Path Ahead Ventures

Wildwood is a venture studio and investor at the intersection of the outdoor and wellness economies. We partner with some of the biggest outdoor and wellness brands on the planet. Through our Fellowship and Entrepreneur in Residence program, we build with the pioneers, the courageous ones, the rebels just-crazy-enough to believe we can create things together that matter.

Notus Technologies a été créée par Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux, entrepreneur et actuel président du MEDEF, ayant fondé The Phone House et Virgin Mobile. La société a trois types d’activités : Investissements majoritaires dans des PME au sein de deux secteurs : Gastronomie : regroupe les sociétés Oliviers&Co et Le Fondant Baulois, avec pour objectif de rassembler des marques emblématiques alimentaires premium, fabriquées en France, afin de de les exporter dans le monde entier Outdoor : regroupe les sociétés Chullanka et Approach, Chronoloisirs, Amsterdam Air et Nihola (distributeurs multicanaux de produits pour le sport et les loisirs outdoor) et compte rassembler d’autres fabricants et distributeurs dans ce domaine, avec un intérêt particulier pour les mobilités douces Investissements minoritaires dans des PME Venture : participation à des levées de fonds de startups, soit à travers le fonds ISAI dont Notus est cofondatrice, soit en investissement direct dans sociétés comme Studapart, Monisnap, Greenly, Okarito, Flatsy, etc L’ensemble des participations majoritaires comprend environ 250 collaborateurs et réalise près de 70M€ de CA.

Launched in 2002, Creadev is an evergreen investment company operating worldwide, supporting companies able to scale-up and become global best players in their sector. To make this happen we believe that the shareholder’s timing should match with the entrepreneur’s vision, up to an unlimited amount of time. We are backed by the Mulliez family, who share their global footprint network and their entrepreneurial spirit. The Mulliez family’s business is an autonomous federation of over 200 companies, which employ about 600,000 people in more than 35 countries. Leading businesses include Auchan Retail, Decathlon, ADEO, Leroy Merlin, Boulanger, Flunch etc… Our DNA Creadev offers a unique operational support model, based on multi-generational entrepreneurial experience, deep sectorial intelligence, and co-investment with operating partners. We invest patient capital and contemplate long-term success, but work on a day-to-day basis with management teams, devoting time and means to provide the highest level of expertise for each invested company, leveraging on our specific sectorial focus. We are demanding partners in favourable contexts and benevolent in tough ones. The majority of our annual investment capacity is dedicated to our portfolio companies, in order to accelerate their organic or external growth. Creadev’s support model is enhanced at an international scale through 1 team present on 4 continents. Our mission is to facilitate access to essential goods & services to the many, through innovative solutions. Our valuesShare: Because success never comes from a single man, we have deployed a dedicated organization to stimulate the sharing inside portfolio companies and between them. Dare: Audacity is at the heart of the Mulliez Family and Creadev’s DNA. We are deeply convinced of the importance of initiatives and innovation at all maturity stages. Care: We believe that both customers and collaborators’ development are the most powerful driver for success, and place it at the heart of our support to portfolio companies.

Tengelmann Ventures is an early-stage Venture Capital firm focused on empowering the next generation of entrepreneurs on their mission to (i) preserve life and environment, (ii) simplify everyday life and (iii) individualize products and services to changing needs. Founded in 2009, Tengelmann Ventures invests primarily in consumer-centric B2C and B2B businesses within the DACH region. TENGELMANN STANDS FORCONSUMER KNOWLEDGE: Decades of experience in dealing with consumers. SUSTAINABILITY HERITAGE: Taking responsibility for sustainability: a track-record in addressing sustainability matters from early days. ENTREPRENEURIAL DNA: An entrepreneurial platform providing freedom and patience – dedicated to long-term growth. EXTENSIVE NETWORK: An extensive high-caliber network of entrepreneurs, advisors and leaders, particularly in Europe and North America. PATIENT CAPITAL: A family business thinking in generations and therefore long-term orientation. ACTIVE INVESTOR: The aspiration to act as an active entrepreneurial partner.

Connexa Capital, Associate (Investment Professional) Connexa Capital Overview Founded by a group of successful Miami-based entrepreneurs, Connexa Capital (“Connexa”) partners with Seed to Series B companies and supports founders with its experienced team of successful business leaders and its extensive network. Connexa seeks to invest in businesses with compelling unit economics, demonstrated product-market fit, and large and growing addressable markets. Connexa is led by the firm’s Managing Partner, Jonathan Beda, who previously led investments in Home Chef (sold to Kroger), Halo Cars (sold to Lyft), and Material Bank ($2B valuation), among others. Connexa leverages its deep bench of Executive Partners who have experience building and operating best-in-class companies and help Connexa evaluate prospective investments and add value to its portfolio companies. Connexa’s team of Executive Partners includes successful investors and operators from Goldman Sachs, Blumberg Capital, SoftBank, GoPuff, Zumba, Home Chef, Apple, Google, and Tiffany & Co. Connexa was founded in 2022 and is based in Miami, Florida.

We empower Black founders to build the impossible. Black founders are over mentored and under funded‍. ‍0.24% of VC funding received by Black entrepreneurs - 38 businesses in total, of those only one Black female founder raised Series A. A VC accessibility gap: 88% of Black founders in the UK self-fund at least part of their venture. ‍There’s always been entrepreneurialism in the Black community. Venture capital just hasn’t made its way to them yet. Our 5-year vision is backing 30 Black-led startups from the Black Seed programme by 2026 across the UK.‍ Our co-working space in Brixton is a space to connect Black founders. As a portfolio company you get access to our venture studio and resource hub.