Another FKA Friday ● 30 August 2021#31

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20 August 2021 #31 804   ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀs   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.