EVP Update // October 2023

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Welcome to the monthly EVP update_

We continue to deploy capital from EVP Fund IV at a healthy rate.

Last month, we announced our investment in Deckard Technologies, a data analytics platform helping local government customers monitor property transactions and compliance at scale. Deckard marked our seventh investment for the Fund. We have since finalised investments in a further two companies, taking the fund to a portfolio of nine. We'll bring you details of these next month.

In other significant news, we were delighted to announce the sale of Foodbomb to Ordermentum and to welcome Ordermentum Founder, Adam Theobald, and his team to the EVP portfolio.

We were also thrilled this month to welcome Kristina Kardum to the EVP team as Head of Investor Relations.

Please read on for details and further updates.

- Team EVP

// Portfolio Transactions_

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Foodbomb acquired_‍

Congrats to Paul, Josh, and the Foodbomb team on their sale to Ordermentum.

We're excited to welcome Adam Theobald, the Founder & CEO of Ordermentum to the EVP portfolio. Ordermentum is the leading ordering, payments, and insights platform for the food and beverage industry.

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// Welcome to the Team_

We welcome Kristina Kardum to the EVP team as our Head of Investor Relations. Having worked with a range of firms in Europe and Australia building investor engagement, Kristina will help ensure that we continue to deliver a best in class investor experience to our ever-growing base of supporters.

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// Latest Insights_

• Interested in learning how to coach your employees effectively as a manager? Check out First Round Reviews toolkit on improving your coaching skills.
• Discover effective SaaS pricing strategies aimed at boosting your company's profitability from Goodbetterbest.
• Revisit Benchmark Co-founder and General Partner Bob Kagle's 2012 commencement speech at Kettering University, where he shares personal stories, his first job experience, and his journey to VC.
• Hear Scott Farquhar discuss his remarkable 20-year founding journey as Atlassian reaches a market cap of US$50 billion.

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// Portfolio Wins_

• Bluethumb has been awarded a spot on The Australian's Top 100 Innovators List in the Arts, Design, and Infrastructure category.
• Coviu is ranked #8 amongst top employers in the category of startups with 41 or more employees.
• Deputy has launched Deputy HR for hiring, onboarding, and document management.
• Explorate founder Alex Ewart has won the Young Entrepreneur Awards in the Digital Disruptor and Trailblazer categories.
• Funding has been named one of the Best Mortgage Companies to Work for in Australia for 2023.
• Hnry celebrated the milestone of hiring 100 employees as of September 2023.
• Ignition has announced its latest product updates to help customers maximise their revenue.
• Insite AI CEO & Founder, Shaveer Mirpuri, recently sat down with the Ve Epic podcast to share insights on how brands can accelerate growth with AI.
• Mutinex has announced a partnership with Cummins & Partners and Michael McConville, to measure creative effectiveness.
• Pendula Founder & CEO, Alex Colvin, was featured on TheSilverBullet podcast, discussing how to use AI to help brands communicate with and retain customers.
• Programa has released their 'Made with Programa' video series.
• Servicely Founder, Dion Williams, has published a guide on how business leaders can leverage AI to boost customer satisfaction.

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