VANCOUVER, BC, March 17, 2025 /CNW/ – East Side Games Group (TSX: EAGR) (OTC: EAGRF) (“ESGG” or the “Company”), Canada’s leading free-to-play mobile game group, will release its fourth-quarter and year ended December 31st, 2024 financial results, business outlook, and a summary video on its investor relations website at https://eastsidegamesgroup.com/investors/financial-information/ on Monday, March 24th, 2025, at approximately 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time.

Questions can be submitted to IR@eastsidegamesgroup.com.

ABOUT EAST SIDE GAMES GROUP

East Side Games Group is a leading free-to-play mobile game group, creating engaging games that produce enduring player loyalty. Our studio groups entrepreneurial culture is anchored in creativity, execution, and growth through licensing of our proprietary Game Kit software platform that enables professional game developers to greatly increase the efficiency and effectiveness of game creation in addition to organic growth through a diverse portfolio of original and licensed IP mobile games that include: The Office: Somehow We Manage, Star Trek: Lower Decks – The Badgey Directive, Doctor Who: Lost in Time, RuPaul’s Drag Race Superstar, Trailer Park Boys Grea$y Money, Bud Farm Idle Tycoon, Cheech & Chong Bud Farm, AEW: Rise to the Top and Power Rangers: Mighty Force. We are headquartered in Vancouver, Canada and our games are available worldwide on the App Store and Google Play. For further information, please visit: www.eastsidegamesgroup.com and join our online community at LinkedIn.

Additional information about the Company is available under East Side Games Group at www.sedar.com.

Forward-looking Information

Certain statements in this release are forward-looking statements, which reflect the expectations of management regarding the proposed transactions described herein. Forward-looking statements consist of statements that are not purely historical, including any statements regarding beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions regarding the future. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results, performance or developments to differ materially from those contained in the statements. No assurance can be given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will occur or, if they do occur, what benefits the Company will obtain from them. These forward-looking statements reflect management’s current views and are based on certain expectations, estimates and assumptions which may prove to be incorrect. A number of risks and uncertainties could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including factors beyond the Company’s control. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this news release.

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Dustin Plantholt appointed Chief Growth OfficerChris Kurtenbach appointed Chief Operating Officer(Jonathan) Del Lockett appointed Chief Strategy OfficerJenni Guerrica appointed Chief Information Security Officer

STUART, Fla., March 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Health In Tech (Nasdaq: HIT), an Insurtech platform company backed by third-party AI technology, today announced key executive appointments to fuel growth, expand market opportunities, and drive innovation in the self-funded healthcare industry. These executive appointments mark a pivotal step in the company’s strategy to strengthen its operational capabilities, scale its technology-driven solutions, and reinforce its position as a disruptor in the industry.

“These executive appointments underscore our commitment to driving innovation, enhancing scalability, and accelerating market expansion,” said Tim Johnson, CEO of Health in Tech. “Each of these leaders brings deep expertise and a proven track record in driving business transformation, high-growth strategies, and operational excellence. Their diverse backgrounds in insurtech, underwriting, cybersecurity, and market expansion will elevate our platform, optimize efficiency, and continue to deliver groundbreaking solutions that redefine self-funded healthcare.”

Dustin Plantholt Appointed Chief Growth Officer

Dustin Plantholt has been named Chief Growth Officer, effective March 2025, succeeding Glenn Hillyer, who has been appointed Senior Vice President of Sales Partner Relations.

In this role, Plantholt will lead business expansion, innovation, and strategic partnerships to drive the company’s next phase of growth. With over 20 years of experience in insurance, emerging technology, and media, Plantholt has successfully built, scaled, and exited multiple companies, with a strong focus on sustainability and disruptive innovation.

Plantholt has served as Chief Executive Officer at BlockBuzz Inc., a strategy, media and partnership advisory company, since November 2018. Previously, he served as Chief Executive Officer at Life’s Tough Media from July 2019 to June 2023, Senior Editor at Forbes Monaco from September 2021 to February 2023, Executive Vice President at Optimed Health, Inc. from September 2017 to November 2018, and Chief Sales & Marketing Officer at Evergreen Health, Inc. from October 2016 to September 2017.

