Kiwi firm Biomatters to be acquired by US firm
Biomatters has established its Geneious software as the premium brand for DNA data analysis
Biomatters has established its Geneious software as the premium brand for DNA data analysis
Auckland based company, The Icehouse — which offers a range of services and facilities designed to help business grow — has named the first six startups to receive funding under its Flux Accelerator program.
Ten promising digital startups presented their company pitches at Icehouse’s renowned Demo Day event, which showcases the best Kiwi tech talent in the country.
“The Tuhua fund has added another tier of high networking individuals with a vested interest in our company."
Six finalists got on stage at Auckland’s Maritime Museum to pitch ideas to a panel of judges comprising of some of New Zealand’s most influential Kiwi business leaders.
“If our technology can help save one child’s life on the sports field, than that’s a job well done."
New Zealand’s network of business incubators is being expanded, with the introduction of a new type of technology-focused incubator designed to get more high-growth start-ups off the ground, Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce has announced.
Small enterprises in New Zealand often have issues to do with productivity that could be improved with the help of IT. Now the Ice Lab — the research arm of Auckland business incubator The Icehouse — has stepped in to help, conducting a survey with the ultimate aim of increasing local SMEs’ productivity.
The Angel Association New Zealand has appointed Andy Hamilton, CEO of business growth centre The Icehouse, as its inaugural chairman.
An Auckland start-up is challenging the traditional finance industry by launching an online auction-based money-lending service.
All it took to get the ball rolling for start-up company chief executive Fady Mishriki was an email to John Deere’s US headquarters. Within five hours, the agricultural machinery giant had replied, saying it was interested in Mishriki’s proposal.
Gareth Croy, the chief executive of the 2007 start-up of the year, OpenEye Displays, has disappeared, leaving company staff wondering about their futures.
An online marketplace that allows people to lend and borrow directly from each other, sidestepping the banks, won top prize in the University of Auckland Business School's Spark Challenge last night.