v3.25.1
Share-Based Compensation (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2025
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Schedule of Shares Reserved for Future Issuance Under the Plan

As of April 30, 2025, and October 31, 2024, the Company has reserved the following Common Shares for the exercise of Common Share warrants, share options, and remaining shares reserved for future issuance under the 2023 Plan and options granted outside of the 2023 Plan as part of the inducement grants:

 

 

April 30,

 

 

October 31,

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

Warrants to purchase common shares

 

 

8,511,968

 

 

 

8,511,968

 

Incentive options to purchase common shares

 

 

6,898,880

 

 

 

4,391,512

 

Inducement grant stock options

 

 

2,147,950

 

 

 

1,643,000

 

Remaining shares reserved for future issuance under
   the equity plans

 

 

2,700,179

 

 

 

2,752,889

 

Total

 

 

20,258,977

 

 

 

17,299,369

 

Schedule of Assumptions Used to Determine Grant-Date Fair Value of Stock Options

The assumptions that the Company used to determine the grant-date fair value of stock options during the three and six months ended April 30, 2025 and 2024 are summarized below:

 

Three months ended April 30,

 

 

Six months ended April 30,

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

Expected term (in years)

 

6.08

 

 

5.75 - 6.08

 

 

 

6.02-6.08

 

 

5.75 - 6.08

 

Expected volatility

 

82.39%

 

 

78.30 - 78.92%

 

 

 

81.24-82.39%

 

 

78.24 - 78.92%

 

Risk-free interest rate

 

4.01%

 

 

4.27 - 4.66%

 

 

 

4.01-4.49%

 

 

4.27 - 4.66%

 

Expected dividend yield

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair value of common shares and exercise price of options (USD)

$

4.44

 

$

14.80 - 17.80

 

 

$

4.44-7.39

 

$

7.66 - 17.80

 

Summary of Stock Option Activity

The following table summarizes the Company’s stock option activity:

 

 

Number of
Shares

 

 

Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price (USD)

 

 

Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term (in years)

 

 

Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value

 

Outstanding as of October 31, 2024

 

 

6,034,512

 

 

$

6.88

 

 

 

7.4

 

 

$

17,809

 

Granted

 

 

3,252,275

 

 

 

7.23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

 

(94,175

)

 

 

2.11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeited or expired

 

 

(145,782

)

 

 

15.39

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding as of April 30, 2025

 

 

9,046,830

 

 

$

6.97

 

 

 

8.5

 

 

$

4,473

 

Options vested and exercisable as of April 30, 2025

 

 

2,968,001

 

 

$

4.10

 

 

 

6.4

 

 

$

4,473

 

Options unvested as of April 30, 2025

 

 

6,078,829

 

 

$

8.38

 

 

$

9.5

 

 

$

 

 

Summary of Share-based Compensation Expense

Share-based compensation expense included in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss was as follows:

 

 

Three Months Ended April 30,

 

 

Six Months Ended April 30,

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

Research and development

 

$

888

 

 

$

337

 

 

$

1,513

 

 

$

530

 

General and administrative

 

 

1,762

 

 

 

1,580

 

 

 

2,946

 

 

 

1,678

 

Total share-based compensation expense

 

$

2,650

 

 

$

1,917

 

 

$

4,459

 

 

$

2,208