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Raising Kiwicorns – Canva OG turned VC investor Mahesh Muralidhar on how to build a New Zealand tech unicorn

Mahesh Muralidhar - April 4, 2023 3 MIN READ

Three years ago, Kiwi entrepreneur Mahesh Muralidhar (an early leader at Canva, the COO at Simply Wall St. and a senior exec at Airtasker) announced that he’d returned to NZ with a bold vision: to produce 10 New Zealand technology unicorns (or ‘kiwicorns’) by 2026 through a brand-new incubator program. Phase One Ventures has had… Read more »

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Are the deal terms that Australian VCs ask for actually ‘unfair’ to founders?

Tasnuva Bindi - June 3, 2015 26 MIN READ

Although there were varying opinions on the open-sourced legal document templates created by Australian VCs, most lawyers agreed that the terms presented in the templates are more appealing to investors than startup founders, and that startup founders should seek legal advice and negotiate important amendments.

Raising Kiwicorns – Canva OG turned VC investor Mahesh Muralidhar on how to build a New Zealand tech unicorn

Are the deal terms that Australian VCs ask for actually ‘unfair’ to founders?

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