Kia ora,
This is our last newsletter of 2022 and what a year it has been! We have been busy focusing on refining our operations and processes while looking at ways to grow our portfolio and provide maximum value to the innovation ecosystem.
We have moved our investments onto an online platform with Catalist and have had nearly 30 amazing companies pitch for investment. This has all happened on the back of difficult post-covid conditions including virtual investor evenings, an ever-changing investment environment and an uncertain financial outlook.
We have made it through to December intact and we are excited to announce we have some significant changes to our board:
- Ben Reid, a founding board member who has held several roles including Chair over the last 7 years has resigned. We thank Ben for his significant contribution.
- Joelle Grace who has done some great work helping us with our legal compliance has resigned but will continue to be involved with CA activities.
- I’m delighted to say we have 3 new members joining the board – Marian Johnson, David Oliver and Craig Jakich – all are regular investors and bring a wealth of experience helping businesses and start-ups grow and succeed.
- The other change is I’m standing down after 4 years as Board Chair. I’ve enjoyed my time in the role and am excited to welcome Richard Morgan as our new Board Chair. Richard has considerable management and governance experience and is a regular Angel investor.
Ngā mihi
Paul Claridge
Chair
Interesting Stuff – Legal Edition
Legal duties for Board Directors and privacy considerations for SaaS.
November Investor Evening
Our final investor evening of the year has come and gone, and we certainly closed out 2022 in style with yet another great line up from a range of sectors. It was great to see three local companies pitching and a big thanks to Sam for making the trip from Tauranga.
Now is the time for action, and as usual we urge you to ask questions, provide feedback and let us know if your keen to find out more about any of the four companies below.
We want to provide valuable feedback to help founders grow, even if investment does not eventuate so, please get in touch with any thoughts or comments you have.
Reterniti is a post-cremation innovator within the enormous and largely untapped Death Tech sector. Based in Christchurch but operating nationally, Reterniti has developed patent pending ashes based Reterniti Stones for pets and people and has gained high profile media exposure.
Syos Aerospace is on a mission to be the world-leading autonomous aircraft manufacturer for commercial applications, including agriculture, logistics and disaster response. Initially, Syos are laser focussed on agriculture to solve a $290 billion problem of crop damage, with their 450kg autonomous drone and AI-driven attachments for precision agriculture. Syos has a full-scale working prototype, market traction, deeptech IP and has customer contracts.
Newbrook was founded by Dave Armstrong to help Kiwi businesses get ahead and make a positive impact on the New Zealand economy. This is achieved through structuring tailored financial solutions and better access to the capital markets for them to grow.
In the past four years, Dave Armstrong and the Newbrook team have helped to raise over $50 million for New Zealand SMEs and developed innovative resources such as our Business WOF, Debt Capital Model (DCM), and The Capital Map (Interactive valuation data tool).
EverYellow is a new category of mental wellness app that solves the efficacy and retention problems pervasive in the wellness industry. EverYellow is a passive mental conditioning app that allows people to develop mental fitness with little effort. With EverYellow, you can work on your mindset simply by listening to sessions that blend personalised coaching with music and sound. Over 70% of users gain significant improvement within one week. The passive audio approach means you can use EverYellow practically anytime and anywhere, even while studying or working.
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