Put on those ugly Christmas sweaters and join us in celebrating the epic mahi our founders have put into their startups over 2022, and the incredible support from our outstanding strategic and corporate partners.
Jared Thomas from Raizor and Shane Evans from SBS will be joining us for a fireside chat to talk about innovation & the benefits of a founder and established business relationship.
Thursday 1st December
5pm Onwards
COIN South Office.
Meet our speakers
Shane Evans
“New Zealand’s 2021 marketer of the year is putting himself out there to help sell his hometown of Southland to the rest of the country.
Shane Evans is returning to Invercargill to live and believes the country doesn't truly understand the level of change happening in Southland or just what the province has to offer.”
You can read the full Stuff article about Shane and his move south here
Jared Thomas
I am the Co-Founder and COO of Raizor, a FinTech start-up that builds and manages multi-vendor marketplaces for enterprise clients to achieve positive social and environmental outcomes. I am currently involved as the Product Owner of a B2C marketplace in partnership with SBS Bank called SHOP2GIVE where every purchase generates a donation for a charity of the customer’s choice. Concurrently, we are developing a B2B marketplace to support businesses’ environmentally sustainable procurement.
My passion has been creating commercial triple bottom line business models. I was involved in the creation of the SBS Pink Ribbon Visa, New Zealand’s only charitable credit card, as well as coordinating the development of a charitable commercial insurance partnership with Crombie Lockwood, a local subsidiary of Arthur J Gallagher, called Insurance for Good.
I'm from Texas, but have lived 12 years of my life in New Zealand and have found myself a kiwi wife. In my spare time, I like to play competitive tennis.