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One hundred raw ideas receive money for further exploration (Marsden Fund)
The odds for Lotto are only slightly worse, but that didn’t stop 1089 applications to the Marsden Fund by New Zealand scientists for $60m of funding for early stage exploration of their ideas. The...
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Movac gets SCIF backing for young company co-investment
Wellington angel investor group Movac has formed a partnership with the New Zealand Venture Investment Fund to access up to $4 million of government funding for development of promising young...
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Titanium’s punt to create a mini-NZ ‘Silicon Valley’
Those of a certain age may best remember titanium as a rainbow coloured metal that was a big jewellery hit in the late 1980s. So why should people think that New Zealand’s a good place to develop a...
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LanzaTech’s energy technology gets it into the Global Cleantech Top 100
LanzaTech, the Auckland-based company that uses bacteria to convert steel mill smokestack waste gas to ethanol, has made the Global Cleantech Top 100. The list is compiled by the Cleantech Group, which...
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Graphically illustrating genetic data drives expansion of weightless software...
If biologists were also computer science experts, there would be no need for Biomatters Ltd.’s software. But because they’re not coding genius’s, the Auckland-based company’s programs, which put an...
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Government needs to realise that biotech company investments will probably fail
Governments should realise that a large percentage of its investment in start-up biotechnology companies will fail as such according to Jim Greenwood. The president of BIO, the overarching body for...
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Data software simplifiers looking to be bought out (Biomatters)
If all goes according to plan, in five years time Biomatters Ltd. should be clearly in the purchasing sights of larger companies in the life sciences or gene sequencing industries. The Auckland-based...
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Forget China unless businesses receive much more hands-on government help...
If New Zealand companies are to succeed in China, the government’s going to have to take a much greater hands-on role in supporting ventures making their first foray into the Middle Kingdom. “One of...
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Kiwi private equity returns similar to rest of world
Well, it looks like New Zealand pretty much matches the rest of the world in returns from private equity investments. Till now, no one was able to say with any degree of accuracy what the rate of...
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2-D to 3-D and back again – making virtual real (77 Pieces)
Ever wondered why so many computer generated characters in movies these days are naked, or near enough to it? Alternatively, if they’re not naked, everyone seems to wear cloaks and robes. The main...
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