. Compliance may be achieved if our MVLS closes at $50,000,000 or more for a minimum of ten consecutive business days at any time during the 180-day compliance period, in which case Nasdaq will notify us of our compliance and the matter will be closed.

In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(D), we have a compliance period of 180 calendar days, or until June 19, 2024, to regain compliance with the Minimum MVPHS Requirement. Compliance may be achieved if the Company’s MVPHS closes at $15,000,000 or more for a minimum of ten consecutive business days at any time during the 180-day compliance period, in which case Nasdaq will notify us of our compliance and the matter will be closed.

If we do not regain compliance with both the Minimum MVLS Requirement and the Minimum MVPHS Requirement by June 19, 2024, Nasdaq will provide written notification to us that our common stock is subject to delisting. At that time, we may appeal the relevant delisting determination to a hearings panel pursuant to the procedures set forth in the applicable Nasdaq Listing Rules. However, there can be no assurance, if we do appeal the delisting determination by Nasdaq to the hearings panel, that such appeal would be successful. In such event, the we may also seek to apply for a transfer to The Nasdaq Capital Market if it meets the requirements for continued listing thereon.

The Nasdaq Notices received have no immediate effect on our continued listing on the Nasdaq Global Market or the trading of our common stock, subject to our compliance with the other continued listing requirements. The Company is presently evaluating potential actions to regain compliance with all applicable requirements for continued listing on the Nasdaq Global Market. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in maintaining the listing of its common stock on the Nasdaq Global Market.

If Nasdaq delists our securities from trading on its exchange, we could face significant material adverse consequences, including:

We will, in the future, issue additional common shares, which will reduce investors’ percent of ownership and dilute our share value.

Our Certificate of Incorporation authorize the issuance of 200,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of which 13,726,810 shares are issued and outstanding as of February 16, 2024. Future issuances of common stock whether to employees, consultants, is additional financings and for other reasons, will likely result in substantial dilution in the percentage of our common stock held by our then existing shareholders. We may value any common stock issued in the future on an arbitrary basis. The issuance of common stock for future services or acquisitions or other corporate actions will likely have the effect of diluting the value of the shares held by our investors, and might have an adverse effect on any trading market for our common stock.

There is no current trading market for our Warrants and if a trading market does not develop, purchasers of our Warrants may have difficulty selling.

There is currently no established public trading market for our warrants and an active trading market in our warrants may not develop or, if developed, may not be sustained. While the warrants were listed on Nasdaq under the symbol “CAUDW” until November 3, 2023, the warrants are not currently listed. We may for admission for the quotation of our warrants on the Over-The-Counter Quotation Board but if for any reason our warrants are not quoted on the Over-The-Counter Quotation Board or a public trading market does not otherwise develop, purchasers of the shares may have difficulty selling their warrants should they desire to do so. Further, the December Warrants being registered the registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part of, have an exercise price of $2.19 and the February Warrants have an exercise price of $5.00 per share. while the closing price of the common stock was $1.11 per share on February 16, 2024. Since the warrants are currently worth less than what an investor would pay per share, the warrant holders are unlikely to exercise. Cash proceeds associated with the exercise(s) of the Warrants, if any, are dependent on the Company’s stock price at the time of exercise.

The Company’s stock price may fluctuate significantly.

The market price of our Common Stock has, and may fluctuate widely, depending on many factors, some of which may be beyond our control, including:

Low trading volume for the Company’s Common Stock, would amplify the effect of the above factors on stock price volatility.

Should the market price of our shares drop significantly, stockholders may institute securities class action lawsuits against us. A lawsuit against the Company could cause the Company to incur substantial costs and could divert the time and attention of its management and other resources.

The warrants may never be in the money, and they may expire worthless.

The exercise price for our Public Warrants is $11.50 per share, $2.19 per share for the December Warrants and $5.00 per share for the February Warrants. There can be no assurance that the warrants will be “in the money” prior to their expiration and, as such, the warrants may expire worthless. The terms of our Public Warrants may be amended in a manner that may be adverse to the holders. The warrant agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent, and us provides that the terms of the Public Warrants may be amended without the consent of any holder to cure any ambiguity or correct any defective provision, but requires the approval by the holders of a majority of the then-outstanding Public Warrants to make any change that adversely affects the interests of the registered holders. Accordingly, we may amend the terms of the Public Warrants in a manner adverse to a holder if holders of a majority of the then-outstanding Public Warrants approve of such amendment. Our ability to amend the terms of the Public Warrants (including the Private Warrants) with the consent of a majority of the then-outstanding Public Warrants is unlimited. Examples of such amendments could be amendments to, among other things, increase the exercise price of the Public Warrants, shorten the exercise period or decrease the number of shares of our Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of a Public Warrant.

We have no obligation to net cash settle the warrants.

In no event will we have any obligation to net cash settle the warrants. Accordingly, the warrants may expire worthless.

An investor will only be able to exercise the Public Warrants if the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon such exercise has been registered or qualified or is deemed exempt under the securities laws of the state of residence of the holder of the warrants.

