CODE LINGODunedin-based enterprise software business Code Lingo, scans code for errors and automatically corrects them. The company raised $540,000 from two Australian venture capital companies, but received offers of $2.5m after initially aiming to raise $300,000. "Ultimately we want to acquire more of the New Zealand market but in doing that we want to help grow the New Zealand market as well," she says. ASK NICELYConsumer insights software company Ask Nicely has raised $6.7m in a capital raise round and has its sights set on becoming a billion-dollar business. "They are the classic well-focused startup — they do only one thing, but they do it extremely well," Marshall says.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 13, 2018 02:03 UTC