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Another FKA Friday ● 3 September 2021#33

3/9/2021


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Glen's no-frills $122.5k raise!
Makes him The Naked Angel of the month ?

Graeme also raised $122.5k for Cerulean.

The CCH got $371.5k (3x $122.5k) for Happy Moose.

HazEL is still open...

If you're a wholesome wholesale investor and feel you've missed out on any of the above - just ping Rudi an email!

Guess who is recruiting? Pitching to prospective staff!

Guess who is also recruiting? Staff rotation ?

We cannot list them all. More portfolio companies are recruiting!

FKA's legal sponsors Lojo are genuinely passionate about startups! They are also sponsoring Startup Weekend. Rick is a veteran mentor!

Don't be a slacker and pre-register HERE.

This is promising to be interesting... check it our HERE!

Angelic reading material, anyone? Of course, you say!

READ! FemTech - Investment Digest Q3 2021

READ! PitchBook - US Valuations Q2 2021 - XLS format

READ! AANZ/AWS - Startup Tech DD

Jordan most famously held a dialogue with his alter ego, the Green Lantern in this video series. He is also known as the frontman of Melbourne Angels for the last 15 years. Time to change!

Jordan has attended more angel summits across the globe than any other. That way he kept up his learning and shared his learnings freely. His angel investment philosophy and respect for founders deeply resonates with how Flying Kiwi Angels operate. We wish him all the best ?

Katheren loves "The Brutal Truth About Sales & Selling" so much that she suggested including it HERE.

Another FKA Friday ● 28 August 2021#32

27/8/2021


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Andy Harwood was our competent moderator on Tuesday night. For our readers, we have now three pitch videos.

Wherewolf ? Ambit This Local Piggy

Appologies for the early truncation of the Wherewolf video - Andy's only failing on the night ?

When he first approached angels they were sceptical, now they regret it! Peter Beck has just taken Rocket Lab public on Nasdaq. More here.

Chintaka knows a good startup when he sees one. He was among the early mentors and investors in Kami. Then he went on to launch GD1. Now fund 3 has reached its first close with $130M. More here.

Given the lockdown situation, angels have set a new date

Angel Investing has become so fashionable that AANZ is organising another Runway in Auckland NOW in November. See more!

Given the lockdown situation, scientists recognize to need to move the date and will announce a date once they have reached a 99.9% confidence interval

2021 KiwiNet Research Commercialisation Awards Evening Reception! Thursday 16 September, Aotea Centre, Auckland! 16 great finalists! See the programme HERE!

Hmm, is there actually a woman among FKA who owns a bazooka, and if so who would that be?

Another FKA Friday ● 30 August 2021#31

20/8/2021


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What a bummer when we had to cancel our pitch night on Tuesday due to the impending Covid L4 lockdown. Who knows how long for

So let's pick up next Tuesday where we left off!

Simply pre-register HERE to receive your Zoom link to our pitch night.

According to data from Crunchbase below are 50 angels ranked by the number of investments made. More here!

Despite L4 lockdown our angels in Auckland kept running ADI.Clinic! Shown above, Glen, Ewart, Jeff, Jonathan, Andy and Rudi, also at other times David and Todd. Funny, all 3 founders were no-shows ?

October 28 - 29, registrations are open!

Angels, let's do what we do best which is invest our time and money in great startups. That produces companies like Kami #02 that can do good in ways that we could not. Read more!

Among other things, James made sure that the lights were kept on during our pitch nights at KPMG. James has recently changed jobs and joined FileInvite #15. Still helping FKA

Who says old trades cannot be innovative, cannot be creative? A Taiwan baker disproves this prejudice beautifully. A great inspiration for startup founders to think of how to package the next pitch for impact
The angels at ADI may not have well-defined 6-packs but can certainly help with pitches ? LinkedIn.

Angel Investing has become so fashionable that AANZ is organising another Runway in Auckland this September. See more!

When Allyson Felix got pregnant, Nike offered her 70% less on her contract and told her "Know your place and just run". So she quit working with Nike and started her own brand of running shoes Saysh [play the video] with the slogan "I know my place". Allyson came back from the Tokyo Olympics with 11 medals, as the most decorated woman sprinter.

Another FKA Friday ● 13 August 2021#30

13/8/2021


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Okay, there may not be that many women among founders and angels in the Kiwi ecosystem but those who are have strong qualities

The August Pitch Night is upon us. Next Tuesday, 17 August, 18:30 at KPMG, 18 Viaduct Harbour Ave. Always interesting, always informative!

Ben Calder will give an update from Denver, a safe distance under Covid conditions and with a name like Wherewolf. FKA first invested in 2017.

Tim Warren will present Ambit.ai - modern chatbots.

