PART I
ITEM 1. Business
Cosmo Ventures, Inc. (“Cosmo Ventures” or the “Company”) was incorporated in the State of Nevada on February 3, 2013.
Our mission is to provide consumers with a variety of quality products at bargain prices. Our goal is to attract and maintain customers, and to exceed their expectations. We will offer customers an easy to use website and distribution system.
Cosmo Ventures, Inc. is a new Nevada-based development stage company that plans to commence operations as an online retailer offering discounted overstocked inventory items. We will procure merchandise purchased from the surplus inventories of manufacturers and retailers throughout India. We do not intend to carry a surplus inventory nor does our business require a storage facility. We intended to offer the public access to a variety of retailers and manufacturer products under one website.
Our mission is to provide consumers with a variety of quality products at bargain prices. We exist to attract and maintain customers, and to exceed their expectations. We will offer customers an easy to use website, mobile website, and an efficient distribution system. Merchandise being offered on our website will include bed-and-bath goods, home décor, kitchenware, furniture, watches and jewellery, apparel, electronics and computers, sporting goods, and other products. The initial region we will market our website is North America, but the Company could deliver many products to a great deal of international destinations.
Our intended business objective for Cosmo Ventures, Inc. is:
Industry Overview
The Company’s challenge will be the increasing competition to attract customers to the website. We believe that too often, sales are lost because of complex websites that are far from intuitive. We intend to operate in a very competitive market and on popular search engines such as Google, Firefox Mozilla, and similar sites. Through advertising on popular search engines, our potential customers begin their search for online merchandise through general searches rather than through the established platforms of our competitors. We intend to spend large sums on acquiring search engine promotions. The only way to overcome the search engine filtering by customers is to build a strong brand so that when customers look for value, they know that Cosmo Ventures provides it and start their search directly from our website. We believe in order to be successful, an online web retailer must be a low cost operator, own a strong brand, attract high consumer traffic, offering quality merchandise and great prices with superior customer service.
Products and Services
Cosmo will have to contact manufacturers and retailers directly to inquire about liquidations, overstock, off season or discounted merchandise. We must acquire exclusive wholesale suppliers to keep our business running effectively. We intend to offer our customers secure online payment methods such as credit cards or Paypal.
Our intended business objective for Cosmo Ventures is:
Initially, our products and services will be our desktop website. We hope to provide customers with a marketplace to purchase our overstocked products from their desktop as well as mobile devices via mobile websites and our mobile app. Future customers will be able to view our catalogue of products from the convenience of their home desktop or on the road on their mobile devices.
Employees
We have one full-time employee, involved in management.
Research and Development Expenditures
We have not incurred any research or development expenses.
Government Regulation
We are currently not subject to any government regulations.
Subsidiaries
We do not have any subsidiaries.
Intellectual Property
We have no intellectual property except we own our own domain address which signifies our online presence. Our trade name is our company name which is legally incorporated in the state of Nevada. Our company name is also our trade name
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
As a “smaller reporting company”, we are not required to provide the information required by this Item.
ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
As a “smaller reporting company”, we are not required to provide the information required by this Item.
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
Our office is located at VPO- Bham Distt. Hoshiapur Tehsil Ghars, India.
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
No officer, director or persons nominated for such positions, promoter or significant employee has been involved in the last ten years in any of the following:
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. Market for Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters
There is no established public trading market for our securities and a regular trading market may not develop, or if developed, may not be sustained. A shareholder in all likelihood, therefore, will not be able to resell his or her securities should he or she desire to do so when eligible for public resales. Furthermore, it is unlikely that a lending institution will accept our securities as pledged collateral for loans unless a regular trading market develops. We have no plans, proposals, arrangements or understandings with any person with regard to the development of a trading market in any of our securities.
Dividends
We have not declared any cash dividends on our common stock since our inception and do not anticipate paying such dividends in
the foreseeable future. We plan to retain any future earnings for use in our business. Any decisions as to future payments
of dividends will depend on our earnings and financial position and such other facts, as the Board of Directors deems relevant.
Stock Option Grants
As of the date of this prospectus, we had not granted any stock options.
ITEM 6. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Forward Looking Statements
This report on Form 10-K contains certain forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical fact are “forward-looking statements” for purposes of these provisions, including any projections of earnings, revenues, or other financial items; any statements of the plans, strategies, and objectives of management for future operation; any statements concerning proposed new products, services, or developments; any statements regarding future economic conditions or performance; statements of belief; and any statement of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Such forward-looking statements are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties, and actual results could differ materially from those anticipated by the forward-looking statements.
Business Overview
We intend to launch a web-based platform that will give our potential customers the ability to purchase our discounted products. Cosmo Ventures Inc. will procure merchandise purchased from the surplus inventories of manufacturers and retailers throughout India. Although the sale of discounted overstock products in an online marketplace is not entirely new, we anticipate that this medium will continue to grow. We believe that by providing a simple, yet effective, website platform, Cosmo Ventures will become a sought after marketplace for our e-consumers. Most cellular phones are equipped to handle text messages, emails, and mobile websites that contain information on our products. Having the ability to instantly contact potential customers both locally and nationwide is one of the major benefits of this marketing strategy. Cosmo Ventures can send instant coupons, promotional messages, and much more online to our opt-in subscribers.
