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Banzai Reports Second Quarter 2025 Financial Results

Revenue of $3.3 Million for Q2 2025, Representing 205% Growth from Q2 2024

Gross Profit of $2.7 Million for Q2 2025, Representing 267% Growth from Q2 2024; Gross Margin Expanded to 83.0% in Q2 2025 a 1390 BPS Increase

Management to Host Second Quarter 2025 Results Conference Call Today, Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time

SEATTLE, Aug. 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Banzai International, Inc. (NASDAQ: BNZI) (“Banzai” or the “Company”), a leading marketing technology company that provides essential marketing and sales solutions, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2025.

Second Quarter 2025 and Subsequent Key Financial & Operational Highlights

  • Revenue of $3.3 million for Q2 2025, representing an increase of 205% over Q2 2024.
  • Gross profit of $2.7 million for Q2 2025, representing an increase of 267% over Q2 2024. Gross margin was 83.0% in Q2 2025, compared to 69.1% in Q2 2024.
  • Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) of $12.6 million for Q2 2025, representing an 182% increase in the same period year over year.
  • Cash balance was $2.3 million as of June 30, 2025.
  • Stockholder’s Equity increased to $3.2 million as of June 30, 2025, an increase of $35 million, compared to June 30, 2024.
  • Q2 2025 Net Loss was ($7.8) million, compared to ($4.0) million in Q2 2024.
  • Q2 2025 Adjusted EBITDA was ($1.5) million, compared to ($1.5) million in Q2 2024.
  • Secured an $11.0 million dollar debt facility with an institutional investor to support acquisitions and ongoing operations.
  • Appointed Dean Ditto as Chief Financial Officer, bringing over 30 years’ experience as a strategic financial leader with a track record of implementing critical business initiatives that drive profitable growth at both public and private companies.
  • Appointed Michael Kurtzman as Chief Revenue Officer, a veteran revenue and go-to-market executive, to scale Banzai’s leading video engagement, production, and webinar solutions.
  • Expanded customer base to over 140,000 total customers as of August 14, 2025.
  • Secured expanded agreements with RBC Capital Markets and other prominent enterprises for OpenReel.

“The second quarter was highlighted by continued revenue momentum, key additions to our leadership team, and a strengthened balance sheet as we move into our next phase of growth," said Joe Davy, Founder and CEO of Banzai. “Our Vidello and OpenReel businesses and strong performance for our products continued to drive revenue to $3.3 million in the quarter, a 205% improvement from the prior year.

“Growth was driven by our focus on mid-market and enterprise customers, and on the Reach product through re-engineering and expanded sales efforts. In total, we now serve over 140,000 customers.

“We made significant improvements to our balance sheet and cost structure, which we believe will position us for sustainable profitability in the future. Most recently we secured new debt financing of up to $11.0 million and ended Q2 with a cash balance of $2.3 million. With the investment in our Vidello acquisition, we further improved our financial position and flexibility with a $35 million year over year improvement in stockholders’ equity to a positive $3.2 million as of June 30, 2025. We also implemented a strategic initiative that we expect will enable us to significantly improve net income, substantially extend our cash runway, and invest in growth. We are making significant progress toward these goals and expect overall improvement in net income when fully implemented, while maintaining our growth outlook.

“We have secured expanded agreements with several prominent enterprises including RBC Capital Markets for our OpenReel solution, further cementing OpenReel’s position as a leading digital video creation platform for enterprise marketing teams. These agreements further validate our expansion strategy in the enterprise and mid-market. We are seeing solid traction in the financial sector, where the OpenReel Creator tool gives global financial firms the ability to offer standardized branded video with personalization at scale for their wealth managers, partners, and other stakeholders.

“Operationally, we strengthened our management team with the recent additions of Dean Ditto as Chief Financial Officer and Michael Kurtzman as Chief Revenue Officer. Dean is a veteran financial and technology leader with strong capabilities in scaling public technology companies and driving profitable growth. Michael is a seasoned revenue and go-to-market executive with more than 20 years of global experience driving growth across startups, growth-stage ventures, and Fortune 50 companies. He is heading operations and customer-facing functions of leading video engagement, production, and webinar solutions including Demio, CreateStudio, and OpenReel. The primary objective of his role will be to increase revenue in the Video business unit to $50 million over the following three years.

