HeartBeam (BEAT) S-1IPO registration

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 10, 2023.

Registration Statement No. 333-        

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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HEARTBEAM, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

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2118 Walsh Avenue, Suite 210
Santa Clara, CA 95050
Telephone: 408-899-4443
(Address and telephone number of principal executive offices)

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Branislav Vajdic
Chief Executive Officer
HeartBeam, Inc.
2118 Walsh Avenue, Suite 210
Santa Clara, CA 95050
Telephone: 408-899-4443
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

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Copies to:

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Approximate Date of Commencement of Proposed Sale to the Public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box. ☒

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act ☐

The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. These securities may not be sold until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state or jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED FEBRUARY 10, 2023

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS

HeartBeam, Inc.

Shares of Common Stock

We are offering up to             shares of common stock, par value .0001 (the “Common Stock”) of HeartBeam, Inc. (the “Company” or “HeartBeam”) at a public offering price of $            per share. This is a “best efforts”. This offering will terminate on ________, 2023 unless we decide to terminate the offering prior to that date. We will have one closing for all the securities purchased in this offering.

Public Ventures, LLC (the “placement agent”) is the placement agent we have engaged to conduct this offering on a commercially reasonable “best efforts” offering basis, with no minimum amount. The placement agent may engage sub-placement agents to assist in the placement of the shares of Common Stock offered hereby. The placement agent is not purchasing or selling any shares of Common Stock offered by this prospectus, but it has agreed to use its commercially reasonable best efforts to find eligible purchasers for the shares of Common Stock offered hereby. While the offering is ongoing, investors may submit subscription agreements to the placement agent. Any funds paid by investors pursuant to the subscription agreements will be paid to and held in escrow pursuant to an escrow agreement with Delaware Trust Company, which will act as escrow agent, until the closing date of this offering. Subscriptions are irrevocable, and subscribers cannot withdraw their funds during the offering period. See “Plan of Distribution” for more details about the offering, the process of subscriptions, subscription agreements and the escrow arrangements.

Our Common Stock and warrants are currently listed on the NASDAQ, under the symbol “BEAT” and “BEATW”, respectively.

Investing in our securities is highly speculative and involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described under the heading “Risk Factors” beginning on page 13 of this prospectus before making a decision to purchase our securities.

NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

For a description of the other compensation to be received by the placement agent, please see “Plan of Distribution” beginning on page 24.

The delivery of the securities offered hereby is expected to be made on or about the termination date of the offering, which will be           , 2023, subject to satisfaction of certain customary closing conditions.

PUBLIC VENTURES, LLC

The date of this prospectus            , 2023.

ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

In this prospectus, unless the context suggests otherwise, references to “the Company,” “HeartBeam”, “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to HeartBeam, Inc.

This prospectus describes the specific details regarding this offering, the terms and conditions of the Shares being offered hereby and the risks of investing in the Company’s Common Stock. You should read this prospectus and the additional information about the Company described in the section entitled “Where You Can Find More Information” before making your investment decision.

Neither the Company, nor any of its officers, directors, agents, representatives or placement agents, make any representation to you about the legality of an investment in the Company’s Common Stock. You should not interpret the contents of this prospectus to be legal, business, investment or tax advice. You should consult with your own advisors for that type of advice and consult with them about the legal, tax, business, financial and other issues that you should consider before investing in the Company’s securities.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus and in any accompanying prospectus supplement. No one has been authorized to provide you with different or additional information. The shares of Common Stock are not being offered in any jurisdiction where the offer is not permitted. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of such documents.

TRADEMARKS AND TRADE NAMES

This prospectus includes trademarks that are protected under applicable intellectual property laws and are the Company’s property. This prospectus also contains trademarks, service marks, trade names and/or copyrights of other companies, which are the property of its owners. Solely for convenience, trademarks and trade names referred to in this prospectus may appear without the ® or ™ symbols, but such references are not intended to indicate, in any way, that the Company will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, its rights or the right of the applicable licensor to these trademarks and trade names.

INDUSTRY AND MARKET DATA

Unless otherwise indicated, information contained in this prospectus concerning the Company’s industry and the markets in which it operates, including market position and market opportunity, is based on information from management’s estimates, as well as from industry publications and research, surveys and studies conducted by third parties. The third-party sources from which the Company has obtained information generally state that the information contained therein has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, but the Company cannot assure you that this information is accurate or complete. The Company has not independently verified any of the data from third-party sources nor has it verified the underlying economic assumptions relied upon by those third parties. Similarly, internal company surveys, industry forecasts and market research, which the Company believes to be reliable, based upon management’s knowledge of the industry, have not been verified by any independent sources. The Company’s internal surveys are based on data it has collected over the past several years, which it believes to be reliable. Management estimates are derived from publicly available information, its knowledge of the industry, and assumptions based on such information and knowledge, which management believes to be reasonable and appropriate. However, assumptions and estimates of the Company’s future performance, and the future performance of its industry, are subject to numerous known and unknown risks and uncertainties, including those described under the heading “Risk Factors” in this prospectus and those described elsewhere in this prospectus, and the other documents the Company files with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, from time to time. These and other important factors could result in its estimates and assumptions being materially different from future results. You should read the information contained in this prospectus completely and with the understanding that future results may be materially different and worse from what the Company expects. See the information included under the heading “Forward-Looking Statements.”

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This prospectus contains forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements contain information about our expectations, beliefs or intentions regarding our product development and commercialization efforts, business, financial condition, results of operations, strategies or prospects, and other similar matters. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and assumptions about future events, which are inherently subject to uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict. These statements may be identified by words such as “expects,” “plans,” “projects,” “will,” “may,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “should,” “intends,” “estimates,” and other words of similar meaning.

These statements relate to future events or our future operational or financial performance, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, among other things, those listed under the section titled “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this prospectus, in any related prospectus supplement and in any related free writing prospectus.

Any forward-looking statement in this prospectus, in any related prospectus supplement and in any related free writing prospectus reflects our current view with respect to future events and is subject to these and other risks, uncertainties and assumptions relating to our business, results of operations, industry and future growth. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. No forward-looking statement is a guarantee of future performance. You should read this prospectus, any related prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus and the documents that we reference herein and therein and have filed as exhibits hereto and thereto completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from any future results expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements for any reason, even if new information becomes available in the future.

This prospectus, any related prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus also contain or may contain estimates, projections and other information concerning our industry, our business and the markets for our products, including data regarding the estimated size of those markets and their projected growth rates. Information that is based on estimates, forecasts, projections or similar methodologies is inherently subject to uncertainties and actual events or circumstances may differ materially from events and circumstances reflected in this information. Unless otherwise expressly stated, we obtained these industry, business, market and other data from reports, research surveys, studies and similar data prepared by third parties, industry and general publications, government data and similar sources. In some cases, we do not expressly refer to the sources from which these data are derived.

