Oversubscribed round demonstrates strong investor confidence in Lin Health’s neuroscience-based approach to chronic pain

DENVER, Dec. 9, 2025 — Lin Health, the leader in behavioral care for chronic pain recovery, today announced the close of an oversubscribed $11 million Series A financing round. The round was led by Proofpoint Capital, a U.S.-based venture firm formed by seasoned healthcare operators, with participation from new investors Osage Venture Partners and NewHealth Ventures. Continued strong support and investment came from existing investors, including aMoon, Mayo Clinic, Saban Ventures, Shoni Health Ventures, and Viola Ventures.

In partnership with major health systems, clinics, and payers, Lin Health is redefining chronic pain care to treat conditions as diverse as migraines, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and back and joint pain. Accessible to more than 60 million covered Americans, Lin offers patients an effective, non-opioid treatment that addresses the root cause of pain in the nervous system. Through a physician-led, coach-supported virtual program, Lin engages patients multiple times per week as a high-touch resource grounded in decades of clinical research and aligned with national guidelines for chronic pain management.

“This milestone reflects the confidence of our investors and the urgency of addressing our growing chronic pain crisis, as at least one in five doctor visits are tied to pain,” said Lin Health CEO and Co-Founder Yehuda Kogan. “We’ve proven that our mission-driven team and model deliver results for patients, systems, and payers, and now we’re ready to compound our rapid growth, scale our partnerships, and bring relief to the millions of underserved Americans living with these conditions.”

The company operates with a proven collaborative care model, leveraging its technology and AI software to scale operations and support patients and clinicians efficiently without increasing administrative costs, while deepening integration across the healthcare ecosystem. The new funding will be used to drive product innovation, expand go-to-market efforts, strengthen clinically integrated partnerships, and accelerate Lin’s role as the first-line solution for chronic pain care nationwide.

“Lin Health has built a category-defining approach to chronic conditions as they tackle one of the most costly and overlooked challenges in U.S. healthcare: chronic pain,” said Dan Goldsmith of Proofpoint Capital, who joins Lin Health’s board. “Their model doesn’t just deliver meaningful outcomes for patients; it also addresses systemic inefficiencies and financial realities for payers and care teams. I’ve seen firsthand how the right combination of technology and clinical expertise can transform an industry, and Lin is poised to do just that for pain care. I’m excited to join the board and support the team in scaling this important mission.”

About Lin Health

Lin Health tackles the biggest blind spot in U.S. healthcare: chronic pain, which costs more than cancer and diabetes combined at $635 billion annually. Our evidence-based, award-winning treatment retrains maladaptive pain circuits and restores function, bridging medical and behavioral care through elements of Pain Reprocessing Therapy, Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and other neuroplastic pain recovery techniques. Our adjunctive care improves population health, reduces provider burnout, supports value-based outcomes, lowers the total cost of care, and prevents system leakage. Founded in 2021 by industry veterans and backed by leading investment firms, we partner with health systems, clinics, and payers to deliver immediately accessible continuity of care, built on end-to-end proprietary software that handles the entire business side of care delivery. With nationwide payer coverage for 60 million Americans, Lin is on a mission to reclaim lives from chronic pain.

Learn more at www.lin.health

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In addition, four seasoned B2B executives have joined the Invictus Guild as Operating Advisors: Stacey Epstein, Barry Zwarenstein, Nate Peace, and Gordon Mackintosh

SAN MATEO, Calif., Dec. 9, 2025 — Invictus Growth Partners (“Invictus”), a leading middle-market growth equity firm with more than $1 billion in assets under management, today announced that Erik Nierenberg has joined the firm as a Partner. Nierenberg will partner with current and future portfolio companies to accelerate growth and drive long-term value creation. Invictus also welcomed four senior executives to the Invictus Guild, its network of operating advisors, further expanding the firm’s value-creation capabilities across the portfolio.

2025 has been a transformative year for Invictus. The firm more than doubled AUM with new oversubscribed funds totaling $574 million dedicated exclusively to enterprise cloud software, cybersecurity, and financial technology companies seeking both capital and operating resources to scale.

“The pace of innovation in cloud software and applied AI continues to accelerate, creating massive opportunities for companies that can scale into market leaders,” said Erik Nierenberg. “I have worked with the Invictus team for years as part of the Invictus Guild and as a Board Director. Invictus combines deep operating and investing expertise with a unique data-science platform to help companies capture those opportunities. I’m excited to join the Invictus team and partner with companies to drive scale and growth.”

Nierenberg brings more than two decades of B2B software leadership across sales, marketing, product, strategy, operations, business development, and M&A. Most recently, he served as CEO of Litmus, where he led the company for eight years during which the company achieved significant scale by profitably growing direct sales at a 55% CAGR and growing EBITDA profitability at a 63% CAGR. Litmus evolved from a single-product, single-channel business into a multi-product enterprise platform trusted by leading global brands. Under his leadership, Litmus was successfully acquired by Validity in April, 2025.

