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Founder and Startup Support Programme
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| RFx ID : | 33333057 |
| Tender Name : | Founder and Startup Support Programme |
| Reference # : | ref 96150 |
| Open Date : | Wednesday, 21 January 2026 10:30 AM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+13:00) |
| Close Date : | Wednesday, 11 February 2026 5:00 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+13:00) |
| Tender Type : | Registration of Interest (ROI) |
| Tender Coverage : | Sole Agency [?] |
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| Required Pre-qualifications : | None |
| Contact : |
Karan Kumar MBIEtenders@mbie.govt.nz N/A |
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| Agency Address : | NEW ZEALAND |
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The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, through this tender opportunity, aims to identify potential additional providers, and consider renewing some existing providers, for the Founder & Startup Support Programme (FSSP).
The FSSP provides co-funding to organisations that deliver wraparound support to founders and their startups. The FSSP is the most visible support of this type that the government provides and is designed to build entrepreneurial capability in New Zealand’s startup ecosystem to equip aspiring founders with the mind-set, skills and networks for their startups to succeed.
PLEASE NOTE - A Supplier Briefing session will be held on Wednesday 28th January 2026. This will be held online
To register for this session, please email the point of contact for this Registration of Interest and confirmation details will be provided.
This tender has been completed.
Further information:
Following a multi-stage tender process of an ROI and RFP, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) of 15 Stout Street, Wellington, is pleased to confirm the following providers for the Founder and Startup Support Programme.
Part 1(a) Event and Resources:
1 Creative HQ Limited
2 Ministry of Awesome
3 Soda Inc Limited
4 Startup Dunedin
5 COIN South Incorporated
6 Startup Queenstown Lakes Charitable Trust
7 Auckland Council
8 Venture Taranaki Trust
9 Kāpiti Coast District Council
10 Northland Inc Ltd
Part 1(b) Startup Aotearoa:
1 Ministry of Awesome consortium with Creative HQ Limited
Part 2 Incubators and accelerators:
1 Creative HQ Limited
2 Sprout Agritech LP
3 Ministry of Awesome
4 Ocean Impact Organisation Aotearoa
5 Te Putea Whakatupu Trust (Tapuwae Roa)
6 Auckland Council
7 The Factory NZ Limited
Contract start date of 1 July 2026 for a term of two (2) years with two right of renewals of one (1) year each.
Date RFx was completed/updated:
Friday, 17 July 2026 3:10 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+12:00)
