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Another FKA Friday ● 14 November 2025#40

14/11/2025

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Yes, our last pitch night in 2025 is upon us: Next Tuesday at KPMG.

Raising a round is no lottery, as Debra will tell you. If it was, you'd have to say that Mindhive is totally cleaning up at Money Hive. Debra is only a few dollars off the $5m target. Celebrations are in order on Tuesday!

We knew that too much chocolate is not good for you, but little did we know that Kate from Planetary Insights would add to the chocolate lovers' regret as it is also not good for the environment.

Solve the dilemma: buy your favorite Whittaker's and invest in Planetary Insights □ Kate is hiring! She will also present on Tuesday! □

Apple monger Matty from Hectre is smiling, opening a $10m round with $5m already in the bank from a significant US investor. Hear more on Tuesday!

The Maui Summit page is up, check it out. Interesting speakers!

Josh exit-talking with Cornelius. There gotta be more value than in any Trump interview. Josh has written a book and is doing podcast interviews to figure out how he has been so lucky. HERE GOES THE DUTCH EXIT!

Chris and Komodo Wellbeing have come a long way since we first spoke in 2020. Kami is all about making students' lives better, so no wonder that Alliv and Hengjie jumped in to support this business—this time as investors. Very cool to see □

The Best Black Tie event for cat lovers in town! says Anne, a housewife from Auckland, and she knows how to party in style, most certainly with champagne. Tickety-boo!

Great initiative at GridAKL. Founders, teams have a better chance of surviving, winning, winning bigger. REGISTER

We have a few film funders among the Flying Kiwis. "The award-winning team behind Red, White & Brass, The Dark Horse, Guns Akimbo, Shadow in the Cloud and Madam present an exclusive opportunity to invest in NZ's Next Comedy Classic - SHEARING THE LOVE." Thu, 20 Nov, 19:00 RSVP

The Internet Is Now 52% AI-Generated Content And It's Training On Itself! □ MORE

Another FKA Friday ● 12 September 2025#31

12/9/2025


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FKA Drinks on Saturday! That is tomorrow already. So, join us on the 10th floor of the Sunset Bar, SEE HERE!

Chris really flies, flies higher and more often than most Flying Kiwis. Happy Birthday, today!

Next Tuesday will be our September Pitch Night. As usual, 18:30 kick-off at KPMG, 18 Viaduct Harbour Ave, Auckland. Eight360 will give an update, and Inhibit and Wellumio will pitch. See the latest E360—NOVA video!

Startup Week! SEE MORE HERE!

□ Startup Weekend Ōtaki - September 19-21 But where is that? MAP
Startup Weekend is always a great place to meet potential cofounders □

"There should be a hard cap of the number agentic sales-order-entry startups per batch. If you’re still launching one, stop now. Pivot to something else. Anything. Please."

They started out as VC. But they haven’t been VC funds for a very long time. They’re what I call Consensus Capital: big finance with a Sand Hill Road address. MORE

Another FKA Friday ● 5 September 2025#30

8/9/2025


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