Born Global: Founding from New Zealand to the World | NZVC Portfolio Day
Mark Pavlyukovskyy and Hendrik Remigereau host TechMates, the NZVC podcast. The guest on this episode is Jamie France, Founder of Newton Space, Anna Henwood, CEO of Stickybeak & Steph Kennard, Co-founder of Bonnet, and it went out on 29 January 2026. It covers the NZVC portfolio companies Stickybeak and Bonnet.
- Guest
- Jamie France, Founder of Newton Space, Anna Henwood, CEO of Stickybeak & Steph Kennard, Co-founder of Bonnet
- Date
- 29 January 2026
- Companies
- Stickybeak · Bonnet
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This Born Global panel from NZVC Portfolio Day looks at what it takes to launch a company in New Zealand built to win international markets from day one. The guests are Jamie France, founder of Newton Space and an early Rocket Lab engineer, Anna Henwood, CEO of Stickybeak and former Les Mills CMO, and Steph Kennard, co-founder of Bonnet. They cover fundraising across borders, why US VCs divide everything by two, the scrappy advantage of Kiwi talent, and balancing a high-growth startup with family life.
- Global day one strategy: why Stickybeak and Bonnet looked offshore immediately.
- Deep tech fundraising: the reality of raising capital for space tech in NZ vs. the US.
- The divide-by-two rule: how US investors view Kiwi startup projections.
- Parenting and startups: how having kids can make you more ambitious.
Companies in this episode
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Stickybeak
AI and B2B SaaS
Stickybeak is a consumer testing platform for marketers, brand teams and agencies that tests products, campaigns, packaging and concepts with real consumers and returns feedback in hours rather than weeks.
Read about Stickybeak
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Bonnet
Consumer and Marketplace
Bonnet is a New Zealand vehicle and fleet management app that keeps WOF, COF, registration, road user charges and servicing in one place, with reminders and data drawn directly from NZTA.
Read about Bonnet
Deep Tech, SaaS, Space Industry, Fundraising, Women in Tech, NZVC Portfolio Day