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Hectre raises millions to tackle global fruit waste

16 February 2026

An oversubscribed Series A round signals strong investor confidence in University of Auckland alumnus Matty Blomfield’s mission to fix one of horticulture’s biggest data problems.
The superconductor technology set to advance Japan’s space industry

16 February 2026

Born out of the University of Auckland’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, venture Zenno Astronautics has partnered with Mitsubishi Electric to develop a high-fidelity simulator of its fuel-free satellite control system.
The journey to becoming a professional content creator

12 February 2026

Mitchell Carlyle is turning storytelling into a profession through his own video content business.
What start-ups need from politicians

11 February 2026

Rod McNaughton asks how the economically vital start-up community can be better served by politicians.
A new approach to antimicrobial resistance and environmental risk

5 February 2026

A University of Auckland research collaboration is taking aim at one of the hardest problems in modern medicine and industry: how to kill harmful microbes without leaving a long environmental footprint behind.
Turning eye research into real-world impact

4 February 2026

Research to Innovation Hatchery alumna Dr Priyanka Agarwal is helping develop a world-first regenerative eye drop for keratoconus through Auckland start-up TheiaNova.
The smallest losses holding back New Zealand’s biggest aquaculture ambition

28 January 2026

Marine scientist Dr Brad Skelton is tackling a hidden constraint in aquaculture, focusing on the earliest stages of shellfish farming to support an industry with outsize ambition.
If you want to understand our problems, mind the gaps

20 January 2026

The entrepreneurs who will matter most in the future will not be sector specialists but boundary-spanning problem-solvers in the spaces between.
The Lighthouse: illuminating New Zealand’s innovation pathways

15 January 2026

The Lighthouse oversees Return on Science, Momentum and Te Kōara; programmes which support emerging entrepreneurs, start-ups and research commercialisation across New Zealand.
Fixing aviation’s compliance problem

13 January 2026

From personal uncertainty to global ambition, University of Auckland alumnus Clinton Cardozo’s OneReg journey shows how technical solutions can scale beyond aviation.
Tertiary strategy risks stifling entrepreneurs

10 December 2025

Analysis: Rod McNaughton asks whether New Zealand's new tertiary strategy will reward real risk takers.
CIE alumni honoured at 2025 EY Entrepreneur of the Year Awards

19 November 2025

Three alumni of the University's Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) have been recognised in the 2025 EY Entrepreneur of the Year Awards.

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