PowerUp is all about growing, connecting, and supporting ideas and capability, and harnessing the expertise and passion required to develop the Taranaki entrepreneurship ecosystem.

Our ‘Grow, Connect, Tell’ approach keeps it simple – supporting enterprises, ideas, and individuals to grow their capability, connect with opportunities and services, and broaden their understanding of what they thought possible.
PowerUp brings together enterprise and bright ideas, to build smart, connected communities so that entrepreneurship and innovation can continue to thrive in Taranaki.

PowerUp Investment Month

Whether you’re looking to secure funding, attract investment, or perfect your pitch deck, PowerUp Investment Month provides valuable guidance to demystify the world of investment and unlock business growth.

 

PowerUp Investment Month recurs four times per year (August 24, October 24, February 25, May 25), consisting of three stand-alone small group sessions. You can choose whether you attend just one, or all three, and you can always return and attend a different session later in the year as your investment journey progresses.

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PowerUp Podcast

New Season coming soon. 

Listen to our latest PowerUp Podcasts telling the stories of some of the region's entrepreneurs. 


The PowerUp Podcast is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Castbox and wherever you get your podcasts.

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Our partners

DOSO

Doso (formerly Startup Taranaki) is a team of motivated volunteers passionate about growing a strong, innovative, and inclusive startup scene in the Taranaki region. Through events and programs, they inspire people to be brave in their actions and create companies that have a positive impact.

DOSO

 

Young Enterprise Scheme

Young Enterprise scheme is an experiential programme where year 12 & 13 students get to experience the start-up world first-hand, by setting up and running a real business. Each YES company creates its own product or service and brings this to market.

YES

He Toronga Pakihi ki Taranaki

He Toronga Pakihi Ki Taranaki provide support, guidance, training, and connection through networking to keep you up to date on all that is happening across the Māori Business community in Taranaki. We work with He Toronga Pakihi ki Taranaki by tailoring our enterprise support suite to the kete of services available for Māori business owners.

He Toronga Pakihi

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