TeOhakaCentre

Te Ōhaka is the home of early-stage startups in Christchurch. We're a partnership between Ministry of Awesome, Ara Institute of Canterbury and ChristchurchNZ.

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For 2023, we're taking a pause here in an effort to focus our support founders and high-growth startups in NZ. See what's happening at Te Ōhaka by following Ministry of Awesome on LinkedIn (https://t.co/xwI9vBU8fR), Facebook (https://t.co/TVc5HoPsJ0), Twitter at @MnstryofAwsm.

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Get your tickets for upcoming #TechWeek exclusive sharing session featuring Jessica Miao, founder of United Media Solutions who will guide you through the challenge of launching your product into the China market. Register at https://t.co/y3bKc4UgHi. #TechWeek22 @teohakacentre

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Learn from the founder of Kyalio Healthcare, Cortilia Lin, on how to manage a remote, cross border, startup team. This is a #TechWeek exclusive session with one of the hugely valuable mentors from our incubation programme at Te Ōhaka. Register at https://t.co/y3bKc4UgHi.

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We are very thankful to Chris Simcock from Impact Enterprise Fund for his time and feedback after chatting with our startups. It's important that they speak to the relevant investors in their space and we look forward to having Chris back. https://t.co/U3qdLGGJKl

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As we move through another lockdown, founding partner at Nuance Capital, Adrien Gheur shares his thoughts and advice on how to build new relationships and scale a global business when you can't travel. Enjoy the read https://t.co/HXoouJyRuI

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We are very thankful to Phoebe Harrop from BlackBird Ventures for her time and feedback after chatting with Lucy Pink, Ron Park, and Justin Castle about their pitches and business models. We look forward to having them doing the same again very soon.

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Opportunities are available for startup talents within our incubation programme. Get in touch if you, or anyone you know might be interested.

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Thanks to Daniel Fleming from @Folklorevc another active Australian VC firm in New Zealand, for his time and feedback after chatting with Heather Pearson, Ben Palmer, and Justin Castle about their pitches and business models.

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Thrilled to see that 3 out of 4 startups admitted to Startup Terrace's Virtual Landing programme are from Te Ōhaka! 🎉
As one of Taiwan's major startup and innovation hubs, they offer fantastic opportunities for foreign startups to learn from world-class mentors from Taiwan.

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It was a pleasure to host a pitch practice session with Andrew Yeo from AirTree, one of Australasia's most prolific VC firms. Practice makes perfect, and these practice sessions are key in helping Christchurch-based founders become world-class at pitching to investors.

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Earlier this week our founders had the opportunity to do a virtual pitch practice session with investor partners from NZVC. Props to the founders whot pitched their companies; and thanks to NZVC team for their insightful feedback.

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Great to have @Christchurch_NZ at Te Ōhaka today to hear more about what we do, our future plans, and our take on innovation challenges and building successful startups in Christchurch.

Thanks to Richard Appleby, Heather Pearson and Tyler Culling for their presentations!

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Great workshop sessions yesterday with @callaghannz about IoT, data and advanced materials. It's always a pleasure to bring in industry-leading experts to share their experience with our founders. Thanks Chatu Lokuge, Joris de Vocht and Karl Dahm for the support!

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Ready to Electrify Aotearoa? Hear stories of grit and Kiwi ingenuity from women founders who have gone before you, learn from exclusive masterclasses from top investors and expand your network at this all-day conference in October. Tickets available now https://t.co/dgEBzxlheI

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After being diagnosed with postpartum bipolar disorder Hannah founded The Kite Program, an app which helps people learn and retain habits that improve their wellbeing. Started with helping mums, the startup is now helping thousands people across NZ. Story: https://t.co/VigVhD82ZW

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Woop woop! Go @BomaNewZealand @bomaglobal! 🎉🎉🎉

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@keanewzealand is hosting a session about capital raising strategies featuring some heavy hitters in the startup world including Shaun Maloney, Anna Guenther, and Stuart McKenzie. Come along to learn more! RSVP at https://t.co/rKKCoKoFd2

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Hey founders! Applications is open for the next intake of our Incubation Programme. We're looking for early-stage founders who want to be embedded in the city's innovation hub and accelerate their business. Sounds like you? Get in touch at https://t.co/c6VaDYiJiQ

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It was a pleasure hosting Angela Toy from @GoldenGateVC at @teohakacentre yesterday! Having invested in over 70 startups across 7 countries (3 of which are unicorns), it is one of the most reputable VCs investing in the South East Asia market. It's a delight to connect!

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Check out Steve Leftly's latest conversation with Simon Pound on Business is Boring podcast! Myovolt's products are amazing and we're stoked to see them getting some great media coverage recently!

https://t.co/L00GfG2x2W