Denis Blank

Pollen is a technology company on a mission to build, curate, and deliver the best experiences all over the world leveraging a data-driven, customer-led mindset, and a network of global partners. We have two offerings: Pollen Presents and Pollen+. Pollen Presents curates experiences around your tastes and preferences you can’t find anywhere else. These experiences bring together music, sports, wellness and beyond to enable you and your friends to connect around one-of-a-kind itineraries in exciting destinations. Pollen+ always gets you more at music festivals and events when you book through us. Pollen+ partners with the biggest promoter brands and music festivals, including We Are FSTVL, Austin City Limits, Bonnaroo, C3, Electric Zoo, Live Nation and more. Pollen was founded in 2014 by brothers Callum & Liam Negus-Fancey. Pollen is backed by prominent investors including Kindred, Northzone, Sienna Capital, Backed and Draper Spirit. Pollen has raised over $100 million in VC funding.

Sagard is an alternative asset management firm that invests in venture capital, private equity, private credit, real estate, and royalties. We invest in Europe through two private equity strategies. Sagard Midcap invests in middle-market business services, healthcare, food & consumer, and industrial sectors in Europe. Learn more at sagard.com/midcap Sagard NewGen supports entrepreneurs in the technology and healthcare industries to accelerate their growth projects in Europe and beyond. Learn more at sagard.com/newgen

An exclusive community of tech entrepreneurs, family offices, private and institutional investors, venture capital companies and technology visionaries. The club combines networking, education and investment opportunities within the tech sector under one umbrella, providing access to competitive VC funds with attractive returns.

Pollen is a technology company on a mission to build, curate, and deliver the best experiences all over the world leveraging a data-driven, customer-led mindset, and a network of global partners. We have two offerings: Pollen Presents and Pollen+. Pollen Presents curates experiences around your tastes and preferences you can’t find anywhere else. These experiences bring together music, sports, wellness and beyond to enable you and your friends to connect around one-of-a-kind itineraries in exciting destinations. Pollen+ always gets you more at music festivals and events when you book through us. Pollen+ partners with the biggest promoter brands and music festivals, including We Are FSTVL, Austin City Limits, Bonnaroo, C3, Electric Zoo, Live Nation and more. Pollen was founded in 2014 by brothers Callum & Liam Negus-Fancey. Pollen is backed by prominent investors including Kindred, Northzone, Sienna Capital, Backed and Draper Spirit. Pollen has raised over $100 million in VC funding.

BACKED is the human-centric venture capital fund. We invest in exceptional founders, at Seed, in Europe. We provide founders with an extensive support system to catalyse their development as a company operators and leaders. Through our Founder Experience Platform and energetic portfolio community we help entrepreneurs across all areas of a startup: from talent management to business development, further fundraising and international expansion. Founded in 2015 by partners Andre de Haes and Alex Brunicki, we invest across sectors including BioTech, Financial Services, Blockchain, Advanced Manufacturing and more. Over 80+ investments to date include Hutch (acquired), Thought Machine, Amenitiz, LabGenius, THIS, Enterprise Alumni, and many more. • Seek the Truth • Plant the Flag • Put People First • Keep your Word •

Kartesia is a leading European specialist provider of capital solutions for small and mid-sized companies. We provide smart and bespoke value-added financing solutions to sponsors, management teams and corporates in all types of situations allowing them to speed up and secure value creation. We are a long-term and relationship-driven investor aiming to offer our investors stable and superior risk-adjusted returns by building a diversified portfolio with solid downside protection. We currently manage over €5 billion in four credit strategies – Opportunistic Credit, Senior Direct Lending, Impact debt and Structured Credit (CLOs). Our track record spans over 10 years of delivering strong risk-adjusted returns across strategies and vintages, with limited historical losses. In the past 4 years, Kartesia has received 15 of the most prestigious and selective awards in the industry: • Unquote British Private Equity Awards 2021 - Responsible Investor of the Year • AltCredit Intelligence European Performance Award 2021 - Direct Lending • Creditflux Manager Awards 2021 - Best European direct lending fund (KCO V) • The Hedge Fund Journal Alternative & Private Credit Award 2021 - Best performing funds (KCO IV & KCO V) • Private Debt Investor - Lower Mid-Market Lender of the year 2020 • AltCredit Intelligence European Performance Award 2020 - Mid-market Lending • AltCredit Intelligence European Performance Award 2020 - Special Situations • Private Debt Investor - Lower Mid-Market Lender of the year 2019 • AltCredit Intelligence European Performance Award 2019 - Niche Lending • AltCredit Intelligence European Performance Award 2018 - Direct Lending Fund • Creditflux Manager Awards 2018 - Best European direct lending fund • Private Debt Investor - Lender of the year 2017 • Private Debt Investor - Junior Lender of the year 2017 • Private Debt Investor - Lower Mid-Market Lender of the year 2016