“Erik is a world-class operator who has already driven transformational impact for our portfolio as part of the Invictus Guild,” said John DeLoche, Co-Founder and Managing Partner. “We’re thrilled to welcome him as a Partner to extend that value creation more broadly across the firm.”

Earlier in his career, Nierenberg held strategy, product, and go-to-market roles at Salesforce.com during its hyper-growth years. He also served as SVP and GM at Lynda.com (acquired by LinkedIn), was a consultant at Bain & Company, worked as an early-stage venture capitalist, and was part of the founding team at The Bridgespan Group. He has advised founders and CEOs at companies including 6sense, DataFox (acquired by Oracle), Udemy, Identified (acquired by Workday), and Bitly. At Invictus, he currently serves on the boards of Channelscaler and CYPHER Learning. Nierenberg holds a bachelor’s degree with honors in Economics from Pomona College and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

“Erik shares our values and our mission to Empower Excellence,” added William Nettles, Co-Founder and Managing Partner. “His leadership has strengthened our value creation efforts, and we’re excited to have him on the full-time team.”

New Invictus Guild Operating Advisors

The Invictus Guild is a portfolio company success team of operating advisors that work closely with Invictus portfolio companies on value creation. Invictus also announced the addition of four new Invictus Guild operating advisors:

Stacey Epstein – Enterprise software veteran who helped build, scale, and exit iconic SaaS brands including SuccessFactors (from $10 million ARR to an IPO and subsequent acquisition by SAP for $3.4 billion), ServiceMax (less than $1M ARR to $1 billion acquisition by GE), Zinc (acquired), and Freshworks (IPO). She has served as CEO, CMO, Chief Customer Experience Officer, and Board Director.

Barry Zwarenstein – Seasoned finance leader who has guided technology companies through scaling, acquisitions, and IPOs, including Five9, Logitech, and Verifone. As longtime CFO of Five9, he helped grow the business from $60 million to over $1 billion in revenue; he brings strategic finance and capital-markets expertise to the Invictus portfolio.

Nate Peace – SaaS operator with deep expertise in customer success, operations, and post-sale growth. Currently SVP of Customer Success at LinkLive, he supports portfolio companies in retention, expansion, and operational excellence.

Gordon Mackintosh – Global go-to-market and channel leader who has built partner ecosystems at HPE, Juniper Networks, Cisco, and Extreme Networks. A CRN Channel Chief of the Year and Top 50 Most Influential Channel Chief, he helps accelerate revenue through world-class channel strategies.

Invictus Growth Partners is a middle-market growth equity firm with over $1 billion in assets under management, investing in bootstrapped and capital-efficient cloud software, cybersecurity, and fintech companies. The firm is deploying more than $574 million from recently closed funds and provides portfolio companies exclusive access to DIANE, its AI-driven value-creation platform, which has delivered a significant increase in direct sales conversion and can provide access to thousands of warm customer introductions. Invictus makes majority investments with $30 million to $100+ million equity checks. Visit us at www.invictusgrowth.com.

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With landmark demonstrations of quantum error correction and new backing from Google Quantum AI, NVIDIA, SoftBank, and other global investors, QuEra advances from scientific breakthroughs to preparing for industrial-scale deployment.

BOSTON, Dec. 9, 2025 — QuEra Computing, the leader in neutral-atom quantum computing, today highlighted 2025 as a defining year for QuEra and the quantum industry. In 2025, QuEra and its partners at Harvard, MIT, and Yale resolved the fundamental barriers to fault-tolerant quantum computing, demonstrating continuous operation, scalable error correction, magic state distillation, and dramatically reduced runtime overhead. Simultaneously, the company secured over $230 million in capital from top-tier investors and major industry partners to expand globally, complete development initiatives and scale manufacturing. QuEra also achieved record revenues and cash collections from customers for quantum computing product and service deliveries, marking its transition from research organization to commercial enterprise. By uniting these scientific breakthroughs with the company’s first on-premises HPC quantum computer deployment, QuEra has established 2025 as the year fault tolerance moved from theoretical promise to engineering reality.

“2025 marked a turning point, where the foundational science behind our market-leading neutral atom quantum computing matured into a clear and validated path forward,” said Andy Ory, CEO of QuEra Computing. “Working closely with our partners at Harvard and MIT, we collectively validated the entire architectural blueprint for a large-scale, error-corrected quantum computer. With backing from the world’s leaders in AI and compute, and our first systems live in hybrid HPC environments, QuEra is now executing on the quickest and most credible path to quantum utility.”

