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             Funding The Praetura Group •




             The Group has secured cornerstone investment of £12.5m from Darren Carter, an existing

             Praetura Investor and successful entrepreneur, to allow us to create the Praetura Group.


             The Group has also recently secured an investment of up to £2.5m (minimum £2.0m) from

             Rob Memmott, the incoming CFO.



            The funding is to allow:


            • Praetura Ventures to invest in staff to manage
               venture capital Funds

            • PDC to recruit a management team and to provide
               seed capital to underpin a larger, external fundraise


            • The Group to explore additional, complementary
               businesses to acquire or incubate

            • The establishment of a permanent balance sheet
               from which to leverage the growth of the Group                           100%     Debt                      Equity       100%

            Darren has also committed to provide significant
            cornerstone funding for Funds being launched by
            Praetura Ventures
                                                                                         70%             60%            100%            100%


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