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ThisData: Harden your security with two lines of code
Cloud Services

ThisData: Harden your security with two lines of code

That's right, add two lines of JavaScript onto your login form and you'll be making your web site, and the world, a much safer place.

By Dave Moskovitz • 5 min read • Mon, 11th Apr 2016
Good Bitches Baking: Baking the world a better place
Northern Atlantic Treaty Organisation

Good Bitches Baking: Baking the world a better place

Good Bitches Baking, a New Zealand organization, spreads happiness by baking cakes for those in need. Their idea is catching on and growing rapidly.

By Dave Moskovitz • 5 min read • Mon, 4th Apr 2016
Mish.guru: Your Snapchat business dashboard
Data Analytics

Mish.guru: Your Snapchat business dashboard

Mish.guru simplifies Snapchat management for brands, providing metrics and enabling campaigns from start to finish.

By Dave Moskovitz • 3 min read • Mon, 21st Mar 2016
BioLumic: Using the near-magical properties of UV light to increase crop production
EduTech

BioLumic: Using the near-magical properties of UV light to increase crop production

BioLumic's UV light technology is revolutionizing commercial agriculture, increasing crop yields without genetic modification or chemicals.

By Dave Moskovitz • 3 min read • Mon, 14th Mar 2016
KotahiNet: NZ's first commercial Internet of Things platform
Commerce

KotahiNet: NZ's first commercial Internet of Things platform

KotahiNet aims to build New Zealand's first commercial platform for the Internet of Things, disrupting daily life.

By Dave Moskovitz • 5 min read • Mon, 15th Feb 2016
Flick Electric: Disrupting the retail energy industry with price transparency and great service
DataCentre infrastructure

Flick Electric: Disrupting the retail energy industry with price transparency and great service

Flick disrupts power industry with customer-centric approach, offering electricity at wholesale spot price plus commission.

By Dave Moskovitz • 4 min read • Tue, 9th Feb 2016
Syngency: Cloud-based management software for talent agencies, as beautiful as the models themselves
Talent

Syngency: Cloud-based management software for talent agencies, as beautiful as the models themselves

Syngency, a cloud-based system for talent agencies, is set to raise investment in early 2016 after rapid growth this year.

By Dave Moskovitz • 3 min read • Mon, 7th Dec 2015
Parrot Analytics: One metric to rule them all for the TV industry
Digital Entertainment

Parrot Analytics: One metric to rule them all for the TV industry

New Zealand start-up Parrot Analytics is using clever algorithms to measure the demand for TV content across a fragmented landscape.

By Dave Moskovitz • 3 min read • Mon, 30th Nov 2015
Uncharted: Patient charts in the cloud
Health Technologies

Uncharted: Patient charts in the cloud

Doctor-turned-entrepreneur Jack Newberry has built a business in just 54 hours at Startup Weekend, solving a key problem in hospital patient care.

By Dave Moskovitz • 3 min read • Mon, 23rd Nov 2015
iQualify: Disrupting tertiary education from the inside
EduTech

iQualify: Disrupting tertiary education from the inside

Open Polytechnic has launched iQualify, a platform that enables courseware designers to create online educational content.

By Dave Moskovitz • 4 min read • Mon, 16th Nov 2015
Ebee: Clean, green beehive hardware
Clean technologies

Ebee: Clean, green beehive hardware

New Zealand startup Ebee is creating frames for beekeeping that are sustainable, biodegradable, and as cheap as plastic.

By Dave Moskovitz • 3 min read • Mon, 9th Nov 2015

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Dave Moskovitz stories

PocketSmith: Take control of your personal finances
Fintech

PocketSmith: Take control of your personal finances

PocketSmith answers basic questions about your personal finances: What's my net worth? How does my power bill vary over the course of a year?.

By Dave Moskovitz • 3 min read • Mon, 7th Mar 2016
InsuredHQ: Insurance company Infrastructure-as-a-Service
Infrastructure-as-a-Service

InsuredHQ: Insurance company Infrastructure-as-a-Service

InsuredHQ disrupts insurance industry with cloud-based system, targeting emerging markets and underserved customers.

By Dave Moskovitz • 3 min read • Mon, 29th Feb 2016
Intrude A Lock: Fitbit for your luggage
Safety

Intrude A Lock: Fitbit for your luggage

Elisha Fleming, an 18-year-old entrepreneur, has developed Intrude A Lock, a device that monitors checked luggage for tampering.

By Dave Moskovitz • 4 min read • Mon, 22nd Feb 2016
Publons: Speeding up science through the power of peer review
EduTech

Publons: Speeding up science through the power of peer review

Publons revolutionizes peer review process while providing credit to reviewers, attracting significant investment.

By Dave Moskovitz • 3 min read • Mon, 1st Feb 2016
Timely: Appointment booking for service businesses
Marketing Technologies

Timely: Appointment booking for service businesses

Timely provides really simple cloud-based appointment booking aimed personal service businesses like hairdressers, massage therapists, and personal trainers.

By Dave Moskovitz • 4 min read • Mon, 21st Dec 2015
Ooooby: Hacking the food supply chain, Out Of Our Own Back Yards
Supply Chain

Ooooby: Hacking the food supply chain, Out Of Our Own Back Yards

Ooooby makes it easy to create local fresh food marketplaces that source food from local growers, and deliver to local consumers.

By Dave Moskovitz • 3 min read • Mon, 14th Dec 2015
Eight Wire: Migrate your data, from anything to anywhere
Data Analytics

Eight Wire: Migrate your data, from anything to anywhere

Eight Wire's Conductor product solves the headache of data migration between systems, supporting multiple formats and databases.

By Dave Moskovitz • 3 min read • Mon, 2nd Nov 2015