Agritech

Q&A with Findex: Financial advice for agritech investors and innovators

We talk with Neil McAra and Steve Alexander of financial advisors Findex, who help startups and investors collaborate on bringing innovative and profitable New Zealand agritech to the world. First, let’s look at the broader picture: what is the importance of agriculture to the national economy...

Published: 07 FEB 2023
Cropsy Technologies

New Zealand’s ecosystem approach to agritech innovation

Generating NZ$1.6 billion in 2021, agritech is one of the most innovative sectors in Aotearoa New Zealand and one with significant potential to grow. We speak with AgriTechNZ and Findex to learn more about the “smart ecosystem” engineered by Kiwi food and fibre producers to boost efficiency.  The...

Published: 27 JAN 2023
WNT Ventures team

WNT Ventures profile: Ideas anchored in science

WNT Ventures is a venture capital fund focusing on deep technology: innovations in tangible science and engineering breakthroughs and the teams behind them. It calls itself a “high conviction” partner, supporting entrepreneurs from the earliest stages and connecting them with the resources and...

Published: 16 DEC 2022
Supie

The growth in opportunities for female funders and founders

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland has a rich community of female entrepreneurs spanning fields from online supermarket disruption to robotics, aerospace and food technology. For investors, these innovators make an extraordinary talent pool. In the second part of our two-part series on the local female...

Published: 06 OCT 2022
Opportunity in the Auckland female venture ecosystem

Opportunity in the Auckland female venture ecosystem

In part one of a two-part series on the vibrant female venture ecosystem in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, we look at key metrics and speak with industry insiders.

Published: 06 OCT 2022
Circles SaaS

Investable opportunity: Circles SaaS for high-performance golf

Golf improvement start-up Circles is raising capital and looking for investors that love sport, and understand SaaS economics, to close the round in early November.

Published: 12 SEP 2022
Swoop Kite in flight

Swoop Aero: bringing sustainable, drone-based deliveries to our skies

We talk to Richard Adams of Swoop Aero about its world-proven drone technology that could revolutionise healthcare logistics in New Zealand.

Published: 09 AUG 2022
Woman demonstrating virtual reality machine

Investable opportunities in Auckland’s growing technology sector

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland’s tech sector continues to experience rapid growth and presents exciting opportunities for investment.

Published: 25 JUL 2022
Fletchers Commercial Bay Downtown

Q&A with Suse Reynolds and Bridget Unsworth of Angel Association Aotearoa New Zealand

We speak with Angel Association New Zealand about the quantity, quality and success of angel investment in New Zealand.

Published: 06 JUL 2022
GD1 VC Fund team

GD1: Born in Auckland, Global from Day One

We talk with Vignesh Kumar from Global From Day 1 (GD1) about helping Aotearoa New Zealand’s ambitious tech founders find global success

Published: 23 JUN 2022