---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001495231-23-000032"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IZEA"
cik: "0001495231"
company_name: "IZEA Worldwide, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-03-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T09:11:27.110389+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# IZEA reports record FY2022 revenue up 37% to $41.1M, but Q4 revenue down 15% and net loss widens

## Summary
- FY2022 revenue $41.1M (+37% YoY); net loss $4.5M vs $3.1M loss prior year.
- Q4 2022 revenue $8.8M (-15% YoY); net loss $0.9M vs net income $0.3M in Q4 2021.
- Adjusted EBITDA for FY2022 $2.8M vs $3.1M; Q4 adjusted EBITDA -$0.3M vs +$0.5M.
- Cash and investments $70.0M, no long-term debt.
- Launched IZEA Flex and The Creator Marketplace; expanded sales to China and UK.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001495231-23-000032
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IZEA
- cik: 0001495231
- company_name: IZEA Worldwide, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-03-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495231/000149523123000032/0001495231-23-000032-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495231/000149523123000032/izea-20230330.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001495231-23-000032
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001495231-23-000032.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  IZEA Worldwide, Inc. reported financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2022.
  - Period: the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2022
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On March 30, 2023, IZEA Worldwide, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release disclosing the financial results for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495231/000149523123000032/0001495231-23-000032-index.htm

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