Matū is proud to be supporting the next generation of deep tech student entrepreneurs by co-sponsoring with Momentum the Student Entrepreneur of the Year Award. This is awarded as part of the KiwiNet Research Commercialisation Awards, and recognises a student who is making outstanding contributions to business innovation or has created innovative businesses in NZ. The finalists for 2021 are Jeanette Rapson from Massey University, and Luke Campbell and Tom Maslin from the University of Canterbury.

You can read more about the finalists here: https://kiwinet.org.nz/Awards/Awards2021Finalists, and there has been some media coverage on Stuff: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/125925671/entrepreneurial-christchurch-friends-square-off-for-national-award and on NBR (paywall): https://www.nbr.co.nz/node/231016