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Another FKA Friday ● 24December 2021#49

24/12/2021

 
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FKA launched in May of 2014, 12 angels, 1 comical logo. James Hoseason volunteered to drum up sponsors but only after personally paying creative agency Toast to professionalise Rudi's logo sketch. Thank you, James!

KPMG promptly liked the improved logo in 2015 and has hosted our pitch nights ever since, rain or shine—bar Covid. Lojo and Potentia joined the ranks of our supporters soon after. In later years several startups also jumped in to give us and our portfolio companies a leg up. Thank you, all!
From 12 in 2014 to 72 active angels now, new joiners in 2021: Krishna Guda, Ewart MacLucas, Ashley Smout, David Eldor, Stephen Smith, Jeff Skidmore, Geoff Cossey, and Caro Williams.
From 2, StretchSense and Kami, to 32 portfolio companies now, new in 2021: XP42 - OneReg, Mindful Muslim, Happy Moose, Cerulean, Sea Logs, HazEL, Integration Fox, and AV Gaming Fund. 3 have folded leaving 29 active portfolio companies.
From $448k in 2014 to just over $4m invested (still investing) this year. We're also returning nearly $11m to 60 investors in 2021.

Another FKA Friday ● 26 November 2021#45

26/11/2021

 
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26 November 2021 #45 808
Julian has got support after FKA's DD Vote to proceed. He is now assembling the DD team to look under the hood of Certified Energy. Three so far, please get in touch with Julian.So@fka.nz if you can help, if you want to learn from this DD veteran.
Garth is the champion for Edmund Hillary Clothing and our DD Vote is now underway. See the pitch video here. Interesting? Email Garth.

Now, FREE live streaming Tue, 30 November 2021 - programme here!
Interesting 2021 SaaS Survey Results for NZ from Proxi HERE and for the US from KeyBanc HERE.
ADI with the Auckland team yesterday, 17:40 was not so busy anymore.
Not all SaaS is the same. See the big picture! Full report here.
Shoko Hamada contemplates in her books if a pair of feathery wings growing out of your back would be a blessing or a curse?

Recent newbie Flock Angels aka scouts @ BLACKBIRD:

Elyse Wyatt • Olivia Wensley • Siân Simpson

Just one of several scout programmes that VCs in NZ are running

2021-44

19/11/2021

 
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Julian our energetic accountant brought Tim along on Tuesday to pitch Certified Energy. FKA's DD Vote is underway, watch the  pitch video   and email Julian.So@fka.nz if you want to help with DD.
Vlatko from HLL #13 had to put more money into materials, one thing to another and he is raising more money. We have his  pitch video  and the deck linked. Email Garry.Bluett@fka.nz if you like it hot

We also had a pitch from Edmund Hillary Clothing on Tuesday.

Their video is coming soon!
Brough the CEO of Narrative Muse #18  says "Stories matter. Who we are and how we feel about ourselves is directly connected with the media around us. If we don’t see ourselves reflected, do we matter?" Read on.

Melanie Perkins has grown Canva to $1B+ sales in under 10 years. She talks of the journey. Read on.  Great Aussie success story! 

This approach was used by the philosopher Aristotle and is used now by Elon Musk and Charlie Munger. It allows them to cut through the fog of shoddy reasoning and inadequate analogies to see opportunities that others miss. Read on.

Everyone should enjoy dates... Rudi's new part-time role with Datella clearly makes him the go-to at FKA for all things to do with dates.
Matū is a Kiwi fund that is backing deep IP startups and is raising via IPO on Catalyst the new stock exchange for SMEs. See it here.

Wonder what our angels are up to? Take Katheren, she is our starlet, filming for Asthma New Zealand, and also our CEO aka Chief Event Officer at FKA. See her post!
Our CCH called for the replacement of the NZGCP Board in an open letter to the minister in 2020. Now another cat is out of the bag, that same Board gave big handouts to two departing CEOs before being replaced.

A new CEO has been announced for early 2022 after two interim CEOs during 2021.

Another FKA Friday ● 12 November 2021#43

12/11/2021

 
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Last one of the year, next Tuesday at 18:30 @ fka.nz/vPitch.

It will be playful and hot! Tinder hot?
It seems that Kiwis make the most money when they go by the name of Peter eg Jackson or Beck. Furthermore, when they operate far away from the earth as we know it eg Middle-earth or Space.

