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A $50,000 eye-clinic can fit in the palm of your hand? It may sound far-fetched, but the team from oDocs have created a way to turn your cell-phone into a more affordable, and some might say more effective version of an ophthalmoscope. 

Over the weekend our team helped pack down our 30th event for the month. 30 events by mid-month, filled with fascinating people sharing their great ideas, tales of startup and more. But just a mere blip in what has happened in at GridAKL over the last three years.... 

Tech Week is almost here and there is SO much happening across the country!
To make things as easy as possible for you, here is a summary of ALL the events taking place within this very GridAKL building. Don’t miss anything you’ll regret later! All events you need to register for, [...]

It is coming to the end of the year which means a good portion of you will be scrambling to get your Webstock tickets together for next February. But while you may be super excited about the lineup of speakers like

2016 may well be the year of the startup programme here in New Zealand. With new incubators and accelerator programmes announced, familiar faces taking on new locations and specialities covering everything from fintech to youth. There seems to be a [...]

Innovation, like Beyonce and chocolate cake, is one of those things everyone wants a slice of. We have spoken about it before - innovation is oft mentioned, lauded and praised but perhaps less diligently actioned in our organisations. That is why when the invite for the launch of

A familiar face in the NZ tech and innovation community, you may recognise Elyse Wyatt from Lightning Lab [...]

boardPro has been with the GridAKL family since our early days in the Polperro building. We cornered co-founder and C.E.O Brett Herkt to ask about their journey, startup tips, insights and the things they really wished someone had told them before they started on their startup journey.