In connection with the vote to approve the Charter Amendment, the holders of 9,724,108 public shares of our common stock properly exercised their right to redeem their shares (and did not withdraw their redemption) for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.06 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of $97,852,252. Following such redemptions, approximately $17,870,500 was left in trust and 1,775,892 shares of common stock held by public stockholders remained outstanding.
We cannot assure you that our plans to complete our initial business combination will be successful.
Results of Operations
Our entire activity since inception up to December 31, 2022 was in preparation for our initial public offering and searching for a business combination target. We will not generate any operating revenues until the closing and completion of our initial business combination, at the earliest.
For the year ended December 31, 2022, we had a net loss of $4,287,805, which consists of operating costs of $5,406,038, interest expense of $5,271 and provision for income taxes of $198,311, offset by interest and dividend on marketable securities held in Trust Account of $191,490, realized gain on marketable securities held in Trust Account of $963,636, change in fair value of warrant liabilities of $166,527 and change in fair value of conversion option liability of $162. Operating costs increased by 5,127,684 primarily due to an increase in professional and legal fees in connection with the searching for a target and terminated Business Combination.
For the period from January 22, 2021 through December 31, 2021, we had net loss of $329,480, which consisted of formation and operating costs of $278,354, changes in fair value of warrant liabilities of $60,676 and warrants issuance costs of $679 and offset by realized gain on marketable securities held in Trust Account of $10,229.
Going Concern and Liquidity
As of December 31, 2022, we had $189,771 in cash and a working capital deficit of $4,657,982. Prior to the consummation of our IPO, our liquidity needs were satisfied through receipt of a $25,000 capital contribution from our sponsor in exchange for the issuance of the Founder Shares to our sponsor, and a $250,000 in note payable to our sponsor. Subsequent to the consummation of the IPO, we received the net proceeds not held in the Trust Account of approximately $1.4 million.
We have incurred and expect to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of our financing and acquisition plans. If we are unable to raise additional capital, we may be required to take additional measures to conserve liquidity, which could include, but not necessarily be limited to, suspending the pursuit of a business combination. We cannot provide any assurance that new financing will be available to us on commercially acceptable terms, if at all.
In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with a business combination, our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor, or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us working capital loans. Except for the foregoing, the terms of such working capital loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. The working capital loans would either be repaid upon consummation of a business combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $1.5 million of such working capital loans may be convertible into warrants at a price of $10.00 per unit. The units would be identical to the private placement units. As of December 31, 2022, we have no borrowings under the Working Capital Loans.
On January 20, 2023, the Company elected to exercise a one-month extension of the date by which Blockchain Moon has to consummate a business combination from January 21, 2023 to February 21, 2023 (the “Extension”). The Extension is the first of six one-month extensions permitted under the Company’s governing documents and provides the Company with additional time to complete its initial business combination. On January 20, 2023, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note in the initial principal amount of $120,000 (the "Note") to Jupiter Sponsor LLC in connection with the Extension. Pursuant to the note, the Company may request an additional aggregate amount of up to $600,000, which may be drawn down in five equal tranches. The Note does not bear interest and matures upon closing of the Company’s initial business combination. In the event that the Company does not consummate a business combination, the Note will be repaid only from amounts remaining outside of the Trust Account, if any. The proceeds of the Note have been deposited in the Trust Account in connection with the Extension. The Sponsor further requested that the Company exercise one-month extensions of the Termination Date on each of February 21, 2023 and March 21, 2023. Accordingly the Sponsor deposited an aggregate of $159,321 into the trust account for the February and March 2023 monthly extensions and the remaining balance of $80,679 remains due to trust. These deposits enabled the Company to extend the Termination Date to April 21, 2023. These extensions are the first three of six one-month extensions permitted under the Company’s governing documents, as described in this Report.