New Zealand Entrepreneur Events

The Queenstown Lakes District Council has approved landmark funding for local economic development. Funding of $220,000 was announced this afternoon for Startup Queenstown Lakes. The group has evolved from The Cube in Wanaka which has been supporting early stage businesses. A further $160,000 has been set aside for other economic development initiatives that are still […]

Vodafone has awarded nine Kiwi entrepreneurs entry to its start-up accelerator and innovation lab, Vodafone xone, to take New Zealand’s best start-up ideas global. The start-ups all have technology-based business ideas designed to revolutionise the way we live, work and play. Head of xone and Innovation, Lauren Merritt, says, “In our third year of operation, […]

With the enormous influence of the knowledge economy on business, the value of a strong startup culture as an engine of innovation has been recognised around the world. But identifying how to create the conditions in which start-ups can flourish – channelling something that is essentially spontaneous – has been a far greater challenge. 1. […]

Dunedin has launched a competition to find the city’s most promising startup businesses. Entries are open for the Challenger Series, a competition where three new Dunedin startups could each win up to $65k of value in services and a place in a four-month coaching series featuring Deloitte, Gallaway Cook Allan, Startup Dunedin and proven local […]

Coca-Cola Amatil and Australian tech startup accelerator BlueChilli have named two New Zealand startups amongst a cohort of twelve to take part in the 6-month, intensive tech accelerator program Xcelerate. The twelve successful founders earned their place from a group of 40, in the inaugural Xcelerate program. The intensive 6-month program, gives early-stage entrepreneurs the […]

Sweden, Norway and Denmark not only share a similar outlook and environment, they are also today’s business leaders in inventive start-up culture. Sweden in particular, has become the start-up capital of Europe by building a societal and business culture that fosters risk-taking through collaboration. According to US News Best Countries 2017 report, in terms of […]

Aquafortus Technologies has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Texas based PetroH20 Recovery. The agreement, valued at USD $40 million for the first three years and over USD $25 million annually beyond, is to deploy Aquafortus’ patented zero liquid discharge technology in the U.S. oil & gas market. Headquartered in Albany, Auckland, Aquafortus specialises in […]

OPINION: New Zealand has a great recipe for supporting start-up ventures, but there are a couple of ingredients that will add more zing to the dish. Recently we released the MYOB State of Aotearoa’s Start-ups report that examined how well our country does in supporting the next generation of entrepreneurs. The report provides insights from […]

ZeroPoint Ventures and Datacom, today released the output from NZ’s first StartUp and Corporate Partnering Retreat. “Venture catalysts” ZeroPoint Ventures, and IT service providers Datacom, recently partnered to bring together six founders from New Zealand’s startup ecosystem and six senior executives from corporate New Zealand, at a three-day retreat, to begin a conversation about the […]

Released at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC) in Istanbul, the Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2018 features strategic startup, investment and policy insights from over 10,000 founders in 60 ecosystems – including New Zealand. With insights ranging from the fast-growing dominance of ICT verticals to the filling of critical gaps in Success Factors for both funding […]