KfW Capital

As seasoned technology founders, operators, and investors, building and scaling great companies is in our DNA. We understand first hand that the journey of building enduring companies of scale requires tremendous resilience, key relationships, operational support, and trusted advice. Engagement Company building is not a spectator sport. We take pride that we are known as active, impactful partners. We have assembled a dedicated team of investment and operating professionals to advise and work alongside our companies. Think of us as both coach and teammate. Expertise The road a company takes in its development is never predictable or easy to navigate. Each phase of growth is characterized by different needs and opportunities. With our extensive operating backgrounds, we help companies anticipate blind spots and find solutions to get past roadblocks. Access To succeed, businesses require access to key relationships at every stage along the way. We offer a vast and high caliber network of relationships that we have cultivated over time. We leverage these industry advisors, domain experts, technology leaders, and other partners to unlock opportunities and open doors for our companies. We know it takes a village. Insight Through our multi-stage investing and deep research into both the private and public markets, we are able to offer valuable insights that we can put to work for the benefit of our portfolio companies. We are always questioning our assumptions, seeking out new data, and refining our approach. Enrichment Our entrepreneurs are motivated, brilliant leaders with growth-oriented mindsets. We support their growth and development by hosting regular community events, networking, and learning opportunities to advance their knowledge and skillsets. Knowledge Capital Cota Knowledge Capital is a combination of deep strategic, operational, organizational, and financial expertise, impactful and data-driven market insights and intelligence, supplemented by a vast industry network that helps Cota’s portfolio teams create value and build timeless companies. Cota Knowledge Capital encompasses Cota Advisory, Cota University, and Cota Research. Cota Advisory partners with our portfolio companies along their journeys, offering deep working sessions on the strategy, operational plan, financial plan, and investment plan. Cota University offers portfolio teams a curriculum focused on foundational skills critical to building successful companies. Cota Research plays a key role in both our investment selection process and the success of our portfolio companies, offering competitive intelligence and thematic development. ValuesIntegrity: We adhere to the highest ethical standards across all of our actions and decisions, and we focus on delivering on our commitments to each other, to our investors, and to our companies. Resilience: We appreciate the long and difficult journey of building and growing companies. The entrepreneur’s journey is not an easy one and a high level of resilience is needed to face the many challenges along the way. We question the status quo, embrace innovation and change, focus on solving problems, and do what is right rather than what is easy. Service: We embrace opportunities that deliver a positive impact to our people, our companies, our communities, and our investors. Empathy: We operate with empathy and focus on being reliable, responsive, and helpful in all that we do. We share our expertise and resources, and provide support and encouragement across our interactions. Diversity: We embrace the diversity across our team, our companies, and our communities. We focus on operating with an inclusive mindset that embraces diverse points of view and operates with professional respect. Fiduciary: We serve as fiduciaries and adhere to the highest ethical principles. We set a high standard of excellence and integrity and hold ourselves accountable for our actions and decisions. We apply intellectual and operational rigor to what we do and strive to create repeatable successes and repeatable risk management.

Through these funds, investments are made in a wide top selection of SME+ companies from Europe and North America. Private equity: Our private equity funds give you, as an investor, access to the top funds in Europe and North America. Venture capital: Through our venture capital and growth equity funds you invest in fast-growing technology, start-ups and scale-ups, in Europe. Feeder funds: Feeder funds are for investors who would like to put the accents in their portfolio themselves.

N Fund invests in high-growth technology companies through a series of specialized venture capital managers.

MSW is a venture capital firm focused on seed and Series A investment rounds. We invest in companies with a dedicated team, an existing product/solution, and a clear vision of their future. What we do BR Startups, managed by MSW, was the first Brazilian fund to onboard as investors corporations aiming to enhance the local entrepreneurship ecosystem and foster innovation.‍ We manage multicorp funds, formed by organizations willing to launch or strengthen their corporate innovation programs and work alongside startups. By doing so established corporations can use venture capital to accelerate their innovation efforts, shape corporate strategy, and obtain both strategic and financial returns. Our history In 2000, Prof. Moises Swirski founded MSW Educação e Consultoria, a valuation and financial modelling advisory boutique. Three years later MSW started to offer leadership development courses for corporate clients. In 2008, MSW started to advise on M&A and business development projects. With this approach MSW starts to collaborate with its clients’ businesses and strategic planning.‍ After many years supporting entrepreneurs in their daily challenges, MSW decided to establish its role as an asset management firm. As such, the firm started to act as a minority hands-on investor. As of 2015, MSW starts to manage seed capital fund BR Startups and develops its pioneering fund management approach in Brazil, transferring smart capital from its investing organizations to portfolio companies. As a result, MSW delivers mutually beneficial relationships between startups and corporations. Why we do itWe believe in Brazil’s creative and entrepreneurial strength as well as technology’s role as a key part of economic development and wealth generation. We understand that great leaders make the difference in any company’s performance. We understand that technology-induced disruptions in careers, markets, and management methods offer a broad range of business opportunities. We admire organizations that are committed to contributing to corporate venturing and developing the local entrepreneurship ecosystem. We want to be the leading Brazilian firm in multi-corporate venture capital and transform Brazil into a global corporate venturing hub. What we look for We invest in tech-based companies from various market sectors with exponential growth potential and an innovative product/solution. We believe in complementary teams led by bold founders with remarkable expertise with regards to their markets. We look for entrepreneurs aiming to build great companies, but also those committed to delivering long-term value to their communities through technological innovation. How we do it MSW strives to deliver mutually beneficial and trustworthy relationships between corporations and startups. We share with our portfolio companies both our firm’s and our investors’ experience and resources, including network, credibility, industry expertise, financial and technical advice, as well as business plan development and monitoring. VC is a people business. Therefore, we value leaders who carry out their business and ethical and transparent long-term relationships with our entrepreneurs and investors.

Um venture studio que combina know-how, suporte estratégico e capital para potencializar e impulsionar negócios relevantes para a sociedade. Temos objetivos muito claros: aprendizado rápido, nos aproximar de novas tecnologias para resolver desafios, aumentar receita e alavancar negócios de sucesso.

We are an early-stage investor with alternative fund structures for each alternative investor type. 50 million EUR Assets under Management 3,600 million EUR market cap of total portfolio 17,000 employees in the portfolio 13 exits 3 IPOs 5 investments per year on average 500 thousand EUR minimum ticket sizes We add true value in many dimensionsExpertise: We know what we’re talking about because we’ve been there. We have grown and run everything from startups to international corporations on three continents. Access to funding: We help to secure significant follow-on fundings and configure the ideal cap table. Our own follow-on funding strength is supplemented by our proprietary access to globally renowned venture capitalists, growth equity, private equity players, and strategists. For debt funding, we maintain close contacts to venture debt (providers), commercial banks, and alternative lending players that we know will deliver. Network: We have a large network and access to investors, partners, technology providers, regulators, startups, talents and corporates that we are happy to provide to you. Entrepreneurial spirit: We all have one thing in common: a strong and determined entrepreneurial spirit, unconventional thinking, and a passion for innovative ideas that drive business opportunities forward.