2016 capital raising numbers so far

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We’ve been crunching the numbers on our capital raising activity this year. So far, we’ve completed 50 transactions with another 25 in train, the majority of which will be done and dusted by Christmas. The total amount of capital being raised in these 75 transactions is just over $220m, with a cumulative pre-money valuation well […]

morgo 2016

I was lucky enough to attend the Morgo conference in Queenstown last week. The speakers were great – mostly Kiwi entrepreneurs talking about the tribulations and trials of building high growth companies with international impact.  I particularly enjoyed talks by Timely founder and CEO Ryan Baker, and Loomio co-founder and chair Vivien Maidaborn.  Both companies have some […]

foundercon is go!

We’ve enjoyed the great discussion over the last few days about the proposals arising from the Simon Moutter led tour of the Israeli startup ecosystem. One of the issues that I’ve been discussing offline with tech company founders Rod Drury and Marie-Claire Andrews is that there is no organisation or forum to represent their views […]

angel at my table

Every year the New Zealand Software Association holds its annual Angel At My Table event – one of the most popular nights on the NZSA calendar.  The event sees four early-stage entrepreneurs pitch their business ideas to a panel of three angel investors with total cash prizes of $5,000 being awarded to the winners.  I […]

bizdojo partnership

As a tech focused law firm, we’re always looking for ways to engage with NZ’s awesome startup and entrepreneur community. As a result, we partnered with BizDojo Wellington earlier this month. BizDojo is a co-working space and collaboration network which supports a diverse community of startups, freelancers and small business. It has bases in Wellington, […]

kiwi tech companies listing on ASX – kindrik partners advises volpara

We are pleased to have advised Wellington based Volpara on the NZ law aspects of its IPO on ASX. Volpara, which provides digital solutions to improve clinical decision making for detection of breast cancer, raised $10million. Whilst equity markets continue to be volatile, some ASX listed small-cap tech companies have been outperforming other sectors. It […]

kiwi tech companies to head to singapore?

We are pleased to have advised New Zealand’s cloud video production company, 90 Seconds, on their $11 million series A round led by global venture capital firm, Sequoia Capital. The transaction involved 90 Seconds redomiciling its business as a Singapore company to receive the investment. Advising on the transaction, Lee Bagshaw explains, “This comes as […]

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