Deep Tech Energy
Deep Tech Energy
About this event
Join Hardware Meetup NZ on 2nd October 2024 for a relaxed evening at Outset Ventures in Parnell, where we will showcase several Deep Tech companies developing technology in the energy space.
This event will feature a fireside chat with founders and builders, who are building interesting products from Aotearoa. Hear more about their products, their journey so far and their dreams for the future.
Our events are designed to bring together a wide range of the community, from startup founders and execs, to subject-matter experts, investors, students and general startup enthusiasts not only in Auckland but from all around NZ.
A live-stream will be available - you can register to be sent the link prior to the event start-time.
Date and time
Wednesday 2nd October
5:30pm - 8:30pm
Venue:
Outset Ventures,Level 4, 24 Balfour Road Parnell, Auckland
Cost: $15 (+ processing fees)
Food: pizza, snacks and non-alcoholic drinks
Parking
Speakers
Speaker 1: Sean Molloy from Ternary Kinetics
Sean Molloy is an experienced serial entrepreneur, chemical engineer, CEO, and director, who has over 15 years experience in the development of novel sustainable energy and materials technologies.
In 2014, Sean co-founded waste to value technology developer Avertana, whose technology produces a basket of quality of life commodities from titanium rich steel making waste.
Prior to founding Avertana, Sean has worked in automotive biogas production (Greenlane Biogas), and the commercialization of gas fermentation for Carbon Capture and Utilisation in sustainable fuels and chemical production (LanzaTech). Sean is a director of ultra low carbon emissions Zinc recovery technology developer, Zincovery.
Sean’s latest entrepreneur endeavour is Ternary, where he is the CEO and co-founder. Ternary is a startup developing a technology to transport clean, low cost electricity, as a liquid for aviation, maritime, mining, trucking and other hard decarbonise sectors
Speaker 2: Tim Hawkey from EnergyBank
Tim Hawkey is the founder and CEO of EnergyBank, a DeepTech company on a mission to solve the energy storage problem. Since it's founding in 2020, EnergyBank has prototyped, proven and iterated through 3 novel energy storage approaches in conjunction with target customers. With it's latest technology iteration, EnergyBank has now secured a world first testing slot on a grid connected floating turbine off the coast of Norway (where EnergyBank will be moving in the short term). Through an integrated, multifaceted approach, their technology substantially increases the returns and scalability of offshore wind generation by leveraging the harsh deep ocean environment to it's benefit.
Speaker 3: Perzaan Mehta from Vortex Power Systems
Perzaan Mehta is CEO of Vortex Power Systems, a start up aiming to disrupt the way we deal with wasted heat, by developing a way to turn the excess heat into a waterspout. The wind speeds produced by the waterspout can be used to turn a turbine and generate clean electricity, and providing another tool in the fight against climate change.
MC: Mikayla Stokes
Mikayla Stokes is a mechatronics engineer at Crown Equipment making autonomous forklifts. She loves using tech to make cool wearable things like a light-up dress or 3D printed earrings. She's passionate about creating an inclusive community where any kid can pursue a future in STEM, and is the two time overall female winner of the BrightSparks inventing competition.
Event Sponsors
Blender
Blender is a product design and development consultancy. Their collaborative approach, strategic design process and technical know-how deliver engineered, purpose-made products. Since 2006 Blender partnered with many incredible companies, helping them to realise their vision and shape the future, by supporting them with exceptional product design, prototyping, engineering, and manufacturing services.
Outset Ventures
Outset Ventures are committed to empowering overlooked science and engineering innovators to transform their ideas into groundbreaking ventures, helping them succeed at the critical early stages. As New Zealand's center of gravity for science and engineering startups and scaleups, Outset is home to a community of 40+ founder-led companies, 5000 square meters of laboratory and workshop spaces, and the country's most active deep technology investment fund.
blackbird
Blackbird Ventures is a venture capital fund based in New Zealand and Australia. Blackbird backs generational ambition and invests in the best startup companies, all the way through their journey from idea to beyond IPO.
lowndes jordan
Lowndes Jordan is a top niche law firm with corporate, commercial, property, employment, IP and litigation service offerings. The firm acts for a wide range of organisations across the spectrum of maturity from startups through to listed companies/multinationals. Lowndes Jordan has deep expertise in the startup space, having acted for startups, founders, investors and employees of startup companies on a wide range of matters including capital raising (including crowdfunding), ESOPs, shareholders’ agreements and disputes, IP protection and licensing, commercial contracts, US flips, acquisitions and IPOs.
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