Energous Corporation Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Cover
- Document And Entity Information
Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Accounting Policies
- Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)
Notes Tables
Notes Details

Private Placement (Details 1)

v2.4.1.9

Private Placement (Details 1) (USD $)	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Private Placement (Details 1) (USD $)	Jun. 24, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014
Private Placement [Line Items]
Aggregate fair value		$ 6,277,000us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilitiesCurrent	$ 0us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilitiesCurrent
Consulting Warrant [Member]
Private Placement [Line Items]
Stock price on valuation date	$ 14.69	$ 1.68
Exercise price	$ 0.04	$ 0.04
Term (years)	3 years 10 months 20 days	4 years 4 months 17 days
Expected volatility	60.00%	60.00%
Dividend yield	0.00%	0.00%
Weighted average risk-free interest rate	1.33%	1.75%
Number of warrants	278,228	278,228
Number of trials	20,000	20,000
Aggregate fair value	4,019,000	529,000
Financing Warrant [Member]
Private Placement [Line Items]
Stock price on valuation date	$ 14.69	$ 1.68
Exercise price	$ 3.60	$ 2.49	$ 3.60
Term (years)	3 years 10 months 20 days	4 years 4 months 17 days
Expected volatility	60.00%	60.00%
Dividend yield	0.00%	0.00%
Weighted average risk-free interest rate	1.33%	1.75%
Number of warrants	152,778	220,905
Number of trials	20,000	20,000
Aggregate fair value	$ 1,733,000	$ 175,000

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