Thanks to funding from government-backed Carbn Group , Kiwi eco-tech pioneer UBCO is gearing up for widespread adoption of its utility electric bikes across New Zealand farms, businesses and households. Carbn Group, with investment from New Zealand Green Investment Finance Ltd (NZGIF – also known as the ‘Green Fund’), a crown-owned company established to accelerate low[…]
A Māori and Pasifika-led TVC encouraging Kiwis to shop small has just gone to air for New Zealand’s first Small Business Day , a competition-based campaign led by Indigo Innovators in partnership with Xero. Indigo and Xero together came up with the idea to give small businesses one day to themselves after a year[…]
Despite the global social and economic challenges brought on by Covid-19, New Zealand's technology innovation continues to thrive. One example is Kiwi app homeAR , which has recently raised $750k from local private equity to take its market-leading augmented reality technology global. homeAR founder and CEO Richard Penny sparked the idea for the app following[…]
