Managing Partner, Angel Syndicate Investor

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KEVIN LIONEL COLAS

Oakland, CA, 650-***-****, *****.******.*****@*****.*** / https://www.linkedin.com/in/kcolasmoerman EXPERIENCE

Empire Angel Collective, Oakland, CA, USA Nov 2020 to Present Managing Partner

● Empire Angel Collective is an invite-only syndicate of angels, executives of apparel, cosmetics and food & beverage brands, retailers, fintech, gaming, strategy consulting, venture and hedge funds I put together to co-invest in NA and EMEA series pre- seed to C opportunities we source, screen and due diligence over 2-3 months. We focus on the intersection of consumer experiences, deeptech and sustainability for the New Conscious Consumer generations driven by their core values of wellness, sustainability and community, to discover & buy, eat & drink, dress & look, care & heal, move & ship, and play & exercise.

● Led and invested along members since 2020 through common tickets of $50 to $350K: pre-seed to B in Alleyoop (write-off), Amprion DX, AmpUp, Ancilia Biosciences, Another Tomorrow, Arevo (write-off), Avatar Medical, Beanstalk Farms, Buywith, Canix, Cambrean (acquired, Nucleus Genomics), Clevon (acquired, Indigo Technologies), Crypto 1 Acquisition Corp (write-off), DAI Wear (write-off), Danu Robotics, DrnxMyth (write-off), Eat Just, Epic Games, Eureka Therapeutics, Fabacus, Fireside Chat, Forme Life (IPO), Gatik, GreenPark Sports, Habitus Health, Heat.io, Humanoid Labs, Kura Technologies (write-off), Lingrove, Loci Footwear, MarketerHire, Metadata, Miros.ai, One Earth Rising, OpenLight Photonics, Oros/Solarcore, Queens Gaming Collective (acquired, XSet), Relish.Life (write-off), SciFi Foods (write-off), Simbe Robotics, Superplastic, Syrup Tech, Tapcart, Tidal Vision, Unless Collective (acquired, Under Armour). 44 initial checks and 10 follow on. Brought in North of $50M for portfolio companies with regular collaborating funds and fundraising campaigns.

● Advisor of startups Adeptmind, AmpUp, Gozem, Simbe Robotics, XSet and institutional venture/growth funds Bay Bridge Ventures (LP and Advisor) and Equiam (Advisor).

● Deal flow sourcing and screening (5-10 solicitations or exchanges a day, 25-30 calls per week) and about 10 due diligence a year (<1%), memo writing, experts, founders and investors meetings, and negotiations.

● Proactive and concrete hands-on support to portfolio companies in strategy, finance, sales, hiring, and fundraising. OceanIQ Capital, Redwood City, CA, USA Jul 2019 to Oct 2020 Chief Investment Officer

● Investment research and allocation for a $180M AUM RIA functioning as a multi-family office: researched stock picking ideas, wrote quarterly investment commentaries, developed financial models for investment evaluation, asset and portfolio allocations, and managed assigned discretionary public global allocation portfolios across private and public asset classes.

● Product research: monitored existing, evaluated, and selected new managers in equities, fixed income, private equity, and hedge funds, sourced, evaluated, and led venture capital direct investments in Special Purpose Vehicles.

● Venture portfolio (direct seed to E round tickets of $50K to $2M with 50% above $1M): ABM Therapeutics, Acelink Therapeutics, AmpUp (led), Applied StemCell, Arevo (led), BaseVenture (acquired, FIS Group), Blue Isle Studios, CSPA

(acquired, Angel List), Eureka Therapeutics, Harrington Re, Gatik (led), Gryphon Connect, InDinero, Oriente, Oros Apparel

(led), Praxata (acquired, DataRobot), R2.ai, The Giving Keys (PIK), TBCASoft, WeRide (IPO).

● Led sourcing, screening, due diligence, closing and monitoring for all new Special Purpose Vehicles investments in AI/ML, Web 3.0/Blockchain, EdTech, FinTech, Logistics, Mobility, PropTech, RetailTech, BioTech, MedTech, Lifestyle & Wellness Consumer Tech and Direct To Consumer CPG (Apparel & Accessories, Beauty & Personal Care, Food & Beverage).

