Blog Archives

Another FKA Friday 28 May 2021 #19

28/5/2021


	28 May 2021 #19	799 ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀs

Tonight is the NZ Hi-Tech Gala Dinner. We will finally know which of our finalists Chnnl, FileInvite, FormusLabs, and Moxion are category winners!

Good luck to all four!

I’ve recently been through the process with FKA. I want to thank the whole team for the amazing support, feedback, and mentoring you’ve provided. What a trip! If you have an idea for a startup, get along to an ADI.Clinic and check them out. You have nothing to lose! The Post.

Research calls sarcasm 'the highest form of intelligence' and claims it can help you get ahead at work. Yeah right! More!

There is no gender, age or any other stereotype for a startup founder. June is a perfect example that startup founders don't all look the same.

Another great GridAKL initiative. Tue, 1 June, 18:00. Register here!

AmCham runs lots of interesting events. A recent invite had distorted photos of the panellists and inspired this little guessing game.

Left or right for true likeness?

Another FKA Friday 21 May 2021 #18

21/5/2021


	21 May 2021 #18	791 ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀs

Brian Karlson | Simon Che de Boer | Tim Larkin

Brian gave an honest, warts 'n' all update for NexTransfer #11. Operating in the car rental space the business was hit hard by Covid but has survived and is adjusting its business model. RESPECT! James is our champion and investor rep since 2014.

Simon is a creative with an exciting vision to texture virtual worlds. He needs a CEO to help him deliver and extract the full commercial potential. Cornelius assisted by Mel Langlots is not afraid to look at uncut gems.

Tim delivered a powerful pitch and his video will follow. We could only source a headshot on the web so we fused it with the powerful body of his namesake. Caro is the champion for Dacreed! For the record, Caro is many things but she is no accountant, her forté is legal.

AANZ's second Runway event in 2021 is in Wellington, Wed, 23 June, 9:00 - 19:30, 40 angels + 40 founders. Register!

It includes three practical sessions and the popular speed dating, now less speedy and much more. [email protected] for more details.

With David Eldor, Stephen Smith, Jeff Skidmore, Geoff Cossey, Richard Chew, Caro Williams and Tim Pointer joining in the last six month we're now a proud 69 active angels. "Angels doing it for Startups"

The Conchords singing it from the rooftops

Interesting fact. Among our angels, we have two who know more about payments than most. Young Will just left Revolut and newbie Jeff has built polipay.co.nz □

The purpose of our research was to go beyond the well-known facts that entrepreneurs typically experience high levels of stress, burnout, and difficulty finding the time needed to achieve business success.

See more results!

The Breakthrough Programme is a founder and investor wellbeing initiative that AANZ can make available in collaboration with Abroad (EHF Fellows), NZTE, NZGCP and Callaghan Innovation. Garth is coordinating at our end. Email him!

Interesting topic for this TechWeek event at Potentia. More & register.

Wednesday 26 May, 17.30 - Drinks and nibbles will be provided.

Tim is our always confident angel. "Real risk of selling out - guarantee of entertainment!!!" Wed, 26 May 16:30. More & tickets.

Dress rehearsal for the NZ Hi-Tech Gala Dinner next Friday, 28 May 2021. Rudi and Garth hope to celebrate some category winners out of Chnnl, FileInvite, FormusLabs and Moxion!

001 dressed to impress, 007 dressed to kill!

A myth has pervaded the business world for far too long: introverts aren’t cut out to be leaders.

Some 65% of senior executives see introversion as a “barrier to leadership,” and only 6% think introverts have the people skills required to oversee a successful team. DEBUNK!

Our team at Kami is wearing pink for the Pink Ribbon Breakfast to help support Breast Cancer Foundation NZ... more.

Just a year ago, SoftBank Group posted a huge annual loss, think WeWork. This month Son Masayoshi, its founder and CEO, announces the largest quarterly profit recorded by a listed Japanese firm in three decades. Read more!

PWP - Practice Without Pressure is Troy's motto for this informal pitch practice. He says he is a flâneur of the startup ecosystem.

Thu, 27 May, 18:30-19:30. More here! (Troy May)

Next Thursday is the Icehouse Ventures Demo Day. A virtual event that dramatically reduces the costs and will hopefully benefit founders with reduced levies. Interested investors ask Robbie for a registration link.

Another FKA Friday 14 May 2021 #17

14/5/2021


	14 May 2021 #17	783 ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀs

We have not yet digested the three pitches from April and here comes our May Pitch Night with another three, two thanks to Cornelius.

