Notus Technologies

Connexa Capital, Associate (Investment Professional) Connexa Capital Overview Founded by a group of successful Miami-based entrepreneurs, Connexa Capital (“Connexa”) partners with Seed to Series B companies and supports founders with its experienced team of successful business leaders and its extensive network. Connexa seeks to invest in businesses with compelling unit economics, demonstrated product-market fit, and large and growing addressable markets. Connexa is led by the firm’s Managing Partner, Jonathan Beda, who previously led investments in Home Chef (sold to Kroger), Halo Cars (sold to Lyft), and Material Bank ($2B valuation), among others. Connexa leverages its deep bench of Executive Partners who have experience building and operating best-in-class companies and help Connexa evaluate prospective investments and add value to its portfolio companies. Connexa’s team of Executive Partners includes successful investors and operators from Goldman Sachs, Blumberg Capital, SoftBank, GoPuff, Zumba, Home Chef, Apple, Google, and Tiffany & Co. Connexa was founded in 2022 and is based in Miami, Florida.

White Star Capital is a global multi-stage technology investment platform that invests in exceptional entrepreneurs building ambitious, international businesses. Operating out of New York, London, Paris, Montreal, Toronto, Tokyo, and Hong Kong, our presence, perspective, and people enable us to partner closely with our founders to help them scale internationally. The investment partner for the globally ambitious Technology companies are becoming intertwined with the global economy more so than ever before. In our eyes, the most compelling founders build businesses through a broader world view. Whether by unlocking access to new geographies or appreciating subtle cultural differences, our team was built to partner with these founders regardless of where they are or the industry they're transforming. Connecting three continents across the Atlantic and the Pacific Our team operates with a deep presence in North America, Europe, and Asia so that we can partner with founders to navigate global markets together. We are building a craft out of technology investing Great technology businesses do not emerge overnight, and neither does technology investing that can withstand the test of time. We subscribe to the long-term pursuit of greatness as much as the founders who we partner with do. We specialize in augmenting the founder's vision Brilliant founders see the world through a unique lens of opportunity. We take pride in helping this vision become a global force reshaping our world. We measure our success by the value we add Every inevitable success story is authored by tenacity. We mirror the founder's unrelenting willpower by committing the full weight of our team and by accelerating growth through our unique set of expertise. We believe in doing better by doing good Environmental, Social, and Governance initiatives are pressing matters in every corner of our world. We look to partner with founders elevating the status quo not only as business leaders but also as mission driven ambassadors. We back founders building businesses that are truly differentiated across all markets Whether with universally loved products that superscale into many regions or with uniqe business models that cannot be replicated anywhere else in the world, we believe in companies that ultimately define the global standard. We build conviction in early and venture stages through our local presence and intimate understanding of markets across North America, Europe, and Asia. As active partners, we help founders establish a definitive edge not just in their home market but also abroad.

We provide our portfolio companies with access to AB InBev’s vast network of subject matter experts, unparalleled supply chain capabilities, route-to-market expertise, marketing properties and partnerships to supercharge growth. TRANSFORM THE WORLD WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY TEAM. Together with the world’s largest brewer, we are building the future of beverage, technology, sustainability, and beyond with the competitive advantage of our scale and capabilities. And you’re not doing it alone. We believe that with the strength and diversity of our teams, we can do anything. Work with people who are curious, kind, passionate, and resilient. LEAD IMPACTFUL WORK. You have the opportunity to be the first to do something with an impact on entrepreneurs, an industry and the world. Our role is to dream up the future and then make it tangible. We’re not afraid to challenge the status quo and we do that by empowering teams to lead change and deliver results. BUILD YOUR FUTURE. At ZX Ventures, you’ll have the opportunity to build the future of an industry, backed by its leader. Your next job likely isn’t one that exists today. Because we’re always changing you can have multiple careers within the same company and exposure to diverse experiences. The biggest challenges are yet to be solved and we bring on bright, curious people to help challenge, change, and grow.

Our approach keeps founders at the heart of everything we do. We areConviction-led: We value independent decision-making and lead all our investments. Long-term partners: We stay fully committed to founders' vision, no matter how long it takes. Sector specialists: We each focus on specific sectors to build a deep, informed point of view that fuels our investment strategy and portfolio support. Transparent: We keep founders in the loop and prioritize honest communication, making us partners they never have to second-guess. Engaged: We believe in staying actively involved through meaningful board participation and functional support. Our journey started like many other startups – in a Bengaluru basement 2016 When we set out to raise our first fund, the Indian VC landscape was shaky at best. Investors were cautious, several foreign VC majors had left the ecosystem, and successful exits were hard to come by. Amidst skepticism about the Indian market, we defiantly believed that the "golden decade" of Indian technology was upon us. We saw an opportunity for VC 2.0 in India – one that was stage-focused, expertise-driven, and committed to prioritizing real growth alongside valuations. Undeterred by a tough fundraising climate, we knocked on 1,200 doors to raise Stellaris’ first fund. These early struggles shaped Stellaris’ culture, allowing us to fully resonate with the fundraising challenges faced by early-stage entrepreneurs. 2017 We launched our first fund of $90 million. From the outset, we established a principle of having specialists on our team, enabling us to tap into deep sector knowledge, spot promising opportunities, and provide tailored support to the companies we backed. Out of our 19 investments in our first fund, 9 surpassed a valuation of $100 million, with several others on track to achieve this milestone. 2021 We closed our second fund of $225M and backed 25 companies, many of which are poised to become the leaders of tomorrow. We also had our first significant exit in the portfolio when 6Sense, a US SaaS company, acquired Slintel, in which Stellaris was the first institutional investor. 2023 Our portfolio company, Mamaearth, which we backed at the Series A stage in 2018, successfully completed its IPO. 2024 We launched our third fund of $300M and are now managing over $600M in assets. We're ready to support the next wave of innovative businesses with the same grit and determination that brought us here.

