お知らせ • Jan 16
Strive, Inc. Announces Executive and Committees Changes
Strive Inc. also announce that on January 16, 2026, in connection with Avik Roy’s appointment as Chief Strategy Officer of Strive, Mr. Roy, a Class II director, resigned from the Strive Board of Directors, including from his service on the Audit Committee of the Strive Board, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Strive Board, effective January 16, 2026. Mr. Roy’s resignation was not the result of any disagreement with Strive or the Strive Board on any matter relating to the operations, policies or practices of the Company, but instead because Mr. Roy will be joining the Company in a full-time capacity as Chief Strategy Officer and will become a board observer for the Company. In accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, and at the Effective Time, Eric Semler was appointed to fill the vacancy on the Strive Board left by the resignation of Mr. Roy, as a Class II director, to serve until his successor is duly elected or appointed and qualified or until his earlier resignation, death or removal. Eric Semler has served as a member of and chairperson of the Semler Scientific board of directors since April 2023 and became the executive chairman in June 2025. Mr. Semler is a public and private market investor in technology and media. His long/short investment fund, TCS Capital Management, which he founded in 2001 and converted into a family office in 2017, was at its peak among the largest independent technology, media and telecom investment funds worldwide. He currently serves on the board of Fundstrat Global Advisors - an independent financial services firm. Mr. Semler has previously served on three public company boards: Angie’s List Inc., the Maven Inc., (now known as Arena Group Holdings Inc.) and Geeknet Inc. Mr. Semler received a B.A. from Dartmouth College and a J.D. and M.B.A. from Harvard University. Mr. Semler’s deep expertise in capital allocation, digital assets and knowledge of the Bitcoin industry, corporate governance, strategic planning, and investment management qualify him to sit on the Strive Board. Effective as of Mr. Roy’s resignation, the Strive Board appointed Jonathan F. Macey as a member of the Audit Committee, James A. Lavish as a member of the Compensation Committee, and Mahesh Ramakrishnan as a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, to fill the vacancies resulting therefrom. Mahesh Ramakrishnan, Jonathan R. Macey, and James Alexander Lavish were elected as Class I directors of Strive to hold office until the 2029 annual meeting of Strive’s stockholders or until their earlier resignation, death or removal. Shirish Jajodia, Eric Semler and Pierre Rochard were ratified and confirmed as Class II directors of Strive to hold office until the 2027 annual meeting of Strive’s stockholders or until their earlier resignation, death or removal. Matthew Cole, Arshia Sarkhani, Brian Logan Beirne, and Benjamin Bartley Pham were ratified and confirmed as Class III directors of Strive to hold office until the 2028 annual meeting of Strive’s stockholders or until their earlier resignation, death or removal.
Mr. Roy began his career in science at MIT and trained as a physician at Yale Medical School before joining Bain Capital, where he focused on biotech companies developing breakthrough therapies for underserved diseases. He later served as President and CEO of the National Institute for Health Care Management and worked as an institutional investor at J.P. Morgan, concentrating on biotechnology and healthcare. He also serves as a Senior Fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute and is a co-author of The Satoshi Papers, contributing thought leadership at the intersection of Bitcoin and public policy. Mr. Roy was previously an independent board member of Strive and will step down from that position to join the company in a full-time capacity and serve as a board observer for the company. Eric Semler, former chairman and Executive Chairman of Semler Scientific, has joined as an independent board member of Strive.