Gemini.com to Become Naming Partner of U.S. National Team; West Windsor, N.J. Training Center Expansion to be Named in Winklevoss Brothers’ Honor

WEST WINDSOR, N.J., Oct. 9, 2025 — USRowing today announced the largest philanthropic contribution in the organization’s history: a $6.5 million gift from Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss to support the U.S. National Team through the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

In recognition of this historic donation, USRowing will rename its senior, para, and beach sprint teams the “Gemini.com U.S. National Team”, reflecting the commitment of the Winklevoss brothers to the future of American rowing. In addition, The Caspersen Boat House — USRowing’s National Team Training Center in West Windsor, N.J. — will be expanded and the new facility will be named the “Winklevoss Training Center.”

“Rowing has taught us some of the most valuable life lessons, so we’re passionate about increasing access to the sport and cementing its future in the United States. With this donation we’re supporting the U.S. National Team’s success ahead of one of its highest visibility moments — the 2028 Olympic Games,” said Cameron Winklevoss.

Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss, Co-Founders of Gemini and Winklevoss Capital, and trustees on the USRowing Foundation, rowed for the U.S. National Team for nearly a decade. They Co-Founded their high school’s crew program before rowing for Harvard University under Harry Parker and then representing the U.S. on the world stage at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Now, they are giving back to the program that deeply impacted their lives.

The record donation to the Gemini.com U.S. National Team and the new Winklevoss Training Center will be cornerstones of USRowing’s success on the path to LA. It will provide U.S. elite athletes with a state-of-the-art training facility and help USRowing’s high performance program provide comprehensive support for rowers on and off the water.

This transformative gift rings in a new era for USRowing and reflects the enduring power of National Team alumni support in rowing. It also reinforces the importance of strategic investment in high performance development as USRowing goes all in on the road to LA 2028.

Show your support to the U.S. National team by making a donation here.

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About USRowing

USRowing is the national governing body for rowing in the United States, dedicated to promoting and developing rowing at all levels, from juniors to elite competition. This includes harnessing the talent of the best rowers in the country to represent the United States at the highest levels of competition, including the World Rowing Championships, Olympic and Paralympic Games.

About Gemini

Gemini is a global crypto platform founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss in 2014. Gemini offers a wide range of crypto products and services for individuals and institutions in over 60 countries. Gemini’s simple, reliable, and secure products are built to unlock the next era of financial, creative, and personal freedom.

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PETALUMA, Calif., Oct. 9, 2025 — Alec’s Ice Cream, the first and only A2 regenerative organic ice cream brand, has announced the successful closing of its oversubscribed $11 million Series A funding round led by Imaginary Ventures. Additional investors include Great Circle Ventures, Altelan Capital, DAYBREAKER, Dr. Anthony Guston, and Monique Volz (Ambitious Kitchen). This funding will support Alec’s Ice Cream’s mission to assist farmers in building regenerative supply chains and accelerate growth through innovation, marketing, and team expansion—paving the way for a more sustainable food future.

This raise follows Alec’s Ice Cream’s viral sellout launch of Culture Cup, its new line of pre- and probiotic single-serve cups, now available nationwide at Whole Foods Market, Wegmans, and Target. Building on the success of its award-winning pints—including standout flavors like Peanut Butter Fudge Honeycomb, Palm Springs Banana Chocolate Date Shake, and Tahitian Vanilla Bean—the brand has experienced rapid growth in 2025. Now available in 3,000 retail locations and on track to double its year-over-year sales, the brand is poised for continued expansion into grocery and retail channels nationwide.

“Alec’s Ice Cream removes the trade-off between indulgence and health, delivering both flavor and function,” said Logan Langberg, Partner at Imaginary Ventures and newly appointed board member at Alec’s Ice Cream. “By combining culinary creativity with nutritional integrity, the brand is winning over consumers and experiencing exceptional growth. We believe Alec’s isn’t just part of the movement toward permissible indulgence—it’s shaping the future of it.”

