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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
Kiwi Innovation Network Limited
In the 2019 PreSeed Accelerator Fund investment round, Kiwi Innovation Network Limited was approved for funding of $9,944,920 (excluding GST) over two years. This page has the public statement from our contract with Kiwi Innovation Network Limited.
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The Kiwi Innovation Network (KiwiNet) will deliver a new PreSeed Accelerator Fund (PreSeed) programme that will drive a suite of commercial prospects emerging from publicly-funded research to market, to transform NZ's economy from high-volume to high-value. This will drive forward a globally-competitive technology sector in NZ.
KiwiNet is the combined power of 18 of NZ's Universities, Crown Research Institutes and other research organisations who receive public funding, representing a total combined research expenditure of over $800 million and over 80% of NZ's publicly-funded researchers. We are an internationally-renowned commercialisation leader, dedicated to taking a collaborative approach to transforming scientific discoveries into benefit to NZ. We have generated a greater than seven-fold return to NZ on funding invested, to date.
The KiwiNet investment committees are the platforms for KiwiNet's collaborative model. These committees invest a new PreSeed fund into early-stage research discoveries with commercial potential, progressing them to a point where they can be taken on by the private sector, usually in the form of a high-value license deal or the formation of start-up/spin-out company alongside private investment.
This programme will grow our PreSeed project pipeline, increase the number of projects presented to our investment and pipeline committees, enhance participation of NZ's research organisations with KiwiNet and grow the impact of the investments we make to NZ.
By committing to this programme, KiwiNet is committed to a future where all publicly-funded research discoveries in NZ with commercial potential are delivering maximal impact. The avalanche of deep-tech ventures that emerge will drive prosperity, enhance and sustain intergenerational wellbeing, and grow NZ for all.