Kiwi Stories

Registration for Sprout Accelerator open; $500,000 up for grabs

Eight New Zealand start-ups will be selected to join the six-month accelerator, which provides business coaching, mentoring, network access and courses.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Fri, 4th Oct 2019

Small Business

Singapore Tourism Board calling Kiwis to join new pilot programme

The Singapore Tourism Board is calling for local and international companies to join the Singapore Tourism Accelerator.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Thu, 4th Jul 2019

Creative HQ

Venture Up accelerator kicks off this month

New Zealand's aspiring leaders and entrepreneurs are about to put their best feet forward for the launch of the Venture Up 2019 youth accelerator this month.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Wed, 16th Jan 2019

Massey University

ecentre's Sprint Global 2019 accelerator primed for action

Massey University's ecentre is launching Sprint Global 2019, an accelerator programme to help New Zealand startups go global faster.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Wed, 9th Jan 2019

Accelerator

MRHQ launches 'NZ-first' tech career accelerator

A new tech career accelerator, Mission Ready HQ, aims to fill the skills shortage in the industry and create opportunities for talented individuals.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Mon, 7th Jan 2019

Lightning Lab

Lightning Lab accelerator delves into tourism

Startup accelerator Lightning Lab is launching a new programme to find innovative solutions to challenges facing the tourism industry.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Mon, 17th Dec 2018

Entrepreneur

Venture Up accelerator for young entepreneurs coming to Queenstown

The mountainous backdrop of Queenstown is set to become the location of Creative HQ's newest 2019 Venture Up accelerator for young entrepreneurs.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Tue, 9th Oct 2018

Accelerator

Qatar SportsTech accelerator opens doors for international startups

The three-month-long SportsTech Accelerator program is looking for ten SportsTech startups that are interested in developing new technology solutions.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Mon, 8th Oct 2018

Blockchain

CreativeHQ & Centrality launch blockchain accelerator programme

Using Creative HQ's Lightning Lab, the Centrality Accelerator will support ventures to become business-ready and trained for success.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Thu, 4th Oct 2018

Global Stories

Unified Communications

Accenture and Workday expand finance transformation partnership

The companies are collaborating to develop a suite of data-led, composable finance solutions that can be configured and reconfigured to help clients.

By Gaurav Sharma • 4 min read • Fri, 8th Sep 2023

Generative AI

Thoughtworks looks to give businesses competitive edge with Generative AI

Thoughtworks has announced product accelerators aimed to help organisations identify near-term opportunity areas and projects to apply generative AI.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Thu, 3rd Aug 2023

Platform-as-a-Service

Pattern's platform identify unauthorised marketplace sellers

The eCommerce acceleration platform helped track down an estimated AU$2.5 million worth of potential unauthorised marketplace sales within or into Australia.

By Gaurav Sharma • 3 min read • Fri, 21st Jul 2023

Accelerator

HLV and RBV launch accelerator to empower next era of Web3

Horizen Labs Ventures (HLV) and Red Beard Ventures (RBV) have announced the launch of Denarii Labs, a tokenomics accelerator for Web3 projects.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 19th May 2023

Partner Programmes

Boomi expands global partner program with new opportunties

Boomi has announced it has expanded its global partner program to include new opportunities for its approximately 800 partners worldwide.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Mon, 5th Sep 2022

Space Technologies

AWS launches space and sustainability accelerator programs

Amazon Web Services has announced the launch of two global accelerator programs to help startups address challenges in healthcare, space, and sustainability.

By Ryan Morris-Reade • 5 min read • Mon, 14th Mar 2022

Customer Relationship Management

Genesys recognises leaders in customer experience with latest awards

Genesys has recognized trailblazing businesses in the ANZ region for their exceptional customer experiences. Winners include Homecare Medical and Microsoft.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Wed, 5th Aug 2020

Digital Transformation

COVID-19: the greatest digital accelerator of the decade, Twilio finds

COVID-19 and related nationwide lockdowns have resulted in businesses accelerating their digital transformation strategy and efforts by at least six years.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 22nd Jul 2020

Stories from Other Regions

Encryption

EnSilica integrates post-quantum cryptography accelerators in eSi-Crypto range

EnSilica, a cybersecurity firm, integrates Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) accelerators into its hardware range, strengthening encryption against prospective quantum computing threats.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 18th Jan 2024