Carline Bentley is passionate about many things - the environment, badminton (she played competitively) - but mostly, building prosperous communities. She is currently working as an Investment and Trade Advisor for Investment Fiji, the investment and trade promotion agency of the Fijian government.

Health and safety should be easy. This is the ethos of ecoPortal, New Zealand’s leading health and safety (H&S), risk, and sustainability management software. EcoPortal empowers H&S executives to keep their employees safe and reduce their environmental impact by shifting their company culture from one of compliance to genuine care.

Home building automation, placenta burial, educational toys, microplastics disposal, patient ventilation, hospital rostering, fish classification and urban farming are just some of the venture ideas that have made the finals of this year’s Velocity $100k Challenge.

Kiwis who have achieved incredible things on the world stage are being celebrated at Symbolically Kiwi, an interactive art exhibition by MrGeometric, otherwise known as Ang Nayyar, software engineer and previous CEO of the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship’s Velocity programme (formerly Spark).

Dr Rahul Gandhi is a University of Auckland alumnus who is currently helping lead Wellington’s pandemic response. He has been entrusted with this responsibility after proven leadership in a range of life-saving endeavors around the world.

Last week the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Auckland held its VentureLab showcase. Four teams, each winners from last year's Velocity entrepreneurship programme, spent the last six months developing their ideas further in a virtual incubator.

An unconventional approach to supporting early-stage projects developed at the University of Auckland has expanded nationwide, and is turning heads internationally. Momentum is an investment committee programme which provides access to world-class advice, connections, and investment opportunities to students and their start-ups across New Zealand.

If you are a prospective student curious to learn more about the full range of experiences the University of Auckland has to offer you, we encourage you to learn more about the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the online University of Auckland Open Day 2020.

A gaming hackathon hosted by the Business School’s Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship brought together dozens of current and future game developers including high school students, university students, university staff and game development professionals.

In the age of disruption, one of the contemporary trends in business is the growth of start-ups focussed on developing digital tools to empower consumers to source the best, cheapest or most convenient services and products. We have Airbnb for accommodation, Uber for taxi services and now we have My Auto Shop, which is set to put New Zealand car owners in the proverbial driver's seat for easily finding the best car service in town.