New Zealand investors backing blockchain startups

More than 200 investors gathered to see pitches from the Centrality Accelerator programme

A who’s who of the investment industry gathered on Wednesday 27 Feb to hear six new companies pitch for funding for their blockchain based start-ups. Demonstrating growing confidence in the New Zealand tech industry and a renewed enthusiasm for distributed applications (dApps), investors were asked to leave their pre-conceived ideas at the door.

Yabble’s Kathryn Topp, CEO & Co-founder, says “Consumers are sick of unethical, giant technology companies profiting from private data without users’ permission.”

Yabble has already built an impressive community of ‘Yabblers’ to disrupt the Kiwi market. Investors commented positively to the sentiment of a disruptive data play that puts data back into the hands of the people who generate it.

Three other companies illustrated their use cases for blockchain technology:

Following the evening, start-ups and their investors will embark upon due diligence and contract negotiations over the terms of investment.

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