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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of presentation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of Procore Technologies, Inc. and its subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”). Certain balances have been reclassified to conform to current year presentation.

Use of estimates

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Management periodically evaluates its estimates and assumptions for continued reasonableness, primarily with respect to revenue recognition, the period of benefit of contract cost assets, the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination, stock-based compensation expense, including the fair value of the Company’s common stock prior to the effective date of the Company’s IPO, the recoverability of goodwill and long-lived assets, useful lives of long-lived assets, capitalization of software development costs, income taxes, including related reserves and allowances, and self-insurance reserve estimates. Appropriate adjustments, if any, to the estimates used are made prospectively based upon such periodic evaluation. Management bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that management believes to be reasonable. Actual results could differ from the Company’s estimates.

The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic may directly or indirectly impact the Company’s business will depend on future developments that are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted. As of the date these consolidated financial statements were issued, the COVID-19 pandemic did not have a significant impact on the Company’s estimates or judgments. Judgments and assumptions may change as new events occur, additional information is obtained, and as other factors arise related to the

COVID-19 pandemic and economic recovery that could result in a meaningful impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements in future reporting periods.

Segments

The Company operates as a single operating segment. Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise for which separate financial information is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), in deciding how to allocate resources and assess performance. The Company’s CODM is its Chief Executive Officer. In recent years, the Company has completed a number of acquisitions which have allowed it to expand its platform capabilities and related product and service offerings.

While the Company provides different product and service offerings, including as a result of its acquisitions, its business operates as one operating segment because its CODM evaluates the Company’s financial information for purposes of assessing financial performance and allocating resources on a consolidated basis.

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash

The Company classifies all investments that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and have maturities of three months or less from the date of purchase as cash equivalents, which are carried at fair value. Cash includes cash held in checking and savings accounts. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, cash equivalents comprised money market funds that were recorded at fair value which approximates amortized cost.

From time to time, the Company posts cash collateral to satisfy certain contractual arrangements that may arise in the normal course of business and that is contractually restricted as to use. Restricted cash is included in other assets on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and consists of funds required to secure certain corporate credit card accounts. The Company held $3.1 million of restricted cash as of December 31, 2022 and 2021.

Marketable securities

Investments with stated maturities of greater than three months are classified as marketable securities, which consist of U.S. treasury securities, commercial paper, corporate notes and obligations, and time deposits. The Company determines the appropriate classification of each investment at the time of purchase and re-evaluates such classification at each balance sheet date. The Company classifies each marketable debt security as either short-term or long-term at each balance sheet date based on the underlying investment’s contractual maturity date. Short-term investments are investments with an original maturity date of less than one year when purchased. All marketable securities held as of December 31, 2022 are classified and accounted for as short-term available-for-sale debt securities, which are carried at fair value.

The Company periodically assesses its portfolio of marketable securities for impairment. The Company evaluates each investment in an unrealized loss position to determine if any portion of the unrealized loss is related to credit losses. In determining whether a credit loss may exist, the Company considers the extent of the unrealized loss position, any adverse conditions specifically related to the security or the issuer’s operating environment, the pay structure of the security, the issuer’s payment history, and any changes in the issuer’s credit rating. Unrealized losses on marketable securities due to expected credit losses are recognized in other (expense) income, net in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, and any excess unrealized gains and losses, net of tax, that are not due to expected credit losses are included in accumulated other comprehensive loss, a component of stockholders’ equity. During the year ended December 31, 2022, there were no credit losses recorded on marketable securities. Interest recorded on marketable securities is recorded in interest income on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.

Concentrations of credit risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, investments in marketable securities, accounts receivable, and materials financing receivables.

The Company maintains its cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash balances with major financial institutions that may at times exceed federally insured limits. However, the Company believes that these financial institutions are financially sound with minimal credit risk.

Investments in marketable securities consist primarily of investment-grade securities and the Company’s investment policy limits the amount of credit exposure to any individual issuer.

