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Unlimited Investment Challenge 2010 - Wednesday, 28 July 2010
Now in its fourth year, applications are now open
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Chinese venture capitalists invest in Lanzatech - Tuesday, 20 July 2010
Auckland-based biotechnology company Lanzatech sai
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Rex Bionics launches Rex - Friday, 16 July 2010
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Kiwi 3D firm into next stratosphere - Tuesday, 13 July 2010

Auckland 3D software firm Right Hemisphere says

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Baby-boomer firms face headache when time comes to sell - Tuesday, 13 July 2010

A business adviser is warning baby-boomer busin

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Funds made good returns on exits in the middle of the recession - Friday, 9 July 2010

There is positive news to emerge from UK resear

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Wolseley. In the News. - Thursday, 8 July 2010
The team has had a busy first half of the year, wi
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Super Fund gives $30m boost to smaller firms - Thursday, 8 July 2010

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund allocated $

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New Zealand aviation industry flying high - Wednesday, 7 July 2010
The New Zealand aviation industry has gone from st
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Innovation 'paying off' for NZ businesses - Thursday, 1 July 2010

Almost half of New Zealand businesses consider

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Investors will have a higher level of protection - Wednesday, 23 June 2010

Investors will have a higher level of protectio

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Capital injection set to launch Bayleys - Wednesday, 23 June 2010
Leading New Zealand real estate agency and profess
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Discussion document Review of Securities Law - Tuesday, 22 June 2010

The discussion document proposes a new Securiti

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Privately Owned Business Barometer - Thursday, 10 June 2010
Confidence up as firms plan for growth
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Orion's success shines around the world - Thursday, 3 June 2010

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New Zealand’s big opportunity - Thursday, 3 June 2010

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ZyGEM Corp Acquires USA Company - Breakthrough in DNA Detection and Testing - Tuesday, 25 May 2010

Wellington 25 May 2010 An Ende

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Financial Markets reform - Thursday, 29 April 2010

Minister of Commerce, Simon Power announced tha

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Emerged and emerging vie for Hi-Tech honours - Tuesday, 27 April 2010

Finalists in awards show extensive innovation

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Private equity reports rise in overall activity and market confidence - Tuesday, 20 April 2010

New Zealand’s private equity market is emerging

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Phitek Systems inks deal with semiconductor giant - Tuesday, 20 April 2010
Auckland-based acoustic products manufacturer Phit
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Views sought on taxation of foreign funds in PIEs - Thursday, 15 April 2010
A tax policy issues paper released (14 April 2010)
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Developing Asia can look ahead to a robust recovery in the next 2 years - Wednesday, 14 April 2010
Growth is forecast to rise to 7.5% in 2010 and mod
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Stronger private equity-backed companies - Tuesday, 13 April 2010

A British report shows how much stronger privat

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Reforms benefit Orion Health - Tuesday, 6 April 2010
Auckland software firm Orion Health says it is alr
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SMX takes network to Korea, America - Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Auckland firm SMX is casting its anti-spam net wid
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Partners Seek Investment Analyst for Venture Fund - Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Investment Analyst position working closely with t
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New Zealand Social Infrastructure Fund launched - Tuesday, 16 March 2010

Craigs Investment Partners has launched the New

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International investors could bypass NZ unless red tape sorted out - Monday, 8 March 2010
International investors could bypass New Zealand i
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CRI Taskforce report released - Thursday, 4 March 2010

The taskforce set up by the Government to deter

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Angels invest nearly $50 million in 2009 - Thursday, 4 March 2010
More than $50 million was invested by angel invest
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Taskforce Report Charts Path Forward For CRIs - Thursday, 4 March 2010

The Crown Research Institute Taskforce report l

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SMX Launches into Australia - Monday, 22 February 2010

New Zealand anti-spam and anti-virus company SM

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Govt responds to capital market recommendations - Thursday, 18 February 2010
Commerce Minister Simon Power today released the G
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Direct Capital IV Raises $325 Million - Wednesday, 17 February 2010
Direct Capital today announced that it had success
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Deal paves way for jetpack factory - Tuesday, 16 February 2010

The Martin Aircraft Company has signed a $12 mi

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Bioscience sector growing - Monday, 15 February 2010
An expanding bioscience sector generated $351 mill
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Goldman takes 13% MediaWorks stake - Friday, 12 February 2010

Goldman Sachs JBWere has emerged as a significa

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Govt on right track to lift economic performance - Wednesday, 10 February 2010

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Fund-Raising Predictions For 2010 - Thursday, 28 January 2010