No Public Warrants will be exercisable for cash and we will not be obligated to issue shares of Common Stock unless the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise have been registered or qualified or deemed to be exempt under the securities laws of the state of residence of the holder of the Public Warrants. At the time that the Warrants become exercisable, we expect to continue to be listed on a national securities exchange, which would provide an exemption from registration in every state. However, we cannot assure you of this fact. If the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants are not qualified or exempt from qualification in the jurisdictions in which the holders of the Public Warrants reside, the warrants may be deprived of any value, the market for the warrants may be limited and they may expire worthless if they cannot be sold.

Our management’s ability to require holders of our Public Warrants to exercise such Public Warrants on a cashless basis will cause holders to receive fewer shares of Common Stock upon their exercise of the Public Warrants than they would have received had they been able to exercise their Public Warrants for cash.

If we call our Public Warrants for redemption after the redemption criteria have been satisfied (only if, the reported last sale price of the shares of Common Stock equals or exceeds $16.50 per share, for any 20 trading days within a 30 trading day period ending on the third business day prior to the notice of redemption to warrant holders, and if there is a current registration statement in effect with respect to the shares of Common Stock underlying such Public Warrants at the time of redemption and for the entire 30-day trading period referred to above and continuing each day thereafter until the date of redemption) our management will have the option to require any holder that wishes to exercise its Public Warrants (including any Public Warrants held by our initial stockholders or their permitted transferees) to do so on a “cashless basis.” If our management chooses to require holders to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis, the number of shares of Common Stock received by a holder upon exercise will be fewer than it would have been had such holder exercised its warrants for cash. This will have the effect of reducing the potential “upside” of the holder’s investment in our company. Recent Common Stock trading prices have not met the threshold that would allow us to redeem Public Warrants.

The private Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants except that the Private Warrants will be exercisable for cash (even if a registration statement covering the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants is not effective) or on a cashless basis, at the holder’s option, and will not be redeemable by us, in each case so long as they are still held by the initial purchasers or their affiliates. If the private warrants are held by holders other than the Sponsor or its permitted transferees, the Private Warrants will be redeemable by us and exercisable by the holders on the same basis as the Public Warrants.

We may redeem unexpired Public Warrants prior to their exercise at a time that is disadvantageous to you, thereby making your warrants worthless.

We have the ability to redeem outstanding Public Warrants (excluding any Private Warrants held by our Sponsor or its permitted transferees) at any time after they become exercisable and prior to their expiration, at $0.01 per warrant, provided that the last reported sales price (or the closing bid price of our Common Stock in the event the shares of our Common Stock are not traded on any specific trading day) of the Common Stock equals or exceeds $16.50 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations and the like) on each of 20 trading days within the 30 trading-day period ending on the third business day prior to the date on which we send proper notice of such redemption, provided that on the date we give notice of redemption and during the entire period thereafter until the time we redeem the Public Warrants, we have an effective registration statement under the Securities Act covering the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants and a current prospectus relating to them is available. If and when the warrants become redeemable by us, we may exercise our redemption right even if we are unable to register or qualify the underlying securities for sale under all applicable state securities laws. Redemption of the outstanding Public Warrants could force a warrant holder: (i) to exercise its Public Warrants and pay the exercise price therefor at a time when it may be disadvantageous for it to do so, (ii) to sell its Public Warrants at the then-current market price when it might otherwise wish to hold its Public Warrants or (iii) to accept the nominal redemption price which, at the time the outstanding warrants are called for redemption, will be substantially less than the market value of its Public Warrants.

The State of New York will be the exclusive forum for substantially all disputes between us and our Public Warrant holders, which could limit our Public Warrant holders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes in connection with the Public Warrants.

The Public Warrants shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflict of laws. Subject to applicable law, any action, proceeding or claim against the Company arising out of or relating in any way to the Warrant Agreement shall be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive forum for any such action, proceeding or claim. This provision does not apply to suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal district courts of the United States of America are the sole and exclusive forum. Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for state and federal courts over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder.

Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in the Public Warrants shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the forum provisions. If any action, the subject matter of which is within the scope the forum provisions, is filed in a court other than a court located within the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in the name of any Public Warrant holder, such Warrant holder shall be deemed to have consented to: (x) the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located within the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in connection with any action brought in any such court to enforce the forum provisions, and (y) having service of process made upon such Public Warrant holder in any such enforcement action by service upon such Public Warrant holder’s counsel in the foreign action as agent for such Public Warrant holder.

This choice of forum provision may limit a warrant holder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with Abri or its directors, officers, or other employees, which, along with potential increased costs of litigating in the courts provided by the choice of forum provision, may discourage such lawsuits against Abri and its directors, officers, and employees. Alternatively, if a court were to find these provisions of the Abri Warrant Agreement inapplicable to, or unenforceable in respect of, one or more of the specified types of actions or proceedings, Abri may incur additional costs associated with resolving such matters in other jurisdictions, which could adversely affect the Company’s business and financial condition.

Your percentage ownership in the Company may be diluted in the future.

Stockholders’ percentage ownership in the Company may be diluted in the future because of equity issuances for acquisitions, capital market transactions or otherwise, including equity awards that the Company will be granting to directors, officers and other employees. Our Board has adopted the incentive plan subject to stockholder approval, for the benefit of certain of our current and future employees, service providers and non-employee directors. Such awards will have a dilutive effect on our earnings per share, which could adversely affect the market price of our Common Stock.

