August brought us a lot to celebrate, with three founders in the Outset ecosystem taking out innovation awards on the same night across three different award events!
Outset's Investment Committee, Sir Peter Peck, Dr. Will Barker and Dr. Sean Simpson, were featured ahead of Icehouse Ventures showcase event at Spark Arena, highlighting Fund II's unique deep tech investment opportunity which remains open for wholesale investors until December.
The balance of September has us hosting and or attending a number of events including -->
17th September - Hardware Meetup - Onsite - Details below
18th September - The 150th Celebration of US and NZ science collaboration (Onsite - Private please reach out to Mat if you feel you should be here!)
18th September - MacDiarmid Institute'sDeep Tech network lunch (Onsite - Reach our to Kevin Sheehy if you feel you should be here )
23rd September - New Zealand Aerospace conference - Christchurch Details below
26th September - Sustainable Founders Forum - Featuring Dr. Will Barker - Details Below
Ehsan Vaghefi | Toku Eyes for winning the Exporter of the Year to the USA - Technology Innovation award and the Supreme Award at the 25th AmCham New Zealand-DHL Express Success& Innovation awards.
Ratu Mataira | OpenStar Technologies, who took home New Zealand's Most Incredible Emerging Leader Award at the Inaugural NZ Leadership Awards.
Mat Rowe | Outset Ventures / Dotterel Technologies / Mint Innovation / LanzaTech, who took home the Ray Thomson award for high integrity, proactivity and entrepreneurial energy at the Icehouse Ventures Showcase Dinner.
Outset are proud to be sponsoring the
2024 New Zealand Aerospace Summit !
General tickets on sale now for New Zealand’s only Aerospace Summit: The New Zealand Aerospace Summit 2024!
Join us for the third annual gathering hosted by Aerospace New Zealand, focusing on “Aerospace for Good.”
📅 23-24 September 2024
📍 Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre
Connect with government agencies, industry giants, and innovative SMEs. Delve into the latest trends, discuss sustainability challenges, and explore opportunities for collaboration. Discover new business prospects and groundbreaking technologies driving our industry ahead.
🚀Receive a $100 discount on your ticket using code SUMMIT24VIP 🚀
🔗 Book your In-Person tickets at www.aerospace.org.nz/summit. Special rates are available for students. Be a part of shaping our sustainable aerospace journey!
There are strides to be made within the tech industry when it comes to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. This is especially so for Hardware, and to support this mission we want to launch a series of focused events. We’re kicking off the series with the first event - Women in Hardware.
This event is perfect for someone who
Is part of an underrepresented gender group, this includes women-identifying, non-binary, and gender non-conforming individuals
Is currently working in or interested in any function at a hardware based organisation
Is a student wanting to explore the hardware and startup world
Date and time Tuesday, 17th September 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Will co-founded Mint Innovation in 2016, drawing inspiration from his previous experiences at LanzaTech. Now Mint has plants in Australia and New Zealand, extracting gold and precious metals from e-waste. A truly innovative story.
Held at Altezano Brothers' home of strong coffee, some delicious nibbles, intellectual inspiration and of course great networking.
Date and time Tuesday, 26th September 8:30 - 10:30am