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Nuvve Holding Corp. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/23 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Thursday, 3/28/24, at 5:32pm ET   ·   As of:  3/29/24   ·   For:  12/31/23   ·   Accession #:  1836875-24-35   ·   File #:  1-40296

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 3/29/24  Nuvve Holding Corp.               10-K       12/31/23  112:16M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   SEA’34

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   2.21M 
 2: EX-10.28    Material Contract                                   HTML     61K 
 3: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     29K 
 4: EX-23.1     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     30K 
 9: EX-97.1     Clawback Policy re: Recovery of Erroneously         HTML     49K 
                Awarded Compensation                                             
 5: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     34K 
 6: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     34K 
 7: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 8: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
15: R1          Cover                                               HTML    103K 
16: R2          Audit Information                                   HTML     35K 
17: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    180K 
18: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parentheticals)        HTML     70K 
19: R5          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML    134K 
20: R6          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss       HTML     64K 
21: R7          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders? Equity     HTML    106K 
22: R8          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    120K 
23: R9          Organization and Description of Business            HTML     42K 
24: R10         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    125K 
25: R11         Revenue Recognition                                 HTML     66K 
26: R12         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    116K 
27: R13         Derivative Liability - Non-Controlling Redeemable   HTML     39K 
                Preferred Stock                                                  
28: R14         Investments                                         HTML     34K 
29: R15         Account Receivables, Net                            HTML     47K 
30: R16         Inventories                                         HTML     39K 
31: R17         Property, Plant, and Equipment                      HTML     52K 
32: R18         Intangible Assets                                   HTML     38K 
33: R19         Stockholders? Equity                                HTML     95K 
34: R20         Share-Based Compensation                            HTML     99K 
35: R21         Income Taxes                                        HTML     82K 
36: R22         Net Loss Per Share Attributable to Common           HTML     53K 
                Stockholders                                                     
37: R23         Related Parties                                     HTML     37K 
38: R24         Leases                                              HTML    179K 
39: R25         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     50K 
40: R26         Non-Controlling Interest                            HTML     81K 
41: R27         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     38K 
42: R28         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    170K 
                (Policies)                                                       
43: R29         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     53K 
                (Tables)                                                         
44: R30         Revenue Recognition (Tables)                        HTML     66K 
45: R31         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    117K 
46: R32         Derivative Liability - Non-Controlling Redeemable   HTML     35K 
                Preferred Stock (Tables)                                         
47: R33         Account Receivables, Net (Tables)                   HTML     47K 
48: R34         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     40K 
49: R35         Property, Plant, and Equipment (Tables)             HTML     51K 
50: R36         Intangible Assets (Tables)                          HTML     36K 
51: R37         Stockholders? Equity (Tables)                       HTML     52K 
52: R38         Share-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML    115K 
53: R39         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     83K 
54: R40         Net Loss Per Share Attributable to Common           HTML     55K 
                Stockholders (Tables)                                            
55: R41         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML    122K 
56: R42         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     38K 
57: R43         Non-Controlling Interest (Tables)                   HTML    125K 
58: R44         Organization and Description of Business (Details)  HTML     47K 
59: R45         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     68K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
60: R46         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     66K 
                Assets and liabilities of consolidated VIEs                      
                (Details)                                                        
61: R47         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     45K 
                Concentrations of Credit Risk (Details)                          
62: R48         Revenue Recognition - Schedule of information       HTML     43K 
                regarding disaggregated revenue based on revenue                 
                by service (Details)                                             
63: R49         Revenue Recognition - Schedule of aggregate amount  HTML     48K 
                of revenue for the Company?s existing contracts                  
                with customers (Details)                                         
64: R50         Revenue Recognition - Narrative (Details)           HTML     44K 
65: R51         Revenue Recognition - Schedule of segment activity  HTML     48K 