Scientific Validation: The Blueprint for Scale
Four landmark papers published in Nature this year have resolved the critical engineering risks facing neutral-atom quantum scaling. Unlike superconducting or trapped-ion approaches that increasingly struggle with cryogenic cooling, wiring, connectivity, or control complexity as they scale, QuEra’s neutral-atom platform has now demonstrated the unique physical capabilities required for massive scale:

• Solving the Scale Barrier (Continuous Operation): This is the first demonstration of a quantum system that can replenish qubits indefinitely, enabling continuous operation at scale. In a breakthrough led by Harvard and MIT, researchers demonstrated a 3,000-qubit array operating continuously for over two hours, utilizing unique mid-computation replenishment to solve the “atom loss” problem. (Nature)
• Solving the Error Barrier (Fault Tolerance): This architecture validates that increasing the system size now reduces errors rather than multiplying them. The Harvard-led team demonstrated the first integrated fault-tolerant architecture, successfully executing algorithms with up to 96 logical qubits with error rates that improved as the system scaled (below-threshold performance). (Nature)
• Solving the Utility Barrier (Magic States): This proves that neutral atoms can efficiently prepare the high-fidelity resources needed for complex, universal algorithms. Led by QuEra scientists, the team achieved the first logical magic state distillation, a prerequisite for running universal, complex algorithms beyond simple proofs of concept. (Nature)
• Solving the Overhead Barrier (Algorithmic Fault Tolerance): This framework dramatically reduces the runtime cost of error correction, enabling fault-tolerant algorithms to execute 10-100× faster. In collaboration with Harvard and Yale, researchers introduced Transversal Algorithmic Fault Tolerance (AFT), proving that each logical layer of an algorithm can be executed with a single error-checking round rather than dozens. (Nature)

The Neutral-Atom Advantage

QuEra’s rapid progress is driven by the unique architecture of its neutral-atom platform. Unlike manufactured qubits that are fixed in place and require individual wiring, neutral atoms are identical by nature, controlled wirelessly by lasers, and highly mobile. This mobility enables the dynamic rearrangement of qubits for efficient algorithms and novel error correction techniques. Uniquely, QuEra systems support room-temperature operation and low power consumption, enabling a compact, energy-efficient footprint.

Delivering Immediate Scientific Impact

Beyond laying the foundation for future fault tolerance, QuEra’s platforms are generating breakthrough science today. In June, researchers from the University of Innsbruck and Harvard used QuEra’s Aquila system to observe string breaking in a 2D quantum simulator for the first time—a phenomenon central to high-energy particle physics (Nature). In September, a Harvard-QuEra-MIT collaboration published the first digital quantum simulation of two-dimensional fermionic systems using Kitaev’s honeycomb model, verifying a non-Abelian spin-liquid phase and simulating the Fermi-Hubbard model on a square lattice. This opens pathways for quantum simulations in materials science, chemistry, and high-energy physics (Nature). This result headlines a broader wave of discovery, with dozens of papers published by scientific users leveraging QuEra’s systems via the cloud to explore frontiers in physics, machine learning, and optimization.

Industrialization: Validated by Leaders in AI and Compute
Following these technical validations, the broader computing industry has moved to integrate QuEra’s technology into the global supply chain.

• Capital for Manufacturing Scale: QuEra closed more than $230 million in new financing round led by Google Quantum AI and SoftBank Vision Fund 2, with an additional strategic investment from NVentures (NVIDIA), and other global investors. This capital accelerates the manufacturing infrastructure and supply chain required to deliver systems globally. Further, QuEra doubled its global workforce this year, with additional significant growth planned for 2026.
• Global Manufacturing Infrastructure: Complementing this capital, QuEra was selected for Japan’s NEDO “Post-5G” initiative, a multi-year national project to establish a robust manufacturing supply chain for quantum components. This partnership secures the critical optical and vacuum technologies needed to mass-produce neutral-atom systems for the global market.
• Hybrid Compute Reality: QuEra completed its first on-premises installation at AIST (Japan), where its Gemini-class system now operates alongside the NVIDIA-powered ABCI-Q supercomputer. Further validating this hybrid future, QuEra and Dell Technologies showcased the integration of QPUs into mainstream HPC environments at SC25.
• Enterprise Readiness: The expansion of the “go to market” QuEra Quantum Alliance to include BCG X, a partnership with Deloitte Japan, alongside impactful results with partners like Merck and Amgen, signals that the enterprise sector is preparing for utility-scale applications. Additionally, QuEra’s advancement to Phase 2 of the Wellcome Leap Quantum for Bio Challenge demonstrates the platform’s growing relevance for life sciences applications.
• Government Validation: As previously announced, QuEra was selected for Phase B of DARPA’s Quantum Benchmarking Initiative, following success in Phase A.

Strategic Implications for the Industry
These milestones materially reduce the risk profile for HPC centers, national laboratories, and enterprise early adopters:

• For HPC Centers: The successful integration with Dell and NVIDIA infrastructure proves that neutral-atom QPUs can function as standard accelerators within existing data centers today.
• For National Programs: The company’s selection for DARPA’s Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (Stage A, and then Stage B), combined with the demonstration of logical qubits, provides a verified roadmap to utility. These de-risk long-term investments in sovereign quantum capabilities, a strategy further validated by NEDO’s supply chain investment with QuEra in Japan.
• For Enterprise Innovators: The path to fault-tolerant quantum computing is now primarily an engineering execution task, not a scientific uncertainty, bringing deep circuit applications in materials and logistics within sight.

