Another FKA Friday ● 15 April 2022#11

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15 April 2022 #11 807 YES, wash down all the chocolate Easter eggs at our pitch night! Next Tue, 19 April at 18:30 at KPMG, 18 Viaduct Harbour Avenue, Auckland. We have five, yes five pitches! Swallow Tech | OneReg | Margin Fuel | Kindello | Spoke Not open to the general public but all guests of our angels are welcome! Alternatively, email [email protected] Expect colourful language and colourful clothes from our MC Josh on Tuesday. Names can be very telling, he works for The Attention Agency—note how there is a word missing between Attention and Agency. See you on Tuesday! The UK Government, in conjunction with Australian and New Zealand national and state government partners, are thrilled to announce that London Tech Week (LTW) is back, in person, in London from 12 to 17 June 2022! Aussie and Kiwi tech scaleups will have the opportunity to join the first physical trade mission to LTW since 2019. Applications close on 19 April 2022. APPLY NOW Worth checking out the model of Dovetail Studios next Thursday, book HERE. We shared this blog back in September HERE. Thursday 5th May in Auckland. Panellists include Rudi Bublitz of FKA, Katherine Sandford of UBCO, Nicole Buisson of Open and NZGCP's Board, and Terry Allen of NZTE. BOOK for words, wine and victuals! This cohort of 11 covers everything from terpene non-alcoholic drinks, home compostable fruit labels, AI pasture management, and smart harvesters to pine pollen dietary supplements.  REGISTER for this virtual showcase on Thursday, May 5th 15:00-17:30. This week, the six category judges of one prestigious business award. Neil Richardson, Vignesh Kumar, Serge van Dam, Melissa Davies, Marian Johnson and Rudi Bublitz. NZTE's InvestHer showcase coincides this year with New Zealand Techweek, which is why they're excited to feature six of Aotearoa's most innovative tech companies, all of which were founded or are majority-owned by women. A 4-hour pitch night like no other! RSVP but sadly clashing with FKA-HER/HIM aka FKA's May pitch night Another Pipeline Post from KiwiNet. Check it out for some promising IP! Thu, May 19 2022, 09:00 - 19:30, neither hardhats nor softwings required. FIND OUT MORE Fast, a buzzy startup that attracted more than $120 million in investment to help people expedite online, shuts down after burning through investors' money fast. READ ON Interesting observations from Jack McQuire and discussion on LinkedIn. Too much chocolate is bad for you Hoping to see you on Tuesday at KPMG Also, on LinkedIn and over 2,000 FKA GIFs on GIPHY.