(Mark One)☒ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934For the fiscal year endedDecember 31, 2024or☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934For the transition period from ________________ to ________________. DIAMEDICA THERAPEUTICS INC.(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:None Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes☐No☒ Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes☐No☒ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the SecuritiesExchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and(2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuantto Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant wasrequired to submit such files).Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reportingcompany or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company”and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Large accelerated filer☐Accelerated filer☐Non-accelerated filer☒Smaller reporting company☒Emerging growth company☐ If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period forcomplying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectivenessof its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered publicaccounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.☐ If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrantincluded in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐ Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-basedcompensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes☐No☒ The aggregate market value of the registrant’s voting common shares held by non-affiliates, computed by reference to the closing salesprice at which the voting common shares were last sold as of June 30, 2024 (the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completedsecond fiscal quarter), as reported by The Nasdaq Capital Market on that date, was $71.0million. As of March 14, 2025, there were42,855,660voting common shares outstanding. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K incorporates by reference information (to the extent specific sections are referred to herein)from the registrant’s Proxy Statement for its 2025 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held May 15, 2025. DIAMEDICA THERAPEUTICS INC. ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-KFISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024 TABLE OF CONTENTS Item 1.Business3Item 1A.Risk Factors26Item 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments56Item 1C.Cybersecurity56Item 2.Properties57Item 3.Legal Proceedings57Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures58 PART II59 Item 5.Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities59Item 6.[Reserved]67Item 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations68Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk75Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data76Item 9.Changes In and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure96Item 9A.Controls and Procedures96Item 9B.Other Information96Item 9C.Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections96 PART III97 Item 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance97Item 11.Executive Compensation97Item 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters97Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence99Item 14.Principal Accountant Fees and Ser