Is your startup investment ready? Hear from Stu Christie of Jungle Gym Ventures what you need to consider. Plus Adamson dela Cruz is demonstrating how IoT Ninja enables rapid solution deployment so you can focus on business.

Stu Christie of Jungle Gym Ventures

https://www.junglegym.ventures/

Stu is providing an invaluable review of what is required for a startup to be investment ready. Stu was an Investment Manager at New Zealand Venture Investment Fund working on seed funding for early stage technology start-ups. Prior to NZVIF Stuart co-foundered, grew and exited the mobile banking and payments company M-Com which is now part of Fiserv. Prior to sale, M-Com was ranked as the world's best mobile banking platform by a variety of international research agencies, deployed by 1,000s of banks as an enterprise or ASP platform and used by millions of end users.

Jungle Gym provides a range of advisory and specialist services to new enterprises that are growing rapidly and are seeking external capital.

Stu is presenting a start-up’s guide to raising capital:
• Sources of capital
• Rounds and Capital Strategy
• Key considerations
• Preparation - are you investment ready?

Stu is also offering a follow up private workshop with a small group, and an ongoing engagement to mentor your startup.
• Analysis of your current pitch
• Straight-up assessment of investment readiness
• Advice to close any gaps
Please contact John McDermott directly if you want to be considered for this feedback session. There will be a modest fee to cover the workshop costs.

Adamson dela Cruz - IoT Ninja

http://www.iotninja.io

IoT Ninja is an IoT Platform that enables rapid deployment of IoT Solutions. By taking care of the data connection, hosting and application frameworks IoT Ninja frees up entrepreneurs and developers to focus on the solution purpose and business opportunities.

Adamson is an enthusiastic proponent of LoRaWAN and The Things Network and will demonstrate how IoT Ninja can deploy a complete solution.

Regular Items

• Networking
• News
• Quick Pitch

Snacks will be provided at this event.

We have an open platform for you to outline a project or story to the group - all you need is to come along. If you would like a longer session to present an interesting topic please contact the Organiser.

Getting there: Buses and Grafton Station are nearby. Parking is available via Gate 3.

The IoT Auckland Meetup is kindly hosted by the University of Auckland Newmarket Innovation Precinct
https://nip.auckland.ac.nz/