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RISK FACTORS

An investment in our securities involves substantial risks. In addition to other information in this prospectus, you should carefully consider the following risks and the risks described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 under the caption “Item 1A. Risk Factors,” as well as other information and data set forth in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein, before making an investment decision with respect to our securities. The occurrence of any of the following risks could materially and adversely affect our business, prospects, financial condition, and our results of operations, which could cause you to lose all or a part of your investment in our securities. Some statements in this prospectus, including statements in the following risk factors, constitute forward-looking statements. See “Forward-Looking Statements.”

Risks Related To Our Common Stock

The price of our Common Stock may be subject to wide fluctuations.

A consistently active trading market for our Common Stock does not exist and may not develop or be maintained. You may not be able to sell your shares quickly or at the current market price if trading in our stock is not active. You may lose all or a part of your investment. The market price of our Common Stock may be highly volatile and subject to wide fluctuations in response to a variety of factors and risks, many of which are beyond our control. In addition to the risks noted elsewhere in this prospectus, some of the other factors affecting our stock price may include:

•        variations in our operating results;

•        announcements by us or our competitors of significant contracts, acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures or capital commitments;

•        announcements by third parties of significant claims or proceedings against us;

•        future sales of our Common Stock;

•        any delay in our regulatory filings for our product and any adverse development or perceived adverse development with respect to the applicable regulatory authority’s review of such filings, including without limitation the FDA’s issuance of a “refusal to file” letter or a request for additional information;

•        adverse results or delays in clinical trials;

•        our decision to initiate a clinical trial, not to initiate a clinical trial or to terminate an existing clinical trial;

•        adverse regulatory decisions, including failure to receive regulatory approval of our product;

•        changes in laws or regulations applicable to our products, including but not limited to clinical trial requirements for approvals;

•        adverse developments concerning our manufacturers;

•        our inability to obtain adequate product supply for any approved product or inability to do so at acceptable prices;

•        our inability to establish collaborations if needed;

•        additions or departures of key scientific or management personnel;

•        introduction of new products or services offered by us or our competitors;

•        announcements of significant acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures or capital commitments by us or our competitors;

•        our ability to effectively manage our growth;

•        the size and growth of our initial target markets;

•        our ability to successfully treat additional types of indications or at different stages;

•        actual or anticipated variations in quarterly operating results;

•        our cash position;

•        our failure to meet the estimates and projections of the investment community or that we may otherwise provide to the public;

•        publication of research reports about us or our industry, or positive or negative recommendations or withdrawal of research coverage by securities analysts;

•        changes in the market valuations of similar companies;

•        overall performance of the equity markets;

•        sales of our Common Stock by us or our stockholders in the future;

•        trading volume of our Common Stock;

•        changes in accounting practices;

•        ineffectiveness of our internal controls;

•        disputes or other developments relating to proprietary rights, including patents, litigation matters and our ability to obtain patent protection for our or our licensee’s technologies;

•        significant lawsuits, including patent or stockholder litigation;

•        general political and economic conditions; and

•        other events or factors, many of which are beyond our control.

The offering price of our Common Stock may not be indicative of the value of our assets or the price at which shares can be resold. The offering price of the Shares may not be an indication of our actual value.

The offering price of per share of our Common Stock was determined based upon negotiations between the Company and the placement agent. Factors taken into consideration include the trading volume of our Common Stock prior to this offering, the historical prices at which our shares of Common Stock have recently traded, the history and prospects of our Company, the stage of development of our business, our business plans for the future and the extent to which they have been implemented, an assessment of our management, general conditions of the securities markets at the time of the offering, and such other factors as were deemed relevant. No assurance can be given that the securities underlying our Common Stock can be resold at the public offering price.

For these reasons, comparing our operating results on a period-to-period basis may not be meaningful, and you should not rely on past results as an indication of future performance. In the past, following periods of volatility in the market price of a public company’s securities, securities class action litigation has often been instituted against the public company. Regardless of its outcome, this type of litigation could result in substantial costs to us and a likely diversion of our management’s attention. You may not receive a positive return on your investment when you sell your shares and you may lose the entire amount of your investment.

If securities or industry analysts do not publish research or publish inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, our stock price and trading volume could decline.

The trading market for our Common Stock will depend in part on the research and reports that securities or industry analysts publish about us or our business. Securities and industry analysts do not currently, and may never, publish research on our Company. If no securities or industry analysts commence coverage of our Company, the trading price for our stock would likely be negatively impacted. In the event securities or industry analysts initiate coverage, if one or more of the analysts who covers us downgrades our stock or publishes inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, our stock price may decline. If one or more of these analysts ceases coverage of our Company or fails to publish reports on us regularly, demand for our stock could decrease, which might cause our stock price and trading volume to decline.

We may, in the future, issue additional shares of Common Stock, Warrants or Preferred Stock, which would reduce investors’ percent of ownership and dilute our share value

Our Certificate of Incorporation authorizes the issuance of 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock and 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock. As of September 30, 2022, there are outstanding 8,000,870 shares of Common Stock and zero shares of Preferred Stock.

Our need for future financing may result in the issuance of additional securities which will cause investors to experience dilution.

Our cash requirements may vary from those now planned depending upon numerous factors, including the result of future research and development activities, our ability to estimate future expenses and acceptance of our products in the market.

While the proceeds derived from the sale of the shares in this offering, according to our plans, will be enough to fund commercialization of the ED Product, they will not provide us with sufficient working capital to fund commercialization of our telehealth Product. There are no commitments for future financing of the commercial phase of our telehealth Product and other future products. Though we believe a successful ED Product introduction will be a significant value creation event for us, our securities may be offered to other investors at a price lower than the price per share offered to the investors in the offering, or upon terms which may be deemed more favorable than offered hereunder. In addition, the issuance of securities in this offering as well as any future financing using our securities may dilute an investor’s equity ownership. Moreover, we may issue derivative securities, including options and/or warrants, from time to time, to procure qualified personnel or for other business reasons. The issuance of any such derivative securities, which is at the discretion of our board of directors, may further dilute the equity ownership of our stockholders, including the investors in this offering. No assurance can be given as to our ability to procure additional financing, if required, and on terms deemed favorable to us. To the extent additional capital is required and cannot be raised successfully, we may then have to limit our then current operations and/or may have to curtail certain, if not all, of our business objectives and plans.

If our shares become subject to the penny stock rules, it would become more difficult to trade our shares.

