Conexeu Sciences Announces $5 Million Private Placement Led by Existing Shareholders, Management and Directors

Financing involving participation from the CEO and Chief Commercial Officer, supports manufacturing scale-up, regulatory testing and preclinical work toward the Company’s planned FDA 510(k) submission in the first quarter of 2027

RENO, Nev., Oct. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Conexeu Sciences Inc. (Nasdaq: CNXU) (“Conexeu” or the “Company”), a preclinical-stage medical device and regenerative medicine company advancing CXU™, an investigational tissue-restoration platform, today announced that it has closed a private placement of approximately $5 million (the “Private Placement”); however, $250,000 of subscriptions, from certain members of management and the Board of Directors, are being held in escrow pending approval by the Company’s stockholders as required under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c). Upon receipt of the required stockholder approval, the securities will be issued to the certain members of management and certain directors, and the $250,000 will be released to the Company. If stockholder approval is not obtained, the escrowed funds will be returned to the management and director subscribers, and the securities will not be issued to them. The Private Placement consists of 1,666,667 units (each, a “Unit”) at a price of $3.00 per Unit, with each Unit consisting of one share of common stock (a “Share”) and one warrant (a “Warrant”) to purchase one share of common stock at an exercise price of $3.00 per share, exercisable for 24 months from the date of issuance. For certain Canadian subscribers, the Company has issued special warrants (“Special Warrants”) instead of Units at $3.00 per Special Warrant, whereby each Special Warrant shall automatically be converted (without any further action or payment on the part of the holder) into one Share and one Warrant upon the earlier of (a) the date on which the final Canadian prospectus qualifying the distribution of the Units and underlying Shares and Warrants in British Columbia, Canada is receipted by the British Columbia Securities Commission, and (b) Feb. 16, 2027 (being the date that is four months and a day following Oct. 15, 2026).

The Private Placement was led by existing shareholders, including members of Conexeu’s management team and certain directors, among them Miles Harrison, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director, and David Bogart, Chief Commercial Officer and Director.

Conexeu intends to use the net proceeds from the Private Placement for working capital and general corporate purposes, including but not limited to continued manufacturing scale-up, regulatory testing and preclinical work intended to support its planned U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) 510(k) premarket notification for Ten Minute Tissue™, the Company’s lead wound care device candidate.

The financing follows the Company’s Oct. 6, 2026, program update, in which Conexeu reported that multiple scaled-up batches of CXU™ material met predefined Company specifications and that the Company remains on track to make its planned 510(k) submission in the first calendar quarter of 2027.

No placement agent was engaged, and no commissions were paid in connection with the Private Placement. The Company has agreed to file a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) covering the resale of the Shares and the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (each, a “Warrant Share”). Additional information regarding the Private Placement will be included in a Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed with the SEC on EDGAR.

The Units, Special Warrants, Shares, Warrants and Warrant Shares (collectively, the “Securities”) have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or any state securities laws. Accordingly, the Securities of the Company may not be offered or sold in the United States or to, or for the benefit of, “U.S. persons” (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) absent registration or an applicable exemption from such registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. The Securities are “restricted securities” as defined in Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any Securities, nor shall there be any sale of the Securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

About Conexeu Sciences Inc.

Architecting Bioregeneration™. Conexeu Sciences is a preclinical-stage medical device and regenerative medicine company. Our patented extracellular matrix (ECM) platform, CXU™, is built on a single structural principle and is designed to support bioregeneration: one formula, one device, designed to scale across multiple addressable markets.

Conexeu is targeting large, multi-billion-dollar end markets, including wound care, periodontal applications, and facial and body tissue restoration, including the tissue changes that can follow GLP-1 weight loss, with further expansion opportunities in 3D printing and biofabrication workflows and the veterinary market. The Company is advancing a predicate-based U.S. regulatory strategy with an anticipated 510(k) submission in the first calendar quarter of 2027 for its initial indication, subject to regulatory review.

Conexeu is led by an experienced leadership team with deep expertise in biomaterials, regenerative medicine, and medical device commercialization and development.

About CXU™

CXU™ is designed to support soft tissue lost through injury, aging, and the tissue changes that can follow GLP-1 weight loss. The Company's lead device candidate, Ten Minute Tissue™, is a thermosensitive extracellular matrix (ECM) that remains fluid at room temperature and is designed to transition to a stable gel in situ at body temperature within approximately ten minutes. In preclinical research, Ten Minute Tissue™ has been characterized for host cell infiltration, vascular ingrowth, organized remodeling, and a low-inflammatory profile, conditions intended to support constructive remodeling. ^[1]

The platform is grounded in more than a decade of university preclinical research and protected by a multi-jurisdictional patent estate spanning more than 40 jurisdictions (U.S., EU, Japan, and Australia, with protection pending in Canada). Conexeu owns the platform IP, holding all rights, title, and interest, with no royalty or licensing obligations, and intends to expand across new indications and markets.

Sources

[1] Hartwell R., Leung V., Chavez-Munoz C., et al. A novel hydrogel-collagen composite improves functionality of an injectable extracellular matrix. Acta Biomaterialia (2011); 7; 3060-3069.

The cited study [1] is preclinical. Preclinical results are not necessarily predictive of clinical outcomes. Ten Minute Tissue™ is an investigational device and has not been cleared or approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The cited study did not evaluate CXU™ specifically in wound care indications; wound care applications represent the design-intent application of the underlying CXU™ platform, and supporting evidence in indication-specific preclinical models is being developed by the Company.

Trademarks. CXU™, Ten Minute Tissue™, and Architecting Bioregeneration™ are trademarks of Conexeu Sciences Inc.

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