“Looking ahead, we are focused on accelerating self-service subscriber growth, enterprise and mid-market expansion, and customer retention, while ensuring the continuous evolution of our product offerings. We are making strategic investments in our software platform, sales and marketing, product development, acquisition strategy and other organic growth initiatives, while managing costs efficiently. We are strengthening our capital structure and balance sheet to support future growth and create long term shareholder value,” concluded Davy.

Second Quarter 2025 Financial Results

Banzai believes its non-GAAP financial measure ARR is more meaningful in evaluating its performance. The Company’s management team evaluates its financial and operating results utilizing this non-GAAP measure. For the three months ending June 30, 2025, ARR was $12.6 million, representing a 182% annualized ARR increase.

Total revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2025, was $3.3 million, an increase of 205% compared to the prior year quarter.

Total cost of revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2025 was $0.6 million, compared to $0.3 million in the prior year quarter, an increase of 68%. The increase was proportional to the revenue for the corresponding period.

Gross profit for the three months ended June 30, 2025, was $2.7 million, compared to $0.7 million in the prior year quarter. Gross margin was 83.0% in the second quarter of 2025, compared to 69.1% in the second quarter of 2024.

Total operating expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2025, were $7.4 million, compared to $4.1 million in the prior year quarter. The increase in operating expenses were primarily due to the additions of OpenReel and Vidello and overall operating expenses.

Net loss for the three months ended June 30, 2025, was $7.8 million, compared to $4.0 million in the prior year quarter.

Adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended June 30, 2025, was ($1.5) million, compared to Adjusted EBITDA of ($1.5) million for the prior year quarter.

First Half 2025 Financial Results

Total revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2025, was $6.6 million, an increase of 209% compared to the prior year period.

Total cost of revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2025 was $1.2 million, compared to $0.7 million in the prior year quarter, an increase of 63%. The increase was less than proportional to the revenue for the corresponding period, resulting in improved gross profit.

Gross profit for the six months ended June 30, 2025, was $5.5 million, compared to $1.4 million in the prior year period. Gross margin was 82.5% in the first half of 2025, compared to 66.9% in the first half of 2024.

Total operating expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2025, were $15.1 million, compared to $8.2 million in the prior year period. The increase in operating expenses were primarily due to the additions of OpenReel and Vidello and overall operating expenses.

Net loss for the six months ended June 30, 2025, was $11.4 million, compared to $8.2 million in the prior year period.

Adjusted EBITDA for the six months ended June 30, 2025, was ($3.7) million, compared to Adjusted EBITDA of ($3.5) million for the prior year period.

Net cash used in operating activities for the six months ended June 30, 2025, was $9.0 million, compared to $3.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024.

Cash totaled $2.3 million as of June 30, 2025, compared to $1.1 million as of December 31, 2024.

Annual Recurring Revenue (“ARR”) refers to annual run-rate revenue of subscription agreements from all customers in the last month of the measured period. These statements are forward-looking and actual ARR may differ materially. Refer to the “Forward-Looking Statements” section below for information on the factors that could cause Banzai’s actual ARR to differ materially from these forward-looking statements.

Second Quarter 2025 Results Conference Call

Banzai Founder & CEO Joe Davy and CFO Dean Ditto will host the conference call, followed by a question-and-answer session. The conference call will be accompanied by a presentation, which can be viewed during the webcast or accessed via the investor relations section of the Company’s website here.

To access the call, please use the following information:

Date: Thursday, August 14, 2025
Time: 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time (1:30 p.m. Pacific Time)
Webcast Registration: Banzai Q2 Financial Results Conference Call
   

A replay of the webcast and the presentation utilized during the call will be available in the Company’s investor relations section here.

Note About Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Adjusted EBITDA

In addition to our results determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP, we believe that Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP measure as defined below, is useful in evaluating our operational performance distinct and apart from certain irregular, non-cash, and non-operational expenses. We use this information for ongoing evaluation of operations and for internal planning purposes. We believe that non- GAAP financial information, when taken collectively with results under GAAP, may be helpful to investors in assessing our operating performance and comparing our performance with competitors and other comparable companies.

