Tag Archives: Innovation

Adherium, a New Zealand medical devices company, wants to raise as much as A$35 million from Australian and Kiwi investors in an initial public offering on the ASX, to help fund the commercial roll out of its product and continue research and development. The Auckland-based company, formerly known as Nexus6, develops and manufacturers digital health technologies that improve medical adherence and patient …

Pacific Edge, the maker of non-invasive bladder cancer tests, has won US regulatory approval to commercially process test samples from its latest cancer detecting product at its Dunedin laboratory. Approval and registration with the US regulatory standard, Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments, enables the commercial use of its Cxbladder Triage test at its diagnostics laboratory, the company said in a statement. Registration is …

 VMob, the NZAX-listed mobile technology company, is shifting its headquarters to San Francisco, planning to shift from the NZAX to the main board of the NZX listing, and raising about $5 million in a private share placement. The company’s mobile marketing platform delivers personalised, location-based promotional offers to mobile phone users on behalf of major brands to increase sales. At its annual meeting …

LanzaTech New Zealand, the NZ-founded carbon recycling company, narrowed its annual loss as the company shifts into commercialisation from its previous development phase. The company reported a loss of $34.7 million in calendar 2014, smaller than the loss of $40.5 million a year earlier, according to financial statements lodged with the Companies Office. Including $2.8 million of exchange differences on foreign …

Research out today shows that while getting a government research and development grant almost doubles the likelihood a company will introduce a world-first innovation, there’s also evidence Kiwi firms are not good at commercialising their clever ideas. The government’s Business Growth Agenda targets increasing business expenditure on R&D, which is low by OECD standards, to 1 percent of gross domestic product by …

Pushpay Holdings has confirmed it is eligible for a $960,000 research and development grant from Callaghan Innovation that will help mobile payments app developer scale up the platform that allows US church congregations to easily make donations. “This funding provides additional resources to deliver scale and growth in the Pushpay platform through the development of new features, new markets, and scalable engineering processes and …

Remote measurement software developer ikeGPS will miss its prospectus revenue targets for the 2015 financial year, but says that’s because sales of its new smartphone application, Spike, are running three months behind schedule and are expected to exceed targets. Eight months after listing on the NZX, the company also says it’s entertaining interest from US investors. While ikeGPS had no requirement for cash, …

GeoOp, the workforce management app, said annual sales doubled after a strong pick up in customers in the last month of its financial year. Subscription revenue rose to $1.27 million in the 12 months ended March 31, from $610,000 a year earlier, the Auckland-based company said in a statement. Licensed users rose to 17,839, from 9,509 the previous year. It …

Pushpay Holdings, the NZAX-listed mobile payment app developer, has secured a $4 million funding line from cornerstone shareholder the Huljich family as it chases earnings growth in the US. Christopher & Banks Private Equity V, an investment vehicle for the Huljich family, have loaned the Auckland and Redmond-based company the cash on “arm’s length commercial terms” until June next year, Pushpay said in …

Jenny Morel’s venture capital firm No. 8 Ventures and Martin Aircraft Co founder Glenn Martin plan to cut their stakes in the jetpack business ahead of a planned initial public offer, which will see China-based investor KuangChi Science invest A$50 million to take a majority holding in the firm.  The Christchurch-based company has changed the terms of its offer, which will see the firm list on …