Pivotal Ventures

Beyond Ventures is an investment and philanthropy advisory serving family offices, endowments, and foundations. Our clients include Pivotal, a group of organizations founded by Melinda French Gates to accelerate social progress for women and young people in the U.S. and around the world.

We aim to support passionate entrepreneurs building visionary brands in positive living that will make the daily lives of consumers healthier, happier and more meaningful. We seek to partner with companies that are narrowing The Wellness Gap: the quantifiable delta that has grown dramatically over the past two decades as economic indicators such as GDP per capita have increased while measures of overall wellbeing, including physical and mental health, have stagnated or decreased. We are most focused on overlooked or stigmatized communities that have resulted in underserved markets. These are the areas where we see opportunity: Disruptive Healthcare Care Economy Consumer Wellbeing Connection & Community With a particular interest in the following demographics: Women Immigrants Caregivers Aging Adults Gen Z

We are an organization dedicated to creating pathways to opportunity so people can live to their full potential. We center our work on education, immigration reform, the environment, health, with justice as our goal. We use a wide range of tools and strategies - partnering with entrepreneurs and experts, makers and policymakers, advocates, and creatives - to build and execute innovative solutions that will spur change and promote equality. In order to address national and global-scale problems, we employ a wide range of tools and strategies. We believe that a combination of Philanthropy and Venture Capital can support the greatest leaps of innovation. This model allows us to deploy resources in the most flexible way for the greatest impact. Other ways we work include: Policy and Campaigns Arts and Activism Data and Technology Communications, Creativity, and Storytelling Learn more about us by reading the letter from our founder Laurene Powell Jobs.

Visible Hands is a venture capital firm on a mission to highlight and invest in the limitless potential of overlooked founders. We envision a world where talent and execution - not race or gender - are the key predictors for success. Our Manifesto Our world is changing. Our communities are changing - they are becoming stronger and more vibrant in their diversity, and face fresh possibilities and challenges as a new generation looks increasingly different from the last. We believe that as new opportunities arise, anyone should have the chance to seize them. The best solutions come from those closest to the problem - as our problems evolve, so should the problem-solvers. We believe that investing in women, people of color, and other underrepresented groups is key to creating a more prosperous and equitable future for everyone. We celebrate the bold, the curious, and the irrational. We applaud those with big dreams, and who choose the harder, riskier path in relentless pursuit of pushing forward what is possible. We also acknowledge that being a risk-taker often comes from a position of privilege - opportunity and wealth gaps persist along racial and gender lines, and access to financial and social capital too often determines which ideas are nurtured to grow. We believe that we must first acknowledge that the playing field was built to be unequal in order to change it. We know that we must change it. High-growth entrepreneurship should not be reserved for the privileged few. We need to shine a light inwards on our collective blindspots, and cast out a wider and more inclusive net to find and support existing talent. Instead of relying on unseen market forces, we’re taking matters into our own hands. No one should have to look a certain way to be deemed deserving; great entrepreneurs are all around us but we must choose to see them. By sharing our privileges with those not born into it and manufacturing fairness where it doesn’t yet exist, we can fundamentally change access to wealth and opportunity in this generation. This is our open call for anyone who feels stuck on the outside looking in: We see you. We value you. We need you. Your perspective is unique, your lived experience is invaluable, and your potential is limitless. Never doubt that your voice matters and that you deserve to be heard, even if it can feel like it doesn’t. We believe that good ideas, regardless of who or where they come from, should rise to the top, and we will fight alongside you to get them there.

From first cheque through Series A and beyond. OUR FOCUSEquality Vibrant Culture Healthy Minds Sustainable Environment GENDER PORTFOLIO REPORTING Equality is one of the core thematic pillars we support at Alberts. We recognise the opportunity to help level the playing field by investing our capital to create and support change; by conscious consideration of the organisations that we choose to partner with and the way we operate as a business. As part of this, Alberts has committed to publish our gender statistics bi-annually across our portfolio companies in order to increase transparency and support investment in female identifying founders. OUR CORE IMPACT INVESTMENT BELIEFSPurposeful drives profitable It takes time to build a great business Loyalty and long-term relationships compound Integrity is the bedrock for progress In the pioneering Australian spirit WHY ALBERTSPARTNERSHIP: We play the long game. We’re private capital. We’re also patient capital. Because changing the world doesn’t happen overnight. We’re in it for the long haul, that’s the Alberts way. BELIEFS: We value our values. Living our values is the priority at Alberts Impact Ventures – right down to the bottom line. Unlike many other capital partners, we value the positive impact of our investments. Your mission is just as important as your profit. EXPERIENCE: We've lived it. While we might be new to early-stage investments, we are anything but when it comes to building great businesses. For more than five generations we’ve been founding, nurturing and growing iconic Australian businesses. NETWORK: We open doors. We’ve built a reputation for creating pioneering businesses in Australia for more than 130 years. If we can’t open the door for you, we know someone who can.

We envision an inclusive economy that thrives with innovation by realizing the value and potential of each of us. Our Mission: Building the Future Together We aim to transform people, companies, and industries in order to build a more equitable and inclusive economy. We work with today’s leaders to create long term growth by integrating diverse perspectives and dismantling personal, organizational and systemic barriers to inclusion. We are creating a new class of companies by investing in the next generation of inclusive ventures We believe that an inclusive economy thrives with innovation by realizing the value and potential of each of us. We build an inclusive economy alongside companies and people like you. We believe in the possibility of a brighter future. Let’s Build The Future Together We pledge to build a brighter future. We envision an equitable, entrepreneurial future, and we come alongside diverse leaders to build that future together.