The SEC has adopted rules that regulate broker-dealer practices in connection with transactions in penny stocks. Penny stocks are generally equity securities with a price of less than $5.00, other than securities registered on certain national securities exchanges or authorized for quotation on certain automated quotation systems, provided that current price and volume information with respect to transactions in such securities is provided by the exchange or system. If the price of our Common Stock is less than $5.00, our Common Stock will be deemed a penny stock. The penny stock rules require a broker-dealer, before a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from those rules, to deliver a standardized risk disclosure document containing specified information. In addition, the penny stock rules require that before effecting any transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from those rules, a broker-dealer must make a special written determination that the penny stock is a suitable investment for the purchaser and receive (i) the purchaser’s written acknowledgment of the receipt of a risk disclosure statement; (ii) a written agreement to transactions involving penny stocks; and (iii) a signed and dated copy of a written suitability statement. These disclosure requirements may have the effect of reducing the trading activity in the secondary market for our Common Stock, and therefore shareholders may have difficulty selling their shares.

Liability of directors for breach of duty is limited under Delaware law.

Our certificate of incorporation limits the liability of directors to the maximum extent permitted by Delaware law. Delaware law provides that directors of a corporation will not be personally liable for monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duties as directors, except for liability for any:

•        breach of their duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders;

•        act or omission not in good faith or that involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;

•        unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions as provided in Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law; or

•        transaction from which the directors derived an improper personal benefit.

These limitations of liability do not apply to liabilities arising under the federal or state securities laws and do not affect the availability of equitable remedies such as injunctive relief or rescission.

Our bylaws provide that we will indemnify for our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by law, and may indemnify employees and other agents. Our bylaws also provide that we are obligated to advance expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of any action or proceeding.

Upon completion of this offering, we intend to obtain a policy of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance.

We plan to enter into separate indemnification agreements with our directors and officers. These agreements, among other things, require us to indemnify our directors and officers for any and all expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, witness fees, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees) judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such directors or officers or on his or her behalf in connection with any action or proceeding arising out of their services as one of our directors or officers, or any of our subsidiaries or any other company or enterprise to which the person provides services at our request provided that such person follows the procedures for determining entitlement to indemnification and advancement of expenses set forth in the indemnification agreement. We believe that these bylaw provisions and indemnification agreements are necessary to attract and retain qualified persons as directors and officers.

The limitation of liability and indemnification provisions in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws may discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against directors for breach of their fiduciary duties. They may also reduce the likelihood of derivative litigation against directors and officers, even though an action, if successful, might provide a benefit to us and our stockholders. Our results of operations and financial condition may be harmed to the extent we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against directors and officers pursuant to these indemnification provisions.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling us, we have been informed that, in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

At present, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving any of our directors or officers as to which indemnification is required or permitted, and we are not aware of any threatened litigation or proceeding that may result in a claim for indemnification.

We do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our Common Stock in the foreseeable future and, as such, capital appreciation, if any, of our Common Stock will be your sole source of gain for the foreseeable future.

We do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our Common Stock in the foreseeable future. We currently intend to retain all available funds and any future earnings to fund the development and growth of our business. In addition, and any future loan arrangements we enter into may contain, terms prohibiting or limiting the amount of dividends that may be declared or paid on our Common Stock. As a result, capital appreciation, if any, of our Common Stock will be your sole source of gain for the foreseeable future.

Risks Related to this Offering

We are an “emerging growth company,” and any decision on our part to comply with certain reduced disclosure requirements applicable to emerging growth companies could make our Common Stock less attractive to investors.

We are an “emerging growth company” as defined in the JOBS Act, and, for as long as we continue to be an emerging growth company, we may choose to take advantage of exemptions from various reporting requirements applicable to other public companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, not being required to comply with any new requirements adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the “PCAOB”), requiring mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report in which the auditor would be required to provide additional information about the audit and the financial statements of the issuer, not being required to comply with any new audit rules adopted by the PCAOB after April 5, 2012 unless the SEC determines otherwise, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements

of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. We could remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of: (i) the last day of the fiscal year in which we have total annual gross revenues of $1.235 billion or more; (ii) the last day of our fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the date of our first sale of common equity securities pursuant to an effective registration statement; (iii) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in nonconvertible debt during the previous three years; or (iv) the date on which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer. We cannot predict if investors will find our Common Stock less attractive if we choose to rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our Common Stock less attractive as a result of any choices to reduce future disclosure, there may be a less active trading market for our Common Stock and our stock price may be more volatile. Further, as a result of these scaled regulatory requirements, our disclosure may be more limited than that of other public companies and you may not have the same protections afforded to shareholders of such companies.

Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an emerging growth company can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), for complying with new or revised accounting standards. We have opted for taking advantage of the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards pursuant to Section 107(b) of the Jobs Act.

We have identified weaknesses in our internal controls, and we cannot provide assurances that these weaknesses will be effectively remediated or that additional material weaknesses will not occur in the future.

As a public company, we will be subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. We expect that the requirements of these rules and regulations will continue to increase our legal, accounting and financial compliance costs, make some activities more difficult, time consuming and costly, and place significant strain on our personnel, systems and resources.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires, among other things, that we maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures, and internal control over financial reporting.

We do not yet have effective disclosure controls and procedures, or internal controls over all aspects of our financial reporting. We are continuing to develop and refine our disclosure controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we will file with the SEC is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms. Our management has deemed certain conditions to be material weaknesses and significant deficiencies in our internal controls. For example, we failed to employ a sufficient number of staff to maintain optimal segregation of duties and to provide optimal levels of oversight. Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over our financial reporting, as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act. We will be required to expend time and resources to further improve our internal controls over financial reporting, including by expanding our staff. However, we cannot assure you that our internal control over financial reporting, as modified, will enable us to identify or avoid material weaknesses in the future.

Our current controls and any new controls that we develop may become inadequate because of changes in conditions in our business, including increased complexity resulting from our international expansion. Further, weaknesses in our disclosure controls or our internal control over financial reporting may be discovered in the future. Any failure to develop or maintain effective controls, or any difficulties encountered in their implementation or improvement, could harm our operating results or cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations and may result in a restatement of our financial statements for prior periods. Any failure to implement and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting could also adversely affect the results of management reports and independent registered public accounting firm audits of our internal control over financial reporting that we will eventually be required to include in our periodic reports that will be filed with the SEC. Ineffective disclosure controls and procedures, and internal control over financial reporting could also cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial and other information, which would likely have a negative effect on the market price of our Common Stock.

We are not currently required to comply with the SEC rules that implement Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and are therefore not required to make a formal assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting for that purpose. As a public company, we will be required to provide an annual management report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting commencing with our second annual report on Form 10-K. Our independent registered public accounting firm is not required to audit the effectiveness of our internal

control over financial reporting until after we are no longer an “emerging growth company” as defined in the JOBS Act. At such time, our independent registered public accounting firm may issue a report that is adverse in the event it is not satisfied with the level at which our internal control over financial reporting is documented, designed or operating.

Any failure to maintain effective disclosure controls and internal control over financial reporting could have a material and adverse effect on our business and operating results, and cause a decline in the market price of our Common Stock.

