The Syndicate Fund

• A founders first fund created by experienced entrepreneurs
• Access to our network of our Limited Partners
• Perks from our fund partners including Hubspot, Amazon and more
• Support, mentorship and Rolodex from our team and partners

1 The Syndicate Fund (TSF) management team sources, vets, and makes investment decisions from their traditional early stage venture fund in pre-seed and seed stage startups with high growth potential 2 Our goal is to provide an immediate decision when possible 3 Post investment, our portfolio companies get access to a portal with a listing of our LP’s, who have already agreed to connect and help out when possible 4 TSF’s team and our Syndicate members remain engaged as active mentors, as needed, for our portfolio

We believe entrepreneurs can affect positive change in this world

Brett Brohl is the founder and Managing Director of The Syndicate Fund He is an entrepreneur first With multiple exits and at least one failure under his belt, he understands how hard it is to build a company He is the Managing Director of the Techstars Farm to Fork Accelerator focused on tech enabled companies innovating in the food world He was formerly the entrepreneur in residence at the Techstars Retail Accelerator and was the Director of Techstars Startup Next Food & Ag Brett holds an MBA from The Darden School of Business and is an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Business On Twitter @brettbrohl The Syndicate Fund is focused on seed and pre-seed companies with operations in the United States While opportunistic, our specific areas of interest include companies operating anywhere along the value chain in retail, marketing, food, & agriculture If you are a passionate entrepreneur with a big vision that is smart, willing to work hard, and willing to learn we would love to talk

Why We Started The Syndicate Fund

Entrepreneurship is hard We have walked the path on our own and it sucks When we finally found advocates, mentors, and advisers it was like flipping a switch No entrepreneur should go it alone and we are here to do our best to help make sure that happens

Power of the Network

Advice, rolodex, or just an ear that understands what you are going through There is power in a network All of the Syndicate members are ready and willing to connect with our entrepreneurs to try and help make a difference We vet our members to make sure they genuinely want to help and once they join they are always vested in our company’s results

In addition to investing in great startups, The Syndicate Fund is dedicated to ongoing education To that extent we created “Brett’s Brain” for both investors and entrepreneurs On this channel we provide quick tips and best practices from entrepreneurs, subject matter experts and our Managing Director, Brett Brohl Entrepreneurship is tough, these tips are here to help you improve your chance at success If you have a question you want our opinion on, submit it below! Submit your questions and we will add them to our queue to be answered on Brett’s Brain! We hold open “ask me anything” office hours every Wednesday There is no requirement to sign up and they are open to anyone!