Top 35 Medical Startup Investors in New Zealand (September 2026)

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• Hnry — Hnry automatically pays and files all taxes for contractors, freelancers, and sole traders, so they never have to think about tax again.
• Vessev — Electric hydrofoiling vessels built for commercial use. Quiet, efficient, and better for the world.
• Wellumio — Wellumio is a medical technology company redefining the boundaries of clinical imaging. We’re fusing technology, design innovation, and medical expertise to create new diagnostic pathways that support the timely delivery of urgent stroke care.

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• Linca — Critical metals for a circular battery supply chain
• Wellumio — Wellumio is a medical technology company redefining the boundaries of clinical imaging. We’re fusing technology, design innovation, and medical expertise to create new diagnostic pathways that support the timely delivery of urgent stroke care.
• Scentian Bio — Scentian Bio operates as a platform that provides ultimate sensing solution.

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• RosterLab — RosterLab goal is to automate every part of the rostering process for healthcare.
• Avasa — Avasa is a medical device company. It helps to improve surgical procedures by developing novel implantable devices.
• Zenno Astronautics — Zenno Astronautics hardware and software products ensure satellite missions are effectively managed, guaranteeing maximum economic returns and responsible use of space.

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• Regen — We send daily recommendations to our farmers' phones based on their own farm data, so NZ can farm smarter.
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• Navi Medical Technologies — Navi Medical Technologies is a medical device development company.

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• Advemto — Advemto is the manufacturer and developer of ultrafast spectroscopy systems that help researchers.
• Inhibit Coatings — Inhibit Coatings is a New Zealand based company developing novel antimicrobial and antifouling coatings.
• Captivate Technology — Captivate Technology company operates a clean-tech carbon capture platform. The platform enables cement manufacturers, geothermal power plants, and biogas producers to reduce pollution and contribute to environmental initiatives by using a metal-organic framework for CO2 adsorption as a solid-state material.

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• Linca — Critical metals for a circular battery supply chain
• Wellumio — Wellumio is a medical technology company redefining the boundaries of clinical imaging. We’re fusing technology, design innovation, and medical expertise to create new diagnostic pathways that support the timely delivery of urgent stroke care.
• Scanabull — Scanabull is a 3D vision to measure cattle live weight quickly and accurately, reducing handling stress and giving farmers, agents, and processors clear, real‑time weight data. It makes weighing easy, analysis simple, and sharing seamless for everyone who relies on live weight or carcass weight decisions.

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• EdPotential — Inquire. Analyse. Act. Dedicated to improving student achievement through the power of data analytics #edtech #education
• VeriQuantix — VeriQuantix was spun out of the University of Queensland. VeriQuantix is an Australian startup specializing in cybersecurity, focusing on quantum technology to enhance the security of optical fiber communication networks. Their core innovation, Quantum Link Verification (QLV), is designed to detect and alert network operators to physical tappingattempts and intercept cyber attacks on fiber optic networks. This technology leverages quantum principles, specifically entangled photons, to verify the trustworthiness of network links by ensuring that any unauthorized access disrupts photon entanglement and triggers immediate alerts.
• Liquid Instruments — Redefining the way scientists, engineers, students, and professionals experience test and measurement with Moku software-reconfigurable hardware platforms

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• Eight19 — Eight19, located in Cambridge, UK, develops and manufactures plastic photovoltaics for energy harvesting, for the internet of things and for off-grid applications. Through the innovative use of industry-standard, high-volume, roll-to-roll processes and solution-based organic photoactive materials, the company has a highly cost-effective route forscaling-up its technology to supply the largest markets. Eight19 is currently producing modules on a small scale for commercial partners with applications in indoor energy harvesting for wireless sensor and controllers, signage and display, and outdoor power for portable electronics. Our plastic PV modules benefit from flexibility, thinness, light-weight and robustness.
• Slamcore — Positioning, mapping and perception | State-of-the-art visual SLAM turns sensor data into actionable, spatial understanding for your vehicles.
• Mach42 — Machine Discovery is a University of Oxford spin-out commercializing new machine learning technology. We leverage proprietary neural network technology to accelerate expensive calculations — and we do it with minimal data and 99.9% fidelity.

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• eVouch — eVouch is the most powerful marketing tool we've used to build an organic community. We've experienced elevated brand trust while reaching an audience we never thought possible. Using customers to market to their friends is simply genius.
• Alimetry — Gastric Alimetry brings data-driven clarity to chronic gastric symptoms, helping clinicians diagnose with confidence.
• Flowingly — Unlock Team Productivity. Streamline Approvals. Increase Compliance. Easy To Use, No-Code Process Mapping & Workflow Automation Platform.

