Michelle Dickinson.
Photo: RNZ
Nanogirl Labs Ltd owes Inland Revenue more than $260,000 and is unlikely to be able to pay any of its unsecured creditors, its liquidators say.
The company – founded by Michelle Dickinson and her husband Joe Davis – was placed into liquidation last November.
Dickinson told RNZ at the time that a tough business environment was behind the decision.
Government funding had also been cut.
It had provided science live shows, education and STEM kits to children for eight years.
Dickinson told Nine to Noon last November that revenue sources had “dried up”.
The biggest set back was the cut to MBIE’s $1.6 million Curious Minds funding, which supported community science programmes.
Nanogirl also…