PicoCELA

General Information
Business:

We are engaged in manufacturing, installation, and services for enterprise wireless mesh solutions. (Incorporated in Japan)

We derive our revenues mainly from two sources: (1) sales of product equipment, and (2) SaaS, maintenance and others. Under the first revenue source, we develop mesh Wi-Fi access point devices, PCWL series, adopting our proprietary patented wireless mesh communication technology software PicoCELA Backhaul Engine (“PBE”), which enables wireless Wi-Fi and mesh communication by linking a chain of multiple wireless Wi-Fi access points by radio communication not by cabling. We outsource the manufacturing of PCWL series, our mesh Wi-Fi access point devices incorporating the technology, and sell PCWL series both through distributors and to end customers directly. Under the second revenue source, we provide a cloud portal service in a SaaS model, which enables users to monitor connectivity and communication traffic at each of our mesh Wi-Fi access points. Our cloud portal service also serves as a platform for customers to install their proprietary edge-computing software into our mesh Wi-Fi access point devices. We also license our patented wireless mesh technology to third-party manufacturers which utilize our wireless mesh technology. Please see further details in Business starting at page 47 of this prospectus.

Our business is geographically concentrated. We operate solely in Japan and generate revenue from this market as of the date of this prospectus. Due to this geographic concentration, our results of operations and financial conditions are subject to greater risks from changes in general economic and other conditions in Japan, than the operations of more geographically diversified competitors. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business and Industry—Our business is geographically concentrated, which subjects us to greater risks from changes in local or regional conditions” and “Business.”

Some of the technologies used in our products are licensed from Kyushu University, and the termination of these licenses could have a material adverse effect on our business. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business and Industry—Some of the components used in our products are purchased from a limited number of sources. Some of the technologies we used are licensed from Kyushu University. The loss of any of these suppliers or licenses may cause us to incur additional transition costs, result in delays in the manufacturing and delivery of our products, or cause us to carry excess or obsolete inventory and could cause us to redesign our products” and “Business—Intellectual Property.”

We outsource the manufacturing of all hardware products, PCWL series, and our mesh Wi-Fi access points devices, and are therefore subject to certain risks if our third-party manufacturers do not provide our end-customers with the quality and performance that they expect from our products. As of the date of this prospectus, we maintain a stable relationship with our major manufacturers. While we may have certain contractual remedies against them, if any of our major manufacturers becomes unable or unwilling to continue to manufacture our PCWL series, such remedies may not be sufficient in scope, we may not be able to effectively enforce such remedies, and we may incur significant costs in enforcing such remedies. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business and Industry—We rely on third parties to manufacture our mesh Wi-Fi access points devices we offer and depend on them for the supply and quality of our products” and “Business—Manufacturing and Suppliers.”

Note: Net loss and revenue are in U.S. dollars for the 12 months that ended March 31, 2024.

(Note: PicoCELA filed its F-1 for its IPO –  2.0 million American Depositary Shares (ADS) at a price range of $4.00 to $6.00 to raise $10 million – on Oct. 31, 2024. The Tokyo-based company submitted confidential IPO documents on June 13, 2024.)

 

Industry: ELECTRIC LIGHTING & WIRING
Employees: 53
Founded: 2008
Contact Information
Address 2-34-5 Ningyocho, SANOS Building, Nihonbashi Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0013 Japan
Phone Number +81 03-6661-2780
Web Address https://picocela.com/en/
View Prospectus: PicoCELA
Financial Information
Market Cap $20.0mil
Revenues $4.80 mil (last 12 months)
Net Income $-4.13 mil (last 12 months)
IPO Profile
Symbol PCLA
Exchange NASDAQ
Shares (millions): 2.0
Price range $4.00 - $6.00
Est. $ Volume $10.0 mil
Manager / Joint Managers Benjamin Securities/Prime Number Capital
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Expected To Trade: 12/16/2024
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