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We are all entrepreneurs who have started successful companies to change the world for the better - in one case from zero to over a billion in revenues in less than a decade. We have a true long term view - our fund is an independent evergreen fund, with no end of fund life date, thereby avoiding many of the conflicts typical in the venture industry. Finally, we strive to have a life-long relationship with all our entrepreneurs. Focus First and foremost, our primary goal is to help entrepreneurs achieve their goals in a socially and environmentally responsible manner. While we can invest at any stage, from early to expansion to late stage growth, we’d prefer to get to know you and your vision - and how we can help - early. We can invest as little as one million dollars to as much as ten million in a single company. Currently, we are interested in software companies that can apply innovations in IoT, Big Data, and Security technology, to drive meaningful disruptions in energy and infrastructure sustainability, and establish clear category dominance and leadership. Ecosystem We have a diverse ecosystem of people and partners that can help. This might include partnering opportunities, customer opportunities, company scaling and team building advice, and strategy development. Please talk to us about how we can help you and your business grow. Unconcerns With an independent, evergreen fund, we're unconcerned with structural issues that lead to entrepreneur-unfriendly activity at most venture firms today. Our "unconcerns" include timing out, the next fundraise, and arbitrary investment constraints, enabling us to be structurally aligned with our entrepreneurs' best interests. Timing out Venture Today. Most funds operate on a 10-year timeframe, after which holdings in portfolio companies are liquidated and distributed to LPs. This means that when a fund is close to timing out, investors can push for a premature exit - even if that goes against an entrepreneurs' long-term vision. How We’re Different. Our fund is an independent, evergreen fund with no end-of-fund-life. The next fundraise Venture Today. Once an investment is made, the capital deployed is gone for good. This means that investors are under constant pressure to raise the next fund, which often leads to entrepreneur-unfriendly behavior that optimizes fundraising. How We’re Different. We recycle most of our proceeds back into the fund, thereby eliminating the need to fundraise. Arbitrary investment constraints Venture Today. Constraints on fund strategy are usually set when VCs market their funds to LPs. These typically include limitations on stage (Seed / Series A only), arbitrary ownership targets (at least 20% ownership), and control (board seat required). How We're Different. We're flexible as to investment stage, ownership targets, and board representation. We only care about partnering with category leaders.

Paladin Capital Group is a leading global investor that supports and grows the world’s most innovative companies through venture investment, expansion, and growth capital. We are headquartered in Washington, DC, with offices in New York City, Silicon Valley, and London. We seek out diverse investment opportunities across the US and worldwide. Paladin is a leader in investing in technologies, products, and services focused on dual use in both commercial and governmental markets with a strong value-add culture. Paladin recognizes that successful investments begin with attracting and collaborating with top-tier entrepreneurs and management teams. Adding value to our portfolio companies is a cornerstone of Paladin’s investment culture and philosophy. In addition to subject matter expertise, entrepreneurs in today’s dynamic markets are focused on investors’ ability to add value through a variety of avenues, including helping to build strategic partnerships, accessing key customers or new markets, navigating non-dilutive financing options, or recruiting high-quality management talent and independent board members. Our ‘dual use’ investment approach, with deep knowledge of both commercial and government markets, provides our companies with unique insights and opportunities. We Are Active Investors The Paladin team merges financial expertise with national security and technical competence to add value across a wide array of market sectors and company stages. Paladin is focused on being an active investor - bringing decades of experience, advice, access, and relationships to its portfolio companies. Our Funds Since Paladin’s inception, more than $1 billion have been committed across multiple funds and investment vehicles. Paladin Cyber Fund II Our most recent fund is a $372 million multi-stage fund that invests in cybersecurity startups bringing innovative technologies to market. Cyber Fund II will look to deploy capital across a number of high-priority cybersecurity and online safety sectors, including innovative technologies that protect critical infrastructure from cyberattacks and networks from ransomware. Paladin Cyber Fund The Fund focuses on Digital Infrastructure Resilience, investing globally in advanced technologies and solutions which enable, monitor, manage, and defend critical infrastructure that is dependent on cyber space. Paladin III The Fund has completed 34 investments and continues to deploy follow-on capital to its portfolio companies and offer value-add services. The Fund invested primarily in disruptive cyber and advanced technologies and, to a lesser extent, alternative energy.

