Another FKA Friday ● 7 April 2023#09

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7 April 2023 #09 821 10 Years of helping Kiwis do the weird stuff! Register your interest in The Callaghan Innovation Roadshow—Fund, Upskill, Connect, Solve, Grow. Something sketchy from our 28th portfolio company that demonstrated the true meaning of a bridge round! Already within 20 days, we reached the end of the bridge, hitting the Series A with a US VC lead which made for some happy KISS note investors. Investors beware bridges to nowhere often lead exactly there! From Stuff. Meet NZ's female venture capital partners. Not coiffure, cash flow and carry is what matters! Oops, but let's not forget MJ Alvarez, now MP at WNT! Founders check into ADi.Clinic for advice from all over NZ, some from even further afield like Heistof.London. Heist is chasing men that care about their coiffure! On the same day, we had Kold Open. "I’m based in New York so the time zone conversion is a bit tricky - I think the earliest time zone call now with daylight savings in New Zealand is mid-night EST. " Debra is passionate about startups and governance and knows a thing or two about that too. Read her interview with BoardPro, a great governance tool and Garth.Hinton@fka.nz can hook you up with a special deal. An unidentified multibillionaire has paid a whopping $7 billion USD in taxes, making it the biggest tax payment in US history. That's a lot of mula! Happy Easter, everyone! Also, on LinkedIn and over 2,000 FKA GIFs on GIPHY.