Emphasis Ventures

The most powerful ideas, companies, and industries aren’t created overnight. With a community built on collective experience and fueled by curiosity, Slow understands the entrepreneurial journey. Investing at the center of technology and on the edges of science, society, and culture, Slow gives curious founders the resources, connections, experiences, and empathy required to build strong, sustainable companies. We are generalists and invest in early stage teams and ideas ranging from Social Networking to Consumer Brands to SaaS, and Crypto. We believe - and have seen proven time and again - that great things frequently take time to inflect, and believe that our number-one job is to back great founders on their journey. In the last ~decade we have invested in the earliest rounds of over 500 companies, including… Consumer-Ish Nextdoor Private social network for your neighborhood Hipcamp Discover and book the best campsites in California Postmates Same day urban delivery platform Birchbox Subscription commerce for beauty products Allbirds Environmentally friendly footwear. Casper Digitally introduced brand of mattresses. Birdies Fashionable women’s slippers. BarkBox Subscription commerce for dogs Even Interest-free credit to keep your paycheck steady. Citizen People protect each other Good Dog Find puppies from responsible breeders. Fintech-Y Robinhood Mobile stock brokerage Venmo Social payment app Teamshares employee ownership for small business. Eco One balance to save, spend, and make money HM Bradley Unlock your money’s potential VGS Payment data security & compliance infrastructure Human Interest 401(ks) for SMBs Astra The Automation Platform for Money Movement Wax Insurance Protect your passion SaaS-Ie Airtable Modern database software. Domino Data Lab Enterprise data science platform. Frontapp Customer management platform Tonkean Next generation management platform. Otter AI-powered voice translation app. OpenPhone Mobile app for a business phone number Slack Work messaging Amplio Risk prediction & component sourcing Consumer-Medical-Ish Ro Direct-to-consumer telehealth. Livongo Health Personalized Tools for Chronic Condition Management Plume Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy From Anywhere Pillpack Simplified Pharmacy Fairsquare Medical Your Medicare One-Stop-Shop Wheel powering virtual care Brightside online treatment for depression and anxiety Embark Dog DNA & health testing Flossy For patients without dental insurance Creator-Y Juice Banking trusted by the best creators Stem distribution and payments for musicians Human DAOs lead by creators Pearpop creator collaboration on demand Real-World-Ish Astra Lower cost rocket launches. Common Technology-enabled residential operator. Running Tide Automated ocean harvesting technologies. Zipline Global on-demand delivery. Metropolis mobile commerce and modern parking Pollen Own your network Crypto Solana Scalable blockchain infrastructure. Klaytn The Ground for All Blockchain Services Chia A new blockchain and smart transaction platform Aleo Where Applications Become Private. Algorand A pure proof of stake blockchain platform. Diem A trusted and innovative financial network. Ampleforth The rebasing currency. Lightning Labs layer-two bitcoin. Fold Wallet Bitcoin wallet. River The best place to buy, sell BTC And Many More….

CoinFund is where web3 capable meets web3 capital: cryptonative technologists who invest in the future before it’s a trend. Our firm is built on three pillars:Our Insight Leads to Foresight: We have been consistently early to and right about the most impactful, cutting edge technology trends. Our foresight is built on a deep understanding of the technologies and subject matter of our space. We started our journey in 2015 with cryptocurrency and decentralization technology. We Are Active Builders: We are company builders, network builders, and team builders. CoinFund’s multidisciplinary team works with companies facing the biggest challenges – building new, frontier innovation technologies – and accelerates them to success. We don’t just bet on outcomes, we help to bring them to fruition through our intellect, our influence, and hands-on work. We Are Incredible Investors: We are experienced, professional investors with some of the longest standing track record in our industry. We demand excellence in every investing process. We deliver incredible results for our portfolio companies and our investors, at scale and at an institutional level. CoinFund is the model of what a large, professional firm looks like in web3.