Accounts receivable are recorded at the invoiced amounts, do not require collateral or bear interest, and mainly result from subscriptions to access the Company’s software products. The Company regularly assesses the need for allowances for expected losses from these accounts receivable. Each reporting period, the Company evaluates the collectability of its accounts receivable based on a number of factors such as the age of the receivables, credit quality, historical experience, and current and future economic conditions that may affect a customer’s ability to pay. At December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company’s allowance for expected credit losses was $4.1 million and $2.4 million, respectively. No customer represented 10% or more of the consolidated accounts receivable balance as of December 31, 2022 and 2021. No single customer accounted for 10% or more of total revenue for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020.

The Company also has receivables related to its materials financing program that finances customers’ purchases of construction materials on deferred payment terms. The related allowance recorded on the Company’s materials financing receivables is primarily based on expectations of credit losses based on historical loss data as well as macroeconomic factors. At December 31, 2022, the Company’s allowance for expected credit losses related to its materials financing program was $2.1 million, and was immaterial at December 31, 2021.

Materials financing revenues and receivables

In connection with its acquisition of Express Lien, Inc. (d/b/a Levelset) (“Levelset”) in November 2021, the Company assumed a materials financing program, which facilitates the purchase of construction materials from fulfillment partners (the Company’s suppliers) on behalf of its customers, allowing such customers to finance their materials purchases from the Company on deferred payment terms. The fulfillment partner is primarily responsible for fulfilling the materials purchases and the Company does not have control over such materials. The Company earns revenues from origination fees and finance charges on the amounts it finances for customers on deferred payment terms, which are typically 120 days. Such fees earned are computed and recognized based on the effective interest method and are presented net of any related reserves and amortization of deferred origination costs.

Gross receivables outstanding from customers under the materials financing program were $13.6 million and $4.4 million as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Materials financing receivables, net of allowances, are recorded within prepaid expenses and other current assets on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

Foreign currency transactions and translation

The functional currency of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries in Australia, Canada, and England is primarily the local currency of such countries, and the functional currency of the Company’s subsidiaries in Mexico, Egypt, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, France, and Ireland is U.S. dollars. For foreign subsidiaries where the functional currency is the local currency of such countries, assets and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date, stockholders’ equity is translated at the applicable historical exchange rate, and revenue and expenses are translated using the average exchange rates during the period. The effect of exchange rate changes resulting from the translation of the foreign subsidiary financial statements is accounted for as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss.

In addition, the Company incurs foreign currency transaction gains and losses, including those related to intercompany agreements among the Company and its subsidiaries, which are recorded in other (expense) income, net in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. Foreign currency gains and losses were not material for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020.

 


 

Property and equipment, net

Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Expenditures for repairs and maintenance are expensed as incurred, while renewals and betterments are capitalized. Depreciation expense is computed on a straight-line basis over the estimated lives of the assets as follows:

 

Asset Classification

Estimated Useful Life

 

 

Leasehold improvements

Lesser of 15 years or lease term

Building improvements

Lesser of 20 years or lease term

Furniture and fixtures

5 years

Computers and equipment

3 years

Purchased software

Contractual term

 

Leases

The Company determines an arrangement is a lease at inception if it is both able to identify an asset and conclude it has the right to control the identified asset. Leases are classified as finance or operating based on the principle of whether or not the lease is effectively a financed purchase by the lessee. This classification will determine whether lease expense is comprised of amortization of the right of use (“ROU”) asset and interest expense recognized based on an effective interest method for finance leases, or as a single lease cost recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease for operating leases. Leases are included in ROU assets, other current liabilities, and long-term finance and operating lease liabilities within the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Leases with expected terms of 12 months or less are not recorded on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Certain leases contain provisions that allow the Company to be reimbursed by the landlord for specified tenant improvements that are subject to final approval prior to being paid. The Company estimates the likelihood that it will incur and be reimbursed for such costs at the commencement of the lease and reduce the ROU liability for the discounted future cash receipt, with a corresponding offset to the ROU asset.

