ABOUT THE 444 FUNDING EXCHANGE

Built by people who understand both sides of the deal

The Exchange is a curated marketplace connecting projects, businesses and opportunities seeking capital with the investors, funds, lenders, acquirers, publishers and strategic partners looking for them. But the Exchange is more than a place to list opportunities. It is operated by a network of sector specialists, investors, operators, founders and commercial leaders with years of experience building businesses, raising and deploying capital, evaluating opportunities and completing investments and acquisitions. Collectively, the team and network behind the Exchange bring experience spanning $500M+ in investment and transactions, 75+ completed investments and acquisitions, 150+ years of combined sector experience, and businesses and projects operating across 30+ international markets. That experience matters. Every opportunity is different. A growth business seeking institutional investment requires a different route to market from a founder looking for acquisition, a project seeking development finance, or an IP owner looking for the right strategic partner. The Exchange is designed around those differences. A marketplace with expertise behind it Projects and businesses enter the Exchange through the outcome they need. Participants enter through the role they can play. The Exchange then combines curation, structured presentation, relevant discovery and controlled introductions to bring the right opportunities in front of the right people. Our role is not simply to create visibility. It is to help create meaningful transactions. That means understanding the opportunity, how it should be positioned, what kind of capital or partner it needs, who is relevant and when an introduction should be made. Built around real opportunities The Exchange supports opportunities across sectors, stages and transaction types — from early-stage projects and growth businesses through to established companies, intellectual property, assets and acquisition opportunities. Participants may be looking to: Raise equity or project finance Secure debt or alternative funding Find strategic investment Identify acquisition or exit opportunities Acquire businesses, assets or intellectual property Find publishers, distributors or commercial partners Fund individual projects or portfolios Explore joint ventures and other strategic structures The result is a more organised private marketplace: better-presented opportunities, more relevant discovery and a clearer route from initial interest to meaningful conversation. Where opportunity meets capital. The Exchange exists to make the private market easier to navigate — giving great opportunities a better route to capital and giving capital a better way to discover what comes next.