UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 18, 2026
PROFUSA, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-41177 | 86-3437271 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
626 Bancroft Way, Suite A
Berkeley, CA 94710
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (925) 997-6925
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
| Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share | PFSA | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☒
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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 8.01. Other Events.
On May 18, 2026, Profusa, Inc. (the “Company”) submitted an Advance Notice to Ascent Partners Fund LLC (“Ascent”) requesting that Ascent purchase shares of the Company’s common stock under the equity line of credit arrangement between the Company and Ascent set forth in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 28, 2025 and amended on December 22, 2025 (the “SPA”). For Advance Notices issued during May 2026 with payment upon share delivery, the Company agreed (i) that the Purchaser shall allow an Advance Notice for up to 9.99% of the shares outstanding at the time of said Advance Notice (subject to a cap of $300,000 per Advance Notice), (ii) that the purchase price for the shares will be funded upon delivery of the shares to Ascent prior to the end of the pricing period, rather than upon Ascent’s subsequent exit or sale of such shares, with Ascent remitting within one trading day 97% of the lowest volume-weighted average price (“VWAP”) of the common stock in the ten trading days prior to the Advance Notice date times the number of shares requested, and (iii) to include a price adjustment mechanism (the “True-Up Mechanism”) such that if 97% of the lowest VWAP of the common stock during the period starting on the closing date and ending on the date when Ascent has entered into committed, binding trades to sell all of the purchased shares (the “Adjustment Period”) is lower than the closing price, then the Company will issue additional shares to Ascent so that the aggregate number of shares received by Ascent equals the number of shares it would have received if the closing price had been equal to such adjusted price.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| May 18, 2026 | Profusa, Inc. | |
| By: | /s/ Ben Hwang | |
| Name: | Ben Hwang | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
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