From time-to-time, the Company may opportunistically evaluate and pursue acquisition opportunities, including acquisitions for which the consideration thereof may consist partially or entirely of newly-issued shares of Combined Company’s Common Stock and, therefore, such transactions, if consummated, would dilute the voting power and/or reduce the value of our Common Stock.

The issuance of additional shares of Common Stock, preferred stock or other convertible securities may dilute your ownership and could adversely affect the stock price.

From time to time in the future, the Company may issue additional shares of Common Stock, preferred stock or other securities convertible into Common Stock pursuant to a variety of transactions, including acquisitions. Additional shares of Common Stock may also be issued upon exercise of outstanding stock options and warrants to purchase Common Stock. The issuance by us of additional shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into Common Stock would dilute your ownership of the Combined Company and the sale of a significant amount of such shares in the public market could adversely affect prevailing market prices of our Common Stock. Subject to the satisfaction of vesting conditions and the expiration of lockup agreements, shares issuable upon exercise of options will be available for resale immediately in the public market without restriction.

Issuing additional shares of the Combined Company’s capital stock, other equity securities or securities convertible into equity may dilute the economic and voting rights of our existing stockholders, reduce the market price of our Common Stock or both. Debt securities convertible into equity could be subject to adjustments in the conversion ratio pursuant to which certain events may increase the number of equity securities issuable upon conversion. Preferred stock, if issued, could have a preference with respect to liquidating distributions or a preference with respect to dividend payments that could limit our ability to pay dividends to the holders of our Common Stock. The Company’s decision to issue securities in any future offering will depend on market conditions and other factors beyond our control, which may adversely affect the amount, timing, or nature of our future offerings. As a result, holders of the Combined Company’s Common Stock bear the risk that the Combined Company’s future offerings may reduce the market price of the Combined Company’s Common Stock and dilute their percentage ownership.

Future sales, or the perception of future sales, of the Company’s Common Stock by the Company or its existing stockholders in the public market could cause the market price for the Combined Company’s Common Stock to decline.

The sale of substantial amounts of shares of the Combined Company’s Common Stock in the public market, or the perception that such sales could occur, could harm the prevailing market price of shares of Common Stock. These sales, or the possibility that these sales may occur, also might make it more difficult for us to sell equity securities in the future at a time and at a price that we deem appropriate.

In connection with the Business Combination, certain of Abri’s stockholders agreed that, subject to certain exceptions, they will not, during the period beginning at the effective time of the Business Combination and the date that for a period after the date of the Business Combination (subject to early release if DLQ consummates a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction with an unaffiliated third party), directly or indirectly, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale, or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock, or any options or warrants to purchase any shares of Common Stock, or any securities convertible into, exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive shares of Common Stock, or any interest in any of the foregoing.

Upon the expiration or waiver of the lock-up described above, shares held by these stockholders will be eligible for resale, subject to, in the case of stockholders who are our affiliates, volume, manner of sale, and other limitations under Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.

In addition, certain of our stockholders will have registration rights under a registration rights agreement to be entered into prior to the Closing pursuant to which we are obligated to register such stockholders’ shares of Common Stock and other securities that such stockholders may acquire after the Closing. Upon the effectiveness of the applicable registration statement, these shares of Common Stock will be available for resale without restriction, subject to any lock-up agreement.

In addition, shares of our Common Stock issuable upon exercise or vesting of incentive awards under our incentive plans are, once issued, eligible for sale in the public market, subject to any lock-up agreements and, in some cases, limitations on volume and manner of sale applicable to affiliates under Rule 144. Furthermore, shares of our Common Stock reserved for future issuance for any stock option plan may become available for sale in future.

The market price of shares of our Common Stock could drop significantly if the holders of the shares described above sell them or are perceived by the market as intending to sell them. These factors could also make it more difficult for us to raise additional funds through future offerings of shares of our Common Stock or other securities.

If securities or industry analysts publish inaccurate or unfavorable research or reports about the Company’s business, its stock price and trading volume could decline.

The trading market for the Common Stock depends, in part, on the research and reports that third-party securities analysts publish about us and the industries in which we operate. We may be unable or slow to attract research coverage and if one or more analysts cease coverage of the Combined Company, the price and trading volume of our securities would likely be negatively impacted. If any of the analysts that may cover us change their recommendation regarding our Common Stock adversely, or provide more favorable relative recommendations about our competitors, the price of our Common Stock would likely decline. If any analyst that may cover the Combined Company ceases covering us or fails to regularly publish reports on us, we could lose visibility in the financial markets, which could cause the price or trading volume of our Common Stock to decline. Moreover, if one or more of the analysts who cover us downgrades our Common Stock, or if our reporting results do not meet their expectations, the market price of our Common Stock could decline.

The Company may be subject to securities litigation, which is expensive and could divert management attention.

Following the Business Combination, the per share price of the Common Stock was volatile and, in the past, companies that have experienced volatility in the market price of their stock have been subject to securities litigation, including class action litigation. Litigation of this type could result in substantial costs and diversion of management’s attention and resources, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition, and results of operations. Any adverse determination in litigation could also subject the Company to significant liabilities.

