New Zealand’s tech snapshots for Q3 of 2024 – spanning July, August & September – touched on NZ tech and startup news and developments including: New Zealand agri-tech to combat cattle-produced methane; NZ micro-algae that produces alternative whey proteins; the NZ government’s moves to protect local news publishers from global social media firms; and more.
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NZ tech news in September 2024
- Lucidome Bio secures $13.5M for ‘methane vaccine’ research, aiming to reduce emissions from ruminant animals globally / in full
- Checkmate pre-employment screening startup lands $1.6M seed funding, targeting markets including Australia and The Philippines / in full
- New Zealand’s Shutterspeed selected for investment by Techstars with AI-powered business assistant for content creators and creatives / in full
- Here’s an intro to 4 sustainability-focused startups, including New Zealand’s Twiice, which makes edible coffee cups / in full
- An intro to Australia’s AMSL Aero’s Vertiia, a hydrogen-powered vertical takeoff and landing vehicle claiming the world’s-longest VTOL range of 621 miles, set for NZ trials / in full
- Here’s a brief intro to 3 Aus-NZ tech startups that between them raised $36.1M in the week to September 6th, working in real estate, manufacturing and agriculture / in full
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August 2024: New Zealand TEch
- New Zealand & Generative Artificial Intelligence: “…while New Zealand workers are the third fastest adopters of generative AI tools globally… This has resulted in a ‘BYO AI’ situation…” / in full
- New Zealand’s Ruminant BioTech gains $3.5M Australian Gov’t grant with feed additive potentially reducing cattle methane output by over 80% / in full
- ‘Central Bank Digital Currency – Strategic Design Insights Dossier’ from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and Accenture / in full
- Dawn Aerospace hits milestones with highly-reusable ‘spaceplane’ achieving Mach 0.92 and altitude of 15000m / in full
- GeoExchange New Zealand launches to discover, develop and protect the nation’s abundant low-temperature geothermal resources / in full
- Nutrition From Water biotech startup has developed microalgae-based whey for sports, advanced nutrition, confectionery and beyond / in full
- NZ venture capital firm, Pacific Channel, announces expansion into Australia, supported by LaunchVic, the Victorian gov’t startup agency / in full
- Bupa 2024 ecoDisruptive program applications close Sept 2 for startups in Australia, NZ and Hong Kong working on healthy societies solutions / in full
- Aus/NZ: Here’s a quick intro to 5 Australian and New Zealand startups that between them raised $38.5M in the past week, working in medtech, fitness and more / in full
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NZ technology news in July
- Callaghan Innovation extends R&D Experience Grants deadline, intended to fund innovative businesses in employing tertiary students as interns over their summer break / in full
- Government to proceed with legislation to make it compulsory for digital technology platforms to pay media companies for news in bid to protect domestic industry / in full
- Road Ninja launches, aiming to streamline hiring and recruitment process for skilled, ready-to-work driving professionals, connecting businesses to drivers / in full
- Dosh applies to become NZ’s first locally-owned digital-only bank / in full
- An intro to UneeQ’s Synanim AI animation solution, working with NVIDIA on ‘digital humans’ tech in synthetic voice, language, dialect, pronunciation and beyond / in full
- An intro to Halter, agri-tech providing collar-to-app monitoring of livestock for both animal health and pasture management / in full
- Australia’s SmartSat CRC joins with New Zealand Gov’t to bring 4 joint research projects under Australia-New Zealand Collaborative Space Program / in full
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Weekly newsletters
For a one-shot round-up of each week’s technology news headlines, gathered across Southeast Asia and the Indo-Pacific, you should read Asia’s Tech News, Weekly, the Startup News Asia newsletter, on LinkedIn and via Substack.
