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SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-24-003419 to Netcapital Inc. (NCPL)

Netcapital Inc.
Date: March 29, 2024 · CIK: 0001414767 · Accession: 0000000000-24-003419

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File numbers found in text: 001-41443

Referenced dates: September 20, 2021

Date
March 29, 2024
Author
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Form
UPLOAD
Company
Netcapital Inc.

Letter

United States securities and exchange commission logo March 29, 2024 Coreen Kraysler Chief Financial Officer Netcapital Inc. 1 Lincoln Street Boston, MA 02111 Re:Netcapital Inc. Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2023 File No. 001-41443 Dear Coreen Kraysler: We have limited our review of your filing to the financial statements and related disclosures and have the following comments. Please respond to this letter within ten business days by providing the requested information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe a comment applies to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response. After reviewing your response to this letter, we may have additional comments. Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2023 filed July 26, 2023 General 1.Please provide a detailed legal analysis as to whether you and any of your subsidiaries meet the definition of an “investment company” under Sections 3(a)(1)(A) and 3(a)(1)(C) of the Investment Company Act of 1940. Your analysis should include all facts upon which your determination is based. Please also advise as to the percentage of the Company’s consolidated assets that consist of investment securities as of year-end April 30, 2023 and the most recent fiscal quarter-end. Please note that we may refer your response to the Division of Investment Management for further review. Item 1. Business Development of Business, page 6 2.We note your disclosure on page 6 of your three operating subsidiaries and each entity through which you provide these services. We also note your disclosure of significant revenues for two of these subsidiaries. Please tell us, and revise future filings to disclose as necessary, the following:

FirstName LastNameCoreen Kraysler Comapany NameNetcapital Inc. March 29, 2024 Page 2 FirstName LastNameCoreen Kraysler Netcapital Inc. March 29, 2024 Page 2 •Tell us whether each of the entities/operating subsidiaries you identify represent an operating segment pursuant to ASC 280-10-50-1 through 50-9. •Revise to disclose your operating segments and your reportable segments as well as the general information required by ASC 280-10-50-21. •To the extent you aggregate operating segments into one or more reportable segments, please explain how the operating segments meet the aggregation criteria in ASC 280-10-50-11. Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Reporting and Results of Operations Results of Operations Fiscal Year 2023 Compared to Fiscal Year 2022, page 31 3.We note your revenue disaggregation disclosures by service line nature on pages 32 and F-10. Please tell us, and revise future filing as necessary, the following: •We note the disclosure on page 6 of your three operating subsidiaries includes funding portal, consulting business and valuation business. We also note your game website revenue disclosed on pages 35 and F-10. Revise to clarify whether valuation business revenue and game website revenue are included in online or consulting services revenue, and quantify such amounts if material. Refer to ASC 606-10-50-5 and ASC 606-10-55-91. •We note your disclosure on page 35 that you recognize service revenue under ASC 606 from your consulting contracts and game website. Please reconcile this disclosure with the disclosure on page F-8 that also includes funding portal in the service revenue you recognize. •We note your revenue disclosures on pages 32 and F-8 regarding your "4.9% portal fee" and "listing fees". Please reconcile these disclosures with those on pages 6 and 30 regarding your "4.9% success fees" and "engagement fees." •Please revise your results of operations on page 31 to describe the underlying reasons for any material changes in quantitative and qualitative terms. Refer to Item 303(b) of Regulation S-K. Consolidated Balance Sheet, page F-3 4.We note your $625,799 of proceeds received from stock subscriptions during fiscal year 2022 and the related recognition of liabilities in your October 31, 2023, April 30, 2023 and April 30, 2022 balance sheets. As we requested in prior comment 2 of our comment letter dated September 20, 2021, please revise future filings to disclose your accounting policy related to stock subscriptions, including whether your investors have the right to cancel and have the consideration refunded. In closing, we remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action by the staff.

