New Zealand’s Q4 2021 tech news
• October, November & December of 2021
• Technology and startup news headlines
• Quick reference for time-poor readers
• One-click access to each article
The fourth quarter 2021 collection is drawn from
Startup News Asia’s daily updates.
October 2021 | November 2021 | December 2021
October 2021 headlines
2021 Investor’s Guide To The New Zealand Technology Sector (pdf)
- New Zealand: An intro to Komodo Monitr, recently backed with $1.8M funding and using tech to improve student mental health and wellbeing
- New Zealand: Easy Crypto raises $17M, setting sights on overseas markets including Indonesia, the Philippines and other parts of Asia
- New Zealand: Government opens discussions on new national digital strategy, ‘Towards a Digital Strategy for Aotearoa’, seeking public input
- New Zealand: SpaceBase Limited education and consulting firm launches ‘Space for Planet Earth Challenge’ across APAC, seeking to address climate change using satellite tech
- New Zealand: Christchurch Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Meetup set for October 27th, hosted by Axia Labs and Cryptocurrency NZ
- New Zealand: Reserve Bank publishes ‘Future of Money – Central Bank Digital Currency’ issues paper, inviting public comment on whether a CBDC is right for the country
- New Zealand: APLYiD raises NZ$7M with biometric customer onboarding based on facial authentication by video, checked against fraud and watchlist databases
- Australia: A quick intro to the 19 startups from Startmate’s Winter21 cohort presenting in today’s Demo Day
Digital Societies in Asia Pacific / GSMA
November 2021 headlines
Islands of Cool / Climate change, blockchain & NFTs
- New Zealand’s Tectonus Ltd takes first prize at 2021 Asian Entrepreneurship Awards with seismic dampers for use in buildings in earthquake-prone areas
- New Zealand: Startup Weekend Taranaki set for November 12-14, 54 hours in which designers, developers and problem solvers join to share, form teams and launch startups
- New Zealand: “Tech exports from New Zealand generated NZ$10.4 billion in export revenue in FY2021, up 14.4% on the previous year…”
- New Zealand: October 2021 edition of Startup Investment magazine from pwc available to read online or download
- New Zealand: A brief intro to the 18 Information Security Association awards finalists, working in cyber-related risk insurance, educational games and more
- New Zealand: Hitch launches 2 ride-share pilot programmes, one public, one for workplaces, aiming to boost levels of carpooling
- New Zealand: A quick intro to Halter’s solar-powered smart collars for cows, collecting data as well as providing animal and herd management
Cool Points Club / Re-imagining climate action with blockchain
December 2021 headlines
2021 Investor’s Guide To The New Zealand Technology Sector (pdf)
- Foundry Lab raises $8M with microwave approach to industrial metal casting, cutting weeks off traditional timeframes for production
- Parkable raises NZ$4.7M with ‘parking optimisation’, allowing companies and individuals to rent out empty parking bays
- Onwardly cybersecurity startup raises NZ$1M focusing on cybersec self-assessment and compliance for small businesses
- New Zealand: Whip Around fleet inspection and maintenance software startup raises NZ$21M with digital platform reducing time spent by managers on paperwork
- Croptide agritech startup raises $1M pre-seed funding with internet-enabled sensors providing timely water measurement data to fruit and wine grape growers
- Wild Futures startup ideas competition applications open to January 17th 2022, an opportunity to pitch to Blackbird VC for entrepreneurs in Australia and New Zealand
- Reserve Bank publishes ‘Future of Money – Central Bank Digital Currency’ issues paper, inviting public comment on whether a CBDC is right for the country
- APLYiD raises NZ$7M with biometric customer onboarding based on facial authentication by video, checked against fraud and watchlist databases
PwC: 2022 Global Digital Trust Insights (pdf)
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