How to Runn up $2m in seed funding

How to Runn up $2m in seed funding
Runn co-founder Tim Copeland is also a co-founder of SilverStripe. (Image: supplied)
Henry Burrell
Resource management software startup Runn has raised US$1.4 million (NZ$2m) in a seed round with investment from New Zealand venture capital firm GD1, Wavemaker, NZGCP, K1W1, Dovetail Ventures, Icehouse Ventures, and Angel Marlborough.“The intention is really to build the next Xero,” Runn.io co-founder Tim Copeland told BusinessDesk. Despite this ambition, the company had been purposefully keeping quiet since its 2017 inception while boasting customers on the Fortune 500.“We really wanted to get the product right.“T...

More Technology

The All’s, the In’s, the outs and AI …
Opinion

Simon Robertson: The All’s, the In’s, the outs and AI …

Discussing the future of the West and humanity is bone-chilling.

Simon Robertson 13 Sep 2025
Fve takeaways from the Munich auto show
Technology

Fve takeaways from the Munich auto show

From "flying cars" to robots, here are some of the innovations that were spotted.

AFP 13 Sep 2025
Spark joins global JV to sweat connectivity
Markets

Spark joins global JV to sweat connectivity

Getting more value from existing networks is now the name of the game.

Pattrick Smellie 12 Sep 2025
Oracle’s Ellison now rivals Musk as world’s richest person
Technology

Oracle’s Ellison now rivals Musk as world’s richest person

The 81-year-old Oracle founder has enjoyed a $200 billion bump in his fortune.