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Mar 18, 2026
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10 min read
Wins for PolicyCheck, Hello Cashflow, Feijoa; MRINZ papers; Toast Electric hits 3000; Weta FX Oscar; Woolchemy finalists; Garage Project 6th in world
Mar 11, 2026
9 min read
NextWork raises US$4.45m; Velara customer praise; Weta Workshop deal in China.
Mar 4, 2026
Chitogel new HQ; Wellumio first human trials; Homework Property beta; WCC targets start-ups
Feb 25, 2026
8 min read
WetaFX win; JobAlchemist live; Cogo release; Help required!
Feb 18, 2026
11 min read
OpenStar floats half-ton magnet; Inhibit hit $1.4m first close; Night Market energizes; Mayor recognizes tech start-ups dynamics.
Feb 11, 2026
Assurity acquired; Propagator & Wellumio raise; Creative Tech pre-accelerator; Victoria commercialization grants; Fission Night Market; Taiawa, Atom, Evithe, Arcanum milestones
Feb 4, 2026
$180m+ raised by Wellington companies in 2025; OpenStar $35m from Govt; Liquium raises $2m; Proacta NZ GovHack winner; Blackpearl/ikeGPS revenue jumps;
Jan 28, 2026
Vic AI in global top 50; PAM oversubscribed; Richard Taylor wins; Weta nominated; Drury, Le Gros, Lawton knighted; FinTech Lab includes 4 Welly companies; Hnry Stadium!
Dec 31, 2025
PartsTrader acquired; PaySauce $4m for Oz expansion; Weta & Earth Sciences/Vic short-listed for AI Platform Funding; HTS-110 Europe win; Avatar $125m over year; Vic licenses semiconductor software
Dec 10, 2025
Hnry raises $30m, Inhibit Coatings $1.4m+, Mevo $2.8m+; Rod Drury Podcast; Open Star publish "junior" results; Happy Christmas! We'll see you in late January.
Dec 3, 2025
XPlora raises $3m; Starboard Maritime & Marama Labs award wins; Prof Sally McArthur joins Vic; Fix & Fogg enter UK; Advemto light up Times Square.
Nov 26, 2025
Rintr launches; Arotec, OpenStar, Strictly Savvy, Roady win regional awards; Wynands & Taylor CEO awards; Massey Disaster Research excellence; EarthScience new CEO, James Palmer.
Nov 19, 2025
PAM post-revenue; Talent Army & InfoSec wins; Vic licenses biosensing tech; BlackPearl raises $11.8m; Rabble launches DiVine; Luxon opens Starboard office; Hello Velara & Altitude.
Nov 12, 2025
13 min read
$75m for PHF Science; Marsden science awards; Capital Capital & Startup Wellington; Jimmy McGee; Tech hits $20Bn revenue; Speak get angels; Tasmanion win; Orders of Merit.
Nov 5, 2025
12 min read
Wellumio hits $5m; Wise Gear wins Design Award; Dulux Innovation Centre opens; Capital Capital and Startup Weekend are here; Movac close $50m secondary fund.
Oct 29, 2025
Fission Project; KiwiNet Awards for Suse Reynolds, Ben Mallet, Malaghan; Christmas Chaos launched; Sharesies best place; KiwiSaas is back; Upper Hutt Tech Hub.
Oct 22, 2025
Blacklock Security win; Gracefield biz case; welcome MyTrove and HELPP Vet; Capital Capital on Nov 13th; ParrotDog listing; ClimateTech activate; Hayley Horan appointed.
Oct 15, 2025
Sharesies raising $20m, $750m valuation; Uunafit 3rd in Startup World Cup NZ; Royal Society awards 9 local scientists; Ole11 football board game crowdfunded; New Govt fund for science; Win a mug.
Oct 8, 2025
BioOra & Blackpearl close $15m raises; Vic entrepreneurship alive; Asthma study out; "Tiny Haunted Bookshop" game kickstarted; Startup Weekend is back
Oct 1, 2025
Volley complete capital raise; Victoria AI open day; Gaming jobs jump 12.8%; Goodnature declared "best small & mighty"; Start-Up World Cup bus; Massey disaster experts
Sep 24, 2025
PHF Science win AI Trailblazer; Lensen at Vic "Rising AI Star"; Feijoa launches money app; PAM raises $500k; TEQ Visual Effects sells out.
Sep 17, 2025
Fintech Marloo raises $5m; Vic's Heki magnet in space; Starboard partner with Tampnet; Advemto clears science hurdle; Eight360 launch "moon rover" simulator; Vision for Wellington report launch.
Sep 10, 2025
14 min read
Starboard raise $23m; Taiawa turns one; OpenStar publish on levitated dipole; EarthScience NZ get $57m; Chamber of Commerce launch "Green Light Economy" report
Sep 3, 2025
15 min read
TIN technology report out; Litmaps oversubscribed $1.4m raise; Nolia procurement AI launched; RUST conference praised; Wellington Pavilion
Aug 27, 2025
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