ROU assets represent the Company’s right to control an underlying asset for the lease term, and lease liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. ROU assets and lease liabilities are recognized at the commencement date of the lease based on the present value of lease payments over the expected lease term. The Company’s leases do not provide an implicit rate, therefore the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the lease commencement date in determining the discount rate used to calculate the present value of minimum lease payments. The incremental borrowing rate used is estimated based on what the Company would be required to pay for a collateralized loan over a similar term. The Company’s leases do not include any residual value guarantees, bargain purchase options, or asset retirement obligations.

The Company has lease agreements with lease and non-lease components, which are accounted for as a single lease component. The Company’s agreements may contain variable lease payments. The Company includes variable lease payments that depend on an index or a rate in the calculation of the ROU lease liabilities and exclude those which depend on facts or circumstances occurring after the commencement date, other than the passage of time.

Self-insurance reserves

In January 2022, the Company elected to partially self-fund its health insurance plan. To reduce its risk related to high-dollar claims, the Company maintains individual stop-loss insurance. The Company estimates its exposure for claims incurred at the end of each reporting period, including claims not yet reported, with the assistance of an independent third-party actuary. As of December 31, 2022, the Company’s net self-insurance accrual was $1.9 million, included within other current liabilities on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.

Strategic investments

Investments in equity securities

The Company holds investments in equity securities of certain privately held companies, which do not have readily determinable fair values. The Company does not have a controlling interest or significant influence in these companies. The Company has elected to measure the non-marketable equity securities at cost, with remeasurements to fair value only upon the

occurrence of observable price changes in orderly transactions for the identical or similar securities of the same issuer, or in the event of any impairment. This election is reassessed each reporting period to determine whether a non-marketable equity security has a readily determinable fair value, in which case the security would no longer be eligible for this election. All gains and losses on such equity securities, realized and unrealized, are recorded in other (expense) income, net on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. The Company evaluates its non-marketable equity securities for impairment at each reporting period based on a qualitative assessment that considers various potential impairment indicators. If an impairment exists, a loss is recognized in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss for the amount by which the carrying value exceeds the fair value of the investment.

Investments in limited partnership funds

The Company also holds investments in certain limited partnership funds. The Company does not hold a controlling interest or significant influence in these limited partnerships. The fair value of such investments is valued using the Net Asset Value (“NAV”) provided by the fund administrator as a practical expedient.

Available-for-sale debt securities

The Company also holds certain investments in debt securities of privately held companies, which are classified as available-for-sale debt securities. Such available-for-sale debt securities are recorded at fair value with changes in fair value recorded in other comprehensive income or loss. The Company periodically reviews its available-for-sale debt securities to determine if there has been an other-than-temporary decline in fair value. If the impairment is deemed other-than-temporary, the portion of the impairment related to credit losses is recognized in other (expense) income, net in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, and the portion related to non-credit related losses is recognized as a component of comprehensive loss.

Business combinations

The Company assesses whether an acquisition is a business combination or an asset acquisition. If substantially all of the gross assets acquired are concentrated in a single asset or group of similar assets, then the acquisition is accounted for as an asset acquisition, where the purchase consideration is allocated on a relative fair value basis to the assets acquired. Goodwill is not recorded in an asset acquisition. If the gross assets are not concentrated in a single asset or group of similar assets, then the Company determines if the set of assets acquired represents a business. A business is an integrated set of activities and assets capable of being conducted and managed for the purpose of providing a return. Depending on the nature of the acquisition, judgment may be required to determine if the set of assets acquired is a business combination or not.