Looking Ahead
Leveraging the architectural validations of 2025, QuEra is on track to demonstrate its third-generation systems in 2026-2027. These systems are designed to feature a large number of high-quality logical qubits operating continuously, unlocking new solutions for classically-intractable problems and cementing QuEra’s position as the standard-bearer for fault-tolerant quantum computing.

With these breakthroughs, QuEra now offers the clearest, most validated roadmap to delivering fault-tolerant quantum computers capable of running deep logical circuits—positioning the company as the industry’s technical and commercial leader entering 2026.

QuEra will host a technology update webinar in early 2026. To be informed of the event details, register your interest here: www.quera.com/26roadmap

About QuEra Computing
QuEra is putting quantum to work. As the scientific and commercial leader in neutral-atom quantum computing, we help enterprise innovators leverage quantum to gain competitive advantage, support HPC centers as they help users tackle classically intractable problems, and enable government programs to build national capability and sovereign capabilities. We do this through our quantum innovation platform, combining quantum systems available on-premises and via the cloud with application co-design and collaborative research. Born at Harvard and MIT, still advancing together, QuEra operates globally from Boston, Tokyo, and the United Kingdom. As quantum computing moves from “one day” to “Day One,” QuEra delivers practical impact today while advancing toward large-scale, fault-tolerant systems. See what’s possible at www.quera.com. 

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The round was led by Upfront Ventures, with participation from BlueYard Capital, First In Ventures, and other strategic investors.

The funding enables AnySignal to scale manufacturing across a growing portfolio of software and hardware products, including flight radios currently in orbit and next-generation systems for ground and airborne use.

Modern life depends on reliable access to the radio-frequency spectrum, yet many defense and space operators still rely on brittle, single-purpose radios. These legacy systems often fail under congestion, interference, or evolving threats, creating unacceptable risks for satellite communications and national security.

“Failing radios and operational communications breakdowns are less about physics and more about inflexible designs and rigid processes,” said John Malsbury, AnySignal co-founder and CEO. “As more satellites, missiles and drones come online, the weaknesses of existing infrastructure become clear. Without modernization, missions and lives are put at risk and we won’t meet the growing demands of the space economy and defense readiness.”

AnySignal’s platform makes spectrum a software-defined resource. By designing the full radio stack –  from algorithms and hardware to cloud services –  the company said it can deliver new capabilities in weeks rather than years, and allow systems to adapt to attacks without replacing hardware.

“The commercial world has seen huge advances in communications infrastructure, while defense and space have lagged behind,” said Ricardo Medina, AnySignal co-founder. “We’re modernizing the core building blocks so mission-critical users can finally outpace the threat.”

AnySignal is already supporting multiple missions on-orbit, the company said. Over the next year, 12 additional spacecraft are scheduled to launch using AnySignal radios and network services across LEO, GEO and lunar missions.

“Every founder we talk to in space knows AnySignal and sees it as one of the best solutions available,” said Mark Suster, general partner at Upfront Ventures. “Backing this team was a no-brainer.”

About AnySignal
AnySignal builds mission-critical space and national security infrastructure. We deliver adaptive, resilient wireless connectivity, sensing, and security infrastructure through full-stack solutions that combine advanced algorithms, ruggedized hardware, and cloud services. Our platform is trusted by space, defense, and commercial customers to operate reliably in the most demanding environments.

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Investment led by VenturesLab accelerates development of AI-driven credit platform to transform $18 trillion credit market

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 9, 2025 — BON Credit, an AI platform focused on Generation Z credit and debt management, announced today it has raised $3.5 million in a funding round led by VenturesLab.

The capital infusion will accelerate BON Credit’s product and service development offerings as it seeks to become the clubhouse leader of next-generation credit management tools. The funding supports the initial rollout of BON Credit’s new app and establishes a foundation for long-term growth.

VenturesLab was founded in 2005 by Gang Mai and Tim Draper, and was the first investor in both PopMart and OKX. Mai was an early believer that blockchain technology would enhance the global influence of the U.S. dollar. Draper’s venture ecosystem invested in founders behind giants like Tesla, Robinhood, Twitch, Baidu and SpaceX. Together, their knowledge of how the financial industry operates were key drivers in attracting them to BON Credit.

“Today, over 100 million Americans carry credit card debts and badly need help,” said Gang Mai, Founding Partner of VenturesLab. “BON Credit develops agentic solutions to enable these consumers to build better credit, and is exactly the type of company VenturesLab wants to partner with.”

In addition to VenturesLab, the seed round included Hustle Fund, Outside VC, MBA Ventures, Sequoia Scout Fund, Accel Partners Scout Fund and other Silicon Valley executives. BON Credit was initially incubated by Foundation Capital and Inception Studio.

“BON Credit aligns with Outside VC’s thesis and mission to lift 100 million people into the middle class, and is in a great position to succeed because of its founders’ unique perspectives and operational approach,” said Ethan Austin, Founder and General Partner of Outside VC, noting the expertise of co-founders Samder Singh Khangarot and Darwin Tu. “The future of consumer fintech is being predicated by a new wave of innovation driven by AI, with BON positioned to benefit from this trend.”

