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☐orNo☒Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange 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 requirementsfor the past 90 days.Yes☒or No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 ofRegulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required 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 reporting company, or anemerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” inRule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Accelerated filer☐Smaller reporting company☒ Large accelerated filer☐Non-accelerated filer☒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 newor 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 effectiveness of its internal controlover financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued itsaudit report.☐ If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in thefiling 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-based compensation receivedby 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☒As of June 30, 2024, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, the aggregate market value of the registrant’s common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was approximately $59.9million based on the closing sales price of $1.37 per share as reported on theNasdaq Global Market.As of March 26, 2025, the number of shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding was58,401,147and thenumber of shares of the registrant’s Class B common stock outstanding was0.DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Part III incorporates by reference certain information from the registrant’s definitive proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”) relating to its 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Proxy Statement will be filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the end of the fiscalyear to which this report relates. BIOATLA, INC.Annual Report on Form 10-KFor the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2024 TABLE OFCONTENTS SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS PART I Item 1.BusinessItem 1A.Risk FactorsItem 1B.Unresolved Staff CommentsItem 1C.CybersecurityItem 2.PropertiesItem 3.Legal ProceedingsItem 4.Mine Safety Disclosures PART II Item 5.Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities70Item 6.Selected Financial Data70Item 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations71Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk77Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data78Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure101Item 9A.Controls and Procedures101Item 9B.Other Information102 PART III Item 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance103Item 11.Executive Compensation103Item 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters103Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence103Item 14.Principal Accountant Fees and Services103 PART IV Item 15.Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules104Item 16.Form 10-K Summary104SIGNATURES107 PART I FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements. We may, in some cases, use words such as “anticipate,”“believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “will,” “would” or the negative ofthose t