We are an investor of a new generation. Our heart beats for technological progress and innovation - wanting to change the world with passion and entrepreneurial courage. Therefore we invest own capital in new business models and ambitious growth companies. Investing With investments in ambitious, high-growth companies we support innovation. Simultaneously, we invest in new business models. Across sectors, approachable and fair. Optimizing We implement, review, reflect and adapt. This enables us to achieve our ambitious goals and keep our promises. Developing We set ourselves ambitious and yet realistic goals. Instead of deriving recommendations for actions we act. Fast, uncomplicated and honest. Therefore, we use our comprehensive knowledge and unconventional measures. Our Mission We create positive change with convincing and talented people. As a provider of capital and innovation, we generate sustainable growth. Together we go beyond normal. We’re not just talking, we tackle it. We as blueworld.group combine progress and sustainability in an economic, ecological and social dimension with the aim of making our wonderful world even more worth living for future generations. Together with pioneering companies and their executives we work to create outstanding performance as well as real and sustainable value. Our Goals As blueworld.group we see it as our responsibility to clearly express our vision and mission. We’re not just talking, we tackle it. We do not derive any recommendations for action, we act. Specifically, this is reflected in our long-term corporate goals. In order to create long-term values, it is essential to operate on a sustainable basis. Of course, we follow the intention of making profit and increasing the value of our investments. This is the only way we can build the bridge to ecologically and socially sustainable economic growth. From an ecological perspective, our goals are clear: Just as the blueworld.group is already climate-neutral in partnership with natureOffice, we want each of our companies to be climate-neutral by 2025. As a means to an end, we require the efficient and careful use of all resources. We also sensitize our partners to the use of emission-free mobility offers and energy sources. The incentives for all employees to use public transport are just as much part of our required spectrum as the switch to green electricity providers and compensation payments for essential greenhouse gas emissions.. We are also committed to our region and promote regional society and its companies. We are not counting every euro when it comes to finding the right partner to fulfill our obligations. We always meet employees, suppliers and customers on an equal footing. We live equality. That is why we strive for a balanced women’s quota for ourselves and our investments – across all positions and areas of responsibility. We make no distinction between men and women, pay the same salaries, give the same career paths and opportunities to reconcile work and family. Nothing is placed above our responsibility for our employees. That is why we strive for an above-average employee satisfaction of at least 90%*. We pursue this goal as an employer and at the same time make it a claim on our companies. *measured by our average ratings on Kununu Our responsibility Climate-neutral into the future We see it as our responsibility to actively shape the world of tomorrow and to have a positive impact. In this section, we would like to regularly give you an insight into achieved goals, status updates and current topics. We achieved one of our big goals! In partnership with natureOffice, we as blueworld.group are climate-neutral and offset the emissions that arise. We support Project Togo, which fulfills 12 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. The project tackles the causes of the problems and focuses thereby on the areas of education, jobs, energy, water and health. We report more about Project Togo here. We are also in close contact with our portfolio companies on the subject of climate neutrality in order to jointly go the way towards a climate-neutral future in the midterm. Accept the status quo? No way! We question actions, incidents, ourselves. Every day. To get a little better every day. This leads to discussions about things like soap, toilet paper, meat consumption, mobility. And exactly these discussions help us to sharpen our view. In order to promote exchange and to better understand the satisfaction and needs of our employees, we have introduced regular employee surveys on various topics. In addition to a regular exchange of personal feedback, we have set up a feedback platform on which feedback can also be provided anonymously. Our morning starts with a team stand-up – daily. A platform that we introduced during the lockdown, in times of home office and spatial separation, in order to promote team cohesion, exchange and continuity. The format is constantly evolving and we talk about weekly goals, highlights, but also mistakes and the respective lessons learned from them. Because in addition to an open feedback culture, it is the constructive handling of mistakes that allows us to grow and improve. Education as the central basis Over here, access to education is too often taken as (almost) self-evident, but unfortunately this does not reflect reality at all. We want to start right here and support corresponding projects. That is why we are forcing national and international partnerships to promote sustainable projects, for example in the education sector or integration. For us education is the greatest lever for future-oriented development that offers everyone - as an individual and as part of society - countless opportunities. Lifelong learning and further training are essential for us. In addition to internal and external training measures, our 5-minute sessions, for example, have become an integral part of our stand-ups every week, in which a topic of personal choice is presented and then discussed openly in our team. We have big visions and think broadly, also when it comes to sustainability. For us, however, this is not a process that can ever be completed; rather, we are concerned with every single step. Towards a more sustainable and even more livable world.

In addition to capital, the start-ups are supported with simplified market access (world market leaders from the Heilbronn/Southwest Germany region). We support young, innovative technology companies with capital, know-how and contacts in medium-sized industry. With the project "Move2Grow" we enable international startups for the first time to participate in the development of the economic region Heilbronn-Franken beyond our investment horizon and to settle in this highly dynamic environment. Our goal is to further develop Heilbronn into one of the most successful technology locations in Europe.