---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-006807"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BNZI"
cik: "0001826011"
company_name: "Banzai International, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-02-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T02:49:01.208412+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Banzai raises ~$1.6M net in new tranche of convertible note and warrant offering

## Summary
- Closed additional $2,333,333 senior secured note with 10% OID and 10% interest; net proceeds ~$1,599,168 after fees.
- Issued warrants to purchase 420,420 shares at $1.11; also granted Rodman & Renshaw warrants for 133,770 shares at $1.3875.
- Note matures Feb 13, 2027; monthly installments of $183,333 required starting after effective registration or Aug 1, 2025.
- Conversion price $1.11 with floor $0.2540; buyer limited to 4.99% beneficial ownership (up to 9.99% on notice).
- Proceeds for general corporate purposes and working capital; shares underlying note and warrants are registered on Form S-3.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-006807
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BNZI
- cik: 0001826011
- company_name: Banzai International, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-02-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1826011/000149315226006807/0001493152-26-006807-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1826011/000149315226006807/form8-k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Banzai International, Inc. entered into Purchase Agreement with an institutional investor valued at up to an aggregate original principal amount of $11,000,000 (effective 2025-06-27).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: equity purchase
  - Counterparty: an institutional investor
  - Value: up to an aggregate original principal amount of $11,000,000
  - Effective: 2025-06-27
  source text: Banzai International, Inc. (the “ Company ”) previously reported that it entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “ Purchase Agreement ”) on June 27, 2025, with an institutional investor (the “ Buyer ”) for the issuance and sale in a private placement (the “ Offering ”) of senior secured convertible notes of the Company, of up to an aggregate original principal amount of $11,000,000
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1826011/000149315226006807/0001493152-26-006807-index.htm

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