BON Credit is expected to transform the $18 trillion U.S. consumer credit market and help fix the debt crisis. Using its own proprietary AI technology, BON Credit helps consumers manage their credit, debt and personal finance all in one user-friendly place. Through AI-driven conversations and personalized guidance, BON Credit puts credit and debt management on autopilot and empowers consumers – particularly members of GenZ – to enhance their financial literacy and achieve financial freedom over time.

“BON Credit is putting financial education in the hands of the people who need it, while demonstrating first-hand how AI can address personal needs,” said Khangarot. “Generation Z is AI-native, and is receptive to using it for financial assistance; BON can deliver what they want, how they want it.”

The San Francisco-based fintech company rolled out in October 2025. It utilizes CredGPT, the company’s proprietary AI co-pilot, to automate the selection of credit cards and loans; manage debt, repayment and personal budgeting; reward responsible financial behaviors; and optimize credit scores and financial freedom over time.

Khangarot and Tu met through Stanford University and immediately connected over their belief in the power of AI to transform credit and personal finance. Khangarot is a former engineer and global entrepreneur who was co-founder and chief business officer of Absolute Foods and co-founder of Growspace Crypto, one of India’s fastest-growing crypto startups. He also previously worked with India’s Ministry of Finance, supporting the launch of a $300 million fund-of-funds to back emerging entrepreneurs. Tu, a serial entrepreneur who has built successful companies in Silicon Valley and Asia, started his career with FICO, which launched the FICO Score, the number assessing credit risk based on a credit report. He is credited with developing the industry-standard score for all three U.S. credit bureaus and for leading the development of the first credit bureau score for TransUnion in Asia.

Austin highlighted the disruptive potential of the company’s approach. “No matter one’s age, the key to a successful financial future is a firm understanding of one’s credit and proper utilization of cash to fund one’s growth. BON’s leadership meshes a keen understanding of credit ratings and debt management with a smart approach to how artificial intelligence can help build one’s financial future.”

About BON CREDIT (https://BONcredit.ai)
San Francisco-based BON Credit is making financial freedom more accessible to all, utilizing powerful and personalized AI to transform the way American consumers interact with credit, debt and personal finance. It is revolutionizing credit and fixing the consumer debt crisis, particularly among GenZ consumers. BON Credit aims to empower consumers, celebrate good financial behavior and redefine the credit experience for the next generation.

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HUNTINGTON, N.Y., Dec. 9, 2025 — Sen-Jam Pharmaceutical, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company pioneering first-in-class therapeutics for inflammation-driven conditions, today announced the appointment of Rute Fernandes as Executive Advisor to support commercialization strategy, scenario planning, and launch readiness across the company’s advancing pipeline.

Fernandes, a global C-suite executive with more than 25 years of leadership experience across Big Pharma, biotech, and tech, has held CEO, Board, regional, and country-level roles at organizations including Novartis, Shire, and Takeda. She has led high-impact initiatives spanning drug development, rare disease strategy, commercial operations, global launches, digital transformation, and large-scale integrations—managing P&Ls exceeding $2 billion and delivering sustained double-digit growth.

In her influential role at Sen-Jam, Fernandes will guide the company’s commercialization planning and execution, including strategic scenario development, valuation frameworks, go-to-market models, partner exploration, and launch readiness for priority assets. Her work will support Sen-Jam’s effort to maximize the value of its expanding anti-inflammatory platform, known for its unique multi-mechanism combination approach and accelerated 505(b)(2) regulatory pathway.

“Rute brings a rare combination of global insight, strategic clarity, and executional excellence,” said Jim Iversen, CEO of Sen-Jam Pharmaceutical. “As we advance multiple assets toward late-stage development—including SJP-001 for hangover prevention and SJP-002C for metabolic inflammation—her experience will sharpen our commercial strategy and ensure each program is positioned for rapid and scalable impact.”

Fernandes will support Sen-Jam as the company continues to generate momentum across its pipeline, following recent commercial and clinical advances, including the increasingly valuable corporate venture/Chemistry, Manufacturing & Controls (CMC) partnership with KVK-Tech, a new patent filing in stimulant withdrawal expanding its addiction platform, and a major funding commitment from TASK Clinical to advance SJP-001 into Phase 3 trials.

“Sen-Jam has built a differentiated anti-inflammatory platform with potential to shift how multiple diseases are treated, from metabolic dysfunction to respiratory illness to addiction,” said Rute Fernandes. “I am inspired by the team’s vision, their scientific rigor, and their commitment to delivering accessible therapies at scale. I look forward to helping Sen-Jam translate its clinical progress into long-term commercial value and meaningful real-world impact.”

Fernandes’ scope includes strategic scenario refinement, partner prioritization, and commercial model development; market and patient segmentation; positioning and differentiation strategy; pricing and access considerations; and internal capabilities and launch preparedness planning. These efforts align with Sen-Jam’s mission to deliver safe, scalable, and affordable anti-inflammatory therapeutics—leveraging proven molecules, novel mechanistic insights, and AI-enhanced data analysis to address global health needs.

