Company: VEEAW
Filing Date: 2025-08-12
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001213900-25-074676
Chunk: 123

Company: VEEA INC.
Filing Date: 2025-08-12
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 123
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 year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the year ended December 31, 2023. The increase in product development expenses was due to increased internal development and additional costs incurred of outside contractors related to software development and product manufacturing during the period. 74 Sales and Marketing Expense Sales and marketing expense increased by $596,205, or 277%, in the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the year ended December 31, 2023. The year-to-date increase was due primarily to an increase in customer evaluations and fees paid to third-party marketing firm during the period. General and Administrative Expense General and administrative expense increase by $9.4 million, or 55%, in the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the year ended December 31, 2023. The increase is primarily related to a $6.3 million increase to share based compensation, $1.2 million for employee benefits and other office related expenditures, $0.7 million increase related to professional fees, a the foreign exchange gain of $0.7 million and a $0.5 million increase in our inventory reserve for the year ended December 31, 2024 The year-to-date overall increase was primarily due to an increase in net foreign exchange losses, as well as an increase in professional and consulting fees relating to the Business Combination. Transaction costs including those incurred with Earn-Out Share Liability Following the closing of the Business Combination, holders of certain capital stock of Private Veea immediately prior to the closing will have the contingent right to receive up to 4.5 million additional shares of the Company’s common stock if certain trading-price based milestones of the Company’s common stock are achieved or a change of control transaction occurs during the ten-year period following the Closing. Under accounting principles, the Company’s obligation to issue the earnout shares is recorded as a contingent liability (the “ Earn-Out Share Liability”). The initial value of the Earn-out Share Liability of approximately $55 million is recorded as a transaction cost within operating expenses. The fair value of the Earn-out Share Liability was estimated using Monte Carlo simulation utilizing assumptions related to the contractual term of the instruments, estimated volatility, and current interest rates and the price of our common stock on the Closing Date of the Business Combination and at December 31, 2024. A significant driver of the value of the earnout at the Close of the Business Combination was our closing stock price on September 13, 2024 which was $12.00 per share and our