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Global startup comp coming to NZ - Wednesday, 25 January 2012
Auckland has been selected as one of 36 global sta
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Jordan's passion for reinvesting in NZ - Wednesday, 25 January 2012
Wellington venture capitalist and International Bu
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The gentler face of private equity in NZ - Sunday, 22 January 2012
Rod Gethen looks an unlikely barbarian. The Pencar
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Venture capital investments up 19 percent in 4Q - Friday, 20 January 2012
Funding for startups rose 19 percent in the fourth
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Kiwi biotechs aim for US boost - Tuesday, 10 January 2012
It costs more than $200 a minute to present your b
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RWC: bonanza or bust? - Tuesday, 3 January 2012
Did the Rugby World Cup 2011 deliver the much-hype
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MSI introduces Smart Ideas funding - Thursday, 15 December 2011
The Ministry of Science and Innovation (MSI) has e
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Biotech industry wants patent tax laws changed - Thursday, 15 December 2011
The growth of New Zealand's biotech industry has p
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Biotechnology firms say shortage of venture funding capital - Wednesday, 14 December 2011
Biotechnology firms say a shortage of venture capi
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Call for KiwiSaver cash to boost firms - Tuesday, 13 December 2011
Innovative New Zealand companies could benefit fro
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NZVCA urges government action to build Venture Capital for young innovative firms - Tuesday, 13 December 2011
NZVCA wants to see a more nimble and flexible appr
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Auckland University at the forefront of global electric vehicle technology - Friday, 9 December 2011
Car travel worldwide is set to be transformed by a
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Writing is on the wall for Aussie VC industry - Friday, 9 December 2011
It is telling that Australian venture-capital prov
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Pencarrow launches private equity fund - Friday, 9 December 2011
A Wellington-based private equity fund manager is
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AVCAL welcomes venture capital funding, calls for more - Wednesday, 7 December 2011
The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital
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Cabinet rebuild must prioritise economy - Wednesday, 7 December 2011
Wellington-based angel investment group Angel HQ i
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Gluckman: Innovation through science - Tuesday, 6 December 2011
Innovation through science: the pathway to economi
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More moolah for Wellington startups as NZVIF to match Angel HQ investments - Monday, 5 December 2011
Wellington-based angel investment group Angel HQ i
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LanzaTech wins $US3m US govt contract to commercialise alcohol-based jet fuel - Friday, 2 December 2011
LanzaTech has received a US$3 million contract fro
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Blackstone pays tasty $108m for Burger King - Thursday, 1 December 2011
One of the world's largest private equity firms pa
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NZ at economic crossroads - Enright - Thursday, 1 December 2011
Professor Michael Enright painted two stark econom
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VCs call for UK-style tax breaks to spur start-up market - Thursday, 1 December 2011
The Federal Government has been urged to do more t
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Rangatira Produces Solid Result, Signals Interest - Wednesday, 30 November 2011
Rangatira Produces Solid Result, Signals Interest
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Industry bodies see fair shake for ICT in innovation report - Wednesday, 30 November 2011
The Ministry of Science and Innnovation released i
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Venture gains tax policy hazy - Friday, 25 November 2011
Labour's proposal for a capital gains tax would be
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Wool Services plans capital raising - Wednesday, 16 November 2011
New Zealand Wool Services International - the NZAX
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Infratil was evaluating both disposals and acquisitions - Wednesday, 16 November 2011
Chief executive Marko Bogoievski indicated Infrati
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PEP is yet to outline its strategy on Spotless - Wednesday, 16 November 2011
Spotless Group directors will have to move quickly
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Australian private equity 'deliver stable, solid returns' - Tuesday, 15 November 2011
The Cambridge Associates LLC Australia Private Equ
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Envirowaste loss increases to $11.7 million - Tuesday, 15 November 2011

Waste management company Envirowaste has widene

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A force for growth - Monday, 14 November 2011
GLOBAL PRIVATE EQUITY REPORT 2011

