Startup Weekend Auckland

📣 Introducing our Judges

✨ Saara Tawha
Leader, Programme Developer and delivery specialist, passionate hype woman for business owners and the Aotearoa New Zealand Startup Community with a focus on helping increase Maori participation and success in this sector

✨ Rosanne Ellis
Rosanne's career spans a diverse range of sectors, all connected by a common theme: bridging research and innovation with the commercial world. Her passion lies in the magic that happens when these worlds come together. Over the past 18 years, she has held senior leadership and executive roles, with responsibilities including strategic direction, change management, stakeholder engagement, business development, and commercialisation.

✨ Jenny Douché
Jenny is passionate about helping early-stage startups access great advice, connections and incubator services, to help maximise their success and return on investment. ​
Jenny manages the Startup and Founder Support programmes and is a group leader at Callaghan Innovation, she has been with Callaghan since 2020. ​
She has previously participated in an incubator with her startup, ran startup support programmes, completed a PhD on how incubators influence the strategies of startups, and created and taught the Masters of Innovation and Commercialisation at Victoria University.

[Insert happy dance here] We are officially SOLD OUT! 💃🏻🕺🏻💃🏻🕺🏻

We can't wait to see you this Friday and watch you bring ideas to life!

🚀 76% of you are attending your first Startup Weekend

🧠 You'll be supported by 2 facilitators, 19 mentors, and 3 judges, ready to guide, challenge, and cheer you on!

We are SO STOKED! See you Friday! 🙌🚀

🚨 Only 5 tickets left for Startup Weekend Auckland! 🚨

We’re almost at full capacity! We’re now calling all developers and designers: This is your moment to jump in.

Come build, test, and launch a startup idea in just 54 hours with an epic group of people. It’s high energy, hands-on, and heaps of fun.

🛠️ Bring your skills
💡 Find your team
🚀 Let’s make something incredible happen

🎟️ Get your ticket before it’s too late! https://events.humanitix.com/swauckland2025/tickets