This is our third year of Start-Up Alley, in conjunction with BNZ. There were 38 entries this year, an increase of 10 over 2013. And they were really good! So much so that we increased the number of finalists to 10.

We’d love to showcase everyone, but here’s the 10 finalists. Good luck everyone!

Boardingware

Forget Cumbersome Clipboards And Spreadsheets, Boardingware Lets You Effortlessly Manage And Keep Track Of Your Boarding School Via Your Tablet, Smart Phone Or Computer- We’re excited to be a part of the Webstock BNZ Start-up Alley, giving us an opportunity to get valuable feedback and exposure that will help propel Boardingware forward
Paul Organ – Boardingware

Hoist

Hoist is stoked to be part of Start up alley and we can’t wait to show you all what we’ve been working on. Come along and say hi!
Jamie Wilson – Hoist

HVNGRY

HVNGRY
We’re bewildered this is actually happening, and super excited to attend Webstock. This is just the beginning though, and we hope our passion for positive media spreads. Yay!
Serena Chen – HVNGRY

Influx HQ

The InfluxHq.com team is humbled and excited to have been selected for Webstock’s Start Up Alley. We’re looking forward to learning from and sharing with the startup and broader web community at this epic event.
Scott Mayo – Influx HQ

Planet Goodness

Planet Goodness is an online marketplace for NZ’s best eco and ethical products, with a portion of every sale going to the community. We are super excited to be a finalist (thanks heaps!). We look forward to going to Webstock to learn about, and get feedback on, how we can use the web for good.
Lara Charles – Planet Goodness

Parent Interviews

For what started off as a small school project to help simplify my school’s parent teacher interviews, I’m absolutely thrilled that Parent Interviews has been selected to attend Webstock as part of the BNZ Startup Alley.
Indy Griffiths – Parent Interviews

SpeedCurve

Start-Up Alley comes at the perfect time for SpeedCurve. It’s a bootstrapped side-project created late in the evenings now ready for it’s tyres to be kicked. Really looking forward to contributing to what has been an amazing conference from day one. There will be speed battles as attendees get to face off, frontend to frontend!
Mark Zeman – SpeedCurve

Skowt

Skowt is an online booking system for rentable spaces. We are thrilled to be a finalist in this year’s Start-Up Alley, and are excited about the opportunity to receive valuable feedback, insight, and exposure. Come and find us during Webstock, we would be delighted to show you more.
Mathew Hartley – Skowt

ThankYou Payroll

Thankyou Payroll is a social business providing free, cloud based payroll intermediary service to SMEs and charities all over New Zealand. We love innovation and creative solutions, which is why we’re stoked to be a part of the goodness at Webstock’s BNZ Startup Alley. Thankyou payroll says Thankyou!
Lani Evans – ThankYou Payroll

WatchMyGear

WatchMyGear provides real time asset tracking of where a company’s assets were last delivered using an Android app interfacing with a web app. As you can imagine we are absolutely stoked to be selected as a finalist in this years BNZ Startup Alley and look forward to seeing you there!
Nigel Ramsay – WatchMyGear