“This funding marks an exciting new chapter for Alec’s Ice Cream,” added Alec Jaffe, CEO and founder of Alec’s Ice Cream. “With the support of incredible partners, we’ll not only be able to scale distribution and bring innovations to market, but also advance our mission to change the way people grow and think about food—proving that ice cream can be both indulgent and a force for good in every freezer across America.”

Founded in 2020, Alec’s Ice Cream is on a mission to reimagine the food system by going beyond organic to support regenerative farming that helps reverse climate change. Through the universally loved treat of ice cream, Alec’s seeks to inspire consumers to choose foods that taste better, support regenerative farmers, and are better for their health—and the planet.

To learn more about Alec’s Ice Cream, visit alecsicecream.com or follow along on social @alecsicecream.

Alec’s Ice Cream
Alec’s Ice Cream is the world’s first 3rd party verified regenerative and USDA organic-certified ice cream utilizing A2 dairy — the original milk protein. Unlike conventional dairy, A2 dairy is known to lead to easier digestion and other health benefits. Not only does Alec’s Ice Cream taste better and is better for you, it is also better for the environment by virtue of its ingredient partnerships with pioneering regenerative organic farmers. Alec’s best-in-class ingredients and incredible flavor combinations come together to create an ideal texture, creaminess, and flavor for the ultimate indulgent experience. Learn more at www.alecsicecream.com and follow along on Instagram and TikTok.

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AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 9, 2025 — Mentium, the AI-native platform building “digital workers” for freight brokerages and the wider logistics sector, today announced it has raised $3.2 million in seed funding. The round was led by Lerer Hippeau with participation from Matchstick Ventures, Tower Research Capital, Antler, MBA Ventures, and angel investor Michael Witte, founder and CEO of Equal Parts.

Mentium‘s AI agents address one of the industry’s most expensive and persistent challenges: fragmented, manual back-office work that slows operations, drains margins, and limits scale.

Mentium‘s AI agents:

• Integrate with any system to create a single source of truth — connecting TMS, ERP, email, phone, SMS, and third-party apps like Telegram, WhatsApp, Teams, and Slack.
• Create custom AI workers that use your tools to automate repetitive tasks — no coding, no pre-training needed, and they adapt to your rules.
• Eliminate manual work, errors, and revenue leakage — while boosting revenue. AI collects and processes invoices and BOLs, audits carrier payments to prevent fraud, and automates load booking and rate negotiations with voice AI.

Mentium‘s first product focus is accounts payable automation for carrier payments, a labor-heavy process and major source of revenue leakage for freight brokers and shippers. Once deployed, the platform allows customers to “hire” additional digital workers for other High-friction workflows such as carrier calls for load booking and rate negotiation, reporting, and customer–carrier communication. Early customers, including Baker Tilly (Panama), Sethmar, Heartland Logistics Group, Continental Expedited Services, are already seeing up to 70% of tasks completed with zero human touch.

“Freight brokerages are the backbone of the supply chain, yet they’re stuck with expensive, outdated technology and thin margins,” said Aziz Satarov, CEO and co-founder of Mentium. “We’re giving them the tools not just to survive, but to grow, replacing manual processes with AI agents that can be deployed in minutes and adapt to any customer’s workflow.”

“Our vision is to be the operating system for logistics,” said Matthieu Berger, CTO and co-founder of Mentium. “Once we integrate, we’re not just automating tasks — we’re becoming their data lake, their single point of truth, and the platform where they can deploy automation across their entire business.”

“We’re incredibly bullish on Mentium‘s ability to usher in an agent-driven future for the supply chain and logistics industry,” said Graham Brown, Managing Partner at Lerer Hippeau. “They’re solving real operational pain points with a solution that’s both technically powerful and easy to adopt. This is the kind of technology that can reset an industry’s efficiency baseline.”

