Exhibit 99.1
Forge Global Holdings, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2022 Results
•Total Revenue Less Transaction Based Expenses Was $15.8 million in 3Q22
•Trading Volume Was $226.2 million in 3Q22
•Net Take Rate Was 3.6% in 3Q22
•Forge Trust Custodial Cash Was $685 million in 3Q22
•Forge Expanded Global Private Market Platform into Europe with Strategic Partner Deutsche Börse
SAN FRANCISCO – November 9, 2022 – Forge Global Holdings, Inc. (“Forge,” or the “Company”) (NYSE: FRGE), a leading private securities marketplace, today announced its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2022.
“As macroeconomic headwinds persist, we’ve kept our focus on building for the future,” said Kelly Rodriques, CEO of Forge. “We made progress in Q3 toward our goal of building a global business at the center of the private market ecosystem – debuting our first lending product to unlock new sell-side inventory and for the first time offering custody services of private shares for our trading clients to drive efficiency across the trading process and accelerate the network effects of our unique model. We also increased the value we deliver to customers through our data products with new features and upgrades and began acquiring third-party trading data that will broaden the private market data our customers can access; and finally, we announced our expansion into Europe with Forge Europe.”
Financial Highlights for the Third Quarter of 2022
Given the unique economic environment, Forge believes that quarter-over-quarter comparisons are more indicative of the current state of the business and has provided both quarter-over-quarter and year-ago quarter comparisons.
Revenue: Total revenue less transaction-based expenses was $15.8 million compared to $16.5 million in the quarter ended June 30, 2022, and $27.1 million in the quarter ended September 30, 2021.
Operating Income: Total operating loss was $42.4 million, compared to total operating loss of $26.0 million in the quarter ended June 30, 2022, and total operating loss of $5.7 million in the quarter ended September 30, 2021.
Net Loss: Net loss of $16.2 million, compared to net loss of $5.1 million in the quarter ended June 30, 2022, and net loss of $5.1 million in the quarter ended September 30, 2021.
Adjusted EBITDA: Total Adjusted EBITDA was a loss of $13.3 million, compared to total Adjusted EBITDA loss of $12.3 million in the quarter ended June 30, 2022, and total Adjusted EBITDA loss of $1.3 million in the quarter ended September 30, 2021.
Cash Flow from Operating Activities: Net cash used in operating activities was $11.4 million, compared to $18.2 million in the quarter ended June 30, 2022, and $5.1 million in the quarter ended September 30, 2021.
The following information was filed by Forge Global Holdings, Inc. (FRGE) on Wednesday, November 9, 2022 as an 8K 2.02 statement, which is an earnings press release pertaining to results of operations and financial condition. It may be helpful to assess the quality of management by comparing the information in the press release to the information in the accompanying 10-Q Quarterly Report statement of earnings and operation as management may choose to highlight particular information in the press release.