Cash Flows
Cash flows used in operating activities — We used $4,260,305 of cash in operating activities during the six months ended June 30, 2021, an increase of $347,694 over $3,912,611 of cash used in operating activities during the six months ended June 30, 2020. Excluding the change in operating assets and liabilities, we used $3,740,555 of cash in operating activities during the six months ended June 30, 2021, a decrease of $765,563 over $4,506,118 of cash used in operating activities during the six months ended June 30, 2020. Our net loss for the six months ended June 30, 2021 of $5,410,156 was reduced by $1,669,601 of non-cash operating income and expenses as compared to a net loss for the six months ended June 30, 2020 of $6,779,184 that was reduced by $2,273,066 of non-cash operating income and expenses.
Cash flows used in investing activities — $213,302 of cash was used in investing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2021, as compared to a usage of $82,727 during the six months ended June 30, 2020.
Cash flows from financing activities — Cash flows from financing activities amounted to $6,268,455 during the six months ended June 30, 2021, an increase of $3,564,201 from $2,704,254 of cash flows from financing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2020. This increase was due to an increase in cash flows from the issuance of common stock shares of $6,895,618, offset in part by debt repayments of $627,163, as compared to $1,560,450, $421,300 and $725,000 raised during the six months ended June 30, 2020 through a preferred stock private placement, a Payroll Protection Loan and net related party advances, respectively, offset by debt repayments of $2,496.
Off Balance Sheet Arrangements
We have not entered into or are a party to any off-balance sheet arrangements during the six months ended June 30, 2021.
Item 3. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk. |
We are a smaller reporting company as defined by 17 C.F.R. 229 (10)(f)(i) and are not required to provide information under this item.
Item 4. | Controls and Procedures. |
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management carried out an evaluation, with the participation of our Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”).
Based upon their evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that a material weakness existed and that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are not effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that the Company files or submits under the Exchange Act, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Because of our limited operations, we have a small number of employees which prohibits a segregation of duties, which results in a material weakness over disclosure controls and procedures, as well as internal control over financial reporting. The Company has not had access to sufficient resources within the accounting function, which restricted the Company’s ability to gather, analyze and properly review information related to financial reporting in a timely manner. We expect to add additional resources as we grow and expand our overall operations. However, there can be no assurance that our operations will expand.