Future sales of a substantial number of our Common Stock by our existing shareholders could cause our stock price to decline.

Prior to the consummation of this offering, as of September 30, 2022 we have 8,000,870 shares of our Common Stock outstanding. Upon consummation of this offering we have agreed to issue up to             shares of our Common Stock, assuming the full amount of the shares being offered are sold. We have also filed a registration statement for $13M under an ATM as a stand-alone. All of the shares sold in this offering will be eligible for sale in the public markets upon closing. It is conceivable that many shareholders may wish to sell some or all of their shares. If our shareholders sell substantial amounts of our Common Stock in the public market at the same time, the market price of our Common Stock could decrease significantly due to an imbalance in the supply and demand of our Common Stock. Even if they do not actually sell the Common Stock, the perception in the public market that our shareholders might sell significant Common Stock could also depress the market price of our Common Stock.

Future sales and issuances of our Common Stock or rights to purchase Common Stock, including pursuant to our equity incentive plans and outstanding warrants could result in additional dilution of the percentage ownership of our stockholders and could cause our stock price to fall.

We expect that significant additional capital may be needed in the future to continue our planned operations, including conducting clinical trials, commercialization efforts, expanded research and development activities and costs associated with operating a public company. To raise capital, we may sell Common Stock, convertible securities or other equity securities in one or more transactions at prices and in a manner we determine from time to time. If we sell Common Stock, convertible securities or other equity securities, investors may be materially diluted by subsequent sales. Such sales may also result in material dilution to our existing stockholders, and new investors could gain rights, preferences and privileges senior to the holders of our Common Stock, including shares of Common Stock sold in this offering. Initially, the aggregate number of shares of our Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to stock awards under our 2022 Equity Plan 1,900,000 shares, as of September 30, 2022, 847,364 were available for issuance. Increases in the number of shares available for future grant or purchase may result in additional dilution, which could cause our stock price to decline.

The Company will have broad discretion in the use of the net proceeds from this offering and may fail to apply these proceeds effectively.

The Company’s management will have broad discretion in the application of the net proceeds of this offering, including using the proceeds to conduct operations, expand the Company’s business lines and for general working capital. The Company may also use the net proceeds of this offering to acquire or invest in complementary businesses, products, or technologies, or to obtain the right to use such complementary technologies. We have no commitments with respect to any acquisition or investment; however, we seek opportunities and transactions that management believes will be advantageous to the Company and its operations or prospects. We cannot specify with certainty the actual uses of the net proceeds of this offering. You may not agree with the manner in which our management chooses to allocate and spend the net proceeds. We may invest the net proceeds from this offering in a manner that does not produce income or that loses value. The failure by our management to apply these funds effectively could harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Although our Common Stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market, the exchange may subsequently delist our Common Stock if we fail to comply with ongoing listing standards.

Although our Common Stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market, the exchange will require us to meet certain financial, public float, bid price and liquidity standards on an ongoing basis in order to continue the listing of our Common Stock. If we fail to meet these continued listing requirements, our Common Stock may be subject to delisting. If our Common Stock are delisted and we are not able to list such Common Stock on another national securities exchange, we expect our securities would be quoted on an over-the-counter market; However, if this were to

occur, our stockholders could face significant material adverse consequences, including limited availability of market quotations for our Common Stock and reduced liquidity for the trading of our securities. In addition, in the event of such delisting, we could experience a decreased ability to issue additional securities and obtain additional financing in the future. Even though our Common Stock are listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market, there can be no assurance that an active trading market for our Common Stock will develop or be sustained after our initial listing.

You will experience immediate and substantial dilution as a result of this offering and may experience additional dilution in the future.

If you purchase shares of Common Stock in this offering, the value of your shares based on our actual book value will immediately be less than the price you paid. This reduction in the value of your equity is known as dilution. This dilution occurs in large part because our existing stockholders paid less than the assumed public offering price when they acquired their shares of Common Stock. Based upon the issuance and sale of            shares of Common Stock by us in this offering at a public offering price of $            per share, you will incur immediate dilution of in the net tangible book value per share of Common Stock. If outstanding options to purchase our Common Stock are exercised, investors will experience additional dilution. For more information, see “Dilution.”

This is a commercially reasonable “best efforts offering. We may sell fewer than all the securities offered hereby which may not be enough to properly fund the current financial requirements of the Company.

The placement agent has agreed to use its commercial reasonable best efforts to solicit offers to purchase the securities in this offering. The placement agent has no obligation to buy any of the securities from us or to arrange for the purchase or sale of any specific number or dollar amount of the securities. There is no required minimum number of securities that must be sold as a condition to completion of this offering. As there is no minimum offering amount required as a condition to the closing of this offering, the actual offering amount, placement agent fees and proceeds to us are not presently determinable and may be substantially less than the maximum amounts set forth above. Investors in this offering will not receive a refund in the event that we do not sell an amount of securities sufficient to pursue the business goals outlined in this prospectus. Also, any proceeds from the sale of securities offered by us will be available for our immediate use, despite uncertainty about whether we would be able to use such funds to effectively implement our business plan

Subscriptions by investors are irrevocable during the offering period.

Investors will make their subscriptions during the offering period that will end on ____, 2023, unless extended to a date not later than ___, 2023. Once the subscription agreement for the purchase of the securities offered hereby is submitted to the placement agent and the purchase price is paid to the escrow agent, the subscription is irrevocable. Subscription funds will only be returned to the investor if the offering is terminated prior to the closing by the Company in its sole discretion. The return of subscription funds, if that occurs, will be without interest or deduction, made by the escrow agent.

USE OF PROCEEDS

Assuming the sale of all of the shares in this offering, we estimate that the net proceeds from the sale of shares will be approximately $______. “Net proceeds” is what we expect to receive after deducting the placement agent fees and estimated offering expenses payable by us. However, because this is a best efforts offering with no minimum number of securities or amount of proceeds as a condition to closing, the actual offering amount, the placement agent’s fees and net proceeds to us are not presently determinable and may be substantially less than the maximum amounts set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, and we may not sell all or any of the securities we are offering. As a result, we may receive significantly less in net proceeds.

We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering to conduct operations, increase marketing efforts, and investments in our existing business initiatives and products, as well as general working capital. We anticipate budgeting approximately $            million, of the proceeds from the offering for conducting operations and for working capital.

We may also use a portion of the net proceeds of this offering to acquire or invest in complementary businesses, products, or technologies, or to obtain the right to use such complementary technologies. We have no commitments with respect to any acquisition or investment and is not currently involved in any negotiations with respect to any such transactions.

We currently intend to use the net proceeds from this offering as follows:

•        We anticipate budgeting approximately $             to fund our commercialization of HeartBeam AIMI;

•        We anticipate budgeting approximately $             to fund engineering and regulatory work for HeartBeam AIMIGo, to achieve FDA 510(k) submission of versions 1 and 2 of our telehealth product and to ready the product for limited market releases during 2023; and

•        the balance for working capital and general corporate purposes.