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• Cloud M — Cloud M pioneered mobile-first, B2B applications for leading organizations in education, healthcare and public safety. Clients include both private and public sector. Notable product innovations include the Alerter Platform for New Zealand's Civil Defence and Emergency Management agency and the initial development of the Blerter product.
• LearnCoach — Learn from 2500+ video tutorials and practice questions for 80 NCEA standards. LearnCoach covers everything you need to master NCEA and get your best results ever!

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• Hnry — Hnry automatically pays and files all taxes for contractors, freelancers, and sole traders, so they never have to think about tax again.
• LawVu — Our all-in-one connected platform enables your legal team to manage all legal matters, contracts, spend and legal operations. Book your free demo now.
• Migco Pharmaceuticals — Migco Pharmaceuticals is a pharmaceutical company focused on designed to develop new drug therapies for migraine headache.

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• Vessev — Electric hydrofoiling vessels built for commercial use. Quiet, efficient, and better for the world.
• Vow — Vow is crafting a new category of food
• Gilmour Space Technologies — Gilmour Space is a rocket company in Australia that is developing and launching low-cost small satellite launch vehicles. All orbits, all planets: https://www.gspacetech.com

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• Linca — Critical metals for a circular battery supply chain
• Hyades — Hyades is an AI-powered hyperspectral intelligence platform that offers soil and land insights.
• Vessev — Electric hydrofoiling vessels built for commercial use. Quiet, efficient, and better for the world.

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• PAM NZ — Forward a school newsletter, snap a screenshot, brain-dump your to-do list - PAM turns it all into a smart shared family calendar and helps manage the family tasks and events. Set up in 2 minutes. Free trial.
• Wellumio — Wellumio is a medical technology company redefining the boundaries of clinical imaging. We’re fusing technology, design innovation, and medical expertise to create new diagnostic pathways that support the timely delivery of urgent stroke care.
• Kai's Education — Kai's Education is an innovative force in the EdTech sector, pioneering the integration of coding, STEM, and robotics into engaging learning experiences for children. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, our mission is to ignite young minds through our award-winning educational products, including the all-in-one STEAM toolbox, Kai's Clan, andthe hybrid robot, KaiBot.Our flagship product, Kai's Clan, breaks new ground by allowing children aged seven to fifteen to learn to code with state-of-the-art technologies such as AR, VR, AI, IoT, Tinkercad, and Minecraft. KaiBot, designed for hands-on learning, uses screen-free coding cards to instill the fundamentals of coding, providing immediate feedback to enhance learning.Complemented by the Kainundrum Lite app, Kai's Education facilitates a seamless transition from tactile to advanced text-based coding, nurturing problem-solving skills and creativity. Recipient of the Smart AI Toy Award and the Common Sense Top Pick for Learning Award, Kai's Education is dedicated to equipping the next generation with the skills for tomorrow's challenges. We're not just teaching coding; we're inspiring creators.

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• SwishX — Indias First Employee Savings Platform
• Numeric — Hundreds of teams streamline reconciliations, organize their close, and leverage AI for flux analysis and reporting with Numeric.
• Prime Intellect — Prime Intellect democratizes AI development at scale. Our platform makes it easy to find global compute resources and train state-of-the-art models through distributed training across clusters. Collectively own the resulting open AI innovations, from language models to scientific breakthroughs.

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• Wellumio — Wellumio is a medical technology company redefining the boundaries of clinical imaging. We’re fusing technology, design innovation, and medical expertise to create new diagnostic pathways that support the timely delivery of urgent stroke care.
• ISpy Nits — ISpyNits - everything you need to get rid of lice and nits once and for all
• Avasa — Avasa is a medical device company. It helps to improve surgical procedures by developing novel implantable devices.

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• ElectraLith — The cleanest, most versatile and most cost-efficient method of extracting and refining lithium, the primary element of a sustainable future.
• MGA Thermal — MGA Thermal, specialists in thermal energy storage technology. Renewable, high-power, economical, modular, safe and sustainable thermal storage solutions.
• Atisama Therapeutics — Atisama Therapeutics is an Australian biotech company pioneering splice-switching oligonucleotide (SSO) therapies that restore normal gene transcription pathways to treat disease at the molecular level.

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• Vessev — Electric hydrofoiling vessels built for commercial use. Quiet, efficient, and better for the world.
• Caruso — AI-native fund administration for private markets. Trusted by 900+ real estate, private credit, and PE funds to save time and grow AUM.
• Outlier Space — Outlier Space is an aerospace startup that builds a scalable, uncrewed, and reusable satellite platform designed to unlock access to microgravity. The company provides breakthrough infrastructure to safely return orbital payloads back to Earth. This technology allows sectors like pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and advanced materials to manufactureand research products beyond Earth's atmospheric limits.

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• Vexev — Vexev is on a mission to introduce innovative imaging diagnostic tools.
• Kitea Health — Kitea Health creates pressure monitoring implantable medical devices.

