<ul><li>Stride Lead is an industry-agnostic venture fund dedicated to building a portfolio of investments in highly vetted emerging companies with the potential for significant growth in the medium term.</li><li>Stride Lead will invest in companies that meet its selection criteria (Stride Equity Enabled), and are successful in attracting additional funding on the Stride equity crowdfunding platform.</li><li>Stride Lead invests in emerging businesses with a motivated team, unique and defendable product/service, demonstrated product-market fit, high growth potential, early following and scalability with the view to exit within the medium term.</li><li>Having worked together for several years the principals of the fund plan to utilise their collective experience and expertise in investment markets and operating businesses in various industry sectors when making investments.</li><li>With experience in a number of industries including property, telecommunications, IT, biotech, medical devices, consumer products, investment banking and funds management, Stride Lead is an industry agnostic fund.</li><li>Stride Lead is an opportunity to co-invest with the team that has decades of investment experience backing a select portfolio of companies, and to share in the success of the next generation of industry leaders.</li></ul><h3>About the Stride Group</h3>Stride Group was founded by Alan Chonowitz, Jon Brett and Maria Halasz to combine the expertise and resources of venture capital with the power of equity crowdfunding. After decades of successful investing in companies like Airtasker and Vocus, the group set out to build a business that allows them to bring other investors along the journey.Stride Equity is a licensed equity crowdfunding platform dedicated to providing wholesale and retail investors with the opportunity to invest in highly vetted emerging companies addressing the widening funding gap.Stride Lead is a venture fund cornerstoned by the Founders of the Stride Group and dedicated to providing co-investment, advice and mentoring for companies that successfully raise capital on the Stride Equity crowdfunding platform. An investment in Stride Lead is a co-investment with the Founders of the Group.Stride’s purpose is to close the funding gap for emerging companies by combining the expertise and resources of traditional venture capital with the power of crowdfunding, while providing investors access to a high conviction investment portfolio in the next generation of growth companies.<h3>Investment Strategy</h3>Our investment principles have been consistent over the years and include:<ul><li>Backing the right people;</li><li>Investing at the right time in a company’s growth cycle; and</li><li>Having exit strategies to maximise investment returns in the medium term.</li></ul>We are looking for emerging businesses that:<ul><li>Have a highly motivated team;</li><li>A unique and defendable product/service;</li><li>Demonstrated product-market-fit;</li><li>Have high growth potential;</li><li>Built an early following; and</li><li>Potential to reach significant scale</li></ul><h3>Founders</h3>Stride Lead is built on its Founders’ investment experience and expertise. The founding team has worked together for several years and has decades of collective experience and expertise in investment markets and operating businesses in various industry sectors, including property, telecommunications, IT, biotech, medical devices, consumer products, investment banking and funds management.<h5><img src="https://strideequity-prod.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/f/zHIJ/insert.jpg">(LTR: Alan Chonowitz, Maria Halasz and Jon Brett)</h5><h4></h4>Maria Halasz CEO Stride Equity | Investment Committee Member<ul><li>A lifelong venture investor, Maria leverages 15 years’ experience as founder and CEO of ASX listed technology and consumer product company Anagenics Limited, and a prior 10 years in corporate finance and venture capital delivering IPO’s, private capital raisings and assisting with scale-ups and international expansions.