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We invest $500k - $1.5m and leverage deep vertical expertise and an extensive network of partners to ignite revenue growth and open doors to smart capital through highly curated customer and investor "sprints".

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I operated the Microsoft Innovation Center in Chile & Argentina, spent last 15 years working with Startups and Corporate Innovation.

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Extremely active investors co-building with our founders.

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Expert mentorship and hands-on business guidance, strategic business introductions and networking, close founder support and performance guidance, and international market access and expansion support.

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Nationwide Building Society is a mutual organisation, which means we’re owned by our customers - we call them our members. We are a community of 16 million members and it’s why we invest in start-ups. We invest early and for the long term, supporting great companies, then doing things together that neither of us could alone. We do not invest to achieve a return, focusing instead on deployment and innovation, allowing us to have flexibility to work with inspirational teams.

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We partner with founders through a long-term platform that offers peer networking, curated founder events, fundraising support, investor introductions, wellness resources, community experiences, and ongoing access to the Lofty Ventures ecosystem.

We typically invest $10K–$100K in pre-seed and seed-stage startups, usually through customized SAFE or convertible note agreements, with equity determined by valuation and investment size, typically resulting in approximately 0.2%–3.3% ownership. Follow-on investments of up to $500K may also be available through syndication.

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Provides early-stage tech startups with $30K seed funding, intensive one-on-one mentorship, access to office and advanced lab facilities, university talent integration, operational perks like Stripe Atlas and Carta Launch, proprietary readiness assessment tools, and networking opportunities through global accelerator and local innovation ecosystems.

We invest $30,000 on a post-money equity in return for 2-10% of your company

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We help founders cross the preclinical valley of death by providing both capital and operational support to get them to the next meaningful inflection point.

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Our edge is the combination of deep healthcare investment experience, an operator-led value-creation model, and a 20-year global network spanning payers, providers, academic institutions, and strategic corporates.

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Provides portfolio companies with strategic planning support, operational optimization, business development resources, acquisition expertise, market expansion opportunities, and flexible financing solutions to drive long-term growth.

We typically invest $5M–$50M per transaction (and up to $100M for larger buyouts), acquiring majority ownership stakes of ~51%–100% in private equity deals, while structured credit investments may include minority equity positions or warrants of ~5%–25% alongside debt financing.

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We actively help our founders with operations, fundraising and strategy.