CIMG And iZUMi Finance Sign MOU To Launch $20M Upstarts Fund, Pioneering Regulated On-Chain Crypto Investment For Corporate Capital Deployment

CIMG Inc. ("CIMG" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:IMG), a business group specializing in digital health and sales development, which utilizes technology and marketing to enhance its partners' sales growth and commercial value, today announced that the company entered into a memorandum of understanding ("MOU") with the intent to collaborate with iZUMi Group Ltd. ("iZUMi Finance") to launch the Upstarts Fund (the "Fund"), an on-chain Crypto fund designed to enable corporations to deploy capital into digital assets through a regulated and transparent framework. CIMG and iZUMi Finance will jointly commit $20 million into the Fund, marking a milestone in bridging corporate finance with the digital asset economy.

The Fund, if formed pursuant to the definitive agreements, may comprise three core components:

• DeFi liquidity vault — generates sustainable on-chain yield, deepens liquidity across targeted ecosystems and accelerates adoption of DeFi applications.
• Listed token investment — Provides institutional-grade access for listed companies to invest in high-quality digital-asset opportunities.
• Tokenized stock trading service— Drives the adoption of on-chain stocks and strengthens liquidity, with the Fund set to scale further to support investments across both traditional stocks and their tokenized versions.

These pillars are intended to highlight the Fund's role in pioneering Decentralized Asset Tokenization (DAT), starting with the first yield-bearing BTC DAT by CIMG and iZUMi Finance.

We believe that the participation of a publicly listed company in the DeFi Liquidity Vault would signal strong compliance alignment and operational transparency. This strengthens governance credibility while amplifying brand narrative and global reach. At the same time,  Fund liquidity is deployed to support the partner ecosystems while generating sustainable yield.

In short, the Company foresees the following advantages of the to-be-formed Fund:

• Regulatory Endorsement  
• Brand and Global Visibility
• Ecosystem Growth with Yield

Both iZUMi Finance and the Company hope that the upcoming partnership would underscore the shared vision of both companies in driving compliant innovation in digital assets.