About Sen-Jam Pharmaceutical
Sen-Jam Pharmaceutical is a clinical-stage biotechnology company reimagining how inflammation and addiction are treated through innovative, affordable, and rapidly deployable combination therapeutics. With a portfolio of over 60 global patents and 11 pipeline assets, Sen-Jam is advancing safe, effective solutions for global health challenges, including pain, addiction, and inflammatory disease. For more information, visit www.wefunder.com/senjam.

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 9, 2025 — The Association of Women’s Business Centers (AWBC) today reports the significant nationwide impact of its partnership with Verizon, which has strengthened digital readiness, entrepreneurship training, and access to economic opportunity for more than 30,000 small business owners since its launch. Over the past several years, the collaboration has delivered vital technology tools, grant funding, and educational resources that fuel business growth in rural, urban, and underserved communities.

In 2025 alone, more than 8,435 business owners registered for Verizon Digital Ready, nearly 2,000 veterans engaged in programming, and over 2,200 course completions helped founders strengthen their operations and digital capabilities. An additional 1,447 entrepreneurs registered for Verizon Skill Forward, with hundreds completing workforce-aligned training that enhances their competitiveness in today’s economy.

As a presenting sponsor at the 2025 AWBC Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C., Verizon connected directly with small business owners and resource partners. Attendees heard firsthand from subgrant recipients about the real impact of Verizon’s support, and inspiring mainstage testimonials drove record-level interest and engagement in Verizon Digital Ready and Skill Forward throughout the network.

Verizon’s programs are fully integrated throughout the AWBC network, appearing across onboarding processes, capital readiness support, business plan development, and both live and virtual events. Verizon Digital Ready and Skill Forward are also consistently promoted through AWBC’s HOPE2Women Funding Center, VeteranStartup.org, Biz2Grow, and the TikTok Shop Veteran SOAR Business Accelerators, ensuring that entrepreneurs can easily access training, tools, and pathways to growth regardless of their location or business stage.

The partnership continues to generate meaningful success stories, including recent grant recipient Amy Brooks Hoffmann of Fleur de Lis Organized Solutions, who discovered Verizon Small Business Digital Ready through the Women’s Business Center of Kentucky and was awarded a $10,000 grant. “I found the courses offered on the Verizon Digital Ready site to be helpful in focusing my marketing messaging – having a clear understanding of who our clients are and how to communicate with them is the first step in reaching them,” said Hoffmann. Her favorite course, Defining Your Brand: Connecting to Customers, played a key role in refining her market strategy and strengthening her outreach efforts.

Through Verizon-funded subgrants, AWBC has also expanded support for Women’s Business Centers (WBCs) and Veteran Business Outreach Centers (VBOCs) nationwide. To date, the partnership has provided $1.53 million across 100 subgrants, including $545,000 awarded in 2025 to 26 organizations, allowing centers to reach entrepreneurs in rural areas, veteran communities, and regions with limited access to specialized digital resources. Participating resource partners include centers in Kentucky, Wisconsin, California, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, and additional regions across the U.S., ensuring broad national reach supported by deep local programming.

“Five years into our partnership with Verizon, we are grateful for how this collaboration has strengthened our entire network and organization,” said Corinne Goble, CEO of AWBC. “Our shared commitment has ensured that entrepreneurs—whether in rural communities, veteran households, or rapidly growing urban centers—have the digital tools, training, and support they need to build strong, sustainable businesses.”

As AWBC and Verizon complete their fifth year of collaboration, the partnership remains focused on expanding access to digital readiness, strengthening entrepreneurial resilience, and supporting small business owners nationwide as they navigate an increasingly complex digital landscape.

Small business owners can access Verizon’s free programs at Verizon Digital Ready and Skill Forward.

About AWBC
The Association of Women’s Business Centers (AWBC) is the leading national voice and resource for igniting the economic power of women’s entrepreneurship. AWBC advocates for and supports a network of over 150 Women’s Business Centers (WBCs) across the United States. These centers provide entrepreneurs with free coaching, networking opportunities, small business resources, training, and more. AWBC’s mission is to ensure that small business owners have the tools and support they need to succeed in business and contribute to the broader economy.

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HAMILTON, N.J., Dec. 9, 2025 — Tidal Metals and Alexander Chemical Corporation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for marketing, packaging, and distributing chlorine, a valuable co-product produced as part of Tidal Metals’ revolutionary magnesium-from-seawater process.

Over 90% of primary magnesium metal is produced by China using an 80-year-old, environmentally damaging, and energy-intensive refining process for mined magnesium ores. The US and Europe are completely dependent on foreign imports for their primary magnesium metals. Tidal Metals, an innovative technology company backed by deep tech venture capital leader DCVC, has developed a breakthrough technology that harvests pure magnesium metal from seawater or desalination waste brine, using only electricity. Tidal Metals’ process is low-cost, highly scalable, and environmentally harmless.

