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EIT Food Accelerator Network announces its 2025 Corporate Programme Partners to drive innovation and food system transformation

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LEUVEN, Belgium, Feb. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — EIT Food Accelerator Network and EIT Food Corporate Venturing Services are proud to announce their 2025 Corporate Programme Partners: AAK, Avril, Barry Callebaut Group, Carbery Group, Cargill, Peter Cremer Holding GmbH & Co. KG, Deutsche Tiernahrung Cremer GmbH & Co. KG, Delta Cafés, Anadolu Efes, Corporación Hijos de Rivera S.L., Hochland, ICL Group, Kerry Group, Lantmännen, Mars Petcare, Martin Braun-Gruppe, Mondelēz International, Pascual Innoventures, Paulig Group and Unilever Foundry, with more corporates yet to be announced.

“We are excited to welcome this exciting cohort of corporates to the EIT Food Accelerator Network. Their unparalleled industry insights and global reach are invaluable in helping our startups transform their innovations into successful market-ready solutions. By combining their expertise and established market presence, the startup agility and our dynamic ecosystem, we aim to accelerate the development of sustainable and impactful food solutions.” – Yulia Bodnar, EIT Food Accelerator Network Programme Manager

“At EIT Food, our Corporate Venturing services are designed to connect forward-thinking corporates with the most promising agrifood startups across Europe. Through the EIT Food Accelerator Network programme, we create a dynamic environment where companies can scout cutting-edge innovations, validate new technologies, and build strategic collaborations that drive real impact. We are excited to welcome our new corporate partners to the ecosystem and look forward to seeing the game-changing solutions that will emerge from these connections.” – Belen Moscoso del Prado, EIT Food Corporate Venturing Manager

EIT Food Accelerator Network’s corporate partners will have the unique opportunity to connect with cutting-edge AgriFoodTech startups and explore potential collaborations that drive real impact. Throughout the programme, they will engage in key activities such as reverse pitches, matchmaking sessions and tech validation cases, gaining direct access to startups both online and in-person. With the flexibility to choose one or two of the six Hubs focused on different innovation areas, partners can align with the themes that are most relevant to their business.

This year’s themes are Circular solutions for food systems (Helsinki Hub), Food as medicine, (Haifa Hub), Resilient supply chains & reducing scope 3 emissions (Munich Hub), Future-resilient agriculture (Warsaw Hub), New ingredients and bioprocessing (Paris Hub), Sustainable food packaging (Bilbao Hub).

In 2024, EIT Food Accelerator Network facilitated over 70 co-pilot studies and more than 1300 one-on-one meetings between corporates and startups, fostering impactful collaborations. Beyond the programme, partners looking to develop a pilot or proof of concept (PoC) will also have the opportunity to leverage EIT Food’s PoC Co-Financing Tool, reducing the risk of innovation and accelerating real-world solutions.

Since its inception, the EIT Food Accelerator Network has been instrumental in supporting more than 350 startups that are redefining the food landscape through technology, sustainability, and novel business models. 

To gain exclusive access to the world’s largest and most dynamic food innovation community, AgriFoodTech startups with game-changing solutions are encouraged to apply before 21 February 2025.

For more information, please visit our website

About EIT Food Accelerator Network

EIT Food Accelerator Network is a 2-3 month theme-based pan-European programme that enables the most promising AgriFoodTech startups to further validate their technology and advance their investment and commercial readiness.

The six EIT Food Accelerator Network Hubs provide privileged access to industry-leading corporates and support startups in identifying research centres, universities and facilities to achieve the ultimate goal – successful market adoption.

The EIT Food Accelerator Network links those who need innovation and technology, those who develop it and those who want to finance and scale it.

Find out more at https://www.eitfood.eu/entrepreneurship/accelerate-food-accelerator-network or follow us via social media: LinkedIn and YouTube.

About EIT Food Corporate Venturing Services

EIT Food Corporate Venturing Services bridges the gap between industry leaders and breakthrough AgriFoodTech startups, creating a powerful ecosystem for innovation. Through the EIT Food Accelerator Network, corporates can access Europe’s leading agrifood accelerator to engage with high-potential startups and cutting-edge technologies. Beyond the EIT Food Accelerator Network, EIT Food offers tailored programmes and ad-hoc scouting to address specific corporate challenges, from targeted innovation calls to pilot development and co-financing. Our structured approach helps corporates de-risk innovation, validate technologies, and build long-term collaborations that drive real impact in the agrifood sector.

