Holly Beals
Senior Innovation Specialist and Programme Director of Aurora Climate Lab at Creative HQ, leading New Zealand's climate tech accelerator for early-stage startups.
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Jul 21, 2026
Holly BealsGUEST
This is our fifth cohort of our Climate Tech Accelerator, which has had a few names.
Holly BealsGUEST
The Climate Response Accelerator, it was firstly, and Aurora Climate Lab, we've been rolling with as a brand for two years since we've been in more of a formal partnership with Motion Capital.
Holly BealsGUEST
And the relationship is really mutually beneficial and beneficial for growing the climate tech sector in New Zealand more broadly as well.
Holly BealsGUEST
So our interests at Creative HQ are in growing a number of startups and growing the ecosystem that sits around them and supports them to have a sustainable journey.
CourtneyHOST
What's your perspective on the state of climate tech in New Zealand in terms of the health of the ecosystem and also, I guess, its trajectory?