Maui Venture Summit – HTK Start Up

What is the Maui Venture Summit?

IMPACT + INNOVATION +INVEST

Date: Wednesday, 26 November

Location: Grid/AKL, 101 Pakenham Street, Wynyard Qtr

Time: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Where founders meet investors, ideas meet capital, and innovation meets opportunity.

This one-day summit brings together Aotearoa’s most exciting Māori and Māori-aligned technology founders, alongside investors, venture capital firms, iwi, PSGEs, and innovation partners.

Expect energy, authenticity and insight from leaders reimagining what innovation looks like in tomorrow’s economy.

The line-up

The Maui Venture Summit is an event designed for both investors and founders. Featuring several industry experts who will explore and discuss how technology and innovation is shaping global markets, Māori capital and investment and how early-stage investment can accelerate tomorrow’s economy.

Learn from experienced founders and investors who will provide great insights into their journey, war stories, highs and lows and more.

Keynotes

Sir Ian Taylor

Animation Research Limited

Sir Ian Taylor KNZM LLB is a pioneering NZ businessman, technologist and former television presenter. Born in Kaeo and raised in Raupunga, he holds Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāpuhi whakapapa. He founded Animation Research Limited in 1990 and built it into a global leader in computer graphics and sports technology. Knighted in 2021, his honours include the NZ Technology Hall of Fame induction, New Zealander of the Year (2010) and multiple top business awards.

Bowen Pan

Founder of Facebook Marketplace

Bowen is a product and technology leader with deep experience building marketplaces, consumer platforms, and B2B SaaS products across global tech and media companies. He is best known as the founder of Facebook Marketplace and driving major product initiatives at Trade Me, Facebook Gaming, Stripe, and VP for Common Room. He now advises startups and corporates as well as serving on boards including NZME and the University of Auckland Business School.

Industry Speakers

Jamie Tuuta

National Iwi Chairs

Guy Royal

Māui Toa VC

Teresa Pollard

Digital Change Agent

Angus Blair

Outset Ventures

Annabelle Glazewski

Invest NZ

Ratu Mataira

OpenStar Technologies

Adrian Smith

BlinkPay

Marcel van den Assum

Investor and Director

Suse Reynolds

Investor & Champion

James Pinner

NZGCP

Kylah Morrison

Sprout Agritech

Boyd Scirkovich

Ngati Toa Rangatira

Aaron Ward

AskNicely

Join us for powerful connections, purposeful investment, and high-impact storytelling.

Mike McRoberts

Mike McRoberts (Ngati Kahungunu) is one of Aotearoa’s most trusted and recognisable journalists, with more than three decades of experience in broadcasting and media. As Newshub’s long-standing news anchor and an award-winning documentary maker, he has reported from some of the world’s most challenging environments, covering global conflicts, natural disasters, and historic moments that have shaped our generation.

Investor showcase

The summit will also provide a platform for high-growth Māori tech and innovation ventures to showcase their vision and momentum to an audience of investors, iwi, PSGE, angels, HNW and ecosystem leaders.

Discover the startups that will be redefining what global innovation looks like from Aotearoa

Tandym is reimagining how Aotearoa invests, making it effortless for friends, whānau, and teams to build wealth together.

DealTable AI empowers investors to discover and nurture the next generation of world-changing companies.

PrintGig is Aotearoa’s first company producing space-qualified 3D-printed components with flight heritage already proven in orbit.

OpenStar Technologies is a Wellington-based deep-tech startup aiming to unlock clean, abundant fusion energy using a revolutionary “levitated dipole” reactor design developed here in NZ.

Whitika is a Māori-owned deep tech company pioneering quantum and photonic systems that will shape the future of global connectivity.

WasteX is tackling Aotearoa’s construction and demolition waste crisis by bringing real-time visibility to materials, carbon, logistics, and cost.

Revyre Global is transforming rubber recovery with breakthrough devulcanisation technology that gives rubber a second life.

EchoMind is an avatar-based investigative interview training platform, and this next-generation training solution is set to transform the global law enforcement learning environment.

Keyhook is the only all-in-one software for property management. It's a more intuitive end-to-end AI-driven digital experience for the tenant, landlord and property manager.

Compostify is a materials company replacing conventional plastics with proven, soil and home-compostable alternatives that work as true drop-in solutions for existing manufacturers.

Who should attend?

Founders and Entrepreneurs

Investors, VCs, Angel Investors, HNW, AIP and Family Offices.

Public, Officials & Corporate

Iwi, PSGE & Maori Inc

If you are ready to back innovation, this is where you need to be.

What to expect?

Discover insights, education and awareness of the upcoming global trends, and disruptive technologies that are going to drive the future economy.

What's included in your ticket?

Join us for the day

Expert insights
Catered lunch
Networking drinks

Tickets are $39.90 (excl GST). Limited spaces available.