NZ's mussel man raising millions to take on extraction industry

NZ's mussel man raising millions to take on extraction industry
Ron Park, left, has spent the past decade building businesses around the humble green-lipped mussel. (Image: NE Tech)
Ben Moore
Ron Park, founder and chief executive of Natural Extraction Technologies, is just months away from closing a $7.5 million to $10m seed round and potentially disrupting manufacturers across the globe.Park spent the past decade building businesses around the green-lipped mussel and extracting oils from the seafood as a supplement for people and their pets.NE Tech, as it is better known, is Park’s fourth business and, in his opinion, the most exciting.Last year, the company secured $1.2m from deep-tech investment firm Pacific Channel and is...

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