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Another FKA Friday ● 19 July 2024#26

19/7/2024


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Matty pitched Hectre. □ #39 in FKA's portfolio only since July 2023. Great progress since then and Matty wants to throw more fuel on the fire. Angel Investors Marlborough aka AIM are big-time supporters and lead this round.

Baden pitched ProTag. □ Ian Clarke has been a Flying Kiwi since 2016 and will lead Due Diligence for ProTag.

Mark pitched MARS.□ Colin Dawson has been a Flying Kiwi since 2014 and has been involved with MARS since 2014. Pacific Channel is leading this round. Why watch black & white TV when you can watch in colour? The same goes for X-rays and CT scans, says MARS Bioimaging.

Richard Liew pitched his PET, the Portable Entrepreneur Test. With a Creative Commons license, it has many applications in the Kiwi startup world. His work over the years ended up in a virtuous circle, more by serendipity than deliberate design.

Also, on LinkedIn and over 2,000 FKA GIFs on GIPHY.

Another FKA Friday ● 12 July 2024#25

12/7/2024


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Yeah! Our July Pitch Night is ON!

Next Tuesday, 16 July, 18:30 at KPMG, 18 Viaduct Harbour Ave, AKL.

CEO Simon Malpas: We had a lot of media interest in our company and the clinical trial, and many many emails of support from the public. On Saturday, I’m being interviewed on RNZ, just after the 8 am news. The nice thing is that the father of one of our patients is keen to join in the interview. So get up early and tune in!

We have distributed just under $1m to NZ startups in the last month □

AI could create up to 200,000 jobs in Australia by the end of the decade. HERE. AI will displace a great number of jobs at the same time as creating new ones. HERE.

31 critical pages from Goldman Sachs. Worth a READ!

Don't leave anything for later.
Later, the coffee gets cold.
Later, you lose interest.
Later, the day turns into night.
Later, people grow up.
Later, people grow old.
Later, life goes by.
Later, you regret not doing something...
When you had the chance.

Life is a fleeting dance, a delicate balance of moments that unfold before us, never to return in quite the same way again.

Regret is a bitter pill to swallow, a weight that bears down upon the soul with the burden of missed chances and unspoken words.

So, let us not leave anything for later. For in the end, it is not the things we did that we regret, but the things we left undone, the words left unspoken, the dreams left unfulfilled.

Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold (2015)

Just funny! With a smidgen of truth. VIEW

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Another FKA Friday ● 5 July 2024#24

5/7/2024


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Kami #02 - Hengjie unveils "A New World of Kami" MORE

Well Revolution #24 is spinning on an oily rag. Frayne Cook has resilience and perseverance like few others. PROGRESS!

Caitlin and Anna have battled it out for Blue Mirror #42 and FKA. The legals are all done and the round closes, 33% oversubscribed at $400k.

Rommie and Holly have made lots of progress since DD was completed in March□

Fresh of the press... "After world-first brain implant, Kitea Health raising $20m".

A big thank you to our Angel Glen Harris who keeps rooting for MedTech and DeepTech deals. Great to be on the journey with Kitea Health #37, Glen has also worked on Nanobubble #43.

A casual little office warming as #nzentrepreur returns to Auckland from Wanaka.
Drop by for a drink, meet the team and hear about the journey from zero-experience publishers to NZ Entrepreneur, Startup NZ and FoundrPR.

Today! 5pm, Studio 3.19, Axis Building, 91 St Georges Bay Rd, Parnell.

Exciting times at FKA! We have brought this business model from Mexico to NZ and have improved it. We keep the $100 price point but sell a smaller 1 sq cm of heaven for you to secure a place in the company of angels. Find out more!

If you love SaaS you should look at Haas too! MORE from Silicon Valley Bank.

John is launching the Premium Cider Roadmap, on 30 July, 17:00, SEE HERE.

About Bending Spoons, Italy, Evernote, Meetup & Unicorns... MORE!

Bending Spoons is a little like Flying Kiwis, doing the impossible!

Especially for Deep Tech founders... More!

Even business people... interesting perspective in the Economist. MORE.

Also, on LinkedIn and over 2,000 FKA GIFs on GIPHY.

Another FKA Friday ● 19 July 2024#26

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