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• Emesent — Solutions for GPS-denied environments - delivering revolutionary efficiency, safety and operational insights to underground mining and other industries.
• Gradiant — Gradiant is a solutions provider and developer of cleantech water projects for advanced water and wastewater treatment. They provide microelectronics, pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, lithium and key minerals, and renewable energy.
• Gilmour Space Technologies — Gilmour Space is a rocket company in Australia that is developing and launching low-cost small satellite launch vehicles. All orbits, all planets: https://www.gspacetech.com

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• Luminoma — Luminoma will enable easy access to objective and precise skin cancer screening. With Luminoma, clinicians can confidently discern malignant from benign, reducing unnecessary referrals and biopsies.
• Upstock — Manage wholesale orders with a simple app.
• Factor — Plug and play forecasting and pricing tools for modern energy utilities.

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• chnnl — Optimise your employee wellbeing strategy with chnnl. Centralised resource management, track psychosocial risks and team psychological wellbeing measurement.
• VidApp — VidApp makes it easy to build, design and launch your own mobile and tv apps. Connect your current website or channel and build your audience today.
• Grater Goods — Grater Goods is a food and beverage manufacturing company that aims to provide customers with gourmet plant based deli items.

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• Alimetry — Gastric Alimetry brings data-driven clarity to chronic gastric symptoms, helping clinicians diagnose with confidence.
• MaxQ Medical — MaxQ Medical is a manufacturing company.
• Universal Diagnostics — Universal Diagnostics S.L. (UDX) is a Spanish in-vitro diagnostics company developing a platform of minimally-invasive, blood-based solutions for detecting cancer early when treatment options are more plentiful and survival rates are still high. UDX believes that the best way to fight against cancer is by detecting it early.The UDX diagnosticplatform is designed to detect various cancer types, e.g. colorectal, liver, pancreatic, lung, and gastric cancer via one simple blood test. The assays rely on a curated set of proprietary methylation marker panels; a simple blood sample collected as part of a routine check-up, can be processed at a reference laboratory or hospital using standard equipment and then uploaded to the UDX Cloud for final algorithmic analysis.UDX’s first marker panel is a colorectal cancer screening test. The test identifies individuals who need to be referred for colonoscopy. Colorectal cancer is the 3rd most frequent cancer and 2nd deadliest cancer worldwide. The challenge is that colorectal cancer is mostly detected in late stages, with significantly decreased survival rates (11% survival rate in stage IV vs. 85% survival rate in stage I).To develop the test and execute its R&D and operations, UDX partners with international research institutions, hospitals, universities, and biobanks around the globe.

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• Visiogen — Visiogen, Inc. is an ophthalmic medical device company specializing in the development of new vision alternatives for patients with cataracts, with and without presbyopia. As part of this mission, Visiogen created the Synchrony dual optic accommodating *intraocular lens (IOL)* for use in the surgical treatment of these conditions.The device isdesigned to provide patients with near, intermediate and distance vision in a seamless continuum without the need for glasses or contact lenses. To eliminate lens handling during surgery, the Synchrony dual optic IOL is provided in a pre-loaded injector. This patented technology has been approved in Europe with a CE Mark designation and is currently undergoing clinical trials in the United States.
• Protego Biopharma — Protego Biopharma develops therapeutics based on the clear human genetic link, excellent human safety profile, proof-of-principle efficacy. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
• Rein Therapeutics — Rein Therapeutics is advancing a novel pipeline of first-in-class medicines to address unmet medical needs in orphan pulmonary and fibrosis indications.

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• Augmodo — Augmodo Spatial AI enables real-time tracking of products across all stores, enhancing inventory management and shopping experiences. It discovers information through augmented reality for enhanced experiences.
• Pathway — Frontier AI lab building architectures and models that autonomously reason, learn, and evolve.
• Architect — Architect Labs builds AI systems that design and provably verify silicon for modern workloads.

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• Scanabull — Scanabull is a 3D vision to measure cattle live weight quickly and accurately, reducing handling stress and giving farmers, agents, and processors clear, real‑time weight data. It makes weighing easy, analysis simple, and sharing seamless for everyone who relies on live weight or carcass weight decisions.
• Sterling — Sterling operates an artificial intelligence platform designed to automate back-office operations for financial and accounting teams. The software deploys deterministic AI agents that execute repetitive tasks like accounts payable, accounts receivable, compliance checks, and bank reconciliations directly inside existing enterprise applications. Byfunctioning as a background virtual assistant, its value proposition centers on eliminating administrative bottlenecks while maintaining strict human-in-the-loop oversight and enterprise-grade audit standards.
• Forever Harvest — We are an Aotearoa New Zealand based cellular horticulture company, partnering with food & beverage manufacturers to develop new fruit & nut food solutions.

