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Hands-on STEM programme for New Zealand Primary School Teachers

A unique model of giving through Auckland Foundation. Seeking to create positive change in the lives of Tāmaki Makaurau women by providing financial support to charitable organisations and programmes

The brain-child of successful New Zealand entrepreneur and investor duo Anna Stuck and Sarah Park. Even Capital is a female-founded, female-funded and female-focused capital fund investment for Asia Pacific businesses

Asia Pacific Alternative Investment Management firm, Artesian, established an Auckland office with the launch of their $100 million Female Leaders VC Fund that exclusively targets Series A and B rounds of high-growth female-led ventures

ArcAngels is a member-based angel investment organisation focused on building investor knowledge and dedicated to investing in early-stage businesses that are led or managed by women across New Zealand

AUT Ventures is the commercialisation arm of the University, they provide access to AUT’s IP portfolio, research consultants, commercial research and investment opportunities

Helping to transform innovative ideas and research from the University of Waikato to create social, economic and environmental impact in the Waikato region and New Zealand

Wellington UniVentures works with their University innovators to shape their research into initiatives that create impact

Commercialisation advice and experience available to all University of Otago researchers

A $300m fund of fund programme that invests into venture capital firms; aimed at filling the Series A and B capital gap for high-growth New Zealand technology companies

A series of programmes to support young Kiwi’s to discover their potential in business

A programme of workshops for University of Otago and Otago Polytechnic students who have an entrepreneurial spirit and a business idea with a problem to solve

ShadowTech Teachers is an innovative programme to ensure secondary school teachers have the knowledge to guide female students into tech careers

Events and competitions to ignite passion, problem-solving, innovation and creativity. Open to students from University of Canberra, Ara Institute of Canterbury and Lincoln University to socialise, network and collaborate with others to develop ideas

A programme for UC students to fast-track their commercial venture or social enterprise into reality

A free entrepreneurship development programme with mentorship and challenges for University of Auckland students

If you're growing an international business from New Zealand, and want to raise growth capital or learn more about your investment and equity finance options, NZTE are your go-to organisation

An investment fund focused on empowering New Zealand based technology companies expand into the Chinese speaking markets

InvestEd is NZTE's free online investment preparation platform that guides you through the key stages in the capital raising process such as preparing your business, identifying your likely investor and connecting to investors

Soda provides a business growth ecosystem to help you accelerate your business growth

A free platform you can use to navigate New Zealand’s business and innovation ecosystem. Use it to find and connect with collaborators and investors, track recent deals and investments, search for key players and market data

Navigate the investment landscape with confidence. Capital Education helps your business avoid the common mistakes when raising capital and gain the knowledge to embark on your growth journey with confidence

Beyond IP is an intangible asset strategy to realise true business value. You’ll identify the intangible assets in your business, unlock your competitive advantage and develop an intangible asset strategy to meet your business goals

WNT Ventures is an institutional quality investor into deep technology companies, from Seed to Series A. We find early stage, science and engineering-anchored companies and support their evolution into thriving businesses on a global scale.

A fully funded founder-based incubator, partnering with Canterbury entrepreneurs to scale their businesses

For Dunedin start-ups that are looking to launch or grow, through mentorship and customised support to achieve goals

We're a venture capital firm that exists to support and invest in brave Kiwi founders building global companies

A 6-month hybrid programme for Wellington start-ups requiring support for raising your first investment round

Technology Incubator commercialises deep technologies with funding and business incubation support to build a business around unique and complex technologies

Callaghan Innovation supports a range of Founder Incubators around NZ. They are targeted at people with great ideas, providing services to help you and your team validate your idea in the market and build a strong business around it

MRCF establishes life science incubator to boost NZ startup successes

The Startmate Accelerator unleashes the ambition of Australia and New Zealand’s best founders, and propels them toward their goals

Seed grant and accelerator programme for ambitious female founders

The LIC AgCelerator Fund is a corporate venture fund specifically designed to invest in external start-up companies in the dairy farming industry

12-week accelerator programme for agri-tech and food-tech entrepreneurs

New Zealand’s only all-ecosystem-backed, start-up accelerator for women founders

Crown Research Institutes (CRIs) are Crown-owned companies that carry out scientific research for the benefit of New Zealand

Developed for Māori, by Māori, this is a 12-week Kaupapa-based start-up accelerator that supports impact-positive early-stage Māori-led enterprises on a journey to sustainable business growth

A trans-tasman pre-accelerator programme to help validate deep-tech solutions to a real-world problems

Check out NZPC and their comprehensive list of Private Equity firms within their members list. NZPC act as members and mentors for businesses seeking capital from a New Zealand venture capital or private equity fund manager

A 12-week programme designed to help impact-focused entrepreneurs solve some of our planet’s most urgent challenges

Support for projects that will minimise plastic waste and its harm on the environment

KiwiNet is a collaboration of public research organisations that champions people who commercialise research by helping them to access the tools, connections, investment and support needed to create science and technology-based solutions

Expected to open in the fourth quarter of 2022. This is a new grant designed to help Kiwi businesses with the high costs and steep learning curve associated with getting started in R&D. Designed for businesses new to a R&D journey

Career Grants are a way to add more resources to your R&D programme via Masters and PHD students. They provide the first six months’ salary to assist recent Masters and PhD graduates get their first job while they work on a research and development

WNT Ventures is an institutional quality investor into deep technology companies, from Seed to Series A. We find early stage, science and engineering-anchored companies and support their evolution into thriving businesses on a global scale.

Investment for high-growth technology companies across the Asia-Pacific region

Investment for science-based, deep-tech companies working to solve the world’s most pressing problems

Investment in high-growth companies, in particular SaaS businesses

Investment for ground-breaking science and advanced engineering deep-tech companies that create meaningful global impact and value