As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on August 1, 2025.

Registration No. 333-287976

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

AMENDMENT NO. 4

FORM S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its constitutional documents)

Cayman Islands

6770

N/A

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Code Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

418 Broadway #7531

Albany, NY, 12207

(646) 750-8895

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

Puglisi & Associates
850 Library Avenue, Suite 204
Newark, Delaware 19711
(302) 738-6680

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:

Jia Yan, Esq.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Suite 3001, 30th Floor
Jing An Kerry Center, Tower 2

1539 Nanjing Road West, Shanghai 200041

The People’s Republic of China

Tel: +86 21-6137-7980

Arila Zhou, Esq.

Ze’-ev D. Eiger, Esq.

Robinson & Cole LLP

Chrysler East Building

666 Third Avenue, 20th Floor

New York, NY 10017

Tel: (212) 451-2908

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933 check the following box. ☐

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	☐	Accelerated filer	☐
Non-accelerated filer	☒	Smaller reporting company	☒
		Emerging growth company	☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP is filing this Amendment No. 4 to its registration statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-287976) (the “Registration Statement”) as an exhibit-only filing solely containing Exhibits 5.1 and 23.1. Accordingly, this amendment consists only of the cover page, this explanatory note, Part II of the Registration Statement, the signature page to the Registration Statement and the filed exhibits. The remainder of the Registration Statement is unchanged and has therefore been omitted.

PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 13. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

The estimated expenses payable by us in connection with the offering described in this registration statement (other than the underwriting discount and commissions) will be as follows:

Initial trustee fee	$	6,500
Legal fees and expenses		200,000
Nasdaq listing fee		80,000
Printing and engraving expenses		25,000
Accounting fees and expenses		85,000
SEC registration fee		12,707
FINRA filing fee		9,125
Transfer agent fee		25,000
Reimbursement to underwriters for expenses		95,000
Miscellaneous⁽¹⁾		52,878
Total	$	591,210

(1)

This amount represents additional expenses that may be incurred by the company in connection with the offering over and above those specifically listed above, including other service fees and mailing costs.

Item 14. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Cayman Islands law does not limit the extent to which a company’s memorandum and articles of association may provide for indemnification of officers and directors, except to the extent any such provision may be held by the Cayman Islands courts to be contrary to public policy, such as to provide indemnification against civil fraud or the consequences of committing a crime. Our post-offering amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide for indemnification of our officers and directors to the maximum extent permitted by law, including for any liability incurred in their capacities as such, except through their own actual fraud, willful default or willful neglect.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling us pursuant to the foregoing provisions, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is theretofore unenforceable.

Item 15. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.

During the past three years, we sold the following ordinary shares without registration under the Securities Act:

	●	In February 2025, an aggregate of 1,437,500 initial shares were issued to our initial shareholders, for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000, or approximately $0.017 per share, in connection with the company’s organization pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.

	●	In addition, our sponsor has committed to purchasing an aggregate of 232,121 private units from the company on a private placement basis simultaneously with the consummation of this offering. Our sponsor has also agreed that if the over-allotment option is exercised by the underwriters in full or in part, they will purchase from the company at a price of $10.00 per private unit up to an additional 15,000 private units. These issuances will be made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.

No underwriting discounts or commissions were paid with respect to such sales.

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Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

(a)

The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:

Exhibit No.		Description
1.1***		Form of Underwriting Agreement
3.1***		Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association
3.2***		Form of Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association
4.1***		Specimen Unit Certificate
4.2***		Specimen Ordinary Share Certificate
4.3***		Specimen Rights Certificate
4.4***		Form of Rights Agreement between Transhare Corporation and the Registrant
5.1*		Opinion of Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP
5.2***		Opinion of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
10.1***		Form of Letter Agreement among the Registrant and the Company’s officers, directors and shareholders
10.2***		Form of Investment Management Trust Agreement between Odyssey Transfer and Trust Company and the Registrant
10.3***		Form of Registration Rights Agreement among the Registrant and the Insiders.
10.4***		Form of Private Placement Units Purchase Agreement between the Registrant and the Sponsor
10.5***		Form of Indemnification Agreement
10.6***		Founder Shares Subscription Agreement dated February 14, 2025, between the Registrant and the Sponsor
10.7***		Form of Founder Shares Transfer Agreement
10.8***		Form of Employment Agreement
10.9***		Form of Director Service Agreement
10.10***		Promissory Note, issued to the Sponsor, dated as of December 1, 2024
23.1*		Consent of Audit Alliance LLP
23.2*		Consent of Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.3***		Consent of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2).
24*		Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
99.1***		Consent of Stephen Markscheid
99.2***		Consent of Peter Jianfeng Chen
99.3***		Consent of Liang Kang
107***		Filing fee table

*	Filed herewith
**	To be filed with an amendment.
***	Previously Filed

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Item 17. Undertakings.

(a)

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

(1)

To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

	ii.	To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement;

	iii.	To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement.

	(2)	That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

	(3)	To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

	(4)	That for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933 in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

	i.	Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

	ii.	Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;

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	iii.	The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

	iv.	Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

(5)

That for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser, if the registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.

(b)

The undersigned hereby undertakes to provide to the underwriters at the closing specified in the underwriting agreements, certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by the underwriters to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser.

	(c)	Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

	(d)	The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:

	(1)	For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.

	(2)	For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Shanghai, on August 1, 2025.

	STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP

	By:	/s/ Yan Liang
	Name:	Yan Liang
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson of Board

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities on August 1, 2025.

Name		Position

/s/ Yan Liang		Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson of Board
Yan Liang		(principal executive officer)

/s/ Kong Wai Yap		Chief Financial Officer
Kong Wai Yap		(principal financial and accounting officer)

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AUTHORIZED U.S. REPRESENTATIVE

Pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP has signed this registration statement in the City of Newark, Delaware, on August 1, 2025.

	AUTHORIZED U.S. REPRESENTATIVE

	Puglisi & Associates

	By:	/s/ Donald J. Puglisi
	Name:	Donald J. Puglisi
	Title:	Managing Director

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STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP S-1/A