PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSONTwo University of Otago business students spied an opportunity to make the horticulture sector easily accessible for everyday investors. Mr Thomson, who was brought up in Dunedin, and Mr Dykes, from Wellington, met in their first year at university, in 2018. Last year, Mr Dykes, who had no background in the horticulture sector — began seeing headlines about New Zealand products achieving record prices on the global export market. Last year, the pair went through Start-up Dunedin’s Audacious programme which Mr Dykes believed helped them firm up their idea. "We see it as a value-add because at the end of the day people don’t work from text books," Mr Thomson said.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 08, 2021 16:30 UTC