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Billionaire VC eyeing more NZ companies - Monday, 14 November 2011
Founder of Sun Microsystems and the name behind Kh
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Call to unlock broadband content - Sunday, 13 November 2011
Technology entrepreneur Rod Drury is asking govern
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FORGET CREDIT UNIONS: Here's Why You Need To Join A Community Bank - Saturday, 12 November 2011
If you weren't among the millions of Americans who
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Atlantis Healthcare taking on Europe - Friday, 11 November 2011
Getting people with acute and chronic illnesses to
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Top venture capitalist hears Kiwi proposals - Friday, 11 November 2011
Eight cash hungry Kiwi tech companies have pitched
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HaloIPT sale good for NZ - Tuesday, 8 November 2011
The Trans Tasman Commercialisation Fund and the Ne
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NZVCA welcomes Super investment in Pencarrow Fund - Thursday, 3 November 2011

Thursday, 3 November 2011, 4:59 pm
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Summerset shares trade heavily on opening day - Wednesday, 2 November 2011
Low interest rates are helping lure investors back
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Guardians make commitment to Pencarrow - Tuesday, 1 November 2011
Guardians make commitment to Pencarrow fund provid
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US 'super angel' to headline NZ summit - Monday, 31 October 2011
US angel investor David Rose, who has founded or f
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Tegel Foods deal judged year's best - Monday, 31 October 2011
Deal of the year in the private equity industry ha
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Blackstone bites into Burger King in first NZ buy - Tuesday, 18 October 2011
One of the world's largest private equity firms ha
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Atlantis Health eyes US, Middle East markets - Tuesday, 18 October 2011
An Auckland-based company that has become a world
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Can New Zealand compete on innovation? - Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Innovation and investment come under the spotlight
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Super Retail acquires Rebel for $610m - Monday, 17 October 2011
Super Retail Group plans to open more than 50 new
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Speculation Burger King to be sold - Friday, 14 October 2011
Burger King's New Zealand chain has been firing fo
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'World-class' business hub planned for Wynyard Quarter - Thursday, 13 October 2011
The Auckland waterfront is set to become the home
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Cleantech venture capitalist heading to NZ - Thursday, 13 October 2011
A New Zealand clean j
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Officialdom launches road to a business case for Wynyard innovation precinct - Thursday, 13 October 2011
“We are sitting in the innovation base of Auckland
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Branson signs up for Kiwi biofuels - Wednesday, 12 October 2011
New Zealand's LanzaTech has struck a deal with Vir
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The 2011 Influencers - Monday, 10 October 2011

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Direct Capital Invests in PF Olsen Group Limited - Friday, 7 October 2011
Direct Capital, through its Direct Capital IV and
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Learning to create, nurture and celebrate NZ success - Wednesday, 5 October 2011
Hon Jim Anderton
Member of Parliament for
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Can the venture capital chasm be filled? - Monday, 3 October 2011
There's a great divide between required and availa
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Photonz signs with Novasep - Monday, 3 October 2011
$5.4 million raised towards industrial-scale produ
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Photonz signs with Novasep - Wednesday, 21 September 2011
$5.4 million raised towards industrial-scale produ
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Angel investor offers expertise - Tuesday, 20 September 2011
Serial internet start-up angel investor John Wande
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NZVCA pleased with Financial Markets Conduct Bill - Monday, 19 September 2011
New Zealand Private Equity and Venture Capital Ass
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Natural mastitis remedy coming - Monday, 19 September 2011