                (Details)                                                        
66: R52         Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of liabilities   HTML     66K 
                measured at fair value on the condensed                          
                consolidated balance sheet (Details)                             
67: R53         Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of fair value    HTML     49K 
                on a recurring basis (Details)                                   
68: R54         Fair Value Measurements - Narrative (Details)       HTML     73K 
69: R55         Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Fair Value    HTML     84K 
                Measurement Inputs and Techniques (Details)                      
70: R56         Derivative Liability - Non-Controlling Redeemable   HTML     40K 
                Preferred Stock (Details)                                        
71: R57         Investments (Details)                               HTML     67K 
72: R58         Account Receivables, Net (Details)                  HTML     52K 
73: R59         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     40K 
74: R60         Property, Plant, and Equipment (Details)            HTML     62K 
75: R61         Intangible Assets (Details)                         HTML     41K 
76: R62         Intangible Assets - Schedule of estimated future    HTML     46K 
                amortization expense amortizable intangible assets               
                (Details)                                                        
77: R63         Stockholders? Equity - Narrative (Details)          HTML    307K 
78: R64         Stockholders? Equity - Schedule of common stock     HTML     68K 
                issuable upon exercise of warrants outstanding                   
                (Details)                                                        
79: R65         Share-Based Compensation - Narrative (Details)      HTML     73K 
80: R66         Share-Based Compensation - Schedule of stock-based  HTML     43K 
                compensation expense for stock options (Details)                 
81: R67         Share-Based Compensation - Schedule of              HTML     48K 
                black-scholes option pricing model to estimate the               
                fair value of stock options (Details)                            
82: R68         Share-Based Compensation - Schedule of stock        HTML    103K 
                option activity (Details)                                        
83: R69         Share-Based Compensation - Schedule of other share  HTML     37K 
                based compensation information (Details)                         
84: R70         Share-Based Compensation - Schedule of nonvested    HTML     60K 
                restricted stock units (Details)                                 
85: R71         Income Taxes - Income (Loss) before Income Taxes    HTML     37K 
                (Details)                                                        
86: R72         Income Taxes - Income Tax Expense (Details)         HTML     53K 
87: R73         Income Taxes - Income Tax Reconciliation (Details)  HTML     51K 
88: R74         Income Taxes - Deferred Tax Assets (Liabilities)    HTML     48K 
                (Details)                                                        
89: R75         Income Taxes - Narrative (Details)                  HTML     42K 
90: R76         Net Loss Per Share Attributable to Common           HTML     57K 
                Stockholders - Schedule of Net Loss Per Share                    
                Attributable to Common Stockholders (Details)                    
91: R77         Net Loss Per Share Attributable to Common           HTML     56K 
                Stockholders - Schedule of Diluted Net Loss                      
                Attributable to Nuvve common stockholders                        
                (Details)                                                        
92: R78         Related Parties (Details)                           HTML     42K 
93: R79         Leases - Lease cost (Details)                       HTML     66K 
94: R80         Leases - Schedule of operating lease liability      HTML     69K 
                maturity (Details)                                               
95: R81         Leases - Lease term, discount rate, and other       HTML     55K 
                information (Details)                                            
96: R82         Leases - Sublease (Details)                         HTML     44K 
97: R83         Leases - Lessor (Details)                           HTML     47K 
98: R84         Commitments and Contingencies - Narrative           HTML    100K 
                (Details)                                                        
99: R85         Commitments and Contingencies - Schedule of         HTML     47K 
                milestone event (Details)                                        
100: R86         Non-Controlling Interest - Narrative (Details)      HTML     98K  
101: R87         Non-Controlling Interest - Series B Preferred       HTML     55K  
                Stock (Details)                                                  
102: R88         Non-Controlling Interest - Non-controlling          HTML     48K  
                interests presented as a separate component of                   
                stockholders? equity (Details)                                   
103: R89         Non-Controlling Interest - Condensed consolidated   HTML     33K  
                statements of operations (Details)                               
104: R90         Non-Controlling Interest - Redeemable               HTML     39K  
                noncontrolling interest reconciliation (Details)                 
105: R91         Noncontrolling Interest - Schedule of Monte Carlo   HTML     38K  
                Simulation model to estimate the fair value of                   
                class D incentive Units (Details)                                
106: R92         Noncontrolling Interest - Schedule of nonvested     HTML     52K  
                Class D Incentive Units (Details)                                
107: R93         Subsequent Events - Narrative (Details)             HTML     85K  
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