---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-039956"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WATT"
cik: "0001575793"
company_name: "Energous Corp"
filed_at: "2024-02-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T23:04:23.029418+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Energous raises ~$1.7M net in registered direct offering of common, pre-funded warrants, and warrants

## Summary
- Gross proceeds $2.0M; net proceeds ~$1.7M after fees; offering price $1.96 per share/unit.
- Offering comprises 570,000 common shares, 450,409 pre-funded warrants ($0.001 exercise), and 1,020,409 warrants ($1.84 exercise, 5-yr term).
- Proceeds earmarked for working capital, R&D, potential acquisitions, regulatory activities, and business development.
- Roth Capital served as exclusive placement agent; closing occurred on February 20, 2024.
- Warrants are immediately exercisable upon issuance and expire five years from issuance date.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-039956
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WATT
- cik: 0001575793
- company_name: Energous Corp
- filed_at: 2024-02-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1575793/000119312524039956/0001193125-24-039956-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1575793/000119312524039956/d755387d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Energous Corp entered into Purchase Agreement with an institutional investor valued at approximately $1.7 million (effective 2024-02-15).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: equity purchase
  - Counterparty: an institutional investor
  - Value: approximately $1.7 million
  - Effective: 2024-02-15
  source text: On February 15, 2024, Energous Corporation (the “Company”) entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with an institutional investor, providing for the issuance and sale by the Company, in a registered direct offering (the “Offering”), of (i) 570,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.00001 (“Common Stock”), (ii) pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 450,409 shares of Common Stock (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”), and (iii) warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,020,409 shares of Common Stock (the “Warrants”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1575793/000119312524039956/0001193125-24-039956-index.htm

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