UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K/A

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 18, 2025 (January 31, 2025)

Banzai International, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (206) 414-1777

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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. ☐

Explanatory Note

As previously disclosed in its Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 31, 2025 (the “Original Form 8-K”), on that same day (the “Closing Date”), Banzai International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Banzai” or the “Company”), closed an acquisition (the “Acquisition”, the consummation of the Acquisition, the “Closing”) with Vidello Limited, a private limited company registered in England and Wales (“Vidello”), pursuant to an Acquisition Agreement (the “Acquisition Agreement”), dated December 19, 2024, by and among the Company, Vidello, and certain shareholders of Vidello (the “Vidello Shareholders”). On or prior to the Closing Date, the closing conditions as set forth in the Acquisition Agreement were satisfied or otherwise waived by the parties thereto, and upon Closing, Vidello Shareholders transferred all the outstanding shares of Vidello to the Company, therefore, Vidello became a direct and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

This Amendment to the Original Form 8-K is being filed to amend and supplement the Original Form 8-K, the sole purpose of which is to provide the financial statements required by Item 9.01(a), which were excluded from the Original Form 8-K and are filed as exhibits hereto and are incorporated herein by reference. All other items in the Original Form 8-K remain the same.

Item 9.01 Exhibits

(a) Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.

The audited financial statements of Vidello, which comprise the balance sheets as of March 31, 2024 and 2023, the related statements of operations, members’ equity, and cash flows for the years then ended, and the related notes to the audited financial statements, and the unaudited financial statements for the period ended December 31, 2024, are filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.

(b) Pro Forma Financial Information.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined (i) balance sheet as of and for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2024, and (ii) income statement for the period ended December 31, 2024, and (iii) the related notes thereto, are filed as Exhibit 99.2 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.

(d) Exhibits

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: April 18, 2025