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Jasper 8-K/A details Kira merger financials: FY2025 net loss $4.4M, going-concern doubt, $132M preferred financing
Jasper Therapeutics, Inc.
- Kira reported FY2025 net loss of $4.4M (vs $4.8M in FY2024); R&D expense fell to $0.9M from $2.8M and G&A was $1.5M.
- Auditor EisnerAmper cited substantial doubt about Kira's ability to continue as a going concern; accumulated deficit was $180.8M with only $0.6M cash at Dec 31, 2025.
- Concurrent private placement of non-voting convertible preferred stock raised $132.0M gross; Jasper must seek stockholder conversion vote within 120 days of the July 16, 2026 merger close.
- If conversion isn't approved in 12 months, holders can require Jasper to repurchase the preferred at fair value; the deal also includes contingent value rights and a Mirador License Agreement.
- Kira's Dec 31, 2025 balance sheet showed $1.1M total assets vs $8.9M liabilities, including $6.4M trade payables; a $3.95M loss on remeasurement of a related-party convertible note.