Young Venture Group

BIP Ventures consistently produces exceptional outcomes for founders and top-quartile returns for investors. We partner with people who share our passion for solving real problems and unleashing the power of innovation to create incomparable value. OUR MISSION We identify and capture opportunities for the people we serve. We are drawn to big problems that impact society and to those who see vexing challenges as opportunities. These are people who dream up ideas and then embrace the real work required to bring them to life. We connect the people who invest in possibility. OUR FOCUS We invest in companies across various stages of growth. Each has the potential to become a category leader in an emerging, high-growth market. BIP Ventures focuses on big problems, big ideas, and the bold founders and innovators who are advancing innovation to solve them. Software and tech-enabled services solving real problems 1st institutional capital (Seed, Series A, Series B) Annual recurring revenue between $100K-$100M OUR APPROACH Different by design. Since 2007, we have continued to refine our value proposition and investment platform to create advantages for investors and founders that other VCs can’t replicate. INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS FOR INVESTORS: We design investment products that increase access to capital and reduce drag on returns, allowing us to do things other VCs can’t. AN ELITE TEAM OF ALIGNED INDIVIDUALS: We balance heart, know-how, and superior experience investing in and scaling category-leading companies. BEST-IN-CLASS DATA SCIENCE: We capture unique data drivers to give our team a distinct information advantage and foundation for guidance. FINANCIAL SCIENCE & REAL OPTION THEORY: Scientific rigor grounds our investment decisions, yielding process advantages and consistent outlier returns. HUMAN + MACHINE PARADIGM: We empower our partners with timely data, producing competitive advantages at the strategic and tactical levels. PERFORMANCE ENGINEERING PLATFORM™: Our Performance Engineering efforts strengthen portfolio company competitiveness and market leverage, resulting in an increased probability of positive outcomes. A PARTNERSHIP MINDSET: We actively seek out and provide economic and social benefits for our founders, investors, and team members. SYMMETRICAL & ETHICAL TRANSACTIONS: We are high-integrity partners who seek the win-win because we are in the business of building together.

We are constantly inspired by relentless founders tackling big problems globally. That's why we decided to professionalize our angel investing side hustle via 10K Ventures - investing our own capital, time, and network as fast and early as possible. Industry agnostic. Geographically opportunistic. Founder-centric. Invested alongside Tiger Global, a16z, Softbank, Alter Global, Founders Fund, Sequoia Capital, local VCs and angels, and more. Track Record so far: Invested in 20+ early-stage startups directly **** % IRR*= 67+% 1 Exit 🙌 *Vintage: Q1/2019. Estimates as of Q4/2022. Includes both realized and unrealized returns. Portfolio: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/10kv/recent_investments OUR (HYPO)THESIS*:#1: GOAL: 400X RETURN - We aim for $25k tickets to be $10MM outcomes. We have limited capital but ambitious targets, hence we are astute and disciplined in finding these deals. Each deal we make shall be backed by strong convictions that it could return >400x of our investment. #2: We value Quality and ROI as much as Entry VALUATION. We care about returns and probability of success as much as entry valuations. We acknowledge that serial entrepreneurs or repeat founders could demand a higher valuation in exchange for a “de-risked” premium on team and execution. But at the same time, sometimes the big winners are further driven by external forces. Either way, what we’re looking for is to find opportunities backed by a strong conviction of achieving massive total value creation potential… …which leads us to… #3: We like LARGE TAMs, with Low-PMF-High-Execution Risk type of verticals. We like LARGE TAMs as this indicates how big the revenue potential is going to be (=valuation in the long run). We don’t just mean large top-down hypothetical market sizes, we want to have strong convictions that there is a clear path to a certain scale and we do this through bottom-up calculations and clearly understand what needs to be true in order to reach that level of scale and impact. Our bare minimum is for us to see a clear path to at least $100M Annual Rev RR / ARR potential. Typically, these are category-defining or clear emerging category leaders in a particular geography. Usually identifying and finding solutions to what would be the largest problems in >10 years. You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.― Buckminster Fuller In addition, we also prefer gunning for a high probability of scaling with a low probability of failure - We need to have strong convictions that this works, but simultaneously notoriously difficult enough that only a few could pull it off. #4: For Low-PMF-High-Execution Risk type of verticals, the biggest de-risking element of the equation: The FOUNDERS. We believe that especially since we are focused on investing in Low-PMF-High-Execution risk verticals, ultimately, we hypothesize that it’s all about getting 💯 conviction on the founders. Here are some hypotheses on what we think resonated with us: We prefer problem space-centric and thesis-driven entrepreneurs. They have built strong convictions on the problem space they’re in (as opposed to the solution), which could indicatively mean they don’t give up easily if certain approaches/solutions don’t work. We prefer serial entrepreneurs. All things equal, we have a preference for founders who has experience in building great products and has experienced both wins and losses over their entrepreneurial journey. We prefer the ones who knows how to sell the vision to investors, talent, and partners; and drive and implement their vision to reality (Note: this doesn’t mean we rule out first time founders. Ultimately, what we like to see is strong track record of exceptional capabilities and/or network.) We prefer those with a strong narrative on founder-market fit. Ultimately, we want to back founders who seemingly are born for it. They immediately have the necessary knowledge, network, and most importantly the empathy and commitment to make their vision happen. And how do we attract founders? #5: On Attracting Founders and winning deals - RELEVANCE and REPUTATION are key. It’s hard to pick winning founders, but it's much harder to be picked by winning founders. The top founders and hottest deals are not only difficult to find and catch, they're also 100 times harder to get in and close. As angel investors, we always aim to be part of the cap table to show our commitment and earn the "badge of trust" from the founders. However, achieving this is often even more difficult. To earn our reputation and the trust of the founders, we must hustle our way to provide value-add. This way, we can stand out from the rest and end up being picked. So far, below are the things we think we could add value: NETWORK. We are constantly building from the ground up a strong network of investors, talent, and BD/partnerships in that we can provide strategic INTROS to founders. SIGNALLING. We strive to have a good reputation and maintain a strong track record of picking winners (vs spray-and-pray approach). NOTHING ELSE 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♂️. We try our best to be of value-add, but if there’s no need, we don’t push for it. We’re not superhumans who would know all answers to founders’ questions; we’re just superfans for these founders we’d go the extra mile for them when they’re in need of support.

