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Another FKA Friday ● 30 July 2021#28

30/7/2021


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Ryan presented at our Pitch Night plus in July and HERE comes his updated pitch video for our readers. The full-length video goes to our 35 Voting Angels. 18 YES votes and Josh will go ahead and assemble a DD Team. Email him if you can help. Josh needs all the help he can get

Yesterday at ADI Auckland we had to put a founder's misconception right. Building a startup is not easy. STARTUP IS HARD!

Dil Khosa, Athena X. Startups are TOUGH and sometimes all you need is someone else to connect with that's going through the same. So come one - come all. You're all invited.

Fri 30 July 4-7pm, 27 Drake Street, Victoria Park Market, Auckland MORE

Lots of press about the supermarket duopoly at the moment. Perfect timing for Sarah and Supie! This HERE is her video from earlier this month.

Interested? Get in touch with [email protected] ?

Rowan demystifies the lax Kiwi use of "world-class" and makes a compelling case for focusing on a niche, probably our most frequent advice at ADI. Read his blog!

Above Niche: World Record, 4x100 m Retrorunning, Germany ?

HERE, An interesting in-depth article by Jeffrey Funk. Thank you, Dana.

Jordan Green is the leader of our syndication partners, the Melbourne Angels. He is addicted to bleeding-edge technology and up for most things like The Millionaire Minute.

BioTechNZ members receive a 25% discount, 10% for Tech Alliance members, sorry zero discount for Angels but will you care?

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"4 years ago I presented Dragon’s Den / Shark Tank style at NZ Software Association ‘An Angel at my Table’ event… judged by Rudi Bublitz and Debra Hall." LinkedIn. OMG, is that 4 years already!

Two Brothers Vanish With $4.75 Billion Of Bitcoin In History’s Biggest Crypto Heist. More on that HERE.

Simon Che de Boer pitched photogrammetry in May. We sent him to find a CEO. There is clearly interest in his work. LinkedIn.

Startup investments are private offers under the FMA. Angel investors should have a wealth-based or experience-based certificate. So that, the directors of a startup can be sure not to be making an offer to prohibited retail investors. That covers other investments too. More here!

The size of your chequebook is not necessarily correlated with your ability to help entrepreneurs. Are you passionate about startups and supporting founders? If so, become an AirTree Explorer! More!

Very different but a little like the Scout Programme at Hillfarrance

Another FKA Friday ● 23 July 2021#27

23/7/2021


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Pitch Night plus was on Tuesday. Heaps of fun, some hick-ups and plenty of learning for founders and angels alike.

We could not have done it without the help of our sponsors who stepped in when we asked them. NZTE (Mike), Potentia (Julian) and AWS (Heath).

Angel pivot. Kick-off was 18:00. 17:45 our MC realised we had clusterFKAup with drinks and food. 18:35, 5 min late, everyone had a drink in their hands and some nibbles to go with it, ready to start pitches.

Best cat herding is with a self organising, initiatve rich clowder

100+ peeps came to our July Pitch Night □□□□. Those of our readers who didn't make it can now watch the pitch video below. Just click on the GIFs. We have throttled back the sound quality for all freemium readers.

You can register for the uncensored premium version HERE.

HERE is the news article about this ambitious team. They are also finalists in the AmCham Exporter of the Year in the USA over $10 million category and finalists of the Diversity Awards in the Leadership category.

Moxion #10 takes FKA to Hollywood. Awsome recognition by SMPTE and two films Made with Moxion pick up Emmy® nominations.

"In my opinion, when investors see a young woman, they think, we don't know how persistent this woman might be. She might decide to have a family and how strong is she to carry on being a CEO?," one entrepreneur named Paula said. More HERE.

Surprising numbers. Games beat music!

