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Meritage Funds

1675 Larimer Street
Denver, CO 80202

Founded in 1998, Meritage Funds is a Denver-based family of venture capital funds with more than $600 million of committed capital under management. The Firm invests in network-enabled service companies, specifically those that leverage networks to enable communication, deliver content and facilitate commerce. Meritage is stage-agnostic; seeking opportunities where the Firm’s operating expertise and sector knowledge can guide the strategic direction of its portfolio companies and create sustainable value.

Investment Focus — Today’s world is rapidly moving toward a state of pervasive connectivity. We invest exclusively in companies that leverage these connections to deliver services that enable communication, deliver content and facilitate commerce.

Investment Strategy — Because of our hands-on approach, we purposely pursue a limited number of investments. This allows Meritage to devote more resources, energy and time towards accelerating the development of each portfolio company.

Value Creation Model — Meritage is specifically organized to deliver on the promise of value creation by combining the best operating and strategic venture capital talent into one seamlessly integrated organization. Visit www.meritagefunds.com.

Principals

Meritage has assembled a unique combination of operating and investment professionals who create value by consistently bringing proven expertise to each stage of the investment process. In contrast to the conventional private equity firm, in which a single partner is often responsible for the entire investment and company-building process on a transaction-by-transaction basis, Meritage utilizes a team approach in which all professionals participate in discrete aspects of a transaction based upon their individual area of expertise. The firm’s Operating Partners, each of whom is a successful entrepreneur and experienced operating executive, provide critical operational and strategic assistance to portfolio company management throughout the investment and serve as the firm’s representative on the company’s Board of Directors. One Operating Partner and either a Managing Director or Vice President are assigned to each individual portfolio company. Meritage provides additional management support through its team of investment professionals, who provide critical strategic planning, legal structuring, financial modeling, executive recruitment, accounting and research support. Managing Directors Jack Tankersley Laura Beller John Garrett Derek Pilling  Ryan Pollock Operating Partners Jim Allen David Solomon Jim Dovey Doug Holladay

Principals

Ryan Pollock, Managing Director

Derek Pilling, Managing Director