Edgewater Wireless Closes Private Placement with Strategic Investment from Silicon Catalyst Angels

Edgewater Wireless Systems Inc. (TSXV: YFI) (OTC: KPIFF) (“Edgewater” or the “Company”), the industry pioneer of AI-powered Wi-Fi Spectrum Slicing™ silicon solutions and IP, today announced that Silicon Catalyst Angels I, LLC (“Silicon Catalyst Angels” or “SCA”) has made a direct strategic investment in the Company as part of its recently completed private placement. Edgewater Chairman, Brian Imrie, also made an additional investment, strengthening strategic and insider alignment behind the Company’s next-generation Spectrum Slicing™ and PrismIQ™ roadmap. Silicon Catalyst Angels I, LLC (“Silicon Catalyst Angels” or “SCA”) invested directly in the second tranche, becoming the second strategically aligned semiconductor investor to participate in the Offering. Edgewater Chairman Brian Imrie participated in the Offering as well , extending his long-standing financial backing of the Company and reinforcing leadership’s alignment with shareholders. Together, the investments add strategic capital and semiconductor expertise as Edgewater advances Spectrum Slicing™ and PrismIQ™ toward its next execution milestones of customer demonstrations and commercial engagements. Edgewater Wireless delivers unmatched Wi-Fi QoS—bar none—by intelligently mitigating congestion, managing spectrum allocation in real-time, and autonomously reconfiguring channel and link density—driving economic gains for service providers and their customers through reduced churn, improved efficiency, and high-performance connectivity in dense environments. Redefining Wi-Fi from the silicon up. SCA’s investment marks the latest expansion of Edgewater’s strategic relationship with Silicon Catalyst, which began in November 2024 when Edgewater was selected as a Silicon Catalyst Portfolio Company. Since joining the ecosystem, Edgewater has attracted additional Silicon Catalyst-related investor participation, welcomed Silicon Catalyst Chief Operating Officer Nick Kepler as a Board Observer, gained access to more than 500 industry experts and unlocked access to several million dollars’ worth of in-kind design, fabrication and commercialization resources. Together, this combination of aligned capital, semiconductor expertise and global industry access strengthens Edgewater as it advances Spectrum Slicing™ and PrismIQ™ from engineering execution toward prototype validation, partner demonstrations and commercialization. SCA’s participation brings more than capital. Established in 2019 to provide seed and Series A funding to Silicon Catalyst Portfolio Companies, the group includes experienced semiconductor executives, technologists, company builders and investors with relationships relevant to silicon execution, strategic partnerships and future capital formation. "Experienced semiconductor investors understand where value can be created: when differentiated technology moves into visible execution," said Andrew Skafel, President and CEO of Edgewater Wireless. "SCA's direct investment is a validation o f our novel approach and strengthens Edgewater's strategic investor base at an important point in our development. Together with the strategic semiconductor investor in our first close, SCA brings capital, operating insight and industry relationships as we advance Spectrum Slicing™ and PrismIQ™ toward prototype validation and partner demonstrations." "My additional investment reflects my confidence in Edgewater's technology, team and commercial traction," said Brian Imrie, Chairman of Edgewa...