● Proactive hands-on support to portfolio companies: strategy advisory, commercial, hiring, and fundraising introductions.

● Business development: pitched, developed, and onboarded high net worth individuals, and cultivated relationships with family offices, GPs, local, national clubs, industry and professional associations, vendors, and professional service firms.

● Management and corporate development: strategized company internal initiatives and growth opportunities, built JV with mobility VC firm, monitored multi-family office industry and peers, and managed data & software vendor selection. Explorations Ventures (EV), Berkeley, CA, USA Dec 2017 to Jun 2019 General Partner

● EV was a $50M venture fund project with Hap Klopp (The North Face) and Shawn Biega (Beyond Coastal and DayTrip) built to invest tickets of $500k-$2.5M in late seed ARR $1M+ to B round disruptive and rapidly growing high margin consumer wellness

& lifestyle brands in apparel & accessories, food & beverage, beauty & personal care, and applied technologies & materials.

● Pipeline: Able, Alps & Meters, 37.5 Cocona, Ember, Epic Advanced Materials, Fit3D/BodyBlockAI, FlexPower, JuneShine, Mango Materials, Mission, Mons Royale, Mr. Chaussure, Oros Apparel, Skea Limited, Tame The Beast, Waiting For The Sun.

● Led partner selection and contract negotiation, marketing collaterals and fundraising campaign design and implementation.

● Deal flow sourcing, screening and due diligence, founders and investors meetings and negotiations.

● Soft-circled $13M on a minimum target of $25M under the constraint of a maximum fundraising campaign length of 8 months. Vaxa Inc, San Francisco, CA, USA Jan 2015 to Nov 2017 Sr. Engagement Manager

● Managed teams in the delivery of client engagements and contributed to client sourcing and development on the West Coast. Page 2

● Contributed to the practice development thought leadership, body of knowledge, service offering, recruiting and coaching.

● Represented the firm in industry forums including project ecosystem workshops, articles, fairs and conferences.

● Typical projects: For a Fortune 500 IT group: Customer experience strategy playbook to improve CSAT, NPS and SLA trends through process improvement while reducing ticket to contact ratio. For a Fortune 20 IT group: Competitive survey of its US SMB channel partners from lead generation to closing with recommendations to improve competitive offer, time to bid, market shares and attached server sales. For the healthcare division of a Fortune 450 packaging group and 2 startups makers of mHealth wearable sensor patch devices: Clinical trial go-to-market strategy and implementation through principal investigators surveys and multiple ecosystem partners workshops. GoHealth, Chicago, IL, USA Apr 2013 to Dec 2014

Sales & Operations Analytics Managing Consultant

● Created documented processes to produce multichannel contact center call and agent periodic performance and productivity trackers, BPO SLA and P&L reports that greatly helped management to drive sales and customer satisfaction.

● Created first real time sales reconciliation process and team to track lead lifecycle from opportunity to policy issuance for 14 BPO teams and 1500 FTEs improving accuracy from 80% to 97% and reconciliation lead time by 88%.

● Prepared board meeting presentations and supporting data for 2 VPs and the CFO, built company-wide and CEO executive dashboard, licensing tracker, multi-regression geographic staffing ramp-up model and acted as SME for vendors.

● Business analysis, decision support and reporting to enhance health insurance exchange sales conversion.

● Recruited, trained, led and managed a team of 6 operations and sales audit analysts. Vaxa Inc, Chicago IL, USA Jan 2008 to Mar 2013

Engagement Manager

● Managed teams in the delivery of client engagements and contributed to client sourcing and development in the Midwest.

● Developed industry, market, company and competition analytics & benchmarking, macro trends, KPIs & spend analytics & benchmarking, opportunity & market sizing models, market segmentation clustering & modeling, concentration & gap analysis, go to market, partnering & distribution strategy plans, partner selection and strategic alliance ecosystem building, industry experts, ISVs, partners & clients surveys, business cases & plans designs for Fortune 500 clients in IT, Healthcare, Consumers, Industrials & Financials to identify, develop and initiate growth opportunities ranging from $300M to $2B.

