Startups stories - Page 22

58 finalists vie for top spot at Australian Fintech Awards
Wed, 17th May 2017
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58 finalists were chosen from 158 award entries across 30 categories, but who will win the Australian Finnies this year?.

HCF Demo Day: Aussie health tech entrepreneurs gear up to pitch ideas
Fri, 12th May 2017
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The program process includes pitching ideas to a team of investors and 12 week course where participants develop their minimum viable product (MVP).

Hello Alice: An AI-based virtual advisor for women entrepreneurs
Thu, 11th May 2017
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The current start-up ecosystem continues to cycle resources among a very small percentage of well-connected entrepreneurs, making it difficult for les.

Chinese local government poised to invest in high tech startups – just move there
Wed, 10th May 2017
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fundertech
Free rent for the first three years, subsidies on intellectual property, and $10million angel investment funds – it’s almost too good to be true.

HPE invests $140m to help boost start-ups within new APJ headquarters
Wed, 10th May 2017
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At the opening of its new Asia Pacific and Japan headquarters in Singapore, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) unveiled their InnovateNext program.

Tech to help dyslexic students wins teen startup sprint
Wed, 10th May 2017
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Teen start up weekend Mashup happened last weekend. This year's winners came up with an exciting, tech-based product to help dyslexic students.

Māori digital startup finalists prepare to meet judges
Tue, 9th May 2017
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Finalists for DIGMYIDEA Māori Innovation Challenge, a competition to incubate digital startups, have been announced in New Zealand.

Rotary Club and Ākina Foundation team up to kick-start social enterprise
Fri, 5th May 2017
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Now in its third year running, there is $10,000 cash to be won to help kick-start social enterprises - last year was an online NCEA tutorial platform.

Kiwi fintech startup wins international social enterprise award
Thu, 4th May 2017
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Banqer received the Economic Citizenship Education Award at the Global Inclusion Awards ceremony in Berlin, a first for NZ companies.

Record $69mil angel investments poured into young New Zealand companies in 2016
Mon, 1st May 2017
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Fewer portfolio companies are getting funded, but high-performing ones are able to close larger sized capital rounds.

120 Japanese leaders coming to town to invest in aspiring NZ businesses
Fri, 28th Apr 2017
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An opportunity for Auckland and its ambitious businesses to forge closer economic ties with a major trading partners is soon coming to town.

Mobile payroll service makes life easier for small agritech businesses
Thu, 27th Apr 2017
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Simply Payroll recently signed a strategic partnership with Federated Farmers providing free set up, training and support for the mobile service.

Kiwibank fintech accelerator teams progressing well in lead up to Demo Day
Fri, 21st Apr 2017
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Two months into Kiwibank’s Fintech Accelerator, we catch up with programme manager Rosie Wall on how teams are doing in the final stretch.

Vodafone opens applications for accelerator programme to Kiwi innovators
Wed, 19th Apr 2017
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Applications to Vodafone xone open today, a six-month programme featuring $25,000 seed funding, access to technology and mentoring.

Vodafone brings kiwi ideas to life with xone programme
Wed, 19th Apr 2017
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Xone is a start-up accelerator and innovation lab, where Vodafone partners with start-ups at all stages to find new and exciting technologies.

Rotorua business program ‘Incubate’ helps start-ups take off
Tue, 11th Apr 2017
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Rotorua-based initiative, Incubate, helps start-ups and established businesses succeed and grow through a 12-week program.

Startups: You’re hogging the FinTech limelight, says PwC survey
Mon, 10th Apr 2017
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PwC’s New Zealand Global FinTech Report says that startups are taking up too much of the limelight when it comes to FinTech.

The Icehouse names the six tech startups in this year's Flux Accelerator programme
Tue, 4th Apr 2017
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The Icehouse has picked the six lucky tech startups that will be participating in its Flux Accelerator programme this year.

BNZ opens co-working space in Christchurch – and it’s free!
Wed, 29th Mar 2017
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The space is bolstered by the fact there is Wi-Fi, printing and perhaps best of all, free coffee. All you need to do is bring your laptop.

Kiwi innovators: Entries for the Māori innovation comp close soon
Tue, 28th Mar 2017
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The competition aims to attract more Māori to the digital economy by helping emerging innovators turn their creative ideas into reality.