There can be no assurance that we will be able to comply with the continued listing standards of Nasdaq Global Market.

If Nasdaq delists our shares of Common Stock from trading on its exchange for failure to meet Nasdaq’s listing standards, we and our stockholders could face significant material adverse consequences including:

Our principal stockholders and management own a significant percentage of our Common Stock and will be able to exercise significant influence over matters subject to stockholder approval.

As of February 16, 2024, our directors, executive officers, holders of more than 5% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock and their respective affiliates beneficially owned, collectively, approximately 41.82% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. As a result, these stockholders, if they act together, may significantly influence all matters requiring stockholder approval, including the election of directors and approval of significant corporate transactions. This concentration of ownership may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control of our company that our other stockholders may believe is in their best interests. This in turn could have a material adverse effect on our stock price and may prevent attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove the board of directors or management.

We do not expect to pay any dividends for the foreseeable future. Investors may never obtain a return on their investment.

You should not rely on an investment in our Common Stock to provide dividend income. We do not anticipate that we will pay any dividends to holders of our Common Stock in the foreseeable future. Instead, we plan to retain any earnings to maintain and expand our existing operations, fund our research and development programs and continue to invest in our commercial infrastructure. In addition, any future credit facility or financing we obtain may contain terms prohibiting or limiting the amount of dividends that may be declared or paid on our Common Stock. Accordingly, investors must rely on sales of our Common Stock after price appreciation, which may never occur, as the only way to realize any return on their investment. As a result, investors seeking cash dividends should not purchase our Common Stock.

Our Bylaws designate a state or federal court located within the State of Delaware as the exclusive forum for substantially all disputes between us and our stockholders, and also provide that the federal district courts will be the exclusive forum for resolving any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act each of which could limit our stockholders’ ability to choose the judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers, stockholders, or employees.

Our Amended and Restated Bylaws (“Bylaws”) provide that, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum (an “Alternative Forum Consent”), the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if the Court of Chancery does not have jurisdiction, another state court in Delaware or the federal district court for the District of Delaware) will, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any of our directors, officers, stockholders or other employees to us or our stockholders, (iii) any action arising pursuant to any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law or our Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation”) or Bylaws (each, as may be amended from time to time), or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine of the State of Delaware, except for any claim as to which the court does not have jurisdiction over an indispensable party to that claim. The foregoing shall not apply to any claims under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act. In addition, unless we give an Alternative Forum Consent, the federal district courts of the United States shall be the sole and exclusive forum for resolving any action asserting a claim arising under the Securities Act.

Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state courts over all such Securities Act actions. Accordingly, both state and federal courts have jurisdiction to entertain such claims. To prevent having to litigate claims in multiple jurisdictions and the threat of inconsistent or contrary rulings by different courts, among other considerations, our Bylaws also provide that, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the federal district courts of the United States of America will be the exclusive forum for resolving any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act.

Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding or owning (or continuing to hold or own) any interest in any of our securities shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the foregoing Bylaws provisions. Although we believe these exclusive forum provisions benefit us by providing increased consistency in the application of Delaware law and federal securities laws in the types of lawsuits to which each applies, the exclusive forum provisions may limit a stockholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum of its choosing for disputes with us or any of our directors, officers, stockholders, or other employees, which may discourage lawsuits with respect to such claims against us and our current and former directors, officers, stockholders, or other employees. In addition, a stockholder that is unable to bring a claim in the judicial forum of its choosing may be required to incur additional costs in the pursuit of actions which are subject to the exclusive forum provisions described above. Our stockholders will not be deemed to have waived our compliance with the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder as a result of our exclusive forum provisions. Further, in the event a court finds either exclusive forum provision contained in our Bylaws to be unenforceable or inapplicable in an action, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such action in other jurisdictions, which could harm our results of operations.

Delaware law and provisions in our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws might discourage, delay or prevent a change in control of our company or changes in our management and, therefore, depress the trading price of our Common Stock.

Our status as a Delaware corporation and the anti-takeover provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law may discourage, delay or prevent a change in control by prohibiting us from engaging in a business combination with an interested stockholder for a period of three years after the person becomes an interested stockholder without the approval of holders of 66^2/3% of the voting power of our stockholders other than the interested stockholder, even if a change of control would be beneficial to our existing stockholders. In addition, our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws contain provisions that may make the acquisition of our company more difficult, including the following:

These anti-takeover defenses could discourage, delay, or prevent a transaction involving our change in control. These provisions could also discourage proxy contests and make it more difficult for stockholders to elect directors of their choosing and to cause us to take other corporate actions they desire, any of which, under certain circumstances, could limit the opportunity for our stockholders to receive a premium for their shares of our capital stock.

The unaudited pro forma financial information included elsewhere in this prospectus may not be indicative of our future operating results or financial position.

The pro forma financial information included in this prospectus is presented for informational purposes only and is it indicative of our future operating results or financial position. The pro forma statement of operations does not reflect future nonrecurring charges resulting from the Business Combination. The unaudited pro forma financial information does not reflect future events that may occur after the Business Combination and does not consider potential impacts of future market conditions on revenues or expenses. The pro forma financial information included in the section entitled “Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information” has been derived from DLQ, Inc. and our historical financial statements and certain adjustments and assumptions have been made regarding our Company after giving effect to the Business Combination. There may be differences between preliminary estimates in the pro forma financial information and the final acquisition accounting, which could result in material differences from the pro forma information presented in this prospectus in respect of our estimated financial position and results of operations.

