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PreSeed Accelerator Fund
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Investment funds
- Commercialisation Partner Network
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Catalyst Fund
- Catalyst: Strategic – New Zealand-China Strategic Research Alliance 2022
- Catalyst: Strategic New Zealand–German Aerospace Centre Joint Research Programme
- Catalyst: Strategic – Auckland Bioengineering Institute 12 Labours project
- Catalyst: Strategic – New Zealand-DLR Joint Research Programme December 2020
- Catalyst: Strategic – New Zealand-China joint research partnerships 2020/2021
- Catalyst: Strategic – New Zealand-Singapore Data Science Research Programme
- Catalyst: Strategic – New Zealand-Singapore Future Foods Research Programme
- Catalyst: Strategic - MethaneSAT atmospheric science project
- Catalyst: Strategic – New Zealand-China joint research partnerships 2019/2020
- Catalyst: Strategic – The Cyber Security Research Programme
- Catalyst: Strategic – Space 2019
- Catalyst: Strategic – NZ-Korea joint research partnerships
- Catalyst: Strategic – a collaborative biomedical science research programme with China
- Catalyst: Strategic – the New Zealand-China Research Collaboration Centres
- Catalyst: Strategic – New Zealand-Germany Green Hydrogen Research Programme
- Catalyst: Strategic – Investment in health-related A.I. research in partnership with Soul Machines
- COVID-19 Innovation Acceleration Fund
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Curious Minds
- A Nation of Curious Minds – He Whenua Hihiri i te Mahara
- CREST Awards
- Participatory Science Platform
- Powering Potential programme
- Prime Minister's Science Prizes
- Rutherford Medal
- Science Media Centre
- Science Learning Hub
- Science Teaching Leadership Programme
- Talented School Students Travel Awards
- Unlocking Curious Minds contestable fund
- Endeavour Fund
- Envirolink Scheme
- Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Capability Fund
- MBIE Science Whitinga Fellowship
- National Science Challenges
- Partnerships
- PreSeed Accelerator Fund
- Regional Research Institutes Initiative
- Strategic Science Investment Fund
- Te Pūnaha Hihiko: Vision Mātauranga Capability Fund
- Who got funded
PreSeed Accelerator Fund
Funding commercialisation projects from publicly funded research.
The PreSeed Accelerator Fund supports early stage technology commercialisation activities which:
- maximise the commercial benefits to New Zealand from publicly funded research
- improve the commercial capability and skills of public research organisations
- promote linkages between public research organisations and potential private sector partners, including industry players and capital providers, in New Zealand and offshore.
PreSeed works alongside the Commercialisation Partner Network (CPN). CPN builds capability and PreSeed provides project funding.
The 2019 investment round
In the 2019 investment round we will invest $17,994,920 over two years to advance commercialisation projects to a point of investor-readiness. This includes the $1,566,000 per year increase for CPN and PreSeed that was announced in Budget 2019.
In December 2018, we issued a call for proposals to be considered for PreSeed 2019 funding. The successful applicants follow:
- Auckland UniServices Ltd
- Kiwi Innovation Network Ltd (KiwiNet)
- New Zealand Forest Research Institute Ltd (Scion)
- Otago Innovation Limited
The Fund is a devolved fund. Working with a Commercialisation Partner Network Investment Committee, successful applicants will use PreSeed funding to progress their chosen commercialisation projects to investor readiness.
PreSeed funding can be used to support commercialisation prospects that result from any publicly-funded research or research capability.
The PreSeed Call for Proposals contains the information what was required to prepare and submit a funding proposal. This remains as a detailed guideline to the purpose of the fund.
PreSeed Accelerator Fund Call for Proposals 2019 Investment Round [PDF, 1.6 MB]
The PreSeed Accelerator Fund Assessment Guidelines contains information on the assessment process.
PreSeed Accelerator Fund Assessment Guidelines 2019 Investment Round [PDF, 907 KB]
Read the annual reporting guidelines that apply to successful contract holders of the 2019 investment round for contestable investment funded programmes:
Contestable Investments Annual Reporting Guidelines for the period 2021 – 2022 [PDF, 933 KB]
For more information, email PreSeed@mbie.govt.nz
Non-devolved PreSeed funding
The non-devolved component of PreSeed has been halted. Public or not-for-profit research organisations, or collectives of organisations, that do not have a devolved PreSeed contract should contact KiwiNet for assistance with commercialisation projects.
For more information, email PreSeed@mbie.govt.nz