Newsletter ➢ ᴀFKAғ•2020#10

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17 April 2020 #10 COVID times are busy times. Angels are called to help startups! See here what's new this week.  Hivemind, positive investment vote, co-investment call going out. Chnnl, investment vote underway, co-investment call going out. FormusLabs, extra commitments, slackers chased for funds. Moxion, round extended due to COVID-19, took extra commitments. Kara, modified terms, co-investment call will be recirculated. Vesper Marine, rights issue extended to FKA Nominees investors.  We had four founders at ADI Auckland this week. Including companies skybase.aero and gigexchange.com  Ambit AI, FKA Angel and CEO Tim@ambit-ai.com can provide more details for current round, several FKA Angels invested in earlier rounds. New app connects doctors and patients across 'bubbles' Angels can meet startups anywhere! Not two months ago, Rudi caught up with Frayne Cooke from Well Revolution. And boom, their product is ready just in time for COVID-19. 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  Jenny is a different kind of Angel. She is asking "What Next?", asking for help from Flying Kiwi Angels to put together this book with personal stories about facing adverse events in business. Nice one, Jenny! Free access for a month to the awesome Udacity learning platform. Lots of Angel relevant course from great brains in the field. C'mon do your Angel MBA in super-fast time during lockdown! Corona kills people and so does unhealthy fast food. Now COVID-19 tips Burger King into receivership. What is the balance of evil?  Strong IP is good for startups and investors! Bilaminar Membrane - A smart bilaminar membrane for guided bone regeneration as a next-generation barrier membrane device. Funding to Date: Up to $40K Self-fixing sling - Self-fixing minimally invasive non-mesh sling for stress urinary incontinence. Funding to Date: Up to $40K Space Commercialisation with High Temperature Superconductors - Applications of high-temperature superconducting (HTS) technology for satellites and space shuttles. Funding to Date: Up to $40K Angels don't always speak with an angelic tongue. Helping one of our portfolio companies to cut to the chase with an email, this was the appreciative response "Rudi is our secret Panzerkampfwagen that ve roll into battle ven zey least expect it…" Chris, Martin, Ralf M, Ralf W, Steffen and Uli too have retained their German candour. Isabel her Spanish spunk! Interesting, not what you expect! Watch the video or read about it.