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Xero has announced today that the company’s Auckland based employees will move to new premises at the end of 2018, allowing room for growth and to drive strategic global ambitions. Xero has signed a 12 year lease for offices in the Mansons development on the corner of Parnell’s St Georges Bay and Garfield Roads that […]

Kiwi-founded Romer app (dubbed the “Tinder for activities”) is launching in Melbourne today to help people discover the very best of what the city has to offer. Romer is a free app to help people discover and explore experiences with friends. Users swipe left or right on must-try options for dining, drink and picnic spots, […]

A new Kōkiri accelerator programme kicking off this week features 10 ambitious startups with products including a process that turns the environmentally damaging didymo into fabric, a digital tool for Māori millennials learning Te Reo Māori, a system providing complete visibility of the honey supply chain, and a new way to find owner-operated eateries. The […]

Steve Bambury offers a precis from John Mackey and Raj Sisodia’s seminal book “Conscious Capitalism“. Business leaders and marketers would have to have their head firmly in the sand not to see that today’s consumers are increasingly voting with their wallets, and choosing where possible to support brands operating with a higher purpose. But aside […]

Applications are now being accepted for the 2018 Soda Inc. Innes48 Start-up Competition, to be held at Wintec in Hamilton from 16-18 March. The largest event of its kind in New Zealand, the competition draws hundreds of national and international participants who compete for up to $15,000 in prize money over one high energy, high […]

Successful entrepreneurs are intensely action oriented. They have “mountains” to move and are renowned for their work ethic. But being busy is not necessarily the same as being productive. To find out how some of NZ’s most productive entrepreneurs get things done, #nzentrepreneur Editor Richard Liew asked six action-oriented Kiwis to share their number one […]

Coherent Solutions, provider of high-end testing equipment for the optical telecommunications market, announced today the completion of a $3 million A-Series investment round. The investment round was led by New Zealand’s Punakaiki Fund and supported by K1W1, NZVIF, and Auckland University’s Inventors Fund. Based in Auckland, Coherent Solutions develops and manufactures advanced test and measurement […]

Fergus, a job management platform for trades businesses in New Zealand, has announced a $3.5 million AUD investment led by Sydney-based, Microequities Venture Capital Fund. The financing will be used to accelerate growth in Australia, and further its global expansion as the go-to job management software for the trades industry. As part of the financing, […]

A business idea competition in Northland that culminated in the announcement of 10 winners from an initial pool of 147 entries and 22 finalists, is predicted to boost Northland’s rapidly growing reputation for entrepreneurial thinking and innovation. The Pick:2017 was launched in June by Northland Inc’s business and event hub, The Orchard, with a call […]

A new kind of investment offering is emerging that is testing regulators around the world – including New Zealand’s FMA (Financial Markets Authority). Called ICOs (Initial Coin Offerings) or token generation events – these are “investment” offerings where investors put their money into what is usually a startup idea and, instead of receiving shares, receive […]

The challenges facing governments around the world have never been more significant. Problems like global warming, cybersecurity and privacy are “big-picture” problems, but there are also the day-to- day challenges of digital transformation, citizen-centric government and participatory democracy that are faced by agencies in most countries. These challenges create a big market opportunity. During a […]

SME owners are feeling isolated, unsure if they’ll ever retire and are confused by social media; according to a new white paper released by Business Mentors New Zealand. The white paper, The State of SME, is backed by research that surveyed more than 700 business owners and experienced business mentors across the country. Following the […]