Sparkbox News
Sparkbox hunts world-beating entrepreneurs
Renews partnership with NZ Venture Investment Fund. Sparkbox is looking to back a new generation of Kiwi entrepreneurs whose innovation will get recognised globally.
Sparkbox Ventures - Looking for 'extreme entrepeneurs'
Sparkbox Ventures is looking for "extreme entrepreneurs" to back over the next five years, after renewing its investment partnership with the New Zealand Venture InvestmentFund.
Sparkbox - a group of wealthy individuals who have invested in innovative companies for 11 years - plans to spend $10 million on 20 entrepreneurs who can prove they are able to put their innovative products onto the world stage. The partnership has previously invested in entrepreneurs such as Rod Drury of Xero and YikeBike inventor Grant Ryan.
Sparkbox targets entrepreneurs with NZVIF investment partnership
National angel group Sparkbox Ventures plans to back 20 entrepreneurs over the next five years, following the renewal of its investment partnership with the New Zealand Venture Investment Fund.
The co-investment partnership should see Sparkbox Ventures and NZVIF combining to invest around $10 million in start-up companies over the next five years.
Angels spreading investments further
The number of investment deals by angel investors who provide capital for business start-ups rose in the first half of 2011 but the amount invested fell from the previous year's record level, according to the Young Company Finance Index.
The trend reflected a broadening of the angel investment market in New Zealand, with investors becoming more inclined to take a portfolio approach towards a number of projects, said the New Zealand Venture Investment Fund, which compiles the index.
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Angels flying high, but more needed - venture fund chief
Angel investment - when affluent individuals provide capital for a business start-up - hit a record high of $53.8 million last year, says the New Zealand Venture Investment Fund.
VIF could float tech portfolio
Stock market investors could get a chance to invest in up to about 100 young Kiwi technology companies through a new listing being considered by the New Zealand Venture Investment Fund.
The difference between male and female entrepreneurs
Men and women are different. Obviously, this is not earth-shattering news. But when it comes to running a business, the traits that characterise both genders could be the very attitudes that determine how successful you're going to be.
TechNZ adds to student internships
TechNZ, the business investment arm of the Ministry of Science and Innovation, says it is experiencing unprecedented demand for its undergraduate internship programme.
Silicon Valley careers down under
Kiwi developers may no longer need to travel to achieve a global career, as local software companies offer opportunities similar to those available in the iconic Silicon Valley.
Peter Thiel - A friend with very deep pockets
There is a chorus of voices, both contemporary and historic, praising New Zealand as a land of plenty. As far back as 1890, Thomas Bracken labelled it "God's Own Country", and the phrase has stuck.
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