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Lightning Lab startups ask – ‘where’s the money’?

Lightning Lab startups ask – ‘where’s the money’?

By Peter Kerr for sticK

(sticK - 21 May 2013 ) Lightning Lab 2013 saw nine startups pitch their digital products to would-be investors last week, seeking expansion capital for ideas that 12 weeks before mostly existed on paper.

The Wellington Demo Day saw highly polished presentations, with clear development plans and just as clear ‘here’s how we and our investors are going to make money’ to about 300 people at Te Papa’s Soundings Theatre.
About half the audience were financiers.

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