exhibit 10. 27 first amendment to statement of work no. 1 under the independent contractor agreement this first amendment to statement of work no. 1 under the independent contractor agreement ( “ this amendment ” ) is made by and between barkbox, inc., having an office and place of business at 221 canal street, floor 2, new york, ny 10013 ( “ barkbox ” ) and prehype, llc, having an office and place of business at 221 canal street, floor 3, new york, ny 10013 ( “ contractor ” ). as used in this amendment, “ party ” means either barkbox or prehype, as the context requires, and “ parties ” means both barkbox and prehype. recitals barkbox and prehype entered into an independent contractor agreement on january 1, 2012 ( “ agreement ” ) and an associated statement of work no. 1 on january 1, 2012 ( “ sow ” ) pursuant to which prehype agreed to provide the services of henrik werdelin to barkbox ; and barkbox and prehype desire by this amendment to amend the sow as provided below. amendment now, therefore, in consideration of the mutual promises contained herein, the parties agree to the following terms : 1. unless stated or indicated otherwise in this amendment, capitalized terms herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the agreement and sow. 2. section 1 of the sow is hereby amended as follows, effective january 1, 2012 : the following sentence is hereby added immediately following the first sentence of section 1 : “ the parties agree that, for the purposes of this sow and the agreement, that those certain invention and non - disclosure agreement and non - competition and non - solicitation agreement, both by and between barkbox and henrik werdelin, dated november 1, 2011, shall apply to the services provided hereunder by henrik werdelin in his capacity as an employee of contractor. ” 3. section 3 of the sow is hereby amended as follows, effective february 1, 2017 : the first sentence of section 3 is hereby deleted and replaced with the following sentence : “ the company shall pay contractor a services fee of $ 20, 450 per month, payable in arrears, no later than 30 days following barkbox ’ s receipt of invoice from contractor. ” page 1 of 2 exhibit 10. 27 first amendment to statement of work no.