Pine Venture Partners

Pinecone is a "venture studio" – a company dedicated to building impactful businesses by collaborating with driven founders. We focus on turning ambitious ideas into successful and meaningful ventures. STUDIO VS. INCUBATOR/ACCELERATOR – WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? Unlike incubators and accelerators, venture studios generate their own ideas, create startups from scratch, provide funding, recruit founders, and actively participate in operations without a fixed timeline. Studios also assume a significant portion of the responsibilities and risks associated with ideation, validation, and launch, making them more deeply involved in the long-term success of their startups compared to other startup support models. WHY CO-FOUND WITH PINECONE? Co-founding with Pinecone is akin to getting 10+ co-founders on your team, for the "price" of one. Through mentorship, network and access to capital, we greatly increase your chances – and speed – of success. WHO CAN CO-FOUND WITH PINECONE? We partner with people who are determined to create something big, something meaningful. You should possess an unfair advantage, whether industry insights, skills or network/distribution. We mainly base our decision on trust, a shared vision and ambition are must-haves. We also look for traits like: resilience, adaptability, resourcefulness, curiosity, humility, passion, and drive. Last, but not least, we consider the ability to rally people behind a vision, a rare, yet decisive, skill. CAN PINECONE INVEST IN MY STARTUP? While our main focus is to build companies from scratch, with or without a co-founder from the start, we occasionally will look at investment opportunities that align with our portfolio. Such strategic investments should bring value to our existing portfolio companies or vice versa. WHERE IS PINECONE LOCATED? Pinecone is based in Oslo, Norway. However, we operate globally with partners of several nationalities and locations, and we invest and build companies globally, too.

Forest Partners is a leading, independent venture capital firm in South Korea focused on investing in Korean founder-led, early-stage to growth companies. The firm has three major businesses: Venture Capital, Growth/Private Equity, and Public Equity. Our unique platform with full-stack capabilities allows us to outperform across cycles. It also enables cross-over collaboration between our Venture Capital, Growth/Private Equity, and Public Equity teams to make strategic investment decisions as our private companies crossover into the public market. Our vision is to grow together with great companies so that we can become the go-to alternative investment firm in Asia. OUR VALUES Based on trust-based partnerships, our team is committed to enabling growth and creative outcomes for all our partners. Our team is driven by the following values: Passion for Excellence: Passion for excellence permeates every investment decision and the long-term supporting role we play for the founders we back in order to secure maximized, solid returns for our investors. Independent Thinking: Our investment decisions are driven by independent thinking and we aim to make a lasting impact for companies at their pivotal moments of growth. Professional Integrity: We hold ourselves to the highest standards of professional integrity in everything we do and are committed to transparency.

We believe that making a mark in this business starts and ends with people. We define ourselves by the relationships and trust we’ve carved out over years of investing in only venture capital. Because we know that where access meets insight, anything is possible. Nearly two decades of working with the best of the best Since 2007, we’ve been investing in the most elite, access constrained venture capital opportunities, as well as directly in select venture-backed companies to generate the most value for our investors. Why TrueBridge?venture expertise Venture is all we do. With decades of experience in venture, we offer unparalleled insight into an opaque asset class. connected capital We have feet on the street in Silicon Valley. Our long-term partnerships with the world's most elite VC firms helps our limited partners gain access to the most innovative and sought after funds. entrepreneurial mindset Success in the innovation ecosystem requires being as agile as the companies and funds in our portfolio. We approach every investment with curiosity, flexibility, and support. hustle Success in driving great returns for our LPs isn't magic. It's hard work. We like to dig in and get our hands dirty. insight Our unique position in the venture ecosystem gives us access to data that drives our investments and helps our GPs and LPs alike. Our values At TrueBridge Capital Partners, we strive to uphold the following firm values. stewardship We assert our fiduciary responsibility to invest our partners’ capital thoughtfully, transparently, and with great intention. teamwork We work as a team, win as a team, celebrate as a team, grow as a team, and have fun as a team. We hold our colleagues in high respect, and collaborate with one another openly and honestly. relationships We build relationships founded on trust, respect, and integrity. We are accountable to our partners and to our teammates, and will always be relationship-driven. communication We communicate thoughtfully, clearly, transparently, and with purpose. We listen respectfully, engage honestly, and contribute meaningfully. entrepreneurship We work to create dynamic and unique investment opportunities for our clients in order to help them achieve their goals. We support entrepreneurial endeavors among our colleagues and partners. diversity, equity, and inclusion We value diversity of races, religions, sexual orientations, political ideologies, and all other forms. We recognize the limits of homogenously-assembled teams and the injustices that a lack of broader diversity, equity, and inclusion can foster; we therefore strive to combat these limitations and injustices in our workplace environment.

