Lehigh Valley Private Equity Fund Pitch Deck

LEHIGH VALLEY PRIVATE EQUITY FUND 2021

PREPARED BY

PRESENTED BY

Lehigh Valley Private Equity Fund

John Levine Jeff Cella Tejas Gosai

DISCLOSURE NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS MEMORANDUM. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. THIS OFFERING IS MADE IN RELIANCE ON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PROVIDED BY SECTION 4(A)(2) OF ACT, AND RULE 506(C) OF REGULATION D AND REGULATION S PROMULGATED THEREUNDER. THIS INVESTMENT INVOLVES A DEGREE OF RISK THAT MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL PERSONS.ONLY THOSE INVESTORS WHO HAVE NO NEED FOR LIQUIDITY AND CAN BEAR THE LOSS OF A SIGNIFICANT PORTION (OR ALL) OF THEIR INVESTMENT SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE INVESTMENT. (SEE “RISK FACTORS” BELOW.) COVID-19 Disclosure IN DECEMBER 2019, THE SARS-COV-2 VIRUS (“CORONA VIRUS”) AND RESULTING COVID-19 ILLNESS WAS REPORTED IN CHINA, AND, IN MARCH 2020, THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION DECLARED IT A PANDEMIC. MARKET UNCERTAINTY HAS DEVELOPED IN THE EARLY MONTHS OF 2020 DUE TO THE WORLDWIDE SPREAD OF THE CORONA VIRUS. GIVEN THE ONGOING AND DYNAMIC NATURE OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES, IT IS DIFFICULT TO PREDICT THE IMPACT THE CORONA VIRUS OUTBREAK WILL HAVE ON THE BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS OF THE FUND. THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT THE EFFORTS OF THE FUND AND THE MANAGER TO ADDRESS THE ADVERSE IMPACTS OF THE CORONA VIRUS WILL BE EFFECTIVE. THE EXTENT OF SUCH IMPACT IS DEPENDENT ON FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS, WHICH ARE HIGHLY UNCERTAIN AND CANNOT BE PREDICTED, INCLUDING NEW INFORMATION WHICH MAY EMERGE CONCERNING THE SEVERITY OF THE CORONA VIRUS (INCLUDING MUTATIONS THEREOF) AND ACTIONS TAKEN TO CONTAIN THE CORONA VIRUS OR ITS IMPACT, AMONG OTHERS. THE MANNER IN WHICH INVESTORS, GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITIES, AND THE MARKET AS A WHOLE WILL REACT TO THE CORONA VIRUS IS BEYOND THE FUND’S AND THE MANAGER’S CONTROL, AND AS SUCH, IT IS DIFFICULT TO PREDICT OR MEASURE THE MATERIAL AFFECT THE CORONA VIRUS WILL HAVE ON THE FUND’S BUSINESS, FINANCIAL POSITION, ITS PERSONNEL, OR THE FUND’S ABILITY TO INVEST IN FUND ASSETS AND MAKE DISTRIBUTIONS TO THE MEMBERS.

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THE MANAGERS Over 100 years of combined experience within our management team.

Jeff Cella started his first investment fund in 2011 with Conquest Funding, targeting multifamily real estate investors seeking financing for the purchase and rehab-resell projects.

Conquest Funding has a solid track record of performance, generating over $47 million in loans, across 400 real estate projects and has NEVER missed an interest payment to an investor.

Jeff Cella- Manager

With Jeff's proven track record of operating a successful Regulation A Fund and Tejas’s intimate knowledge and functionality in the the RE landscape, this alliance is designed to protect the investor while providing high yield interest.

Tejas Gosai is an entrepreneur with a rare and interesting blend of experience in real estate, corporate law, finance, negotiation, marketing, and hospitality. Tejas brings a mixture of large corporate America experience to the Lehigh Valley as well as a successful legacy of of entrepreneurial endeavors.

Combining his experiences, he has created one of the fastest-growing commercial RE teams in the region recently ranking in the top 100 teams in America and top 3 in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Tejas Gosai- Manager

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CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER Integrity, persistence, & commitment

John Levine - CIO

John LeVine has spent over twenty five (25) years in the real estate sector having started as the Director of Taxation for one of the largest strip center developers in the country at the time. After being instrumental in helping to create a NYSE listed real estate company and becoming its Vice President of Finance, John left the industry a couple years later to start his own aircraft financing and charter company purchasing, financing and selling millions of dollars worth of business aircrafts around the world. John re-entered the real estate industry as a consultant for a New York City-based shopping center owner who was ramping up the organization; embarking on an acquisition spree that created a company which went from $30 million worth of assets to over $500 million in the period of three (3) years. Acting as the controller and then as cash manager, John was responsible for investing all available funds on a daily basis. Recently, John has worked with two real estate investment trusts managing their lease administration and national tenant collections group.John is extremely detail-oriented and will be a primary source of review and analysis in regards to potential commercial real estate acquisitions presented or sought out by the Fund. He is an integral part of the daily decision-making process of the Fund’s management team.

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THE LVPE FUND The Lehigh Valley Private Equity Fund is a Reg D, Delaware limited liability company having filed its Form D with the SEC on August 25, 2020. LVPE is allowed to privately raise capital without registering our securities with the SEC before raising investment capital.

The fund will provide an 8% preferred returns with an overall annualized target return between 12 - 18% through lending and acquisitions of real estate.