Non-GAAP measures should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. We endeavor to compensate for the limitation of Adjusted EBITDA, by also providing the most directly comparable GAAP measure, which is net loss, and a description of the reconciling items and adjustments to derive the non-GAAP measure.

Adjusted EBITDA should only be considered alongside results prepared in accordance with GAAP, including various cash-flow metrics, net income (loss) and our other GAAP results and financial performance measures.

Net Income/(Loss) to Adjusted EBITDA Reconciliation
  
($ in Thousands)   Six Months Ended
June 30,
2025
    Six Months Ended
June 30,
2024
    Period-over-
Period $
    Period-over-
Period %
 
Net loss   $ (11,437 )   $ (8,245 )   $ (3,192 )     38.7 %
Depreciation expense     547       3       544       18133.3 %
Stock based compensation     667       245       421       171.5 %
Interest expense           847       (847 )     -100.0 %
Interest expense - related party     895       963       (68 )     -7.1 %
Income tax expense     (157 )     6       (163 )     -2716.7 %
GEM commitment fee expense     -       200       (200 )     -100.0 %
Gain on extinguishment of liabilities     (4,489 )     (528 )     (3,961 )     750.2 %
Loss on debt issuance     443       171       272       159.1 %
Loss on issuance of term notes     1,769             1,769     nm  
Loss on Private Placement Issuance     837             837     nm  
Change in fair value of warrant liability     (12 )     (562 )     550       -97.9 %
Change in fair value of warrant liability - related party     2       (345 )     347       -100.6 %
Change in fair value of bifurcated embedded derivative liabilities - related party     62       -       62     nm  
Change in fair value of convertible notes     238       578       (340 )     -58.8 %
Change in fair value of term notes     316             316     nm  
Change in fair value of convertible bridge notes     (38 )           (38 )   nm  
Loss on yorkville sepa advances     747             747     nm  
Other expense, net     1,211       60       1,151       1918.3 %
Transaction related expenses*     4,677       3,175       1,502       47.3 %
Adjusted EBITDA (Loss)   $ (3,722 )   $ (3,492 )   $ (231 )     6.6 %
                                 

About Banzai

Banzai is a marketing technology company that provides AI-enabled marketing and sales solutions for businesses of all sizes. On a mission to help their customers grow, Banzai enables companies of all sizes to target, engage, and measure both new and existing customers more effectively. Banzai has over 140,000 customers including RBC, Dell Technologies, New York Life, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Thinkific, and ActiveCampaign. Learn more at www.banzai.io. For investors, please visit https://ir.banzai.io.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements often use words such as “believe,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “target,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “expect,” “should,” “would,” “propose,” “plan,” “project,” “forecast,” “predict,” “potential,” “seek,” “future,” “outlook,” and similar variations and expressions. Forward-looking statements are those that do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. Examples of forward-looking statements may include, among others, statements regarding Banzai International, Inc.’s (the “Company’s”): future financial, business and operating performance and goals; annualized recurring revenue and customer retention; ongoing, future or ability to maintain or improve its financial position, cash flows, and liquidity and its expected financial needs; potential financing and ability to obtain financing; acquisition strategy and proposed acquisitions and, if completed, their potential success and financial contributions; strategy and strategic goals, including being able to capitalize on opportunities; expectations relating to the Company’s industry, outlook and market trends; total addressable market and serviceable addressable market and related projections; plans, strategies and expectations for retaining existing or acquiring new customers, increasing revenue and executing growth initiatives; and product areas of focus and additional products that may be sold in the future. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of our control. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, and our actual results of operations, financial condition and liquidity and development of the industry in which the Company operates may differ materially from those made in or suggested by the forward-looking statements. Therefore, investors should not rely on any of these forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially include changes in the markets in which the Company operates, customer demand, the financial markets, economic, business and regulatory and other factors, such as the Company’s ability to execute on its strategy. More detailed information about risk factors can be found in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q under the heading “Risk Factors,” and in other reports filed by the Company, including reports on Form 8-K. The Company does not undertake any duty to update forward-looking statements after the date of this press release.

