 Kiora Thanks everyone for having us here. I want to echo something Ellie said at the start, which is we're also happy to be here We all feel extremely welcomed by New Zealand. I'd say it's like the most welcoming Country I've ever been in since my first visit in 2011. So thank you for having us here Let's see. Yeah, I'll talk a little bit about about what I'm working on I'm an investor at a venture capital firm called Founders Fund. We're based in San Francisco We're in our sixth fund. We've invested in Many companies over the years My background and I'll talk through some of those companies and really how we're Approaching things and how I approach things as an investor my backgrounds as an engineer Originally worked at SpaceX spent some time at Bainan company trying to learn then started my own company And started as an investor about six years ago. So We make investments all over the world These are some of our more well-known companies You can tell it's kind of all over the place everything from social media to music to cancer drugs to You name it kind of to rockets to a company I used to work at so Really wide range of things that we like to invest in every stage every sector every geography And so that's included New Zealand Where I've invested personally in one company and where our fund invested in ADI And Tony from ADI the COO is here also So if you want to hear what what it's like to work with us or work with me at least for better or for worse She can fill you in And so we're gonna hear from a few other investors today I think we're all gonna share a few common themes one is we want to invest in companies that are making a really positive Impact and that we think can be sustainable large businesses Led by teams that we really believe in and think are always going to try and do the right thing So then the question becomes what is each of us doing differently or what's what's our different angle on that end goal? And so What I'll talk about is really what do we try and invest in apart from really everything every stage every sector Any geography really just where the where the greatest high-impact company is going to come from And the one rule we have is we invest in founders So people I think think sometimes that with a name like founders fund It's all about our team and our team has started companies before and that sort of thing, but it's actually the opposite It's about the founders of these companies and at the end of the day We view every company that we invest in as that team's company not our company We're really backing that entrepreneur and their life's mission and vision And trying to be as helpful as we can in that and one form of that is capital another form is advice and Another form we can sometimes be protecting them from other investors So the first it's almost like a hypocritical if it's it's like first do no harm back what they're doing They're gonna run with it better than we ever could So that translates into a few rules that we use to kind of live out that mission We have never fired a founder from their own company and Usually if other people are trying to get rid of that founder, we will defend as strongly as we can against that We don't require board seats. Sometimes we will take one to help protect the company from other investors And we view ourselves as supporters and not micromanagers So that's our philosophy of of how we try and invest and I certainly try and live that out every day Some people then ask okay, that sounds great Why are you here in New Zealand? Why is the why is this the place? I Could explain why why those other investments were made why eight I was made how that connection to Wellington and the computer graphics and visual effects world in our view really enabled that company To be a world leader the best volumetric Video capture company in the world for VR and AR Now that's one example, there's gonna be many more and I probably won't even be able to predict Where those are gonna come from but here's a few theories and My guess is that the next great company to come out of New Zealand or the next five great companies may not even be in these sectors but if I had to pick I'd say These are four industries where in my view New Zealand has huge expertise and where it's positioned Geographically in the world can actually be an advantage and the way it works with government can be an advantage. So Blockchain and drones I think we've heard a lot about those certainly about blockchain This week and I think the regulatory climate here the ability to work with government For companies to innovate and say this is what we're trying to do. Is this something we can we can do here Is a huge advantage for New Zealand And then obviously expertise in graphics expertise in agriculture. So My goal going forward through the fellowship is going to be to try and meet The next great companies to come in New Zealand hopefully fund them help them find capital if it's not us And just generally be a supporter of what they're doing. Thank you