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• Kyoryu — Re-engineered dinosaurs roam a post-apocalyptic Japan. Follow the Samurai T-rex clan as they navigate complex dino clan rivalries.
• RiffRaff Games — Developers of Sleight of Hand
• Space Rock Games — Space Rock Games is the developer behind Criminals Within - a cooperative-only action game set in a medieval fantasy kingdom. Sign up to receive exclusive development updates!

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• Mirna — Soon to be launched, our AI-powered MI:RNA platform is designed to detect a range of diseases prior to the development of clinical signs. This groundbreaking
• Kyntra Bio — FibroGen's research and development teams seek to identify and develop medicines for the treatment of chronic and life-threatening conditions such as anemia, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), and locally advanced pancreatic cancer (LAPC).
• Gallant — Gallant is developing a scalable stem cell therapy platform that will allow any veterinarian to routinely treat pets in a primary care setting, improving the lives of pets and their people. By systematically addressing challenges that previously hindered stem cell therapy adoption, the company aims to make stem cell products accessible in order toelevate the quality of life for all pets and the people that love them.

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• Opo Bio — Opo Bio develops cell lines for the cultivated meat industry and researchers.They are building a multi-species and multi-cell type product bank for research and commercial usage. They are creating infrastructure that will enable the industry to progress and more effectively scale.
• PhaseFoam — Cold chain solutions
• Kitea Health — Kitea Health creates pressure monitoring implantable medical devices.

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• MAPTO — Bringing industries together since 2008, Mapto.com stands as the premier platform for a global business directory. Serving millions of companies and suppliers worldwide.Mapto, the “Business Development Guide,” has been specially designed to offer an e-commerce solution that brings together all companies in the world and provides an excellent B2Cuser experience without sacrificing B2B functionality. The most significant difference from other marketplaces is that it is customer-supported!In today’s world, product, manufacturer, and communication demands are the basis of e-commerce searches on the internet. It restructures the “roadmap of e-commerce” by bringing all these demands together and making them accessible to users.
• Insite AI — The chosen partner by executives in RGM, insights, and I.T. to grow revenue and market share. Learn how CPGs win in pricing, assortment, trade and more.
• MarginFuel — MarginFuel provides intelligent price optimisation software that empowers rental vehicle operators to build profitable pricing strategies.

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• Kitea Health — Kitea Health creates pressure monitoring implantable medical devices.
• Navi Medical Technologies — Navi Medical Technologies is a medical device development company.

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• Alimetry — Gastric Alimetry brings data-driven clarity to chronic gastric symptoms, helping clinicians diagnose with confidence.
• Oshi Health — Oshi Health is a virtual-first gastroenterology (GI) clinic that diagnoses, treats and remotely monitors digestive (GI) conditions. Patients work with Oshi Health's integrated care team of gastroenterologists and GI-specialized nurse practitioners, registered dietitians, behavioral psychologists and health coaches to determine the root causesof their symptoms and use a personalized care plan that includes medication, dietary interventions and stress/anxiety reduction to get symptoms under control. This yields improved health outcomes, quality of life, satisfaction with care and workplace productivity while reducing overall healthcare cost.
• Virgo — Accelerate GI clinical trials with AI for endoscopy. Use video to automate workflows, improve standard of care, and accelerate results.

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• Arcanum AI — Rapidly build and integrate machine learning features with the Accelerate Platform library of pre-built workflows. Hosted API or deploy into your own cloud.
• Goodair Nosebuds — Goodair Nosebuds develops mechanical breathing technology to restore natural nasal functioning. It specializes in gently massaging upper airways using air, stimulating the body's natural defense system, and improving airway clarity, enabling users to enhance their well-being by balancing airway hydration.
• Sandfly Security — Sandfly agentless Linux EDR for critical infrastructure. Sandfly finds Linux threats without endpoint agents.

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• Alimetry — Gastric Alimetry brings data-driven clarity to chronic gastric symptoms, helping clinicians diagnose with confidence.
• Swan EndoSurgical — Swan EndoSurgical provides endoluminal surgical robotic systems that will enhance patient care everywhere.
• On Target Laboratories — ON TARGET LABORATORIES discovers and develops fluorescent markers to target and illuminate cancer during surgery so it can be removed more completely.

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• RapidPulse — Explore RapidPulse for innovative stroke treatments and technologies. Book appointments or learn about our team and clinical trials.
• REVELOHEALTH — REVELOHEALTH provides advisory services. Their services include healthcare provider solutions, revenue cycle solutions, price transparency solutions, payment integrity, network claim repricing, data analytics, denial management, and direct-to-employer.
• SONIRE Therapeutics — SONIRE Therapeutics is a clinical-stage medical device company. It is a U.S. subsidiary of SONIRE Therapeutics Co., Ltd..