Another FKA Friday ● 3 July 2026#22

Angelic news from the NZ group that says it how it is □

« 3 July 2026 #22 » 1,638 Readers • 50% Mailchimp • 50% LinkedIn  What a pairing! Not The Six Million Dollar Man and not The Bionic Woman! See Pinner's podcast and Hall's new role. Juan is a Flying Kiwi, presently in Venezuela after returning home for family reasons. He was spared by the earthquake, but his offer to help with the rescue effort as an interpreter has so far remained unanswered. "Chronological Age", he reckons.   Naftali is a happy Flying Kiwi. It is his birthday this week, and he is excited about AuraScope, which he is bringing as a co-investment opportunity. Charlie is a Flying Kiwi Angel of the first hour and has been instrumental in setting up FKA to become what it is today. He was a director from May 2014 until July 2020, when he moved to Wanaka. He has been a constant guardian over the quality of FKA DD but is now stepping away from that role. He will still be part of the Wanaka ADI team! Thank you, Charlie!   Brown: "For the next 100 days, I’m lending my platform to celebrating some of the best startups Auckland has to offer." HEAR, HEAR!   What “Cow Collars” Can Teach Us About Raising Your First Deeptech Round. READ! Anthropic cries for help about the Chinese distilling Claude. After it has paid $1.5 billion last year to settle claims about pirating hundreds of thousands of copyrighted books from shadow libraries to train Claude. Hypocrisy! Please note that our usual FKA Drinks on the 1st Saturday are being moved to the 2nd Saturday this month. We'll remind you next Friday. □