SOTW stories - Page 2
ThisData: Harden your security with two lines of code
Mon, 11th Apr 2016
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cloud services
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security
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sotw
That’s right, add two lines of JavaScript onto your login form and you’ll be making your web site, and the world, a much safer place.
Good Bitches Baking: Baking the world a better place
Mon, 4th Apr 2016
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sotw
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startups
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baking
Good Bitches Baking, a New Zealand organization, spreads happiness by baking cakes for those in need. Their idea is catching on and growing rapidly.
Mish.guru: Your Snapchat business dashboard
Mon, 21st Mar 2016
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data analytics
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martech
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cdp
Mish.guru simplifies Snapchat management for brands, providing metrics and enabling campaigns from start to finish.
BioLumic: Using the near-magical properties of UV light to increase crop production
Mon, 14th Mar 2016
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science
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sotw
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startups
BioLumic's UV light technology is revolutionizing commercial agriculture, increasing crop yields without genetic modification or chemicals.
PocketSmith: Take control of your personal finances
Mon, 7th Mar 2016
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fintech
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management
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investment
PocketSmith answers basic questions about your personal finances: What’s my net worth? How does my power bill vary over the course of a year?.
InsuredHQ: Insurance company Infrastructure-as-a-Service
Mon, 29th Feb 2016
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iaas
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cloud services
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insurance
InsuredHQ disrupts insurance industry with cloud-based system, targeting emerging markets and underserved customers.
Intrude A Lock: Fitbit for your luggage
Mon, 22nd Feb 2016
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safety
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sotw
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startups
Elisha Fleming, an 18-year-old entrepreneur, has developed Intrude A Lock, a device that monitors checked luggage for tampering.
KotahiNet: NZ’s first commercial Internet of Things platform
Mon, 15th Feb 2016
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commerce
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sotw
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startups
KotahiNet aims to build New Zealand's first commercial platform for the Internet of Things, disrupting daily life.
Flick Electric: Disrupting the retail energy industry with price transparency and great service
Tue, 9th Feb 2016
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datacentre infrastructure
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power / energy
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electricity
Flick disrupts power industry with customer-centric approach, offering electricity at wholesale spot price plus commission.
Publons: Speeding up science through the power of peer review
Mon, 1st Feb 2016
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science
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sotw
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startups
Publons revolutionizes peer review process while providing credit to reviewers, attracting significant investment.
Timely: Appointment booking for service businesses
Mon, 21st Dec 2015
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martech
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management
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seo
Timely provides really simple cloud-based appointment booking aimed personal service businesses like hairdressers, massage therapists, and personal trainers.
Ooooby: Hacking the food supply chain, Out Of Our Own Back Yards
Mon, 14th Dec 2015
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software development
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food
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sotw
Ooooby makes it easy to create local fresh food marketplaces that source food from local growers, and deliver to local consumers.
Syngency: Cloud-based management software for talent agencies, as beautiful as the models themselves
Mon, 7th Dec 2015
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management
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talent
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sotw
Syngency, a cloud-based system for talent agencies, is set to raise investment in early 2016 after rapid growth this year.
Parrot Analytics: One metric to rule them all for the TV industry
Mon, 30th Nov 2015
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digital entertainment
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tv
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content creation
New Zealand start-up Parrot Analytics is using clever algorithms to measure the demand for TV content across a fragmented landscape.
Uncharted: Patient charts in the cloud
Mon, 23rd Nov 2015
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healthtech
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hospitals
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sotw
Doctor-turned-entrepreneur Jack Newberry has built a business in just 54 hours at Startup Weekend, solving a key problem in hospital patient care.
iQualify: Disrupting tertiary education from the inside
Mon, 16th Nov 2015
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edutech
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cloud services
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learning
Open Polytechnic has launched iQualify, a platform that enables courseware designers to create online educational content.
Ebee: Clean, green beehive hardware
Mon, 9th Nov 2015
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cleantech
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sustainability
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sotw
New Zealand startup Ebee is creating frames for beekeeping that are sustainable, biodegradable, and as cheap as plastic.
Eight Wire: Migrate your data, from anything to anywhere
Mon, 2nd Nov 2015
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data analytics
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martech
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planning
Eight Wire's Conductor product solves the headache of data migration between systems, supporting multiple formats and databases.
Linewize: Cloud managed content filtering for schools
Tue, 27th Oct 2015
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edutech
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uc
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cloud services
Managing Internet access at schools is a very hard job. Linewize's cloud-managed firewall which doesn’t merely block all content that’s nominally off-topic.
HunchBuzz: Enterprise innovation management
Mon, 19th Oct 2015
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sotw
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startups
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big companies
HunchBuzz, an Internet-enabled suggestion box, aims to help organisations unleash creativity and foster innovation.