“Mentium is unlocking automation for one of the most complex, overlooked parts of logistics. Their AI platform is a game-changer, and we’re thrilled to back them as they scale,” said Ryan Brisbane of Matchstick Ventures.

The seed funding will accelerate product development, expand go-to-market operations, and grow Mentium‘s engineering team. The company has also established partnerships with Google, AWS, and NVIDIA to ensure enterprise-grade scalability and compliance.

About Mentium
Founded in 2023, Mentium is an AI-native platform that provides digital workers for freight brokerages and logistics companies. By automating manual tasks and integrating fragmented data sources, Mentium enables operations teams to work faster, smarter, and with fewer errors. The company is backed by top-tier investors and based in Austin, TX. For more information, visit mentium.io or contact [email protected].

About Lerer Hippeau
Lerer Hippeau is an early-stage venture capital firm founded and operated in New York City. Our portfolio includes more than 400 leading enterprise and consumer businesses including Guideline, MIRROR, Blockdaemon, K Health, Warby Parker, ZenBusiness, and Thrive. Learn more at lererhippeau.com.

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HOUSTON, Oct. 9, 2025 — Save®, a financial technology company that provides a market-driven cash management platform, today announced the successful close of its first institutional funding round, led by BNP Paribas, with strategic participation from Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking and Pacer Financial.

With increasing demand for higher‑yield cash products, investors are seeking innovative solutions for their idle cash. Save is addressing this with its Liquid Market Savings Platform, which enables market-based yield potential while maintaining FDIC-insured principal, full liquidity, and no downside risk to the depositor

Michael Nelskyla, CEO at Save, commented:

“Macroeconomic trends point towards a continued rally in Equities and other assets. Clients increasingly prefer returns linked to those assets — versus interest rates — but without taking on the associated risk. Save makes that possible.”

Recent accomplishments include the launch of the Market Savings Sub-advisory Program with Customers Bank — a market-driven deposit solution that combines FDIC-insured deposit accounts held at Customers Bank with a market-based yield enhancement strategy managed by Save, all accessible exclusively through Registered Investment Advisers.

“Save is an exciting investment and aligns with our ambition to work with fintechs developing next‑generation technology for financial services,” said Steve Nawrocki, Managing Director at BNP Paribas. “We’re thrilled to support a business that is reshaping yield in a way that benefits both retail and institutional customers.”

“We believe Save is redefining the role of cash in a modern portfolio,” said Sean O’Hara, President of Pacer ETFs Distributors. “By combining principal protection with innovative yield potential, they’re opening a new frontier for advisors and their clients. We’re excited to support their expansion into the wealth management space.”

“This is a compelling solution that addresses a very real demand among investors today — capital preservation without sacrificing return potential,” said Simon Sourigon, Managing Director at Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking. “Save’s approach complements our broader strategy of delivering outcome-oriented investment solutions through innovative partners.”

About Save®

Save® is a financial technology company that provides deposit innovation for institutional clients. Save was founded by a team of financial industry veterans with experience spanning quantitative trading, corporate banking, and investment management. Save Advisers LLC, an affiliate, is an SEC-registered investment adviser. Website: www.save-technologies.com

About Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking

Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking is a leading global financial institution that provides advisory, investment banking, financing, corporate banking and capital markets services to corporations, financial institutions, financial sponsors and sovereign and supranational organizations worldwide.

Our teams of experts in about 30 countries advise clients on their strategic development, helping them to grow and transform their businesses, and maximize their positive impact. Natixis CIB is committed to aligning its financing portfolio with a carbon neutrality path by 2050 while helping its clients reduce the environmental impact of their business.

