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Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship: 21 years of boosting smart ideas

14 October 2024

The Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is celebrating 21 years of giving students and staff an expert hand to get their innovative ideas out into the world.
Blues Awards celebrate University of Auckland business and social innovation

9 October 2024

This year, 21 students won Business and Innovation Blues, including Velocity $100K Challenge winner Jean-Luc Ellis.
Turning waste into wins

8 October 2024

Law student and entrepreneur Jean-Luc Ellis took out a major Blues award this week for his start-up, WasteXpert.
From PhD to APIMatic: Adeel Ali’s path from research to reality

12 September 2024

Alumnus Adeel Ali has transformed his PhD research into a thriving software business, a process that began during the Velocity $100K Challenge.
Impact investment venture Soul Capital aims to make our economy more inclusive

3 September 2024

As Soul Capital’s founder and CEO, Business School Senior Lecturer Dr Jamie Newth brings together academia and industry to achieve more equitable outcomes for all.
University of Auckland alumni win at American Chamber of Commerce Awards

22 August 2024

Three of the prestigious awards went to University of Auckland alumni, including the supreme award won by Ehsan Vaghefi and his company Toku Inc.
From pop-up to plant-based powerhouse: the rise of Wise Boys Burgers

13 August 2024

University alumni Luke and Tim Burrows have a thriving plant-based burger business – despite opening a restaurant in the middle of a pandemic.
University of Auckland incubator sets a new cohort of innovators into the world

29 July 2024

The 2024 University of Auckland Venture Lab incubator programme recently concluded with a celebration event, showcasing participants transformative growth and innovative breakthroughs.
Driving agritech innovation from Auckland to the world

22 July 2024

With Field Days behind us, it’s an excellent time to reflect on New Zealand’s agricultural sector’s critical productivity challenge and how entrepreneurial students and researchers can help.
Attitude is just as important as innovation to Halter founder Craig Piggott

18 July 2024

Virtually managed cows are a multibillion-dollar concept, but Halter founder Craig Piggott says their success has been more about the execution.
Weather Radar New Zealand takes innovative rain monitoring research to NASA

21 June 2024

Weather Radar NZ, co-founded by alumnus and two-time Velocity Challenge winner Luke Sutherland-Stacey, is now working with NASA to predict the weather.
WM Robotics’ first product capitalises on Kiwis’ passion for pies

17 June 2024

The Piebot is the brainchild of two University of Auckland Engineering graduates, who had the idea after getting hungry at an airport after closing time.

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