To the extent that funds are available for distribution at the discretion of the Manager, Members will generally

LENDING, ACQUISITIONS &REHABRESELL PROJECTS

be entitled to receive, on a quarterly basis, a noncumulative non-compounded annualized rate of return on their Unreturned Capital (and pro-rated for the amount of time that the Member has been a Member of the Fund during such quarter), as well as additional distributions which will endeavor to produce overall annualized noncompounding non-cumulative returns to Members equal to the Target Rate.

Members are not entitled to receive any distributions in excess of the Target Rate on any given year. The Preferred Return will be payable prior to any profit participation by the Manager. However, Fund Expenses and all fees payable to the Manager, other than the Manager’s profit participation, will be paid prior to the Preferred Return in accordance with the Waterfall.

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THE FINE PRINT The Fund will primarily originate, fund, and/or otherwise invest in Mortgage Loans and secondarily, Non-Real Estate Loans and Non-Performing Loans. When investing in Loans, the Fund may fund the full or a partial amount of a Loan.

Mortgage Loans may be secured in whole or in part by deeds of trust, mortgages, security agreements or legal title in real property, including but not limited to, single family homes, multiple unit residential property (such as apartment buildings), commercial property, unimproved land (including land with entitlements and without entitlements), and other real property. Mortgage Loans are generally used by borrowers for the acquisition, refinance and construction of residential and commercial real estate.

The Fund will, either directly or through SPEs, also acquire, manage, remodel, develop, lease, repair and/or sell residential and commercial Properties located throughout the United States, with a primary focus in the States of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Residential properties will include single-family and multifamily rental properties and development projects.

Commercial properties will include, without limitation, office, industrial, retail (shopping centers, grocery stores, etc.), gas stations (including convenience stores located at gas stations), hotels, medical offices, convenience stores, recreation and leisure and other real properties. These properties may be existing or newly constructed properties, properties under development or construction, properties not yet developed or raw land for development or resale and may include multifamily rental properties purchased for conversion into condominiums and single-tenant properties that may be converted for multifamily use. Properties will be acquired to rent and/or resell for profit.

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PPM Review Private Placement Memorendum

VERIFY Accredited investor verification www.verifyinvestor.com

INVESTOR ONBOARDING Subscription agreement and Stark Financial collaboration

THE LEHIGH VALLEY INVESTMENT MARKET AREA

BALANCED, DIVERSE & GROWING In 2019, the gross domestic product (GDP) in Lehigh Valley reached $43.3 billion, a record for a single year, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis, and a 5.7 percent increase from the previous year.

The private sector input of Lehigh Valley GDP of $43.5 billion is higher than that of the entire states of Wyoming and Vermont, and if the Lehigh Valley were a country, it’s economy would be the 90th largest in the world.

MULTI-FACETED ECONOMY Finance, Insurance and Real Estate ($7.6 billion, +4.26% year-over-year) Manufacturing ($7.4 billion, +10.4%) Education, Health Care and Social Assistance ($5.5 billion, +4.63%) Professional Services ($5.2 billion, +2.52%) Retail ($2.4 billion, +1.4%) Transportation and Warehousing ($2.1 billion, 8.8%) Information: $2.1 billion (+10.5%) Construction: $1.8 billion (not reported in 2017) Arts, Entertainment, Accommodation & Food Services: $1.7 billion (no change)

*THESE GDP FIGURES DERIVE FROM THE BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS (BEA)

THE NUMBERS

TOP 10

#1

Lehigh Valley ranked among the

Lehigh Valley also was rated as the

top 10 markets for homebuyers

number-one market in the country

between the ages of 18 and 35 in

for improved homebuying

the Q3 2019 Generational

affordability in the last 12 months,

Propensity Report.

according to realtor.com’s Q3 2019 Affordability Report.

$43.5B

65TH

“The Lehigh Valley is continuing its

90 minutes west of New York City

largest period of economic growth

and 60 minutes north of

since the early 20th Century,” said

Philadelphia, is the 65th largest

Don Cunningham, President & CEO

metropolitan region in the United

of the Lehigh Valley Economic

States and the best performing

Development

region of its size for economic

Corporation (LVEDC).

development in the Northeastern US for the past three years.

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THE REASON Factors that help us drive our strong performance: Our niche economy; The Lehigh Valley has proven to be isolated from the distractions of macroeconomic issues.

The growth of our market; We can focus on smaller, less-efficient segments of the market where the lack of competition offers potentially higher returns Neighborhood stabilization; Beautifying our communities by making them safer, more walkable, and cleaner one project at a time.

FIRST TIME FUNDS OUTPERFORMED FOLLOW-ON FUNDS

BY A SIGNIFICANT DEGREE IN RECENT YEARS -Pitchbook

THE SAUCE Our hands on local knowledge and experience in finding below market opportunities, combined with our seasoned state of the art analytical models provide returns and protection for our investors.

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RECAP

THE FUND IS OPEN TO ACCREDITED INVESTORS AND SELF-DIRECTED IRAS

RETURNS

PREFERRED RETURN- 8% TARGET RETURN- 12 - 18%+

SUMMARY Returns are paid out monthly or can be reinvested Payments are made by ACH directly to your bank account or IRA company Management fee - 1.5% of unreturned capital (after reaching $5.0MM) Evergreen fund 12 month lock-up period Minimum investment = $50,000

GETTING STARTED Review Private Placement Memorandum Accredited Investor Verification Complete Subscription agreement Investor on-boarding process

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