Former America’s Cup Chief Joins Martin Aircraft Company
We’re pleased to announce that Anthony Romano has joined the board of the Martin Aircraft Company. Anthony is the former head of Luna Rossa’s 2007 America’s Cup syndicate, and prior to this was CEO of...
View ArticleVenture capital in NZ
Here’s Jenny’s quick take on venture capital in NZ from Radio NZ nine to noon.
View ArticleSydney Venture Capital Conference
At the Asian VC Journal Sydney conference a week ago, there was a lot of talk from the hard-pressed private equity guys – who have lost their bank leverage – about the great buying opportunities in the...
View ArticleOpen Cloud in Red Herring 100 Europe
Red Herring today announced that OpenCloud was named a WINNER of the Red Herring 100 Europe, an award given to the top 100 private technology companies based in the EMEA region each year. More great...
View ArticleProacta in Phase 2 clinical trials
Proacta’s lead compound, PR104, has entered Phase 2 clinical trials. This is an exciting milestone for the company. After showing signs of activity in early Phase 1 clinical trials – which establish...
View ArticleMorgo
Only a few days to go until Morgo. After a normal amount of chaos, teh programme is looking great. The Martin Jetpack will be there and, weather permitting, will fly for us. Particularly pleased to...
View ArticleMorgo
Morgo went very well. Standing around in the warm sunshine at Waitangi with lots of exciting New Zealand companies. The offshore speakers provide a great spark. Bill Reichert from Garage Ventures...
View ArticleVideo from Morgo 2009
Check out this video that captures some of the highlights of Morgo 2009. The 2010 conference, with a theme of Taking Calculated Risks, is shaping up to be another great two days.
View ArticleOpenCloud secures £5 million investment and OEM agreement with Nokia Siemens...
We were pleased to participate in a recent investment round into OpenCloud together with Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) and Advent Ventures, are particularly pleased to see OpenCloud continue on its a...
View ArticleOpenCloud Ranked One of Deloitte’s Fastest Growing Companies on ‘Technology...
Congratulatons OpenCloud! OpenCloud Ranked One of Deloitte’s Fastest Growing Companies on ‘Technology Fast 500 EMEA 2012 Telecoms software innovator OpenCloud today announced it ranked as the 23rd...
View ArticleThe Martin Aircraft Company announces Peter Coker as new CEO
The Martin Aircraft Company has announced the appointment Peter Coker as its new Chief Executive Officer. Coker has a distinguished aviation career in New Zealand and overseas. Most recently he was...
View ArticleikeGPS Wins the Innovative Hi-Tech Hardware Product Award 2013
ikeGPS has been named the winner of the Innovative Hi-Tech Hardware Product award at the 2013 New Zealand Hi-Tech Awards. The announcement was made on Friday May 17, 2013 at an event held at the Sky...
View ArticleOpenCloud Rhino awarded “Best Cloud-based IMS solution”
On April 24th 2013, at the IMS Industry Awards in Barcelona, OpenCloud received the award for the “Best Cloud-based IMS Solution”. The award which “recognises overall innovation in a cloud based IMS...
View ArticleMartin Aircraft Company reveals latest jetpack prototype
Martin Aircraft Company has revealed details of its latest jetpack prototype. CEO, Peter Coker, said that the P12 prototype was a “huge step up” from the previous prototype. “Changing the position of...
View ArticleikeGPS Makes the 2013 Red Herring Asia Top 100
Congratulations ikeGPS on making the 2013 Red Herring Asia Top 100! ikeGPS earned a slot on the 2013 Red Herring Asia Top 100 as the publication announced its award in recognition of the leading...
View ArticleMorgo 2013 – where entrepreneurs gathered
Morgo is the annual get together for people actively building high growth companies into the world. Morgo 2013 was held in September at the Hilton in Queenstown. The energy was amazing – we had...
View ArticleCheck out the ikeGPS kickstarter project: Introducing Spike smartphone accessory
We’d like to share a message from Glenn Milnes the CEO of ikeGPS, a No 8 Ventures portfolio company. Introducing Spike: the world’s first laser accurate smartphone accessory As a friend of ike I wanted...
View ArticleKickstarter update – Spike: Laser accurate measurement & modeling on smartphones
Thanks to everyone for supporting the ikeGPS kickstarter project! Huge response to date: 321 backers $95,507 pledged of $100,000 goal 21 days to go For all the details check out our previous post...
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Rex Bionics – Listing on the AIM market
No 8 Ventures is delighted to announce that Rex Bionics, one of our portfolio companies, has listed on the AIM market in the UK, ticker RBX. Rex has always had an amazing product. Now it has the...
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