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NATURE OF THE BUSINESS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
NATURE OF THE BUSINESS

NOTE 1 – NATURE OF THE BUSINESS

 

WinVest Acquisition Corp. (“WinVest,” or the “Company”) was incorporated in the State of Delaware on March 1, 2021. The Company was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination (“Initial Business Combination”) with one or more businesses or entities. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.

 

Throughout this report, the terms “our,” “we,” “us,” and the “Company” refer to WinVest Acquisition Corp.

 

As of September 30, 2022, the Company had not commenced core operations. All activity for the period from March 1, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2022 relates to the Company’s formation, raising funds through the initial public offering (“IPO”) and its search for a target company, which is described below. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of an Initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company will generate non-operating income in the form of interest income from the proceeds derived from the IPO.

 

The registration statement pursuant to which the Company registered its securities offered in the IPO was declared effective on September 14, 2021. On September 17, 2021, the Company consummated its IPO of 10,000,000 units (the “Units”). Each Unit consists of one share of common stock of the Company, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), one redeemable warrant (the “Public Warrants”), with each Public Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one-half (1/2) of one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per whole share, subject to adjustment and one right (the “Rights”), with each Right entitling the holder thereof to receive one-fifteenth (1/15) of one share of Common Stock upon the consummation by the Company of an Initial Business Combination. The Units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $100,000,000 (before underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses).

 

Simultaneously with the consummation of the IPO and the issuance and sale of the Units, the Company completed the private sale of 10,000,000 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a price of $0.50 per Private Placement Warrant to its sponsor, WinVest SPAC LLC (the “Sponsor”), generating gross proceeds of $5,000,000 (such sale, the “Private Placement”).

 

Each Private Placement Warrant entitles the holders to purchase one-half of one share of Common Stock at a price of $11.50 per whole share, subject to adjustment. The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants.

 

On September 23, 2021, the underwriters fully exercised the over-allotment option and purchased an additional 1,500,000 Units (the “Over-Allotment Units”), generating gross proceeds of $15,000,000 on September 27, 2021. Simultaneously with the sale of Over-Allotment Units, the Company consummated a private sale of an additional 900,000 Private Placement Warrants (the “Additional Private Placement Warrants”) to the Sponsor at a purchase price of $0.50 per Private Placement Warrant, generating gross proceeds of $450,000. As of September 27, 2021, a total of $116,150,000 of the net proceeds from the IPO and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants and the Additional Private Placement Warrants were deposited in a Trust Account (as defined below) established for the benefit of the Company’s public stockholders.

 

Following the closing of the IPO on September 17, 2021, and the underwriters’ exercise of their over-allotment option in full on September 23, 2021, an aggregate amount of $116,150,000 from the IPO and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants was placed in a trust account in the United States maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee (the “Trust Account”). The funds held in the Trust Account will be invested only in United States “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”) having a maturity of 185 days or less, or in money market funds meeting the applicable conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act and that invest solely in U.S. treasuries, so that we are not deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account that may be released to us to pay our income or other tax obligations, the proceeds will not be released from the Trust Account until the earlier of the completion of our Initial Business Combination or our redemption of 100% of the outstanding public shares if we have not completed an Initial Business Combination in the required time period. Any amounts not paid as consideration to the sellers of the target business may be used to finance operations of the target business.

 

 

No compensation of any kind (including finders’, consulting or other similar fees) will be paid to any of our existing officers, directors, stockholders, or any of their affiliates, prior to, or for any services they render in order to effectuate, the consummation of the Initial Business Combination (regardless of the type of transaction that it is). However, such individuals will receive reimbursement for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with activities on our behalf, such as identifying potential target businesses, performing business due diligence on suitable target businesses and business combinations as well as traveling to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses to examine their operations. Since the role of present management after our Initial Business Combination is uncertain, we have no ability to determine what remuneration, if any, will be paid to those persons after our Initial Business Combination.

 

Management intends to use the excess working capital available for miscellaneous expenses such as paying fees to consultants to assist us with our search for a target business and for director and officer liability insurance premiums, with the balance being held in reserve in the event due diligence, legal, accounting and other expenses of structuring and negotiating business combinations exceed our estimates, as well as for reimbursement of any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by our insiders, officers and directors in connection with activities on our behalf as described below.

 

The allocation of the net proceeds available to us outside of the Trust Account, along with the interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account available to us to pay our income and other tax liabilities, represents our best estimate of the intended uses of these funds. If our assumptions prove to be inaccurate, we may reallocate some of such proceeds within the above-described categories. If our estimate of the costs of undertaking due diligence and negotiating our Initial Business Combination is less than the actual amount necessary to do so, or the amount of interest available to us from the Trust Account is insufficient based on prevailing interest rates, we may be required to raise additional capital, the amount, availability and cost of which is currently unascertainable. In this event, we could seek such additional capital through loans or additional investments from our Sponsor or third parties, Our Sponsor and/or founding stockholders may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. Such loans would be evidenced by promissory notes that would either be paid upon consummation of our Initial Business Combination, or, at such lender’s discretion. However, our Sponsor and/or founding stockholders are under no obligation to loan us any funds or invest in us. If we are unable to obtain the necessary funds, we may be forced to cease searching for a target business and liquidate without completing our Initial Business Combination.