In addition, the assumptions used in preparing the pro forma financial information may not prove to be accurate and other factors may affect our financial condition or results of operations. Any potential decline in our financial condition or results of operations may cause significant variations in our stock price.

A significant portion of our total outstanding shares are restricted from immediate resale but may be sold into the market in the near future. This could cause the market price of our Common Stock to drop significantly, even if our business is doing well.

Sales of a substantial number of shares of our Common Stock in the public market, including as a result of this registration statement, could occur at any time. These sales, or the perception in the market that the holders of a large number of shares intend to sell shares, could reduce the market price of our Common Stock.

As it relates to this registration statement, the securities being registered for resale were issued to, transferred to and purchased by the Selling Securityholders for the following consideration:

Although the current trading price of $1.11 per share as of February 16, 2024 is significantly below the SPAC IPO price, and in most instances the price per share paid by Selling Securityholders, the private investors have an incentive to sell at a lower price than the shares purchased by the public investors. The Selling Securityholders may experience a more advantageous rate of return based on the current trading price and the public securityholders may not experience a similar rate of return on the securities they purchased due to differences in the original purchase price and the current trading price.

As of the Merger’s Closing Date, (i) shares of our Common Stock issued in connection with the consummation of the Business Combination represented approximately 45.9% of our total outstanding Common Stock, (ii) holders of Public Shares owned 14.8% of our total outstanding Common Stock, (iii) holders of the Initial Shares owned 3.8% of our total outstanding Common Stock.

The 5,336,120 shares of common stock being offered for resale pursuant to this prospectus by the Selling Securityholders represent approximately 39% of the total 13,726,810 shares of common stock outstanding and approximately 97% of the total 5,497,812 shares of common stock that are free trading as of February 16, 2023. Given the substantial number of shares of common stock being registered for potential resale by Selling Securityholders pursuant to this prospectus, the sale of shares by the Selling Securityholders, or the perception in the market that the Selling Securityholders of a large number of shares intend to sell shares, the trading price of our securities could decline.

Although the Sponsor, certain members of Management and certain of our stockholders are subject to certain lock-up restrictions regarding the transfer of our Common Stock, these shares may be sold after the expiration or early termination of the respective applicable lock-ups. As restrictions on resale end and the registration statement is available for use, the market price of our Common Stock could decline if the holders of currently restricted shares sell them or are perceived by the market as intending to sell them.

The Selling Securityholders may experience a more advantageous rate of return than the public security holders based on the current trading price.

The securities being registered for resale were issued to, transferred to and purchased by the Selling Securityholders for the following consideration:

Although the current trading price of $1.11 per share as of February 16, 2024 is significantly below the SPAC IPO price, and in most instances the price per share paid by Selling Securityholders, the private investors have an incentive to sell at a lower price than the shares purchased by the public investors. The Selling Securityholders may experience a more advantageous rate of return based on the current trading price and the public securityholders may not experience a similar rate of return on the securities they purchased due to differences in the purchase price and the current trading price.

Although we consummated the Business Combination, there is no guarantee that the Public Warrants will ever be in the money, and they may expire worthless and the terms of our Public Warrants may be amended.

The exercise price for the Public Warrants is $11.50 per share of Common Stock. There is no guarantee that the Public Warrants will ever be in the money prior to their expiration, and as such, the Public Warrants may expire worthless.

If we are deemed to be an investment company, we may be required to institute burdensome compliance requirements and our activities may be restricted, which may make it difficult for us to complete our initial business combination.

If we are deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act, our activities may be restricted, including:

each of which may make it difficult for us to complete our business combination.

In addition, we may have imposed upon us certain burdensome requirements, including:

In order not to be regulated as an investment company under the Investment Company Act, unless we can qualify for an exclusion, we must ensure that we are engaged primarily in a business other than investing, reinvesting or trading in securities and that our activities do not include investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading “investment securities” constituting more than 40% of our total assets (exclusive of U.S. government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis. Our business will be to identify and complete a business combination and thereafter to operate the post-transaction business or assets for the long term. We do not plan to buy businesses or assets with a view to resale or profit from their resale. We do not plan to buy unrelated businesses or assets or to be a passive investor.

We do not believe that our anticipated principal activities will subject us to the Investment Company Act. To this end, the proceeds held in the trust account may only be invested in United States “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act having a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations. Pursuant to the trust agreement, the trustee is not permitted to invest in other securities or assets. By restricting the investment of the proceeds to these instruments, and by having a business plan targeted at acquiring and growing businesses for the long term (rather than on buying and selling businesses in the manner of a merchant bank or private equity fund), we intend to avoid being deemed an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act. This offering is not intended for persons who are seeking a return on investments in government securities or investment securities. The trust account is intended as a holding place for funds pending the earlier to occur of either: (i) the completion of our primary business objective, which is a business combination; or (ii) absent a business combination, our return of the funds held in the trust account to our public stockholders as part of our redemption of the public shares. If we do not invest the proceeds as discussed above, we may be deemed to be subject to the Investment Company Act. If we were deemed to be subject to the Investment Company Act, compliance with these additional regulatory burdens would require additional expenses for which we have not allotted funds and may hinder our ability to complete a business combination. If we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public stockholders may receive only approximately $10.00 per share on the liquidation of our trust account.

