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Lived providing real life strategies and support for alcohol
Sally Metelerkamp grew up in a single-parent household with a mother who was living with addiction. She also had to witness, first-hand, the stigma that came with addiction, from a society that didn’t have the knowledge or understanding of how to help people, like her mum. And even today, Metelerkamp says we still don’t have […]
Founder Q&A: IPromise
WHO: IPromise Founders: Paul Verić & Matt Peacock HQ: Ōakura website: ipromise.co.nz What products, services, solutions or technology have you developed? IPromise is a SaaS (Software as a Service) product designed to solve the broken invoice payment system. Invoice payment is where a service provider does the work and invoices the client for payment after […]
Māoriverse verifies Māori-made products with mark of authenticity and a marketplace to sell
When Donnella Phillips was trying to buy a taiaha (a long, slender hand weapon usually made from native hardwood, or in some instances whalebone) for her son’s eighteenth birthday, she was frustrated that she couldn’t seem to find any online that were authentically made in New Zealand. And it was at a whānau gathering in […]
Founder Q&A: Monkeytronics
WHO: MonkeyTronics Founder: Al Brennan HQ: Wellington website: www.monkeytronics.co.nz What products, services, solutions or technology have you developed? We have created a range of smart environmental sensors which monitor a wide range of air quality metrics within the home, classroom or office setting. This includes temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide concentration, particulate matter (PM), formaldehyde, nitrous […]
Passion for pancake production escalates growth of Van Dyck Fine Foods
An award-winning premium bakery manufacturer that started from a chance meeting at a trade fair in Germany now churns out thousands of pancakes an hour in its fully automated plant in New Plymouth after an extensive period of growth. Last year Van Dyck Fine Foods, whose employees are primarily local New Plymouth residents, changed its […]
Founder Q&A: Tokaora Diagnostics
WHO: Tokaora Diagnostics Founders: Frey Livingston & Pam Livingston HQ: New Plymouth website: tokaoradiagnostics.nz What products, services, solutions or technology have you developed? Tokaora Diagnostics is developing a commercial product (similar to a RAT test) which will enable facial eczema (liver disease) in sheep and cattle to be detected at low-cost and onsite by the […]
MiteyCo
In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and innovators working on our next generation of new business startups, social enterprises and small businesses. At a glance Founders: Shannon Kelly & Laura Fisher Business: MiteyCo Founded: November 2021 HQ: Auckland Can you tell us a bit about your business? MiteyCo is a new startup business and our […]
MACSO Technologies harnessing Artificial Intelligence to detect animal illnesses and improve welfare
An Auckland based startup is developing a platform that replicates the sensory part of a human brain to enable a variety of environmental monitoring solutions. Their first solution is using Artificial Intelligence-enabled audio sensors to aid early detection of illnesses in animals by “listening” for signs of respiratory disease. It is new ground for the […]
Founder Q&A: Eight360
WHO: Eight360 Founder: Terry Miller HQ: Wellington website: www.eight360.com What products, services, solutions or technology have you developed? Eight360 is a Virtual Reality hardware company based in Wellington, NZ. Over the last 7 years we have developed a world-unique motion experience platform called the NOVA. NOVA is a “virtual vehicle”, able to put you inside […]
Kickstarter leads to growth of KEA Outdoors’ survival kit
A Wanaka-based entrepreneur whose fly-fishing guiding business was wiped out after borders were closed during the Covid-19 pandemic has pivoted to create an outdoor survival kit, forming a startup named after his favourite bird. Matt Butler has founded KEA Outdoors, creating The KEA KIT, which he says has everything needed to rely on to “survive […]
Founder Q&A: Mister K
WHO: Mister K Founders: Lisa Ratahi & Rachel Bernhardi HQ: Hāwera website: www.misterk.co.nz What products, services, solutions or technology have you developed? At Mister K, we have passionately developed a selection of tasty consumable crackers; Marlborough Sea salt, Rosemary & Garlic and Chilli & Cheese (with a new flavour soon to be launched!) Driven from […]
Food and fibre capital raising programme launched
Planning for and securing capital for small-medium sized (SMEs) food and fibre businesses just got easier with the launch of Investment Ready – a twelve-week capital-raising preparation programme offering one-to-one and group capability building sessions. Investment Ready is designed to equip food and fibre businesses with the tools to prepare for and successfully raise investment […]