The Icehouse (business growth centre)
The Icehouse is a business growth centre that establishes learning environments for New Zealand SME business owners, entrepreneurs and founders. The Icehouse provides training and development workshops for New Zealand-based SME owner managed companies to develop business skills. The current Group CEO of The Icehouse is Gavin Lennox.
In 2019, the various startup and investment activities of the Icehouse were spun off into a separate venture capital business called Icehouse Ventures, which operates New Zealand's largest group of angel investors.
The Icehouse is owned by a not-for-profit trust. The Foundation provides sponsorships, academic research grants and community projects that support entrepreneurship and innovation in New Zealand.
Awards
The Icehouse won the Education Category in 2009 Vero Excellence in Business Support AwardsIn May 2010, Forbes names The Icehouse as a top-ten technology incubator changing the world.