This expected use of the net proceeds from this offering represents our intentions based upon our current plans and business conditions.

As of the date of this prospectus, we cannot specify with certainty all of the particular uses for the net proceeds to be received upon the completion of this offering. The amounts and timing of its actual expenditures will depend on numerous factors, including the status of its product development efforts, sales and marketing activities, technological advances, amount of cash generated or used by its operations and competition. Accordingly, our management will have broad discretion in the application of the net proceeds and investors will be relying on the judgment of its management regarding the application of the proceeds of this offering.

We believe we will need to raise additional funding of approximately $            for commercialization of HeartBeam AIMIGo and ongoing development and commercialization of additional products utilizing our 3D VECG technology platform before becoming cash flow positive.

DILUTION

If you invest in our Common Stock in this offering, your ownership interest will be diluted to the extent of the difference between the assumed offering price per share of its Common Stock and the as adjusted net tangible book value per share of its Common Stock immediately after the offering. Historical net tangible book value per share represents the amount of the Company’s total tangible assets less total liabilities, divided by the number of shares of its Common Stock outstanding.

The historical net tangible book value (deficit) of our Common Stock as of            , 2022, was approximately $            or $            per share based upon shares of Common Stock outstanding on such date. Historical net tangible book value (deficit) per share represents the amount of its total tangible assets reduced by the amount of its total liabilities, divided by the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding.

After giving effect to the sale of all of the              of shares of Common Stock offered in this offering at an assumed public offering price of $            per share after deducting estimated placement agent fees and our estimated offering expenses, and after our pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value as of             , 2022 would have been $            or $            per share. This represents an immediate increase in net tangible book value of $            per share, to the existing stockholders, and an immediate dilution in net tangible book value of $            per share to new investors.

The following table illustrates this per share dilution of shares of Common Stock sold in this offering:

The information discussed above is illustrative only, and the dilution information following this offering will be adjusted based on the actual public offering price and other terms of this offering determined at pricing. A $            increase (decrease) in the assumed public offering price of $            per share would increase (decrease) the pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value by $            per share and increase the dilution to new investors by $             per share and decrease the dilution to new investors by $            per share, assuming the number of shares offered by us, as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, remains the same, and after deducting the estimated placement agent fees and estimated expenses payable by us. We may also increase or decrease the number of shares it is offering. An increase of            shares offered by it would increase the pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value by $            per share and decrease the dilution to new investors by $            per share, assuming the assumed public offering price of $            per share remains the same and after deducting the estimated placement agent fees and estimated expenses payable by us. Similarly, a decrease of            shares offered by us would decrease the pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value by $            per share and increase the dilution to new investors by $            per share, assuming the assumed public offering price of $            per share remains the same and after deducting the estimated placement agent fees and estimated expenses payable by us.

The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding is based on 8,000,870 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2022, and excludes the following:

•        2,101,921 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock options having a weighted average exercise price of $1.69 per share;

•        3,908,276 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding warrants having a weighted average exercise price of $5.43 per share;

���        847,364 shares of Common Stock reserved for future issuance under the Company’s 2022 Equity Plan

Except as otherwise indicated herein, all information in this prospectus assumes:

•        no exercise of the outstanding options or warrants described above; and

•        any Placement Agent Warrants issued to the placement agent as fees.

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

The following table sets forth certain information regarding our Common Stock, beneficially owned as of December 31, 2022 (i) each person known to the Company to beneficially own more than 5% of its Common Stock, (ii) each executive officer, director and director nominee and (iii) all officers, directors and director nominees as a group. The following table is based on the Company having 8,009,743 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2022. The Company calculated beneficial ownership according to Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended as of that date. Shares of the Company’s Common Stock issuable upon exercise of options or warrants or conversion of notes that are exercisable or convertible within 60 days after December 31, 2022 are included as beneficially owned by the holder, but not deemed outstanding for computing the percentage of any other stockholder for Percentage of Common Stock Beneficially Owned. For each individual and group included in the table below, percentage ownership is calculated by dividing the number of shares beneficially owned by such person or group by the sum of the 8,009,743 shares of Common Stock outstanding at December 31, 2022, plus the number of shares of Common Stock that such person or group had the right to acquire on or within 60 days after December 31, 2022. Beneficial ownership generally includes voting and dispositive power with respect to securities. Unless otherwise indicated below, the persons and entities named in the table have sole voting and sole dispositive power with respect to all shares beneficially owned.

____________

*        Less than 1 percent ownership

(1)      Includes (i) 65,653 shares acquired from the conversion of 2015 Convertible Notes and (ii) 101,522 options exercisable within 60 days after December 31, 2022. Does not include 107,568 unvested stock options and 73,529 unvested RSUs.

(2)      Includes (i) 794,545 shares acquired as founders equity, (ii) 115,559 shares acquired from the conversion of 2015 Convertible Notes, (iii) 97,229 options exercisable within 60 days after December 31, 2022, (iv) 35,000 BEATW exercisable warrants and (v) 5,818 four-year warrants acquired as a result of a short-term loan investment program. Does not include 261,771 unvested stock options.

(3)      Includes 16,504 options exercisable within 60 days after December 31, 2022. Does not include 27,496 unvested stock options and 55,147 unvested RSUs.

(4)      Includes (i) 9,000 units of shares and warrants purchased November 11, 2021, (ii) 9,000 BEATW exercisable warrants, (iii) 7,824 shares acquired from the conversion of 2015 Convertible Notes, and (iii) 29,135 options exercisable within 60 days after December 31, 2022. Does not include 14,500 unvested stock options and 55,147 unvested RSUs.

(5)      Includes (i) 101,818 shares acquired under the 2015 Incentive Plan (ii) 207,056 shares acquired from the conversion of 2015 Convertible Notes, (iii) 19,089 options exercisable within 60 days after December 31, 2022, (iv) 60,000 BEATW exercisable warrants and (v) 3,640 four-year warrants acquired as a result of a short-term loan investment program. Does not include (a) 24,547 unvested stock options, 55,147 unvested RSUs and (b) 43,636 unvested service warrants.

(6)      Includes (i) 77,725 shares acquired under the 2015 Incentive Plan, (ii) 5,000 shares and warrants purchased November 11, 2021, (iii) 15,000 BEATW exercisable warrants, (iv) 29,197 shares acquired from the conversion of 2015 Convertible Notes, (v) 21,667 options which vest within 60 days after December 31, 2022 and (vi) 1,455 four-year warrants acquired as a result of a short-term loan investment. Does not include 58,333 unvested stock options.

(7)      Includes (i) 23,976 shares acquired from the conversion of the 2015 Convertible Notes and (ii) 30,812 options exercisable within 60 days after December 31, 2022. Does not include 128,188 unvested stock options.

