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Auckland’s MyRepsoft Is Rewriting the Rules of Finance with AI Automation

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With a platform that can process thousands of financial documents in minutes, MyRepsoft is putting New Zealand innovation on the global stage — and redefining how businesses turn data into decisions. Founded by husband-and-wife team Hamilee and Salvador Repasa, the Auckland-based company develops AI-driven software designed to eliminate the grunt work in finance and accounting. […]

Locate Technologies Makes NZX Move as Country’s First Listed Bitcoin Treasury Company

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Locate Technologies has made history as the country’s first listed Bitcoin treasury company, marking a bold move that goes beyond logistics and technology. The company’s decision to hold Bitcoin on its balance sheet represents a strategic trade: short fiat, long Bitcoin. Founder and CEO Steve Orenstein explains, “Governments around the world continue to print money […]

Conquer Health: Where Purpose Meets Personalised Wellbeing

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New Zealand startup Conquer Health is redefining the way we approach wellbeing by offering personalised, science-backed strategies with ongoing expert support, a far cry from one-off reports or quick fixes. Conquer Health’s mission is to champion preventative health by combining epigenetics and advanced functional testing with personalised clinical support to help people extend their health […]

RosterLab Brings Fairness and Sanity Back to Shift Work

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At the heart of Auckland’s Newmarket Innovation Precinct, a small team of founders is tackling one of the most universally frustrating problems in modern workplaces — the staff roster. What began as an academic curiosity RosterLab is now reshaping how hospitals and complex teams around the world schedule their people. “We saw teams spending days […]

Skytree Scientific harnessing AI to tackle global lightning risk

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When entrepreneur Christopher Bean looked at how organisations were managing the risk of lightning strikes, he saw a gaping problem. Despite the massive financial and safety risks posed by lightning such as outages, infrastructure damage and costly delays the tools and processes most commonly used to assess and mitigate those risks were outdated, slow, and […]

Bizzy Limited

Supporter Profile: Bizzy Limited

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Who: Bizzy Limited What: NZ Business Lending Marketplace NZ HQ: Auckland Who do you work with and what key challenges do you help them solve? Running a business is hard enough, getting finance shouldn’t be. Instead of spending weeks on the phone trying to get a few basic lending quotes, businesses compare multiple finance options […]

Stripe SaaS Connect New Zealand: Sharing the SaaSmas Spirit

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Join Stripe for a festive networking get-together during the inaugural KiwiSaaS event: 7 weeks of SaaSmas. Come share the SaaSmas spirit with the New Zealand SaaS community and hear growth stories from real Kiwi success stories. Find out more about growth strategies to help you sleigh scale, make merry monetisation, and bring joy to users. […]

Redundancy Done Right: Protecting Your Business and Your People

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In today’s ever-changing business landscape, companies sometimes need to restructure or streamline their operations. Whether it’s due to new technology that reduces the need for certain roles, a shift in business strategy, or broader economic pressures, you may need to make roles redundant. It’s essential to handle redundancies legally to protect the business and the […]

Supporter Profile: Australasia Moulding Ltd

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Who: Australasia Moulding Ltd What: Plastic manhole chamber solutions NZ HQ: Kerikeri Who do you work with and what key challenges do you help them solve? For the past decade, Australasia Moulding Ltd has been providing prefabricated plastic manhole chamber solutions for the New Zealand drainage market.  Our innovative ROMOLD manhole chambers make the process […]

AANZ Runway Event Review by Kate Radcliffe-Reid, Backkr

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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. Founder Scholarship recipient Kate Radcliffe-Reid attended the AANZ Runway event during Auckland Startup Week in October 2025. Kate is the Chief Executive Officer […]

Socialdog is Building a More Connected, Social Future for Dogs and Their Owners

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Helping dogs thrive socially by educating and connecting their owners is the mission behind Socialdog, a Tauranga-based startup founded by dog trainer Misha Gildenberger and veterinarian Brett Kirkland. The pair believe that better socialisation can reduce aggression and reactivity in dogs while improving the mental wellbeing of pets and their owners. “Our mission is to […]

Access Quest is Mapping Safer Journeys for All

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For many disabled and older people, the uncertainty of a new journey—steep paths, missing crossings, or a lack of toilets and seats—can be enough to stay home. Hamilton startup Access Quest is changing that with technology that makes travel safer and more accessible. “Having navigated countless challenges while travelling the world as a tetraplegic, I […]