Another FKA Friday ● 16 July 2021#26

16/7/2021


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Pitch Night □□□□ next Tuesday, 20 July, 18:00 will be awesome. NZTE hosting, Potentia running the bar. Thank you! We have 4 great pitches, 1 DD experience, and 2 exit stories. More at #PitchPlusFKA

There are 100 places and the tickets are going fast. So be in quick to secure your ticket at fka.nz/PitchPlus

Book your Pitch Night □□□□ Ticket

Josh, formerly of LoJo, and Sam are shouting drinks tonight. RSVP

The other night, a founder's kitchen, a proud investor rep, fond of angels but nonetheless ageing as he is hunting for exits. MORE.

3 Mistakes To Avoid Now For A Smooth Exit Later... Read on!

This article was recommended by our angel Stephen in London but he takes no responsibility for the accompanying image. Read it and compare notes with Ewart and Hadleigh on Tuesday!

What women (entrepreneurs) really think - how women navigate gender bias, home-life pressures and ‘misogynist shitheads’. NBR

Another FKA Friday ● 9 July 2021#25

9/7/2021


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We're running a Pitch Night ???? this month. 20 July, 18:00 @ NZTE.

More pitches and two exited founders sharing their stories!

Book your slot at fka.nz/PitchPlus

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Virtuous circle! Exited Founders have learned heaps and all going well should have heaps of money. In other words, they make great Angels!

The Good news is, we had 4 such individuals knocking on FKA's doors in the last 10 days. Clearly, founders cannot so much choose from where they take money, but they can choose where they take their money

The last votes are being counted for Matt to decide if we do DD or not. But one thing is clear we have generated a massive amount of inbound for his hairdresser extraordinaire. Watch Matt's Pitch!

Ky, the angel with the shortest name in our group, has been plugging ADI.Clinic this week. He knows it is a great service, he was a regular mentor before James from FileInvite #14 hired him. Here his plug!

FKA proudly doesn't charge fees for fundraising or otherwise. However, we have decided to hire out our best looking angels to pose for promo videos. Flavio has decided to go with Uli, Rudi and Tim to generate more inbound. Check out his website and the full videos!

Martin is an angel and passionate about marine energy. He is hunting for an experienced and well-connected fundraiser, 250k to build the Blue Economy Vision for 2030. A job for you? Email Martin!

Direct listing looks like an effective alternative to good ole IPO. Read on!

Another FKA Friday ● 2 July 2021#24

2/7/2021


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Moxion's record raise last week was also a record for FKA.

After NexTransfer it was the second time that FKA Nominee investors committed more than one million dollars to a single round. BANG

Garth is a dark horse with a white mane. Two weeks ago we reported how several of our portfolio companies have adopted Orchestra to manage their share register.

In the meantime, Garth has agreed special terms for our portfolio companies and Orchestra joins the ranks of FKA sponsors. All our sponsors provide products and services that are fit for Kiwi startups.

One of our two angels in Dubai, Hattaf sent through the above article. It seems that a young U35 at FKA feels old in light of teenage completion.

Read on! His 2020 Podcast

The other of our two angels in Dubai, Stephen is assembling a mentor community for INTELAK Hub. This could provide an interesting benchmark for our Kiwi startups.

Remote, not too hard. Interested? Get back to Rudi

Positive Vote, proceed to DD Caro is leading DD. The Pitch!

A little extract from Kwotimation's investor update that is just out. We thought our #23 portfolio company was all about generating tiling quotes?

Watch what's up with barbering

Matt came fresh from the barber when he presented Cognizance in June. The vote for DD is underway. The Pitch!

Tuesday night, was a great night out! Exquisite food, great company, Glen & Jeneen secured an adult singalong with Suzy Cato. Email Glen to find out more

If you want to give back from some of your non-business skills then Big Brothers Big Sisters is a great way to do that!

Vote for DD underway... The Pitch!

LOL ? check this out... Katheren knows no bounds!

What You Need to Unlearn to Succeed in Venture Capital... Must READ!

Next Thu, 5 Clarence St, Devonport @ Tiny Triumphs.

No sponsors or speeches, cash bar, TT do snacks - Cow Herder Matt

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