(8)      Does not include 80,000 unvested stock options.

(9)      Ionic Ventures is the beneficial owner and has the power to dispose and vote the shares beneficially owned, which power may be exercised by its managers, Mr. O’ Neil and Mr. Coulston, and includes (i) 403,522 shares purchased November 11, 2021 and (ii) 410,000 BEATW exercisable warrants.

(10)    Represents 517,272 shares acquired as founders equity.

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

We engaged Public Ventures, LLC (the “placement agent” or “Public Ventures”) to act as our exclusive placement agent to solicit offers to purchase the securities offered by this prospectus on a commercially reasonable best efforts basis. The placement agent may engage sub-placement agents to assist in the placement of the securities offered hereby. The placement agent is not obligated to purchase or sell any of the securities offered by this prospectus, but it has agreed to use its commercially reasonable “best efforts” to find eligible purchasers for the securities offered hereby. The placement agent and its affiliates and affiliates of the company may participate in the offering. There is no minimum offering amount required as a condition to the closing of this offering.

The offering price and other terms of this offering will be subject to market conditions and negotiations between the company and the placement agent. The placement agent will have no authority to bind the company to any sale of the securities offered by this prospectus. Investors will enter into a securities purchase agreement in the form attached as an exhibit to the Registration Statement of which this prospectus is a part, and they shall rely on this prospectus in connection with the purchase of our securities in this offering.

As a commercially reasonable “best efforts” offering, there can be no assurance that the offering contemplated hereby will ultimately be consummated or that the full amount of the securities offered will be sold. We also have the right to terminate the offering at any time in its discretion prior to the closing of the offering. In the event of a termination of the offering, investor funds will be promptly returned by the escrow agent to investors without interest or offset accordance with rules 10b-9 and 15c2-4 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

This offering will terminate on ________, 2023 unless we decide to terminate the offering prior to that date. We will have one closing for all the securities purchased in this offering. The public offering price per share will be fixed for the duration of this offering.

Fees and Expenses

We have agreed to pay Public Ventures a total cash fee equal to 6.8% of the aggregate gross proceeds of this offering. Public Ventures and/or its affiliates will purchase securities in the offering, on the exact same terms as all the other investors in the Offering, up to an amount equal to the cash fee, which will be calculated on the gross proceeds of the offering including the Public Ventures and affiliated persons’ purchase amount in the offering. The gross proceeds on which the cash fee is paid will include any amount that Public Ventures and its affiliates invest, and so as to fulfil this intention, the purchase by other investors may be reduced or rejected at the direction of Public Ventures with the agreement of the company. Public Ventures will be responsible for all its expenses in connection with this offering, including its legal fees. The company is responsible for all its costs and expenses associated with this offering, except those that FINRA regulation requires to be borne by a selling agent, placement agent or underwriter. Excluding the placement agent fees, we estimate the total offering expenses of this offering that will be payable by us will be approximately $____,000.

The following table summarizes the per share and total cash placement agent’s fees that the Company will pay to the placement agent in connection with the sale of the securities offered pursuant to this prospectus assuming a public offering price of $____ per share of Common Stock:

Placement Agent Warrants

In addition, we have agreed to issue to Public Ventures or its designees warrants to purchase up to 10% of the shares of Common Stock sold in the offering, with an exercise price of $            per share (representing 125% of the public offering price per share) and exercisable for five years from the date of the commencement of sales in this offering (the “Placement Agent Warrants”). The Placement Agent Warrants will be issued on the gross proceeds of the offering including Public Ventures’ and its affiliates’ purchase amount in the offering and will contain cashless exercise provisions, representations and warranties normal and customary for warrants issued to placement agents, registration rights, including one demand registration right and unlimited piggyback registration rights for a period of seven years after the effective date of the Registration Statement of which this prospectus is a part, and will not be callable or

terminable prior to the expiration date. The Placement Agent Warrants will be subject to any limitation imposed by FINRA regulations in respect of a public offering, including not being transferrable for six months after the effective date of the Registration Statement of which this prospectus is a part, except to other FINRA members, all as in full compliance with FINRA Rule 5110(e)(1).

Determination of Offering Price

The public offering price per share of Common Stock we are offering was negotiated between us and the placement agent based on the valuation of the company. Factors taken into consideration include the trading volume of our common stock prior to this offering, the historical prices at which our shares of common stock have recently traded, the history and prospects of our company, the stage of development of our business, our business plans for the future and the extent to which they have been implemented, an assessment of our management, general conditions of the securities markets at the time of the offering, and such other factors as were deemed relevant.

Subscriptions & Escrow

The securities are being offered will be sold in a single closing. Prior to the closing of this offering, (i) each participating investor in this offering will execute and deliver a Subscription Agreement (each, a “Subscription Agreement”) to the placement agent, that the placement agent will make available to the Company and Delaware Trust Company, as Escrow Agent (the “Escrow Agent”); (ii) each participating investor will transfer to a non-interest bearing deposit account maintained by the Escrow Agent (the “Escrow Account”) funds in an amount equal to the price per share as shown on the cover page of this prospectus multiplied by the number of shares subscribed by the participating investor; (iii) subscription funds received from any participating investor will be promptly transmitted to the Escrow Account in compliance with Rule 15c2-4 of the Exchange Act; and (iv) upon request of the Company or the placement agent, the Escrow Agent will notify the Company or the placement agent, as applicable, in writing of the balance of the Escrow Account (the “Investor Funds”).

Payments under a Subscription Agreement are required to be sent to the Escrow Agent in accordance with the terms of the Subscription Agreement. All payments must be made in United States currency by personal check, bank draft, cashier’s check, ACH, or federal funds wire transfer. All personal checks or cashier’s checks delivered to the Escrow Agent shall be made payable to “Delaware Trust Company, as Escrow Agent for HeartBeam, Inc.” In the event that the placement agent directly receives any payment from a participating investor in connection with the purchase of any securities, the payment will be transmitted to and deposited into the Escrow Account by the placement agent within one day after receipt. All subscription agreements and when funds are made are irrevocable.

The placement agent will record each Subscription Agreement in an electronic logbook which will be shared periodically with the company for verification purposes. Information contained within the electronic logbook will include the date of the subscription agreement, subscriber name, number of shares the subscriber agreed to purchase, and total payment amount to be sent to the Escrow Agent. The placement agent will perform accuracy checks to ensure each Subscription Agreement has been completed, signed, and successfully reflected on the electronic logbook.

A fully-executed Subscription Agreement is irrevocable, and may only be terminated in limited circumstances, including breach of terms of the Subscription Agreement, or by the placement agent if it believes that such investment compromises the integrity of the placement agent’s legal and contract obligations. Accordingly, subscribers cannot withdraw their funds during the offering period regardless of whether the price of the securities offered increases or decreases significantly between the time a Subscription Agreement is executed and delivered and the closing of the offering. Once a Subscription Agreement is accepted, it will be executed without reconfirmation to or from the participating investor, and the participating investor cannot withdraw the Subscription Agreement.