A HAMILTON company seeking to develop a non-ant

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NZ Super Fund has its best year, makes 25% annual return - Thursday, 15 September 2011
NZ Super Fund has its best year, makes 25% annual
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New PE and venture capital code divides lawyers - Tuesday, 13 September 2011
A new
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Kerry McIntosh returned as chair of NZVCA - Monday, 12 September 2011
The New Zealand Private Equity & Venture Capit
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Tech entrepreneurs invited to Silicon Valley Connect - Monday, 12 September 2011
Kiwi tech entrepreneurs have a chance to get a tas
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Closer ties with UK on science and innovation - Monday, 12 September 2011
Stronger links with the United Kingdom on science
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Lacklustre sale may make capital harder - Monday, 12 September 2011
Mixed feelings are inevitable when successful Kiwi
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China and NZ now level-pegging in global competitiveness stakes - Saturday, 10 September 2011
New Zealand has slipped to 25th most competitive e
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Value for money from NZ firm's sale? - Saturday, 10 September 2011
When we asked home-grown IT entrepreneur Mark Thom
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Wellington start-up gets $350,000 cash boost - Friday, 9 September 2011
Wellington farm technology start-up Re Gen has rec
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Vaxxas gets $15m injection to develop needle-free vaccine - Friday, 9 September 2011
Biotech start-up Vaxxas has received a $15m ventur
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Kiwi biotech firm targets maiden revenue with Asian deal - Friday, 9 September 2011
The first revenue is about to start trickling into
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Germans pay millions for 3-D maker - Thursday, 8 September 2011
German business software giant SAP is understood t
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Starfish Ventures “Energy Response” sale – a foundation for cheaper, greener electricity for all Australians - Thursday, 8 September 2011
MELBOURNE July 12, 2011 – Starfish Ventures, Austr
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Media Release: Deals up, dollars down as angels broaden portfolios - Monday, 5 September 2011
The number of investment deals by angel inve
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Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation Limited Announces A Deal - Monday, 29 August 2011
Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation Limited announced a
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New regime for managed investment schemes in draft Financial Markets Conduct Bill - Monday, 29 August 2011
Far-reaching reform of the disclosure and governan
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Kiwi technology changes the future of e-reading - forever - Thursday, 25 August 2011
A new chapter in the history of storytelling
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Vodafone gets on board with Pacific Fibre - Wednesday, 24 August 2011
Pacific Fibre has sealed its biggest deal to
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NZ tech hub in US backed - Thursday, 18 August 2011
A hub for Kiwi technology companies in San Francis
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Technology Investors Turn Wary on Ventures - Tuesday, 16 August 2011

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Even as Wall Street trem

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Xero, Next Window get R&D funding boost - Tuesday, 16 August 2011
A second $50 million round of research and develop
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Investors look to give Phitek second chance - Monday, 15 August 2011
Phitek's two biggest investors hope to give the Au
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Tech stars decend on New Zealand - Monday, 15 August 2011
The Rutherford Innovation Showcase is shaping up t
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Start-up has smart idea for networking - Monday, 15 August 2011
Wellington start-up SmartShow is making a play for
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Financial Markets Conduct Bill - exposure draft - Wednesday, 10 August 2011

The Ministry of Economic Development is seeking

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June McCabe - Fresh Ideas for a Productive Economy - Thursday, 28 July 2011
Science and innovation will deliver econom
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Radical rethink needed for venture capital - Thursday, 28 July 2011
Some of New Zealand's fund managers are calling fo
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Caldera Health secures $1m for prostate diagnostic technology - Thursday, 28 July 2011
A New Zealand company has secured $1 million to he
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Retirement village firm on Auckland land search - Thursday, 21 July 2011
Wellington-based Summerset, a retirement village c
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Investors risk scalping in Blue Star deal - Thursday, 21 July 2011
The haircut mum and dad Blue Star bondholders are
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Crunch time for muesli man - Thursday, 21 July 2011

Rivals are eating into Hubbard Foods' market sh

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Something Ventured; The venture capitalists who made America - Thursday, 21 July 2011
Something Ventured directed by Dayna Goldfine and
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New fund good news for young tech companies - Thursday, 21 July 2011
Economic Development Minister David Carter today l
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Nestle takes slice of Vital Foods - Thursday, 21 July 2011
A subsidiary of global food giant Nestle says it i
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Windfall for Aptimize Investors - Thursday, 21 July 2011
Investors in Wellington technology company Aptimiz
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NZVCA applauds MOVAC venture capital launch - Friday, 15 July 2011
New Zealand Private Equity and Venture Capital Ass
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Making money out of how you pay money - Sunday, 10 July 2011

