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🍓The Movac Sales Jam will be back in 2025, once again in partnership with our friends at Apprento!🍓 👀 If you are a sales professional, growth leader or founder in a New Zealand tech company, block the 25th of March, 2025 from 1-5pm and keep your eyes peeled in the New Year for the ticket release!👀

🎅🎄🎉 We had a fantastic time at SaaSmas on Wednesday night, an evening filled with fun, cheer, and lots of smiles! Wishing our community a joyful and relaxing festive season—a chance to recharge for an incredible 2025 ahead! ☀️😎🏖️ Millie McKelvie Nathan Bell Fi Foster Belinda Yeo Mark Stuart David Beard Mark Vivian Byron van Vugt Jason Graham Selena Chhit Serge van Dam

🎄🎅 Tickets to SaaSmas, the annual Christmas celebration of the fastest-growing sector in the New Zealand economy, are almost sold out! ⭐ Do you have a ticket yet? ⭐ Join us at Dockside in Wellington for some Christmas cheer, tomorrow night from 5pm, dressed in your best Christmas gear. 🎅🎄 Your ticket will cover a range of food and a solid bar tab, get yours here 👉https://lnkd.in/gV4kk8Tk Mark Vivian Jason Graham Mark Stuart David Beard Millie McKelvie Fi Foster Selena Chhit Byron van Vugt Belinda Yeo Nathan Bell

💡We’re excited to share that Movac Emerge Fund 4 has led the seed investment round in Advemto Ltd.💡 🔬Advemto Ltd. is developing a next-generation flow cytometer designed to significantly improve biomarker mapping for drug discovery and clinical diagnostics applications. With this funding, founder Justin Hodgkiss and his team will advance their prototype and work with industry experts to demonstrate the technology🔬 We're delighted to have Movac Operating Partner Rob Shaddock join the board to support the Advemto team on this exciting next phase!👏 David Beard, Rob Shaddock, Millie McKelvie, Mark Vivian, Mark Stuart, Jason Graham, Byron van Vugt, Fi Foster, Nathan Bell, Belinda Yeo, Selena Chhit

🎉We are thrilled to publish our Investment Notes on Crimson Education! 🎉 This follows Crimson’s announcement of their Series D raise and a successful PR campaign, which included a front-page feature in the Wall Street Journal (link in comments). 💡Discover our investment thesis here💡: https://lnkd.in/guc3d_vW It’s been fantastic collaborating with Jamie Beaton, Fangzhou Jiang, and the wider Crimson Education team on this journey. We're excited to continue growing together! Mark Vivian David Beard Jason Graham Mark Stuart Nathan Bell Fi Foster Byron van Vugt Millie McKelvie Belinda Yeo Selena Chhit

👏Movac Emerge Fund 4 is proud to lead RosterLab’s $1.75M seed round! 🎉 RosterLab’s AI-driven rostering engine, born from co-founder Dr. Isaac Cleland’s PhD research, is revolutionizing hospital rostering. With this funding, RosterLab is set to grow its team, enhance its product and continue to transform rostering worldwide. Welcome to the Movac portfolio, Isaac Cleland, Sunny Feng, and Daniel Ge - we look forward to supporting your exciting growth journey ahead! 🌟 David Beard Millie McKelvie Xander Beard Byron van Vugt Mark Vivian Jason Graham Mark Stuart Fi Foster Nathan Bell Selena Chhit Belinda Yeo

What an enlightening session yesterday at the Movac ‘Marketing Jam’ in Tāmaki Makaurau! We were joined by 170 Tech Marketing and Growth leaders, who had the privilege of hearing from 6 incredible industry experts. Here are some key takeaways from the event: 💚 Nick Whitehead, CMO at Serko shared his insights on how to “woo, date, and fall in love” with your channel partners. His advice: “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” Building strong partnerships and giving partnership salespeople the right tools to succeed can accelerate your business growth. 👐 Zheng Li, VP Marketing at Raygun discussed Raygun’s strategy of doubling down on the Microsoft Developer Community, making Raygun a go-to partner for new developers. She also shared three key tips: look for brands and customers with the same ICP, start partnerships with an offer rather than an ask, and remember that people love to be called influential. 🍓 Anne Fulton, CEO & Founder at Fuel50, shared her bold marketing strategies and how standing out at major US tradeshows helped Fuel50 grab attention. Anne’s bold move against a competitor who copied their marketing collateral: covering their stand with warning tape and cease and desist letters! 💻 Paul Grey, Founder of A2X, emphasized the power of customer reviews. Paul’s advice: make it easy for customers to leave reviews, and make sure you know what the most important review site is for your product. He also touched on how AI can help companies boost review efficiency while balancing authenticity. 🏗 Emma Macfarlane, Ex-GM Growth Marketing at Xero, reflected on building a new marketing and growth team. Emma’s key advice: break down silos, celebrate the learning over the winning, and hold high human expectations. Her focus on a human-first culture helped her team deliver exceptional outcomes. 🔨 Nick Houldsworth, Ex-CMO at Vend, suggested that if your marketing is not a little bit uncomfortable, you might not get noticed. His example - creating content for Vend around smashing cash registers, to show how the outdated point-of-sale industry is being disrupted. A huge thank you to our speakers, Movac Operating Partner Serge van Dam, and our co-sponsors Proxi! Millie McKelvie Serge van Dam Belinda Yeo Jason Graham Xander Beard Byron van Vugt David Beard Mark Stuart Mark Vivian Selena Chhit Nathan Bell Fi Foster

⭐ We're delighted to continue to support Auror as part of their Series C capital raise. A huge congratulations to everyone involved in this significant milestone! ⭐ Phil Thomson Mark Vivian Jason Graham Fi Foster David Beard Mark Stuart Millie McKelvie Byron van Vugt Selena Chhit Belinda Yeo Nathan Bell

⚠️The Movac Marketing Jam in partnership with Proxi is in 5 days and we have limited seats available!! ⚠️ Make sure you are in the audience when our speakers Anne Fulton (Fuel 50), Nick Houldsworth (ex-Vend), Paul Grey (A2X), Zheng Li (Raygun), Nick Whitehead (Serko Ltd and Emma Macfarlane – (Ex–Xero) each tell their greatest story of the single best ‘growth intervention’ they made happen at their company! 🍓 Best questions from the audience will be awarded a jar of limited-edition jam by our esteemed host Serge van Dam. 🍓 🍹 You'll also have the chance to network with your peers afterwards over drinks and canapes. 🍹 📖 Tuesday 12 November 🗺️ The Maritime Room, Princes Wharf, Auckland. 🎤 1.00 pm – 4.00 pm (workshop) 🥂 4.00 pm – 5.00 pm (networking drinks) Registration and further details here 👉 https://lu.ma/wmvosnqq See you next week! #MarketingJam2024 #TechMarketingNZ #GrowthThroughInnovation #DisruptiveMarketingStories Mark Stuart Jason Graham Mark Vivian David Beard Nathan Bell Millie McKelvie Fi Foster Byron van Vugt Selena Chhit Belinda Yeo

Congratulations to Crimson Education on their recent capital raise! Movac is proud to have led the Series D round with a $25m investment into this ambitious Kiwi company. Crimson is building the world's leading education platform, serving students from 5 - 18+ globally. We're excited to partner with the exceptional team on the next stage of their growth journey. As part of the investment, Movac General Partner Mark Vivian has joined the board. Find out more below. https://lnkd.in/gnciKj-W Mark Vivian Mark Stuart Jason Graham Fi Foster Millie McKelvie David Beard Selena Chhit Belinda Yeo Byron van Vugt Nathan Bell