NextEquity Partners

Andy Boyd and Matt Blind founded Bramalea Partners to take advantage of a capital supply demand imbalance in the “middle rounds” between venture and growth to find great opportunities to invest in tech-enabled businesses. We ran all of the private investments in venture and growth at Fidelity for about 15 years and started Bramalea Partners in 2020. We are looking for large, growing, well-established industries that are ripe for disruption via technology. In all cases, product market fit will have already been established and we are providing expansion capital to help scale and grow a business that has a very large total addressable market that is easy to understand.

Sidekick is a value-add venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups and focuses on the consumer and technology sectors. The Sidekick community members have deep networks and are based primarily in New York, Texas, and California. Our members fall into three main buckets: successful entrepreneurs, private equity executives, and Fortune 100 executives. Our community is excited to provide strategic value every step of the way.

We are high-conviction seed stage investors who want to help build the future we want to live in. What do we want it to be like? The combination of software and entrepreneurial creativity is driving unprecedented change in our everyday lives. We have agency in the outcomes that technology will produce. How we direct this force will be the legacy of this generation. Our mission at NextView is to invest in companies that use technology to drive a brighter collective future for everyday people. We lead pre-seed and seed stage rounds within our themes of the Everyday Economy. We also invest in other wacky stuff too. TL;DR: Here’s what we do Stage Pre-seed and seed stage startups, usually before meaningful traction. Capital Our initial investments range from $250K to $3M and we reserve ample capital to follow-on in later rounds Lead We are high-conviction, hands-on investors that lead the majority of our rounds and usually take board director or observer seats. Geography Offices in New York and Boston, investing across North America Theme The digital redesign of the everyday economy Platform Helping our portfolio get traction on the four things that matter to a seed stage company: Team, product, customers, and raising capital

Founded in 1987, Highland Capital Partners is a venture capital firm focused on putting the entrepreneur first. With offices in Cambridge and Palo Alto, Highland has raised over $3B in committed capital and invested in more than 270 companies, resulting in category-defining businesses across consumer and enterprise technology. Investments include companies such as Rent the Runway, 2U, Catalant, Harry’s, Malwarebytes, nuTonomy, Clearbanc, Scopely, ThredUP, and Turbonomic.

We invest in companies that leverage differentiated technologies and scalable business models to generate financial returns and drive innovation. We believe technology will meaningfully transform all sectors of the economy, from property development, to HR processes, to new cyber security challenges. We support the growth of leaders at the forefront of these transformations. THE AVP PLATFORM PROVIDES A UNIQUE AND DIFFERENTIATED VALUE PROPOSITION ARTICULATED AROUND 3 MAIN PILLARS: A multi-stage investment remit with independent, cross-fertilized strategies A global investment platform A unique network of LPs including AXA & Equitable, key partners for business development AVP is a $1bn venture capital firm Investing in seed and early stage companies through AVP Early Stage, and in growth stage companies through AVP Capital. We partner with exceptional founders who are building great companies. In our early stage investments, we look for product-market fit and initial traction. In our growth-stage investments, we seek companies with attractive unit economics, a robust customer base, and significant revenue growth. Our relationship with AXA means unique access for our portfolio companies to:Some of the world’s best risk managers, financial advisors, and data scientists AXA’s distribution networks and client base AXA’s strong global franchises and different lines of expertise – Property & Casualty, Life & Savings, Health, and Asset Management – provide a distinctive business portfolio. AVP’s expertise in our target sectors, global footprint, and relationship with our anchor investors AXA and Equitable and other LP allow us to meaningfully help our portfolio companies realize their potential. AVP’s value proposition is tailored for entrepreneurs, case by case, to create and deliver value. AVP portfolio companies will have preferred access to AXA’s resources, including the buying power and distribution capabilities of a €100B revenue company with 107 million customers. SEVERAL PILLARS TO SUPPORT COMPANIES: Global presence and ability to help companies scale internationally Introductions to AXA and our broader network as a potential customer, partner, distributor, or even strategic partner Strong expertise in several fields (enterprise software, marketplaces, fintech, consumer technologies and all insurance / asset management related verticals) Access to AXA and Equitable’s deep expertise in insurance and asset management, as well as the specialized expertise of our other LPs.

Wavemaker Group is a multi-faceted cross border venture capital firm founded in 2003. The firm is dual headquartered in Los Angeles and Singapore and has raised over $600M across multiple funds. We currently have a team of more than 80 people across our various practices.. Wavemaker is one of the most active early-stage investors in Southern California and Southeast Asia and has invested in over 400 companies in the last 18 years. US-based investments include MindBody (NASDAQ: MB), DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) and StyleHaul (acquired by RTL). Singapore-based investments include Luxola (acquired by LVMH), ArtofClick (acquired by Xurpas), and Pie (acquired by Google). In Southeast Asia, Wavemaker focuses on enterprise and deep technology companies.