Jenny Morel 159 connections

Wellington, NEW ZEALAND

	morgo.co.nz
	no8ventures.co.nz

Professional Summary

Started No 8 Ventures, a NZ venture capital fund manager investing in early stage technology companies. For No 8 Ventures, a director of the Martin Aircraft Co (the Martin Jetpack), Open Cloud, Surveylab (ikegps), Vertical Composting, a medical robotics company and a board observer at Proacta.
Also founded and still runs MORGO, an annual conference for high growth entrepreneurs, www.morgo.co.nz.
Before No 8 Ventures, a background in investment banking and company directorship, including starting a niche investment bank to work with technology companies.

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Jenny Morel posted a blog entry Sep 3, 2009

Morgo

Morgo went very well. Standing around in the warm sunshine at Waitangi with lots of exciting New Zealand companies. The offshore speakers provide a great spark. Bill Reichert from Garage Ventures was a popular speaker, and stayed around to lead a walking workshop on entrepreneurship on... more »

Jenny Morel posted a blog entry Aug 23, 2009

Morgo

Only a few days to go until Morgo. After a normal amount of chaos, teh programme is looking great. The Martin Jetpack will be there and, weather permitting, will fly for us. Particularly pleased to have some science speakers this year, headed by Catherine Mohr, a roboticist from Stanford. ... more »

Jenny Morel posted a blog entry Jul 12, 2009

Proacta in Phase 2 clinical trials

Proacta’s lead compound, PR104, has entered Phase 2 clinical trials. This is an exciting milestone for the company. After showing signs of activity in early Phase 1 clinical trials – which establish how much of the drug can safely be administered, PR104 is now being evaluated in Phase 2 trials... more »

Jenny Morel posted a blog entry Apr 16, 2009

Open Cloud in Red Herring 100 Europe

Red Herring today announced that OpenCloud was named a WINNER of the Red Herring 100 Europe, an award given to the top 100 private technology companies based in the EMEA region each year. More great news for this No 8 Ventures investee! more »