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Another FKA Friday 25 June 2021 #23

25/6/2021


	25 June 2021 #23	808 ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀs

Moxion #10 just closed a $1M bridge round in under two weeks.

An interview with a leading venture capitalist. From the US? From NZ? Who knows? Entertainment for angels. HERE!

Dacreed pitched in May, built more sales and has now delivered the pitch video for our DD vote. Watch it here!

Playbooks are first off the block with their pitch video after our June pitch night on Tuesday of last week. Not at all hairy. Watch it here!

The year was 2016. Introducing three FKA Angels! HERE.

NZ company Education Perfect valued at US$318.82m. More here! EP was formed in 2007. Overnight success comes from hard work. This is EdTech like Kami #02.

Driza-Bone but SaaSy. Registration now open!

Southern SaaS - 2x Dr ♀ and 2x ♂. Do women have to be smarter to qualify or are they simply smarter?

Here a little trick when you make up an email signature or business card. At qrcode.tec-it.com/en/VCard you can generate a QR Code to push your personal vCard into the address book of a mobile phone.

Another FKA Friday 18 June 2021 #22

18/6/2021


	18 June 2021 #22	808 ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀs

Tuesday was our June pitch night. We had four great pitches. Expect some pitch videos coming your way over the next weeks.

Interesting take on where and how to apply your time, from @BowTiedBull "Five Lies That Can Ruin Your Life"

After several portfolio companies winning at the NZ Hi-Tech Awards, Fuel50 #04 has now won at the HR Tech Awards 2021 in the Employee Experience category. BLOG!

FileInvite #14 hit a milestone in May, transforming half a million of often stressful processes into great customer experiences! Over 500,000 lives changed and counting. LinkedIn

Paul and Paul are publishing startup events in this little gem of a weekly newsletter. Check & Subscribe!

Julian is our man at Fieldays and he is pumped!

Spot the FKA Angel! Did you guess right?

Driza-Bone but SaaSy. Callaghan's Southern SaaS 2021.

Crossgate Capital wanted $100m to invest in crypto, it got $1m. NBR's Shoeshine takes the shine of crypto. More here, fine print here.

Fees... Fees can be the death knell of the last nail in the coffin of aggressive operators

This could be interesting for Kiwi startups in the space.

More here!

One by one, our portfolio companies seem to be adopting Orchestra to manage their cap table. It does make life a lot easier!

Another FKA Friday 11 June 2021 #21

11/6/2021


	11 June 2021 #21	807 ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀs

Next Tue 15 June, 18:00 - another pitch night! As usual at KPMG, 18 Viaduct Harbour Ave, Auckland. 4 pitches!

Cognizance | Playbooks| Moxion | Chatterize

A little help for pitchers next Tuesday?

He may look a little like Andy Hamilton but The Pitch Doctor is German and goes by the name of Christoph Sollich. See his pitch! Laugh & learn.

Over Queen's Birthday weekend and by special request of Her Majesty all nominee investors received their updated portfolio extract which can be accessed via the investor portal.

A big THANK YOU to Steve and Mike at MyHubIntranet for sponsoring and hosting the portal on their super platform.

An armada of supporters to take a closer look at investing in games. After last month's pitch about textures for games, this should be interesting.

Register here if you're game ?

The Amazon founder announced on Monday that he and his brother will be on the first human flight of the New Shepard spacecraft, which is made by Blue Origin, Bezos’ space exploration company. Join them!

Indeed insightful! Read it here!

Not that elusive anymore. See the long White List here.

Gratergoods.co.nz booked for ADI 17 June, referred by Marian from the Ministry of Awesomeness.

PUNCTURING THE PARADOX: GROUP COHESION AND THE GENERATIONAL MYTH - interesting, it is easier to target people who floss than Gen Z. Read more!

Another FKA Friday 4 June 2021 #20

4/6/2021


	4 June 2021 #20	802 ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀs

Our portfolio companies scored three prizes at last week's NZ Hi-Tech Awards. Moxion 2x and Chnnl 1x

Moxion most creative + startup of the year | Chnnl innovative service

With FileInvite and FormusLabs we also had two finalists!

First prize for making that reception glass of champagne last longer than anyone else must go to Mike ???

This is Moxion's showreel from the awards night. Leonardo is toasting everyone who participated and contributed to the NZ Hi-Tech Awards ?

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

Ken Brickley, I'll be sure to share some fun stories from the vault. Which billionaire did I give a successful 11-minute pitch to while both inside a janitorial utility closet? Register here.

Two of 25 companies currently presenting investment opportunities on Live Deals will be pitching. The evening will start with a bite to eat, drink and networking, before the formal discussion begins at 6:00pm.

Register here!

Chamath Palihapitiya says that the investment tool lets ordinary people get rich off startups. It may be hype—but hype can be its own economic engine. Interesting and entertaining read!

A compelling pitch. Watch and learn! Traction and what a delivery.

Another FKA Friday 25 June 2021 #23

25 June 2021 #23

Another FKA Friday 18 June 2021 #22

18 June 2021 #22

Spot the FKA Angel! Did you guess right?

This could be interesting for Kiwi startups in the space.

More here!

Another FKA Friday 11 June 2021 #21

11 June 2021 #21

Cognizance | Playbooks| Moxion | Chatterize

A little help for pitchers next Tuesday?

Register here if you're game ?

Another FKA Friday 4 June 2021 #20

4 June 2021 #20

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