The opening panel at the Private Equity Analyst

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Burning rubber pays for entrepreneurs - Thursday, 28 January 2010

The need to solve a problem for one invention h

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Crown Research Institute Taskforce - Monday, 25 January 2010

The Taskforce has been formed to review the CRI

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Equity funds ended 2009 with strong results for the 12 months - Wednesday, 20 January 2010

Equity funds ended 2009 with strong results for

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Tax Working Group release report - Wednesday, 20 January 2010
Victoria University in partnership with Treasury a
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Capital markets report a step in right direction - Wednesday, 16 December 2009
The New Zealand Private Equity and Venture Capital
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NZVIF records first surplus and record investment year - Tuesday, 15 December 2009
The New Zealand Venture Investment Fund has record
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Fast tech firms more prolific - Monday, 14 December 2009

New Zealand firms are punching above their weig

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Australian Release of Draft Legislation on Tax Treatment - Monday, 14 December 2009

The Australian Government has released for publ

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Cashing in on ideas - Monday, 14 December 2009
New Zealand is good at ideas and innovation but no
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Wellington online publishing start-up Bookhabit snapped up by Silicon Valley's Smashwords - Thursday, 10 December 2009

Wellington online publishing start-up Bookhabit

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Good science alone is not enough for success - Monday, 7 December 2009

Biotechnology is often lauded as one of New Zea

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Article by AVCAL Chairman Andrew Rothery in the AFR - Friday, 4 December 2009
A recent article written by AVCAL Chairman Andrew
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US approves Kiwi inhaler - Wednesday, 2 December 2009

Garth Sutherland, chief operating officer of Ne

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Let’s use our cleverness - Wednesday, 2 December 2009

New Zealand firms would be more successful with

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Let’s use our cleverness - Wednesday, 2 December 2009

New Zealand firms would be more successful with

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DIY approach innovative but limiting - Tuesday, 24 November 2009

A new report commissioned by New Zealand Trade

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Australia: 4th most attractive country for VC and PE investment - Tuesday, 24 November 2009
Australia is the 4th most attractive country for i
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Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Performance Measurement Report FY2009 - Friday, 20 November 2009
Industry Returns
According to data compiled
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Reneging on Reserve Bank Act raises serious concerns - Friday, 20 November 2009
Reneging on Reserve Bank Act raises serious concer
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Experience, Management, and Luck: The Keys to Success - Thursday, 19 November 2009
In a recent study “making a successful Entrepreneu
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NZ and Singaporean sign angel investing alliance - Thursday, 12 November 2009

New Zealan

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NZTE names health technology finalists for US - Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Ten finalists head for a market readiness programm
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Tindall becomes NZ’s first ‘Arch Angel’ - Tuesday, 10 November 2009

Sir Stephen Tindall has been appointed the firs

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BioVittoria opens IPO offer - Tuesday, 10 November 2009
BioVittoria, the Hamilton-based bio-technology com
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Mid-market and venture capital investment scenes are showing robust health - Friday, 6 November 2009

New Zealand's mid-market and venture capital in

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AngelLink welcomes Life Science Angels Network - Friday, 6 November 2009
Hamilton, 6 Nov
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Understanding Angels - Thursday, 5 November 2009
Tapping into equity investment Fledgling businesse
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Research start-ups get extra boost from joint fund - Thursday, 5 November 2009

Up to 15 start-up companies born out of the Uni

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Short-term thinking is undermining the ability of New Zealand's businesses - Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Short-term thinking is undermining the ability of
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New Zealand Investment launched - Monday, 2 November 2009
New Zealand Investment Week is an opportunity to r
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PE continues to outperform public markets - Monday, 2 November 2009
A recent study by Ernst & Young, Challenges in
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New Zealand Investment Week - Friday, 23 October 2009
New Zealand Investment Week is an opportunity to c
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Government and angel fund team up for tech sector - Tuesday, 25 August 2009
A new investment partnership is looking to invest
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Angel investment at record levels - Tuesday, 25 August 2009

Angel investors have invested a record $30 mill

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TTCF to Invest in New Zealand Company - Wednesday, 19 August 2009

TTCF to Invest in New Zealand Company

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Australian Government $243m allocated towards collaborative research and innovation - Tuesday, 18 August 2009
$243m has been allocated towards collaborative res
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Australian Government $64m from the IIFF allocated to 11 fund managers - Tuesday, 18 August 2009
Sen. Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry,
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The service sector showed its first sign of expansion - Tuesday, 18 August 2009