As part of Groupe BPCE, the second largest banking group in France through the Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Epargne retail networks, Natixis CIB benefits from the Group’s financial strength and solid financial ratings (Standard & Poor’s: A+, Moody’s: A1, Fitch: A+, R&I: A+).  Website: www.cib.natixis.com

About Pacer Financial

Pacer Financial, Inc. is a national wholesaling organization and FINRA member focused on distributing investment products through financial advisors. Known for launching Pacer ETFs, with trend-following and free cash flow focused approaches, Pacer has helped bring cutting-edge investment solutions to a wide network of financial professionals across the United States. Website: www.pacerfinancial.com

About BNP Paribas

BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank and key player in international banking. It operates in 65 countries and has nearly 190,000 employees, including nearly 145,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main fields of activity: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services for the Group’s commercial & personal banking and several specialized businesses including BNP Paribas Personal Finance and Arval; Investment & Protection Services for savings, investment and protection solutions; and Corporate & Institutional Banking, focused on corporate and institutional clients. Based on its strong diversified and integrated model, the Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporate and institutional clients) to realize their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In Europe, BNP Paribas has four domestic markets: Belgium, France, Italy and Luxembourg. The Group is rolling out its integrated commercial & personal banking model across several Mediterranean countries, Turkey, Eastern Europe as well as via a large network in the western part of the United States. As a key player in international banking, the Group has leading platforms and business lines in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific.
BNP Paribas has implemented a Corporate Social Responsibility approach in all its activities, enabling it to contribute to the construction of a sustainable future, while ensuring the Group’s performance and stability.

Website: https://group.bnpparibas/en/

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The reg-tech start-up is helping government agencies and legal professionals streamline compliance, reduce costs, and navigate complex regulations

Vulcan is live in several state and federal agencies with private sector partners in the pipeline

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 9, 2025 — Vulcan Technologies, the first reg-tech company offering advanced AI to help government agencies and legal professionals with regulatory drafting and compliance, today announced it has raised a $10.9 million seed round. The round was co-led by General Catalyst and Cubit Capital, with participation from Chief Oil & Gas founder Trevor Rees-Jones, SV Angel, A*, Liquid 2 Ventures, Transpose, 468 Capital, Y Combinator, the founders of Dropbox, and other strategic investors.

“Vulcan is building technology to solve an urgent structural problem confronting U.S. global competitiveness: the broken regulatory system,” said Tanner Jones, co-founder and CEO of Vulcan Technologies. “Armed with significant seed funding, we are now equipped to expand an already world-class engineering team, break into the private sector, and continue to enhance American competitiveness by helping agencies and private-sector builders leverage frontier intelligence to navigate the regulatory morass and unleash the engine of American capitalism.” 

Founded in 2025, Vulcan’s founding team includes policy experts with Machine Learning and AI experts from Google and the former AI lead for Love’s. The platform offers three specialized AI systems designed to transform how legal professionals, researchers, and regulators interact with American law. Vulcan ingests all state and federal statutes, regulations, executive orders, and case law into a unified, AI agent-navigable database. Proprietary AI legal cartography algorithms map relationships between legal nodes: statutes that authorize regulations, case law that overturns rules, and Executive Orders that vacate prior law. By mapping upstream legal authorities, Vulcan enables leaders to reduce compliance costs, identify outdated and unknown regulations, and streamline policy execution. Similarly, Vulcan helps regulated firms instantly develop compliance roadmaps, push back against government overreach, and comment on proposed regulations.

“At Cubit Capital, we invest in courageous leaders tackling meaningful problems, and the Vulcan team is exactly that,” said Philip Carson, Partner at Cubit Capital. “In just two months, Virginia issued an executive order mandating Vulcan’s adoption across agencies – a milestone no other reg-tech has achieved. By replacing multi-million-dollar consulting contracts with instant, auditable analysis enabled by AI to automate rulemaking and compliance, Vulcan is positioned to transform a multi-$100-billion-dollar market and strengthen democratic governance.” 

“Navigating today’s regulatory landscape is costly and complex. Vulcan is building technology to help address these challenges,” said Yuri Sagalov, managing director at General Catalyst. “They’ve assembled a strong team of AI, engineering, and legal experts, and we’re excited by their early traction with government partners. We look forward to supporting their growth as they expand beyond the public sector.”

