Dunedin-based technology company PocketSmith is one of six finalists in the BNZ Start-Up Alley competition.
The competition is to help grow New Zealand's web and technology start-up businesses.
Pocketsmith has a competitive personal finance management tool that allows users to track their expenses.
Pocketsmith is part of the University of Otago's Centre for Innovation Distiller community.
As part of the Webstock conference in Wellington, the competition winner will receive a prize pack that includes $10,000 in cash and return flights for two to San Francisco.
The other finalists are:
• Go Vocab, a language learning start-up founded in Wellington last year.
• MyTours, an online tour builder for mobile applications.
• Educa, a web-based application for the early childhood sector.
• Luumin, an online to-do list.
• uSnap.us, a concept service enabling wedding parties to collect images live as the wedding unfolds.
The winner will be announced on February 16.
