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Startups stories - Page 20

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New Aussie RegTech strategy set to accelerate industry
Mon, 29th May 2017
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In the report, regtech is defined as technology that helps businesses comply with regulations efficiently and inexpensively.
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AgriDigital & Prospa amongst top winners at the Australian FinTech Awards
Fri, 26th May 2017
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AgriDigital and Prospa shine at the Australian FinTech Awards, celebrating leadership and innovation in the fintech and agritech industries.
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Dell CFO Tom Sweet on the merger, the ANZ market & start-ups
Tue, 23rd May 2017
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m&a
You can’t shut off innovation. If you take yourself out of the market or shut it down for 2 years, you’re going to destroy the business.
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So you want to be an entrepreneur: What they never tell you when you start out
Fri, 19th May 2017
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Be an entrepreneur for the long haul: Debunking post-sale bliss and planning for realistic, lifelong challenges.
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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?.
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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).
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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.
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Chinese local government poised to invest in high tech startups – just move there
Wed, 10th May 2017
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risk & compliance
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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.
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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.
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Tech to help dyslexic students wins teen startup sprint
Wed, 10th May 2017
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teen innovation
Teen start up weekend Mashup happened last weekend. This year's winners came up with an exciting, tech-based product to help dyslexic students.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Vodafone brings kiwi ideas to life with xone programme
Wed, 19th Apr 2017
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startups
Xone is a start-up accelerator and innovation lab, where Vodafone partners with start-ups at all stages to find new and exciting technologies.
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Rotorua business program ‘Incubate’ helps start-ups take off
Tue, 11th Apr 2017
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startups
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retailers
Rotorua-based initiative, Incubate, helps start-ups and established businesses succeed and grow through a 12-week program.