ITEM 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Through March 31, 2014, the Company had not carried on any significant operations and had not generated any significant revenues. The Company has incurred losses since inception aggregating $9,770.
We currently have minimal cash reserves. To date, the Company has covered operating deficits primarily through its financing activities. Accordingly, our ability to pursue our plan of operations is contingent on our being able to obtain funding for the development, marketing and commercialization of our products and services. However, as a result of its lack of operating success, the Company may not be able to raise additional financing to cover operating deficits.
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. The Company has accumulated deficit since inception (February 3, 2013) to the year ended March 31, 2014 and is dependent on its ability to raise capital from shareholders or other sources to sustain operations. However, these conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Results of Operations for the Year Ended March 31, 2014 and 2013
Revenues
Revenues for the year ended March 31, 2014, and March 31, 2013 were $0 and $0, respectively.
Net Loss
For the year ended March 31, we incurred a net loss of $9,770 respectively.
Expenses
Our total expenses for the year ended March 31, 2014 were $9,770 which consisted of general and administrative expenses. Our general and administrative expenses consist of licenses and permits, office supplies, transfer agent fees, postage expense, and other miscellaneous expenses.
Inflation
The amounts presented in the financial statements do not provide for the effect of inflation on our operations or financial position. The net operating losses shown would be greater than reported if the effects of inflation were reflected either by charging operations with amounts that represent replacement costs or by using other inflation adjustments.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of March 31, 2014, we had no off balance sheet transactions that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in our financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.
ITEM 8. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our sole officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. We carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our sole officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of January 31, 2014. Based on the evaluation of these disclosure controls and procedures, our sole officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are ineffective.
Changes in internal controls
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act, during the quarter ended January 31, 2014 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
All directors of our company hold office until the next annual meeting of the security holders or until their successors have been elected and qualified. The officers of our company are appointed by our board of directors and hold office until their death, resignation or removal from office. Our directors and executive officers, their ages, positions held, and duration as such, are as follows:
Family Relationships
There are no family relationships among our officers or directors.
Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires our executive officers and directors and persons who own more than 10% of our common stock to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission initial statements of beneficial ownership, reports of changes in ownership and annual reports concerning their ownership of our common stock and other equity securities, on Forms 3, 4 and 5 respectively. Executive officers, directors and greater than 10% shareholders are required by the SEC regulations to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) reports that they file.
Based solely on our review of the copies of such forms received by us, or written representations from certain reporting persons, we believe that during fiscal year ended March 31, 2014, all filing requirements applicable to our officers, directors and greater than 10% percent beneficial owners were complied with.
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
The table below summarizes all compensation awarded to, earned by, or paid to our Principal Executive Officer, our most highly compensated executive officers other than our PEO who occupied such position at the end of our latest fiscal year and up to two additional executive officers who would have been included in the table below except for the fact that they were not executive officers at the end of our latest fiscal year, by us, or by any third party where the purpose of a transaction was to furnish compensation, for all services rendered in all capacities to us for the latest fiscal year ended March 2014.
We have not granted any stock options to the executive officers since our inception.
Compensation Agreements
We do not have employment agreements with our sole officer. Members of our Board of Directors do not receive compensation for their services as Directors.
Audit Committee Financial Expert
Our board of directors does not have a member that qualifies as an "audit committee financial expert" as defined in Item 407(d)(5)(ii) of Regulation S-K.
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The following tables set forth the ownership, as of the date of this Prospectus, of our common stock by each person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding common stock, our directors, and our executive officers and directors as a group. To the best of our knowledge, the persons named have sole voting and investment power with respect to such shares, except as otherwise noted. There are not any pending or anticipated arrangements that may cause a change in control.
The information presented below regarding beneficial ownership of our voting securities has been presented in accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not necessarily indicative of ownership for any other purpose. Under these rules, a person is deemed to be a "beneficial owner" of a security if that person has or shares the power to vote or direct the voting of the security or the power to dispose or direct the disposition of the security. A person is deemed to own beneficially any security as to which such person has the right to acquire sole or shared voting or investment power within 60 days through the conversion or exercise of any convertible security, warrant, option or other right. More than one person may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of the same securities. The percentage of beneficial ownership by any person as of a particular date is calculated by dividing the number of shares beneficially owned by such person, which includes the number of shares as to which such person has the right to acquire voting or investment power within 60 days, by the sum of the number of shares outstanding as of such date plus the number of shares as to which such person has the right to acquire voting or investment power within 60 days. Consequently, the denominator used for calculating such percentage may be different for each beneficial owner. Except as otherwise indicated below and under applicable community property laws, we believe that the beneficial owners of our common stock listed below have sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares shown.