Find out more at https://www.eitfood.eu/entrepreneurship/corporate-venturing

About EIT Food

EIT Food is the world’s largest and most dynamic food innovation community. We accelerate innovation to build a future-fit food system that produces healthy and sustainable food for all.

Supported by the EU, we invest in projects, organisations and individuals that share our goals for a healthy and sustainable food system. We unlock innovation potential in businesses and universities and create and scale agrifood startups to bring new technologies and products to market. We equip entrepreneurs and professionals with the skills needed to transform the food system and put consumers at the heart of our work, helping build trust by reconnecting them to the origins of their food.

We are one of nine innovation communities established by the European Institute for Innovation & Technology (EIT), an independent EU body set up in 2008 to drive innovation and entrepreneurship across Europe.

Find out more at www.eitfood.eu or follow us via social media: X, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube and Instagram.

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Elementix and Lightning Docs Announce Reporting Partnership to Deliver Industry-Comprehensive Data on Business-Purpose Lending

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Each company’s monthly report will draw on shared recorded transaction data and loan-level document data, giving lenders, brokers, and investors a more complete view of current bridge, fix-and-flip, construction, and DSCR lending.

IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Elementix, a leading provider of aggregated data on business-purpose lending, and Lightning Docs, the premier loan document automation platform for private lenders, Non-QM lenders, credit unions, and law firms, today announced a data-sharing partnership to strengthen reporting on the business-purpose lending market.

The partnership brings together two complementary datasets. Elementix aggregates recorded real estate transactions nationwide, including mortgages, deeds, satisfactions, assignments, and preforeclosure filings, providing a comprehensive picture of lender activity, loan volume, and market share. Lightning Docs captures loan-level terms at the point of document generation, including interest rates, loan amounts, and loan structures, from a document automation platform used by 60% of the nation’s top 50 private lenders. Combined, the two sources produce a level of coverage and detail that has been unprecedented in the private lending space.

“Private lending has long been an opaque industry, with limited data on interest rates, loan amounts, geographic trends, and other metrics that are vital to running a profitable operation,” said Nema Daghbandan, CEO of Lightning Docs. “Lightning Docs set the standard for monthly private lending market reporting, and this partnership raises it. By pairing our loan-level data with Elementix’s transaction data, we are delivering reporting with the scale, precision, and depth the market has been missing, and providing lenders, brokers, and investors a clearer view of the industry than they have ever had before.”

Each report, delivered at a regular monthly cadence, will cover bridge, fix-and-flip, ground-up construction, and DSCR loans, with aggregated data on interest rates, loan amounts, loan volume, lender activity, geographic trends at the state and regional level. All data will be aggregated and anonymized, with no borrower- or lender-specific loan terms disclosed.

“Managing risk in private lending starts with understanding the borrower and the broader market, yet lenders often have to make decisions with incomplete information. Elementix was built to help lenders understand that risk through public record data, and partnering with Lightning Docs adds the loan-level detail that completes the picture. Together, we’re helping lenders better understand market conditions and bring that context into how they assess and manage risk,” said Cameron Kelliher, founder and CEO of Elementix.

The first joint report is scheduled for release in November 2026. Reports will be published on the Lightning Docs and Elementix websites and distributed to subscribers of both companies.

About Elementix
Elementix is the borrower intelligence platform for private lenders. It helps lenders identify active investors, verify experience for better credit decisions, and reach decision-makers with leading contact data accuracy. For more information, visit www.elementix.com.

About Lightning Docs
Initially developed by nationally recognized private lending attorneys, Lightning Docs is the industry’s leading automated loan document software for lenders who make business-purpose loans. The platform instantly produces attorney-grade, compliant loan documents across all 50 states. It covers every business-purpose loan type, including short-term bridge and fix-and-flip loans, 30-year DSCR rental loans, ground-up construction, and complex modifications. Lightning Docs is the official loan document software of the American Association of Private Lenders®. More than 60% of the nation’s top 50 private lenders use it, along with many of the country’s largest Non-QM lenders. Since 2018, lenders have originated more than $100 billion using Lightning Docs. For more information, visit www.lightningdocs.ai.

