Startup Blueprint: Simon Pound, Partner at Previously Unavailable
July 2023 by Steph Benseman posted in Startups, Founders, CEO
Startup Blueprint: Samantha Gadd & Jenny Busing, Co-Founders & Co-CEOs, Excellent
June 2023 by Steph Benseman posted in Startups, Founders, CEO
The Startup Blueprint series shares stories of founders and team members from some of Aotearoa's most epic and fast-growing startups. Hear about their journeys, learn from their insights, and maybe leave with a dose of inspiration.
We spoke with Samantha Gadd and Jenny Busing, co-founders and co-CEOs of Excellent. Excellent believe in a world where every employee has a voice in designing their experience of work. They are spearheading the EX revolution, calling for leaders to design with rather than for their people.
Startup Blueprint: Nick Jackson, CTO, Pyper Vision
May 2023 by Steph Benseman posted in Startups, Founders, CEO
The Startup Blueprint series shares stories of founders and team members from some of Aotearoa's most epic and fast-growing startups. Hear about their journeys, learn from their insights, and maybe leave with a dose of inspiration.
We spoke with Nick Jackson, CTO of Pyper Vision about his journey growing with Pyper Vision, how he's up-skilled and continued learning along the way, and the juggling act of innovating while also working with regulators and other stakeholders.
Startup Blueprint: Helen Robinson
April 2023 by Michaela Egbers posted in Startups, Founders, CEO
The Startup Blueprint series shares stories of founders and team members from some of Aotearoa's most epic and fast-growing startups. Hear about their journeys, learn from their insights, and maybe leave with a dose of inspiration.
We spoke with Helen Robinson; professional director, legendary tech executive, founder of many startups including Organic Initiative (Oi), and champion of 'doing good at scale'.
Startup Blueprint: Mikayla Hopkins, Head of Marketing, Tracksuit
March 2023 by Michaela Egbers posted in Startups, Founders, CEO
The Startup Blueprint series shares stories of founders and team members from some of Aotearoa's most epic and fast-growing startups. Hear about their journeys, learn from their insights, and maybe leave with a dose of inspiration.
This time around we spoke with Mikayla Hopkins, an all-around marketing (track)star, and the Head of Marketing at the fast-growing startup, Tracksuit. Tracksuit provide beautiful, always-on-brand tracking and are changing the way companies talk about and measure brand. 🚀
Mint Innovation: Turning e-waste into gold
March 2023 by Icehouse Ventures posted in Startups, Founders, CEO
Mint Innovation is an NZ cleantech company that has developed and scaled their low-carbon chemistry and biological process to recover valuable metals from e-waste and feed them back into local economies and supply chains.
Startup Blueprint: ArchiPro, with co-founders Brittany Gribben & Milot Zeqiri
February 2023 by Steph Benseman posted in Startups, Founders, CEO
Introducing the Startup Blueprint series, our way of sharing the stories of founders and team members from some of Aotearoa's most epic and fast-growing startups. Hear about their journeys, learn from their insights, and maybe leave with a dose of inspiration.
To kick the series off we speak with Milot Zeqiri and Brittany Gribben, co-founders of ArchiPro, the all-in-one platform helping kiwis find trusted products and professionals for their building projects. They founded ArchiPro in 2014 and have scaled rapidly, becoming one of Aotearoa's fasting growing tech startups with over 186,000 registered users and followers.
Icehouse Ventures joined ArchiPro in their journey in 2021. Read on to learn more about how ArchiPro started, Brittany and Milot's learnings when it comes to scaling quickly, growing a team, and entering new markets, and what they'd do differently if given the chance.
The 2022 Startup Year in Review
February 2023 by Icehouse Ventures posted in Startups, Founders, Growth
Every year we take a look back at the year that was in our Startup Year in Review - a video that documents and celebrates the startups that have reached major milestones throughout the year.
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Icehouse Ventures is looking for a talented designer to join our growing product team. We are using technology to disrupt the venture capital industry by opening up investment to a more diverse range of investors and streamlining capital raising for New Zealand technology startups.
Icehouse Ventures Community Code of Conduct
June 2022 by Icehouse Ventures posted in Community
For all the positives that come with the expansion of Aotearoa's venture ecosystem, we have growing pains. And while we pride ourselves on diversity, inclusivity, kindness and equality, the startup community must acknowledge that we have a ways to go to meet these foundational Kiwi principles.