Alicorn invests and acquires stakes in technology companies, spanning our expert niches in high-tech, deep-tech and beyond. We inject capital, expertly advise and leverage our partners and network to unlock growth. Our unique investment model blends venture capital funding with private equity techniques.Growth-focused investment Secondaries Targeted expertise Follow-on funding Risk-adjusted returns Growth-focused investment. Alicorn’s unique investment model blends venture capital funding with private equity techniques. Bespoke, purpose-constructed deals that unlock growth in late stage companies. Secondaries. Alicorn specialises in secondary investments to unlock opportunity, provide much-needed liquidity release and give leaders the freedom to refresh their cap table. Targeted expertise. More than capital. Alicorn’s talented team boasts an exceptional track record of instigating growth, unpicking inhibitors and providing expert-level support to leaders. Follow-on funding. Flexible, agile and adaptable. We’re not a silent investor – we’re fans of opportunity, so we back leaders with the capital they need, when they need it. Risk-adjusted returns. Our focused fund delivers investors risk-adjusted returns, from an approach that shields investors from fundamental risk. Alicorn invests in great leaders, proven technologies and in tested markets. The Alicorn advantage Focused investment for risk-adjusted returns. Strategic Investments focused on verticals we know. We invest in established verticals, priming growth-stage businesses for acceleration. Our focused portfolio reflects verticals we know. Secondaries, backed by growth funding. We excel in applying our secondary private equity approach to mitigate risks, driving growth for businesses by addressing growth barriers. Expert investment & operational business advice. Alicorn’s team have been building, investing and operating businesses across software and hardware verticals for decades. Priming technology to flourish on the big stage. Purpose-constructed deals for realising late-stage growth. We invest in established verticals, priming late-stage businesses for acceleration. Our focused portfolio reflects verticals we know. Capital when you need it. Risk-adjusted by our secondary, private equity approach that unpicks growth inhibitors for businesses in the later stages. Keep leaders in control. Our team’s track record speaks for itself. Alicorn’s team have been building, investing and operating businesses across software and hardware verticals for decades. Solutions–not more problems. We’re pragmatic problem-solvers, not a silent investor. We’re here to provide capital, support and solutions to on-the-ground problems. Focused strategies – seizing opportunity. Our investment model focuses on opportunity: supporting confident leaders in realising strategic initiatives. We’re experts in: Adaptable funding (initial and follow-on). A flexible approach that finds high-potential assets (businesses), and uses our talent and expertise to increase value and maximise returns. Leading bridge rounds. Support when you need it. Gear your business up towards a major fundraising milestone with bridge rounds, led by Alicorn and our partners’ extensive networks Cap table recycling & early liquidity release. A flexible approach that finds high-potential assets (businesses), and uses our talent and expertise to increase value and maximise returns. Build investment. Alicorn constructs deals that maximise opportunity – be that through follow-on funding, pure venture capital, secondaries, bridge capital, or through additional funding rounds, we’re a growth partner – not a silent investor.

Benson Capital Partners (“BCP”) is a New Orleans-based, for-profit entity founded in 2019 by Gayle M. Benson, Owner of the New Orleans Saints NFL franchise and Governor of the New Orleans Pelicans NBA franchise. In 2020, the firm launched its inaugural fund, Benson Capital Fund I, LP to make venture capital investments in the Southeast. For its second fund, BCP has launched Benson Capital Real Estate I, LP (the “Fund”) to execute real estate investments in the same Southeastern region. In aggregate, the firm manages over $100 million across its two funds. BCP focuses its investments in the Southeastern United States, a geography lagging in institutional investment capital. However, despite few inflows of investment dollars, the region demonstrates compelling demographic and growth characteristics. BCP also benefits from the Benson organization’s unique deal access in the Southeast that has been forged from decades of business relationships across multiple industries.