ExO Capital

Investing in Exponential Organizations

The Structure.

We are raising a $100M USD fund to invest in promising exponential organizations around the world for deployment beginning in Q2’2021.

We expect initially to invest in organizations at pre-seed and seed stage, with follow-on investment rights. Anticipated investments will range between $100,000 and $300,000, across 20-30 companies per primary focus area.

We plan to reserve follow-on capital to increase our position in the most promising companies that grow over time and with our support.”

The Strategy.

Pre-Seed

We invest up to $100,000 USD in exchange for up to 5% equity. We will often be the first and sole investor in the pre-seed stage.

Seed

We invest up to $200,000 in the seed stage. We do not endeavor to be the lead investor in these rounds but to partner with a lead.

Follow-on

We do intend to follow-on in future rounds as possible with reserved capital and/or future investment proceeds.

The Thesis.

Accelerating Technologies

Value is being created at a historically unprecedented level on a global scale.

COVID-19 has been a forcing function to the distribution of entrepreneurial capability to spread around the globe at an extreme pace. There is a diaspora from Silicon Valley and other major hubs. How do you find, measure, and invest in the organizations that are creating the most significant value the fastest?

We are uniquely capable of identifying and investing in the most promising organizations; exponential organizations

EXO

ACCELERATING
TECHNOLOGIES

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NANOTECH

ROBOTICS

BIOTECH

HEALTH

ENERGY

NEUROSCIENCE

COMPUTING

Environmental

Education

DIGITIZE

DISRUPT

DEMONETIZE

DEMOCRATIZE

World’s Best Showcase Selection

C-Suite Business Book Club

5 Best Business Books

Fortune Magazine

Debuted as a #2 Best Seller in Startups

Amazon.com

2014 GIL Book of the year

Exponentialorgs.com

Fortune 100 by ExQ.

EXQ Rating 72 - 43
Rank F100 Company ExQ
1 Google 72.9
2 Amazon 66.2
3 Apple 62.6
4 International Business Machines (IBM) 61.0
5 Verizon Communications 58.8
6 General Electric 56.6
7 Microsoft 55.9
8 Cisco Systems, Inc. 55.8
9 The Walt Disney Company 54.8
10 Oracle Corporation 54.0
11 The Coca-Cola Company 49.5
12 DIRECTV 49.0
13 McKesson 49.0
14 United Parcel Service (UPS) 49.0
15 AT&T 48.8
16 Humana Inc. 48.8
17 State Farm Insurance Cos. 48.4
18 The Allstate Corporation 47.3
19 Lockheed Martin Corporation 47.2
20 Comcast 47.0
21 American Express Company 46.8
22 Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. 46.6
23 PepsiCo 46.5
24 Walgreen Co. 46.5
25 Anthem Inc. (Wellpoint) 46.4
26 Johnson Controls, Inc. 46.0
27 Mondelez International, Inc. 45.6
28 Merck & Co., Inc. 45.0
29 United Continental Holdings, Inc. 45.0
30 Ford Motor 43.2
31 Lowe’s Companies 43.0
32 UnitedHealth Group 43.0
33 Home Depot 43.0
EXQ Rating 42 - 39
34 Wal-Mart Stores 42.7
35 World Fuel Services Corporation 42.5
36 John Deere Company 42.4
37 Wells Fargo 42.4
38 General Motors 42.0
39 New York Life Insurance Company 42.0
40 Supervalu Inc. 42.0
41 The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 41.8
42 Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) 41.8
43 Prudential Financial, Inc. 41.4
44 Target 41.4
45 Sears Holdings Corporation 41.3
46 E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) 41.3
47 CHS Inc. 41.0
48 FedEx Corporation 41.0
49 Kroger 41.0
50 United Technologies 41.0
51 Procter & Gamble 40.9
52 Cigna Corporation 40.7
53 Hewlett-Packard 40.7
54 TIAA-CREF 40.7
55 Boeing 40.3
56 CVS Caremark 40.0
57 Best Buy Co., Inc. 40.0
58 Intel Corporation 40.0
59 Liberty Mutual Holding Company Inc. 40.0
60 Pfizer 39.8
61 Citigroup 39.8
62 Johnson & Johnson 39.3
63 Honeywell International Inc. 39.3
64 Ingram Micro Inc. 39.3
65 Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company 39.0
66 Delta Airlines, Inc. 39.0

 

EXQ Rating 39 - 23
67 American International Group (AIG) 38.3
68 Express Scripts Holding 38.0
69 Tyson Foods, Inc. 37.5
70 AmerisourceBergen 37.0
71 Exxon Mobil 37.0
72 Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. 37.0
73 Safeway Inc. 36.3
74 Freddie Mac 36.3
75 MetLife 36.0
76 Sysco Corporation 36.0
77 Caterpillar 34.5
78 Chevron 34.5
79 ConocoPhillips 34.5
80 General Dynamics Corporation 34.5
81 Cardinal Health 34.0
82 Dow Chemical 34.0
83 Fannie Mae 34.0
84 Intl FCStone Inc. 34.0
85 Aetna Inc. 33.5
86 Morgan Stanley 33.5
87 Berkshire Hathaway 33.2
88 J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. 33.0
89 Bank of America 32.5
90 Marathon Petroleum 32.3
91 Costco Wholesale 32.0
92 Philip Morris International Inc. 31.6
93 Hess Corporation 31.3
94 HCA Holdings, Inc. 31.0
95 Phillips 66 30.7
96 Tesoro Corporation 30.0
97 Valero Energy 29.8
98 Plains GP Holdings, L.P. 27.5
99 Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. 26.5
100 Enterprise Products Partners L.P. 23.0

 

6 year trailing returns.

Fortune 100

Top 10 (+172%)

Google 72.9
Amazon 66.2
Apple 62.6
International Business Machines (IBM) 61.0
Verizon Communications 58.8
General Electric 56.6
Microsoft 55.9
Cisco Systems, Inc. 55.8
The Walt Disney Company 54.8
Oracle Corporation 54.0

 

Bottom 10 (12%)

Costco Wholesale 32.0
Philip Morris International Inc. 31.6
Hess Corporation 31.3
HCA Holdings, Inc. 31.0
Phillips 66 30.7
Tesoro Corporation 30.0
Valero Energy 29.8
Plains GP Holdings, L.P. 27.5
Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. 26.5
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. 23.0

+143%

S&P +61%

-14%

Mkt Cap 5.6x to 13.6x

DEAL SOURCING.

Our Community
Our community is over 7400 strong with over 535 trained consultants, 100’s of investors, 291 coaches, and 139 trainers.

They are all discovering the most promising companies every day and they are evaluating them using the ExO Model and Toolset. Our community and the network it creates is one of our great and unique strengths.

Exponential Quotient (”ExQ”)
A strong part of the ExO Capital evaluation is the ExQ. It is used daily by consultants and organizations around the world to analyze the exponential potential of companies.

CORE TEAM.

Salim Ismail

Partner

Alex J. Ness

Partner

Kent Langley

Partner

Our investors are seasoned investors with decades of experience.

ExO Capital Operations
Our investment team have founded dozens of their own companies with successful exits and with our entrepreneurs in residence are able to offer a breadth of experience for diligence in investments and support to our founders that is unmatched.

The OpenExO Advisors, Consultants, Coaches

Again, our community and its network is our strength. We have the ability to tap into almost any capability at any time and anywhere from our network of over 7400 individuals via the OpenExO Marketplace.

The world is changing

Exponential Organizations drive the change

EXO

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