Investor Relations
Chris Tyson
Executive Vice President
MZ Group - MZ North America
949-491-8235
BNZI@mzgroup.us
www.mzgroup.us

Media
Nancy Norton
Chief Legal Officer, Banzai
media@banzai.io

 
BANZAI INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
 
    June 30, 2025     December 31, 2024  
    (Unaudited)        
ASSETS            
Current assets:            
Cash   $ 2,253,903     $ 1,087,497  
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of $74,108 and $24,210, respectively     809,482       936,321  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets     757,513       643,674  
Total current assets     3,820,898       2,667,492  
             
Property and equipment, net     10,703       3,539  
Intangible assets, net     8,635,827       3,883,853  
Goodwill     21,991,721       18,972,475  
Operating lease right-of-use assets     61,101       72,565  
Bifurcated embedded derivative asset - related party     1,000       63,000  
Deferred tax asset     140,644        
Other assets     13,984       11,154  
Total assets     34,675,878       25,674,078  
             
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT            
Current liabilities:            
Accounts payable     3,095,393       7,782,746  
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities     4,405,626       3,891,018  
Convertible notes - related party     8,425,943       8,639,701  
Convertible notes           215,057  
Convertible notes, carried at fair value     2,676,000        
Notes payable, carried at fair value     4,661,000       3,575,000  
Warrant liability     3,000       15,000  
Warrant liability - related party     4,600       2,300  
Private placement warrant liability     361,000        
Earnout liability     2,324,365       14,850  
Due to related party     167,118       167,118  
Deferred revenue     4,095,847       3,934,627  
Operating lease liabilities, current     24,250       22,731  
Total current liabilities     30,244,142       28,260,148  
             
Deferred revenue, non-current     115,725       117,643  
Deferred tax liability     1,120,218       10,115  
Operating lease liabilities, non-current     37,414       49,974  
Total liabilities     31,517,499       28,437,880  
             
Commitments and contingencies (Note 15)            
             
Stockholders' equity (deficit):            
Common stock, $0.0001 par value, 275,000,000 (250,000,000 Class A and 25,000,000 Class B) shares authorized and 2,478,587 (2,247,473 Class A and 231,114 Class B) and 819,516 (588,402 Class A and 231,114 Class B) issued and outstanding at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively     245       80  
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value, 75,000,000 shares authorized, 1 and 1 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024            
Additional paid-in capital     92,875,082       75,515,831  
Accumulated deficit     (89,716,948 )     (78,279,713 )
Stockholders' equity (deficit)     3,158,379       (2,763,802 )
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity (deficit)   $ 34,675,878     $ 25,674,078  
                 


BANZAI INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
 
    For the Three Months Ended June 30,     For the Six Months Ended June 30,  
    2025     2024     2025     2024  
Operating income:                        
Revenue   $ 3,262,250     $ 1,068,197     $ 6,641,333     $ 2,147,669  
Cost of revenue     554,515       330,008       1,160,514       711,388  
Gross profit     2,707,735       738,189       5,480,819       1,436,281  
                         
Operating expenses:                        
General and administrative expenses     7,112,803       4,109,234       14,545,891       8,208,022  
Depreciation and amortization expense     300,546       1,261       547,237       2,825  
Total operating expenses     7,413,349       4,110,495       15,093,128       8,210,847  
                         
Operating loss     (4,705,614 )     (3,372,306 )     (9,612,309 )     (6,774,566 )
                         
Other expenses (income):                        
GEM settlement fee expense                       200,000  
Interest income                 (2 )     (10 )
Interest expense           396,019             847,418  
Interest expense - related party     536,639       385,474       895,020       962,987  
Gain on extinguishment of liabilities     (145,221 )           (4,488,627 )     (527,980 )
Loss on debt issuance     169,200             443,000       171,000  
Loss on Private Placement Issuance     837,000             837,000        
Loss on extinguishment of term notes                 1,769,895        
Change in fair value of warrant liability     (8,000 )     (154,000 )     (12,000 )     (562,000 )
Change in fair value of warrant liability - related party           (230,000 )     2,300       (345,000 )
Change in fair value of bifurcated embedded derivative assets - related party     19,000             62,000        
Change in fair value of convertible notes     78,900       34,000       238,000       578,000  
Change in fair value of term notes     149,885             315,791        
Change in fair value of convertible bridge notes     (16,282 )           (37,996 )      
Yorkville prepayment premium expense           80,760             80,760  
Loss on Yorkville SEPA advances     362,613             747,137        
Other expenses, net     1,335,377       64,145       1,210,846       60,027  
Total other expenses, net     3,319,111       576,398       1,982,364       1,465,202  
Loss before income taxes     (8,024,725 )     (3,948,704 )     (11,594,673 )     (8,239,768 )
Income tax expense (benefit)     (230,969 )     6,624       (157,438 )     5,691  
Net loss   $ (7,793,756 )   $ (3,955,328 )   $ (11,437,235 )   $ (8,245,459 )
                         
