Over at the Sydney Morning Herald, Richard Dale and Adrian Bunter have written an op-ed about why companies find it difficult to secure angel investment. In short, founders are unprepared…
MBIE are now beginning industry consultation on the Venture Capital Fund (VCF) Bill, which would establish the fund-of-funds that provides $300mil of government funding towards the early-stage investment markets. Of…
Our Managing Partner Greg Sitters has just given a presentation to a full house of 400 people on early-stage governance at Callaghan Innovation's Southern SaaS conference. A hot topic, given…
The Venture Capital Fund Bill has been introduced into parliament on 22 August, with a first reading upcoming. This is an important piece of legislation that will authorise the government…
Congraulations to Dr. Andy West, one of our General Partners, who has been selected to join the Board of the SODA incubator in the Waikato, and has also been elected…
Some interesting commentary at TechCrunch talks about the rise of founder-led biotech companies, in contrast to the VC-led model that is more common in the US. Since the risk in…
The award was given out at the Kiwinet Research Commercialisation Awards last night in Auckland - congratulations to the winner, Cynthia Hunefeld. Completing a Masters degree at Victoria University of…