Data wrangling start-up Segna have raised substantial investment to advance the development of their innovative machine learning software platform. Segna uses machine learning to aggregate and clean data from multiple sources in under a minute.

The local chapter of the Global University Entrepreneurial Spirit Students’ survey (GUESSS) shows that New Zealand students are less entrepreneurially inclined than their global peers. University of Auckland staff say the results are concerning as an entrepreneurial culture is vital to lift New Zealand’s productivity and standard of living.

The University of Auckland’s annual 40 Under 40 list aims to spotlight alumni who are shining in their personal and professional lives. Nine of this year’s named alumni are former participants of programmes run by CIE such as the Velocity (formerly named Spark) student-led entrepreneurship development programme.

Unleash Space is the University of Auckland’s vibrant innovation and entrepreneurship hub, run by CIE. It offers workshops, a bookable meeting room, brainstorming spaces, experts and inspiration for your projects and ventures. Ensuring that the space is ready to help students and staff unleash their potential is Unleash Space Venue Coordinator Matt Broughton.

Unleash Space, the University of Auckland’s innovation hub featuring a state-of-the-art maker space, has been the perfect place for student Melissa Bather to let her creative side run free while studying towards a Bachelor of Science and then a Postgraduate Diploma in Statistics.

The founders of A.I. hospital rostering and recruitment solution ventures, New Zealand Universities National League Case Competition winners and the Global EY Corporate Finance Woman of the Year have all been recognised as outstanding student innovators in the 2021 University of Auckland Blues Awards.

The University of Auckland has won an international award from the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centres (GCEC) for Outstanding Student Engagement and Leadership.

A new generation of start-up founders has been released into the world with the completion of the University of Auckland’s 2021 Velocity entrepreneurship development programme.

Thirty student participants of the Business School’s Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) have had their newly acquired skills and extra-curricular work recognised with the University of Auckland Distinguished Graduate Award.

Online mental wellbeing platform Clearhead has collaborated with youth organisation Mā Te Huruhuru to bring together 40 Māori rangatahi (youth) in South Auckland to learn more about navigating mental health and how to improve their mental wellbeing with Clearhead’s digital tools.