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Sideline.Live
In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and change-makers working on innovative startups, social enterprises and SME’s around Aotearoa New Zealand. At a glance Founder: Luke Thompson Business: Sideline.Live Founded: 2018 HQ: Auckland Can you tell us a bit about your business? At Sideline.Live, we provide a state-of-the-art sports video streaming platform that revolutionises the way […]
GEN New Zealand releases manifesto to encourage greater entrepreneurship
Watch the video interview now A network of more than 140 entrepreneurial businesses and organisations warns New Zealand is in danger of being left behind due to a lack of resources and insufficient policies to progress entrepreneurship. The New Zealand chapter of the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) wants to see local and central government politicians […]
Rapydly
In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and change-makers working on innovative startups, social enterprises and SME’s around Aotearoa New Zealand. At a glance Founder: Robert Burke Business: Rapydly Founded: 2022 HQ: Bay of Plenty Can you tell us a bit about your business? Rapydly is a software company that aims to produce bespoke, enterprise software […]
Outside The Box Caskets
In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and change-makers working on innovative startups, social enterprises and SME’s around Aotearoa New Zealand. At a glance Founder: Becs Bartells Business: Outside The Box Caskets Founded: 2020 HQ: Auckland Can you tell us a bit about your business? Cutting down trees which take 28-30 years to grow to make […]
Oak & Spore
In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and change-makers working on innovative startups, social enterprises and SME’s around Aotearoa New Zealand. At a glance Founder: Thomas Brain Business: Oak & Spore Founded: 2018 HQ: Canterbury Can you tell us a bit about your business? At Oak and Spore, we specialise in three core areas of the […]
Biotech startup Nanophage Technologies is getting prepped for their next breakthrough – going to market
When Sean Bisset left New Zealand in 2019, he didn’t expect to return a few years later to a transformed biotech industry. He had headed offshore to Europe to find greener pastures following his PhD but, in the end, Palmerston North was able to offer Bisset what he’d been looking for all along. “Aside from […]
Norish
In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and change-makers working on innovative startups, social enterprises and SME’s around Aotearoa New Zealand. At a glance Founder: Gina Urlich Business: Norish Founded: 2022 HQ: Hawke’s Bay Can you tell us a bit about your business? NORISH is a category changing baby food & children’s meal boosters – disrupting […]
Biotech startup Precision Chroma to access global markets after latest raise
Biotech startup Precision Chroma is looking to raise $1.5 million this year to finalise and market its first product before going global. The startup will be based in Christchurch for the next 12 months while it does further research and development (R&D) before its market launch. University of Canterbury PhD graduate Sean Feast founded Precision […]
Doshdown
In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and change-makers working on innovative startups, social enterprises and SME’s around Aotearoa New Zealand. At a glance Founder: Greg Harrison Business: Doshdown Founded: 2023 HQ: aUCKLAND Can you tell us a bit about your business? The doshdown jacket is a unique product in the marketplace combining the concepts of […]
Keyhook
In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and change-makers working on innovative startups, social enterprises and SME’s around Aotearoa New Zealand. At a glance Founders: Luke Nicholls & Aaron Rama Business: Keyhook Founded: 2019 HQ: Wellington Can you tell us a bit about your business? While most industries have taken huge technological leaps in the past […]
ISpy Nit Detector
In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and change-makers working on innovative startups, social enterprises and SME’s around Aotearoa New Zealand. At a glance Founder: Kate Ricketts Business: ISpy Nit Detector Founded: 2022 HQ: Auckland Can you tell us a bit about your business? Discover, detect, and defeat! At ISpy Nit Egg Detector® we have formulated […]
BioValeo ready to take New Zealand’s clinical research to the world
New Zealand may be small, but Julie Jones, CEO and founder of clinical research organisation BioValeo, thinks it has the potential to be mighty on the world’s biotech stage. While our neighbour across the ditch has size and scale on its side, there’s plenty of home-grown elements we can be proud of. “We have a […]