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Matt Rowe

Co-founder and Executive Director of Outset Ventures, New Zealand's deep-tech incubator and venture fund in Auckland.

Oct 1, 2026

7:40
So maybe just give us a bit of background as to what Callback is and what it's there trying to
7:45
do.
7:45
Yeah, so Callback's one of our investments from our second fund.
7:48
So we've raised venture funds.
7:49
We have a... $42 million seed fund.
7:53
We wrote a cheque out of that seed fund into Colbeck.
7:56
And we've actually been working for Chris Brumby, who's the CSO behind that company, come out of Victoria University, but had developed the technology for direct reduction of iron using hydrogen to decarbonise iron and steel making process.
10:15
So if you're in one of our members and you've come up with this great idea, you don't know what to do with it, you think nobody's done it before and you think there might be some merit in taking it further, what would you recommend to them for next steps? First off would be, who cares,

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