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Page 1: Firm Overview

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PARTNERING WITH TALENTED ENTREPRENEURSTO BUILD WORLD-CLASS COMPANIES

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FIRM OVERVIEW

Who We Are: Flybridge Capital Partners is a venture capital firm positioned as the preferred company-building partner for the best entrepreneurs at the earliest stages.

Our Key Focus: Next generation enterprise software technology startups based primarily in New York City and Boston. Team split equally between both locations.

Our Strategy: Investing in software-driven themes across multiple industriesLifecycle Investor with focus on capital-efficient

start-ups, $0.5-4M initial investment, $4-8M in aggregate.

Provide value-added support through collaborative, hands-strategic guidance plus business development, marketing, and team building.

Open, accessible, transparent culture with entrepreneurs as customers.

Our Experience: Invested ~ $530 million in 88 companies across four funds during our 12 year history of investing as a team.

Our Management: Prior track record at Greylock and success as entrepreneurs of breakout Internet / software companies.

Representative Portfolio

Companies

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INVESTMENT TEAM

David Aronoff (NYC)Greylock Partners 1996-2005Chipcom 1989-1995Bell Labs 1986-1989Harvard MBA, USC MS, UVM BS

Jeff Bussgang (BOS) Upromise 2000-2003Open Market 1995-2000BCG 1991-1993Harvard MBA, Harvard College BASenior Lecturer, HBS

Chip Hazard (BOS)Greylock Partners 1994-2002Company Assistance 1991-1992Bain & Company 1989-1991Harvard MBA, Stanford BA

David Galper (TLV) TinyURL, Owner, 2011-presentBattery Ventures, EIRRuckus, Co-Founder, 2002-2006MIT Sloan MBA, Brandeis BA

Victoria Song (NYC)Google [X]Flybridge 2010-12Harvard MBA, Yale BA

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David ChangCOO, PayPal Media NetworkConsumer Acquisition

Joe ChernovVP Marketing, InsightSquaredContent Marketing

Daniel HatkoffFounder, PitziLatin America

Paul EsdaleSVP BD, Open MarketCorporate Development

Adrian KunzleSVP Product, SalesforceCloud Platforms

Shereen ShermakVP Product, CurenseeFinancial

Caitlin StrandbergHarvard Business School,Boston Startups

WE EXTEND OUT REACH WITH A NETWORK OF CONNECTED AND KNOWLEDGEABLE

RESOURCESFlybridge Advisor Network

Kenneth BergerSlack, YesGraph, AdobeTools for Work

Sam PetersonOpen EnglishBtoC, Marketing, Mobile

Paul BlumenfeldFounder, Genero SearchBoston Talent Sourcing

Bob FreierFounder, Genero SearchNew York Talent Sourcing

Greg GomerFounder, Streetwise MediaBoston Talent Sourcing

Sarah HodgesFounder, Intelligent.lyBoston Talent Sourcing

Evan KorthCS Professor, NYUNY Talent Sourcing

Rajat BhargavaCo-founder, JumpCloudTalent Sourcing

Joel SchwartzEMCStorage, Boston Talent

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Urban RenewalMassive Data Scale Hardware RevolutionCloud is the New InfrastructureTr

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Thes

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Developer driven adoption

Control plane Machine Intelligence

Full stack analytics Brand conscious millennials

Civic tech

Platform plays

Internet of things

INVESTMENT THEMES AND EXPERTISE

N i b i

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Seed(60%)

Series A (30%)

Emerging Winners / Series B

(10%)

CriteriaStrong founder(s), attacking large market, milestone based

Strong founding team with differentiated product/market vision

Strong team and existing VC support, GA/beta product w/significant pipeline/momentum

$ Invested

$500K - $1M initial, $4-8M in aggregate

10-15% ownership target

$1-3M initial, $4-8M in aggregate

20-30% ownership target

$3-6M initial, $4-8M in aggregate

15-25% ownership target

Flybridge Role Lead or co-lead Lead or co-lead Lead or co-lead

INVESTMENT OVERVIEW

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• Responsible, committed, helpful board members• Clean term sheets; fair valuationsEntrepreneurs as partners

• Transparent process: “you know where we stand”Clear, issues-driven due-diligence

• Work with talented entrepreneurs to build exceptional and valuable companiesDemand Excellence

OPERATING PRINCIPLES

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SUMMARY

Flybridge Capital Partners represents an experienced team that partners with entrepreneurs and provides deep support

Flybridge Capital Partners leads or co-leads seed or early stage investment, with a preference for capital-efficient businesses

Flybridge Capital Partners builds value through providing experience, perspective and resources to the companies in which we invest

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We invite you to keep up to date on our firm and portfolio news

Read our Blogs• Geek VC: David Aronoff: www.geekvc.com• Hazard Lights: Chip Hazard: www.hazardlights.net• Seeing Both Sides: Jeff Bussgang: www.seeingbothsides.com

Follow us on Twitter: @flybridge

Join our LinkedIn Group: http://linkd.in/17ws6Vf Be our Friend: http://on.fb.me/1gRPqVK

SUMMARY

Charels Hazard
3 graphs on slide: returns, funds raised, number of praticing partners