Vulcan’s early customers include the Virginia Office of Regulatory Management, the U.S. Department of Education, and South Carolina DOGE. In Virginia, Vulcan’s platform played a key role in supporting Governor Glenn Youngkin’s Executive Order 19, which mandated a 25% reduction of the state’s regulatory code. With AI, Virginia now anticipates a 50% regulatory reduction.

Vulcan’s advisors include Patrick McLaughlin, a leading regulatory economist at Stanford’s Hoover Institution whose RegData and QuantGov projects have informed reform efforts in more than ten states, and Jonathan Wolfson, former head of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Policy Office and a seasoned regulatory attorney with experience at the White House Council of Economic Advisers and in federal litigation. 

About Vulcan Technologies
Vulcan Technologies, headquartered in Austin, Texas, builds advanced AI tools to help government agencies and legal professionals. Founded in 2025 by a team that includes Dartmouth and Princeton alumni alongside former Google engineers, the company is transforming how organizations interact with the complex world of law. By combining cutting-edge natural language processing with deep domain expertise, Vulcan helps governments and enterprises analyze, manage, and reform regulatory environments more efficiently and cost-effectively. The company is advised by leading experts in law and economics from the Hoover Institution and the U.S. Department of Labor. For more information, visit www.vulcan-tech.com.

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NEW YORK, Oct. 9, 2025 – Simha Partners (“Simha”), an alternative investment firm focused on multi-location and tech-enabled services businesses, today announced the closing of its oversubscribed inaugural fund, Simha Partners I, LP (“the Fund”) with over $45 million in equity commitments, at its hard cap. The Fund attracted high-quality limited partners, including both institutional investors and family offices, who have expressed interest in making substantial co-investments alongside the Fund’s equity commitments.

Simha Partners is founded and led by Anish Pathipati, a seasoned private equity investor with prior experience at Silver Lake Partners and, more recently, as a Managing Director at Periphas Capital. Pathipati brings deep experience investing across tech-enabled, consumer, and business services sectors.

He is joined by Tim O’Day and Narendra “Pat” Pathipati. Most recently, O’Day was President and CEO, and Pathipati was Executive Vice President and CFO of Boyd Group Services Inc., a market leader in the North American auto collision repair industry with over $3 billion of annual revenue. Both bring decades of operational experience and, during their tenures at Boyd, executed and integrated hundreds of acquisitions.

Simha aims to make control investments in founder- and family-owned businesses, and partner with great management teams. The firm’s unique business model combines the committed capital of a private equity firm, the operational expertise of corporate executives, and the focus of a business builder.

Simha’s inaugural fund will focus exclusively on acquiring and scaling a platform in the tire and auto services industry. The firm has developed a detailed thesis in this category, identifying opportunities for value creation through organic and acquisition-driven growth, operations excellence, and the effective application of technology. The Fund’s singular focus allows Simha to concentrate its efforts and underscores its commitment to the tire and auto services industry.

Anish Pathipati, Founder and Managing Partner of Simha commented: “We are grateful for the trust and support of our exceptional limited partners. We see a compelling opportunity to build a category-leading platform in tire and auto services, and have developed an innovative fund structure to pursue it. We are excited to partner with management teams, families, and founders to drive transformational growth and generate enduring value in this space.”

Tim O’Day and Pat Pathipati, Partners of Simha added: “We have a unique appreciation for the management team’s perspective because we have previously been in their seats. We look forward to providing the patient capital and strategic support necessary to help companies achieve lasting success.”

McGuireWoods LLP served as fund counsel to Simha Partners.