In accordance with the Subscription Agreement and the Escrow Agreement among the Escrow Agent, the placement agent and the Company, the Escrow Agent will be instructed on or before 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the date of the closing of this offering, to either: (i) release the Investor Funds to the Company for purposes of purchasing the securities and the Company will concurrently deliver the securities purchased at the closing of this offering to the participating investors, which delivery shall be made through the facilities of DTC, or (ii) if the Company will not proceed with the offering and all investor funds will be promptly returned to the applicable participating investors without interest in accordance with Exchange Act rules 10b-9 and 15c2-4.

The closing shall take place at the office of the placement agent or such other location as the Company and the placement agent shall mutually agree. All actions taken at the closing shall be deemed to have occurred simultaneously on the date of the closing of the offering.

Indemnification

We have agreed to indemnify the placement agent against certain liabilities, including certain liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or to contribute to payments that the placement agent may be required to make for these liabilities.

Regulation M

The placement agent may be deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of Section 2(a)(11) of the Securities Act and any fees received by it and any profit realized on the sale of the securities by it might be deemed to be placement agent fees under the Securities Act. The placement agent will be required to comply with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), including, without limitation, Rule 10b-5 and Regulation M under the Exchange Act. These rules and regulations may limit the timing of purchases and sales of our securities by the placement agent. Under these rules and regulations, the placement agent may not (i) engage in any stabilization activity in connection with our securities; and (ii) bid for or purchase any of our securities or attempt to induce any person to purchase any of our securities, other than as permitted under the Exchange Act, until they have completed their participation in the distribution.

Electronic Distribution

A prospectus in electronic format may be made available on a website maintained by the placement agent and the placement agent may distribute prospectuses electronically. Other than the prospectus in electronic format, the information on these websites is not part of this prospectus or the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, has not been approved and/or endorsed by us or the placement agent and should not be relied upon by investors.

Lock-up Agreements

Our officers and directors have agreed to be subject to a lock-up period of 180 days following the closing of this offering. This means that, during the applicable lock-up period, those persons may not offer for sale, contract to sell, sell, distribute, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of our common stock or any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, shares of our common stock. Certain limited transfers are permitted during the lock-up period if the transferee agrees to these lock-up restrictions, including the right to sell any shares of common stock received on the exercise of a restricted stock unit. The Company is not subject to any form of lock-up and may enter into other transactions for the sale of securities such as equity support offerings and at-the-market offerings, and we will be permitted to issue stock under certain other transactions and stock options or stock awards to directors, officers and employees under our existing plans. Public Ventures may, in its sole discretion and without notice, waive the terms of any of these lock-up agreements.

Other Relationships

The placement agent and its affiliates have engaged, and may in the future engage, in investment banking transactions and other commercial dealings in the ordinary course of business with us or our affiliates. The placement agent has received, or may in the future receive, customary fees and commissions for these transactions.

In addition, in the ordinary course of their business activities, the placement agent and its affiliates may make or hold a broad array of investments and actively trade debt and equity securities (or related derivative securities) for their own account and for the accounts of their customers. Such investments and securities activities may involve securities and/or instruments of ours or our affiliates. The placement agents and their affiliates may also make investment recommendations and/or publish or express independent research views in respect of such securities or financial instruments and may hold, or recommend to clients that they acquire, long and/or short positions in such securities and instruments.

Transfer Agent and Registrar

The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is VStock Transfer with an address of 18 Lafayette Place Woodmere, New York 11598.

The Nasdaq Capital Market Listing

Our Common Stock and warrants are currently listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “BEAT” And “BEATW”, respectively.

This prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities offered by this prospectus in any jurisdiction in which such an offer or a solicitation is unlawful.

DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

Authorized and Outstanding Capital Stock

The following description of the Company’s capital stock and provisions of its Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws are summaries and are qualified by reference to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws which are filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.

The Company is authorized to issue 110,000,000 shares of capital stock, consisting of 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share and 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share.

As of September 30, 2022, the Company had 8,000,870 outstanding shares of Common Stock held by approximately 65 shareholders of record.

Common Stock

The holders of our Common Stock are entitled to one vote per share. In addition, the holders of our Common Stock will be entitled to receive dividends ratably, if any, declared by our board of directors out of legally available funds; however, the current policy of the board of directors is to retain earnings, if any, for operations and growth. Upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, the holders of our Common Stock are entitled to share ratably in all assets that are legally available for distribution. The holders of our Common Stock have no pre-emptive, subscription, redemption or conversion rights. The rights, preferences and privileges of holders of our Common Stock are subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock, which may be designated solely by action of the board of directors and issued in the future.

Preferred Stock

Our Board of Directors will have the authority, without further action by our stockholders, to issue up to 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock in one or more series and to fix the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions thereof. These rights, preferences and privileges could include dividend rights, conversion rights, voting rights, terms of redemption, liquidation preferences, sinking fund terms and the number of shares constituting, or the designation of, such series, any or all of which may be greater than the rights of Common Stock. The issuance of our preferred stock could adversely affect the voting power of holders of Common Stock and the likelihood that such holders will receive dividend payments and payments upon our liquidation. In addition, the issuance of preferred stock could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of our company or other corporate action.

Indemnification of Directors and Officers

Each of our Articles of Incorporation and our Bylaws provide for indemnification of our directors and officers. Our Bylaws provide that we will indemnify any person who was or is a party or threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the corporation, against expenses (including attorney’s fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent will not, without more, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. We may by action of our Board of Directors, grant rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Company with the same scope and effects as the indemnification provisions for officers and directors.

Disclosure of Commission Position on Indemnification for Securities Act Liabilities

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities under the Securities Act may be permitted to officers, directors or persons controlling the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Company has been informed that is it is the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission that such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in such Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.

2022 Equity Incentive Plan

On June 15, 2022, our Board of Directors approved the 2022 Equity Incentive Plan (“2022 Equity Plan”), to attract and retain the best available personnel for positions of substantial responsibility, to provide additional incentive to employees, directors, and consultants, and to promote the success of the Company’s business. The 2022 Equity Plan provides for the grant of stock options and restricted stock awards (“RSUs”) to purchase common stock. The Board of Directors approved 1,900,000 shares of Common Stock issuance under the 2022 Equity Plan.

As of September 30, 2022, there were 847,364 shares available for issuance under the 2022 Equity Plan. The number of shares available for issuance under the 2022 Equity Plan will be increased on the first day of each fiscal year beginning with the 2023 fiscal year, in an amount equal to the least of 3,800,000 Shares, five percent (5%) of the total number of shares of all classes of common stock of the Company outstanding on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year, and a lesser number of Shares determined by the Administrator.

