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• New govt grants for startups come with clawback provisions

  New government grants for startup technology companies will be subject to clawback provisions if the recipient company is sold to overseas interests or its operations relocated overseas.

• Cisco acquired nearly 50 start-ups in decade

  Cisco acquired more start-ups than any other corporation over the past decade, in a list dominated by IT vendors such as IBM, Microsoft, EMC and Oracle.

• Seven rules for life in a start-up

  I'm on my first start-up. My experience has previously been at mature companies. Looking back, I realise that at every company, many of my recommendations focused on the fundamentals of IT management — project management, life-cycle planning, governance and staff development.

• Start-up money-lending service ready to go

  An Auckland start-up is challenging the traditional finance industry by launching an online auction-based money-lending service.

• Online gig guide spreads the word from K Rd

  Startup company Mukuna runs an online guide to live music and DJ gigs in Auckland. But Mukuna is more than a guide; it is also a tool for syndicating music event listings to other websites, says lead programmer and one of the founders of the company, Lisa Salmon.

• John Deere makes it happen for local start-up

  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.

• Staff left wondering after OpenEye CEO goes AWOL

  Gareth Croy, the chief executive of the 2007 start-up of the year, OpenEye Displays, has disappeared, leaving company staff wondering about their futures.

• Fund to invest $25 million in Salesforce.com startups

  Salesforce.com has launched a US$25 million investment fund to encourage the development of new applications using its Force.com hosted development platform.

• Christchurch start-up previews the web with Mozilla

  Christchurch-based start-up Interclue has developed a preview tool that allows users to see a snapshot of a web page when hovering over a link — before clicking it. When users hover the mouse pointer over the link, an icon appears, and if the user rests the mouse on the icon, a summary of the linked page will pop up.

• Angel investors take wing in New Zealand

  Around 70 people gathered at an angel investor showcase, held at Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour last week. Four companies, hoping to raise money to fund their business ideas, made their pitch and answered tricky questions from the knowledgeable audience.

• Kiwi startup Tomizone ups free hotspot access

  New Zealand start-up Tomizone has inked a contract with global networking vendor D-Link to integrate its free wi-fi hotspot solution into selected wireless routers.

• Protective framework reduces startup collapse risk

  Startup technology companies inevitably face financial risk. Even if the company seems to be going well, has won a number of clients and is producing a steady profit, disaster can strike.

• OpenEye takes signage to the next level

  OpenEye Displays, a developer of digital display technology, won two awards at the recent Gen-i New Zealand Incubator Awards. The company won the start-up of the year category and its chief executive, Gareth Croy, won the start-up entrepreneur award.

• The garden’s blooming, despite the rocky soil

  Okay, so I’ve been sitting in the editor’s chair for a few weeks now and I’ve come to a few conclusions.

• 'Summer of Code' helps develop lending exchange

  Auction sites are such a common feature of the internet as to be almost without news value; shopping sites even more so.