Andy had an IT security consulting business. He found that often they identified vulnerabilities for clients that they didn’t get around to fixing quickly. So Red Shield Security was born: the world's first web application shielding-with-a-service cybersecurity company, targeting 100% vulnerability mitigation.

www.redshield.co

Serko is a New Zealand company listed on the NZX and ASX. Darrin had a background in tech for the travel industry and knew the pain of managing corporate travel and expenses in line with each company’s policies. Serko now provides travel & expense solutions to more than 6,000 corporate customers in over 35 countries. More than 2 million people have access to Serko's technology and more than US$4.5billion of travel spend passes through Serko every year.

https://www.serko.com/

Straker Translations is a New Zealand company listed on the ASX. Grant & Merryn Straker saw a gap in the market for technology-based translation services that could utilise both machines and humans to produce highly accurate, faster and more cost-effective translations. They now have more than 13,000 translators around the world working with them.

www.strakertranslations.com

Carmen Vicelich is the founder of Valocity, which streamlines the mortgage lending and valuation process. Valocity connects lenders, brokers, valuers and customers in one smart platform with machine learning and workflows to create a seamless experience. All while staying on the front foot with compliance and data security. Valocity has over 100 employees across New Zealand, Australia and India.

www.valocityglobal.com

PredictHQ is a New Zealand company based in Auckland & San Francisco. Campbell Brown identified a major gap in forecasting market demand. His research showed that demand for travel services was strongly influenced by events. PredictHQ now has many customers in the travel industry including Uber and Airbnb and also major companies in other industries such as beer, all of whom want to better predict demand.

www.predicthq.com

Katherine Corich built Sysdoc, a digital consulting business for business transformation, learning innovation and digital experience which employs over 200 people in the UK and New Zealand. Katherine started the business with insights from her pilot training – why couldn’t the IT manuals be as good as the cockpit ones?

Katherine has also innovated in the way she builds her diverse workforce

www.sysdoc.com