Another FKA Friday ● 26 January 2024#01

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26 January 2024 #01 867+312  2024, the year FKA turns 10. Our first pitch night will be on 20th February. ADI already kicked off yesterday with the first 6 founders of 2024. Jeff Skidmore is a Flying with a day job at POLi. Being a dark horse he built a black car over the last two years to skid round a racetrack. See more!  The Mindhive raise has continued over the holidays and we have nearly reached $300k from FKA. There are also further commitments from other co-investors. Hurry, 2024 entries are open for THE  PICK! Kicking off for founders in February. Our Flying Kiwi Angels Lawrence and Martin in Northland will help    David Downs at NZ Hi-Tech Awards is having more launch events than Peter Beck these days. Next Tuesday in Wellington, Wednesday in Auckland, and more! Calling all Startup Enablers! 13 Feb @ GridAKL. Flying Kiwi Debra is the MC, also Bridget from AANZ, Lauren from Multitudes, and Vendy Vaughan. MORE! Nicolas Erdody is organising the 11th Multicore World XI, here in NZ, in ChCh, in February. The Details! Founder & Investors register HERE! Sadly, 12 months after our investment, Highly-touted robotics firm PowerON collapses in ‘perfect storm’. Read on! couldn't agree more • wow, you've nailed it • ouch but so true • harsh, but fair and funny • The Original Post! EasyRend founders made headlines in August 2023 when they raised US$6m from Blackbird. Soon after they rebranded to Kiki, then pivoted and dominated the headlines again in January 2024. Contrary to popular belief, Not All News Is Good News! Also, on LinkedIn and over 2,000 FKA GIFs on GIPHY.