</li><li>Recognised for her experience in funding and commercialising technologies internationally, Maria has executed several cross-border mergers and acquisitions, opened new markets, built multidisciplinary teams, led digital transformation, and navigated companies through complex regulatory environments.</li><li>An experienced non-executive director and contributor to the start-up ecosystem, she is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Member of Women on Boards, Women in Media, Connector at Apropela and is Councilor at the Australian Industry Group.</li></ul>Jon Brett Chairman | Investment Committee Member<ul><li>Jon is an experienced private equity professional. He was a director of Investec Wentworth Private Equity and was responsible for sourcing, executing, growing, and divesting investee companies.</li><li>He was also a member of Investec’s credit committee and was responsible for Investec’s direct investments. He has extensive experience in management, operations, finance and corporate advisory. His experience includes several years as managing director of publicly listed companies and was formerly the non-executive deputy president of the NRMA.</li><li>In the mid 1990's, Jon was the CEO of Techway Limited, which pioneered internet banking in Australia.</li><li>Jon was on the board of Vocus Group Limited from its listing on the ASX until recently during which period the market cap of the company grew from $25 to several billion dollars.</li><li>Jon is a non-executive director of several other ASX listed companies.</li><li>Jon has been investing and co-investing in a number of businesses, start-ups and scale-ups for many years.</li></ul>Alan Chonowitz CEO Stride Equity | Investment Committee Member<ul><li>Alan has more than 30 years experience in the banking, finance and superannuation sectors, with executive responsibility for finance, strategy, risk and investment.</li><li>Alan was the Finance Director and Deputy CEO of Investec Group Australia between 2001 and 2014. He was on the board of Investec Bank and its various subsidiaries including property and private equity businesses.</li><li>Alan chaired and was a member of Investec investment and credit committees as well as audit and risk committees.</li><li>After 7 years Alan has recently resigned from his appointment by ANZ Bank as an independent non-executive director of Insignia Financial/IOOF, OnePath Custodians, Oasis Fund Management and IOOF Investment Management. Alan also chaired a number of audit and risk committees.</li><li>Alan has been investing and co-investing in a number of businesses, start-ups and scale-ups for many years.</li></ul><h3>Why invest?</h3>This is a unique opportunity for wholesale&nbsp;/ sophisticated investors to co-invest with the Stride Group Founders as they build a portfolio of investments in emerging companies that have the potential for significant value increase in the medium term.<h3>Disclaimer</h3>The Stride Lead Fund (“Stride Lead”) is an Australian wholesale unregistered managed investment scheme for the purposes of the Corporations Act 2001(Cth).StrideCorp Equity Partners Pty Ltd (ACN 607 216 928) (AFSL 482668) is the Trustee of Stride Lead. &nbsp;An offer to invest in Stride Lead is only available to wholesale investors (as defined in section 761 of the Corporations Act) and will be made via an information memorandum. The information on this&nbsp;page&nbsp;is provided for information purposes only. We have not taken into account your personal circumstances and you must obtain your own independent advice.

