Breadcrumbs List.
Start-ups
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How far does an entrepreneurial head start go?
10 June 2025
A deep dive into the graduate outcomes of 12,000 Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship alumni showcases CIE’s desire to create a long-term impact for participants, and to implement insights-informed programme design.
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Bowen Pan: Why ‘go big and go home’ is the future of innovation in New Zealand
9 June 2025
It’s a special kind of homecoming when a former student returns not just as a guest, but as a keynote speaker.
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What are Kiwi founders really paying themselves? CIE alumnus Dr Manuel Seidel shares his story
20 May 2025
For the first time in Aotearoa, we now have clear data about how much start-up founders are paying themselves.
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Student-led social enterprise SavY set for further success
16 May 2025
SavY’s recent inclusion in the Retirement Commission’s Financial Education Providers Advisory Group marks a significant milestone for the organisation – and confirms the value of their contribution to financial education in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Agritech start-up Cropsy Technologies is changing the face of viticulture, vine by vine
13 May 2025
With improvements to their cutting-edge crop-monitoring tech, a maturing business model and remarkable growth over the last year, CIE spin-out Cropsy Technologies is poised to transform the landscape of the viticulture industry.
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Bullets in orbit: can we fix the danger of space junk?
13 April 2025
An estimated 130 million pieces of space junk are in low earth orbit, from dead satellites to tiny debris. The junk cloud is a very real risk to the growing space sector.
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'Tech bro' culture stifling start-up sector - academics
26 March 2025
University of Auckland researchers are exploring how start-up and innovation networks can become more inclusive.
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Minister impressed by innovation showcase at Newmarket precinct
20 March 2025
The University hosted the Minister of Finance and Economic Growth, the Hon Nicola Willis, for a tour of innovative research and start-ups at the University's Newmarket precinct.
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Pioneering space tech venture powers ahead
17 March 2025
With their world-first superconducting magnet system now in orbit, there’s no stopping Zenno Astronautics – or its founder, alumnus Max Arshavsky.
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Greg Murison to lead UniServices
13 March 2025
UniServices has a new CEO, Dr Greg Murison, following the retirement of Dr Andy Shenk.
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My Space: CIE's Sean Kelly
3 March 2025
Working in the University's Makerspace is all about inspiring 'playful curiosity', says Sean Kelly.
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Why aren’t more women launching start-ups?
20 February 2025
Mark Zuckerberg wants business to ‘man up’, but what it really needs is more women entrepreneurs, say Darsel Keane and Rod McNaughton.