The right team for your start-up investment! We stand for competence when selecting our deals, as well as for transparency and quality in the execution of our investments. HONESTY & TRANSPARENCY We believe that valuable partnerships can only be built on trust. Therefore, it is important for us to act as transparently as possible. We provide clear insight into every step of our funding process. LONG-TERM PARTNERSHIPS We strive for long-term partnerships at eye-level. Therefore, we are there for our start-ups and investors and accompany them on their journey to success. WE DO THE HEAVY-LIFTING FOR YOU We are happy to do the time-consuming work in the background with passion – so investors can fully concentrate on their investments and start-ups on running their business.

We have investments of between €200 thousand and €2.5 million in early-stage businesses and start-ups. We support the company through its successive financing requirements. We also acquire majority stakes in SMEs or medium-sized businesses with investments of €5 million to €30 million. We work closely with the companies we invest in, while also allowing them to maintain their initiative and remain independent. BELIEFS Attention to clients, taking care in serving them, valuing staff, respecting individuals and innovation are decisive factors in companies’ growth. RAISON D'ÊTRE Helping companies to exist, to be innovative and effective, to develop, to grow their teams, to create jobs. Making companies independent and helping them stand the test of time. EVERGREEN APPROACH Projects can take time to blossom. Our “in it for the long haul” approach makes it possible to implement growth processes that over the long term can add a significant dimension to the company.

Lewis & Clark Ventures was founded by former founders and operators to support the tech ecosystem. We’ve built venture-backed companies and have navigated the terrain of going from idea to exit multiple times. We are excited to partner with dynamic founders them on their journey to build successful companies. What We Look For Stage | Sectors Late seed through Series A and are sector agnostic technology investors. Investment We typically invest between $2M - $3M in our initial investment, but have flexibility in either direction. Between The Coasts We seek to fund companies in geographies that are overlooked by coastal venture funds Market Large opportunity, with high growth potential. Founder | Team We look for founders that have a big vision, a bold idea, and a strong ability to build and lead a great team - an exceptional founding team with either previous startup experience, domain expertise, or are very close to the problem they’re solving. Role We prefer to lead investments, but this is not always a requirement. Market-Fit We look for rapidly accelerating growth metrics and lean toward a minimum of $500K - $1M in revenue. Customers Companies that are establishing strong product-market-fit through close customer relationships, and are beginning to demonstrate a consistent go-to-market process. Mission To partner with visionary founders to build iconic companies between the coasts. Our Ethos Empathy As former founders, we are rooted in understanding and supporting the founders’ journey. People who embark on this journey command our respect. Execute We take pride in doing great work and care about the details. Initiative is in our DNA and we always have a bias towards action. Navigate The path to success and significance is rarely a straight line and decisions are rarely black and white. We believe in navigating the complexity of startups with our experience to accelerate growth. Shoot Straight As partners for the long term, we believe an open, transparent and candid communication style, based on mutual respect and trust, is the best way to communicate and achieve the best results. Smart Growth We believe in smart growth, not growth at all costs. We work with founders to build sustainable, enduring companies, combining rapid growth built on a foundation of strong fundamentals. True Partners We believe that the people you surround yourself with make the difference in life. We work with people we respect, that challenge us to dream bigger, and that we enjoy spending time with. We support each other and win as a team.