FORM10-K ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year endedDecember 31,2024 OR TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM ________ TO ________ COMMISSION FILE NUMBER001-41304 VALUENCE MERGER CORP. I (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Cayman IslandsN/A(State or other jurisdiction(I.R.S. Employer Orinda,California94563(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code) Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:(415)340-0222 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None. 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 theSecurities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to filesuch reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to besubmitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant wasrequired to file such reports) and has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smallerreporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smallerreporting 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 periodfor complying 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 theeffectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by theregistered public accounting 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 theregistrant included 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-based compensation 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 voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the issuer as of June 28,2024, the last business day of the Company’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, was $21,344,404.90based on the $11.40closing sales price of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares on such date, as reported on The Nasdaq Global Market. As of March 31, 2025 the Registrant had7,369,890Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001par value per share, and2Class Bordinary shares, $0.0001par value per share, outstanding. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE None. TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I5ITEM 1.BUSINESS.5ITEM 1A.RISK FACTORS.22ITEM IB.UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS.57ITEM 1C.CYBERSECURITY.57ITEM 2.PROPERTIES.58ITEM 3.LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.58ITEM 4.MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.58PART II58ITEM 5.MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S ORDINARY EQUITY, RELATED SHAREHOLDER MATTERS ANDISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.58ITEM 6.[RESERVED].59ITEM 7.MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OFOPERATIONS.60ITEM 7A.QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.63ITEM 8.FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.63ITEM 9.CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIALDISCLOSURE.63ITEM 9A.CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.63ITEM 9B.OTHER INFORMATION.ITEM 9C.DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS.64PART III64ITEM 10.DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.64ITEM 11.EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.69ITEM 12.SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATEDSHAREHOLDER MATTERS.69ITEM 13.CERTAIN RELATIO