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Online investment marketplace Snowball Effect, has achieved the milestone of raising NZ$100m worth of capital for high-growth companies, since having launched in August 2014. With capital raising fast becoming an attractive solution for businesses looking to expand and drive their growth strategy, Snowball Effect crossed the $100m mark with the help of their network of […]

Auckland based Josh and Nicola Taylor are the husband and wife duo behind the fintech company Tax Traders. Despite having no software development or previous startup experience, the pair risked it all after Josh was made redundant, seeing it as an opportunity to start their own company. Spotting inefficiencies in the way the tax regime […]

Accelerator and investment company, Sprout, is once again looking for cutting edge startups in the AgTech and FoodTech ecosystem to register for business acceleration, mentorship and the opportunity for investment. Startups creating innovative solutions in the agrifood value chain from on-farm through to human health are encouraged to register for Sprout’s Accelerator. Between eight and […]

Kiwi agtech, food tech and consumer food and beverage startups have until Sunday 16 May to apply for Rabobank’s FoodBytes! Pitch global competition. FoodBytes! Pitch is an annual multi-week programme helping food and agriculture startups from around the world validate and grow their businesses, and their impact, through global industry exposure, tailored mentorship sessions, connection […]

Startup investment in New Zealand has grown and matured despite the challenges of COVID-19, according to the latest Startup Investment report from PwC and the Angel Association (AANZ). In 2020, investors provided more follow-on capital than ever before, with 69% ($109m) of all investment being follow-on capital, indicating a commitment to support startups through to […]

On the back of the successful release of the first two PowerUp Podcasts, Venture Taranaki (Taranaki’s Regional Development Agency) has released the next three instalments of its podcast series. As part of Taranaki’s entrepreneurship initiative PowerUp, the PowerUp Podcasts celebrate Taranaki’s entrepreneurs and innovators who are leaving their mark on the world, while living the […]

Venture Taranaki, the Regional Development Agency for Taranaki, has announced the top five finalists for the second phase of its PowerUp Ideas Competition, with one finalist up to win the grand prize of $10,000.  “We were overwhelmed by Taranaki’s response when we first put out the call for submissions of enterprising ideas. All the video-pitches […]

When you think about some of the groups most affected and industries most disrupted by COVID, students and education come quickly to mind. It’s been an incredibly difficult time for young people to achieve a sense of community through multiple lockdowns and schools going remote. Komodo founders, Chris Bacon, Jack Wood, and Matt Goodson realised […]

Rabobank is kicking off the 2021 Pitch programme for FoodBytes!, the bank’s global food and agriculture innovation platform, which drives connections and collaboration between startups, corporate leaders, investors and farmers to implement solutions to food system challenges. From now until Sunday 16 May, Kiwi agtech, food tech and consumer food and beverage startups are invited […]

One year on from the first lockdown, local SMEs are more reliant on technology as they adapt to new ways of working, new patterns of demand, and the ongoing risk of disruption, according to new research by business management platform, MYOB.  The latest MYOB Technology Snapshot found that in the last six months, almost half […]

Kiwi brand activation specialist, Hoop, has acquired the New Zealand based assets of Australasia’s largest co-packer, LJM, and embarked on its very own dedicated in-house co-packing solution. The company is one of New Zealand’s leading outsourced teams, specialising in replenishing shelves, activating brand promotions and providing co-packing services for many Kiwi and international brands. Whilst […]

With workshops and an ideas competition already in action, Taranaki’s entrepreneurship initiative PowerUp is well underway. The next instalment of the programme is the release of the first two “PowerUp Podcasts”, from a planned series of eight. Regional Development Agency Venture Taranaki put together the podcast series to celebrate the region’s entrepreneurs and innovators who […]