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Newsletter ➢ ᴀFKAғ•2020#21

3/7/2020

 
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3 July 2020 #21

Haha, when we reported last week that Kami, FKA's #02 portfolio company is hiring we understated their user numbers. 10M+ not nine!
Jonathan Curtis has been a regular at ADI.Clinic since forever.  He loves his boats old, and his companies young! Both require a lot of money and patience. Doesn't seem smart but Jonathan has plenty of smarts.

He has talked with Andy, Glen and Rudi about angelic matters and all feel there is a good mutual fit. That is unless anyone knows reasons to put Jonathan on the plank rather than let him join FKA. Please raise any concerns in confidence with the FKA Board.

The Meg is now on Netflix. It was Moxion's first blockbuster gig four years ago that put FKA's #10 portfolio company on the international stage. Hugh and Co are passionate about making better films. Better workflows in feature film production make for better outcomes!
Not often that we find a song that fits with the signing of the investment docs for a new portfolio company (#22). Chatterize makes an exception!

"I dunno..." may or may not be appropriate chatter in the app?

FKA's #05 portfolio company, Datagate flattens the learning curve of the billing cycle of MSPs. A managed services provider is most often an IT services provider that manages and assumes responsibility for providing a defined set of services to its clients or as the MSP (not the client) determines that services are needed. More on MSPs...
Over the last three decades, the FAMGA tech giants — Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Apple — have collectively made 770 acquisitions. Even amid the Covid-19 pandemic, some have continued to write checks, with Apple being the most active acquirer in 2020.

More on Tech Giants’ Billion-Dollar Acquisitions

Since 2015 Arlan's Backstage fund has raised US$10M+ and invested in 130+ startups led by underestimated founders. In 2018 Arlan co-founded Backstage Studio to launch four accelerator programs for underestimated founders in Detroit, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and London. Register!
Another poster boy at KPMG this week, Ian Proudfoot reporting on the state of AgriTech. Millennials are interested in the NZ opportunities from plant-based protein. They prioritise recruiting, developing, and retaining talent – an emphasis shared by women in agribusiness.

They share an openness to gene technology, including gene editing with baby boomers, unlike the generation X that is sandwiched between both.

NBR article or get Ian's full report

The best Angels rise for sure but do we have early risers? For this HBR webinar on "How to Use Customer Data to Actually Help Customers" you don't need to pay a cent but you need to get your proverbial out of bed at 4ᴀᴍ in the morning. Register here!
New staff at NZGCP also includes a Marketing Manager who asked to correct last week's quoted wording of the AANZ press release regarding NZGCP. So here is the official NZGCP press release.

But then Rudi only added "or lead deals" from what he picked up in the "Welcome the Aspire crew" Zoom call last week. "It is not our immediate intention to lead but we have the authority."

Rudi asked for a copy of the MBIE mandate and we will advise if he needs a hearing aid or not as soon as we can cross-reference the mandate.


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