Eligible recipients of option awards are employees, officers, consultants, attorneys, advisors or directors (including non-employee directors) of the Company or of any parent, subsidiary or affiliate of the Company. The Board of Directors has the authority to grant to any eligible recipient any options, restricted stock or other awards valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on, the Company’s Common Stock; provided, however, that Incentive Options may only be granted to employees of the Company or its subsidiaries.

The provisions of each option granted need not be the same with respect to each option recipient. Option recipients have entered into award agreements with the Company, in such form as the full Board of Directors has determined.

The 2022 Equity Plan is administered by the Board of Directors.

LEGAL MATTERS

The validity of the Common Stock offered by us in this offering will be passed upon for us by Lucosky Brookman LLP, Woodbridge, New Jersey. Certain legal matters will be passed upon for the placement agent by Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe, LLP, New York City, New York.

EXPERTS

The financial statements of HeartBeam, Inc. as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 and for each of the years in the two year period ended December 31, 2021 have been included in this Registration Statement and have been so included in reliance on the report of Friedman LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-1 under the Securities Act, with respect to the shares being offered under this prospectus. This prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement and the exhibits to the registration statement. For further information with respect to the Company and the securities being offered under this prospectus, please refer to the complete registration statement and the exhibits and schedules filed as a part of the registration statement.

You may read and copy the registration statement, as well as our reports, proxy statements and other information, at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for more information about the operation of the Public Reference Room. The SEC maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC. The SEC’s Internet site can be found at http://www.sec.gov. You may access our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and other reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act with the SEC free of charge on the SEC’s website.

INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE

SEC rules allow us to “incorporate by reference” into this prospectus much of the information we file with the SEC, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those publicly available documents. The information that we incorporate by reference into this prospectus, including the consolidated financial statements, is considered to be part of this prospectus. These documents may include Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K, as well as proxy statements. You should read the information incorporated by reference because it is an important part of this prospectus.

This prospectus incorporates by reference the documents listed below, other than those documents or the portions of those documents deemed to be furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rules:

•        our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on March 24, 2022;

•        our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on May 12, 2022, for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, filed with the SEC on August 11, 2022 and for the quarter ended September 30, 2022, filed with the SEC on November 10, 2022;

•        our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 2, 2022, February 22, 2022, March 10, 2022, June 16, 2022, August 8, 2022, August 12, 2022, September 21, 2022, November 17, 2022, January 24, 2023 and February 2, 2023;

•        the information specifically incorporated by reference into our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 from our definitive proxy statement for the annual meeting of stockholders held on June 17, 2022, filed with the SEC on May 2, 2022;

•        our proxy statement for the special meeting of stockholders to be held on November 14, 2022, filed with the SEC on October 11, 2022;

•        our 2022 equity incentive plan on Form S-8 filed with the SEC July 13, 2022; and

•        our S-3 registration statement, filed with the SEC February 2, 2023.

All documents we file with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, except as to any portion of any report or document that is not deemed filed under such provisions, (i) on or after the date of filing of the registration statement containing this prospectus and prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement and (ii) on or after the date of this prospectus until the earlier of the date on which all of the securities registered hereunder have been sold or this prospectus has been withdrawn, shall be deemed incorporated by reference in this prospectus and to be a part of this prospectus from the date of filing of those documents. The information in documents that we file in the future will update and supersede the information currently included and incorporated by reference in this prospectus. Nothing in this prospectus shall be deemed to incorporate information furnished but not filed with the SEC pursuant to Item 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K.

These documents may also be accessed on our website at https://www.heartbeam.com/. Information contained in, or accessible through, our website is not a part of this prospectus.

We will provide without charge to each person, including any beneficial owners, to whom this prospectus is delivered, upon his or her written or oral request, a copy of any or all reports or documents referred to above which have been or may be incorporated by reference into this prospectus but not delivered with this prospectus, excluding exhibits to those reports or documents unless they are specifically incorporated by reference into those documents. You may request a copy of these documents by writing or telephoning us at the following address:

Branislav Vajdic
Chief Executive Officer
HeartBeam, Inc.
2118 Walsh Avenue, Suite 210
Santa Clara, CA 95050
Telephone: 408-899-4443

PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

ITEM 13. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION.

The following table sets forth the expenses in connection with this registration statement. All of such expenses are estimates, other than the filing fees payable to the Securities and Exchange Commission and to FINRA.

All amounts are estimated except the SEC registration fee, the FINRA filing fee, and The Nasdaq Capital Market initial listing fee.

ITEM 14. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

Our Articles of Incorporation and our Bylaws provide for indemnification of our directors and officers. Our Bylaws provide that we will indemnify any person who was or is a party or threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the corporation, against expenses (including attorney’s fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent will not, without more, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable caused to believe that his conduct was unlawful. The Company may by action of its Board of Directors, grant rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Company with the same scope and effects as the indemnification provisions for officers and directors.

ITEM 15. RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES.

The following sets forth information regarding all unregistered securities sold by the registrant in the three years preceding the date of this registration statement;

1       On November 11, 2021 the Company issued 1,497,216 shares of Common Stock from the conversion of the 2015 Notes.

2       On November 15, 2021, in connection with the IPO, the Company issued 192,500 warrants (the “Underwriter Warrants”) to purchase Common Stock as compensation to the Underwriter, exercisable at a per share exercise price equal to $7.50 per share. The Underwriter Warrants will expire five years from the date of issuance and are subject to a 180-day lock-up period

3       On January 14, 2022, the Company issued 78,025 shares of Common Stock to a consulting firm for services that were related to the IPO.

4       On February 18, 2022, the Company entered into a stock purchase agreement pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to OpenSky Opportunities Fund Ltd. an aggregate of 58,000 units, with each unit consisting of one share of Common Stock and Warrants to purchase one share of Common Stock at a combined price of $6.00 per Unit. The Warrants have an exercise price of $6.00 per share and will expire five years from the date of issuance and are subject to a 180-day lock-up period.

These issuances were made in reliance on an exemption from registration set forth in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, as transactions by an issuer not involving a public offering.

ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS.

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

(1)    To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i)     To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

(ii)    To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement.

(iii)   To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

(2)    That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3)    To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(4)    That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser, if the registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.

(5)    That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

(i)     Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

(ii)    Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;

(iii)   The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

(iv)   Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to provide to the underwriter at the closing specified in the underwriting agreements certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by the underwriter to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser.

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:

(1)    For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b) (1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.

(2)    For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

ITEM 16. Exhibits.

The following exhibits are filed as part of this registration statement:

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+        To be filed by amendment.

*        Filed herewith

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Santa Clara, State of California, on the 10th day of February 2023.

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Branislav Vajdic and Richard Brounstein, and each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with the full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place or stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this registration statement (including post-effective amendments), and to sign any registration statement for the same offering covered by this registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their, his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.