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Finalists announced for the 2022 Velocity $100k Challenge
The 15 finalist teams for the University of Auckland’s Velocity $100k Challenge have been announced. Venture ideas have been developed by students and staff that address a range of economic, social and environmental problems. The concepts represent the diversity of entrepreneurial thinking at the University with the ideas including solutions for water issues, sexual consent, mental health, dementia, chronic pain, sustainable packaging and satellites.
Sugar Wallet app makes investing simple for everyday Kiwis
Sugar Wallet, an app co-founded by alumni Devrath Soni and Sophia Ritchie, is on a mission to make investing easy for the everyday Kiwi. Eighteen months after its inception, it has topped charts in the App Store.
Alumni venture FormusLabs raises $5m towards AI powered orthopaedic surgery software
FormusLabs, a venture co-founded by University of Auckland Professor Thor Besier and alumnus Dr Ju Zhang, has raised $5m towards their software assisting orthopaedic surgeons with delivering joint replacement surgeries.
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