The Company applies the acquisition method of accounting for a business combination. Under this method of accounting, assets acquired and liabilities assumed are recorded at their respective fair values at the date of the acquisition. Any excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net assets acquired is recognized as goodwill. During the measurement period, which may be up to one year from the acquisition date, the Company adjusts the provisional amounts of assets acquired and liabilities assumed with the corresponding offset to goodwill to reflect new information obtained about facts and circumstances that existed as of the acquisition date that, if known, would have affected the measurement of the amounts recognized as of that date. Upon the conclusion of the measurement period or final determination of the values of assets acquired or liabilities assumed, whichever comes first, any subsequent adjustments are recorded within the Company’s consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.

Determining the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed requires management’s judgment and often involves the use of significant estimates and assumptions, including assumptions with respect to estimated level of effort and related costs of reproducing or replacing the assets acquired, future cash inflows and outflows, and discount rates, among other items. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Market participants are assumed to be buyers and sellers in the principal (most advantageous) market for the asset or liability. Additionally, fair value measurements for an asset assume the highest and best use of that asset by market participants. As a result, the Company may be required to value the acquired assets at fair value measures that do not reflect its intended use of those assets. Use of different estimates and judgments could yield different results.

Although the Company believes the assumptions and estimates it has made are reasonable and appropriate, they are based in part on historical experience and information that may be obtained from management of the acquired company and are inherently uncertain.

Intangible assets and goodwill

All of the Company’s intangible assets are amortized using the straight-line method over their estimated period of benefit, ranging from three to 10 years. The Company evaluates the recoverability of intangible assets periodically by considering events or changes in circumstances that may warrant revised estimates of useful lives or that indicate the asset may be impaired.

Goodwill is tested for impairment at the reporting unit level (i.e., the operating segment or one level below an operating segment). The Company has one reporting unit and tests goodwill impairment on an annual basis during the fourth quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, and between annual tests if an event occurs or circumstances change that indicate that goodwill may be impaired. In assessing impairment, the Company has the option to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether or not a reporting unit is more likely than not impaired. Alternatively, the Company may perform a quantitative impairment assessment or if the qualitative assessment indicates that it is more likely than not that the reporting unit’s fair value is less than its carrying amount, a quantitative analysis is required. The quantitative analysis compares the estimated fair value of the reporting unit with its respective carrying amount, including goodwill. If the estimated fair value of the reporting unit exceeds its carrying amount, including goodwill, goodwill is considered not to be impaired. If the fair value is less than the carrying amount, including goodwill, then a goodwill impairment charge is recorded by the amount that the carrying value exceeds the fair value, up to the carrying amount of goodwill.

Capitalized software development costs

The Company capitalizes certain development costs incurred in connection with the development of internal-use software. Costs incurred in the preliminary stages of development are expensed as incurred. Once the preliminary stage is complete, internal and external direct costs are capitalized until the developed software is substantially complete and ready for its intended use. Costs incurred for post-implementation activities, training, maintenance, and minor upgrades and enhancements without adding additional functionality are expensed as incurred. Capitalized internal-use software costs primarily relate to the development of and major enhancements to the Company’s cloud-based software as a service (“SaaS”) construction management platform and related software products. Capitalized software development costs related to the Company’s platform are amortized on a straight-line basis over the developed software’s estimated useful life of two years and the related amortization expense is recorded in cost of revenue within the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.

The Company also capitalizes certain software development costs which are used internally, rather than developments to the Company’s platform. Such costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over the developed software’s estimated useful life, which is generally five years, and the related amortization expense is recorded in operating expenses within the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.

Fair value measurements

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Valuation techniques used to measure fair value must maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. Fair value measurements are based on a fair value hierarchy using three levels of inputs, of which the first two are considered observable and the last is considered unobservable, as follows:

 

Level 1

Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

 

Level 2

Quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in markets that are not active or observable inputs other than quoted prices in active markets for identical or similar assets or liabilities.

 

Level 3

Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the carrying value of the Company’s financial instruments included in current assets and current liabilities (including accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses) approximate fair value due to

the short-term nature of such items. The Company measures its cash held in money market funds, marketable securities, and investments in available-for-sale debt securities at fair value each reporting period. The estimation of fair value for available-for-sale debt securities in private companies requires the use of significant unobservable inputs, and as a result, the Company classifies these assets as Level 3 within the fair value hierarchy.

