Lightning Lab
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Lightning Lab is a startup accelerator in New Zealand, which has been operating since 2013. Lightning Lab is owned and managed by Creative HQ, a startup incubator in Wellington.[1] Lightning Lab programmes have been delivered in Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch. Lightning Lab operates various different programmes that each have a separate focus. Lightning Lab Digital is the accelerator catered towards software companies and has been run in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Lightning Lab Manufacturing caters towards hardware startups, and there has been a single programme, run in Lower Hutt, Wellington.[2] Additionally, in 2016 Lightning Lab XX was held in Wellington with a focus on women-led companies with at least one woman on the founding team.[3]
Lightning Lab is sponsored nationally by Spark, Microsoft, and Callaghan Innovation, and programmes have been delivered by Creative HQ in Wellington, ICEHOUSE in Auckland, and CDC in Christchurch.[3]
Lightning Lab is a part of the Global Accelerator Network (GAN).[3]
To date, Lightning Lab has guided 150 entrepreneurs (63 startups) through rigorous learning, mentoring and business development that has resulted in over $10 million in private investment following the programme’s Demo Day investment events.[3]
Several notable companies to come out of Lightning Lab include:
References[edit]
- ^ "LIGHTNING LAB - Creative HQ". creativehq.co.nz. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ^ "MFG Wellington 2015 - Lightning Lab". lightninglab.co.nz. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ^ a b c d "PROGRAMME HISTORY - Lightning Lab". lightninglab.co.nz. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
- ^ "Startups From New Zealand Accelerator Lightning Lab's First Intake Close $2M Total In Angel Funding". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
- ^ Alex (2014-08-14). "Cloud Cannon develops web design app for the future". Lightning Lab. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
- ^ "Publons". Publons. Retrieved 2022-01-27.