New Zealand Entrepreneur Events

Who: The Orchard What: Innovation Hub, Coworking Space, Events HQ: Whangarei INTRODUCTION The Orchard is a collaborative business and event space for the growing community of entrepreneurs, start-ups and already established business professionals in Northland. It offers all the facilities of a premium office fit-out, a creative environment and a thriving community of like minds. […]

As the inaugural Startup Dunedin Challenger Series looks to wrap up for 2018, three finalists celebrated their progress at a final pitch night in Dunedin last week. Startup Dunedin, Deloitte, Gallaway Cook Allan, Grow Dunedin Partnership and Enterprise Dunedin launched the Challenger Series earlier this year to unearth and support Dunedin’s best startups. After vetting […]

Northland Inc today announced the eight Northland startup ventures, winners of “The Pick:18” that have been selected to pitch to prospective angel investors at an inaugural regional investor showcase, to be held in Whangarei on 12 November. Of the eight ventures, six are tech-based. One is in the education sector and an exciting prospect for […]

If you’ve ever thought that “startup” was simply another name for a new small business, you’d be right. But, you’d also be wrong. Richard Liew explains. The Spring blossoms are out in force here in Wanaka and if ever there was a season that represented the promise, the energy, and oh-so tantalising potential of the startup […]

The finalists for the 2018 Westpac Waikato Business Excellence Awards have been announced and Soda Inc., a Wintec company, has been named in the Not for Profit category. Soda Inc. is a startup business incubator that helps founders and entrepreneurs establish and grow their startup business, making them a strong contender for the Not-for-Profit Award. […]

One of the key findings of the post-GFC Capital Markets Development Taskforce report was that NZ had an issue with originating new sharemarket listings. David Wallace explains why he thinks crowdfunding and the USX (Unlisted Securities Exchange) can help solve this. In conjunction with their key finding, the CMD taskforce also identified the need for […]

The Dunedin City Council’s Economic Development Committee has committed $150,000 to support the development of the Dunedin startup ecosystem during 2018/19. The decision reflects confidence in the work of the Startup Dunedin Trust, local co-working spaces such as Innov8HQ and Petridish, businesses and stakeholders over the last eighteen months. Chris Staynes, Chair of the Dunedin […]

Who: Bounce What: Groups & Networks HQ: New Plymouth Established: 2017 INTRODUCTION Bounce is a monthly breakfast meetup for entrepreneurs in New Plymouth, Taranaki. More than a networking thing, our facilitated sessions cultivate people connection, creative problem solving and contribution among freelancers, entrepreneurs and freethinkers. The focus is on unlocking our collective wisdom. WHO DO […]

Accounting software company MYOB has kicked off a competition with a $100,000 winning package focused on giving one lucky start-up a head start for their business. “Owning and running a business can often be a lot more difficult than people may initially expect,” says MYOB New Zealand General Manager Carolyn Luey. “Our research shows that […]

Business Hawke’s Bay and Soda Inc. have formed a partnership to offer start-up support programmes in the Hawkes Bay region. Waikato-based Soda Inc. has worked with a number of growing start-ups in New Zealand including award-winning beekeeping hive management software, MyApiary and Hop Revolution which recently secured a $3 million investment through the MyFarm Hop […]