BATON ROUGE, La., April 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Minimus, a pioneering application security startup, today unveiled its groundbreaking platform that eliminates over 95% of Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) from software supply chains. Backed by a $51 million seed round from YL Ventures and Mayfield, Minimus transforms the application security landscape by breaking free from the cycle of detection, triage, and remediation; allowing CISOs and developers to entirely avoid nearly all vulnerabilities.

“Application security shouldn’t be reactive – where the best an organization can do is respond to a known vulnerability or threat,” said Ben Bernstein, CEO and Co-Founder of Minimus. “Organizations need to quickly deliver new features while also maintaining robust security practices. In this environment, vulnerability remediation and developer education are not enough. With Minimus, developers no longer waste hours upon hours on triage and remediation – they have secure building blocks from which to innovate.”

Minimus provides secure, minimal container images and virtual machines that seamlessly replace existing artifacts anywhere in the development workflow. With a single change to deployment configurations, organizations realize an immediate decrease in vulnerability exposure, vastly accelerating remaining remediation efforts.

“As Twistlock’s seed investor, we believed in this extraordinary team of cybersecurity experts from day one. With Minimus, they will undoubtedly redefine and lead the application security space by fundamentally changing how vulnerabilities are managed. Minimus directly addresses CISOs’ core challenge—dramatically reducing security risk without overwhelming already stretched security teams. We’re thrilled to support this visionary approach,” said Yoav Leitersdorf, Managing Partner at YL Ventures.

Minimus also integrates threat intelligence throughout its platform, ensuring that developers, security teams and CISOs have real-time insight into active exploits and EPSS and CISA-KEV metrics that impact their supply chain, making prioritization of the 5% of remaining CVEs as easy as possible.

“At Mayfield, our mantra is People First, and we back founders who transform industries, which is why we’re excited to partner with Ben Bernstein and the Minimus team that is redefining application security,” said Navin Chaddha, Managing Partner at Mayfield. “Minimus eliminates over 95% of Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) from software supply chains. This advancement in application security enables organizations to innovate faster while drastically reducing risk—making it an essential solution for enterprise CISOs in today’s AI-accelerated development landscape.”

Minimus embraces an AI-first approach and is an industry leader in developing intelligent agents for secure image generation.

Minimus is now generally available. For more information, visit Minimus.io.

Additional Resources:

RSAC 2025 Conference: Minimus will be exhibiting at booth #360 of the Moscone Center, South Expo HallSchedule a Demo: Get in touch on minimus.io/Demo

About Minimus

Founded in October 2022 by Ben Bernstein, Dima Stopel, and John Morello, Minimus radically reduces cloud software vulnerabilities. As the pioneers of container security with Twistlock and author of NIST SP 800-190, Minimus solves the endless treadmill of cloud software vulnerabilities by simply preventing 95% of them from ever existing.

Minimus builds images from scratch, directly from upstream project sources, with only the minimal software needed to run the app, dramatically reducing their attack surface. Minimus images are drop-in replacements for the apps organizations are already using and are deployed with single line configuration file changes, providing nearly instant time to value. Minimus eliminates time consuming and low value remediation work for devs, is easy for ops to deploy and manage using their existing tools, and provides security with remarkably clear risk reduction. Minimus raised a $51M seed round from YL Ventures and Mayfield.

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Pacific Life and iJoin have partnered to bring Pacific Life’s Income Horizon™ to iJoin’s national network of recordkeepers. This collaboration makes it easier for retirement plan advisors to help 401(k) participants create guaranteed retirement income streams that provide confidence and financial security in retirement.

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. and SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., April 28, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Pacific Life and iJoin have partnered to bring Pacific Life’s Income Horizon™ to iJoin’s national network of recordkeepers. This collaboration makes it easier for retirement plan advisors to help 401(k) participants create guaranteed retirement income streams that provide confidence and financial security in retirement.

The SECURE Act and SECURE 2.0 provided essential legislative relief for advisors and plan sponsors interested in adding in-plan income solutions to defined contribution plans. This relief enables the innovative collaboration between iJoin and Pacific Life to advance next-generation, personalized, lifetime income solutions that offer portability, liquidity, and flexibility.

Income Horizon by Pacific Life is an innovative, accumulation-based, lifetime income solution, available through a group deferred income annuity. It helps reduce concerns about longevity risk, enabling participants to experience a more confident retirement. Starting between ages 55 and 70, participants using iJoin’s managed advice program can have a portion of their portfolio and ongoing contributions automatically allocated to Income Horizon. Participants accumulate lifetime income units – which equate directly to income – that can be converted at retirement to provide a guaranteed stream of income for life. This approach allows participants to build income over time during their working years, instead of making a single purchase at retirement. This strategy may reduce the impact of interest rate volatility, similar to dollar-cost averaging. Participants who decide not to annuitize can liquidate their accumulated lifetime income units and reinvest back into their 401(k).

“We are thrilled to partner with iJoin to make Pacific Life’s Income Horizon more accessible to retirement plan advisors and their clients,” said Karen Neeley, senior vice president, Institutional Retirement Solutions at Pacific Life. “This collaboration recognizes the growing need for a simple, holistic, and personalized solution for today’s retirement plan participants, and introduces an accumulation-based lifetime income solution that aligns with participants’ retirement goals, allowing them to build a guaranteed, dependable lifetime income stream during their working years. By leveraging iJoin’s personalized approach to income delivery we can help create more secure retirement outcomes for participants.”