The Company’s investments in equity securities of privately held companies are recorded at fair value on a non-recurring basis. For investments without a readily determinable fair value, the Company looks to observable transactions, such as the issuance of new equity by an investee, as indicators of investee enterprise value and uses them to estimate the fair value of the investments. The Company’s investments in limited partnerships are valued using NAV as a practical expedient and therefore excluded from the fair value hierarchy.

Impairment and abandonment of long-lived assets

The Company evaluates long-lived assets, including finite-lived intangible assets, property and equipment, leases, and capitalized software development costs, for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset group may not be recoverable. Impairment testing is performed at an asset level that represents the lowest level for which identifiable cash flows are largely independent of the cash flows of other assets and liabilities, or an asset group. Recoverability of asset groups to be held and used is measured by comparison of the carrying value of the asset group to the estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to be generated from the use of such assets. If the undiscounted future cash flows are less than the carrying value of the asset group, an impairment is recognized based on the amount by which the carrying value exceeds the estimated fair value of the asset group. Assets to be abandoned with no remaining future service potential are written down to amounts expected to be recovered.

Revenue recognition

The Company generates substantially all of its revenue from subscriptions for access to its software products and related support. The software products are hosted on its cloud-based SaaS construction management platform. Subscriptions are sold for a fixed fee and revenue is recognized ratably over the term of the subscription. The Company’s subscription agreements generally have annual or multi-year terms, are typically subject to renewal at the end of the subscription term, are generally non-cancelable, and do not provide for refunds to customers or any other right of return. The Company generally invoices its customers at the beginning of each annual subscription period, and to a lesser extent, on a quarterly or monthly basis. To the extent the Company invoices its customers in advance of revenue recognition, it records deferred revenue. Consequently, a portion of the revenue that is reported each period is attributable to the recognition of revenue previously deferred and related to subscriptions that the Company entered into during previous periods. Subscription fees are generally due and payable upon receipt of invoice by the Company’s customers or within 30 days of the stated billing date. The Company does not provide the customer with the right to take possession of its software products at any time.

The Company determines revenue recognition through the following steps:

 

identification of the contract, or contracts, with a customer;

 

identification of the performance obligations in the contract;

 

determination of the transaction price;

 

allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and

 

recognition of revenue when, or as, the Company satisfies a performance obligation.

The Company executes a signed contract with the customer that specifies services to be provided, the payment amounts and terms, and the period of service, among other terms.

The Company’s contracts with customers often include promises to perform multiple services. Determining whether services are considered distinct performance obligations that should be accounted for separately or together may require judgment. The contracts with customers include access to the Company’s products and support over the subscription period. Access to software products and support represents a series of distinct services as the Company fulfills its obligation to the customer and the customer receives and consumes the benefits of the software products and support over the subscription term. The series of distinct services represents a single performance obligation.

The transaction price is determined by the stated fixed fees in the contract, excluding any related sales tax. None of the Company’s contracts include a significant financing component.

The Company recognizes revenue ratably over the term of the subscription agreement beginning on the date that access to its products is made available to the customer.

Deferred revenue

Contract liabilities consist of revenue that is deferred when the Company has the contractual right to invoice in advance of transferring services to its customers. Substantially all deferred revenue at the beginning of 2022, 2021, and 2020 was recognized as revenue within the following 12 month period.

Remaining performance obligation

The transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations represents the contracted transaction price that has not yet been recognized as revenue, which includes deferred revenue and amounts under non-cancelable contracts that will be invoiced and recognized as revenue in future periods. As of December 31, 2022, the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations was $797.5 million, of which the Company expects to recognize approximately 70% as revenue in the next 12 months and substantially all of the remainder between 12 and 36 months thereafter.

