Motivate Venture Capital

Our Annual LP meetings are kind of like our Superbowl event except everyone is on the same team :) So much work goes into making it a special day for our LPs, but wow is it SO worth it. I've been smiling non-stop for a week. As my Motivate Venture Capital partner, Lauren, reminds everyone each year, the theme for the day for our 80+ LPs and founders is "connection" - to each other as LPs, to us as your fund managers, and to the founders that were able to join us. In our experience, when you put that much talent, intellect, and ambition in a room together for a few hours, great things are bound to happen. This year didn't disappoint! After bringing LPs up to speed on Fund I and II performance, and teasing the launch of Fund III mid-next year, we heard from several of our founders from Fulcrum, Boom, Dyania Health, ReloShare, MarkIII, Thrive Financial, Obviant, The Nmbr Company, and Lazarus AI. Absolutely exhilarating to get to see our founders pitch again - they are truly outstanding and it reenergized everyone in the room. Then we shuffled a few hundred yards over to Gibsons Restaurant Group Italia for an evening of delicious food and refreshing cocktails. Thank you to Lauren DeLuca Courtney Trunk and Jackson Bubala for your preparation....it really showed. Bonnie Kearns you are a superhuman when it comes to organizing events. As always, our delightful friends and counsel Scott Kapp Christine Korper and Adam Spector were such gracious hosts for letting us use their space once again. Every year the food is one of the things that everyone raves about. Thank you to Ambrosia Foods for outdoing yourselves yet again. And thanks to Garret Buckley for the solid photography throughout the day. Until next year!

May as well keep the theme of washrooms going this week! A fantastic quarterly review of passenger feedback received within our facilities as gathered and analysed by our service partners FeedbackNow, thank you to Carolane Borgeaud for your presentation and insight this morning. Some key facts we have taken away this morning and are extremely proud of... - 505,409 passenger votes collected in the quarter! - Despite a massive surge of passengers (summer peak), satisfaction levels actually increased! - Manchester Airport now finds itself scoring above the national average of washroom satisfaction across other major UK airports in the UK, as measured by FeedbackNow. - 80% of direct competitors in the UK saw a drop in performance vs Q2 whilst MAN improved! To leave the summer season behind being a staggering 5.4% up on PAX satisfaction vs where we entered Summer is phenomenal. Given that this summer was Manchester Airport's busiest only compounds the scale of this achievement. On behalf of Mark Allen, myself, and the Ops Management team (Matthew Soulsby, Lee Dawber, Adam Batchelor, Vicki Derby, Paula Hilgart, Rebecca Stephenson) we would like to thank everybody both within Mitie, MAG (Airports Group) and our service partners Paragon Products, Bunzl UK and Ireland, Tork, Essity, 2Pure Products, Nilfisk, Vileda Professional CE, FeedbackNow for all their input and support to help us deliver a great Summer season here at Manchester Airport.

🚀 Mesh is now an official partner of Binance Connect, expanding seamless access to crypto payments and transfers In a pivotal step toward simplifying the crypto experience, our collaboration empowers over 230 million Binance users to make secure, seamless, and efficient crypto transactions across Mesh’s expansive global ecosystem of integrated platforms. Binance Connect serves as a gateway to the world of cryptocurrency, leveraging Binance’s robust fiat and P2P services to support this large and growing community. Through Mesh’s connectivity layer, Binance users can effortlessly link their accounts to leading platforms like MetaMask, enabling streamlined crypto payments and transfers. This integration not only enhances the user experience by providing seamless access to digital assets, but also bridges the gap between different platforms, fostering a more connected and inclusive crypto ecosystem. 🌐 At #BinanceBlockchainWeek in Dubai, we celebrated Momentum and the future of Web3 innovation. This partnership truly embodies that spirit as we drive the industry forward. Through our integration, Binance users can now enjoy frictionless connectivity and intuitive access to crypto services across a multitude of platforms. This is about more than transactions — it’s about building the future of crypto infrastructure, where accessibility, security, and interoperability are paramount. “Partnering with Binance Connect is a big move toward making crypto truly work for people and creating an industry where users can connect their accounts across hundreds of platforms and make transactions with ease,” said Bam Azizi, Co-Founder and CEO of Mesh. “Our goal is to strip away the complexity, letting end users focus on what they actually want to do — whether that’s making a payment, transferring assets, or exploring new opportunities in crypto. This partnership is a step toward a connected, streamlined future where crypto is an accessible part of everyday life.” "At Binance, we’re committed to making crypto accessible and intuitive for users worldwide, and our partnership with Mesh is a significant step toward that vision,” said Thomas Gregory, Vice President of Fiat at Binance. “Integrating Mesh’s connectivity layer with Binance Connect enables our 230 million users to seamlessly link their accounts across multiple platforms, allowing for streamlined crypto payments and transfers. This partnership marks an exciting development in building a more interconnected Web3 ecosystem, empowering users to explore and interact with digital assets effortlessly.” 🤝 We’re proud to collaborate with the Binance Connect team and excited about the elevated crypto experiences this partnership will bring, especially in the payments space. Stay tuned for more updates as we continue forging ahead in building a more open, connected and secure crypto ecosystem! #mesh #crypto #binanceconnect #embeddedfinance