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Auckland, New Zealand

At COVE 27 we curate the finest wines and spirits from the most passionate producers, to inspire and excite adventurous drinkers.We’ve teamed up with a strikingly diverse band of inspirational and talented small batch distillers, brewers and exceptional wineries, to showcase their latest innovations all in one place for you to discover and enjoy. And together, we can support them to continue doing what they love, pushing the envelope as they craft new and surprising experiences for us.

Auckland, New Zealand

We help startups, early stage and small businesses seeking to grow and thrive in their sector. We do this through a combination of coaching, collaboration and co-funding where appropriate.Nineyards was established as a pure business consulting firm specialising in SME’s in New Zealand, United Kingdom and Australia. We have helped businesses drive revenues, expand into new markets, launch new products and services, acquire businesses and be acquired.More recently we have viewed ourselves as a coaching firm rather than traditional consulting business. We help our clients by collaborating in an effective and personable manner, working across all levels of the organisation, with a focus on measurable outputs rather than just daily or monthly retainers. We are comfortable with collaborating on short-term projects as well as long-term partnerships.Nineyards was formerly known as Rubberduck Consulting Ltd (rebranded).

Auckland, New Zealand

Airsteril specialises in air purification products for controlling odour and infections in enclosed spaces such as washrooms, aged care homes, airports, offices, dentists, hospitals, hotels, shopping malls, waste processing plants, cinemas, laboratories, health clubs, schools and many more. Our units improve the quality of air in enclosed spaces by cutting odours and the bacteria, viruses, mould, fungi and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) found in the air and on surfaces. Airsteril products use a unique process based on UV technology and a series of purification activities both inside the equipment and in the 'cascading' plasma exiting the equipment. Airsteril NZ is a distributor of Airsteril UK products in New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand

Rubberduck is a digital consulting firm specialising in mentoring start-ups, SMEs and entrepreneurs wishing to expand their business locally or abroad, whether it be organically or through fund raising.Rubberduck has a strong background in start-ups and listed companies in Europe and Australia in mobile advertising, mobile apps, mobile gaming and mobile TV (streaming) sectors.Rubberduck was rebranded to Nineyards Digital (see above)

Apac

eggMobi is a world class creative first mobile company focused on producing award winning creatives and matching it with accountable media placement.eggMobi is an innovative mobile/tablet studio delivering strategy and unique creative solutions to the world’s biggest advertisers across the APAC region. EM's focus and dedication to creativity, design, builds and post analysis has put us at the forefront of the digital market in APAC.

MBE is a mobile marketing and mobile payments company that reaches, engages and embraces consumers via mobiles and tablets. Utilising its end-to-end, integrated and award winning, mobile marketing, advertising and m-payments infrastructure including a Tier 1 local/global premium publisher advertising network, mobile media trading desk, m-commerce platform, content, apps, messaging, m-marketing toolkit, database management, solomo (social/local/mobile), and, multiscreen web solution design and development. Non-Executive Director role as an advisor to the business and responsible to the PLC Board and shareholders.

London, United Kingdom

adQuota is a leading European mobile advertising business with the sole purpose of maximising the value of each impression for inventory owners and advertisers. adQuota has offices throughout Scandinavia, U.K., Poland, Baltic States and soon the Ukraine and Russia. adQuota is set to benefit from the massive growth in advertising on mobile sites and apps.

Touch is a mobile start-up specialising in skill gaming, lottery games and mobile marketing. Founder and Managing Director with responsibility for all aspects of the business, from fundraising to marketing. Touch was sold in April 2011 to a fast growing mobile operator.

NetPlay is a leading interactive gaming company which produces live TV gaming shows such as roulette, bingo and lottery/keno games. NetPlay is the first company in the U.K. to show a live casino show on terrestrial TV. Supercasino.com (live roulette) is broadcast on channel FIVE, ChallengeJackpot.com (roulette and bingo) on ITV1 and on Virgin Media's V1 and the company’s own SKY digital channels. NetPlay was acquired by the Betsson Group in February 2017.Executive role covering the day to day operations of the NetPlay Group, including fourteen (14) subsidiaries. As a member of the plc board, the position covered operational, strategic, financial responsibilities and investor relations.

Rubberduck is a pioneering developer of TV to mobile streaming and video download solutions. Managing Director role covering all aspects of the business from sales, operations to finance:• Rubberduck quickly secured partners such as the BBC, MTV, Universal Music, Fox Movies, 3 (Norway), Nokia, Ericsson, NRK (Norway), TV2 (Norway), TV4 (Sweden), TVNorge and Telenor (Norway)• The company was sold to Aspiro (ASP.ST) in Sweden in September 2006, less than 2 years after the company was formed with solid return to investors.

Monstermob is a world leader in the provision of mobile content services and is one of the largest mobile content consumer brands in the UK.Executive role addressing all operational and technical functions of the company and was a member of the PLC Board.

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