Procurement software start-up Cotiss green–lit with $2.2m investment
Tender processes are known to be the epitome of bureaucracy – slow and arduous. Start-up Cotiss aims to make the tender process easier with intuitive software designed to make the process more...
From academia to entrepreneurship: Isaac Cleland’s AI rostering venture RosterLab
The AI rostering software solution, RosterLab, won the University of Auckland’s Velocity $100K Challenge in 2020 after Engineering PhD student Isaac Cleland made a last-minute entry to the...
Meet the 2023 Velocity CEO
Bachelor of Law and Arts student, Charlotte Print is this year’s CEO of the Velocity entrepreneurship development programme. As Velocity celebrates its 20th anniversary, Charlotte is responsible for...
AnimaSelf: The venture creating a playground for you to think, feel, and grow
Last year, Tiger Chen, an alumna of the University of Auckland Business School’s Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE), made a bold move to London to explore Europe and seek career...
Kara Technologies sign language avatar venture receives $1.3m seed funding
Kara Technologies is one step closer to their goal of making sign language services widely available with $1.3 million raised in a recent round of seed funding. The company also recently reached new...
Poi therapy venture spins around the world
After falling in love with poi while in the circus, Dr Kate Riegle van West packed up her life in the United States and headed to New Zealand to chase a hunch that playing with poi had health...
University spin-outs named in Deloitte Fast 50
Start-ups that began through the University of Auckland’s Velocity programme have been named in the 2022 Deloitte Fast 50, an index of New Zealand’s fastest growing businesses. Deloitte says that...
Reflections of a Velocity CEO: Nandini Singh
“It is surreal to be part of a community where you are constantly supported to do what you are truly passionate about. I cannot thank Velocity and CIE enough for believing in me and empowering me to...
StretchSense motion capture venture finalises $13.3m capital raise
StretchSense, a global leader in high-precision motion capture technology for the gaming and animation sectors, has recently completed a NZ$13.3m series A led by Par Equity, supported by existing...
The venture using satellites for efficient water quality monitoring
Fresh water is an indispensable resource, and we cannot survive without it. Population and industry growth have put pressure on our precious waterways and local and central governments now have the...