“The world’s oceans contain a nearly infinite supply of magnesium,” said Dr. Howard Yuh, CEO of Tidal Metals. “Extracting magnesium from seawater economically is a very challenging technical problem which our team has invested eight years of intensive R&D to solve.” The Tidal Metals process avoids terrestrial mining and costly chemical inputs and eliminates harmful mining waste streams. “Magnesium is 75% lighter than steel and 33% lighter than aluminum. Magnesium’s light weight and high strength makes it ideal for automotive, robotics, aerospace, and construction. Our lowest-cost, environmentally harmless production can quickly scale to supply growing demand from the U.S. and beyond. We cannot fail to secure our supply of this defining metal of the 21^st century.”

For every ton of magnesium harvested from seawater, Tidal Metals produces nearly three tons of high purity chlorine. One-third of the chlorine produced in the $8.5B US chlorine market is still being produced using asbestos. In July 2025, the US EPA reaffirmed its ban on asbestos, which will phase out completely over the coming decade. Tidal Metals will deliver a new source of low-cost, environmentally friendly, domestically produced chlorine.

Alexander Chemical Corporation is a market leader in chlorine marketing, packaging, and distribution. With the signing of their MOU, Alexander Chemical and Tidal Metals will collaborate to package and distribute Tidal Metal’s valuable chlorine co-product.

Robert Davidson, President and CEO of Alexander Chemical Corporation, added: “We are thrilled to collaborate with Tidal Metals for the commercialization of chlorine produced through their innovative magnesium process. This collaboration aligns with our commitment to deliver high-quality chemical solutions while supporting environmentally responsible technologies. We are eager to leverage our marketing and distribution expertise to bring Tidal Metals’ chlorine to market.”

Dr. Howard Yuh, CEO of Tidal Metals, stated: “This MOU with Alexander Chemical marks an exciting step toward realizing the value of our revolutionary magnesium-from-seawater process. Chlorine is an essential chemical that ensures the safety of our drinking water and an irreplaceable ingredient for numerous industries. We are advancing our mission to bring primary magnesium production back to the U.S. while strengthening and diversifying the chlorine supply chain. We look forward to collaborating with Alexander Chemical to unlock the full potential of this partnership.”

As the United States works to reshore vital industrial capabilities, including critical metals, minerals, and chemicals, the Tidal Metals-Alexander Chemical collaboration reflects the power of deep tech innovation coupled with strong industry domain expertise to leapfrog existing solutions and set new benchmarks for cost, quality, and environmental sustainability.

Said Earl Jones, Tidal Metal’s board chair and DCVC Operating Partner: “Winning in commodity markets like magnesium and chlorine can only be achieved through sustainable and defensible cost leadership. There are no green premiums. Tidal Metals technology produces the lowest cost magnesium and can serve domestic and global markets with no subsidies or tariff supports. We cannot outcompete China on labor, energy or capital costs, or lax regulations. We win like America has won for decades, with superior innovation brought to market through a peerless venture capital industry.”

About Tidal Metals

Tidal Metals, founded by three PhD scientists from MIT, Princeton, and Wisconsin, is a deep-tech company based in New Jersey that has developed a breakthrough suite of innovations for producing critical minerals and metals from seawater and brines – with no waste, no carbon emissions, and no harm to the environment. Tidal Metals’ first application is producing magnesium metal from seawater using only electricity to unlock an economically competitive and unlimited supply of this critical, structural metal needed for lightweighting transportation, national security, hydrogen storage, and manufacturing other structural metals. Visit us at www.tidalmetals.com. Watch our intro video at https://youtu.be/XKdRfaBst6k.

About Alexander Chemical Corporation

Alexander Chemical Corporation, headquartered in LaPorte, Indiana, is a leading distributor of industrial chemicals, serving a wide range of industries with high-quality products and customized solutions. With a focus on safety, reliability, and customer satisfaction, Alexander Chemical Corporation leverages its extensive expertise and distribution network to deliver innovative chemical solutions to clients across North America. For more information, visit www.alexanderchemical.com.

About DCVC

DCVC is deep tech venture capital. Over more than a dozen years, the firm has backed brilliant entrepreneurs using computational approaches to solve trillion-dollar problems in the real world across a broad set of industries, especially those that haven’t seen material progress in decades. With billions of dollars of assets under management, DCVC builds long-term relationships with the founders it backs. The firm has been with many of its companies from their very start — and through to their recognition by the public markets as category-defining businesses. For more information, please visit www.dcvc.com, or follow us on LinkedIn or Twitter @DCVC.

Media Contact for Tidal Metals
Contact Duncan O’Brien for more information: [email protected] or (203) 451-2315.

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The company’s AI procurement operating system bridges government and industry, accelerating how America builds and buys the technologies that power national security.

ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 9, 2025 — Pryzm today announced a $12.2 million seed funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz’s (a16z) American Dynamism fund, with participation from existing investors XYZ Venture Capital, Amplify.LA, and Forum Ventures. The raise advances Pryzm’s mission to modernize how the federal government discovers, evaluates, and acquires emerging technology, while giving industry a clearer, faster path to identify opportunities, shape demand and compete on capability.

