New Zealand Entrepreneur Events

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. […]

The Entrepreneurship World Cup is open for 2020 and is accepting applications from New Zealand until 2 August 2020 – aiming to expand past the 102,000 contestants from 187 countries in its first year. The program offers a chance to pitch on a global stage for a share of US$1 million in cash prizes plus […]

The CIO Summit has a history of being the event for networking and connecting in the technology space. Organisers, Conferenz and IDC, are hoping that this year will be no exception with the Summit and Expo being both live and virtual and entry to the Expo and seminars being free of charge. “We’re hoping that […]

Who: Venture Centre What: Innovation Hub & Coworking HQ: Tauranga and Western Bay of Plenty INTRODUCTION Venture Centre is the Bay of Plenty’s lead agency building community, capability, capacity for entrepreneurs to make an impact. Established in 2014 as a social enterprise, Venture Centre provides a safe environment and the fundamental conditions for founders of […]

The latest Global Startup Ecosystem Report says that the positive run startups have enjoyed over the last few years, has changed dramatically thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, risking a “mass extinction” event for startups globally. Compiled annually by global research and policy advisory organisation Startup Genome, the report says that in 2013, just four of […]

The Dunedin City Council’s Economic Development Committee (EDC) has approved $150,000 to support the Startup Dunedin Trust’s development of the local startup ecosystem over 2020/21. The funding will support the momentum in startup growth and reflects continued assurance in the activities of the Startup Dunedin Trust, after growing its programmes in 2019 and 2020. Chris […]

A research team at Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington has been investigating the rise of accelerator programmes and the value they provide to entrepreneurs and the societies in which they operate. The past decade has seen a rise in entrepreneurial accelerator programmes in New Zealand. While it’s tough to pinpoint the cause, the success […]

Community members from all over Aotearoa are coming together to tackle the new challenges created by Covid-19 in the first-of-its-kind Techstars Global Online Startup Weekend series. Next weekend, participants from all over Aotearoa will come together online to form teams, solve problems, and build startups, all with the goal of tackling the challenges created by […]