● Typical projects: For a Fortune 20 IT group: Toys, outdoor, board and video gaming global market analysis, creation of a concept and business case for its global gaming unit. Drivers and KPIs analysis of emerging operators and BPOs for its telecom vertical. For a Fortune Global 100 food & beverage group: Qualitative and quantitative consumer research analysis for new segmentation and targeting strategy of the pet food market for its global pet care strategic business unit. For two Fortune 70 logistics groups: Monetization opportunities identification for a new tracking device for their BD team. A2 Gestion Asset Management, Amiens, France Jan 2004 to Dec 2005 General Manager & Portfolio Manager

● Cumulative NAV performance 12/31/03-12/31/05 of Centaure lineup: European Stocks +31.2%, Global Stocks +29.8%, Moderated Global Allocation +20.6%, Conservative Global Allocation +14.4%, Prudent Global Allocation +10.6%.

● Co-managed a team of 10 people and 5 retail active mutual funds growing total Assets Under Management (AUM) 50% from EUR 30M at 12/31/03 to EUR 45M at 12/31/05, funds awarded 3 to 4 Morningstar stars.

● Co-managed strategic and tactical asset allocations in daily tactical and quarterly strategic allocation meetings; and led statistical fund screenings, due diligence RFIs, RFPs/DDQ questionnaires, interviews, selection, and risk management.

● Initiated 10 new sub-managers agreements to enhance funds’ performance and formalized the top-down investment process with the implementation of a new quantitative fund screening platform and a formal due diligence process.

● Initiated and deployed marketing tools, collaterals and national campaigns and won 5 major distribution agreements. Clinvest Credit Lyonnais (Credit Agricole Group), Paris, France Jan 2001 to Dec 2003 Mergers & Acquisitions Analyst

● Built detailed financial models to assess the impact of M&A transactions for the logistics & transportation, utilities, consumer, energy, and media industries across all phases of deal execution from sourcing (1 deal) to closing (11 deals).

● Prepared GAAP & IFRS fairness opinion materials, board presentations, pitch and valuation books including deal rationale, target or company descriptions, industry background overviews, accretion/dilution, financial statement and synergies forecasts, public and transaction comps, DCF, SOP, LBO and pro-forma analysis.

● Representative deals: Isis (French Institute of Petroleum incubation and investment arm) merger with Technip in its merger with Coflexip ($1.1B, energy), IPO of EDF ($8.5B, utilities), attempted bid up to LOI of Excel Logistics to FM Logistic ($270M, logistics), privatization by sale of 80% of Moroccan SMT to Altadis ($1.9B, tobacco), IPO of ASF ($3.9B, infrastructures), Vivendi Universal sale of Houghton Mifflin to THL/Bain Capital/Blackstone ($1.7B, media). Merrill Lynch & Co. (Bank of America), Paris, France Feb 2000 to Dec 2000 Equity Sales Trading Analyst

● Transmitted clients’ orders to the trading desk, screened daily research and performed pre-calls research. Page 3

● Translated simultaneously UK analysts’ morning meeting calls and published the daily morning Expresso summary.

● Wrote and published daily mid-day newsletter and traders’ market commentaries. State Street Global Advisors (State Street Corp), Paris, France Jan 1999 to Dec 1999 Institutional Marketing Associate

● Answered sell-side RFPs, RFIs, DDQs and created new fund fact sheets in French and Spanish for mutual funds and managed accounts in coordination with CEO, COO, CIO, portfolio managers, compliance, legal, marketing and IT teams.

● Managed daily, monthly, and quarterly updates of databases, templates, and funds fact sheets to provide accurate company and product data to management, reviewed adherence to GIPS, clients, prospects and consultants. EDUCATION