About Simha Partners

Simha Partners is an alternative investment firm that acquires and builds businesses in multi-location and tech-enabled services. The firm aims to create value through growth and the application of technology. Simha’s approach is rooted in partnership, aligning incentives and working closely with management teams. Simha brings the committed capital of a private equity firm, the operational expertise of corporate executives, and the focus of a business builder. For additional information, please visit www.simhapartners.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Oct. 9, 2025 — Xcellerant Ventures (XVC) today announced the launch of the Jetstream Venture Fund (Jetstream), an innovative interval fund recently declared effective by the SEC. Jetstream seeks to provide professionals with access to venture-style investments that were traditionally limited to institutional institutions and the ultra-wealthy through a minimum investment of $20,000.

Structured for accessibility and flexibility, Jetstream allows investors to:

• Buy in starting at $20,000 (versus $250K–$500K minimums in traditional VC)
• The ability to withdraw funds every six months
• Stay invested through the full growth cycle of a company with an evergreen structure
• Share all profits with no carried interest profit sharing (instead, a flat 2.9% management fee applies plus operating expenses)

“Early-Stage Venture capital has been the highest-performing asset class in the U.S. for decades, but most professionals have been shut out,” said Mike Shufeldt, General Partner at Xcellerant Ventures. “Jetstream was built to close that gap and give professionals a straightforward, professionally managed way to take part in early innovation.”

Backed by Proven Healthcare & Innovation Leadership
Jetstream is led by John Shufeldt, MD, JD, MBA, a nationally recognized physician, entrepreneur, and investor who has built and sold multiple healthcare companies. Dr. Shufeldt pioneered and scaled NextCare Urgent Care, later sold to private equity, launched MeMD, acquired by Walmart Health, and continues to lead healthcare innovation through ventures like VivaMed BioPharma.

“I’ve spent my career building companies that solve problems in healthcare,” said Dr. Shufeldt. “With Jetstream, we’re applying that same entrepreneurial approach to investing; giving investors access to the kind of opportunities that can transform industries.”

Joining him is Chris Yoo, PhD, a scientist, entrepreneur, and venture investor with a background in bioinformatics and commercialization, Doug Sylvester, JD, LLM, a visionary leader at the intersection of law, innovation, and entrepreneurship, and Mike Shufeldt, MBA, a decorated Air Force fighter pilot and healthcare entrepreneur. Together, the leadership team blends medical expertise, operational experience, and venture acumen.

“Unlike many venture firms, we’ve been operators inside the industries we invest in,” said Dr. Yoo. “We understand the challenges and opportunities because we’ve lived them. That’s the perspective Jetstream brings to its investors.”

Positioned at the Intersection of Healthcare and Innovation
While Jetstream is structured as a generalist fund, its leaders see particular opportunity in MedTech, BioTech, and HealthTech — areas where Shufeldt and Yoo have decades of combined experience. Their vantage point allows Jetstream to identify and support companies with real-world impact, while giving investors access to deals that were previously behind closed doors.

“We’re looking for breakout opportunities where innovation meets scale, whether that’s in healthcare, life sciences, or adjacent high-growth sectors,” said Sylvester. “We are at the forefront of the public-private trend and want to invite everyone who is interested in early-stage VC investing to take a close look at our Fund.”

About Jetstream Venture Fund
Jetstream Venture Fund is an interval fund managed by Xcellerant Ventures and Sweater Industries LLC, that seeks to provide investors access to early-stage, high-growth companies with flexible terms, lower minimums, and no carried interest. Jetstream is one of the first funds of its kind, bringing venture-style investing opportunities to a wider professional audience. Back-end administration is provided by Sweater Ventures a ground-breaking turnkey fund management company.

About Xcellerant Ventures
Xcellerant Ventures (XVC) is a Phoenix-based venture capital firm investing in early- and seed-stage startups in HealthTech, MedTech, and BioTech. With a team of seasoned investors and industry leaders, XVC supports transformational companies through regulatory pathways, commercialization, and scaling strategies. www.xcellerantventures.com

Disclosure
Investors should carefully consider the investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses of the Fund before investing. The prospectus contains this and other information about the Fund and can be obtained by emailing [email protected] or by visiting the Fund’s website at https://www.jvf.vc. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.

