Drinks in Wellington, Stripe’s in town + SaaStr roll call
TL;DR: Connect with our KiwiSaaS crew over drinks in Wellington, seeking SaaStr interest, Stripe is coming to Auckland, Cybersecurity webinar, GTM Engineering workshop and Clare Capital is back for a live Q&A. Lots on — grab what's relevant for you.
There's a good mix of things happening across the community right now, from a free cybersecurity webinar to a hands-on GTM engineering workshop and a live Q&A with two of NZ's sharpest SaaS finance minds. Scroll through, pick your events, and we’ll see you there.
Plus, just announced! From our friends at Creative HQ, if you’re a fast growing company, Scale up Wellington is for you.
🍹KiwiSaaS Welly drinks are on!
Summer's heading into sunset mode (literally), so we're prescribing one final dose of breezy banter and brewskies before winter ships. Wellington crew; join us for KiwiSaaS Welly Drinks: Mean As! at Mean Doses on Wednesday 18 March from 4pm for shuffleboard, brewskies and zero forced networking.
🌎Heading to SaaStr? Let us know!
SaaStr Annual (12–14 May, San Francisco) is the world's largest SaaS + AI conference and Kiwi companies tend to make a good showing. If you're planning to go, or even just curious, fill in our quick interest form.
We'll connect you with others from the NZ community making the trip, share useful info, and if there's enough of us we'll get some pre-departure drinks on the calendar.
🎉Our partner Stripe is heading to Auckland
KiwiSaaS partner Stripe is putting on a free in-person event this month. It’s a great opportunity to get across the trends reshaping commerce and what they mean for your payments stack.
Stripe Local: Auckland 📅 Wednesday 18 March 2026 | 📍 Auckland
What you'll learn:
Key trends shaping the future of commerce and the financial infrastructure needed to succeed
How to monetise payments while delivering a seamless customer experience
What's new from Stripe and how the latest advancements can accelerate growth
How companies across ANZ are using Stripe to drive revenue and customer value.
Reserve your seat →
GTM Engineering in Auckland
Canva, Stripe, Ramp, OpenAI — they're all doing it. Silicon Valley's obsessed with it. And in Aotearoa? Barely anyone's talking about it. Yet.
GTM Engineering is how the fastest-growing companies are building serious pipeline without growing headcount to match. This is your chance to get ahead of it.
Join Paul Zaruchevsky (Wedge GTM), Dulan Perera (Re-Leased) and Nick Rust (Tracksuit) for a hands-on workshop covering what it is, why it's taking off, who does it, and the tools and plays you can start using straight away.
Perfect for marketing, sales and RevOps leaders. Spaces are limited — don't sleep on it.
📅 Wed 15 April | 5:00–7:30pm | 📍 Central Auckland | 🎟️ $25
Grab your ticket →
🔐The changing cybersecurity threat landscape
SaaS providers are increasingly being targeted and the threat landscape is moving fast. This free webinar cuts through the noise so you know what risks actually matter and what 'good' looks like before something goes wrong.
Wendy Bennett brings real-world experience from senior roles at NZ Police and the National Cyber Security Centre. Expect practical, no-jargon guidance on identifying risk, handling incidents, and communicating clearly when it counts.
Ideal for founders, directors, CTOs, CIOs and CFOs.
📅 Thu 26 March | 1:00–2:00pm | 📍 Zoom | 🎟️ Free
SaaS Metrics: Live Q&A with Clare Capital
Questions about your metrics? Bring them.
Mark Clare and Alex Gordon from Clare Capital are back following their popular November workshop — this time for a live Q&A with no slides, no presentations, just straight answers hosted by David Clearwater.
Bring your questions on what metrics matter at your stage, what investors are really looking for, and how to use your numbers to sharpen a raise or M&A story. New to the topic? Watch the original webinar first to get the most out of it.
Ideal for founders, CFOs, finance leads and GTM leaders thinking about a raise or transaction.
📅 Tue 21 April | 1:00–1:45pm | 📍 Online | 🎟️ Free
RDTI deadlines are coming up
A quick nudge that R&D Tax Incentive key dates are coming up. If you’re doing eligible R&D, it’s a 15% tax credit on R&D expenditure, so it’s worth a look before the deadlines hit.
First up: Get Tax Credits takes a founder-first approach to finding the fastest, least painful path to R&D tax credits. Start with a 10-second eligibility checklist for a quick estimate, then connect to Xero and answer a few questions about how you work. An expert reviews your options and sets up a no-obligation call to talk it through. Best bit? If you decide to work with them, you’ll get money back or pay them nothing. Check their website or hit up Scott Mitchell.
Radley Tax is building tooling that plugs into your tech stack to generate audit-ready tax documentation and produce financial forecasts in hours (not weeks). They’re looking for a few local software companies to try it for free in exchange for honest feedback. Get involved here or message co-founder Hein van der Merwe.
Now hiring: fresh roles at KiwiSaaS companies
Currently, there’s 12 jobs open at EROAD, six roles at Tracksuit, four at Kindo and nine at Kami (Auckland and remote).
🎉Congratulations to Noah Hickey and the team at Whip Around on securing majority investment from Accel-KKR - a big milestone that signals more resourcing, ambition and growth ahead.
Let’s keep the momentum going and make March count.
Ngā mihi nui,
David Clearwater,
KiwiSaaS Executive Director