#60, Samantha Wong, "The compounding snowball of the NZ tech ecosystem!"

In this episode of the WFLS podcast, we chat with Samantha Wong⁠ 🔔 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬? 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞. Sam is a Partner at Blackbird. Originally from Australia, she now heads up the office in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland), where she raised its inaugural $60M New Zealand fund in 2020 and is continuing Blackbird’s Kiwi adventure! Sam has broad investment interests including digital healthcare, robotics, IoT and B2B software. Sam sits on the boards of Halter, FirstAML, Foundry Lab, Partly, Harrison AI and Workyard. Sam is passionate about diversity in technology and venture capital and spear-headed the release of the Model Code of Conduct for the Startup Community as well as a venture capital internship program for women. Prior to joining Blackbird she was a legaltech startup founder, an e-commerce product and strategy manager, and practiced in corporate and litigation teams at Minter Ellison before career-pivoting into startups in 2010. She is a proud mother of an energetic toddler and on weekends can often be found at a local park running after a scooter or coming down a playground slide. She loves exploring the beautiful Aotearoa whenua with her family as well as yoga when her schedule allows. GUEST LINKS:  Sam's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthawong/ Sam's Blog: blog.blackbird.vc/@holasammy  PODCAST INFO:  Podcast website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/wefuckinlovestartups⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lnkd.in/g8Ae8czg⁠⁠ Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ RSS: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tr.ee/E4yOBnw-OW⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ YouTube Full Episodes: ⁠⁠⁠https://lnkd.in/dq6ZsuZD⁠⁠ YouTube Clips: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/4tnxp2ze⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ SUPPORT & CONNECT:   Check out the sponsor above, it's the best way to support this podcast Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/WFLSPodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://instagram.com/wefuckinlovestartups⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://linkedin.com/company/wflspodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://facebook.com/WeFKINLoveStartups⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://tiktok.com/@wefukinlovestartupspod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