FirstName LastNameCoreen Kraysler Comapany NameNetcapital Inc. March 29, 2024 Page 3 FirstName LastName Coreen Kraysler Netcapital Inc. March 29, 2024 Page 3 Please contact Bonnie Baynes at 202-551-4924 or Rolf Sundwall at 202-551-3105 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please contact Eric Envall at 202-551-3234 or Sandra Hunter Berkheimer at 202-551-3758 with any other questions. Sincerely, Division of Corporation Finance Office of Crypto Assets

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United States securities and exchange commission logo
March 29, 2024
Coreen Kraysler
Chief Financial Officer
Netcapital Inc.
1 Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111
Re:Netcapital Inc.
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2023
File No. 001-41443
Dear Coreen Kraysler:
            We have limited our review of your filing to the financial statements and related
disclosures and have the following comments.
            Please respond to this letter within ten business days by providing the requested
information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe a
comment applies to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response.
            After reviewing your response to this letter, we may have additional comments.
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2023 filed July 26, 2023
General
1.Please provide a detailed legal analysis as to whether you and any of your
subsidiaries meet the definition of an “investment company” under Sections 3(a)(1)(A)
and 3(a)(1)(C) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.  Your analysis should include all
facts upon which your determination is based.  Please also advise as to the percentage of
the Company’s consolidated assets that consist of investment securities as of year-end
April 30, 2023 and the most recent fiscal quarter-end.  Please note that we may refer your
response to the Division of Investment Management for further review.
Item 1. Business
Development of Business, page 6
2.We note your disclosure on page 6 of your three operating subsidiaries and each entity
through which you provide these services.  We also note your disclosure of significant
revenues for two of these subsidiaries. Please tell us, and revise future filings to disclose
as necessary, the following:

 FirstName LastNameCoreen Kraysler
 Comapany NameNetcapital Inc.
 March 29, 2024 Page 2
 FirstName LastNameCoreen Kraysler
Netcapital Inc.
March 29, 2024
Page 2
•Tell us whether each of the entities/operating subsidiaries you identify represent an
operating segment pursuant to ASC 280-10-50-1 through 50-9.
•Revise to disclose your operating segments and your reportable segments as well as
the general information required by ASC 280-10-50-21.
•To the extent you aggregate operating segments into one or more reportable
segments, please explain how the operating segments meet the aggregation criteria in
ASC 280-10-50-11.
Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Reporting and Results of Operations
Results of Operations
Fiscal Year 2023 Compared to Fiscal Year 2022, page 31
3.We note your revenue disaggregation disclosures by service line nature on pages 32 and
F-10.  Please tell us, and revise future filing as necessary, the following:
•We note the disclosure on page 6 of your three operating subsidiaries includes
funding portal, consulting business and valuation business.  We also note your game
website revenue disclosed on pages 35 and F-10. Revise to clarify whether valuation
business revenue and game website revenue are included in online or consulting
services revenue, and quantify such amounts if material.  Refer to ASC 606-10-50-5
and ASC 606-10-55-91.
•We note your disclosure on page 35 that you recognize service revenue under ASC
606 from your consulting contracts and game website.  Please reconcile this
disclosure with the disclosure on page F-8 that also includes funding portal in
the service revenue you recognize.
•We note your revenue disclosures on pages 32 and F-8 regarding your "4.9% portal
fee" and "listing fees".  Please reconcile these disclosures with those on pages 6 and
30 regarding your "4.9% success fees" and "engagement fees."
•Please revise your results of operations on page 31 to describe the underlying reasons
for any material changes in quantitative and qualitative terms.  Refer to Item 303(b)
of Regulation S-K.
Consolidated Balance Sheet, page F-3
4.We note your $625,799 of proceeds received from stock subscriptions during fiscal year
2022 and the related recognition of liabilities in your October 31, 2023, April 30, 2023
and April 30, 2022 balance sheets.  As we requested in prior comment 2 of our comment
letter dated September 20, 2021, please revise future filings to disclose your accounting
policy related to stock subscriptions, including whether your investors have the right to
cancel and have the consideration refunded.
            In closing, we remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the
accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or
absence of action by the staff.

 FirstName LastNameCoreen Kraysler
 Comapany NameNetcapital Inc.
 March 29, 2024 Page 3
 FirstName LastName
Coreen Kraysler
Netcapital Inc.
March 29, 2024
Page 3
            Please contact Bonnie Baynes at 202-551-4924 or Rolf Sundwall at 202-551-3105 if you
have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please
contact Eric Envall at 202-551-3234 or Sandra Hunter Berkheimer at 202-551-3758 with any
other questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Crypto Assets