Martin gave a little teaser on a Mobility event he is putting together for the hot summer days in Whangarei. Lawrence introduced the team from Akudos who pitched well. They will submit their video for our DD Vote in the next few days, for now, we have this teaser.

Impossible to list all the events that Flying Kiwis have attended or facilitated this week, suffice it to say "It's been awesome but tiring!".

He has worked and talked with Debra, Garth and Rudi. They each say, "A perfect candidate!". However, if you know of any contraindications, please, advise the Board in confidence.

As always though, if you know of any dead camels in his closet or elsewhere, please, advise the Board in confidence.

Lawrence is bringing a company from Whangarei that is all about "Making People Feel Valued". Lawrence is not a year in the country and has already appeared on TVNZ. Let's hope he has more luck picking his startups than with picking his cars. Back in the US, he is still working on a 'unicorn' aptly named Horn.co.

From deep tech to hair tech, Sean and Peter would make great test candidates. Hairsense.co is a fine example of the sort of ideas and startups we get to meet at ADI.Clinic. This tech is a far cry from the early beginnings of Suck Cut in Wayne's World.  

Let's hope that the MBIE RFP that is imminent will produce a batch of more founder and co-investor friendly Tech Incubators. There are certainly some promising candidates that intend to apply in this round.

50 Angels Flying on Monday, 20 May at 10:00. ☞ Register

Last chance to register. We have secured fashionista Paul Blomfield to judge who is stepping "Best Dressed" off a Lime scooter, UBCO farm bike, Kwikli moped or from a Yoogo car. Our friends and co-investors at Potentia have pledged a champagne magnum for the winner.

50 Angels Flying on Monday, 20 May at 10:00. ☞ Register

A wide mix of Angels from groups around the country have already registered including some Aussie VC types. It's going to be a blast!

Find out more and register HERE.

Charlie voted and explains. A vote from Rio Bamba, central highlands of Ecuador. Hard to do because Google insists on translating everything into Latin American Spanish, but think it worked. 

First dibs going to shareholders according to the company constitution so no chance for new investors unless via one of the nominees of AIM, AngelHQ, Brisbane Angels, Enterprise Angels or FKA. Moxion is a well-syndicated deal with evidently strong support from shareholders!

Swiftly followed by 50 Angels Flying at 10:00. ☞ Register

It will all electric and electrifying: Lime will bring scooters, Kwikli e-mopeds, UPCO e-farm bikes, and Yoogo e-cars. We have a good number and a great mix of investors already registered.

☞ SEE DETAILS

Whilst the investment world is crazily hunting elusive unicorns or rather elusive returns from unicorns, Rudi was presented with the GridAKL Unicorn Award for the month of April. Some say for good behaviour. Anyways, there are still some chocolates left in the box...

"FKA Ice Angels" received the most support stickers. Neither Jackie nor Rudi seeded this idea but both can see the merits for Auckland.

One voting comment: This is a very borderline yes from me. I could have gone either way. I really like the concept but it seems very early stage and was hard to get a feel from the presentation and website as to how much substance there is behind the concept. Is there an early prototype of the system? Are there any early paying or non-paying customers? Or is it simply a concept at this stage?

See LinkedIn post here. Liking or commenting will show it to your network. Mike Hanna was the first to book! We also have first bookings from Aussie investor pros. 33% of registrations are from female investors, Debra was the first and AANZ's Suse has not confirmed yet.

Don't delay REGISTRATION. Places are numbered!

FKA brings special startup know-how to this partnership and KPMG brings smarts and much power as our celebratory sabrage video shows. Watch the 2015 sabrage again here.

Accuracy issues [and probably a lack of initial market validation] have now forced Zozo to close its European and US operations according to this breaking BBC News article.