Where the argument has shown up.
Speaking, press, and podcasts. Reverse chronological.
Speaking
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Mar 2026
Defence's place in NZ venture capital
Panel hosted by NZ Private Capital, alongside In-Q-Tel and GD1.
NZPC
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Nov 2025
Economy 2.0
Panel at the inaugural Māui Venture Summit on mobilising Māori, iwi and PSGE capital into early-stage deep tech.
Māui Toa -
Nov 2025
Building Resilience in a Shifting World
Advanced tech and manufacturing panel at MFAT's ATEPS business outreach day.
MFAT -
Oct 2025
Raising Strategic and Financial Capital
Hosted the focus session at NZ Aerospace Summit 2025 (Open Skies) with GD1, Lockheed Martin, Plug and Play, Zenno and ANA Trading.
NZAS
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Sep 2024
Outset Ventures presents: Raising Capital
Hosted the panel at NZ Aerospace Summit 2024 (Aerospace for Good) with Blackbird, Spaceport Japan, SYOS, Zenno and Aquila.
NZAS
Press
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Apr 2026
Deep tech incubator Outset aiming for scientific breakthroughs
Herald NOW Business studio interview with Garth Bray on CullBeck, Zethos and OpenStar.
NZH -
Mar 2026
The investor fighting factory closures and expensive energy
Markets with Madison interview on cheap energy and reversing NZ's industrial decline.
NZH -
Jan 2026
Startups to watch in 2026
Annual year-ahead list; Outset portfolio companies featured.
NBR
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Dec 2025
Who were New Zealand's startup stars in 2025?
Year-in-review of standout NZ startups; Outset portfolio featured.
NBR -
May 2025
Going deep: Finding the next Rocket Lab
Live Nine to Noon studio interview with Jacob McSweeny on the close of Fund II.
RNZ -
May 2025
Rocket Lab backer Outset raises $25M to fund New Zealand's deep tech moonshots
International coverage of Fund II's NZD 25m close.
TC -
May 2025
Last-minute govt injection boosts Outset Venture's second fund
NZGCP / Elevate's anchor commitment closing out Fund II.
NBR
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Dec 2024
The $100m start-up funding gap, and how it's limiting our potential
Markets with Madison on the Series A/B gap and what it costs NZ outcomes.
NZH -
Nov 2024
Where have all the lead investors gone?
Shoeshine column citing Outset among the few still leading deep-tech rounds.
NBR -
Oct 2024
Callaghan touts deep tech incubators a success despite critics
Outset cited as flagship; Angus quoted as a critical commenter on the scheme.
NBR -
Mar 2024
NZ has built a reputation among the best international investors
Project Auckland feature on Outset's positioning and NZ's deep-tech credibility.
NZH
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Aug 2023
Young Māori physicist seeking to harness power of the stars
1News Sunday profile of OpenStar's Dr Ratu Mataira; Angus interviewed as lead seed backer.
TVNZ -
Aug 2023
Kiwi fusion scientists get $10m to solve global energy question
Coverage of OpenStar's NZD 10m seed led by Outset; Rocket Lab parallels drawn.
NBR -
Mar 2023
Outset Ventures is raising up to $50m for new deep tech fund
Launch coverage of Fund II's intent to raise NZD 50m.
NBR
Podcasts
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Nov 2024
NZ's nuclear fusion future
NBR Podcast #29 anchored on OpenStar and the case for NZ as a credible fusion player.
NBR