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Fair Value

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

3.	Fair Value

The Company accounts for its financial assets and liabilities using fair value measurements. The authoritative accounting guidance defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value under generally accepted accounting principles and enhances disclosures about fair value measurements. Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date.

The following table presents information about the Company’s assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 and indicate the level of the fair value hierarchy utilized to determine such fair value:

	Fair Value Measurements as of December 31, 2020
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Fair Value
Cash equivalents	$	72,943,275	$	—	$	—	$	72,943,275
Marketable securities		—		10,002,550		—		10,002,550
Total	$	72,943,275	$	10,002,550	$	—	$	82,945,825

	Fair Value Measurements as of December 31, 2019
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Fair Value
Cash equivalents	$	39,303,609	$	—	$	—	$	39,303,609
Marketable securities		—		15,119,925		—		15,119,925
Total	$	39,303,609	$	15,119,925	$	—	$	54,423,534

As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company’s cash equivalents that are invested in money market funds valued using Level 1 inputs for identical securities. The Company measures the fair value of marketable securities that are invested in United States Treasury securities using Level 2 inputs and primarily relies on quoted prices in active markets for similar marketable securities. During the year ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, there were no transfers between Level 2 and Level 3.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments as well as disclosures related to the fair value of non-financial assets and liabilities. Such disclosures about the financial instruments, assets, and liabilities would include: (1) the fair value of the required items together with their carrying amounts (as appropriate); (2) for items for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value, disclosure would include: (a) information pertinent to estimating fair value (including, carrying amount, effective interest rate, and maturity, and (b) the reasons why it is not practicable to estimate fair value; (3) significant concentrations of credit risk including: (a) information about the activity, region, or economic characteristics identifying a concentration, (b) the maximum amount of loss the entity is exposed to based on the gross fair value of the related item, (c) policy for requiring collateral or other security and information as to accessing such collateral or security, and (d) the nature and brief description of such collateral or security; (4) quantitative information about market risks and how such risks are managed; (5) for items measured on both a recurring and nonrecurring basis information regarding the inputs used to develop the fair value measurement; and (6) for items presented in the financial statement for which fair value measurement is elected: (a) information necessary to understand the reasons for the election, (b) discussion of the effect of fair value changes on earnings, (c) a description of [similar groups] items for which the election is made and the relation thereof to the balance sheet, the aggregate carrying value of items included in the balance sheet that are not eligible for the election; (7) all other required (as defined) and desired information.

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