It's based in Auckland, locally owned, has turn

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The pain of the hidden recession in Australia - Saturday, 9 July 2011

The cash registers are falling silent. Look bey

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New Zealand Superannuation Fund 23% return on its $19 billion of assets - Saturday, 9 July 2011

Crown financial institutions felt the benefits

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Venture capital firm partners with Florida - Monday, 4 July 2011
A Wellington venture capital firm has secured $20
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Inro and Fonterra's automatic tactics - Thursday, 30 June 2011
At Fonterra’s Kauri dairy factory in Whangarei, He
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Ascot in form for vital win - Thursday, 30 June 2011
If successful, the bid to oust the current manager
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NZ start-ups not alone - Thursday, 30 June 2011
If Kiwi start-up businesses think their problems i
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Business Owners are growing private capital in New Zealand - Wednesday, 29 June 2011
Retiring Business Owners are a new source of priva
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Brent Sheather: Super Fund makes use of size and power - Tuesday, 28 June 2011
Ordinary investors best to avoid successful scheme
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Kiwis strike gold in tech boom - Tuesday, 28 June 2011
With a $1 Grabaseat ticket to San Francisco and an
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Release of 'Valuation of Early Stage Companies' Report - Friday, 17 June 2011
The long awaited valuation report prepared by the
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Ministry of Science and Innovation fleshes out senior team - Wednesday, 15 June 2011
Senior management positions at the recently-establ
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Outgoing NZICT boss joins Ministry of Science and Innovation - Tuesday, 14 June 2011
NZICT chief executive Brett O’Riley, who announced
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ICEHOUSE Ice Ideas Conference A Sellout - Tuesday, 14 June 2011
The ICEHOUSE Ice Ideas Conference on July 8th will
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$60m for venture capital funds to aid start-ups (Australia) - Thursday, 9 June 2011
As many as 30 seed stage start-ups will benefit fr
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Crowd-funding to back new ideas - Wednesday, 8 June 2011
GOOD ideas don't always make sense at first, but o
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Is the VC market dying? - Tuesday, 7 June 2011
A few years ago, the funding scenario for an innov
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Leading Silicon Valley VC on what makes a start-up investable: Q&A - Tuesday, 7 June 2011
Tim Chang is a partner at global investment firm N
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Dell ex-pat Andy Lark takes bank job Down Under - Thursday, 2 June 2011
Ex-pat Kiwi marketing executive Andy Lark is to jo
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Finance Minister Bill English says bigger NZ borrowing put us on Asian bond investors' radar screens and they 'like our story' - Wednesday, 1 June 2011
The market for New Zealand’s public debt is becomi
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Taxman backed on TPG profits - Monday, 30 May 2011
ASSISTANT Treasurer Bill Shorten has backed a rece
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NZTE awards open for business - Monday, 23 May 2011
Kiwi companies that have made a success of going g
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Dotcom bubble likely to burst - Sunday, 22 May 2011
As ever, Warren Buffett puts it best. "If you've b
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LinkedIn's shares to be above $US40 - Wednesday, 18 May 2011
LinkedIn, a website where professionals connect wi
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The Economist: Another Internet Gold Rush - Tuesday, 17 May 2011
The Internet investment scene is in the throes of
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Milk defence mechanism looks for global play - Tuesday, 17 May 2011
Considering that a cow's udder is a potential site
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Financial Markets Authority Aims to Restore Investor Confidence - Monday, 16 May 2011
Restoring investor confidence in New Zealand's fin
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Internet's new boom arrives in Kiwiland - Monday, 16 May 2011
The latest internet business boom has reached New
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Waterman in Working In - Monday, 16 May 2011
Backing will help migration service's plans to exp
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Michael Pollard: Signs of recovery in local M&A - Thursday, 12 May 2011
Simpson Grierson corporate partner Michael Pollard
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Start-ups find their progress stalled by 'valley of death' - Wednesday, 11 May 2011
The gap in New Zealand's capital markets needs add
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Internet boom 2.0 is here - Tuesday, 10 May 2011
The tantalizing prospect of finding the next Faceb
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Kiwi text firm takes on America - Tuesday, 10 May 2011
To succeed in the United States it helps if you ha
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2011 NZ Hi-Tech Awards Winners Announced - Tuesday, 10 May 2011
Rakon takes out Hi-Tech Company of the Decade Awar
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Private equity investment doubles in 2010 - Thursday, 21 April 2011
Private equity deals in the New Zealand market con
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Mid market grabs venture capital money - Thursday, 21 April 2011
Investment in Kiwi businesses by private equity an
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CoDa Therapeutics closes US$19 million Series B financing - Wednesday, 20 April 2011
CoDa Therapeutics, Inc. announces today it has rai
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Movac fund to target young tech firms - Wednesday, 20 April 2011
Wellington investment company Movac is setting up
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Biotech breeds possibility - Wednesday, 20 April 2011
When beer bubbled and bread rose, our ancestors ha
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NZ private equity takes over CPI next week - Wednesday, 20 April 2011
Shareholders support PagePack’s acquisition of CPI
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Scott Technology acquires HTS-110 - Wednesday, 6 April 2011