Hult International Business School, Cambridge, MA, USA Dec 2005 to Dec 2006 Master of Business Administration (MBA): Exchange at Boston College in IB & VC. Internship: Diligence LLC hedge fund creation. University of Aix Marseille 3 Paul Cezanne, CETFI Lab., Aix-en-Provence, France Oct 1997 to Oct 1998 Master of Philosophy in Banking & Finance (MPhil / DEA): Thesis: “EVA & the Global Oil Industry”. Director: Mr. S. Ben Larbi. SKEMA Business School, Sophia-Antipolis, France Oct 1995 to Oct 1997 Master of Science in Management (MS / MIM), admitted in 2nd year. Major: Financial Markets. Scholarships 1995-97. University of Grenoble 2 UPMF, Grenoble, France Sep 1991 to Sep 1995 Double Bachelor of Science in Economics (BS) and Arts in English (BA). Concentrations: Respectively Econometrics & Business. Certificates: Active FINRA 65 & 63 (previously obtained Series 7), MIT, CS Big Data & Social Analytics (2016), French Asset Management Association (AFG), Program in Asset Management PRAM (2004), University of Madrid, Escuela de Verano (2000). ADDITIONAL

Izzi Early Education (izzi EE, formerly IHSD Inc), San Mateo, CA, USA (Volunteering) Mar 2017 to Dec 2024 Board Chair

• Established in 1983, federal, regional, and local award-winning izzi EE is San Mateo County’s leading comprehensive Head Start and Early Head Start program, providing a rich learning environment designed to address low-income children's rapid educational and developmental growth for school readiness, health, and supporting their families. With a budget of $18M and a diverse staff of 100+, izzi EE services 800+ families each year across 14 schools and home-based services.

• Led izzi EE’s Board of Directors restructuring and development, promoted the adoption and led the Board’s contribution in long range strategic planning and full rebranding processes, supported headquarters, classrooms and sites maintenance and expansions projects, promoted the hiring of a fundraising and grant-writing team for the development of individual donors, private charitable foundations and corporations, and the implementation of a sliding scale pricing structure opening the organization to private families to extend social and income diversity among kids and diversify its revenues sources. Family Office at Oddo BHF Private Banking, Paris, France (Side Activity) Jan 1997 to Present Portfolio Manager

● Public assets: 2025: -7.8%, 2024: 11.4%, 2023: 24.5%, 2022: -19.3%, 2021: +30.1%, 2020: +13.2%, 2019: +26.1% 2018: +1.7% 2017: +10.3% 2016 +12.5%, 2015 +18.0%, 2014 +6.4%, 2013 +7.1%, 2012 +16.5%, 2011 -17.5%, 2010 +14.8%, 2009 +8.6%, 2008 -19.9%, 2007 +3.9%, 2006 +24.5%, 2005 +7.8%, 2004 +8.9%. Beating benchmark since 2004: 1/3rd CAC 40, 1/3rd EuroStoxx 50 and 1/3rd MSCI World EUR.

● Private assets invested in pre-seed to E beyond Empire Angel Collective above: Airbnb, Chime, Figma.

● Portfolio construction focusing on long term asset and sector diversification of a global multi-asset/multi-currency portfolio of EUR 1.25M+ (started at EUR 132K) in direct cash equities, fixed income funds, commodities ETFs, and non-listed venture.

● Proprietary stock screening of a rotational global selection of 176 best-in-sector stocks rated through a combination of fundamental, market and graphic indicators with quick target pricing and valuation model (DCF, multiples and DDM). Teaching: Adjunct Professor of Finance for the Lakeland College MBA, Madison WI (2010-2012). Languages: Native in French, fluent in English & Spanish. Programming: past training on R & Python, SQL & VBA. IT: Google Workplace, MS Office with Excel Pivot Tables, Lookups, Offset, Macros, Data Analysis Tool Pak & Add-Ins, MS Publisher, Project & Visio, Pitchbook, Bloomberg, Reuters 3000 Xtra, FactSet, S&P Capital IQ, Thomson One, Datastream, MSCI Barra One, First Call, Worldscope, IBES, Dealogic, S&P, Morningstar, Thomson Lipper IM & MPI Stylus fund analytics, SPSS, STATA, SAP R/3, Tableau, Sequel Pro, Sublime Text, Wagon, Anaconda, Jupyter, Funf, Bandicoot, Pandas, Numpy, Scipy, Scikit-Learn, Matplotlib, NetworkX, Nice IEX, Five 9, Siebel CRM, MS Dynamics, Salesforce, JIRA, SharePoint, Connecture. Other: French CPA Level 2 (DSCG), co-writer of a book on startup creation (Dunod) and an article on Euronext (IEM). Hobbies: Tennis, skiing, cooking, modern & contemporary art.

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