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Another FKA Friday ● 8 April 2022#10

8/4/2022

 
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YES, pencil Tue 19 April for our next pitch night.


This video illustrates 5 pitch mistakes that are best avoided."This is not bread. This is a collection of fucking ingredients!"
Silicon Valley of the South Pacific: Grand dream or pipe dream? Interesting article HERE.   «We want the outputs of Silicon Valley, but we don’t really like the inputs that would get us there.»  See this commentary HERE.
FileInvite flying high! James and his team have raised $5m from their series A so far but expect a much higher outcome from ongoing convos with US VCs. They have been well received in Denver's Mile High Club HERE but see what Karl and the team at Letterboxd have to say HERE.

Interesting that the government is promoting eInvoicing ?

"Food companies are more of a brand play,"  says the CCH in this article “A yoghurt is a yoghurt. Success depends on consumer taste and the outcome is fickle." 

Notwithstanding, he is rooting for dates. More on that in this startup spotlight.


Photos from an earlier decade don't help with dates. All just a myth!

An ideal co-investor is like your favourite dermatologist: Points out malignancies, but doesn’t write prescriptions for each wrinkle.


Due Diligence basically determines if this is a fantasy we choose to believe.


Forecasts are presented like astronomy, precisely predicting future movements.  By the next funding, round astrology has usually taken over.

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

Another FKA Friday ● 1 April 2022#09

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Cornelius is our investor rep for chnnl. He heralds from the Netherlands and consequently shows his support for Liz and company all in orange. Great progress at chnnl as the rolling close is coming to a close. Worth a chat with Cornelius if you want in!
Garry the investor rep for Hot Lime Labs has advised that there are secondary shares available. Same terms as the oversubscribed round that closed in December. If you want to know more please email Garry.
During the pandemic, education-­technology firm Kami—which lets teachers share learning resources, conduct virtual classes, provide feedback, and more—offered its products for free to its 32 million teachers and students in 180 countries, despite having no other revenue source. That move has paid off as districts made decisions later on about how to spend their money; Deloitte named Kami New Zealand’s fastest-growing business last year following a nearly 1,200% revenue increase.

TIME100 MOST INFLUENTIAL COMPANIES OF 2022

Awesome achievement, proud investors!


See also the interview with CEO Hengjie. HERE

How to Build a Minimum Lovable Product (MLP) [rather than MVP]. Read on! and also learn about delighters like the unicorn below.

The folks from Mogo Labs called into ADI yesterday. Rudi likes them—not just because they have a cool GIF. If you're into transport SaaS please contact him to take this forward. Just reply to this newsletter.
Wordle’s virality is no accident, it’s engineered. Read on for the growth mechanics of the game that was just acquired for a 7-figure sum. Also, read how The New Yorker is Unpacking the ingenious simplicity of the Internet’s favourite "new" word game.
Pairing Asus ZenPhone & Tesla car HERE. Partnerships for profit □
From OLA taxi to OLA room HERE. Leverage your customers
Handsfree selfies HERE. Design from the feet up
Baby Mudder HERE. Toughen up founders too □
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Another FKA Friday ● 25 March 2022#08

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...and nor does Glen who shares this article HERE. But then it is not just about zombies and a lot about lessons learned
Anvil & Kimberly from Dennission Technologies dropped into ADI yesterday to introduce their tech. They are gearing up for a seed round.

Sounds interesting? Andy.Harwood@fka.nz can connect you!

"RD Loss Tax Credit and Tax Incentive" doesn't sound exciting but money doesn't stink and Julian is sharing his olfactory talent to sniff out sources of funding.

12 April, 9:30 - More HERE!

Formus #17 in form at AAOS 2022, the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. LinkedIn Post.
Kami #02 on the other hand do tradeshows a little differently LinkedIn Post.
Social media influencers, one story, it seems a little hit and miss. Video HERE!
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Another FKA Friday ● 18 March 2022#07

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Ashley.Smout@fka.nz is our champion for Kara Technoligies. We have $105k commitments for this co-investment round. See the DD Report HERE and email Ashley if you want to participate.

