(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands)

We are a newly organized blank check company. We intend to focus on identifying and acquiring one or more businesses with a total enterprise value between $500 million and $2 billion that are well-positioned for long-term growth and value creation.

Our strategy is to partner with a company that demonstrates strong fundamentals, proven leadership, and a differentiated market position — with the potential to benefit from enhanced capital access, strategic guidance, and public market readiness. We are particularly focused on businesses with resilient operating models, scalable platforms, and the potential to lead in their respective sectors.

Our investment strategy is guided by the thematic expertise and strategic insight of our management team and advisory board, with a specific focus on progressive industries — those experiencing accelerated innovation, structural change, and capital-intensive growth. We define progressive industries as segments within broader sectors that are being reshaped by technology, evolving consumer behavior, or regulatory transformation. These include, but are not limited to, financial technology (FinTech or fintech), mobility (transporttech), agricultural technology (agtech), clean technology (cleantech), space technology (spacetech), and advanced artificial intelligence.

Our management team is led by Adam Dooley (Chairman) and Peter Wright (Chief Executive Officer), (whose careers combine) decades of investment experience and operational leadership across financial markets, public and private capital formation, and corporate development.

Mr. Dooley has served as our chairman of the Board of Directors since May 1, 2025. He is an accomplished financial services executive with nearly 30 years of experience in private equity, capital markets, and wealth management. His career spans senior leadership roles in both public and private companies, with a focus on transformation, investor alignment, and long-term value creation. Since January 2021, Mr. Dooley has served as the founder, chairman, and CEO of Belay International Corporation, a private equity firm that partners with experienced executives and institutional investors to identify and scale high-growth businesses. He is also the founder and managing principal of Belay Associates, a dedicated SPAC sponsor platform focused on executing business combinations with companies poised for public market success. Prior to founding Belay, Mr. Dooley served as president of PREP Securities, a registered broker-dealer affiliated with a national real estate investment and development company, from December 2019 to December 2020. From February 2014 to December 2019, he was a Managing Director and Partner at CR Capital Group LLC, where he formed joint ventures with leading alternative investment firms to build capital formation platforms targeting the private wealth channel. Earlier in his career, Mr. Dooley held multiple senior roles at MetLife, Inc., including Managing Director and Head of Wealth Management for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) from 2008 to 2012, where he led operations across 12 countries, and Vice President and National Sales Manager for U.S. Individual Retirement Savings from 2012 to 2013. Prior to joining MetLife, Mr. Dooley led The Hartford’s United Kingdom business as Vice President and Country Manager, where he was responsible for expanding The Hartford’s international platform. Mr. Dooley began his financial career in the Fixed Income Trading Division at Salomon Smith Barney in 1994 and later transitioned to the firm’s Private Client Group as an Investment Advisor. Mr. Dooley is also the author of The Pre-IPO Playbook, a guide for investors evaluating high-growth companies approaching public markets.

Mr. Wright has served as our Chief Executive Officer since May 1, 2025 and as a member of our Board of Directors since March 27, 2025. Mr. Wright is a capital markets executive with deep experience advising SPACs, growth-stage companies, and institutional investors on public readiness, investor engagement, and transaction execution.Mr. Wright is the Founder and President of Intro-act, LLC, a capital markets advisory firm he established in 2017. Intro-act partners with investment banks and investor relations firms to support both private and public companies with peer benchmarking, investor targeting, and institutional messaging. The firm plays a key role in improving investor readiness — particularly for companies approaching or recently completing a business combination. Since 2020, Mr. Wright has also served as President of PartnerCap Securities, LLC, a registered broker-dealer. At PartnerCap, he established the firm’s research division and now focuses primarily on investment banking, with an emphasis on structured financings, PIPE transactions, and SPAC capital formation.Earlier in his career, Mr. Wright served as an Analyst and Portfolio Manager at AI Capital Management (2015 – 2017) and as Managing Director at Cantor Fitzgerald (2014 – 2015), where he managed institutional sales in Boston. Prior to that, he was Director of Research at Tradition (2010 – 2011), covering emerging technology. Mr. Wright began his career as an equity analyst with a focus on the semiconductor sector, first on the sell-side at CIBC World Markets (2001 – 2005), and later on the buy-side at Fidelity Investments (2005 – 2009).

Daphne Huang has served as our Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since May 1, 2025. Ms. Huang has nearly 30 years of financial services and executive experience in public and private companies with strategic expertise in capital markets, growth and transformation. Ms. Huang serves as managing director at Emil Capital Partners, a family office venture fund, a role she has held since March 2025. ^{From July 2022 to August 2025}, Ms. Huang served as Chief Financial Officer of Gorilla Technology Group, a NASDAQ traded global security AI company where she played instrumental role in global business expansion, SOX review and implementation, and capital markets strategy. Ms. Huang previously held Chief Financial Officer roles in technology and pharmaceutical industries including GoFor Industries Inc. (August 2021 to July 2022), Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TARO) (April 2020 – August 2021), and Humanwell USA LLC/PuraCap International LLC, successfully managing global entities and driving strategic growth initiatives. Ms. Huang’s experience also includes leadership positions at HSBC Bank, GE Capital Markets, and PricewaterhouseCoopers, building up financial services expertise in a wide variety of industries.

(Note: McKinley Acquisition Corp. priced its SPAC IPO on Monday night, Aug. 11, 2025, in sync with the terms in its prospectus: 15 million units at $10.00 each to raise $150 million. Each unit consists of one Class A ordinary share and one right to receive one-tenth (1/10th) of one Class A ordinary share upon the consummation of an initial business combination.)

(Background: McKinley Acquisition Corp. filed its S-1 on June 30, 2025, and disclosed the terms  for its SPAC IPO: 15 million units at $10.00 each to raise $150 million. Each unit consists of one Class A ordinary share and one right to receive one-tenth (1/10th) of one share upon the consummation of an initial business combination.)