Booster bets on new tech startups – and seeding better seeds

Booster bets on new tech startups – and seeding better seeds
Booster's innovation fund manager Melissa Yiannoutsos and chief customer officer Diana Papadopoulos. (Image: Booster)
Greg Hurrell
Default KiwiSaver fund manager Booster Investment Management is seeding startups in areas like new battery technologies and carbon capture – and also better seeds for agriculture.The Booster group currently manages $5.8 billion in KiwiSaver and investment funds. As at March 31 last year, Booster was the ninth ranked KiwiSaver provider in terms of assets under management at $3.64 billion and sixth in membership numbers at 171,751. 2016 brought a name change – from Grosvenor to Booster – and also a change in direction for t...

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