June Investor Evening
Gabby Addington

Wednesday 8th June -  5:30pm - 8pm

Venue: Lane Neave - 141 Cambridge Terrace, Christchurch


Thank you to Peter Dwan alongside CA's board member Joelle Grace and the team at Lane Neave for hosting us. We are very excited to be getting back to normal with our events. Make sure to pop it in your calendar so we can see you in person rather than in a wee box on our screens.

Free tickets for members' and their guests and $20 entry fee for others. Register here.

Watch this space for our full line up:

Matū Karihi is a venture capital fund focusing on supporting Kiwi science and deep tech at the earliest stages. Karihi is an open/evergreen fund with a long-term approach, and we leverage our scientific and commercial expertise within the team to provide active support for our portfolio companies. Karihi has invested in 14 (soon to be 16) companies over three and a half years, with a very strong pipeline of opportunity, and we are looking for investors to join us on this journey.

Take a Breath is a first mover in the health tech space, focused on breathing for health and performance With a mission to directly address anxiety one breath at a time, Take a Breath is a social enterprise that sells to large corporations, and gifts to schools and at risk sectors. Take a Breath has established some excellent proof points, and is now gearing to up-spec the tech, and scale the business out of NZ.

TDRI Ltd is poised to become a leader in Roading Intelligence through the use of it’s Lincoln Agritech developed and patented non-invasive, continuous sub-surface moisture detection sensor systems . TDRI have gained initial traction supporting the road construction and maintenance industry through the provision of vastly improved data-driven insight into sub-surface moisture, the number one issue in roads. TDRI has further opportunity to expand its technology into other industry vectors.

InsituGen has developed a novel test that will revolutionize steroid testing. Chief Scientist

Professor Alison Heather has developed an in vitro (cell-free) screening method that

measures the anabolic effect caused by all steroids with androgenic activity. Therefore this

test can detect new designer androgen drugs, based on their activity rather than their

structure.This new, proprietary and disruptive technology, will enable testing laboratories to remain

ahead of the underground chemists and dopers.

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