---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-25-019210"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WINV"
cik: "0001854463"
company_name: "WinVest Acquisition Corp."
filed_at: "2025-10-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T02:21:57.622629+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# WinVest dismisses Marcum LLP, appoints BCRG Group as new independent auditor

## Summary
- Marcum's reports for FY2024 and FY2023 expressed substantial doubt about going concern.
- No disagreements with Marcum on accounting principles or audit scope during fiscal years.
- Marcum reported a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting in the 2024 10-K.
- BCRG engaged for fiscal years 2023, 2024, and 2025, effective October 21, 2025.
- No reportable events or disagreements triggered by consultation with BCRG prior to engagement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-25-019210
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WINV
- cik: 0001854463
- company_name: WinVest Acquisition Corp.
- filed_at: 2025-10-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1854463/000149315225019210/0001493152-25-019210-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1854463/000149315225019210/form8-k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 8dfa397fa3fa8e3696aeea3ba78fa2f5a6885837
  claim: WinVest Acquisition Corp. engaged BCRG Group as its auditor.
  evidence_excerpt: Effective October 21, 2025, the Company engaged BCRG Group (“BCRG”) as the Company’s new independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal years ending December 31, 2023, 2024, and 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1854463/000149315225019210/0001493152-25-019210-index.htm
- claim_id: f01df00398635ae401176faafafe451159c8a63c
  claim: WinVest Acquisition Corp. dismissed Marcum LLP / CBIZ as its auditor.
  evidence_excerpt: On October 21, 2025, WinVest Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) dismissed Marcum LLP / CBIZ (“Marcum”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1854463/000149315225019210/0001493152-25-019210-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.