New Zealand Entrepreneur Events

Has the New Year got you re-evaluating your career? With the ‘great resignation‘ sweeping around the world – you’re not alone. Each New Year, thousands of people begin searching for new career opportunities, hoping to inch closer to their dream job, get a pay rise or, more importantly, find a job that gives them purpose. […]

Over the last two years, Soda has distributed $43,000 cash to 17 startups across Aotearoa through its popular seed grants. Applications are now open for Soda’s first seed grant of 2022 which has a combined prize pool of $10,000. “We created Soda Seed Grants during the 2020 lockdown as a way to offer financial assistance […]

Who: Rebel Business School AotearoaWhat: Accelerator, CO-WORKING, Learning & MentoringHQ: Wellington INTRODUCTION Rebel Business School Aotearoa (RBSA) is a free to attend, 10-day, 20-workshop startup business course. It is designed to accelerate the startup process. It is focused on supporting small business owners to get their business idea off the ground, or for an existing […]

I didn’t know Jake Millar, save for a few emails swapped with our editor when he was just getting started with Unfiltered. As for so many others though, the news of his death by suicide last year still came as a shock and with a deep sense of sadness. Sadness for the loss of a […]

Ten companies have been selected to participate in the eighth Sprout Accelerator. In December 2021, the Sprout team, alongside their partners and company mentors, listened to a shortlist of 20 company pitches, all of who were vying for their position in the first of two Accelerators being run in 2022. Sprout Accelerator Manager Victoria Kennedy […]

Online thrift and consignment store & Again was created during lockdown when founder, Wendy Quach, returned home from London and wanted to find a solution to her clothes hoarding problem. “I’m super lazy when it comes to clearing out my wardrobe! I hoard way too much and promise myself I’ll sell it online later, but I never […]

Women will start, shape, and build the future of Aotearoa industry, but change needs to come faster. That’s the rallying call for Electrify Aotearoa, an all-day national conference taking place in Christchurch, February 17. Spearheaded by Ministry of Awesome and Blackbird Ventures, the event brings together Aotearoa’s leading founders, aspiring entrepreneurs, and early-stage startups for […]

Who: SodaWhat: Startup Incubation; Mentoring; Coworking; EventsHQ: HamiltonEstablished: 2009 INTRODUCTION Soda is a business growth ecosystem that provides support, programmes and connections for Kiwi entrepreneurs and businesses to grow and succeed. WHO DO YOU WORK WITH AND WHAT KEY CHALLENGES DO YOU HELP THEM SOLVE? Based in the Waikato, Soda supports a diverse range of […]

The mission to power-up the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Taranaki continues in 2022, with the introduction of PowerUp for Impact Enterprises, the latest addition to PowerUp, and the return of the newly named ideas competition to win $10,000, PowerUp Kickstart. The Taranaki regional development agency Venture Taranaki first launched PowerUp in 2020 to help build smart, […]

Who: Central Economic Development Agency (CEDA)What: Government & EDA’s; Learning & Mentoring; Groups & EventsHQ: ManawatuEstablished: 2016 INTRODUCTION The Central Economic Development Agency (CEDA) is an agency that provides economic development services for Palmerston North City and Manawatū. We are a team of thought leaders and enablers working together with a united purpose – prosperity […]