Weta Digital sold! Rocket Lab already SPACed in August.

Jackson and Walsh share over 60% of the Weta loot.
Yes, it’s possible. Here are 9 ways that show how to increase team accountability without squashing team morale.
No formal DD for Dain from LifeStone but still angelic support that will kick off with an outdoor picnic Vaxxed? YES. Waxed? Optional.

Which Countries Have The Most Startup Investment For Their Size?

Read more...
“It’s so hypocritical,” a former employee said. “You don’t get a company to $12 billion dollars without the labour of a lot of people, but most of us will never see anything from it.” Read on!
Nawaz counts among our younger angels. In fact, we now know for sure that he is under 40. Congrats! More here.
forbes.com/50over50 catchy for sure, interesting absolutely but who has ever seen a list of powerful men qualified by age?

fortune.com/40-under-40 is gender-neutral as is the list of 40 inspiring young alumni of Auckland University as is the list of our Dirty Dozen.
Early Saturday morning for Kiwis for this book launch! Register to meet the co-authors Banu Ozkazanc-Pan, Ph.D. & Susan Clark Muntean
Startup Failure Rate: 90% of startups fail. What are the causes? What does this mean for entrepreneurs? What happens with investors' money? Go on reading to learn more.

Another FKA Friday ● 5 November 2021#42

5/11/2021

 
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James from FileInvite #14 podcasting on "Raising Capital for Growth".
Mike Dunn pitched Keytrack at our virtual October Pitch Night Our 35 Voting Angels have since voted to proceed. Jonathan will lead the DD process, email him if you can help.
Dain Guttenbeil pitched LifeStone also at our October Pitch Night. Voting is still underway. Debra is the champion, email her if you want to help.
Little known, little macabre fact: Guttenbeil = good axe [in German] □
Julian is one of our angels with more than 10 digits, having his fingers in soooo many pies. Here, he is breeding Covid antigens in dairy cows.

Let's hope that 10+ digits will give 6+ figure returns...

Kami #02 comes #01 of Deloitte Fast 50! Wow, #01!

$10k bonus to all staff! Wow, #02!
OMG Suse & Bridget are angels, no doubt. But party planners they are NOT! LOL □ The date for the AANZ Summit has moved yet again, now this 2021 event is once and for all pushed into 2022. Jinxed by Covid!
Angel Investing has become so fashionable that AANZ is organising another Runway in Auckland. Virtual on 17 November See more! $$$?
Soda's Rise Up pitch night, five female founders competing to win $10,000. Online, virtual, 3-5pm, Tuesday, 23 November 2021. Register!

Now, FREE live streaming Tue, 30 November 2021 - programme here!
NZTE's Simon Ansley says "Our team’s new handle on LinkedIn - Invest New Zealand - follow to keep informed on NZ growth and greenfield investment activity." 180+ deals supported in 24 months
The pre-release has produced much social media engagement.
Top Tip:  Pick a poster boy, animate and get 100+ likes □

Not nearly as many likes on LinkedIn for Hengjie but a full-length article in The Guardian—has more substance!

Great likeness in speed, but none in tech and bodywork
Scouts are a special kind of startup hunter that VCs are relying on to discover promising companies early. Great for VCs and scouts, but not so great for founders. Read on!

Another FKA Friday ● 29 October 2021#41

29/10/2021

 
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29 October 2021 #41 804
Little known fact, Hengjie gives his product updates from the kitchen. Oh, also Kami #02 has just clocked 30M users. Whoo-hoo!
Marc from Hunting HQ is not hanging around. The DD Vote is already underway after he sent his pitch video. View it here! Wanna help with DD if we go ahead? Email Stephen.Smith@fka.nz

The other pitch videos will come next week
Caro loves this - the RegTech NZ group that has just launched

"I am a regulatory nerd and these are my people" Join the nerds HERE!

"Seriously though, if FMA and others are trying to set up a space where people with regulatory/compliance issues can create solutions with tech folk, and find capital to do it, I want to be there too."

Startup mag bringing feel-good stories. Feel it here!
NBR article on 5 Kiwi founders, 2 of them part of the FKA Portfolio. Both talk of smarts not just $$$. Also...

Thank you for the subtle plug Bob@Kami & Liz@Chnnl
 WHōW!  $60m of angel investments in NZ in the first half of 2021. More!
NBR article on 5 Kiwi angels, Debra is one of them lovely reading.
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