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New Zealand augmented reality app homeAR has raised $750k from local and international private equity to take its market-leading real estate tech global. As the world continues to battle with the social and economic effects of Covid-19 and Auckland recently sat in its fourth “Level 3” lockdown in the last twelve months, New Zealand technology […]

New Zealand small business lending specialist, Prospa, announced it has received access to the New Zealand Government’s Business Finance Guarantee Scheme (“BFGS”). The BFGS can help small businesses access credit for cashflow, capital assets and projects related to, responding to, or recovering from the impacts of COVID-19. Prospa has received an allocation under the Scheme, […]

Auckland trades labour hire company Hirestaff made it into the finals of the Westpac Auckland Business Awards in 2020 after just one year in operation, having doubled its staff numbers and returned strong financial results despite COVID lockdowns. As Hirestaff approaches its second birthday, founder Jonny Peters says simple customer care and not shying away […]

What do you call a founder who bootstraps a successful international technology startup for nearly two decades before considering taking any outside capital? Determined? Driven? Perhaps, even an idealist? There is no such thing as a ‘typical’ entrepreneur. Every business leaders’ journey is different, and even repeat founders can have vastly different experiences with the […]

Omnichannel commerce platform Lightspeed POS Inc. (NYSE & TSX: LSPD) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Kiwi made retail management software company Vend Limited (Vend). The acquisition strengthens Lightspeed’s global retail base and reinforces the company as a premier omnichannel retail platform worldwide for small and medium-sized businesses. The acquisition […]

A Warkworth inventor is reaching out to schools so teachers don’t have to reach far – for tech resources, that is. Michael Botur explains. On a mission to introduce more students to the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics) hardware and software they’ll need to bring ideas to life, Super Humanics has developed a […]

If you’re a budding entrepreneur and based in Taranaki, Venture Taranaki’s PowerUp programme wants to hear about your big idea. Launched in November last year, PowerUp is the Regional Development Agency’s new entrepreneurship initiative. Driven by three key initiatives – grow, tell, and connect – PowerUp aims to support Taranaki entrepreneurship and enterprise innovation, and […]

Auckland property data company Relab has launched the freshest version of its software-as-a-service, as version 4.0 of the platform aims to make property data more accessible than ever for mum and dad buyers and sellers, investors, developers, and real estate professionals. The update comes after the January announcement that Relab has secured $1m of post-seed […]

The accreditation of private equity investment platform, Snowball Effect, as an NZX Sponsor Participant aims to further support the Exchange’s focus on nurturing a strong pipeline of companies for potential future listings. NZX Chief Executive, Mark Peterson, says Snowball Effect has an excellent track record in working with both startups, and fast growing and established […]

Dunedin’s game development industry has had a strong start to 2021, with seven new and emerging local studios revealing an exciting mix of entertaining and serious game projects funded by the first New Zealand Centre of Digital Excellence (CODE) grants. Details were released at a CODE update and grants launch event in Dunedin on Friday. […]

Better collaboration was the goal for more than one hundred representatives of Aotearoa’s burgeoning startup ecosystem, who gathered this week in Wellington to share ideas to help more Kiwis start and grow their own businesses. Attendees at the two day event, held at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, included entrepreneurs and startup […]

Manaaki, the business support network that was founded in 2020’s first lockdown – and that yesterday was named Community of the Year Semi-finalist in Kiwibank’s New Zealander of the Year awards – has appointed Rachel Adams as General Manager. Coming from a decade nurturing the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the Waikato and regions around Aotearoa as […]