Fuelling Local Entrepreneurship — Grow Your Visibility and Make and Impact
Great for you, great for NZ!
Empower the next generation of local entrepreneurs, support communities that need it most, and showcase your business to a highly engaged audience of founders and small-business owners.
Sponsorship Options & Benefits
You can tailor your sponsorship to suit your business goals:
Social Recognition – Be acknowledged and celebrated across NZ Entrepreneur’s social channels.
Business Profiles – Publish a profile on NZ Entrepreneur with backlinks that strengthen your digital presence.
Expert & How-To Content – Share articles, events, or milestones as evergreen content that builds authority.
Flexible Scheduling – Schedule features across the year to align with your campaigns, all amplified across our digital channels.
Every sponsored scholarship creates opportunity, strengthens communities, and positions your business as a leader in supporting local entrepreneurship.
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How Your Sponsorship Makes a Difference
Sponsoring a Startup NZ scholarship does more than fund a programme. It helps aspiring entrepreneurs in a region of your choosing gain confidence, learn practical business skills, and take meaningful steps toward creating ventures that contribute to their communities.
Scholarships reach a diverse range of individuals and groups, including:
Schools – such as Broadwood Area School, where students apply learning to real-world entrepreneurial projects.
Māori businesses and initiatives – like Whāriki, empowering emerging Māori entrepreneurs.
Community organisations – including Mano Amiga, supporting Latino migrant communities, and Shama, assisting ethnic women entrepreneurs.
Individual applicants – young people on benefits or unable to afford entrepreneurial learning opportunities.
Youth, cultural and refugee-focused groups etc – Gateway, Pasifika businesses, and other initiatives supporting diverse communities.
We actively seek new conversations with community leaders and programmes to ensure our impact stays relevant, inclusive, and meaningful across Aotearoa.
Your Support Goes a Long Way
By sponsoring a scholarship, you’re helping individual entrepreneurs thrive while also building a social-impact network that:
Connects communities and entrepreneurs across Aotearoa
Creates pathways for collaboration and shared learning
Supports growth and sustainable ventures
Amplifies opportunities for doing more together
Your contribution is a step toward stronger local economies, inclusive opportunity, and a more connected entrepreneurial ecosystem.