Assets recognized from the costs to obtain a contract with a customer

The Company recognizes an asset for the incremental and recoverable costs of obtaining a contract with a customer if the Company expects the benefit of those costs to be one year or longer. The Company elected the practical expedient that allows an entity to expense incremental contract costs as incurred if the amortization period of the assets would have otherwise been recognized in one year or less. The Company has determined that sales commissions paid for new contracts, including certain incremental sales to existing customers, meet the requirements to be capitalized as contract acquisition costs. The contract cost assets are deferred and then recognized in sales and marketing expense on a straight-line basis over the expected period of benefit, which the Company has determined to be four years. Sales commissions and bonuses for renewal contracts are not considered commensurate with sales commissions for new contracts, and therefore, the expected period of benefit for costs capitalized for initial contracts extends beyond the term of the initial contract. Judgment is required to determine the expected period of benefit, for which the Company considers estimates of customer lives and SaaS product technology life in making this determination. There were no impairment losses of contract cost assets for the periods presented.

The following table presents the changes in contract cost assets (in thousands):

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Beginning balance

 

$

42,919

 

 

$

33,052

 

 

$

30,799

 

Additions

 

 

41,750

 

 

 

25,978

 

 

 

16,019

 

Amortization

 

 

(20,592

)

 

 

(16,111

)

 

 

(13,766

)

Ending balance

 

$

64,077

 

 

$

42,919

 

 

$

33,052

 

 

Cost of revenue

Cost of revenue primarily consists of personnel-related compensation expenses for the Company’s customer support team, including salaries, benefits, stock-based compensation, payroll taxes, commissions, and bonuses. Cost of revenue also includes third-party hosting costs, software license fees, amortization of acquired technology intangible assets, amortization of capitalized software development costs related to the Company’s platform, and allocated overhead.

Operating expenses

The Company’s operating expenses consist of sales and marketing, research and development, and general and administrative expenses. For each of these categories of expense, personnel-related compensation expenses are the most significant component, which include salaries, stock-based compensation, commissions, benefits, payroll taxes, bonuses, and severance expenses.

Sales and marketing

Sales and marketing expenses primarily consist of personnel-related compensation expenses for the Company’s sales and marketing organizations, advertising costs, marketing events, travel, trade shows and other marketing activities, contractor costs to supplement the Company’s staff levels, consulting services, amortization of acquired customer relationship intangible assets, and allocated overhead. Advertising costs are expensed as incurred. During the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020, the Company incurred advertising costs of $37.2 million, $27.2 million, and $18.2 million, respectively.

Research and development

Research and development expenses primarily consist of personnel-related compensation expenses for the Company’s engineering, product, and design teams, contractor costs to supplement the Company’s staff levels, consulting services, amortization of certain acquired intangible assets used in research and development activities, and allocated overhead.

General and administrative

General and administrative expenses primarily consist of personnel-related compensation expenses for the Company’s finance, information technology, executive, human resources, legal, and other administrative functions. Additionally, general and administrative expenses include non-personnel-related expenses, such as professional fees for audit, legal, tax, and other external consulting services, including acquisition-related transaction expenses, costs associated with operating as a public company, including insurance costs, professional services, investor relations, and other compliance costs, property and use taxes, licenses, travel and entertainment costs, and allocated overhead.

Stock-based compensation

The Company recognizes stock-based compensation cost equal to the grant date fair value of stock-based awards. Stock-based awards include stock options, RSUs, employee stock purchase plan (“ESPP”), and restricted stock awards (“RSAs”).

The fair value of RSUs and RSAs is based on the estimated fair value of the Company’s common stock on the grant date. The fair value of stock options and ESPP purchase rights is estimated on the grant date using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. For awards that vest solely based on continued service, the grant date fair value is recognized as compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of the awards, which is generally four years. For awards that contain both performance and service vesting conditions, the grant date fair value is recognized as compensation expense using a graded vesting attribution model. No expense is recognized for awards with performance conditions until that condition is probable of being met. Forfeitures are recorded when they occur.

