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WHO: EnergyBank Founder: Tim Hawkey HQ: Auckland website: Energybank.nz WHAT PRODUCTS, SERVICES, SOLUTIONS OR TECHNOLOGY HAVE YOU DEVELOPED?  We are developing technology that will store 30-100 hours of energy by lifting and lowering large masses in ocean depths of 1-5kms. The mechanics of this in some ways resemble a cuckoo clock. EnergyBank’s deep ocean gravitational […]

WHO: ANEW Founder: Jayden Klinac HQ: Auckland website: www.chooseanew.com What products, services, solutions or technology have you developed?  I started my career by launching the first compostable coffee capsules in the world, into the NZ and Australian market. Since then I have worked on trying to shift the entire packaging industry to move away from […]

While cryptocurrency markets are weathering one of their deepest and longest lulls to date, the world’s largest crypto asset exchange, Binance, has set up shop in New Zealand. New Zealand is the most recent of Binance’s global registrations, which include France, Italy, and Spain, among others. The company announced its successful registration as a financial […]

WHO: Thred Founder/s: Keiran Stokes, Hamish Scott, Bob van de Kuilen HQ: Auckland website: thred.co.nz What products, services, solutions or technology have you developed?  We’ve developed technology that makes it really easy for businesses to turn hard-to-get data into information and insights. We start by connecting to and extracting data from all the weird and […]

From email support to tickets and online chat, James McCarthy’s first tech business Spidertracks had a number of tools in places for people to self-serve queries on their website. But with many of them based in different time zones around the world (and customers who were primarily an older generation), they actually preferred to talk […]

Got your tickets to the 2022 NZ SME&E Festival this 8th and 9th of November? Each week we’ll be sharing a podcast from some of the many great business speakers and mentors you can catch at the festival. Small business marketing tactics In this episode of the SME&E Festival Podcast, festival organiser Craig Murray speaks […]

In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and innovators working on our next generation of new business startups, social enterprises and small businesses. At a glance Founders: Tim Pointer, Matt Rowe & SEBASTIAN EDWARDS Business: RescueMetrics Founded: August 2020 (but it wasn’t live until early 2021) HQ: Wellington Can you tell us a bit about your […]

Want to tap in to the best startup advice from entrepreneurs who are out there doing it? Welcome to ‘500 Founders’ where we ask innovators from around New Zealand for their top insights for first time startup founders. Deb Gilbertson – Founder Te Kaihau “Entrepreneurship is like parenting.” “Making your business happen is more like […]