The service sector showed its first sign of exp

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Capital Raising Made Easier - Thursday, 13 August 2009
The Securities (Disclosure) Amendment Act 2009 (Am
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Morrison & Co is at the forefront of New Zealand's emerging Public Infrastructure Partnership Sector. - Friday, 24 July 2009

Morrison & Co is at the forefront of New Ze

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Government simplifies overseas investment - Friday, 24 July 2009

The Government has simplified overseas investme

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US academic sees progress in NZ venture capital - Thursday, 16 July 2009
A review of New Zealand’s venture capital industry
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Survey shows business self-reliance - Tuesday, 14 July 2009

New Zealand businesses are showing self-relianc

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NZ scores well in overseas trade - Wednesday, 8 July 2009

New Zealand has scored highly in a survey of in

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A boost for young innovators - Monday, 6 July 2009
A new post-graduate internship programme to be set
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New private equity fund 2Ignite growing NZ companies - Monday, 29 June 2009
A new $50 million venture capital fund is being es
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Direct Capital track record endorsed by fund raising for private company market - Friday, 26 June 2009

Direct Capital’s successful fund raising of $20

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NZVCA Newsletter June 2009 - Monday, 22 June 2009
NZVCA Newsletter June 2009
See attached doc
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The 2009 ANZ Privately Owned Business Barometer - Wednesday, 17 June 2009
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Local tech firm looks abroad for cash - Tuesday, 16 June 2009
A local tech success story will fund its expansion
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NZVCA Regulatory and Tax recommendations - Monday, 11 May 2009

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New investment partnership to target medical diagnostic technology - Wednesday, 6 May 2009
A new investment partnership is looking to invest
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The Global Economic Impact of Private Equity Report 2009 - Wednesday, 29 April 2009
This World Econ
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Results from the 2008 New Zealand Private Equity & Venture Capital Monitor - Monday, 6 April 2009

Results from the 2008 New Zealand Private Equit

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THE US ANGEL INVESTOR MARKET IN 2008 - Tuesday, 31 March 2009

A DOWN YEAR IN INVESTMENT DOLLARS BUT NOT IN DE

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Timely review for ‘frustrating’ Overseas Investment Act - Monday, 23 March 2009

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$150 million private equity fund targets growing NZ companies - Wednesday, 11 March 2009
The New Zealand Venture Investment Fund is investi
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Decline in young company financing deals - Tuesday, 3 March 2009
The number of young company private financing deal
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Former America’s Cup Chief Joins Martin Aircraft Company - Friday, 13 February 2009

No8 Ventures announce that Anthony Romano has j

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Award of Honary Doctorate - Neville Jordon - Friday, 13 February 2009

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Private equity primed to pounce - Monday, 9 February 2009

By Fiona Robertson, The National Business Revie

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Advanced Workshop in Private Equity Transactions - Structuring & Restructuring LBO's 5&6 March 2009 - Tuesday, 3 February 2009

NZVCA has secured an Advanced Workshop in Priva

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Licensing Intellectual Property Masterclass 12 March 2009 - Tuesday, 3 February 2009
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Bio Commerce Centre goes carbon neutral - Friday, 30 January 2009
The Bio Commerce Centre (BCC) has become only the
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Funding boost for VC backed growth companies - Thursday, 18 December 2008
The New Zealand Venture Investment Fund is committ
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Young Company Finance latest issue - Tuesday, 25 November 2008
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New investment fund targets NZ start-ups - Monday, 17 November 2008

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NZBIO Conference 2009 - Monday, 17 November 2008

NZBIO is one of New Zealand's largest and most

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Private Equity and Venture Capital Monitor - Monday, 22 September 2008
Ernst & Young and NZVCA have released the First Ha
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Accelerating funding for new business ventures - Tuesday, 16 September 2008
Up to $8 million is to be invested into start-up b
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Finding 1000 Angels - Friday, 5 September 2008
A campaign is underway to ‘find one thousand angel
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Novotech wins coveted Australian CRO award - Tuesday, 29 July 2008
San Diego, CA– June 19, 2008 — Novotech, the large
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Trans Tasman Commercialisation Fund - Wednesday, 18 June 2008
Trans Tasman Commercialisation Fund

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New investment to target NZ biotech - Wednesday, 11 June 2008
Under the partnership, Pacific Channel - a New Zea
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Young Company Finance Newsletter Issue 3 - Monday, 28 April 2008