Net loss per share                        
Basic and diluted   $ (4.08 )   $ (14.09 )   $ (7.24 )   $ (30.43 )
                         
Weighted average common shares outstanding                        
Basic and diluted     1,911,276       280,675       1,578,814       270,940  
                                 


BANZAI INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
 
    For the Six Months Ended June 30,  
    2025     2024  
Cash flows from operating activities:            
Net loss   $ (11,437,235 )   $ (8,245,459 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:            
Depreciation and amortization expense     547,237       2,825  
Provision for credit losses on accounts receivable     49,898       (2,191 )
Non-cash share issuance for marketing expenses           175,334  
Non-cash shares issued for consulting expenses     632,500        
Non-cash settlement of GEM commitment fee           200,000  
Discount at issuance on notes carried at fair value     578,000        
Non-cash share issuance for Yorkville redemption premium           80,760  
Non-cash interest expense           596,693  
Non-cash interest expense - related party     658,172       175,517  
Amortization of debt discount and issuance costs           68,459  
Amortization of debt discount and issuance costs - related party     (1,740 )     787,470  
Amortization of operating lease right-of-use assets     11,464       87,579  
Stock based compensation expense     1,092,690       245,488  
Gain on extinguishment of liability     (4,488,627 )     (527,980 )
Loss on debt issuance     443,000       171,000  
Loss on Private Placement Issuance     837,000        
Loss on extinguishment of term notes     1,769,895        
Change in fair value of warrant liability     (12,000 )     (562,000 )
Change in fair value of warrant liability - related party     2,300       (345,000 )
Change in fair value of bifurcated embedded derivative liabilities - related party     62,000        
Change in fair value of convertible promissory notes     238,000       578,000  
Change in fair value of term notes     315,791        
Change in fair value of convertible bridge notes     (37,996 )      
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:            
Accounts receivable     76,941       81,079  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets     (113,839 )     (180,343 )
Other assets     (2,830 )      
Accounts payable     (199,431 )     2,989,940  
Deferred revenue     (286,746 )     108,142  
Accrued expenses     162,104       (123,399 )
Operating lease liabilities     (11,041 )     (152,335 )
Earnout liability     448,476       (22,274 )
Deferred revenue - long-term     (1,918 )      
Deferred tax liability     (354,791 )      
Net cash used in operating activities     (9,022,726 )     (3,812,695 )
Cash flows from investing activities:            
Cash paid in acquisition of Vidello, net of cash acquired     (2,677,480 )      
Net cash used in investing activities     (2,677,480 )      
Cash flows from financing activities:            
Payment of GEM commitment fee promissory note     (215,057 )     (1,200,000 )
Repayment of convertible notes (Yorkville)     (3,640,000 )     (750,000 )
Proceeds from term notes, net of issuance costs     4,250,000        
Repayment of term notes     (5,932,690 )      
Partial repayment of convertible notes - related party     (870,190 )      
Proceeds from Yorkville redemption premium           35,040  
Proceeds from issuance of convertible notes, net of issuance costs     5,302,000       2,250,000  
Proceeds received for exercise of Pre-Funded warrants           866  
Proceeds from issuance of shares to Yorkville under the SEPA     13,592,753        
Proceeds from shares issued to Verista     49,800        
Proceeds from issuance of common stock and pre-funded warrants under private placement     329,996        
Proceeds from issuance of common stock           1,854,818  
Net cash provided by financing activities     12,866,612       2,190,724  
Net increase (decrease) in cash     1,166,406       (1,621,971 )
Cash at beginning of period     1,087,497       2,093,718  
Cash at end of period   $ 2,253,903     $ 471,747  
                 

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