Dunedin-based Scott Technology has paid $4.4 mi

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Independent Liquor sees growth, profit - Wednesday, 6 April 2011

Alcopop maker Independent Liquor, whose brands

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Frucor MD Mark Cowsill to retire - Wednesday, 6 April 2011

New Zealand-based beverage company Frucor, make

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LanzaTech and LCY to Target Bio-based Chemicals Market - Wednesday, 6 April 2011

Clean energy technology company LanzaTech is pa

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Minister announces Financial Markets Authority board - Wednesday, 6 April 2011

Commerce Minister Simon Power today announced a

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Good and bad news for startups - Wednesday, 6 April 2011

The good news for startups is that there is mon

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Private equity stuck in the doldrums - Tuesday, 5 April 2011

The global rate of private equity fundraising r

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Tegel to be helped to 'full potential', buyer says - Monday, 4 April 2011

Singapore-based Claris Investments Pte says it

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Innovation is NZ’s productivity fix - Friday, 1 April 2011

What can the US teach us about building innovat

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New index reveals that private equity and venture capital beat traditional stocks for investor returns - Tuesday, 29 March 2011

According to a new report, the Australian priva

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ACC cements position as biggest player on sharemarket - Tuesday, 29 March 2011

The Accident Compensation Corp now has signific

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Over 100 Angel investments in 2010 - Monday, 28 March 2011
The Young Company Finance Index reports more than
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Opus forms alliance with UK printers, eyes North America - Sunday, 27 March 2011

Opus Print Group, which is seen as a potential

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Big deal: mergers and acquisition activity off to a flying start - Sunday, 27 March 2011

Another bumper year of mergers and acquisitions

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NZ trade delegation hopes for more successful Mideast trip - Friday, 25 March 2011

A New Zealand trade delegation is preparing to

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Bayleys eyes funds market - Monday, 21 March 2011

Bayley Corporation, the parent company of Bayle

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NZ trade delegation hopes for more successful Mideast trip - Monday, 21 March 2011

A New Zealand trade delegation is preparing to

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The bookshop that lost the plot - Monday, 7 March 2011

The bookshop that lost the plot After 129 years

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Mergers on the rise as bond issues decline - Monday, 7 March 2011

Local merger and acquisition activity soared by

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Australia buyout industry seen riding strong on exposure to Asia - Thursday, 3 March 2011

* Deals in Australia being done with an eye on

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VIF could float tech portfolio - Monday, 28 February 2011

Stock market investors could get a chance to in

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NZBIO Welcomes New CEO - Thursday, 17 February 2011
NZBIO is pleased to announce the appointment of Mi
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Little impact from investment change - Wednesday, 16 February 2011

