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ORGANIZATION AND LINE OF BUSINESS
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Organization and Line of Business

Organization

CleanSpark, Inc. (the "Company") was incorporated in the state of Nevada on October 15, 1987 as SmartData Corporation. SmartData conducted a 504 public offering in the State of Nevada in December 1987 and began trading publicly in January 1988. Due to a series of unfortunate events, including the untimely death of the founding CEO, SmartData discontinued active business operations in 1992.

 

On March 25, 2014, the Company entered into an Asset and Intellectual Property Purchase Agreement pursuant to which the Company acquired: (i) all Intellectual Property rights, title and interest in Patent # 8,105,401 'Parallel Path, Downdraft Gasifier Apparatus and Method' and Patent # 8,518,133 'Parallel Path, Downdraft Gasifier Apparatus and Method' and (ii) all of the Property rights, title and interest in a 32 inch Downdraft Gasifier ("Gasifier”) and (iii) assumed of $156,900 in liabilities.

 

In December 2014, the Company changed its name to Stratean Inc. through a short-form merger in order to better reflect the new business plan.

 

On July 1, 2016, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement, as amended (the “Purchase Agreement”), with CleanSpark Holdings LLC, CleanSpark LLC, CleanSpark Technologies LLC and Specialized Energy Solutions, Inc. (together, the “Seller”). Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company acquired CleanSpark, LLC and all the assets related to Seller and its line of business and assumed $200,000 in liabilities.

 

In October 2016, the Company changed its name to CleanSpark, Inc. through a short-form merger in order to better reflect the brand identity.

 

Line of Business

Through the acquisition of CleanSpark, LLC, the Company provides microgrid solutions to military, commercial and residential properties.

 

The services offered consist of turn-key microgrid implementation services, microgrid design and engineering, project development consulting services and solar photovoltaic installation and consulting. The work is performed under fixed price bid contracts, and negotiated price contracts. The Company performed all of its work in California during 2017.

 

The Company also continues to pursue the development of its gasification technologies for commercial deployment. The Company has been granted multiple patents protecting what it believes to be a breakthrough design for the next generation in waste-to-energy technology. The increased efficiency compared to existing solutions results in a significantly lower cost per watt of electricity produced. The Company has completed a commercial prototype and has completed preliminary testing and it is currently working with its manufacturing partners to improve durability and efficiency. Upon completion of product development, the Company intends to deploy its gasification solutions to the Company’s pipeline of commercial microgrid customers in order maximize the conversion of its customer waste streams into electricity.