New Zealand Entrepreneur Events

Callaghan Innovation has signed up six businesses to run its new Founder and Startup Support Programme, aimed at helping founders, startups and entrepreneurs to get their businesses up and running. Te Wananga o Aotearoa Kōkiri, Creative HQ, HTK Group, Icehouse Ventures, Ministry of Awesome consortia, and Sprout Agritech Accelerator have been selected to deliver the […]

WHO: Click StudiosWHAT: Events; Workshops; Coworking; Connections to investment groupsHQ: AucklandESTABLISHED: 2020 INTRODUCTION Click Creative Tech Studios are a social enterprise coworking space set up to enable New Zealand’s creative tech companies and individuals to rapidly up skill and become internationally focused while providing a local location to connect and learn from each other.  The […]

Hamilton based business growth driver, Soda Inc., is expanding its services to support more businesses as the Waikato’s new Regional Business Partner (RBP). Funded by the New Zealand Government, the Regional Business Partner (RBP) Network connects business of all sizes, industries and stages of growth to the right advice, support, resources and funding, to accelerate […]

Yes and no. Two simple words that can have loaded connotations. There’s certainly a place for single word answers, but when you’re building a business or teasing out an idea, you want to expand your thinking, not shut the conversation down. Keep your options open Hearing ‘no’ can feel limiting when you’re exploring why and […]

Frey and Pam Livingston and their startup Tokaora Diagnostics have taken out the top spot in the 2022 PowerUp Kickstart Finals Night, last Wednesday in New Plymouth, winning $10,000 to help take their idea to the next level. The mother and son duo are developing a type of Covid rapid antigen test (RAT) that will […]

WHO: Tech Futures LabWHAT: LEARNING & MENTORING; EVENTS; resourcesHQ: AucklandESTABLISHED: 2016 INTRODUCTION Tech Futures Lab is a leading edge learning environment that offers a range of NZQA accredited qualifications designed specifically for people seeking to innovate, redesign and reinvigorate organisations, industries and themselves.  We do this by building capabilities and confidence in people to use […]

Aotearoa’s newest crop of female founders have spent the pandemic innovating, problem solving and putting their heart and soul into creating startups that challenge the status quo. Finalists in the 2022 Soda RISE UP competition include a diverse group of female entrepreneurs who have developed biodegradable coffins made from cardboard, ready-to-pour zero alcohol cocktails, eco-friendly […]

The answer is probably yes. In recent years, ‘free’ money has been abundant in the market due to unique microeconomic conditions. But the tides are turning with markets becoming unstable, inflation rising, and central banks attempting to stamp out this inflation. Meanwhile, companies that have ridden the wave and enjoyed the perks of inflated valuations […]

Less than a month away from PowerUp Kickstart Finals Night, Venture Taranaki, the Economic Development Agency for Taranaki, is shining a spotlight on the top five finalists. We asked each finalist four questions, to provide us with a little more insight into the entrepreneurial growth and development they’ve experienced during the competition process. A popular […]

Runway is one of the signature events on the Angel Association NZ calendar and provides founders with the opportunity to network and meet with other investors and founders from around the country. Angel Association New Zealand (AANZ) are delighted to announce that BNZ have partnered with us to create a Founder Scholarship for each of […]