NZ tech news in May 2021
May 2021’s NZ tech news headlines covered items including electric vehicle developments, national ‘digital skills’ initiatives, wireless energy systems, technology for legal teams, IoT in livestock management and more. We’ve also included NZ tech news items from April 2021 to widen out the points of reference presented.
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- New Zealand: Data-Driven Farming event set for May 27th, part of TechWeek NZ
- New Zealand’s First AML launches in Australia with regtech solutions around anti-money laundering requirements
- New Zealand: LawVu legal-tech raises US$1.8M with platform focusing on supporting and streamlining processes for in-house legal teams
- New Zealand: An intro to Harvex, online marketplace focused on onion trading and allowing exporters to manage their entire trade workflow from one platform
- New Zealand: A podcast intro to Compostic, working on home compostable materials to replace shopping bags
- New Zealand: Vence agritech startup raises $16M for international roll-out of herd management and virtual fencing systems
- New Zealand: Emrod partners with Powerco power distribution company to develop prototype wireless energy system
- New Zealand: An intro to UBCO’s electric two-wheel-drive motorcycles, used in agriculture, tourism, last mile deliveries and more
- Download: New Zealand’s Startup Investment magazine, April 2021 edition (pdf)
- Download: Digital Skills For Our Digital Future – an updated analysis of the Digital Skills landscape of New Zealand (pdf)
- SAP unveils 6 startups selected for B2B accelerator, focusing on energy and natural resources industries in Australia and New Zealand
New Zealand: April 2021 tech snapshot
- Spark telco opens Innovation Studio with goal of aiding NZ businesses in testing technologies including 5G and IoT
- ProTag team from Massey University takes top-4 spot in Microsoft Imagine Cup finals with smart ear tagging system for livestock
- LevelTwo hub for deep-tech startups rebrands to Outset Ventures with focus on incubating and investing in early-stage ventures
- Finistere Aotearoa Fund launches in partnership with New Zealand Growth Capital Partners, a NZ$40M fund focused on commercialization of agritech research
- “Local businesses, consumers, and workers – in the face of seemingly unstoppable multinationals like Amazon – require gov’t protection…”
- Halter agritech raises $32M with solar powered ‘smart collar’ for fence-free dairy farming, providing virtual herding via smartphone app
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