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Exhibit 99.1

Banzai Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Financial Results

Revenue of $16.7 Million on a Consolidated, Pro-forma Basis for the Twelve Months Ending December 31, 2024, Representing 267% Annual Growth; Exceeded Guidance of $10 Million by 67%

Q4 2024 Adjusted Net Loss Improved by $7.8 Million from ($9.2) Million in Q4 2023 to ($1.4) Million, Bringing the Company Closer to Profitability

Management to Host Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Results Conference Call Today, Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time

SEATTLE

– April 15, 2025 – Banzai International, Inc. (NASDAQ: BNZI) (“Banzai” or the “Company”), a leading marketing technology company that provides essential marketing and sales solutions, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2024.

Fourth Quarter 2024 and Subsequent Key Financial & Operational Highlights

●Completed two acquisitions: ClearDoc, Inc. (“OpenReel”) on December 19, 2024, and Vidello, Ltd. (“Vidello”) on January 31, 2025.

●Signed a definitive agreement to acquire Act-On Software Inc. (“Act-On”), an enterprise marketing automation platform (MAP) provider, which is projected to increase revenue by $27 million for the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2025, on a pro-forma basis, when completed; acquisition subject to closing conditions.

●Completed ahead-of-schedule repayment of $20.3 million of outstanding liabilities as of March 31, 2025, pursuant to the $24.8 million debt payoff and restructuring agreements announced on September 24, 2024.

Pro-Forma,

As Consolidated Highlights of Banzai International, Inc; ClearDoc, Inc. (d/b/a OpenReel); and Vidello, Ltd.

●Revenue of $16.7 million on a consolidated, pro-forma basis, for the year ended December 31, 2024, representing 267% annual growth compared to Banzai’s stand-alone revenue in FY 2023.

●Expanded customer base to over 90,000 total customers.

Highlights of Banzai International, Inc.

●Revenue of $4.5 million for FY 2024, a decrease of $0.03 million over FY 2023 of $4.6 million on a GAAP basis.

●Revenue of $1.3 million for Q4 2024 compared to $1.1 million for Q3 2024, a 20% sequential increase.

●Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) of $6.8 million for Q4 2024. This represents a 54% annualized ARR growth rate compared to Q3 2024.

●Q4 2024 Adjusted Net Loss was ($1.44) million, a $(0.03) million sequential improvement from Q3 2024 Adjusted Net Loss of ($1.47) million. This represents an annualized improvement of $0.12 million.

●FY 2024 Adjusted EBITDA improved by $5.4 million to ($6.5) million in FY 2024 from ($11.9) million in FY 2023.

●Launched a comprehensive initiative designed to improve net income by up to $13.5 million annually while maintaining growth outlook.

●Demio’s AI-powered webinar platform recognized with multiple accolades from the Gartner Digital Markets brands – Capterra, Software Advice, and GetApp.

Highlights of ClearDoc Inc. (d/b/a OpenReel)

●OpenReel demonstrated profitable financial results in FY 2024.

●FY 2024 Revenue of $6.3 million

●FY 2024 Net Income of $0.1 million

Highlights of Vidello, Ltd.

●Vidello demonstrated profitable financial performance in CY 2024.

●CY 2024 Revenue of $6.1 million

●CY 2024 Net Income of $1.5 million

●Launched CreateStudio 4.0, the latest version of its award-winning video creation product.

●Vidello, Ltd. FY 2024 ends March 31, 2024. CY 2024 results included audited financials for the period January 1, 2024, through March 31, 2024, and include reviewed, unaudited financials for the period April 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024.

“The fourth quarter was underscored by significant consolidated, pro-forma revenue growth enabled by the recently closed acquisitions of Vidello and OpenReel, and continued strong performance for our products,” said Joe Davy, Founder and CEO of Banzai. “Pro-forma revenue was $16.7 million for the full year 2024 including the recently closed acquisitions, representing a 267% increase from the prior year’s standalone results. Vidello’s next-generation video creation, editing, and marketing suite, and OpenReel’s digital video creation platform combined to add approximately $12.4 million in revenues that enabled us to exceed our previously announced 2024 guidance. In addition, we are making continued progress toward closing the acquisition of Act-On Software, which is projected to increase revenue by $27 million for the full year 2025 on a pro-forma basis when completed, which remains subject to the satisfaction or waiver of closing conditions and therefore there is no guarantee it will be completed or provide such revenue.

“For the fourth quarter, we achieved a 54% annualized Annual Recurring Revenue growth rate. Growth was driven by our focus on mid-market and enterprise customers, and on the Reach product through re-engineering and expanded sales efforts. In total, we now serve over 90,000 customers.

“To better serve our customers, we h

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Exhibit 99.1

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

– November 7, 2024 – 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:

Date: Thursday, November 14, 2024

Time: 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time, 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time

Toll-free

dial-in number:

1-877-425-9470

International dial-in number: 1-201-389-0878

Conference ID: 13749747

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.

Toll-free

replay number: 1-844-512-2921

International replay number: 1-412-317-6671

Replay ID: 13749747

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 b