Pictured above is Arash, Kara's CEO. See our Postie Boy Ashley HERE.

We also have funds rolling in for the rolling close of chnnl and Integration Fox. More from Cornelius.Boertjens@fka.nz andJosh.Comrie@fka.nz.

A Rolling Close is not limited by a predetermined value and allows a company to receive investments on an ongoing basis. After an initial investment closing, additional investors are allowed to invest in the same round with the same terms (generally within a 30 to 180 day window).

Dacreed is still undergoing close examination by the DD team under the leadership of Arron Patterson.

No startup pitches this week, nonetheless plenty of fun!

Thank you, Katheren, for organising

There are many startups chasing the last mile and food delivery. Tough space, even in New York. Two startups shut down. More here!
But that is not stopping DoorDash from entering NZ. Read more!

At ADI.Clinic we have talked with many founders over the last two years who were contemplating a delivery service. And promptly we had Gimme from Christchurch drop into ADI yesterday. This HERE is their deck.

Check out this list of sample videos that are helpful for SaaS companies. HERE!

Retaliation from our French contingent after the "French Tuck".

"Go blue, not green on St Patricks Day!"

Angel directors are like prunes. They started as plums, become seasoned by experience, and developed thick skins.


Avoiding post mortems enables experienced angels to lose money just like beginners.


Too many first time entrepreneurs don’t know what they really want, and will sacrifice all they have to get it.

Another FKA Friday ● 11 March 2022#06

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Our angels have surfaced no suitable deals to bring to our March pitch night.

Ergo, no pitch night next Tuesday 


Pitch night is normally every third Tuesday of the month. However, all investor reps are still getting together next Tuesday afternoon.
But not to worry, says our Chief Event Officer Katheren. Let's do dinner in Auckland's Ponsonby instead. Put your name down HERE, all welcome, and Katheren will advise final details.
A graph that got 1000 comments! See more HERE.
In April, in person, Startup Governance for angels with small and big wings.

Book now!

Guess which of our portfolio companies used this video! Check your guess HERE!
Fitness App Noom Agrees to Pay $56 Million to Settle Class Action Alleging Dark Pattern Practices - more here.
Heads up! AANZ's Runway event that mixes up angels and founders is coming to Auckland in May.  Put on your Sunday best, or not and Register!
Our CCH caught up with one German and one Irish angel for some drinks and investment talk the other night. He promptly got some surprising fashion advice from the Irishman. "That t-shirt would benefit from a french tuck."

Prize for the first to come up with The FKA Tuck

The problem with zombies is not their shortcomings, but their longstayings.


Most active angels are “seasonal angels.”  They suffer at least one loss each season.


Angel investing is a great boredom-killer... but boredom can be a bargain.

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Another FKA Friday ● 4 March 2022#05

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HERE comes the last pitch from our February pitch night - PickMee!

Nina from Enterprise Angels has sketched her ideal angel attributes and many agree with her. See her LinkedIn post! 

AANZ NEWS ⦿ Ken is running, his by now legendary, Angel 102 course which is the follow-on to the even more legendary Angel 101 course.

Some seats left, register here! 


Make no mistake, there is no angel elixir!

Bob Pinchin true to his name wants to nudge the last undecided founders to enter the NZ Hi-Tech Awards 2022. Last year Moxion won the Startup Category and there was no stopping them after that Start HERE.
Partly - missed that one! From ChCh, have achieved the largest pre-Series A valuation for a start-up in New Zealand history.

Register for their fireside chat, Thu, 10 March, 16:00.

A shameless plug from the Chief Content Officer at Datella. You can now get dates to spread on your toast or otherwise from Supie, FreshChoice &  Commonsense Organics in Auckland. It will help this startup to see products moving off the shelves after being recently stocked. So be an Angel

Full disclosure: Chief Content Officer = CCO = CCH = Chief Cat Herder

If you think your success picking large-cap public company stocks is relevant to angel investing, you probably think babies are small adults.


“Director” is one word that can turn into a very long sentence.


When assessing “first mover advantage” remember that mousetraps demonstrate the wisdom of being the second mouse.

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