Director, AI co-founder, and one of New Zealand's most active angel investors, Serge van Dam also hosts more startup events than almost anyone else in the country.
Here's where to find him next in 2026.
Serge wears a lot of hats. He chairs or sits on the board of half a dozen NZ tech companies, including Re-Leased, Landlord Studio, CoGo and Tapi, co-founded the AI training company AI Supercharge, and has invested actively since 2015, with exits including Tradify, Publons and iMeasureU. He's also Operating Partner at Movac and sits on the KiwiSaaS Community Advisory Council.
All of that shows up in his events calendar. He runs Movac's Jam series (Sales Jam, Marketing Jam, Leadership Jam, Growth Jam, Capital Jam, Energy Jam), co-hosts the Startup Theatre Podcast, turns up at KiwiSaaS flagship nights like SaaSpocalypse Now and SaaSmas, and shows up everywhere from Tapi's own customer conference to founder retreats in Queenstown. If there's a room in New Zealand where tech founders, operators and investors are swapping real stories instead of pitch decks, there's a decent chance Serge is in it.
This page tracks where he'll be next. Most of these events are free or low-cost, and they're where the actual hiring conversations, partnership conversations and investor introductions happen, not the LinkedIn recap afterward. Bookmark this page instead of chasing the dates across six different Luma links.
We refresh this list on the 1st of every month. Check back for registration links as dates get closer.
Serge van Dam | Director, Investor, Operating Partner
hosts New Zealand's busiest startup events calendar
From Movac's Jam series to KiwiSaaS's biggest nights out, Serge brings together the country's sharpest founders and operators to swap real stories about what worked and what didn't.
Find Him Here in 2026
Date | Time | Event | Description | Location | Registration |
3 November | 4.30pm | AI for GTM Meetup (Wellington) | Show-and-tell meetup for SaaS go-to-market leaders (KiwiSaaS event) | Projectworks, Wellington | |
12 November | All day | Gloves Off: Getting Serious with AI (SaaS) (Auckland) | A full day of AI show-and-tells for Kiwi tech companies. NZTE customers only | AWS, PwC Tower, Auckland | |
17 December | 5pm | SaaSmas (Wellington) | The best Christmas party in the tech sector | Dockside, Wellington |
Startup Theatre Podcast
Serge co-hosts Startup Theatre Podcast, real conversations with the founders, investors and operators actually building things in New Zealand, not the polished version you get after the fact. Also on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
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