Risks Associated with this Offering

The warrants being registered are currently worth less than the exercise price, the warrant holders are unlikely to exercise their Warrants, and cash proceeds from an exercise is dependent upon the Company’s stock price.

The December Warrants being registered the registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part of, have an exercise price of $2.19 per share and the February Warrants have an exercise price of $5.00 per share, while the closing price of the common stock was $1.11 per share on February 16, 2024. Since both the December Warrants and February Warrants are currently worth less than what an investor would pay per share, the warrant holders are unlikely to exercise. Cash proceeds associated with the exercise(s) of the warrants, if any, are dependent on the Company’s stock price at the time of exercise.

There has been no independent valuation of the stock, which means that the stock may be worth less than the purchase price.

The per share purchase price has been determined by us without independent valuation of the shares. We established the offering price based on management’s estimate of the value of the shares. This valuation is highly speculative and arbitrary. There is no relation to the market value, book value, or any other established criteria. We did not obtain an independent appraisal opinion on the valuation of the shares. The shares may have a value significantly less than the offering price and the shares may never obtain a value equal to or greater than the offering price.

Investors may never receive cash distributions, which could result in an investor receiving little or no return on his or her investment.

Distributions are payable at the sole discretion of our board of directors. We do not know the amount of cash that we will generate, if any, once we have more profitable or productive operations. Cash distributions are not assured, and we may never be in a position to make distributions.

We anticipate the need to sell additional authorized shares in the future. This will result in a dilution to our existing shareholders and a corresponding reduction in their percentage ownership in the Company.

We may seek additional funds through the sale of our common stock. This will result in a dilution effect to our shareholders whereby their percentage ownership interest in the Company is reduced. The magnitude of this dilution effect will be determined by the number of shares we will have to issue in the future to obtain the funds required.  The sale of additional stock to new shareholders will reduce the ownership position of the current shareholders.  The price of each share outstanding common share may decrease in the event we sell additional shares.

We are an “emerging growth company” under the JOBS Act of 2012, and we cannot be certain if the reduced disclosure requirements applicable to emerging growth companies will make our common stock less attractive to investors.

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (“JOBS Act”), and we may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not “emerging growth companies” including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. We cannot predict if investors will find our common stock less attractive because we may rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our common stock less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and our stock price may be more volatile.

In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an “emerging growth company” can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards. In other words, an “emerging growth company” can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We are choosing to take advantage of the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards.

We will remain an “emerging growth company” for up to five years, although we will lose that status sooner if our revenues exceed $1 billion, if we issue more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt in a three year period, or if the market value of our common stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of any May 30.

Our status as an “emerging growth company” under the JOBS Act of 2012 may make it more difficult to raise capital as and when we need it.

Because of the exemptions from various reporting requirements provided to us as an “emerging growth company” and because we will have an extended transition period for complying with new or revised financial accounting standards, we may be less attractive to investors and it may be difficult for us to raise additional capital as and when we need it.  Investors may be unable to compare our business with other companies in our industry if they believe that our financial accounting is not as transparent as other companies in our industry.  If we are unable to raise additional capital as and when we need it, our financial condition and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected.

Additional Risks

Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 will require substantial financial and management resources and may increase the time and costs of completing an initial business combination.

Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, requires that we evaluate and report on our system of internal control and may require that we have such system of internal control audited. If we fail to maintain the adequacy of our internal control, we could be subject to regulatory scrutiny, civil or criminal penalties and/or stockholder litigation. Any inability to provide reliable financial reports could harm our business.

Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act also requires that our independent registered public accounting firm report on management’s evaluation of our system of internal control, although as an “emerging growth company” as defined in the JOBS Act, we may take advantage of an exemption to this requirement. A target company may not be in compliance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act regarding adequacy of their internal control. The development of the internal control of any such entity to achieve compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act may increase the time and costs necessary to complete any such initial business combination.

THE OFFERING

This prospectus relates to the sale of an aggregate 5,336,120 shares of Common Stock and Common Stock underlying Warrants being registered by certain Selling Securityholders of the Company. 1,613,078 of such shares were issued to our Sponsor, and 30,000 of which were issued to our Underwriter The remainder of such shares were or will be issued to the other Selling Shareholders.  

The Selling Securityholders will be offering the shares of common stock being covered by this prospectus at market prices or privately negotiated prices.  The Company will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of shares of common stock being sold by the Selling Securityholders.   No underwriting arrangements have been entered into by any of the Selling Securityholders.  The Selling Securityholders and any intermediaries through whom such securities are sold may be deemed “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act with respect to the securities offered and any profits realized or commissions received may be deemed “underwriting compensation.”

USE OF PROCEEDS

The aggregate 5,336,120 securities offered by the Selling Securityholders pursuant to this prospectus will be sold by the Selling Securityholders for their respective accounts. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the securities hereunder.