Chris Kurtenbach Appointed Chief Operating Officer

Chris Kurtenbach has been appointed as its Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective March 2025. Kurtenbach previously served as the company’s Senior Vice President of Operations from November 2024 to March 2025. In his new role, he will oversee claims, enrollment, underwriting, data analytics, and operational efficiency. Kurtenbach brings over 30 years of experience in operations, customer service, and process improvement across multiple industries. He has proven track record in building high performing organizations through a “roll-up my sleeves technique,” diving into the details and understanding the strengths and weaknesses of the teams, the systems and the processes.

Kurtenbach is an industry veteran with over 30 years of experience senior leadership roles leading various product and business functions in diverse companies. Prior to his role at HIT, he served as the VP of Service and Operations at BCS Financial Corporation, a company that provides a wide range of insurance and financial solutions for Blue Cross and Blue Shield organizations and commercial partners nationwide, from October 2017 to November 2024, Senior VP at LifeWatch, an ambulatory cardiac monitoring service, from May 2016 to August 2017, and VP of Operation and VP of Business and Product Operations at AIM Specialty Health (now Carelon Medical Benefits Management Inc.), a medical benefits management service, from June 2012 to May 2016.

(Jonathan) Del Lockett Appointed Chief Strategy Officer

Formerly Chief Operating Officer, (Jonathan) Del Lockett is transitioning to Chief Strategy Officer, where he will oversee new business development, SaaS innovation, and market expansion.

As Health in Tech continues to refine its technology-driven offerings, the company is placing a stronger emphasis on long-term business strategy and product innovation. Lockett’s transition into this role reflects the company’s commitment to leveraging his deep industry expertise to drive the next phase of growth. His background in managing general agency (MGA), TPA, and captive health insurance uniquely positions him to identify and implement strategic initiatives that enhance Health in Tech’s market positioning.

Jenni Guerrica Appointed Chief Information Security Officer

Health in Tech is also announcing the promotion of Jenni Guerrica to Chief Information Security Officer, effective March 2025, recognizing her outstanding leadership in cybersecurity, risk management, and regulatory compliance.

Jenni Guerrica is an accomplished cybersecurity executive with over 20 years of experience in the field. Guerrica previously served as the VP of Information Security & Compliance at Health In Tech from October 2022 to March 2025. Prior to that, she served as a Security Architect at Allegiant Air, an airline focused on serving leisure traffic from small and medium-sized cities, from November 2015 to September 2022. In these roles, she gained invaluable expertise in regulatory compliance, with a particular focus on Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) requirements. Guerrica’s deep understanding of regulatory frameworks, combined with her ability to design and implement robust security architectures, has enabled her to safeguard complex digital environments while maintaining high standards of compliance.

Use of Forward‑Looking Statements

Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may include estimates or expectations about Health In Tech’s possible or assumed operational results, financial condition, business strategies and plans, market opportunities, competitive position, industry environment, and potential growth opportunities. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terms such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “design,” “target,” “aim,” “hope,” “expect,” “could,” “intend,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “believe,” “continue,” “predict,” “project,” “potential,” “goal,” or other words that convey the uncertainty of future events or outcomes. These statements relate to future events or to Health In Tech’s future financial performance, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause Health In Tech’s actual results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements to be different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements because they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which are, in some cases, beyond Health In Tech’s control and which could, and likely will, affect actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Any forward-looking statement reflects Health In Tech’s current views with respect to future events and is subject to these and other risks, uncertainties and assumptions relating to Health In Tech’s operations, results of operations, growth strategy and liquidity.

About Health In Tech

Health In Tech (Nasdaq: “HIT”) is an Insurtech platform company backed by third-party AI technology, which offers a marketplace that aims to improve processes in the healthcare industry through vertical integration, process simplification, and automation. By removing friction and complexities, we streamline the underwriting, sales and service process for insurance companies, licensed brokers, and TPAs. Learn more at healthintech.com.

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Investor Relations:
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This first-of-its-kind resource offers a comprehensive guide for startup founders navigating the challenges and opportunities of creating AI-driven, human-centric businesses in the next wave of enterprise innovation
 

MENLO PARK, Calif., March 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — BGV, the Silicon Valley-based cross-border venture capital platform, today announced the launch of The AI Native Startup Playbook: Your Blueprint to Enterprise 5.0. Designed to empower AI-native startup founders, the playbook offers actionable insights, practical frameworks, and innovative strategies for building AI startups that seamlessly combine human ingenuity with intelligent machines to accelerate productivity across the enterprise.

