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Organization and Business Operation
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2022
Organization and Business Operation  
Organization and Business Operation

Note 1 — Organization and Business Operation

TradeUP Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated as a Delaware corporation on January 6, 2021. The Company was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “Business Combination”). The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.

As of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had not commenced any operations. For the period from January 6, 2021 (inception) through June 30, 2022, the Company’s efforts have been limited to organizational activities as well as activities related to the Initial Public Offering (as defined below). The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of a Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company will generate non-operating income in the form of dividend and interest income from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering.

The registration statement for the Company’s initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering”) became effective on July 14, 2021. On July 19, 2021, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 4,000,000 units (the “Public Units”), at $10.00 per Public Unit, generating gross proceeds of $40,000,000 which is described in Note 4. On July 21, 2021, the underwriters partially exercised the over-allotment option and purchased 430,000 units (the “Option Units “, together with the Public Units, the “Units”) at a price of $10.00 per Option Unit, generating gross proceeds of $4,300,000. Each Unit consists of one share of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), and one-half of one redeemable warrant (the “Warrant”), each whole Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share. The Units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $44,300,000 in total. Transaction costs in connection with the Initial Public Offering and the issuance and sale of Option Units amounted to $3,019,474, consisting of $886,000 of underwriting fees, $1,550,500 of Business Combination Fee (defined in Note 7 below) and $582,974 of other offering costs. Following the expiration of the over-allotment option, 42,500 Founder Shares (defined below) were subsequently forfeited.

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of 295,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Private Placement Shares”) at a price of $10.00 per share in a private placement sale (the “Private Placement”) to the Company’s founders, or initial stockholders, include Tradeup INC. and the Company’s sponsor, TradeUP Acquisition Sponsor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), among which, the Sponsor purchased 236,000 Private Placement Shares and Tradeup INC. purchased 59,000 Private Placement Shares, generating gross proceeds of $2,950,000, which is described in Note 5. On July 21, 2021, the Company consummated the sale of additional 17,200 Private Placement Shares with the Sponsor and Tradeup INC. at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement share, among which, the Sponsor purchased 13,760 Private Placement Shares and Tradeup INC. purchased 3,440 Private Placement Shares, generating total proceeds of $172,000.

Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering on July 19, 2021, the issuance and sale of Option Units on July 21, 2021 and the issuance and sale of Private Placement Shares, $45,186,000 from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units and from the sale of Private Placement Shares was placed in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) maintained by Wilmington Trust, National Association as a trustee. The aggregate amount of $45,186,000 ($10.20 per Unit) will be invested in United States “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act having a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations. Pursuant to the trust agreement, the trustee is not permitted to invest in other securities or assets. By restricting the investment of the proceeds to these instruments, and by having a business plan targeted at acquiring and growing businesses for the long term (rather than on buying and selling businesses in the manner of a merchant bank or private equity fund), the Company intends to avoid being deemed an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act. The Initial Public Offering is not intended for persons who are seeking a return on investments in government securities or investment securities. The Trust Account is intended as a holding place for funds pending the earliest to occur of either: (i) the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination; (ii) the redemption of any public shares properly tendered in connection with a stockholder vote to amend the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation that would affect the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to provide for the redemption of its public shares in connection with an initial Business Combination or to redeem 100% of its public shares if the Company has not consummated an initial Business Combination by January 19, 2023; or (iii) absent an initial Business Combination by January 19, 2023, its return of the funds held in the Trust Account to its public stockholders as part of its redemption of the public shares. The proceeds deposited in the Trust Account could become subject to the claims of the Company’s creditors, if any, which could have priority over the claims of the Company’s public stockholders.

The Company’s initial Business Combination must occur with one or more target businesses that together have an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the assets held in the Trust Account (excluding the Business Combination Fee and taxes payable and interest previously released for working capital purposes on the income earned on the Trust Account) at the time of the agreement to enter into the initial Business Combination. However, the Company will only complete a Business Combination if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires an interest in the target sufficient for the post-transaction company not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). There is no assurance that the Company will be able to complete a Business Combination successfully.

The shares of Common Stock subject to redemption will be recorded at a redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering, in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” In such case, the Company will proceed with a Business Combination if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon such consummation of a Business Combination and, if the Company seeks stockholder approval, a majority of the issued and outstanding shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination. The Company will have only until January 19, 2023 to complete the initial Business Combination (the “Combination Period”). If the Company is unable to complete the initial Business Combination within the Combination Period, the Company will: (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company for working capital purposes or to pay the Company’s taxes (less up to $50,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining stockholders and its board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to the Company’s obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to the Company’s Warrants, which will expire worthless if the Company fails to complete the Business Combination by January 19, 2023. The founders (not including the anchor investors who purchase units in the Initial Public Offering and certain membership interest in the Sponsor, if any), officers and directors have entered into a letter agreement with the Company, pursuant to which they have agreed (i) to waive their redemption rights with respect to any Founder Shares, Private Placement Shares and any public shares held by them in connection with the completion of the initial Business Combination, (ii) waive their redemption rights with respect to their Founder Shares, Private Placement Shares and public shares in connection with a stockholder vote to approve an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation (A) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with the initial Business Combination or to redeem 100% of the Company’s public shares if the Company does not complete its initial Business Combination by January 19, 2023 or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity and (iii) to waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Founder Shares and Private Placement Shares held by them if the Company fails to complete an initial Business Combination by January 19, 2023, although they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any public shares they hold if the Company fails to complete the initial Business Combination within the Combination Period. If the Company submits it initial Business Combination to its stockholders for a vote, the Company will complete its initial Business Combination only if a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock voted are voted in favor of the initial Business Combination. In no event will the Company redeem its public shares of Common Stock in an amount that would cause its net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001. In such case, the Company would not proceed with the redemption of public shares of Common Stock and the related Business Combination, and instead may search for an alternate Business Combination.

The Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or by a prospective target business with which the Company has discussed entering into a transaction agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below (i) $10.20 per public share or (ii) such lesser amount per public share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, in each case net of the interest which may be withdrawn to pay taxes. This liability will not apply with respect to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account and except as to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the Initial Public Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. Moreover, in the event that an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, then the Company’s Sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third party claims.

Liquidity and Capital Resource

As of June 30, 2022, the Company had $88,281 in cash held outside its Trust Account available for the Company’s payment of expenses related to working capital purposes subsequent to the Initial Public Offering.

Prior to the Initial Public Offering, the Company’s liquidity needs had been satisfied through a loan under an unsecured promissory note from the Sponsor of $300,000. The promissory note from the Sponsor was repaid in full on July 19, 2021.

Upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering on July 19, 2021, the issuance and sale of Option Units on July 21, 2021 and the issuance and sale of Private Placement Shares, $45,186,000 of cash was placed in the Trust Account.

In order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the initial stockholders or affiliates of the initial stockholders or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, provide the Company working capital loans (see Note 6). To date, there were no amounts outstanding under any working capital loans.

Based on the foregoing, management believes that the Company will have sufficient working capital and borrowing capacity to meet its needs through the earlier of the consummation of a Business Combination or one year from this filing. Over this time period, the Company will be using these funds for paying existing accounts payable, identifying and evaluating prospective initial Business Combination candidates, performing due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selecting the target business to merge with or acquire, and structuring, negotiating and consummating the Business Combination.