NOKIA GROWTH PARTNERS VALUE PROPOSITION

Nokia Growth Partners focuses exclusively on the mobile industry bringing a global perspective and deep understanding of global trends. Nokia Growth Partners is an active investor adding value through strategic insight, operational experience, and a vast network of contacts in the mobile industry. Our close working relationship with Nokia encourages a collaborative process, which we believe enhances the likelihood and magnitude of success for the partnerships Nokia develops with companies in which we have invested.

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

Nokia Growth Partners invests globally through a single fund. Our engagement is global with an investment team spanning North America, Europe and Asia and active investments in seven countries. We apply consistent investment standards across each of our investments irrespective of location and scout the globe for best-in class companies building innovative applications and disruptive technologies with potentially global impact. Our team brings deep knowledge and work experiences from both developed and emerging markets to help entrepreneurs engage globally and accelerate their reach both domestically and abroad.

MOBILE FOCUS

We invest exclusively in companies that are changing the face of the mobile industry. We define the mobile industry broadly as we are in the midst of a revolutionary transformation from simple voice-only phones to internet-enabled multimedia devices. For many people around the world, a Nokia phone is their first internet-connected device. It could also be their first camera, navigation device or digital music and video player. Nokia now ships more cameras and digital music players than anyone in the world. The convergence of mobile phones with other traditional consumer electronics is blurring distinctions between telecom, media and technology companies. Smart mobile devices and networks will add intelligence to existing internet services to facilitate real-time, richer, more personalized access to the people and content users value.

Nokia Growth Partners focus on the mobile market broadly defined and helps entrepreneurs navigate the rapidly shifting tides in a dynamic industry. Our expertise and deep network of mobile industry experts offer unique insights and access for promising companies and entrepreneurs at a stage in their business where such guidance is most critical.

GROWTH STAGE

Nokia Growth Partners focuses on growth stage companies that have shown promise of early market leadership, yet require the capital and expertise to achieve scale and maximize their potential. Specifically, we focus on companies that are sufficiently well established to engage effectively with Nokia yet early enough that such engagement will make a material difference for their business - typically, companies with a commercially available product or service and initial customer traction. Active engagement with Nokia Growth Partners at this stage can help companies accelerate growth cost effectively both within their core markets and in new areas as they expand.

NOKIA AFFILIATION

Nokia Growth Partners works closely with Nokia at all levels of the organization to increase the likelihood and magnitude of successful partnerships. Nokia affiliation can help companies enter new markets through Nokia's global reach and through the stamp of approval that a Nokia relationship represents.