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Where start-ups begin – meet the 2025 Velocity Ideas Challenge winners

23 May 2025

An astonishing 318 venture ideas were submitted by students and staff from across Waipapa Taumata Rau, the University of Auckland, for this year’s Velocity Ideas Challenge.
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.
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.
CIE alumni pledge to support innovation and entrepreneurship

29 April 2025

Dr Privahini Bradoo, co-founder and first student CEO of the University’s Velocity programme, is one of several alumni who have committed to support the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship as part of a new initiative.
How to build a strong student leadership team

20 March 2025

The University's entrepreneurship development programme, Velocity, is led by students with a student CEO and leadership team.
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.
Professor Andrew Jeffs on sustaining New Zealand’s blue economy

7 February 2025

Marine scientist Professor Andrew Jeffs is exploring sustainable ways to maximise the economic potential of the sea.
Meet the 2025 Velocity CEO

28 January 2025

BCom/BSc student Cullen Tran is this year’s CEO of the Velocity entrepreneurship development programme.
RosterLab levels up support for healthcare workers

27 November 2024

A start-up that began life as an entry in the University's Velocity $100K Challenge has expanded, thanks to $1.75m in seed funding.
Catching up with offshore alumni

8 November 2024

James Fyfe chats with three alumni living in the Middle East, the US and Australia.
Alex Kendall: the road less travelled

7 November 2024

Taking a different direction is paying off for driverless-car pioneer and engineering alumnus Alex Kendall.
Social entrepreneur Larissa Michelsen adds a role in corporate sustainability to her purpose-driven portfolio

5 November 2024

The founder of social enterprise Pacific Med Tech, alumna Larissa Michelsen, has always been driven by a determination to do good.

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