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Therap Services Enhances Therap Connect with Personalized Sleep Insights for Human Services Providers

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TORRINGTON, Conn., Oct. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Therap Services, the national leader in HIPAA-compliant electronic documentation solutions for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD), Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS), and Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) industries, has introduced advanced Personalized Sleep Insights to its Therap Connect platform. This enhancement integrates ambient room monitoring with sleep tracking data to help care teams understand and optimize environmental factors affecting the sleep quality of individuals.

Understanding Environmental Factors for Better Rest

Tracking overnight sleep patterns is vital for maintaining physical health, emotional well-being, and individual safety. The updated Therap Connect module introduces a ‘Personalized Sleep Insights’ feature that evaluates three months of historical data from Withings sleep monitors and Watchdog room sensors. By evaluating sleep start times alongside ambient room temperature and humidity, the system highlights optimal environmental conditions to support healthier sleep habits and proactive care planning.

Streamlined Platform Workflows and Daily Tracking

Designed for ease of use, this update helps teams manage daily monitoring more efficiently. Staff can quickly review overnight alerts directly on dashboard views, manage notification settings in one place, and conveniently copy form details with a single click. These practical updates save time on routine administrative tasks, allowing care managers and staff to focus on monitoring health parameters.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Does Therap Connect offer sleep tracking capabilities? 

Yes. Therap Services provides integrated sleep and health tracking through Therap Connect, combining continuous sensor data with daily documentation tools.

How do Personalized Sleep Insights in Therap Services help human services providers?

It analyzes sleep schedules, room temperature, and humidity data to identify optimal sleep environments, helping care teams make data-informed adjustments to support health outcomes.

Does Therap Connect require extra software for sleep tracking? 

No. Therap Connect operates through its own dedicated, secure web-based portal, allowing teams to access environmental and sleep tracking insights natively without installing third-party software.

For more information about Therap Connect, please visit: https://www.therapconnect.net/

About Therap Services

Therap Services provides HIPAA-compliant software for documentation, communication, reporting, EVV, and billing.

Learn more: https://www.therapservices.net/

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Meet Providi: One Company Behind Cerbo and OptiMantra

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The new name reflects a long-term commitment to the cash-pay personalized care market, where Cerbo and OptiMantra keep their brands and together serve nearly 7,000 clinics.

ATLANTA, Oct. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Providi launched today as the corporate brand of the company behind Cerbo and OptiMantra, two long-standing products in the cash-pay personalized care market. The companies combined in 2025, backed by a growth investment from Mainsail Partners. Cerbo and OptiMantra will continue as product brands within Providi.

Together, the two providers of electronic health record (EHR) and practice management products support nearly 7,000 clinics. These include functional, integrative, longevity, wellness, direct primary care, concierge, med spa and behavioral health practices. Both have served the market since 2011.

The name Providi combines “provi,” for the provider at the center of every practice, with “vidi,” Latin for “I saw.” It stands for a company that starts with the provider and can see where personalized care is going.

Providi’s mission is to empower personalized care providers to deliver better patient outcomes and create thriving practices. That mission is already shaping the product roadmap. With the Cerbo and OptiMantra teams building together, new capabilities reach providers faster, and AI Scribe is the first example. Available now, Cerbo AI Scribe captures visit notes automatically, so providers spend less time charting between visits or after hours. OptiMantra AI Scribe, built on lessons from the Cerbo launch, is coming to OptiMantra providers soon.

“Personalized care providers built this market one practice at a time, each one designed around the time, attention and care they believe every patient deserves,” said Jeff Hindman, CEO of Providi. “Cerbo and OptiMantra have each earned the trust of thousands of practices, and Providi exists to amplify that work. Coming together as one company accelerates the innovation we can bring to market and enables us to invest more in both products. Our focus remains giving the providers already running our products and the new providers entering the market the technology they need to succeed.”

Providers can expect to log in to the same Cerbo and OptiMantra products, reach out to the same reps and receive support, onboarding and product updates the same way they do today. They will start to see the Providi name at combined events and in company communications, and they’ll feel it in their products: two teams sharing what they learn, active investment in both products and new capabilities reaching their practices sooner.

About Providi

Providi is the company behind Cerbo and OptiMantra, two electronic health record (EHR) and practice management products serving the cash-pay personalized care market. Together, Cerbo and OptiMantra support nearly 7,000 clinics in functional, integrative, longevity, wellness, direct primary care, concierge, med spa and behavioral health. Providi is committed to meeting the specialty workflow needs of these practices and continues to invest in both products to help providers achieve better patient outcomes, grow their practices and operate more efficiently. For more information, visit providico.com.

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