Callaghan Innovation news stories

"There is a lot of work happening in the sector in New Zealand but currently it is quite scattered and not very well connected."

Activity is picking up for many Kiwi software and digital businesses as demand increases for digital and cloud-based service offerings.

"STEM careers are much more dynamic than many expect, now powering creative industries and solving social and environmental problems.”

Callaghan Innovation’s Vic Crone announced the new programmes this week, which are designed to help turn tech and science into successful businesses.

Micromaker3D creates detailed submillimetre structures for applications such as sensors, wearables, point-of-care diagnostics, and micro-robotics.

Eight New Zealand start-ups will be selected to join the six-month accelerator, which provides business coaching, mentoring, network access and courses.

The Kiwi startup founders, recent graduates of ecentre’s Sprint Global programme, will join around 10,000 people interested in the startup and technology world at the TechCrunch Disrupt event.

Callaghan Innovation says that New Zealand businesses still have time to snap up valuable R&D talent before the window of opportunity closes on September 6.

Successful incubators will help to develop technical and scientific research in New Zealand, and ensure technology translates to successful commercial outcomes.

“Technology-driven business disruption is creating virtually unlimited opportunities for our best and boldest entrepreneurs."

‘Hundreds’ of New Zealand companies have the chance to recruit new skills and fresh thinking into their businesses.

Ultimately the key to ongoing success in this fast-moving arena is speed. Of course, there are many common pitfalls with software development and delivery that make this difficult.

The Zero Carbon Challenge is a programme bringing together business, social enterprise, and local government to promote the low carbon economy.

New Zealand ‘unicorns’ behind some of New Zealand’s most successful innovation businesses like Rocket Lab, Xero, and LanzaTech have helped to create more than $34 billion in value to the country.

"We envisage that the enhancements we can make to the product will help us grow sales in both the United States and UK, enabling us to expand our teams in each country."

Callaghan Innovation is welcoming property mogul Angela Bull and the reappointment of tech futurist Frances Valintine and to its board this week.

“More iwi investors need to recognise that these sectors will provide the high-value jobs our children need."

Callaghan Innovation has awarded a $318,000 R&D grant to Auckland-based firm SingleSource, a company that applies risk scoring to digital identity.

Imagine 3D printing things thinner and smaller than a human hair, and how they could be used in everything from sensors, electronics, wearables and meshes.

Callaghan Innovation has placed $330,000 into a local cryptocurrency savings and trading startup now called Vimba.

“We can't compete with Silicon Valley money. We have to be smarter and more focused."

Thirty of New Zealand’s agritech innovators have finally landed in Silicon Valley this week as they get ready to put their innovations to the test.

“We’ve always had a number 8 wire culture in farming but it is crucial we power that up with science and technology," says Hemi Rolleston.

"Technology has huge potential to solve many problems we face in business, in society and in our economy."