Built by alumni of Palantir and Lockheed Martin, Pryzm connects government and industry on a shared AI-powered platform that helps defense and civilian agencies move faster from concept to contract.

“The future of national defense depends on how fast we can get the right technology into the right hands,” said Nick LaRovere, Co-Founder and CEO of Pryzm. “Procurement shouldn’t be a barrier to innovation. It should be the spark that drives it. With this round led by a16z, we’re accelerating a new era of speed, adaptability, and technological advantage for national security.”

Reclaiming America’s Innovation Advantage

For decades, America’s military has served as a bastion of innovation, fueling the development of technologies that defend our freedoms and transform industry. From the internet to GPS, duct tape to compilers, breakthroughs born of the national security ecosystem have reshaped the world.

But in recent years, the burden of bureaucracy has throttled that innovation engine. Paperwork, opacity and countless information silos have made it harder for government teams to fund and field advanced technologies, and for industry to navigate the process. The result is a widening gap between what’s technologically possible and what the government can actually deploy.

That dynamic is beginning to shift. In a November 7, 2025, address titled “The Arsenal of Freedom,” Secretary of War Hegseth announced sweeping reforms to the Pentagon’s acquisition processes:

“We will foster competition, embrace modularity, and pursue multi-source procurements at every opportunity, moving fast to contract, test, scale, and deploy when a solution is clear.”

The key word here is fast. It’s time to move effectively, with speed.

Pryzm has been building ahead of this moment, supporting major federal programs and innovators like Forterra, Vannevar Labs, HII and the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). As the government embarks on this new mandate, Pryzm’s platform provides the digital infrastructure needed to operationalize it, enabling a faster, more open, and more competitive acquisition system that closes the delta between innovation and deployment.

“Pryzm is building the connective tissue between America’s innovation base and its mission buyers,” said David Ulevitch, General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz. “We believe their platform will redefine how the government collaborates with private industry to strengthen our technological edge.”

Powering a Smarter Defense Ecosystem

But translating these reforms into real-world outcomes requires more than policy; it requires systems, data, and tooling capable of executing acquisition at the speed modern defense demands. That’s where Pryzm comes in.

Every year, the U.S. government spends over $900 billion on defense and national security, but much of that process still runs on outdated tools and fragmented systems. Pryzm bridges this gap by giving federal acquisition teams and private-sector innovators a unified, AI-driven view of market intelligence, budgets, and program activity.

“Pryzm isn’t just speeding up procurement. They’re becoming the operating system the entire defense ecosystem runs on. You can feel that shift happening across startups, primes, and government teams,” said Ross Fubini, Founder & Managing Partner, XYZ. “It’s rare to see a company define a category this quickly in a space as complex as federal acquisition.”

For industry, Pryzm delivers real-time insights that help companies identify opportunities, align with funding priorities, and engage the right stakeholders, empowering startups, primes, and dual-use companies to navigate federal capture with confidence.

For government users, Pryzm creates a digital thread of every defense dollar, streamlining decision-making and accelerating acquisition timelines, so teams can source and procure emerging technologies faster. The result is that the highest-capability companies can compete and win, while agencies deliver mission-critical technologies where they’re needed most.

A Year of Rapid Growth

Pryzm’s differentiated approach is paying dividends and setting the stage for an ambitious 2026 and beyond. Over the past year, the company has:

• Developed a first-of-its-kind AI platform, fusing public data and each users’ internal data into a comprehensive, targeted digital thread.
• Achieved both IL5 and FedRAMP High authorizations, allowing users to securely connect sensitive mission and procurement data across Pryzm, making true end-to-end procurement automation possible.
• Selected by the DIU for its Enterprise Workflow and Reporting Platform (eWARP) effort, powering AI-driven program, budget, and contract management.
• Supported leading government contractors in their capture efforts, including Forterra, HII, Vannevar Labs, and REGENT Craft.
• Opened a new office in Arlington, VA and expanded its Boston, MA headquarters.

Fueling the Next Phase

With this new funding, Pryzm is well-positioned to scale its impact across both government and industry. The company plans to expand its customer base, deepen deployments with existing partners, and continue to enhance its AI platform with next-generation capabilities. It will also grow its federal compliance posture with new certifications and authorizations, and increase its engineering and go-to-market teams across Washington, D.C., Boston, and New York.

By bridging the gap between cutting-edge innovation and real-world deployment, Pryzm is turning a long-stalled vision of faster, more open, and more competitive federal procurement into a reality. This work ensures America continues to lead, protect, and inspire on the global stage.

About Pryzm

Pryzm is the AI operating system for federal capture and acquisition. Built by alumni of Palantir and Lockheed Martin and designed for both commercial and federal users, Pryzm is trusted across the national security ecosystem to unify market intelligence, relationship insights, and real-time program awareness into a single, actionable view. The company is committed to ensuring the United States and its allies can rapidly field technology to the missions that matter most. Headquartered in Boston, Mass., with offices in Arlington, Va. Learn more at www.pryzm.io.

SOURCE Pryzm Dynamics Inc.