“Enterprise 5.0 represents a paradigm shift in how startups approach AI,” said Anik Bose, Managing Partner at BGV. “We want to provide the community with a novel framework for building Vertical AI and Enterprise Agentic AI companies that balance technological innovation with human empowerment. This playbook isn’t just theory—it’s a blueprint backed by insights from over five years of practical research, 50 AI investments, and an ecosystem of 100 VCs and 100 corporate partners. We’ve seen firsthand what works, and this guide distills those lessons to help founders navigate the evolving AI landscape, where businesses operate more efficiently and employee roles and customer experiences are redefined.”

AI-native startups are redefining the way companies scale, leveraging automation and intelligent workflows to achieve unprecedented levels of efficiency. Unlike traditional SaaS businesses, where growth typically correlates with headcount expansion, AI-native enterprises operate with leaner teams, using AI to amplify human impact rather than replace it. This shift is already evident in the industry, with emerging AI-native companies achieving higher revenue per employee than ever before, signaling a fundamental change in how technology-driven businesses grow and scale.

The AI Native Startup Playbook addresses the unique challenges faced by AI-native companies, offering founders tools to:

Manage a New Tech Stack: From scalable, (often open-source) infrastructure that enables growth without incurring excessive costs, to maneuvering performance bottlenecks, AI-native startups require an entirely new tech stack for their businesses.Overcome Data Challenges: Navigate the complexities of integrating unstructured data and ensuring data quality, privacy, and compliance.Quantify ROI Through Human-Centric Metrics: Leverage BGV’s proprietary Human-AI Augmentation Index and Value Waterfall Framework to articulate the value of AI beyond automation.Develop Scalable, Trustworthy AI Solutions: Address adoption barriers by embedding trust, transparency, and security into AI products.Master Go-To-Market Strategies: Learn how to build partnerships with tech giants and adopt hybrid pricing models to accelerate market entry and adoption.

As the startup landscape continues to evolve, AI-native companies are proving that smaller, more agile teams can scale to enterprise levels faster than ever before. The playbook explores the underlying shifts that make this possible, from AI-powered demand generation to automated software development workflows, enabling startups to achieve more with fewer resources.

At the heart of this playbook is BGV’s concept of Enterprise 5.0, which envisions a future where AI augments human ingenuity rather than replaces it. The playbook offers actionable frameworks to equip founders to balance innovation with practicality, delivering AI solutions that integrate seamlessly into business workflows, maximize ROI, and foster trust. It also highlights key opportunities in vertical markets such as healthcare, finance, and logistics, as well as the transformative potential of enterprise-wide AI agents in streamlining workflows across enterprise functions such as sales, marketing, security, software development, finance and customer operations.

“Enterprise innovation has evolved through distinct phases—from the birth of personal computing (Enterprise 1.0) to the rise of the Internet (Enterprise 2.0), the adoption of cloud and mobile technologies (Enterprise 3.0), and the mainstream adoption of AI (Enterprise 4.0). Each phase has redefined how businesses operate, enhancing human productivity and value creation,” explained Yash Hemaraj, General Partner at BGV. “As we now enter the era of Enterprise 5.0, we envision a future where humans are orchestrators of intelligent workflows. Human centric AI-native enterprises operate autonomously with strategic human guidance and guardrails, leveraging multimodal AI and intelligent machines to unlock unprecedented levels of efficiency, scalability, and profitability—ultimately enhancing, rather than replacing, human ingenuity.”

The playbook is the result of a collaborative effort involving BGV, the Human AI Advisory Council and the EAIGG team, representing decades of expertise in venture capital, technology, and market research. The combined insights ensure the playbook is both forward-looking and grounded in real-world application.

The AI Native Startup Playbook: A Blueprint for Enterprise 5.0 is now available to startup founders, investors, and industry leaders. 

To download your copy and learn how to apply these strategies to your business, visit www.eaigg.org/playbook. 

About Benhamou Global Ventures (BGV):
BGV is a cross-border VC platform with deep roots in Silicon Valley and an exclusive focus on global Enterprise 5.0 technology innovation. As a pioneer in human-centric enterprise AI, BGV invests in startups that seamlessly combine human ingenuity with intelligent machines to drive efficiency, scalability, and productivity gains. The partnership sources companies from innovation hubs around the world and deploys financial and human capital from seed stage to IPO. With offices in Menlo Park, Tel Aviv, Paris, and Bangalore, BGV has championed a cross-border venture investing model with a portfolio representing businesses in the US, Israel, Europe, and India.

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