---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001753926-26-000443"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CLRO"
cik: "0000840715"
company_name: "CLEARONE INC"
filed_at: "2026-03-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T21:15:53.333363+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ClearOne raises $1.75M via private placement of shares and warrants to largest stockholder

## Summary
- Issued 437,500 shares at $4.00/share and a 2-year warrant for 437,500 shares at $5.00/share to First Finance Ltd.
- Gross proceeds $1.75M; $500K available immediately, $1.25M conditional on reincorporation from Delaware to Nevada.
- Purchaser is an affiliate and largest stockholder; registration rights granted for resale of shares and warrant shares.
- Company restricted from incurring debt over $10K or entering material transactions without purchaser consent.
- Closing expected March 6, 2026; securities issued under Section 4(a)(2) and Rule 506(b) exemption.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001753926-26-000443
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CLRO
- cik: 0000840715
- company_name: CLEARONE INC
- filed_at: 2026-03-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/840715/000175392626000443/0001753926-26-000443-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/840715/000175392626000443/clro-20260305.htm

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## Key facts
- Equity Issuances
  CLEARONE INC issued 437,500 shares of common stock and a warrant to purchase up to 437,500 shares of common stock of unit to First Finance Ltd. for $4.00 per share of Common Stock for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,750,000.
  - Security: unit
  - Shares: 437,500 shares of common stock and a warrant to purchase up to 437,500 shares of common stock
  - Purchaser: First Finance Ltd.
  - Consideration: $4.00 per share of Common Stock for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,750,000
  source text: On March 2, 2026, ClearOne, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with First Finance Ltd., a California corporation (the “Purchaser”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell, in a private placement 437,500 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), at a purchase price of $4.00 per share of Common Stock (the “Offering”), and a warrant (the “Warrant”) to purchase up to 437,500 shares of Common Stock (the “Warrant Shares” and, together with the Shares and Warrant, the “Securities”), for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,750,000 to the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/840715/000175392626000443/0001753926-26-000443-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  CLEARONE INC entered into Securities Purchase Agreement with First Finance Ltd. valued at $1,750,000 (effective 2026-03-02).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: equity purchase
  - Counterparty: First Finance Ltd.
  - Value: $1,750,000
  - Effective: 2026-03-02
  source text: On March 2, 2026, ClearOne, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with First Finance Ltd., a California corporation (the “Purchaser”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell, in a private placement 437,500 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), at a purchase price of $4.00 per share of Common Stock (the “Offering”), and a warrant (the “Warrant”) to purchase up to 437,500 shares of Common Stock (the “Warrant Shares” and, together with the Shares and Warrant, the “Securities”), for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,750,000 to the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/840715/000175392626000443/0001753926-26-000443-index.htm

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