We combine: committed capital without corporate budget constraints, a fast and independent decision process, a separate legal entity protected by chinese wall principles, an exit incentivised team with more than 100 VC transactions, a strong network to our corporate backer. Our focus areas We invest in European startups with our €100 million evergreen setup. We act as lead- or co-investor. Series A: €1 to 10 million Smart infrastructure: digital and sustainable Headquarters in Europe What we are currently looking for and why The field of smart infrastructure is huge. Here are some topics that we're particularly interested in at the moment. Charging Battery solutions Cybersecurity

Ora Global is a venture capital firm that backs extraordinary founders building a more resilient future. Ora Global spun out of Exor, a 100+ year owner-operator of iconic companies, and shares the same deeply-rooted builders' DNA. It continues to manage the Exor Ventures portfolio as an independent manager. The team, led by Noam Ohana, brings public and private markets experience and a proven track record, having backed over 100 startups globally – including trailblazers such as Crusoe, Mistral, Neuralink, Via, Wayve and Physical Intelligence. Our focus areas include AI infrastructure, physical and digital security, industrial automation, supply chain resilience and energy independence.

Azcende is a venture capital and infrastructure advisory firm. Through the potential found within Critical Infrastructure and National Security, a vital foundation for the future of cities and the people within them, we help tech businesses become tomorrow’s most valued companies. Advancing humanity through the future of cities With two thirds of the world’s population destined to live in an urban environment, there are a growing number of challenges and opportunities facing cities and the people within them. National Security: Defence and industry as well as commerce that creates international attraction, via the use of emerging technology and economic growth. Critical Infrastructure: Infrastructure vital for society needs, and infrastructure to develop and extend economic advantage. We believe that emerging technology-centric business models forged in rugged and pragmatic operating conditions of Defence can more positively address social, environmental and the economic challenges of humanity. We support ambitious entrepreneurs to create shared value for business and the communities in which they operate. We believe in shared value creation that connects and accelerates human progress.01 Emerging Technology Successful companies adapt to dynamic market pressures and leverage emerging technology to serve the current and future needs for the future of cities. Address the underlying cause, not symptoms: businesses that invest in technology that develops people and their capabilities, ultimately improving the quality of life to solve small and intractable world-wide issues. Shift perspectives from scarcity to abundance: Emerging technology orientated towards ‘the impossible’ activate latent potential and will expand how people benefit from their environment, positively and radically, to address social, environmental and governance needs. 02 Critical Infrastructure Critical infrastructure should unlock human potential throughout all key stages of its lifecycle – from conceptualisation through to operation. Emerging technology can turn this obligation to solve fundamental human needs. 03 Defence and Industry Technology from Defence and industry has been responsible for significantly improving the lives of all humankind.

From the excitement of ambition to the joy of success, we're here for the whole journey. We've been through the startup grind, and we're here to help. Whether you need guidance, connections, or a supportive community, we're dedicated to helping founders reach new heights and achieve even more than they thought possible. Relationships first: Whether this is your first startup, or one more in a series, whether you’re scaling towards your first $10m or speeding towards IPO - we zoom in on your unique needs and work together to build out your ambition. Focused expertise: We specialize in areas where we have unrivaled expertise. We can draw on it through strategic acumen, connections, or fundraising support to help you unlock new opportunities. Beyond borders: We've got the global perspective to help you take your company to the next level. Whether you want to scale in the US, Europe, or Asia, we're here to help you make an impact wherever you want. Data-driven: Looking for a competitive edge? Our proprietary AI platform, Q, has you covered. In no time, we can provide you with market insights and competitor benchmarks to help your company stay ahead of the game. Powered by partnership: Gain insights and extraordinary opportunities for collaboration by leveraging the power of our limited partner - Nokia - a company that pioneered the technologies that underpin much of today’s digital world. Our thesis The physical and the virtual have been on a path of convergence ever since the first computer was invented. But now, the technological baseline has developed enough for it to truly take place. At NGP Capital, we welcome this convergence and the magic it can create. We believe the 2020s will be a decade of ‘The Great Convergence’–a decade that will produce the next generation of iconic technology companies. Who we work with We back early-stage B2B companies from Series A onwards in Europe, the US, Israel, and China within enterprise software, industrial tech, cybersecurity, and infrastructure. Experience Applications and use cases enabled by the Convergence From industrial automation to immersive applications for enterprises to collaborate and connect with customers and employees. The Convergence of the digital and physical will create a more empowered human experience. Example applications: AI co-pilots, digital twins, immersive collaboration and productivity tools. Infrastructure Technology infrastructure powering convergence The infrastructure upon which exciting new applications can be built, the tools to allow data to be processed and consumed, as well as the cybersecurity that allows the world to safeguard their data and identities. Example applications: XR developer tools, streaming data infrastructure, foundation AI, digital identity protection, edge computing. Interaction Devices and software that bridge the gap between the physical and the virtual Devices that allow humans to access virtual environments, sensors that draw data from the physical world to build insights, and robotics that translate virtual input into physical output. Example applications: XR glasses, robotics, sensors, data capture technology…