You know its nearing the EoY when your calendar is starting to get "save the dates", so here is ours, to knock out anything less than epic -- > Save 12th December for Outset's EOY Celebration an exclusive event for our community, founders and investors - More details will follow!
Looking back, September had the team aerospace focused 🚀, hosting delegations from TU Delft, NASA, and the US Embassy (and the odd Mars Rover) in amongst attending the NZ Aerospace Summit in Christchurch, a few pictures from those events below.
October & November has us hosting and or attending a number of events including -->
8th October - AMA with Andy Mass - (Onsite featuring the Key Note speaker for the next days KiwiNet Awards)
9th October - Deep Tech Amplifier - A meetup for Deep Tech Founders with the aim to amplify the voices of the deep tech community in NZ - Details below
9th October - KiwiNet Awards - Viaduct Events Centre
18th October - AMA with Alice Havill - Break Through Energy Fellowships (Details to come)
24th October - Last Thursday of the month Community Meetup (Onsite - Reach out to the Outset team if you feel you should be here)
1st November - Halloween Party - (Offsite and underground - Reach out to the Outset team if you feel you should be here)
13th November- What do VC's look for in people - Hosted by Sprout People in Outset's Community Hub - Details below
26th November - Blackbird Sunrise - Wellington
12th December - Save the Day - Outset's annual EOY Celebration for our community, founders and investors - More details to follow and this year will be different again!
The Outset News Team
150th Celebration of US/NZ scientific collaboration with special guests Vandi Verma - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Senior Engineer and Mars rover driver, plus the replica of Opportunity rover, built by the Centre for Automation and Robotic Engineering Science!
Christchurch Aerospace Summit - Ecosystem Dinner with special guests from Japan, Hidetaka Aoki - Global Brain and Daisuke Ode - Astro Gate.
TU Delft University of Technology from the Netherlands with Hans Mulder, Laura Gibson - ten Bloemendal and the student aerospace delegation.
Visiting NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration team, Charity Weeden, Robert (Bob) Gibbs, Mike Hess, Allisson Wolf, Eugene Tu, Terry Pagan.
The Deep Tech Amplifier is a group created by CEOs, for CEOs, with one goal: to amplify deep tech voices and support early-stage startups in New Zealand. It’s a community of founders who are scaling the future, turning complex science into transformative companies. If you're looking to connect with others who understand the challenges and triumphs of building something groundbreaking, this is the place to be.
Callaghan awards the next batch of Trailblazer Grants - "$17.5m for seven Kiwi businesses" which includes six from our ecosystem, Astrix, Zenno, Zincovery, Toku Eyes, Basis, Emrod