Banzai Q3 2024 Preliminary Financial Results: Profitability in Sight Following $14.5M Annualized Adjusted Net Income Improvement; 31% Annualized ARR Growth Rate

Management to Host Third Quarter 2024 Results Conference Call on Thursday, November 14, 2024 at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time

SEATTLE, Nov. 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Banzai International, Inc. (NASDAQ: BNZI) (“Banzai” or the “Company”), a leading marketing technology company that provides essential marketing and sales solutions, today announced preliminary select financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2024.

Key Financial & Operational Highlights for the Third Quarter of 2024

• Preliminary, unaudited Q3 2024 Adjusted Net Loss was approximately ($0.9) million, a $3.6 million sequential improvement from Q2 2024 Adjusted Net Loss of ($4.5) million. This represents an annualized improvement of $14.5 million.
• Net Revenue Retention (NRR) reached a historic high in Q3 2024.
• Preliminary, unaudited Q3 2024 Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) of approximately $4.4 million, a 7% sequential increase from Q2 2024. This represents a 31% annualized ARR growth rate.
• Preliminary, unaudited Adjusted EBITDA was approximately ($1.4) million, a $0.5 million sequential improvement from Q2 2024 EBITDA of ($1.8) million. This represents an annualized improvement of $1.8 million.
• As of September 30, 2024, cash of approximately $4.2 million was at an all-time high.
  

“In the third quarter of 2024 we achieved preliminary, unaudited historic record NRR, and strong improvements from the second quarter in both ARR and adjusted Net Income,” said Joe Davy, Founder and CEO of Banzai. “We are making significant progress against our annualized goals through our recently launched comprehensive initiative designed to significantly improve Net Income while maintaining our growth outlook. We look forward to providing additional updates at our conference call and quarter financial results on November 14.”

Third Quarter 2024 Results Conference Call

Banzai Founder & CEO Joe Davy and Interim CFO Alvin Yip will host the conference call, followed by a question-and-answer session. The conference call will be accompanied by a presentation, which can be viewed during the webcast or accessed via the investor relations section of the Company’s website here.

To access the call, please use the following information:

Please call the conference telephone number 5-10 minutes prior to the start time. An operator will register your name and organization. If you have any difficulty connecting with the conference call, please contact MZ Group at 1-949-491-8235.

The conference call will be broadcast live and available for replay at https://viavid.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1694251&tp_key=65eec38e9b and via the investor relations section of the Company's website here.

A replay of the webcast will be available after 9:30 p.m. Eastern Time through February 14, 2025.

Adjusted Net Income (Loss)

Adjusted Net Income (Loss) for the three months period quarter ended as of September 30, 2024 was ($0.89M), reflecting Net income of ($7.49M) before Change in fair value adjustment of common stocks warrant issued to Colpac and Alco of $6.6M and is approximately an increase in earnings of $3.63M compared to the adjusted net loss of ($4.52M) for the prior quarter three months period ended as of June 30, 2024 of which, reflecting a net loss of ($4.16M) before Change in fair value adjustments of warrant liability due to 3rd party and related party of $0.2M and $0.2M, respectively. Annualized increase in earnings in respect to Adjusted Net Income (loss) is approximately $14.50M between the three months period of the quarter ended as of September 30, 2024 when compared to the prior quarter of the three months periods ended June 30, 2024.

Adjusted EBITDA

For the three months ended September 30, 2024, Banzai’s Adjusted EBITDA was approximately $1.4M, reflecting an increase in earnings of approximately $0.5M compared to a loss of prior quarter of approximately $1.8M for the three months ended June 30, 2024. This period-over-period increase in earnings is primarily attributable to the company's overall cost-cutting effort placed in general and administrative, marketing and technology expenses. Annualized increase in earnings in respect to Adjusted EBITDA pertaining to cost saving efforts is approximately $1.8m.

About Banzai

Banzai is a marketing technology company that provides essential marketing and sales solutions for businesses of all sizes. On a mission to help their customers achieve their mission, Banzai enables companies of all sizes to target, engage, and measure both new and existing customers more effectively. Banzai customers include Square, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Thinkific, Doodle, and ActiveCampaign, among thousands of others. Learn more at www.banzai.io. For investors, please visit https://ir.banzai.io.

Forward-Looking Statements

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Investor Relations
Chris Tyson
Executive Vice President
MZ Group - MZ North America
949-491-8235
BNZI@mzgroup.us
www.mzgroup.us

Media
Rachel Meyrowitz
Director, Demand Generation, Banzai
media@banzai.io