Incubator stories

Voluntas Elevate & Afinico partner for business growth
Mon, 16th Dec 2024
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Voluntas Elevate and Afinico have teamed up to support New Zealand businesses in scaling from $1 million to $100 million in annual revenue.

Markko launches incubator for non-technical marketplace founders
Wed, 17th Jul 2024
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Markko unveils Markko Labs to empower non-technical marketplace founders with essential resources, reducing financial and technical barriers in the e-commerce sector.

EY startup incubator programme expands across ANZ, ASEAN
Mon, 28th Mar 2022
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EY expands startup incubator into Cambodia, Guam, Thailand and Vietnam, allowing tech start-ups to accelerate growth through EY's Tax service line.

ecentre business incubator showcases NZ’s upcoming startups
Wed, 31st Jul 2019
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Sprint Global, the business incubator hosted by Massey University, selected 11 startups to take on the challenge of ‘going global’.

Callaghan Innovation seeks incubators to fuel NZ’s deep-tech growth
Thu, 11th Jul 2019
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Successful incubators will help to develop technical and scientific research in New Zealand, and ensure technology translates to successful commercial outcomes.

New recruit to lead business acceleration at Callaghan
Fri, 28th Jun 2019
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Michael Murphy joins Callaghan Innovation as group manager for business acceleration, bringing extensive corporate innovation and angel investment expertise.

Soda Inc nominated for Westpac Waikato Business Award
Fri, 28th Sep 2018
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Wintec business incubator Soda Inc. has entered this year’s 2018 Westpac Waikato Business Awards for its work helping local startups grow.

Soda Inc creates incubator partnership for Hawke's Bay businesses
Tue, 21st Aug 2018
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Waikato-based incubator Soda Inc is about to throw Hawke’s Bay businesses a valuable lifeline, thanks to a partnership with Business Hawke’s Bay.

Chch incubator EPIC hosts global innovation programme
Mon, 19th Mar 2018
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Stimulating collaboration are five challenges, each thrown down by industry leaders working
towards the region’s future prosperity.

Kiwi Startup Spotlight: Putting data back into consumer’s hands with blockchain
Mon, 12th Mar 2018
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Right now, four big internet companies are using personal data to make huge profits - they also use their power to shut down the competition.

CA Technologies backs container solutions for latest software incubator project
Thu, 16th Nov 2017
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FreshTracks.io now has a fast-to-market solutions for container operations, particularly for teams using Prometheus and Kubernetes together.

Christchurch EPIC innovation hub’s lease extended by seven years
Mon, 30th Oct 2017
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The companies within EPIC have grown to build a combined turnover estimated to be in excess of $50 million per annum.

Victoria University incubator receives Govt’s Entrepreneurial Universities funding
Fri, 22nd Sep 2017
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CMIC will incubate potential startups and industry pipelines to strengthen New Zealand’s computing and media ecosystem.

Erin Wansbrough appointed as new chief executive for SODA Inc
Mon, 18th Sep 2017
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Wansbrough has a passion for entrepreneurship and brings a depth of business experience and knowledge of commercialisation.

Rotorua businesses advance into Accelerate programme
Tue, 5th Sep 2017
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More than 100 organisations in Rotorua, Taupo and Kawerau have completed either Firestation’s Incubate and Accelerate since 2014.

Northland Inc’s Orchard innovation hub recognised at MBIE Awards
Mon, 4th Sep 2017
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Northland Inc's Orchard hub earns MBIE accolade for fostering a collaborative environment that is nurturing innovation across Northland.

Rotorua co-working space aims to be NZ’s digital capital
Fri, 1st Sep 2017
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Rotorua's new Digital Basecamp aims to crown the city as NZ's digital capital, fostering a hub for tech developers, creators, and apprentices in the CBD.

Chinese VC partners with Melbourne to launch Asia-focused startup incubator
Thu, 31st Aug 2017
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Suzhou High-Tech Venture Capital Group is providing up to AU$80m in financial support to run the centre, and develop projects over the next 3 years.

SODA INC & partners to take startup incubation model across NZ
Wed, 9th Aug 2017
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Waikato business incubator SODA Inc has four new partners as it aims to expand its incubation model across the country.

Regional startups gain access to more incubator services
Tue, 4th Jul 2017
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Callaghan has awarded six providers, some in BoP, Gisborne, and Hawkes Bay, one and two-year contracts for founder incubator services.