As always hosted by KPMG at 18 Viaduct Harbour Ave, Auckland

Join us next Tue, 18 May, 18:30.

Angelic Kiwis who want to help startups back home are everywhere. This one, Stephen Smith lives in Dubai. Hattaf, also in Dubai has talked with Stephen as have Maheen and Rudi. Stephen likes the way we roll and three angels think he'd be a great addition to our MENA team.

Any reasons we should not help Stephen grow his angel wings? If you have any concerns please email the FKA Board in confidence.

A TV Star Is Born... Our CEO, our Chief Event Officer Katheren again on television. On a mission to improve NZ housing to combat asthma!

Angels have soul! If you have time join us for soul and R&B singer Deva Mahal this Sunday evening at Ponsonby Social Club.

Get your $35 Tickets!

Email Katheren to join the casual dinner beforehand

David Eldor has talked with Graeme, Maheen, Phil and Rudi. He is an active angel all right and likes how we do things. He also likes Eight360.

Before investing he is taking a trip on 24 May to Wellington to meet the team and test the ball. Email David if you want to join him for a spin!

Still, if anyone knows of a reason why not to bring David in from the cold now is the time to email the FKA Board in confidence.

Interesting observations by Ben Kepes. Hattaf sums up "More companies die of indigestion than starvation. That quote, oft-repeated, is attributed to one of the godfathers of silicon valley startup culture- Bill Hewlett, co-founder of Hewlett Packard."

So Narrative Moose is already our portfolio company #18. Now, we're doing DD on HappyMuse. Is this the beginning of a phonemic pattern?

“Those of us in machine learning are really good at doing well on a test set,” says machine learning pioneer Andrew Ng, “but unfortunately deploying a system takes more than doing well on a test set.” More!

Another great GridAKL initiative. Tue, 1 June, 18:00. Register here!

PWP - Practice Without Pressure is Troy's motto for this informal pitch practice. He says he is a flâneur of the startup ecosystem.

Thu, 27 May, 18:30-19:30. More here! (Troy May)

The Momentum Student Entrepreneur Award nominations are now open.

1) WHY ▇ 2) HOW

Another FKA Friday 7 May 2021 #16

7/5/2021


	7 May 2021 #16	775 ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀs

Eight360 is #21 in FKA's stable of startups. Undoubtedly the startup with more spin than any other but make no mistake Phil our investor rep is no spin doctor. Yesterday we circulated the full pitch video and IM for the round. If we've missed you, just email [email protected].

There’s no difference in probability of reaching Series A based on whether or not your seed round has a top VC. Source: 3,717 deals on AngelList.

Interesting read but not surprising to the Angels at FKA

$7 for coffee and brekkie with smart people is a steal! Register here.

67 Active Angels and counting...

67 Active Angels means we can muster 21 Angels to do concurrent DD on three pitches from April. By the way, 4-5 Angels doing DD is plenty good.

Oops, make that 22 including Ky, The Hacker

You may have missed this press release so Ann Margaret and Elvis Presley dancing in Viva Las Vegas put a new spin on it. Press Release.

Cofounders Lane and Bel from Chaterize #22 are going to Founder Bootcamp to "Get to Even".

Dane Sharp interviews KamI #02 founder, Alliv Samson, about starting a business while at Uni, scaling it and leading the company through massive growth, which sees her products in the hands of her 25 million students and teachers around the world. Hear the podcast!

ADI helps founders early on their journey. This week we helped Postumo with MVP or should we say MMP, white labelling when black is the colour de rigueur, and their GTM strategy.

What is Jonathan up to? Is he giving up his barbershop or has he turned to commercial real estate sales? The barbershop is opposite GridAKL □

Beware of the letter obstruction. Here it is the absence of Ⓕ. Other times the presence of Ⓕ in acronyms such as FKA.

Another FKA Friday 28 May 2021 #19

28 May 2021 #19

Good luck to all four!

Left or right for true likeness?

Another FKA Friday 21 May 2021 #18

21 May 2021 #18

Brian Karlson | Simon Che de Boer | Tim Larkin

Thu, 27 May, 18:30-19:30. More here! (Troy May)

Another FKA Friday 14 May 2021 #17

14 May 2021 #17

Join us next Tue, 18 May, 18:30.

Get your $35 Tickets!

Thu, 27 May, 18:30-19:30. More here! (Troy May)

1) WHY ▇ 2) HOW

Another FKA Friday 7 May 2021 #16

7 May 2021 #16

67 Active Angels and counting...

Back Issues