Prime Ministers John Key and Julia Gillard have

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Higher NZ-OZ investment thresholds good for NZ business - Tuesday, 15 February 2011
Raising the thresholds for Trans-Tasman investment
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Launch of Ministry of Science and Innovation - Wednesday, 2 February 2011

Today’s launch of the Ministry of Science and I

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Former Goldman buyout boys build empire - Wednesday, 2 February 2011

Private equity fund Maui Capital, led by former

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PayGlobal expects boost from software - Wednesday, 2 February 2011
PayGlobal chief executive Hugh Martyn says the pay
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Managing creativity an appliance of science - Wednesday, 2 February 2011

Jim Mervis' career has ranged from managing a p

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Private equity rewards pensions - Sunday, 30 January 2011

The private equity holdings of the world’s larg

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Venture capital lack threatens angel start-ups - Thursday, 27 January 2011

A pioneer in the angel investment sector fears

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US Venture Downswing Continues - Monday, 17 January 2011
Any anyone looking for funding knows, the US ventu
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New manager raises $120 million fund - Saturday, 1 January 2011

A new Australasian private equity fund manager

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Orion set to earn $100m in revenue this year - Monday, 13 December 2010

New Zealand's largest software exporter Orion H

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Bankers call shots at Yellow - Sunday, 12 December 2010

Shareholders in Yellow Pages Group face the los

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Funding paves way for local innovators - Saturday, 11 December 2010

Scores of highly skilled and well paid jobs are

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Plugging the gap: An internationalisation strategy - Wednesday, 8 December 2010

Efforts to increase New Zealand's prosperity in

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Ponoko changing manufacturing rules - Wednesday, 8 December 2010
Turning ideas into slick, marketable inventions ha
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The ten things New Zealand needs to do - Wednesday, 1 December 2010

Independent think tank the New Zealand Institut

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Space company sells its rocket technology to US - Wednesday, 1 December 2010
New Zealand space company Rocket Lab has secured a
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Private equity investment returns more than double - Friday, 5 November 2010
Private equity in New Zealand returned $1.72 billi
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Send in the angels - Monday, 1 November 2010

Private investment is often poorly understood b

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i-Globe company helps miners in Chile - Wednesday, 13 October 2010

Kiwi technology helps miners

Monitoring

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Super Fund eyes NZ investments - Wednesday, 13 October 2010

The New Zealand Super Fund is doing due diligen

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The finalists of the 2010 Unlimited Investment Challenge announced - Monday, 11 October 2010

The finalists of the 2010 Unlimited Investment

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11Ants Model Builder Transforms Excel into Breakthrough Predictive Analytics Tool - Wednesday, 6 October 2010
11Ants Model Builder upgrades Microsoft Excel into
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Record angel investment creates new challenge - Monday, 20 September 2010
Angel Association chair Phil McCaw said the record
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Hawkesbridge acquires Bylaser Australia - Friday, 17 September 2010
Hawkesbridge Private Equity is pleased to advise t
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Government's VIF programme has significant impact on venture capital activity - Wednesday, 15 September 2010
Evaluation of the VIF programme finds that it has
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Foreign backing in dairy industry - Wednesday, 15 September 2010
New Zealand Venture Capital Association chairman K
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A number of new venture firms are popping up across the US - Wednesday, 15 September 2010

A number of new venture firms are popping up ac

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Going global, with a little help - Tuesday, 14 September 2010
Going global? Get some expert advice from the virt
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Ecoya snaps up Trilogy Natural Products - Tuesday, 14 September 2010
Ambitious candlemaker Ecoya has leapt into skincar
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Harvard Endowment Manager says PE has become 'Crowded' - Tuesday, 14 September 2010
Harvard University's endowment fund posted a 11% r
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NZVIF gets a top-up - Wednesday, 11 August 2010
$40 million boost to venture capital funding is a
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Underwrite to boost new venture capital funds - Thursday, 5 August 2010

Minister for Economic Development Gerry Brownle

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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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