---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001698530-24-000088"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "XCUR"
cik: "0001698530"
company_name: "EXICURE, INC."
filed_at: "2024-08-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T09:45:01.281762+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Exicure Q2 2024 net loss $0.6M; cash only $0.5M, warns of insufficient funding and going concern

## Summary
- Cash and cash equivalents $0.5M at June 30, 2024, down from $0.8M at Dec 31, 2023.
- Net loss improved to $0.6M from $5.8M in Q2 2023, driven by cost cutting and $0.6M other income from product sample sales.
- Management states cash insufficient to fund operations; substantial additional financing needed in the very near term.
- Company halted all R&D in Sept 2022 and continues exploring strategic alternatives to maximize stockholder value.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001698530-24-000088
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: XCUR
- cik: 0001698530
- company_name: EXICURE, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-08-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698530/000169853024000088/0001698530-24-000088-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698530/000169853024000088/xcur-20240813.htm

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