JUST AWESOME!

Bob first met Hengji, Alliv and Jordan at the Velocity (formerly Spark) business competition. He was their mentor of the first hour and later left his COO role at NZX listed Plexure to join Kami as the fulltime exec chair. 

The Flying Kiwi Angels will decide how to implement the new strategy at next Tuesdays internal pitch night. Invitation to follow.

In previous years, you’ve included a call to sign-up in your newsletter [...] Not many people do ‘marketing’ like you, and I am sure it would reach precisely our target audience.

Because of Covid-19, AANZ is offering this course entirely online over two mornings, Friday 15 May from 9:30am – 12pm, and Friday 22 May from 9:30am – 12pm. The second session will build on the material covered in the first session, so attendance at both is required. The cost to attend the workshop is $250 +GST. Register for your legendary teacher Debra.

See the list of AW services. and get in touch with Uli.Wiehle@fka.nz

A probe into complaints against a staff member at a Crown-backed money manager has not been upheld, with the fund revealing no details of the claims.

While the chairman of the fund says he believes the matter is closed, the Super Fund, which was told to hire the fund by the Government, says it will now review whether it still has conviction in the management.

At the moment Angels rather support existing portfolio companies than new ideas. That makes it tough for founders who are looking for their first seed round, tough but not impossible as Hivemind and Chnnl show.

Andy is no scrounger and cuts his margin to give all readers a rocking 10% discount until 12 May, just use FKArocks at the checkout!  His wife Lizzie produced this COVID-19 track which is why there will be a little delay with the TWL jingle.

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New app connects doctors and patients across 'bubbles'

Hands-On Flying Kiwi David

"G.E.M = Get Ecommerce Movement = help Kiwi SME’s achieve rapid digital transformation = starting with an initial batch of 500 free eCommerce sites."

David's LinkedIn post & Zeald’s major pivot 

Strong IP is good for startups and investors!

1. Bilaminar Membrane - A smart bilaminar membrane for guided bone regeneration as a next-generation barrier membrane device. Funding to Date: Up to $40K
2. Self-fixing sling - Self-fixing minimally invasive non-mesh sling for stress urinary incontinence. Funding to Date: Up to $40K
3. Space Commercialisation with High Temperature Superconductors - Applications of high-temperature superconducting (HTS) technology for satellites and space shuttles. Funding to Date: Up to $40K

Chris, Martin, Ralf M, Ralf W, Steffen and Uli too have retained their German candour. Isabel her Spanish spunk!

Alternative cover image. Happy Easter Everyone

Before we will circulate this co-investment opportunity you might like to refresh your memory of what Dr Elisabeth Berryman is setting out to do.

Pitch Video or Seven Sharp TV 31 March 2020

Garth and team have also completed the positive DD Report for Hivemind. "Honey, honey for Easter!" We will circulate this co-investment opportunity but see the pitch video first. 

The FKA portfolio is pretty healthy given the COVID-19 Startup-Killer-Threat. With chnnl & Formus it has even some real health focus.

SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son, a passionate supporter of WeWork, now predicts that 15 of the companies in its $100 billion Vision Fund will go bankrupt. Read more.

Read it to believe it!