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A desire to develop her filmmaking skills lead Michelle Kan to start independent film and online content production studio Fish and Swallow Productions—a studio dedicated to documenting cultural events and spotlighting artists, creatives, and other extraordinary individuals from around New Zealand. It all started for Michelle when she graduated from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of […]

The Kiwi tech startup veteran instrumental to the success of Neighbourly and GrabOne, Casey Eden, has come together with private equity marketplace, Snowball Effect, to launch Orchestra – a centralised company investment and stakeholder management platform. Uniquely positioned as the intersection between private companies, their investors and business advisors, Orchestra’s all-in-one platform provides a completely […]

With many New Zealanders facing increased financial hardship as a result of COVID-19, national levels of food insecurity have risen sharply in recent months – and are set to rise further when the wage subsidy scheme concludes in September. Now, a new social enterprise is set to provide much-needed additional support to the hundreds of […]

Renewable energy storage solutions, a new Saas tool for construction services, an indigenous experience travel enterprise and New Zealand’s first Māori power company, are among the startups set to reveal their progress tonight at the Kōkiri online Showcase. Taking place virtually, from 7pm Thursday 6 August, the nine Māori-led startups making up the 2020 cohort […]

Startmate announces first New Zealand cohort—with ventures spanning proptech, electric jet systems to aerospace hardware—receiving investment, mentorship and exposure to the accelerator’s global investor network. The Australian-born startup accelerator, which announced its first global expansion into New Zealand in May, provides members of each cohort an initial investment of NZ$75,000 at their latest valuation. Of […]

For some founders, negotiating a seed investment can be difficult. For others it can be a positive way to cement a long-term partnership with your investor. Most investors are not ‘out to get you’ and want to end up with a deal that is both aligned with your interests and will motivate you toward success. […]

Co-founder: Peter Fowler HQ: Hawke’s Bay What problems do you solve and what products or services do you sell? VoxPop is a “radio studio in your pocket” with white-label iOS and Android apps connected with a custom built CMS. Until we arrived, voice interaction with radio and podcast audiences relied on telephone voicemails. “Leave us […]

We are all selling in a volatile, uncertain environment. There are still opportunities, but you might just have to look a little harder to find them. And maybe sell something extra to encourage customers with budget to stop ‘sitting on their hands’. One of the biggest sales growth opportunities right now, is to sell what […]