2018 startup ecosystem support 
NZ Entrepreneur
MARCH 16, 2025
James covers the genesis of Ministry of Awesome following the Christchurch earthquakes in 2011, and provides updates on Ministry of Awesome approaches to startup founder support and programming. We do run the Christchurch Startup Hub, Te O Haka, on the Ara campus here in Christchurch, where I’m sitting today.
This is going to be BIG.
NOVEMBER 15, 2020
In late 2018, the company raised $75 million Series C from Sequoia, arguably the top VC firm in the world. After being largely ignored by Valley investors (the biggest checks in her seed, Series A, and Series B came from men on the East Coast), she finally found support from the VC elite. Yet, many said this wasn’t enough.
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TechCrunch
JANUARY 21, 2021
2020 was a record year for Israel’s security startup ecosystem. Israeli startups closed out December 2020 by raising $768 million in funding. In December 2018 that figure was $230 million, in 2019 it was just under $200 million. Israel’s government is very supportive of its high-tech economy.
Startup Catalyst
OCTOBER 10, 2018
Just over a month ago, we were joined by friends, supporters, and alumni for Startup Catalyst’s 4th birthday. London cohort (2018). Startup Community cohort (2017). We’ve had many great partners and supporters over the years. Each organisation came to Startup Catalyst in a different way. Youth Cohort 2016.
NZ Entrepreneur
AUGUST 22, 2023
Over the last three years, GEN has grown its New Zealand network to more than 200 people representing more than 140 organisations, including entrepreneurs, incubators and accelerators, entrepreneur support organisations, central and local government, academia, investors and NGOs. Moskovitz is an entrepreneur’s entrepreneur.
Startup Catalyst
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
I’m Rosie Odsey and I interviewed Rowena Barrett from QUT in late August 2018. QUT has been a supporter of Startup Catalyst for four years. We could see that there was value in supporting students across the university to participate in this event. How the university supports student-led entrepreneurial activity.
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
Plenty of good funding rounds, a highly skilled workforce and a strong entrepreneurial culture have given Amsterdam a booming startup ecosystem. The median seed round is $500,000 (above the global average of $494,000) and a median Series A round for a startup is $2.4 based tech founders are welcomed with open arms.
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