CV VC is an early-stage venture capital investor with a focus on global startups that build solutions using blockchain technology. Crypto Valley Venture Capital, better known as CV VC, originated in 2016 and was officially founded in 2018. Accelerate Our mission is to identify the most promising minds, disruptors, pioneers, and mavericks alike that have successfully untapped the potential that blockchain offers. We understand that it takes courage to launch a startup, but we know that it takes bravery and conviction to launch a blockchain startup. CV VC invests in Blockchain because it is more than just a technology. CV VC is among the founding fathers of the Swiss Crypto Valley and our resources and network offer the necessary firepower to identify, incubate, and accelerate the journey of any blockchain start-up. Switzerland provides the perfect combination of leadership, forward-thinking, and the world’s most progressive regulation, which ensures a hospitable environment that encourages invention and transformation. The world's blockchain-specific disruptors From our home in the heart of Crypto Valley, Zug, Switzerland, and from our international ecosystem hubs, we are identifying and accelerating the world's blockchain-specific disruptors. Why Blockchain? Change is the only constant, and through circumstance comes evolution. Blockchain is without a doubt, the foundation step in the evolution of the internet to Web3. The world, the way it records things, and the way it is organized, is changing for the better. The new technological age is upon us, and as a society, we are well on our way to embracing the fourth industrial revolution. It is undeniable that blockchain technology is reshaping the world, and its many applications lie beyond the simple use of cryptocurrencies. Blockchain: the native language of Crypto Valley Since its inception, Crypto Valley has been one of the biggest and most attractive blockchain hubs in the world. Switzerland has decentralization, consensus, leadership, and precision in its DNA. Such philosophies have aligned to create an exceptional regulatory compliant environment that encourages innovation and allows blockchain businesses to thrive. Crypto Valley is the home to over 1000 blockchain companies and it is no stranger to Unicorns, boasting an impressive 12 to its resume, 3 of which are located at the CV Labs offices (Tezos, Cardano, and Velas). Right in the heart of Crypto Valley, CV VC’s founders were strategically placed to witness and play a role in the rise of the blockchain movement. CV VC is an expert in transformative innovation.

NAB Ventures is a global initiative supporting entrepreneurs in Australia and offshore in their quest to build leading technology companies. Our partners have founded, led, and invested in technology companies for two decades in both Australia and the US. Investment themes NAB Ventures invest in innovative technologies and business models that address themes core to NAB’s strategic priorities outlined below. NAB Ventures will leverage NAB’s core capabilities, driving customer insights and solutions via its deep understanding of customer data along with the inherent bank capabilities of trust, security and identity management. Connected business Provide a 'connected' experience for small and medium businesses. Technologies that help small and medium business customers manage all of their financial needs (including banking, tax, invoicing, and payroll) at every stage of their journey. Specialist offerings in health and agribusiness are of particular interest. Home ownership Support retail customers through the full home ownership journey Leap – help customers find and secure a property Land – make it easy for customers to reach settlement Live – provide insights and tools to manage all aspects of home ownership Cashless world Build easier, faster, richer payments for customers. Technologies to enhance credit and debit card offerings and support our customers in fully embracing and benefiting from new innovations such as digital wallets, real time payments, and blockchain-enabled solutions. Empowered investment Help customers build, monitor and manage wealth. Disruptive solutions for wealth management (including deposits, property, equities, funds and super), to help customers achieve better investment outcomes. Industry focus areas (vertical) AgTech Asset and wealth management FinTech InsurTech Payments and commerce PropTech RegTech Industry focus areas (horizontal) Alternative lending/credit Blockchain technology Core banking technology Cybersecurity Data and AI/ML Digital Enterprise SaaS Investment process NAB Ventures understands that leading technologies are funded quickly. We have developed streamlined internal investment processes to match the speed of high-growth ventures. Investee companies can go from a signed term sheet to investment close in as little as four weeks.

Fintactics is a fintech dedicated VC fund and venture-builder based out of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia that builds, incubates, accelerates growth and invests in start-ups in the Kingdom, MENA region and beyond. Empowering an ecosystem that leverages technology value chain and contributes to rapid growth locally and regionally. WE HAVE A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE BUILDING AND INVESTING IN FINTECH VENTURESVenture Studio: We harness deep financial technology expertise and a network of brand name partners to create a distinctive, disruptive, operationally-focused investment models that solve real problems in the world of traditional and decentralied finance VC Fund: Fintactics VC fund supports in-house ventures and invest in innovative, high growth early stage (Pre-seed, Series-A) fintech ventures across the kingdom, MENA, and the world. HOW WE DO IT?We Co-build: We build start-ups by partnering with entrepreneurs to take ideas from conception to execution; empowered by decades of experience, timely capitol deployment and exceptional talent. We Partner: We partner with local and international disruptive fintech start-ups from around the world to accelerate growth and localize technology to effectively solve problems within the Kingdom and MENA region. We Invest: Through our Fintactics VC fund, we invest in early stage start-ups, from inception to Series-A, that are rapidly growing with innovative solutions in traditional and decentralized finance. OUR FOCUS VERTICALS As a venture-builder, we are focusing on nine key areas LENDING SOLUTIONS EMBEDDED FINANCE REGTECH SOLUTIONS OPEN BANKING USE CASES WEALTH MANAGEMENT REAL ESTATE SOLUTIONS DEFI AND BLOCKCHAIN CAPITAL MARKETS INSURTECH SOLUTIONS

Bankless Ventures is a $30M early-stage Web3 Venture fund to empower pioneers to explore the frontier of Web3.