Series I redeemable convertible preferred stock warrant liability

In March 2020, the Company issued a warrant to purchase 1,452,513 shares of Series I redeemable convertible preferred stock (the “Series I warrant”). The Series I warrant was recorded as a liability on the consolidated balance sheet at fair value of $11.9 million at the time of issuance. Subsequent changes in the fair value of the Series I warrant each reporting period were recorded in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, until the Series I warrant was exercised in December 2020. The Company issued 1,452,513 shares of Series I redeemable convertible preferred stock for proceeds of $55.0 million upon exercise of the Series I warrant. The fair value measurements used in determining the fair value of the Series I warrant liability were categorized as Level 3 on the fair value hierarchy because they were based on unobservable inputs and management’s judgment due to the absence of quoted market prices and inherent lack of liquidity of such financial instruments. The following inputs were used in the Black-Scholes option pricing model in determining the fair value of the Series I warrant liability for the period from issuance date to September 30, 2020:

Fair value of Series I redeemable convertible

   preferred stock per share

 

$35.04 to $49.95

Risk-free interest rate

 

0.10% to 0.16%

Expected term (in years)

 

0.5 to 1.0

Estimated dividend yield

 

0.00%

Estimated weighted-average volatility

 

59.10% to 67.80%

 

On the date the Series I warrant was exercised, the Company remeasured its fair value using the Series I redeemable convertible preferred stock fair value of $71.54 per share as of that date. The following table provides a summary of the changes in the fair value of the Series I warrant liability (in thousands):

Balance as of December 31, 2019

 

$

-

 

Issuance of Series I warrant

 

 

11,923

 

Change in fair value measurement of Series I warrant

   liability

 

 

36,990

 

Fair value of Series I warrant reclassified to Series I

   redeemable convertible preferred stock upon exercise

 

 

(48,913

)

Balance as of December 31, 2020

 

$

-

 

 

Income taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes for the anticipated tax consequences of the reported results of operations using the asset and liability method. Under this method, deferred income tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the differences between the carrying amounts for financial reporting purposes and the tax bases of assets and liabilities. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates anticipated to be in effect when those tax assets and liabilities are expected to be realized or settled. The effect of a change in tax rates on deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss in the period that includes the enactment date.

A valuation allowance is established if, based upon the available evidence, it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The Company considers all available evidence, both positive and negative, including historical levels of income, expectations and risk associated with estimates of future taxable income in assessing the need for a valuation allowance. Significant judgment is required in determining the provision for (benefit from) income taxes and deferred tax assets and liabilities.

The Company recognizes a tax benefit from an uncertain position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities, based on its technical merits. If this threshold is met, the Company measures the tax benefit as the largest amount of the benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement.

The Company recognizes penalties and interest accrued with respect to uncertain tax positions, if any, in the provision for (benefit from) income taxes in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. Accrued penalties and interest related to uncertain tax positions were not material to any period presented.

Recently adopted accounting pronouncements

Simplifying the Accounting for Convertible Instruments

In August 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2020-06, Debt-Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging-Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40) – Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity (“ASU 2020-06”). The new guidance simplifies the accounting for certain financial instruments by removing certain separation models required under current U.S. GAAP, including the beneficial conversion feature and cash conversion feature. ASU 2020-06 also improves and amends the related earnings per share guidance for both Subtopics. ASU 2020-06 is effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021 and interim periods within that fiscal year. On January 1, 2022, the Company adopted ASU 2020-06, using the full retrospective approach. As a result, the Company restated its consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss and consolidated statements of redeemable convertible preferred stock and stockholders’ equity (deficit) as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020 by removing the impacts of the beneficial conversion feature recognized related to the Series I warrant from these financial statement schedules. Earnings per share for the period were also restated, as the beneficial conversion feature on preferred stock of $3.0 million was previously recorded as a deemed dividend,

which was added to the total net loss attributable to common stockholders used to calculate basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to common shareholders.