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SPOTLIGHT ON ENDEAVOR CATALYST To turbo-charge its global impact, Endeavor has created Endeavor Catalyst Inc. to co-invest in Endeavor Entrepreneurs raising professional rounds of capital. In addition to financial returns to Endeavor, Catalyst Inc. generates numerous social benefits: As its investments in Endeavor Entrepreneurs fuel the growth of highimpact companies, they also create new jobs, revenues, and economic growth in the places that need them the most. INVESTMENTS TO DATE "Endeavor Catalyst is a force multiplier for Endeavor. It provides a new source of capital for entrepreneurs, strengthens ties with investors, and accelerates Endeavor's growth plans." Nick Beim General Partner, Venrock endeavor global board member HISTORICAL RETURNS Historical analysis of Endeavor Entrepreneurs' performance with the Catalyst-defined, metrics-based investing over the past ten years would have yielded 2.9x return on invested capital, on par with the top quartile of growth capital funds. 48 ENDEAVOR: $10m THRESHOLD (1998–2010) 23 % CAMBRIDGE U.S. VC 1ST QUARTILE (1998–2010) 8% CAMBRIDGE U.S. VC 2ND QUARTILE (1998–2010) INVESTMENT CASE STUDY Globant, the first Endeavor Entrepreneur company to receive Catalyst funding, is Latin America's leading software outsourcing firm. Just one year after Catalyst's pioneering investment in Globant, WPP acquired a 20% stake in the company, resulting in a partial exit of Catalyst's 22 invested capital. As of January 2013, Catalyst's ROI multiple for the Globant partial exit is 1.97x. This exciting number is proof of the power of the Catalyst model to generate significant returns—and to propel the growth of both Endeavor and the highimpact companies it serves. 15% CAMBRIDGE EM VC/PE AVG. (2000–2010) 14% CAMBRIDGE EM VC/PE AVG. (2000–2010) %