Assuming the exercise of all 697,678 December Warrants for cash, we will receive an aggregate of approximately $1,527,920 (based on an exercise price of $2.19 per share) but will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise. Further, assuming the exercise of all 1,000,000 February Warrants, we will receive an aggregate of approximately $5,000,000 (based on an exercise price of $5.00 per share). The closing price of the common stock was $ 1.11 per share on February 16, 2024. Since both the December Warrants and February Warrants are currently worth less than what in investor will pay to the Company upon exercise, the warrant holders are unlikely to exercise. Cash proceeds associated with the exercise(s) of either the December Warrants or February Warrants, if any, are dependent on the Company’s stock price at the time of exercise. We expect to use the net proceeds from the exercise of the warrants, if any, for investment in growth, and general corporate purposes. We will have broad discretion over the use of any proceeds from the exercise of the warrants. There is no assurance that the holders of the warrants will elect to exercise for cash any or all of such warrants. To the extent that any warrants are exercised on a “cashless basis,” the amount of cash we would receive from the exercise of the warrants will decrease.

The Selling Securityholders will pay any underwriting discounts and commissions and expenses incurred by the Selling Securityholders for brokerage, accounting, tax or legal services or any other expenses incurred by the Selling Securityholders in disposing of the securities. We will bear the costs, fees and expenses incurred in effecting the registration of the securities covered by this prospectus, including all registration and filing fees, Nasdaq or OTC Markets fees, if applicable and fees and expenses of our counsel and our independent registered public accounting firm.

DETERMINATION OF OFFERING PRICE

The Selling Securityholders will be offering the shares of common stock being covered by this prospectus at a prevailing market prices or privately negotiated prices.

MARKET PRICE OF AND DIVIDENDS ON THE REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

Market Information and Holders

Our common stock is currently listed on the Nasdaq Global Market of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) under the symbol “CAUD”. Our Warrants are not currently listed.

Prior to the consummation of the Business Consummation, Abri’s Units, common stock and Public Warrants were all listed on Nasdaq under the symbols “ASPAU,” “ASPA” and “ASPAW,” respectively.

On February 16, 2024, the closing sale price of our common stock was $1.11 per share.

As of February 16, 2024, there were approximately 578 holders of record of our Common Stock. Such numbers do not include beneficial owners holding our securities through nominee names.

Dividend Policy

We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our capital stock, and we do not currently intend to pay any cash dividends for the foreseeable future. We expect to retain future earnings, if any, to fund the development and growth of our business. Any future determination to pay dividends on our common stock will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend upon, among other factors, our financial condition, operating results, current and anticipated cash needs, plans for expansion and other factors that our board of directors may deem relevant.

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION 

Basis of Presentation and Business Combination

The following unaudited pro forma combined condensed consolidated financial statements are based on the separate historical financial statements of DLQ and Abri and give effect to the Merger, including pro forma assumptions and adjustments related to the Merger, as described in the accompanying notes to the unaudited pro forma combined condensed financial statements. The Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2023, is presented as if the Merger had occurred on September 30, 2023. The Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2022 gives effect to the Merger, as if it had been completed on January 1, 2022. The historical financial information has been adjusted on a pro forma basis to reflect factually supportable items that are directly attributable to the Merger and, with respect to the Condensed Combined Statement of Operations only, expected to have a continuing impact on consolidated results of operations.

On September 9, 2022, Abri entered into a Merger Agreement, by and among, Abri and DLQ, pursuant to which Abri will acquire one hundred percent (100%) of the outstanding equity securities of DLQ. The Merger Agreement provides that Abri has agreed to acquire all of the outstanding equity interests of DLQ for an aggregate of 11,400,000 shares of Abri common stock, par value $0.0001 par value.

DLQ Management Earnout Agreement

In connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, Abri and the Sponsor will enter into a Management Earnout Agreement, pursuant to which certain members of the Management team of DLQ specified on schedule A to the Management Earnout Agreement will have the contingent right to earn the Management Earnout Shares (as defined in the Management Earnout Agreement). The Management Earnout Shares consist of 2,000,000 shares of Abri Common Stock. The release of the Management Earnout Shares shall occur as follows:

Sponsor Earnout Agreement

In connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, Abri and the Sponsor will enter into a Sponsor Earnout Agreement, pursuant to which the Sponsor will have the contingent right to earn the Sponsor Earnout Shares (as defined in the Sponsor Earnout Agreement). The Sponsor Earnout Shares consist of 1,000,000 shares of Abri Common Stock. The release of the Sponsor Earnout Shares shall occur as follows:

Accounting Treatment for Earnout

The Company has analyzed the accounting treatment for the earnout arrangement and has concluded that the Earnout Shares should not be classified as a liability under ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (“ASC 480”). The Company next evaluated whether the Earnout Shares, which met the definition of a derivative instrument pursuant to ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging, (“ASC 815”), qualifies for the scope exception in ASC 815-10-15-74(a), which states that a reporting entity shall not consider contracts that are both (a) indexed to an entity’s own stock and (b) classified in stockholders’ equity in its statement of financial position to be derivative instruments. This analysis was performed in accordance with the guidance in ASC 815-40. In order to conclude that the Earnout Shares meet this scope exception and whether they should be accounted for as equity under ASC 815-40, it was evaluated whether the Earnout Shares meet both of these requirements. The merger agreement contains a change in control provision that could impact the settlement of the Earnout Shares and therefore results in the Earnout Shares being classified as a liability pursuant to ASC 815. The Company next considered the equity classification conditions in ASC 815-40-25 and concluded that they did not meet such classification because the merger agreement contains a change in control provision that could impact the settlement of the Earnout Shares and, therefore, results in the Earnout Shares being classified as a liability pursuant to ASC 815. Therefore, the Earnout Share arrangement is appropriately classified as liability. As the merger is accounted for as a reverse recapitalization, the fair value of the Earnout Share arrangement as of the merger date will be accounted for as a liability transaction as of the closing date of the Merger and remeasured to fair value at each balance sheet date in future reporting periods with changes in fair value recorded in the New DLQ consolidated statement of operations. As of the date of the filing, because such fair value assessment has not been completed, the Company is not able to quantify the magnitude of any potential adjustments to the measurements depicted.

The Merger will be accounted for as a reverse recapitalization because DLQ has been determined to be the accounting acquirer under Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Accounting Standards Codification Topic 805, Business Combinations (“ASC 805”). Under this method of accounting, Abri will be treated as the “acquired” company for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, the consolidated assets, liabilities and results of operations of DLQ will become the historical financial statements of Collective Audience, Inc., and Abri’s assets, liabilities and results of operations will be consolidated with DLQ beginning on the acquisition date. For accounting purposes, the financial statements of Collective Audience, Inc. will represent a continuation of the financial statements of DLQ with the Transaction being treated as the equivalent of DLQ issuing stock for the net assets of Abri, accompanied by a recapitalization. Operations prior to the Merger will be presented as those of DLQ in future reports of Collective Audience, Inc. This determination is primarily based on the evaluation of the following facts and circumstances taken into consideration:

Under the reverse recapitalization model, the business combination will be treated as DLQ issuing equity for the net assets of Abri, with no goodwill or intangible assets are recorded.

The Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations does not include the effects of the costs associated with any integration or restructuring activities resulting from the Merger, as they are nonrecurring in nature. However, the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet includes a pro forma adjustment to reduce cash and stockholders’ equity to reflect the payment of certain anticipated Merger costs.

The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information presents the combination of the financial information of Abri and DLQ, adjusted to give effect to the Merger and other events contemplated by the Merger Agreement. The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X as amended by the final rule, Release 33-10786 “Amendments to Financial Disclosures about Acquired and Disposed Businesses.”

The Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2023 combines the adjusted balance sheet of Abri with the historical Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet of DLQ on a pro forma basis as if the Merger and the other events contemplated by the Merger Agreement, summarized below, had been consummated on September 30, 2023.

The Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and the year ended December 31, 2022 combines the historical unaudited statements of operations of Abri for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and the year ended December 31, 2022 with the historical Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations of DLQ for the same respective periods, giving effect to the transaction as if the Merger and other events contemplated by the Merger Agreement had been consummated on January 1, 2022.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information was derived from and should be read in conjunction with the following historical financial statements and the accompanying notes, which are included elsewhere in this proxy statement/prospectus:

Management has made significant estimates and assumptions in its determination of the pro forma adjustments. As the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared based on these preliminary estimates, the final amounts recorded may differ materially from the information presented.

The pro forma adjustments reflecting the consummation of the Business Combination are based on certain currently available information and certain assumptions and methodologies that Abri believes are reasonable under the circumstances. The unaudited condensed combined pro forma adjustments, which are described in the accompanying notes, may be revised as additional information becomes available and is evaluated. Therefore, it is likely that the actual adjustments will differ from the pro forma adjustments, and it is possible the difference may be material. Abri believes that its assumptions and methodologies provide a reasonable basis for presenting all the significant effects of the Business Combination based on information available to management at this time and that the pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions and are properly applied in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information is not necessarily indicative of what the actual results of operations and financial position would have been had the Business Combination taken place on the dates indicated, nor are they indicative of the future consolidated results of operations or financial position of the Combined Company. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information should be read in conjunction with the historical financial statements and notes thereto of Abri and DLQ.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined information contained herein assumes that Abri’s stockholders approve the Business Combination. Abri’s remaining public stockholders may elect to redeem their public shares for cash even if they approve the Business Combination. Abri cannot predict how many of its public stockholders will exercise their right to have their shares redeemed for cash; however, we are assuming maximum redemption of the remaining 682,148 shares subject to redemption in the preparation of the pro forma condensed combined financial statements.

As a result of the Business Combination, Abri will acquire DLQ, subject to the terms of the Merger Agreement, holders of DLQ Common Stock immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger will be entitled to receive 11,400,000 fully paid and non-assessable shares of Abri common stock for which the allocation of such shares is to be allocated to the holders of DLQ as determined by the Company.

The following table sets forth, on a pro forma unaudited as adjusted basis, as of September 30, 2023, giving effect to the Merger and assuming maximum redemption:

DLQ, Inc. and Abri SPAC I, Inc.
Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet
(In thousands), except per share amounts
As of September 30, 2023

Adjustments to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet

The pro forma adjustments included in the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2023, are as follows:

DLQ, Inc. and Abri SPAC I, Inc.
Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
For the Six months Ended September 30, 2023