SC 13G 1 tm226061-3_sc13g.htm SC 13G

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Schedule 13G

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULES 13d-1 (b), (c) AND (d) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO 13d-2 (b)

(Amendment No. _____)*

Bark, Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock

(Title of Class of Securities)

68622E104

(CUSIP Number)

December 31, 2021

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:

¨ Rule 13d-1(b)

¨ Rule 13d-1(c)

x Rule 13d-1(d)

*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

(Continued on following pages)

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Exhibit Index Contained on Page 10

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1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSON August Capital VII, L.P. (“August VII”)
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) ¨ (b) x
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		5	SOLE VOTING POWER 14,385,229 shares, except that ACM VII, the general partner of August VII, may be deemed to have sole power to vote these shares, and W. Eric Carlborg (“Carlborg”), Howard Hartenbaum (“Hartenbaum”) and David M. Hornik (“Hornik”) the members of ACM VII, may be deemed to have shared power to vote these shares.
		6	SHARED VOTING POWER See response to row 5.
		7	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 14,385,229 shares, except that ACM VII, the general partner of August VII, may be deemed to have sole power to dispose of these shares, and Carlborg, Hartenbaum and Hornik, the members of ACM VII, may be deemed to have shared power to dispose of these shares.
		8	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER See response to row 7.
9	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 14,385,229
10	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES ¨
11	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 8.4%
12	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON PN

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1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSON August Capital Management VII, L.L.C. (“ACM VII”)
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) ¨ (b) x
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		5	SOLE VOTING POWER 14,385,229 shares, of which all are directly owned by August VII. ACM VII, the general partner of August VII, may be deemed to have sole power to vote these shares, and Carlborg, Hartenbaum and Hornik, the members of ACM VII, may be deemed to have shared power to vote these shares.
		6	SHARED VOTING POWER See response to row 5.
		7	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 14,385,229 shares, of which all are directly owned by August VII. ACM VII, the general partner of August VII, may be deemed to have sole power to dispose of these shares, and Carlborg, Hartenbaum and Hornik, the members of ACM VII, may be deemed to have shared power to dispose of these shares.
		8	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER See response to row 7.
9	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 14,385,229
10	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES ¨
11	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 8.4%
12	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON OO

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1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSON W. Eric Carlborg (“Carlborg”)
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) ¨ (b) x
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION U.S. Citizen
NUMBER OF		5	SOLE VOTING POWER 0 shares
SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		6	SHARED VOTING POWER 14,385,229 shares, of which all are directly owned by August VII. ACM VII, the general partner of August VII, may be deemed to have sole power to vote these shares, and Carlborg, Hartenbaum and Hornik, the members of ACM VII, may be deemed to have shared power to vote these shares.
		7	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 shares
		8	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 14,385,229 shares, of which all are directly owned by August VII. ACM VII, the general partner of August VII, may be deemed to have sole power to dispose of these shares, and Carlborg, Hartenbaum and Hornik, the members of ACM VII, may be deemed to have shared power to dispose of these shares.
9	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 14,385,229
10	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES ¨
11	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 8.4%
12	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON IN

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1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSON Howard Hartenbaum (“Hartenbaum”)
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) ¨ (b) x
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION U.S. Citizen
NUMBER OF		5	SOLE VOTING POWER 0 shares
SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		6	SHARED VOTING POWER 14,385,229 shares, of which all are directly owned by August VII. ACM VII, the general partner of August VII, may be deemed to have sole power to vote these shares, and Carlborg, Hartenbaum and Hornik, the members of ACM VII, may be deemed to have shared power to vote these shares.
		7	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 shares
		8	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 14,385,229 shares, of which all are directly owned by August VII. ACM VII, the general partner of August VII, may be deemed to have sole power to dispose of these shares, and Carlborg, Hartenbaum and Hornik, the members of ACM VII, may be deemed to have shared power to dispose of these shares.
9	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 14,385,229
10	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES ¨
11	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 8.4%
12	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON IN

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1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSON David M. Hornik (“Hornik”)
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) ¨ (b) x
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION U.S. Citizen
NUMBER OF		5	SOLE VOTING POWER 0 shares
SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		6	SHARED VOTING POWER 14,385,229 shares, of which all are directly owned by August VII. ACM VII, the general partner of August VII, may be deemed to have sole power to vote these shares, and Carlborg, Hartenbaum and Hornik, the members of ACM VII, may be deemed to have shared power to vote these shares.
		7	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 shares
		8	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 14,385,229 shares, of which all are directly owned by August VII. ACM VII, the general partner of August VII, may be deemed to have sole power to dispose of these shares, and Carlborg, Hartenbaum and Hornik, the members of ACM VII, may be deemed to have shared power to dispose of these shares.
9	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 14,385,229
10	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES ¨
11	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 8.4%
12	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON IN

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ITEM 1(A).