<ul><li>The current venture capital environment presents a once in a generation opportunity to build a portfolio of investments in private companies that have the potential to become industry leaders of the future.</li><li>Technological advancements are accelerating the growth and scalability of startups, creating new industries at an unprecedented pace.</li><li>Adding to this picture, and a growth industry itself enabled by social media and artificial intelligence, equity crowdfunding is maturing rapidly and venture capital is being democratised at lightspeed.</li><li>After a few years of over-exuberance, we are experiencing record low company valuations with significant upside potential.</li></ul>

We set up Stride Lead, a venture fund with cornerstone investment from us founders, to take advantage of the confluence of these forces.We are building a portfolio of investments in private companies at the right valuation, with great founders and the potential to become leaders in their industries. We are doing so while inviting wholesale investors to join us on this exciting journey.

<h2>Fixing advice, to close the trillion-dollar underinsurance gap</h2><ul><li>Founded by Brett Wright and Jeremy Wright, passionate life insurance professionals with a combined 50 years industry experience.</li><li>Backed by insurers, licensees, and advisers, LifeBid is developing an industry-first B2B software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform. </li><li>Aiming to streamline the entire service process, and reducing the time and costs of providing and accessing advice on life, permanent disability, critical illness, income protection and key person insurance.</li></ul>

<h3>Making life insurance faster, fairer, better for everyone</h3>LifeBid was founded out of frustration experienced by industry and customers alike when facing the complexities and high costs of accessing quality life insurance advice. Faced with excessive regulation, disparate systems and complex documentation it is uneconomical to assist those most in need of advice and cover leaving a trillion dollar underinsurance gap.<h3>Transforming life insurance advice and distribution</h3>Life insurance is a $17 billion per annum market, with 70% of new cover obtained through advisers who offer tailored solutions to their clients. Around 75% of all new policies are issued by only 1700 advisers, with many Australians remaining underinsured. In-force policies are declining, and claims are rising. Addressing these challenges requires an industry-level technological transformation beyond individual stakeholders’ capabilities. LifeBid set out to develop an end-to-end solution connecting industry participants, streamlining compliance and reducing the cost of servicing clients by up to 90%.<h3>Recurring revenue, B2B SaaS Business Model</h3>LifeBid anticipates the main source of revenue will be through monthly subscription fees for advisers, licensees and insurers. Given the scalability of the platform, it is expected that profitability will increase over time as the customer base grows.<h3>Industry designed and adviser-led business strategy</h3>LifeBid's Advisory Board, comprising insurance advisers, licensees, and six out of nine retail life insurance companies, has been instrumental in designing and validating their platform. LifeBid is developing a solution for the industry, with the industry, and has a waitlist of 2,000 advisers ready to adopt the platform.<h3>End-to-end digital platform</h3>LifeBid's platform is being built to connect all industry stakeholders, enabling advice providers and insurers to seamlessly engage, educate, advise and manage their client's life insurance needs. The digital end-to-end platform aims to replace the current multiple and siloed systems, reduce the costs to serve by up to 90% and enable all Australians to access high quality, affordable advice.<h3>Key risks</h3>LifeBid has the usual financial, market, technical and human resources risks of an early stage company.<h3>Key Documents</h3><ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://strideequity-prod.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/f/shjr/LifeBid----Constitution.pdf">LifeBid - Constitution</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://strideequity-prod.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/f/hyST/LifeBid---Subscription-Agreement.pdf">LifeBid - Subscription Agreement</a></li></ul>

<ul><li>Validation by cornerstone investment from industry: $630K secured from strategic life insurance industry participants on the same terms as this offer – LifeBid is supported by the smart money.</li><li>Founders with a combined 50 years of experience in life insurance: Brett Wright and Jeremy Wright are highly experienced, well-respected, and passionate founders developing solutions to real problems within their industry.</li><li>Partnering with industry to deliver an end-to-end solution: LifeBid has assembled an industry first working group consisting of six out of nine retail life insurers, industry expert advice partners and an impressive advisory board with experience across all key areas of the life insurance value chain.</li><li>Waitlist of advisers ready to adopt: Over 2,000 advisers have already registered on LifeBid’s waitlist directly and via working group partners. Working group partners are also assisting with the delivery, marketing and distribution of the LifeBid platform.</li></ul>

<h2>Backed by industry leaders</h2><img src="https://strideequity-prod.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/f/3MYL/insert.jpg">“I invested in LifeBid because it is working with a large cross section of industry partners, to build and deliver the first complete life insurance advice solution, to allow greater efficiency and profitability for advisers, whilst providing an enhanced service offering for our clients.” Katherine Hayes Director - Hayes &amp; Co Insurance Services and FAAA“LifeBid is the next evolution, with Brett and his team delivering an impressive industry solution that will allow us to see more clients, more efficiently. I’m investing in LifeBid because it’s the technology solution that will accelerate our industry into the future.“ Ben Donald Managing Director - Austbrokers Life“We invested in LifeBid, because we are aligned with LifeBid’s vision of greater connectivity between advisers, their clients and insurers across the new business, renewals and claims processes. We see the solution LifeBid is developing making a significant difference to the industry’s ability to provide life insurance advice and support more efficiently, whilst improving outcomes for our clients and more Australians.” Drew Burden Managing Partner - MBS Insurance“We have committed to invest in LifeBid as our first portfolio company after reviewing more than one hundred investment opportunities in the past few months. Brett and his team stand out with their passion, knowledge and execution capability and have a genuine opportunity to disrupt an underserved industry with their platform.” Alan Chonowitz Director - Stride Equity

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