Income Horizon by Pacific Life offers flexibility for investors to choose when to retire and when to begin taking income, while simplifying the often-complex annuity purchasing process. Importantly, funds remain fully liquid until the participant retires and opts into the annuity payout.

“The demand for an in-plan solution that provides retirees with greater confidence in their income has been loud and clear,” said Steve McCoy, CEO of iJoin. “By integrating Income Horizon into advisor-managed account programs, we’re making it easier to deliver a scalable, yet highly personalized approach to lifetime income for today’s retirement plan participants. Innovation focused on what’s best for the participant supported by the strength and stability of Pacific Life creates a powerful solution.”

Since 2020, iJoin has integrated its data-driven, goals-based participant experience with leading providers of managed advice programs, in-plan income, and IRA rollover solutions. Available through more than 50 retirement plan recordkeepers, financial advisors now enjoy unparalleled product choice with which to make informed recommendations based on plan and participant suitability.

About Pacific Life

Pacific Life provides a variety of products and services designed to help individuals and businesses in the retail, institutional, workforce benefits, and reinsurance markets achieve financial security. Whether your goal is to protect loved ones or grow your assets for retirement, Pacific Life offers innovative life insurance and annuity solutions, as well as mutual funds, that provide value and financial security for current and future generations. Supporting our policyholders for nearly 160 years, Pacific Life is a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Newport Beach, California. For additional company information, including current financial-strength ratings, visit www.PacificLife.com.

Pacific Life’s Income Horizon™ is a group deferred income annuity. Pacific Life refers to Pacific Life Insurance Company and its affiliates, including Pacific Life & Annuity Company. Insurance products can be issued in all states, except New York, by Pacific Life Insurance Company or Pacific Life & Annuity Company. In New York, insurance products are only issued by Pacific Life & Annuity Company. Product availability and features may vary by state. Product and features are subject to regulatory approval. Each insurance company is solely responsible for the financial obligations accruing under the products it issues.

All guarantees are subject to the claims-paying ability and financial strength of the issuing insurance company.

About LDI-MAP, LLC (dba iJoin)

iJoin is a leading retirement plan infrastructure technology partner supporting cost-efficient personalized managed account programs, built-in plan health analytics and reporting tools, financial education and wellness, access to guaranteed income products, and IRA rollovers. We’re built to help financial advisors differentiate and win. Learn more at ijoinsuccess.com.

Media Contact

Jesse Page, Pacific Life, 1 (949) 219-4575, jpage@pacificlife.com, https://www.pacificlife.com/

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CALGARY, AB, April 28, 2025 /CNW/ – Renoworks Software Inc. (TSXV: RW) (“Renoworks” or the “Company), an industry leader in visualization and lead generation technology for the home renovation and new construction sector, previously announced its annual and fourth quarter 2024 financial results. The financial statements and related management’s discussion and analysis (“MD&A”) can be viewed at www.sedarplus.ca. Unless otherwise stated, all amounts are Canadian dollars.

Renoworks Software Inc. announced today corrections to the recurring revenue in its press release sent out on April 15, 2025. The prior press release stated: Recurring revenue rose 20% to $1,961,850, compared to $1,632,484 in 2023. That statement is corrected to read as follows: Recurring revenue rose 23% to $2,764,398, compared to $2,251,019 in 2023.

The 15 newly launched visualizers span a diverse range of manufacturers and distributors, reflecting the growing demand for digital visualization solutions among building product brands. These additions reinforce Renoworks’ strategic focus on expanding its enterprise offering, growing its client base across North America, and enhancing the customer experience through immersive, accurate design technology.

New Enterprise Visualizer Launches Include:

1951 CabinetryASCEND (by Alside / Associated Materials)Centurion StoneCurtis LumberExceptional MetalsFortify Building SolutionsLouisiana-Pacific Corporation (LP Corp)MetalMaxPella Windows & DoorsQuality EdgeShenandoah CabinetryStone SelexWest Virginia Metal WholesalersWestform MetalsWorthouse Metal Roofing Manufacturing

These enterprise partners represent sectors spanning roofing, siding, stone veneer, cabinetry, entry doors and windows, illustrating the broad applicability of visualization solutions in today’s evolving construction and remodeling markets.

“The addition of these new enterprise visualizers is a testament to the growing recognition of Renoworks as the platform of choice for manufacturers and distributors looking to elevate their customer engagement strategies,” said Doug Vickerson, CEO of Renoworks. “We are proud to support these leading brands in transforming the way homeowners, builders, and contractors interact with products. This momentum strengthens our foundation as we continue to expand our reach, enhance our platform’s capabilities, and drive value for our customers and shareholders alike.”

To view examples of Renoworks-powered visualizers, visit www.renoworks.com/our-work.

About Renoworks
Renoworks Software Inc. develops and sells unique digital visualization software and integration solutions for the remodeling and new home construction industry. Renoworks delivers its technology to manufacturers, contractors, builders, and retailers, offering solutions to one of the home improvement industry’s greatest challenges: enabling homeowners to review their product selections in a hyper-realistic, virtual environment before committing to purchases and construction. Renoworks markets its technologies as an innovative engagement, sales, and marketing platform and generates revenues from five main business lines: Renoworks Enterprise, Renoworks PRO, Renoworks Design Services, Renoworks FastTrack, and Renoworks API (Application Programming Interface). For more information, visit www.renoworks.com and www.renoworkspro.com.

The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

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