NAME OF ISSUER

Bark, Inc.

ITEM 1(B).

ADDRESS OF ISSUER’S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES

221 Canal Street
New York, NY 10013

ITEM 2(A).

NAME OF PERSONS FILING

This Statement is filed by August Capital VII, L.P. (“August VII”), August Capital Management VII, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (“ACM VII”), and W. Eric Carlborg (“Carlborg”), Howard Hartenbaum (“Hartenbaum”) and David M. Hornik (“Hornik”). The foregoing entities and individuals are collectively referred to as the “Reporting Persons.”

ACM VII, the general partner of August VII, may be deemed to have sole power to vote and sole power to dispose of shares of the issuer directly owned by August VII.

Carlborg, Hartenbaum and Hornik are members of ACM VII and may be deemed to have shared power to vote and shared power to dispose of shares of the issuer directly owned by August VII.

ITEM 2(B).

ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OFFICE

The address for each reporting person is:

August Capital

893A Folsom Street

San Francisco, California 94107

ITEM 2(C).

CITIZENSHIP

August VII is a Delaware limited partnership. ACM VII is a Delaware limited liability company. Carlborg, Hartenbaum and Hornik are United States Citizens.

ITEM 2(D) and (E).

TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES AND CUSIP NUMBER

Common Stock

CUSIP #68622E104

ITEM 3.

Not Applicable.

ITEM 4.

OWNERSHIP

Provide the following information regarding the aggregate number and percentage of the class of securities of the issuer identified in Item 1.

The following information with respect to the ownership of the Common Stock of the issuer by the persons filing this Statement is provided as of December 31, 2021 (based on 171,912,342 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of November 5, 2021 as reported by the issuer in its Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2021).

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(a)

Amount beneficially owned:

See Row 9 of cover page for each Reporting Person.

(b)

Percent of Class:

See Row 11 of cover page for each Reporting Person.

(c)

Number of shares as to which such person has:

(i)

Sole power to vote or to direct the vote:

See Row 5 of cover page for each Reporting Person.

(ii)

Shared power to vote or to direct the vote:

See Row 6 of cover page for each Reporting Person.

(iii)

Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:

See Row 7 of cover page for each Reporting Person.

(iv)

Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:

See Row 8 of cover page for each Reporting Person.

ITEM 5.

OWNERSHIP OF FIVE PERCENT OR LESS OF A CLASS

Not applicable.

ITEM 6.

OWNERSHIP OF MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER PERSON

Under certain circumstances set forth in the limited partnership agreement of August VII, and the limited liability company agreement of ACM VII, the general and limited partners or members, as the case may be, of each of such entities may be deemed to have the right to receive dividends from, or the proceeds from, the sale of shares of the issuer owned by each such entity of which they are a partner or member, as the case may be.

ITEM 7.

IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE SUBSIDIARY WHICH ACQUIRED THE SECURITY BEING REPORTED ON BY THE PARENT HOLDING COMPANY

Not applicable.

ITEM 8.

IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF MEMBERS OF THE GROUP

Not applicable.

ITEM 9.

NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF GROUP

Not applicable.

ITEM 10.

CERTIFICATION

Not applicable.

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SIGNATURES

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Date: February 14, 2022

	AUGUST CAPITAL VII, L.P., a Delaware Limited Partnership

	AUGUST CAPITAL MANAGEMENT VII, L.L.C., a Delaware Limited Liability Company


	By:	/s/ Abigail Hipps
		Abigail Hipps
		Attorney-in-Fact



	W. ERIC CARLBORG HOWARD HARTENBAUM DAVID M. HORNIK

	By:	/s/ Abigail Hipps
		Abigail Hipps
		Attorney-in-Fact

*Signed pursuant to a Power of Attorney already on file with the appropriate agencies.

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EXHIBIT INDEX

	Found on Sequentially
Exhibit	Numbered Page
Exhibit A: Agreement of Joint Filing	11

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exhibit A

Agreement of Joint Filing

The undersigned hereby agree that a single Schedule 13G (or any amendment thereto) relating to the Common Stock of Bark, Inc. shall be filed on behalf of each of the undersigned and that this Agreement shall be filed as an exhibit to such Schedule 13G.

Date: February 14, 2022

	AUGUST CAPITAL VII, L.P., a Delaware Limited Partnership

	AUGUST CAPITAL MANAGEMENT VII, L.L.C., a Delaware Limited Liability Company


	By:	/s/ Abigail Hipps
		Abigail Hipps
		Attorney-in-Fact



	W. ERIC CARLBORG HOWARD HARTENBAUM DAVID M. HORNIK

	By:	/s/ Abigail Hipps
		Abigail Hipps
		Attorney-in-Fact

*Signed pursuant to a Power of Attorney already on file with the appropriate agencies.

SEC Form SC 13G filed by BARK Inc.