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Blog Posts
Young Enterprise Regional Finals 2025
Young Enterprise Regional Finals 2025

Last night the Otago Business School hosted the Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) regional finals for 2025.

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Our Prizewinning Student Pitches for 2025
Our Prizewinning Student Pitches for 2025
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A Quick Recap: Student Startups in 2025
A Quick Recap: Student Startups in 2025

It’s official - both our Student Startup Programme, Audacious, and the Student Pitch Competition have officially wrapped up submissions for 2025!

Big thanks to our funders & partners: Dunedin City Council, University of Otago, and Otago Polytechnic - and to our prize sponsors Momentum, Emerge, and Cue-Go for supporting this year’s cohort of student startups.

With $5,000 in cash available for student ideas, tertiary students from 21 different areas of study and disciplines were represented in our pitch submissions. Here’s a really quick recap of what we saw!

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Upcoming Events
MedTech Innovator - Applications Close
Dec 1
MedTech Innovator - Applications Close

MedTech Innovator is the largest and highest performing accelerator of medical technology in the world and the medtech industry’s premiere showcase and competition for innovative medical device, digital health and diagnostic companies.

Companies that have raised up to a Series C are eligible to apply.

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Applications close: Funding Round with The Generator
Jun 30
Applications close: Funding Round with The Generator

The Generator, a project by MSD and Ka Puta Ka Ora Emerge Aotearoa, helps new start up business owners with seed funding, guidance, and expert coaching for financial advice, setup, and business planning. The team supports community service card holders in financial hardship to explore the feasibility of a business idea, learn business skills and scale up their enterprise.

Applications are now open for their current funding round. If you’re interested, read more here.

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