Welcome to the third issue of the New Zealan
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Endeavour Capital invests $1M in Khipu - Friday, 18 April 2008
Endeavour Capital invests in another WaikatoLink s
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NZVCA appoints new ED - Friday, 11 April 2008
Auckland -- Friday 11th April 2008 --

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2007 NZ Private Equity & Venture Capital Survey re - Wednesday, 2 April 2008
A copy of the 2007 NZ Private Equity & Venture Cap
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Limited Partnership website launches - Tuesday, 18 March 2008
Companies Office Launches Limited Partnerships Web
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NZVIF Role - MARKET DEVELOPMENT MANAGER - Monday, 3 March 2008
MARKET DEVELOPMENT MANAGER for NZVIF

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New Chair for Venture Investment Fund Announced - Tuesday, 15 January 2008

Please find attached a copy of a recent medi
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Young Company Finance Newsletter No. 2 - Wednesday, 19 December 2007
Welcome to the second issue of the New Zealand You
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Goldman Sachs invest in Vision Senior Living - Monday, 19 November 2007

Please see attached a press release announci
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NZVIF and Cure Kids join investment forces - Thursday, 1 November 2007
Please find attached a media release announcing an
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NZ Young Co Finance Launches! - Friday, 28 September 2007

Welcome to the first issue of New Zealand Yo
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No 8 Ventures invests in Smart Orthotics - Thursday, 20 September 2007

Smart Orthotics Receives Funding from No 8 V
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Selwyn Investment Holdings acquisition - Monday, 3 September 2007

News release
3 September 2007
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Clocktower Games Ltd raises $2 million - Wednesday, 8 August 2007

NZVCA member, Parker O’Connor Trust, have cl
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Limited Partnership Bill Introduced - Tuesday, 7 August 2007

The Limited Partnership Bill was introduced
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BioPacificVentures invests in EnCoate Ltd - Wednesday, 25 July 2007
Venture capital deal opens global probiotics marke
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NZVIF Chair resigns - Wednesday, 25 July 2007

Full details are setout in the attached Pres
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Goldman Sachs JBWere Hauraki 1 Fund - Last divestm - Thursday, 19 July 2007

Goldman Sachs JBWere Private Equity’s Haurak
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Goldman Sachs JBWere Hauraki 2 Fund - Norfolk Dive - Thursday, 19 July 2007

The Hauraki 2 Fund has completed its first p
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NZVIF CALLS FOR MORE VENTURE CAPITAL FUND MANAGERS - Wednesday, 6 June 2007
The New Zealand Venture Investment Fund (VIF) toda
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BioPacificVentures invests in Rissington Breedline - Friday, 25 May 2007
25/05/2007

Media Release

Bi
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ANZ Capital MBI - Wyma Engineering - Sunday, 6 May 2007

ANZ Capital has funded a management buy-in o
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Direct Capital MBO - Paper Coaters Limited - Wednesday, 2 May 2007

In early May Direct Capital Private Equity a
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Goldman Sachs JBWere raise new PE fund - Monday, 30 April 2007

The Goldman Sachs JBWere Merchant Banking te
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LanzaTech NZ secures Khosla Ventures funding - Tuesday, 24 April 2007
LanzaTech NZ Ltd Secures Series A Funding from Kho
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Direct Capital portfolio company makes acquisition - Monday, 23 April 2007
Direct Capital portfolio company Express Logistics
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Parker O'Connor Trust launch investment register - Sunday, 22 April 2007
Great to see Parker O'Connor Trust's launch this w
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Protemix raises US$14.5 million (NZ$20.5 million) - Wednesday, 4 April 2007
In early April biotechnology company Protemix rais
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Yellow Pages sold to PE consortium - Friday, 30 March 2007

In late March Telecom sold its yellow pages
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TMT Ventures exits Geosmart Limited - Wednesday, 28 March 2007
Geosmart Digital Mapping Assets Acquired by AA
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CoDa Therapeutics close Series A funding - Wednesday, 28 February 2007

In late February biotechnology company CoDa
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Proacta raises a further US$35m - Thursday, 8 February 2007
Media Release

Anticancer company Proa
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NZBio November 2006 NZ Biotech Report - Thursday, 1 February 2007
A copy of this report is attached.
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Open Cloud US$10.25 million funding - Monday, 8 January 2007
OpenCloud receives $10million from Advent Venture
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Endeavour i-Cap and Ngai Tahu Equities invest in V - Monday, 18 September 2006

Hand-held technology capable of detecting an
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First Seed Co-investment funds announced - Monday, 4 September 2006
NZVIF today announced the first of the SCIF progra
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