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Natalie Jones has always had a love of nature and the outdoors. Her parents often reminisce of how, as a child, she would go off on an adventure and come home covered from head to toe in sand or mud. And they might even be quick to quip that nothing much has changed.  Naturally that […]

Like so many great ideas, MenuAid was born out of the need to solve a personal problem. Toby Skilton and Elise Hilliam – the founders and CEOs of MenuAid, as well as life partners – both love to cook, but were too busy to put much effort into making dinner and found themselves making the […]

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. How to amplify your businesses sales In this episode of the SME&E Festival Podcast, festival organiser Craig […]

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: Aaron Halstead, Seb Mckinnon & Lochie King Business: exploreGO Founded: November 2018 HQ: Queenstown-Lakes Can you tell us a bit about your business? exploreGO is a global adventure-travel marketplace […]

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 […]