 

We will likely use substantially all of the net proceeds of the IPO, the Private Placement and the sale of the Additional Private Placement Warrants, including the funds held in the Trust Account, in connection with our Initial Business Combination and to pay our expenses relating thereto, including the deferred underwriting discounts and commissions payable to the underwriters in an amount equal to 3.5% of the total gross proceeds raised in the offering upon consummation of our Initial Business Combination. To the extent that our capital stock is used in whole or in part as consideration to effect our Initial Business Combination, the proceeds held in the Trust Account which are not used to consummate an Initial Business Combination will be disbursed to the combined company and will, along with any other net proceeds not expended, be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business. Such working capital funds could be used in a variety of ways including continuing or expanding the target business’ operations, for strategic acquisitions.

  

 

We will have until December 17, 2022, 15 months from the closing of the IPO, to consummate our Initial Business Combination. However, if we anticipate that we may not be able to consummate our Initial Business Combination within 15 months, we may, by resolution of our board of directors if requested by our Sponsor, extend the period of time to consummate an Initial Business Combination up to two times, each by an additional three months (for a total of up to 21 months to complete an Initial Business Combination), subject to the deposit of additional funds into the Trust Account by our Sponsor or its affiliates or designees as set out below. Our stockholders will not be entitled to vote or redeem their shares in connection with any such extension. Pursuant to the terms of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, in order for the time available for us to consummate our Initial Business Combination to be extended, our Sponsor or its affiliates or designees, upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable deadline, must deposit into the Trust Account $1,150,000 ($0.10 per unit, up to an aggregate of $2,300,000), on or prior to the date of the applicable deadline, for each three month extension. Any such payments would be made in the form of a non-interest-bearing loan and would be repaid, if at all, from funds released to us upon completion of our Initial Business Combination. In the event that we receive notice from our Sponsor five days prior to the applicable deadline of its wish for us to effect an extension, we intend to issue a press release announcing such intention at least three days prior to the applicable deadline. In addition, we intend to issue a press release the day after the applicable deadline announcing whether or not the funds had been timely deposited. Our Sponsor is not obligated to fund the Trust Account to extend the time for us to complete our Initial Business Combination. If we are unable to consummate an Initial Business Combination within such time period, we will, as promptly as possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem 100% of our outstanding public shares for a pro rata portion of the funds held in the Trust Account, including a pro rata portion of any interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account (less taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest to pay our dissolution expenses), and then seek to dissolve and liquidate. However, we may not be able to distribute such amounts as a result of claims of creditors which may take priority over the claims of our public stockholders. In the event of our dissolution and liquidation, the Rights and Public Warrants will expire and will be worthless.

 

To the extent we are unable to consummate an Initial Business Combination, we will pay the costs of liquidation from our remaining assets outside of the Trust Account. If such funds are insufficient, our Sponsor has agreed to pay the funds necessary to complete such liquidation and has agreed not to seek repayment of such expenses.

 

Risks and Uncertainties

 

Management continues to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia-Ukraine war on the economy and the capital markets and has concluded that, while it is reasonably possible that such events could have negative effects on the Company’s financial position, results of its operations, and/or search for a target company, the specific impacts are not readily determinable as of the date of these financial statements. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of these uncertainties

 

Going Concern and Management Liquidity Plans

 

As of September 30, 2022, we had $216,246 in cash available in our operating bank account and working capital of $402,519. Our liquidity needs prior to the consummation of the IPO had been satisfied through proceeds from advances from a related party, our Sponsor, and from the issuance of common stock. Subsequent to the consummation of the IPO, liquidity was satisfied through the net proceeds from the consummation of the IPO and the proceeds from the Sponsor’s purchase of Company Private Placement Warrants held outside of our Trust Account. For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, net loss was $90,477 and cash used in operating activities was $393,693 mainly due to cash paid for professional services, including legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance expenses. We intend to use our operating cash held outside the Trust Account primarily to identify and evaluate target businesses, perform business due diligence on prospective target businesses, travel to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses or their representatives or owners, review corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, structure, negotiate and complete an Initial Business Combination. We believe we will not have sufficient liquidity with our current resources through the twelve months from the issuance of these financial statements. In addition, we currently have a mandatory liquidation date of December 17, 2022. Based on these circumstances, management has determined that these conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements have been prepared on the basis that the Company will continue as a going concern, which assumes the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business.

 

As of September 30, 2022, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from March 1, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2022 related to the Company’s formation, the IPO, and its search for a target company. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of its Initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company generates non-operating income in the form of interest income on cash and cash equivalents from the proceeds derived from its IPO. The Company’s ability to commence operations is contingent upon consummating an Initial Business Combination. The Company has until December 17, 2022, 15 months from the closing of its IPO, to consummate its Initial Business Combination. The Company will not be able to consummate its Initial Business Combination by December 17, 2022.

 

Management’s plan to address the December 17, 2022 liquidation is to seek stockholder approval for, and to file, an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation. Pursuant to a definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on November 8, 2022, the Company is proposing to amend its amended and restated certificate of incorporation to extend the date (the “Termination Date”) by which the Company has to consummate an Initial Business Combination from the original Termination Date of December 17, 2022 to January 17, 2023 (the “Charter Extension Date”) upon the deposit into the Trust Account of $125,000, to be loaned to the Company by the Sponsor or one or more of its affiliates, members or third-party designees, and to allow the Company, without another stockholder vote, to elect to extend the Termination Date on a monthly basis for up to five times by an additional one month each time after the Charter Extension Date (each, an “Additional Extension”), by resolution of the Company’s board of directors, if requested by the Company’s Sponsor, and upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable Termination Date, until June 17, 2023, or a total of up to six months after December 17, 2022, unless the closing of an Initial Business Combination shall have occurred prior thereto, subject to the deposit of an additional $125,000 per Additional Extension into the Trust Account by the Sponsor or its affiliates, members or third-party designees.