Media contact: Dawson Fearnow at MMPR Marketing, [email protected], 602-264-2655

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• Built on one of the world’s largest Parkinson’s and dementia datasets and adopted across major U.S. health systems and NHS Trusts, Kneu is creating a population-scale foundation for managing neurodegenerative decline
• Kneu’s smartphone platform, FDA-cleared for Parkinson’s tremor measurement, is the first clinically validated system to track motor, speech and cognitive change entirely by phone, embedding proactive monitoring into daily life and clinical workflows
• Powered by clinically trained AI models that turn voice, movement and memory into predictive biomarkers, Kneu helps detect neurological decline earlier and support timely intervention

LONDON, Oct. 9, 2025 — Kneu Health, a precision neurology platform for Parkinson’s and dementia, today announced the close of a $5.6 million oversubscribed seed round. Co-led by Oxford Science Enterprises and Cedars-Sinai, with participation from Social Impact Enterprises, JIMCO, G.K. Goh Ventures and SXSW London, the funding will accelerate U.S. expansion by scaling Parkinson’s deployments, expanding commercial capacity, and publishing outcomes data, while also advancing dementia monitoring. The round brings Kneu’s total funding to date to $11.2 million.

Neurological disorders are surging into a major public health crisis. Parkinson’s is the fastest-growing neurological disease worldwide, while dementia cases are projected to triple by 2050. In the U.S., patients often wait many months between specialist visits, and neurologist shortages are leaving health systems unable to keep up with demand. The result is a care model that reacts too late, after decline has already accelerated, instead of providing the continuous support patients and families need.

Kneu’s technology builds on more than a decade of longitudinal research, expanded with over 500,000 digital measures from 1,400+ users across NHS and U.S. deployments. Clinically trained AI models analyze speech, movement and cognition to generate predictive biomarkers that stratify risk across populations and guide targeted interventions. FDA clearance for smartphone-based Parkinson’s tremor measurement affirms the platform’s clinical rigor and enables proactive monitoring to be embedded directly into daily life and care pathways. Clinicians report delivering better patient care, with 67% of cases achieving faster-than-standard access to treatment and data-driven insights supporting medication changes for over half of patients. Patients themselves report up to a 30% improvement in knowledge, confidence, and self-management—translating into greater independence and daily functioning. NHS pilots demonstrate the platform’s ability to boost efficiency by 30%, reduce emergency admissions, and shift Parkinson’s care from reactive to planned settings—equivalent to saving 1,000 bed days in a single provider.

“We’ve spent the last two years proving that remote monitoring can transform neurological care. Clinicians are getting clearer insight without added workload, patients no longer face months of uncertainty between visits, and gain confidence that changes will be recognized rather than missed,” said Caroline Cake, co-founder and CEO, Kneu Health. “This funding allows us to bring that model to the U.S. at the right moment, when health systems are ready to move beyond band-aid solutions and embrace continuous neurological care as core infrastructure, accessible to anyone with a smartphone.”

With first contracts underway at Cedars-Sinai and Mass General Brigham and participation in the Global Incubator Programme at Texas Medical Center Innovation (TMCi), Kneu has established a presence in America’s most influential medical ecosystems. Together, these efforts point to a larger shift: neurology can no longer rely on episodic care alone, and Kneu is showing that continuous data belongs at the center of how health systems operate.

“Neurology has had plenty of algorithms. What it has lacked is longitudinal signal that clinicians can trust and act on inside real workflows. Kneu has turned everyday phone interactions into a clinically governed measurement layer that scales across populations without new hardware or staffing,” said Joel Schoppig, Health Tech Investment Principal, Oxford Science Enterprises. “With evidence emerging on both sides of the Atlantic, Kneu is laying the foundation for a reference dataset and operating platform in Parkinson’s and dementia that raises standards of care while finally making the economics work for hospitals and payers.”

