A brief quarterly snapshot of New Zealand’s tech news, covering April, May and June of 2024.
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The Rugby DAO – immersive fan experiences & Web3 gaming
NZ Tech snapshot: June 2024
- New Zealand: AgriFutures growAG, Australian agri-tech innovation platform, to launch in New Zealand, seeing global opportunities in NZ’s agriculture-focused tech space / full item
- AWS Generative AI Spotlight program applications are open to June 28 for seed and pre-seed GenAI startups in Australia, New Zealand and SE Asia / full item
SXSW Sydney 2024 / October in Australia
NZ tech news snapshot: May 2024
- New Zealand: Jooules raises NZ$1M with alternative proteins process using fermentation to ‘feed’ on CO2, producing food whilst helping the climate / read it here
- New Zealand: AgriZeroNZ to invest $9.9M in US agri-biotech startup ArkeaBio work towards a ‘methane vaccine’, in bid to reduce global emissions / read it here
- A quick intro to 7 Australian and New Zealand startups that collectively raised over $27M in the week to May 3rd / read it here
New Zealand: UpStart Nation 2023 Report (pdf link)
New Zealand tech news: April 2024
- New Zealand: Neocrete raises US$4M seed funding with cement-replacement additive, building R&D towards target of cement-free, zero-carbon concrete by 2027 / read it here
- New Zealand: Sandfly Security gain seed backing with focus on protecting the Linux systems underpinning critical infrastructure, and apps in robotics, edge devices, networking gear and more / read it here
- New Zealand: Starboard Maritime raised NZ$5M with machine learning-driven data analytics to detect suspicious vessel activity / read it here
- Asia New Zealand Foundation Te Whītau Tūhono partners Singapore’s SGInnovate for internships, providing NZ STEM students with the chance to live and work in Singapore / read it here
- Space Law and Policy Conference 2024 set for May 30th with theme of ‘To Orbit and Beyond: Challenges and Outlook for Space Law and Policy in Australia, New Zealand and the Global Context’ / read it here
- An intro to 9 Australian and New Zealand tech startups that collectively raised $60.3M in the week past / read it here
- South Korea, New Zealand and Canada now also considered for possible participation in advanced capability projects of AUKUS security partnership, building on consideration of Japan for inclusion / read it here
Panthur: Affordable web hosting services in Australia
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