= First quarter 2018 =
New zealand’s startup News
Below is a broad, uncategorised summary of New Zealand’s startup news from January, February and March 2018.
We also deliver a monthly New Zealand startup news update.
Accompanying this, we also deliver a daily startup news report
via social media, posting New Zealand’s startup news on Twitter,
on LinkedIn and via StartupAsiaNews on Facebook.
The collected quarterly items – spanning all countries in South and Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand – can also be ordered as a 90+ page publication in full-colour hardopy.
- Dave & Patrimonio startup creates bespoke AI-driven chatbots
- A look at why 19 Pacific countries are building a single civil registration platform
- A look at 6 up-and-coming NZ startups
- Soda Inc Innes48 Start-up Competition set for March 16-18
- A look at Trademonster, helping NZ businesses send over 1 million retail parcels to China
- InsuredHQ startup selected to pitch Global Insurtech Roadshow
- Postr advertising tech startup secures US$2.5M for lock-screen ads and sponsored data
- An intro to MemePR, creating an AI-driven marketing platform
- A look at NZ’s many moves in agricultural technology
- A look at Titan Ideas’ world’s 1st AR-enabled Māori alphabet colouring book
- Nyriad hyperscale data storage startup raises over US$8.5M
- An intro to PL^G blockchain partnership, aiming to build an ‘internet of blockchains’
- A look at Flossie, aiming to minimise no-shows for salon appointments
- Startup customers to benefit from coworking space in MYOB’s new Christchurch office
- An intro to Smallworlds, 3D scanning and printing to produce figurines – of yourself
- A podcast interview with Flossie founder, helping women find and book curated salon services
- Centrality blockchain firm partners China’s Dalian Wanda to develop ecosystem connecting consumers and retailers
- An intro to a bunch of NZ’s fintechs working in cash, crypto and crowdlending
- 5 quick reasons to consider basing in NZ if you’re leading a tech startup
- Choice blockchain-based payments system secures 2.6M XEMS (NZD$1M) via NEM blockchain community fund
- FileInvite secures over $1M for cloud-based transfer and storage of personal information
- Vodafone xone accelerator seeks 8 early-to-late stage startups in AI, IoT and data analytics sectors
- DROPIT to debuts revolutionary drop auctions at Australian Grand Prix
- A look at the ideas showcased at the recent Innes48 startup competition
- Nexus Marketplace aims to level the playing field around government contracts
- IMAGR’s Smartcart AI and computer vision tech scans products as shoppers select them
- An intro to HI Jewellery’s 3D printing concept
- Energy One aims to remove cost barrier for electric vehicles via used market
- New Zealand government launches Innovative Partnership program to lure entrepreneurs
- Startup Weekend Tairawhiti set for Gisborne, end of April
- Ambit conversational AI startup gains R&D grant
