Newsletter ➢ ᴀFKAғ•2020#23

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17 July 2020 #23 Next Tuesday, 21 July, 18:30 KPMG will be hosting our July pitch night. 18 Viaduct Harbour Avenue Auckland CBD Come along as a guest of a Flying Kiwi Angel. Just ask one! Hot Lime Labs, FKA's #13 has proven the tech and is ready to take it to the next level. The founder and CEO Vlatko Materić is coming to our 21 July pitch night to give an update and seek funding for the next stage of this exciting journey to provide GREEN CO2 FOR HORTICULTURE. We have heard lots about Kami, FKA's #02 benefiting from Covid19. The same is true for FileInvite, FKA's #14! The founder and CEO James Sampson is coming to our 21 July pitch night to tell us more. Is it Garry Grant or Garth Hinton before his hair colour changed? Do I hear hair colour pipes up Averill □ CEO Hengjie talks on Business Hub and NewstakZB. Chair Bob twitters that Kami should make #1 in the Deloitte Fast 50. Kami is FKA's #02 portfolio company, born out of the Velocity competition at Auckland Uni. Kids do BYOD, we do BOYV, your own 4x4 this Sunday from 1100 to 1600. Sharon from LoveMyNewZealand is providing food, the Auckland 4x4 Club is making it safe on Muriwai Beach, and Katheren is coordinating at our end. $100 per vehicle, GO! Katheren.Leiter@fka.nz ADI Auckland was fully booked with 6 slots. One of them was for a revolutionary deodorant. ADI mentors have more fun and smell better! That is somewhat what it looks like when telling 123 nominee investors what their holdings are at the end of March and giving updates to June.  Email Rudi if you have not received your report. See a sample report. $1.4m invested since April to help 7 startups through the pandemic. Erik "Son of Angels" is a US-based nominee investor via FKA. His own startup Lucira has pivoted from flue to covid detection with strong Series B support from well-known investors. You may remember James Broadbent the founder of Narrative pitching in April 2019? Sadly we were robbied the opportunity to invest back then. Great progress and he just closed the next round led by Founders Fund. The main Crunch Base press release does not mention NZGCP and so here is the corresponding LinkedIn post from NZGCP. Michael and Rudi swapped latte and GIF art awhile back in Auckland. Now Michael has his sights set on a cafe on his home turf in Blenheim. Not an Angel deal but he needs Angels to help where the banks don't.  For our angelic friends at AIM, Brian Dawson? Nelson Angels, Matthias Andermatt? Or a coffeephile anywhere in NZ? Get in touch with Michael! Of course, Michael was behind this coffee fit for a Chief Cat Herder. Lauren Fong from ArcAngels is raising a passive fund to back female-led startups. Here is the flyer. #CCHWW