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Another FKA Friday ● 6 May 2022#14

6/5/2022

 
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Follow up from our April pitch night.?️ These guys are all about fueling the margin and lifting the bottom line. Watch the brief NBR Radar video first, then check out the pitch video.

[email protected] is the champion.

Maggie-Lee Huckabee and Swallowing Technologies received strong support to proceed after our April pitch night, with 12 YES votes from 17 cast. Now, Debra is assembling the DD team, three already. Get in touch if you can help!

Check out these Fireside Chats HERE.

Three founders that Flying Kiwi Angels have helped along the way. ?

Hengjie Wang, CEO +  Jordan Thoms, CTO and co-founders of Kami, Ben O’Brien, CEO and founder of StretchSense, and Sarah Webb, COO of LawVu.?
You know things are going in the right direction in a startup when the founder doesn't attend the tradeshow in Las Vegas anymore.? Little known fact, Mark, the CEO was a rockstar in his earlier life. 
The latest Young Company Finance data is out. 63% up on 2020. $257.5m NZ startup funding, $88.6m new, and $168.9m follow-on. More here.
The team at Kami knows how to party! Join them for a night of games. Book here!

The CCH has booked. Angels, come out to play! ?

Unfortunately, there are racist and misogynistic investors who can give investors, in general, a bad name. Of course, angel investors are not automatically angels!

Then fund of fund investors can jump on it to emphasise their CSR Corporate Social Responsibility. ? More on this stuff in Stuff!

MOD or Mindset of Design 2022. Good design is an important part of achieving product-market fit. Younger founders and older angels may even qualify for their respective discount categories! ? More HERE!
8 years in 2 seconds! ? Showing how we have invested $16.8m in a snapshot. ? 33 founder teams, many follow-ons, some exits, and some losses. All a good reason to climb up the trees!

We'll bring your more on our 8-year celebration and we hope angels, founders and many others in our network will join us at Tree Adventures 

AANZ and NZ Private Capital, Wed, 1 June in Auckland.
Professional Development? VC lead gen!?  More here!

Thu, May 19 2022, 09:00 - 19:30, neither hardhats nor softwings required.

FIND OUT MORE

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