Glimpse Group
The Glimpse Group Reports Fiscal First Quarter 2022 Financial Results
During our first three months as a Nasdaq listed public company, we demonstrated remarkable progress, highlighted by strong revenue growth, additional strategic acquisitions, establishment of key partnerships, and the fortification of our balance sheet. We continued to see robust revenue growth across our businesses and in particular our core VR/AR software and services revenue (excluding project revenue), which grew by over 500% period-to-period, primarily organically. As a result, our gross margins increased to approximately 85% of revenue.
Furthermore, we saw a seismic shift in the awareness of the potential of the immersive industry following Facebook's rebranding to Meta, as well as a wide array of other industry giants - such as Microsoft, AMD, Nvidia, Dropbox and Match Group - announcing metaverse plans. We believe that these will significantly propel the industry forward and serve as a strong accelerant, are complimentary and beneficial to Glimpse, and in alignment with our vision of becoming the premier software and services VR/AR company in the evolving metaverse landscape.
In October 2021, we capitalized on the opportunity provided by these macro tailwinds and completed a $15 million private placement comprised of common stock and warrants. In addition to the largely still unutilized IPO proceeds, this financing significantly solidified our financial base while providing sufficient capital for us to effectively pursue many of the growth opportunities in front of us. Importantly, this financing was structured in a healthy manner for the Company, with a select number of institutional investors and at a price that was approximately 43% above our recent July 1, 2021 IPO price and with warrants priced at approximately 110% above our IPO price. We currently have over $25 million of cash, no material liabilities, and a controlled and relatively low cash burn.
We expanded Glimpse's global investment profile with the listing of our common shares on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and several other German exchanges including Börse Stuttgart, Börse München, Gettex Exchange and Tradegate Exchange. The Frankfurt Stock Exchange, in particular, is one of the world's largest electronic exchanges. These exchanges access our outstanding Nasdaq float and we expect that over time will become a streamlined conduit for European investors interested in purchasing Glimpse shares.
As we previously discussed, beyond continued strong organic growth, a key component of our strategy is to make select, accretive acquisitions to strengthen and expand the Glimpse ecosystem while broadening our strategic positioning in various growth industries.
We are having ongoing M&A conversations with numerous companies in the industry and expect to continue making accretive acquisitions, of various revenue size, as we progress.
In terms of partnerships, we are working with several of the industry leaders on expanding our existing relationships and are entering into new ones. As a recent example, our commitment to the development of the metaverse led us to a partnership with D-ID, a leader in Artificial Intelligence ("AI")-driven creative media. The jointly-developed technologies and products will combine D-ID's highly-realistic AI-powered Creative Reality™ technology with Glimpse Group's advanced VR/AR solutions. Together, these are expected to create experiences for metaverse users which are more immediate and realistic.
Looking ahead, this is an exciting time for Glimpse and the VR/AR industry. While it is still early in the industry's lifecycle, we believe that the development of the VR/AR industry in general and the metaverse in particular is likely to accelerate given the recent surge in awareness, interest, funding, activity and adoption. Glimpse is well positioned, financially, operationally and strategically to leverage its unique platform model of diverse subsidiaries targeting different industry segments to create scale and value. In parallel to our strong organic growth, we continue to seek additional accretive acquisitions that will fit into our ecosystem. Between these, our expectation is for a strong remainder to our FY '22 (October ‘21-June '22). We'd like to thank all of our shareholders for their ongoing support as we continue to push forward with creating a leading Enterprise-focused software and services company in the emerging XR space.
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The Glimpse Group (NASDAQ: VRAR) (FSE: 9DR) is a diversified Virtual and Augmented Reality platform company, comprised of multiple VR and AR software & services companies, and designed with the specific purpose of cultivating companies in the emerging VR/AR industry. Glimpse's unique business model simplifies challenges faced by VR/AR companies and creates a robust ecosystem, while simultaneously providing investors an opportunity to invest directly into the emerging VR/AR industry via a diversified platform. For more information on The Glimpse Group, please visit www.theglimpsegroup.com
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Glimpse Group
The Glimpse Group is a Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality Platform Company Comprised of Multiple Software & Services Subsidiaries Creating Innovative VR/AR Solutions (products, software, and consulting services)