“The strength of Kneu’s approach is how rigorous science is carried through into day-to-day practice. By giving neurologists longitudinal signal between visits, the platform reduces avoidable appointments and sharpens focus on the cases that matter most,” said Nirdesh Gupta, Managing Director, Cedars-Sinai Technology Ventures. “This is the kind of clinically governed infrastructure we look for, and it is why we chose to back Kneu and bring it into our ecosystem.”

About Kneu Health 
Kneu Health is pioneering continuous intelligence for neurological care through smartphone-based monitoring of Parkinson’s and dementia. Built on Oxford University’s decade-long longitudinal research and validated across leading health systems, the company’s FDA-cleared platform transforms daily interactions into clinical insights that enable earlier intervention and personalized care. Backed by Oxford Science Enterprises, Cedars-Sinai, and a global syndicate of investors, Kneu operates across eight NHS Trusts and flagship U.S. health systems. Learn more at kneuhealth.com.

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HANGZHOU, Chine, 9 octobre 2025 — Jiuzi Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ : JZXN ; la « société ») a annoncé aujourd’hui les détails de la mise en œuvre de son plan d’investissement d’un milliard de dollars US précédemment divulgué. La société a l’intention de lever des fonds auprès d’investisseurs du marché et d’exécuter le plan par le biais d’un programme d’achat continu, plafonné à 1 milliard de dollars américains.

À la suite de l’annonce initiale, la société a précisé que la structure du capital serait diversifiée. Jiuzi a mené des discussions approfondies avec des investisseurs institutionnels, des investisseurs axés sur la valeur à long terme et stratégiques, et a reçu des intentions d’investissement positives. Les sources de financement devraient inclure des financements sur le marché, des engagements supplémentaires de la part des actionnaires existants, des revenus générés par les opérations et la participation d’investisseurs institutionnels. Cette diversification diversifiée reflète non seulement la forte reconnaissance par le marché des capitaux des fondamentaux et de la stratégie de la société, mais offre également une garantie solide pour la bonne exécution du plan.

Tao Li, PDG de Jiuzi Holdings, a commenté l’événement : « Nous sommes encouragés par le fort soutien que ce plan a reçu de la part d’investisseurs issus d’horizons divers. Cela représente non seulement la reconnaissance de nos réalisations, mais aussi la confiance dans notre capacité à créer de la valeur à l’avenir. Une base solide de capitaux stratégiques à long terme nous permettra de poursuivre nos objectifs avec une plus grande assurance. »

Le plan d’investissement est conçu pour accroître la part de marché mondiale, optimiser la structure du capital et améliorer la valeur à long terme pour les actionnaires. En introduisant des capitaux diversifiés et en suivant un processus d’exécution rigoureux, JZXN vise à consolider sa position de leader et à saisir de nouvelles opportunités de croissance. Les premiers achats dans le cadre de ce plan devraient commencer dans les deux semaines.

La société a réaffirmé que toutes les transactions seront effectuées de manière transparente et dans le respect total des lois, des réglementations et des règles du marché applicables. Les mises à jour seront communiquées en temps utile afin de garantir à tous les investisseurs un accès égal à l’information.

Cette annonce marque une étape importante pour JZXN, qui entame une nouvelle phase de croissance et se positionne pour un succès à long terme.

À propos de Jiuzi Holdings, Inc.

Jiuzi Holdings, Inc. est l’un des principaux fournisseurs d’infrastructures de recharge intelligentes pour les véhicules à énergie nouvelle (NEV) dans les villes de deuxième rang en Chine. La société est spécialisée dans les stations de recharge rapide à courant continu de grande puissance intégrées à des systèmes de stockage d’énergie, et prévoit de poursuivre son expansion jusqu’en 2026 pour soutenir les objectifs de neutralité carbone de la Chine et le transport durable. Pour obtenir plus d’informations, rendez-vous sur jzxn.com.