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Te Ao Māori News: Tech industry falling short in representing indigenous voices
As the only Māori in his company, AskNicely, Aaron Ward raises the issue of including more indigenous people in the tech sector. Aaron will speak at Southern SaaS 2024 on 12 March.
New Zealand tech startup Tracksuit secures $22m investment from Silicon Valley
A New Zealand tech startup has secured a multi-million dollar funding boost from Silicon Valley.
Best mates with bold ambitions
Sean O’Brien and Jason Ennor are North Shore entrepreneurs with global ambitions for their hybrid HR service. Having established a strong presence across New Zealand and Australia, they’re now working hard to take MyHR even further afield.
Auror Crowned Supreme Winner at the New Zealand International Business Awards 2023
Auror, a business providing crime-fighting software to retailers and police forces around the world, has been crowned Supreme Winner at the New Zealand International Business Awards 2023. The kiwiSaaS member company also won the Best Medium Business Award earlier in the night.
Healthtech startup Carepatron raises $7m in seed round
The fast-growing startup had no trouble securing capital, with healthtech a hot sector for investors.
Hnry launching debit card service to help sole traders with expense claims
Accountancy firm Hnry is adding a debit card to its arsenal to help sole traders manage their expenses in real-time.
FireQA by Clarinspect has won the Innovative Product Award
Clarinspect was nominated for, and won, the FireNZ award for Innovative Product & Design for 2023, announced at the FireNZ conference.
Company-X tool contributes to Fleetcoach's Australasian transport industry award
Company-X text-to-speech platform Voxcoda was a part of the winning solution lauded as the best fleet safety product at the 2023.
CarbonCrop: Carbon technology platform closes new funding round
Primary sector exporters to benefit from easier access to carbon removals in their supply chain, enabling low-carbon exports
Hectre raises $5m in latest funding round
The agritech startup will use the funds to further extend into the Latin American and European markets.
Microsoft's Dan Walker excited to see how AI can disrupt inequity for Māori
Microsoft's Dan Walker shares his journey into tech and discusses how the sector shouldn't leave Māori and Pasifika behind.
Payroll app PaySauce planning expansion to Australia
Kiwi payroll company PaySauce is now handling about 60% of all wage payments on the country’s dairy farms, and plans to target the construction sector next.
Harry Wilde, "current startups have a real advantage as we've never known anything but famine"
In the latest episode of the WFLS podcast, Harry Wilde joins who is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Cotiss.
Cogo are transitioning businesses to a low carbon economy
Last week, Ben Gleisner featured on one of New Zealand's most closely followed podcasts about how we transition to a low carbon economy.
NZ Company Beca takes its FranklyAI Teams tool global via Microsoft
Developed in-house by Beca, FranklyAI is now available worldwide on the Microsoft Teams store.
Datacom seals payroll partnership with Humanforce
Datacom is partnering with workforce management company Humanforce to help businesses unify and streamline their workforce and payroll systems.
Celebrating Wellington's best and brightest businesses
SaaS companies among finalists for the 25th Wellington Gold Awards.
Auckland DJ software maker Serato sold in $100m+ deal
Serato, an Auckland-based maker of software for professional and at-home DJs, has been sold to Japan’s AlphaTheta Corporation.
Stock Takes: Is this tech company the next Xero?
NZX listed Black Pearl is aspiring to become the next New Zealand SaaS company to help thousands of small and medium-sized businesses internationally.
Volpara Health collects peak Microsoft partner gongs
Microsoft has announced Kiwi health tech firm Volpara as its New Zealand partner of the year for 2023 and for healthcare and life sciences globally.