Another FKA Friday ● 25 February 2022#04

25/2/2022


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Looks like the above GIF missed our Valentine's issue...

HERE comes another video from our February pitch night. Arash from Kara has raised $500k already for his worthy mission and is looking for further funds.

We will bring you the PickMee videos soon.

Allbirds shares fall as sneaker retailer reports widening losses, despite 23% jump in sales. A tech stock? Listed on Nasdaq! More HERE.

A flavour of what AANZ is putting on for investor reps.

"We are lining up a stellar crew of experienced early-stage investors - including Dana McKenzie and Rudi Bublitz (newly minted Arch Angel) - who will all talk to us about specific examples of capital strategies [...]"

Talk to Garth.Hinton@fka.nz if you want to know more.

One Simple Rule On How Much To Pay Yourself Once You Raise Venture Capital. Or not so simple? Some food for thought.

A bit more depth and 2021 stats.

Sadly, John Huston (1945-2022) is no longer with us. He visited NZ in 2014 and influenced much of the thinking of the FKA founders. His AANZ talk has lost none of its relevance. See the video. His "Hustonisms" will remain quotable. See below. Our CCH has the whole collection and will share more over the next weeks.

In the theme park of finance, angel investing is the funhouse.

Bragging about an up-round is like bragging about your future grandchildren.

Directors of zombies should stop caretaking and start undertaking.

John was a reader from afar of this newsletter, the last one he opened was in October 2020.

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