b'9 5 2-20 2 Doug Kuribayashi1 2A Chief Executive Officer of Presidio Ventures N DDB NOYESCOAs Silicon Valley Office and Presidio Ventures are SCOAs connection to investmentin technology of the future. What does Presidio Ventures look for when looking to invest in a company? We look for the startups that will make a big social impact by addressing an important social agenda with a unique, innovative and/or disruptive approach in SCs strategic growth fields.We assess a growth potential of the company by its competitive advantage, or a first movers advantage in a big-enough addressable market. We also check if such innovative technologiesor business models could contribute to SCs future business development.How has sustainability become a factor in selecting our investment companies?Nowadays almost all startups are somehow claiming that they are addressing sustainability issues, including greenhouse gases, energy consumption, food shortage, labor shortage, etc.We have a longstanding interest in sustainable business models and practices.Your company holds a distinction among investment arms as building a solidreputation in the Silicon Valley over the years. What has been the formula for sustained success? We build and maintain a trust relationship and credibility in an ecosystem with other investors, universities and serial entrepreneurs, by exercising the following principles and behaviors.We keep making investments even in a tough economic situation. We support startups putting a primary importance on maximizing their own growth potential rather than SCs profit directly generated from the partnership with such startups, believing that such startups own successwill eventually benefit SCs business development. And, we continue to contribute to thosestakeholders in the community not only taking something from them but also, or moreimportantly, giving them something as our value.What does the future of technology investment look like, and how will Presidio lead PRESIDIOthe way? VENTURESThere are always a multitude of innovative technologies emerging from passionate entrepreneurs in any historical periodfrom the past, the present and the future. Presidio will keep using the same criteria as stated above by leveraging SCs market presence and business development capabilities across the globe.Presidio recently funded Quebec, Canada-based Nord Quantique, a company that is quite simply looking to create computers that dont make errors. Nord Quantique (NQ), founded by JulienCamirand Lemyre and Philippe St-Jean in 2020, emerged from the Institut quantique of Universit de Sherbrooke, and currently devel-ops all the components of an error-correcting processor for quantum computers. The company develops quantum hardware for fault-tolerant quantum comput-ing, redesigning processors from the ground up with low-error in mind. This means creating superconducting circuits that can mitigate errors on every individual qubit, providing a faster pathway to fault tolerance at scale. Located in the vibrant quantum ecosystem of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, NQ canleverage its renowned scientific excellence, matched by its broad technology development expertise, and paired with access to infrastructure that covers all needs, from quantumscience to industrial-scale microfabrication. Sumitomo Corporation of Americas 23'