Ch-ch-changes
Changes at Callaghan Innovation: Goodbye Growth Grants, hello tax credits
Callaghan Innovation’s Growth Grants are set to end – and will be replaced by tax credits for organisations that spend more than $100,000 on R & D.
Doing good
The Idealog guide to things you can do with your money to reduce social inequality (even if we're unqualified to give financial advice)
You want to make a positive difference in the world. You have some money. So, how do you do the greatest amount of good with the money you have? Here are some options, even if we're about as qualified for giving financial advice as an actual kākāpō would be for coaching the All Blacks.
Stronger
The Kanye West x Idealog collab needs to happen
Hey, Yeezy: we hear you’re getting into the VC game. Let’s join forces.
Capital raising with a cause
A look at New Zealand startup Veriphi's plan to use tech to drastically reduce medication errors - and save lives
Auckland-based medical device start-up Veriphi is trying to raise $2 million through Snowball Effect to commercialise their solution for intravenous medication errors – which they say could save thousands of lives per year. Will investors agree?
Most impressive
Cream of the crop: Check out the 2018 Flux accelerator teams
Flux, an accelerator delivered by The Icehouse and backed by Callaghan Innovation and ATEED, has picked five innovative startups for their 2018 cohort.
Checking in
Visitor management software company SwipedOn raises $1m, plans global growth while championing Tauranga and sustainability
Raising $1 million is an achievement for any company. But Tauranga-based visitor management software company SwipedOn has even greater ambitions.
Big plans
Conscious Consumers raises $2m, sets sights on UK
In one of the biggest capital raises for a social enterprise in New Zealand ever, Conscious Consumers has attracted $2 million of investment for their upcoming launch into the United Kingdom. but what might it mean for the health of the industry?
Sensing the future
Meet the ZozoSuit - StretchSense's high-tech solution to making sure the clothes you buy online actually fit
Kiwi wearable tech company StretchSense has come up with a solution for making sure the clothes you buy online actually fit. Oh, and they've also drawn major attention from Japan's largest online retailer.
He waka eke noa
2017 TIN Report highlights Māori tech companies for the first time (and other important gleanings)
No matter how you slice it, $10 billion is a pretty big chunk of change. It’s how much Aotearoa’s technology sector is estimated to be worth – and it’s a new record to boot. But can growth continue?
