The ICEHOUSE is a business growth centre that creates learning environments for entrepreneurial firms to enable them to significantly grow their companies. This charitable trust encompasses a business incubator for startup companies, a training company for owner managed companies and is home to New Zealand’s largest grouping of angel investors. The current CEO of The ICEHOUSE is Andy Hamilton.
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The ICEHOUSE is a collaborative partnership between The University of Auckland Business School, The Boston Consulting Group, Telecom and Gen-i, BNZ, Ernst & Young, HP, and Microsoft. It was established in 2001, to reflect the partners’ commitment to empower New Zealand companies to achieve and sustain high levels of small and medium enterprises economic performance.
John Antony Hood, the previous Vice Chancellor of Oxford University said in his visit to New Zealand
Awards
The ICEHOUSE won the Education Category in 2009 Vero Excellence in Business Support Awards
In May 2010, Forbes names The Icehouse as a top ten technology incubator changing the world.
Notable Publications
Irving, D et al. (2009). Changing Gears: How to Take Your Kiwi Business From the Kitchen Table to the Board Room, Auckland University Press