Vlatko Materić was sick for the July pitch, is tied up in August but will give an update on HLL next month. FKA first invested in 2017.

2021 KiwiNet Research Commercialisation Awards Evening Reception! Thursday 16 September, Aotea Centre, Auckland!

16 great finalists! See the programme HERE!

Jonathan has finally updated his mug shot at fka.nz/angels

Andy may yet have a wildcard up his sleeve for next Tuesday. He too is due a new mugshot that has a higher degree of likeness!

Crazy times, crazy in the US but also closer to home in Australasia. Great news for founders, big exits and rounds but also big expectations from those rounds. 1x exit, 2x rounds. US$29b Afterpay - NZ$25m Crimson - NZ$17m LawVu □

Governance for Growth is so important for early-stage companies, and the popularity of the last governance workshop reflects how much early-stage companies and their investors realise this.

Monday, 23 or 30 August, 14:00-16:30 Book NOW!

Another FKA Friday ● 6 August 2021#29

6/8/2021


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Integration Fox has passed the DD Vote and Josh is now assembling the DD Team to look more closely at this business. He has a fair few volunteers already but email him if you can help! Josh.Comrie@fka.nz

Governance for Growth is so important for early-stage companies, and the popularity of the last governance workshop reflects how much early-stage companies and their investors realise this.

Monday, 23 or 30 August, 14:00-16:30 Book NOW!

Scannable has also passed the DD Vote and Ian is now assembling the DD Team to look more closely at this business. He has more volunteers than Josh but email him if you can help! Ian.Clarke@fka.nz

Angel Investing has become so fashionable that AANZ is organising another Runway in Auckland this September. See more!

Bigger Checks, Days To Close: How 2021’s Red-Hot Venture Funding Landscape Is Shaking Up Early-Stage Investing. Facts and figures from Chrunchbase. See more!

Interesting video, Imche, Outset Ventures caught off guard with her best angel impersonation. Watch it!

This week Rudi joined the three Wanaka ADI Angels, Charlie, Ian and Wayne. They saw 4 founders on Monday, twice as many as the Auckland ADI Angels saw on Thursday. Glen, David, Jonathan, Julian, Pooj, Todd, Matthew & Rudi. LinkedIn.

Next Thu, 5 Clarence St, Devonport @ Tiny Triumphs.

No sponsors or speeches, cash bar, TT do snacks - Cow Herder Matt

Another FKA Friday ● 30 July 2021#28

30/7/2021


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Ryan presented at our Pitch Night plus in July and HERE comes his updated pitch video for our readers. The full-length video goes to our 35 Voting Angels. 18 YES votes and Josh will go ahead and assemble a DD Team. Email him if you can help. Josh needs all the help he can get

Yesterday at ADI Auckland we had to put a founder's misconception right. Building a startup is not easy. STARTUP IS HARD!

Dil Khosa, Athena X. Startups are TOUGH and sometimes all you need is someone else to connect with that's going through the same. So come one - come all. You're all invited.

Fri 30 July 4-7pm, 27 Drake Street, Victoria Park Market, Auckland MORE

Lots of press about the supermarket duopoly at the moment. Perfect timing for Sarah and Supie! This HERE is her video from earlier this month.

Interested? Get in touch with Andy.Harwood@fka.nz ?

Rowan demystifies the lax Kiwi use of "world-class" and makes a compelling case for focusing on a niche, probably our most frequent advice at ADI. Read his blog!

Above Niche: World Record, 4x100 m Retrorunning, Germany ?

HERE, An interesting in-depth article by Jeffrey Funk. Thank you, Dana.

Jordan Green is the leader of our syndication partners, the Melbourne Angels. He is addicted to bleeding-edge technology and up for most things like The Millionaire Minute.

BioTechNZ members receive a 25% discount, 10% for Tech Alliance members, sorry zero discount for Angels but will you care?

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"4 years ago I presented Dragon’s Den / Shark Tank style at NZ Software Association ‘An Angel at my Table’ event… judged by Rudi Bublitz and Debra Hall." LinkedIn. OMG, is that 4 years already!

Two Brothers Vanish With $4.75 Billion Of Bitcoin In History’s Biggest Crypto Heist. More on that HERE.

Simon Che de Boer pitched photogrammetry in May. We sent him to find a CEO. There is clearly interest in his work. LinkedIn.

Startup investments are private offers under the FMA. Angel investors should have a wealth-based or experience-based certificate. So that, the directors of a startup can be sure not to be making an offer to prohibited retail investors. That covers other investments too. More here!

The size of your chequebook is not necessarily correlated with your ability to help entrepreneurs. Are you passionate about startups and supporting founders? If so, become an AirTree Explorer! More!

Very different but a little like the Scout Programme at Hillfarrance

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