Company: RPID
Filing Date: 2025-08-12
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001380106-25-000174
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Company: RAPID MICRO BIOSYSTEMS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-08-12
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 2
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 interest rates

The current inflationary and interest rate environment could have a negative impact on our results of operations, cash flows and overall financial condition. The widespread use of tariffs may have an inflationary effect on the prices of goods and services, including those that we utilize in the production of our products and delivery of our services. As a result, due to tariffs and other macroeconomic factors, we may experience inflationary pressures on significant cost categories including labor, materials and freight. We continue to monitor the impact of inflation on these costs in order to minimize its effects through productivity improvements and cost reductions. There can be no assurance, however, that our 

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operating results will not be affected by inflation in the future. In addition, inflation and increased interest rates (or the impact on the broader macroeconomic environment resulting from the foregoing) may decrease demand for our Growth Direct systems, as our customers may face economic uncertainty as a result. A decrease in demand for our products or increases in our costs, as well as any steps we may take to mitigate changes, could impact our overall growth. However, the related financial impact cannot be reasonably estimated at this time.

Factors affecting our performance

We believe that our financial performance has been, and in the foreseeable future will continue to be, primarily driven by multiple factors as described below, each of which presents growth opportunities for our business. Our ability to successfully address these challenges is subject to various risks and uncertainties, including those described under the section titled “Risk Factors” to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

New customer adoption of the Growth Direct platform

Our financial performance has largely been driven by, and a key factor to our future success will be, our ability to increase the global adoption of our Growth Direct platform in our key markets. We plan to drive global customer adoption through both direct and indirect sales and marketing organizations in North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region.

We are focused on enhancing customer engagement and experience and improving the efficiency and effectiveness of our sales team. We are making targeted investments in these organizations and expect to continue to do so in the future. Examples of these investments include new tools and training for the sales organization, targeted marketing initiatives, expanding lead generation capabilities and hosting Growth Direct demonstrations and other customer-focused events. 

Expansion within our existing customer base

There is an opportunity to broaden adoption and increase utilization of our Growth Direct platform throughout our existing customers' organizations as these customers purchase more systems. These additional systems will allow our existing customers to convert more of their test volume at existing locations