Final round of the Ākina IIRP 2022 recipients announced
Ākina 2022 IIRP final round recipients. From left to right: Blanche Morrogh and Hone Harawira of Muriwhenua Innovation Tech Hub, and Hanna Ngatai from Taurus Concrete.
Complementing the diversity of other recipients, Ākina is thrilled to support two inspirational wāhine Māori lead businesses, to scale their impact for the benefit of the environment and their communities.
Our IIRP team and partners have been delighted to support such inspirational, innovative and impact-led businesses.
The time left to solve some of the most pressing problems facing people and the planet is reducing. Now more than ever, we need to support businesses, such as all the IIRP recipients, to access impact investments. To enable them to scale the business and impact to contribute to the positive social, environmental and cultural impact needed in Aotearoa.
Final round of recipients
Muriwhenua Innovation Tech Hub
"We're delighted to have Ākina's support of our kaupapa to create positive economic and social outcomes for our community through commercialising innovative Māori ventures in Kaitaia. The funding from Ākina provides the necessary professional services, at a critical stage, to get us ready for investment and entering into partnership agreements."
- Blanche Morrogh, Muriwhenua Innovation Tech Hub
Taurus Concrete
“With the Ākina Foundation impact investment readiness support, we can now confidently move to the next stage of our raise backed by solid advice and mentoring. Thanks again Ākina, we truly appreciate the opportunity”.
- Hanna Ngatai, Taurus Concrete
That’s a wrap on the 2022 Ākina IIRP Programme.
Here is the complete list of 2022 recipients:
Muriwhenua Innovation Tech Hub
Read more about them in the first and second round announcements.
Thanks to everyone that applied, and to our programme partners that helped us give $300,000 worth of funding to the 2022 Impact Investment Readiness Programme Funding cohort.
Learn more about the Impact Investment Readiness Programme here.
Interested in becoming a programme partner for the 2023 IIRP? Get in touch!