Top 25 Renewable Energy Startup Investors in New Zealand (November 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.
• General Compute — General Compute provides an ASIC-based cloud inference platform focused on running AI inference workloads. The company offers an OpenAI-compatible API that allows users to access hosted large language models and switch from existing GPU-based providers by changing the base URL and API key. It supports deploying both its own supported models andcustomer-supplied models on its infrastructure, emphasizing high token throughput and low time to first token. General Compute also offers dedicated custom deployments with service-level agreements, custom scaling, and guaranteed capacity for production workloads. Its infrastructure targets use cases such as AI agents, coding assistants, and real-time voice applications that require low-latency, high-throughput inference.

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• Vessev — Electric hydrofoiling vessels built for commercial use. Quiet, efficient, and better for the world.
• First Table — Book the first table of the night and you'll get 50% off the food bill for two to four people!
• SupaHuman AI — VETos drafts and maps your assessment tools and resources. Nova 5 turns them into practice learners finish. For RTOs, TAFEs and PTEs in Australia and NZ.

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• Vessev — Electric hydrofoiling vessels built for commercial use. Quiet, efficient, and better for the world.
• Caruso — The world's leading managers trust Caruso to help them save time, impress investors 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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• 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 — Easily manage all your hospitality, foodservice and FMCG grocery orders. Automate invoicing, pricing, payments and logistics with powerful AI tools.
• Factor — Plug and play forecasting and pricing tools for modern energy utilities.

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

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• Linca — Domestic refining of lithium, nickel & cobalt for the energy transition.
• 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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• solarZero —
• Ruminant BioTech — Ruminant BioTech is a company that creates slow-release devices for long-term controlled-release methane mitigation.
• Far North Solar Farm — Far North Solar Farm (FNSF) is a New Zealand solar developer: utility-scale solar farms, solar farms for landowners and commercial solar for businesses.

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• Linca — Domestic refining of lithium, nickel & cobalt for the energy transition.
• 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.
• Wych Limited — Enable financial planning and budgeting tools, investment management, account switching, lending, credit enhancement, payments | Open Banking APIs | Wych

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• Vessev — Electric hydrofoiling vessels built for commercial use. Quiet, efficient, and better for the world.
• General Compute — General Compute provides an ASIC-based cloud inference platform focused on running AI inference workloads. The company offers an OpenAI-compatible API that allows users to access hosted large language models and switch from existing GPU-based providers by changing the base URL and API key. It supports deploying both its own supported models andcustomer-supplied models on its infrastructure, emphasizing high token throughput and low time to first token. General Compute also offers dedicated custom deployments with service-level agreements, custom scaling, and guaranteed capacity for production workloads. Its infrastructure targets use cases such as AI agents, coding assistants, and real-time voice applications that require low-latency, high-throughput inference.
• 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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• UNIGRID — At UNIGRID, we are dedicated to exploring sodium chemistries that are safe, sustainable, and affordable, for stationary energy storage and e-mobility applications.
• Vertus Energy — We innovate to make fossil natural gas extinct.
• Andromeda Robotics — At Andromeda, our personalised robot companions are helping Australian aged care teams bring joy and connection to residents to improve wellbeing.

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• Wylei — Wylei provides adaptive content solutions to agencies and brands to increase digital messaging relevance and engagement. It uses advanced predictive algorithms to take the guesswork out of digital web, email, mobile, and video campaigns. Wylei's Adaptive Content(TM) and Predictive Intelligence, delivers emails that adapt to the specificcontext of open, based on where, how, and when the email is viewed.
• MedStatix — MedStatix: Analyzing Patient Insights Nationwide. We have the right questions, the right analytics, and the right insights to add value to your connection to healthcare.
• OpenStar Technologies — OpenStar Technologies is a renewable energy company that develops fusion reactors for baseload power to the grid.

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• Daisy Lab — Daisy Lab pioneers precision fermentation technology in New Zealand
• Vertus Energy — We innovate to make fossil natural gas extinct.
• OpenStar Technologies — OpenStar Technologies is a renewable energy company that develops fusion reactors for baseload power to the grid.

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• Linca — Domestic refining of lithium, nickel & cobalt for the energy transition.
• Factor — Plug and play forecasting and pricing tools for modern energy utilities.
• Hachiko — Hachiko is a software building platform that aims to help the battery portfolio owners, also the firm is for energy trading.

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• Pet Direct — Petdirect, your place for a good deal on cat & dog food, treats and accessories.
• RedShield Security — RedShield proactively discovers and remediates application and API vulnerabilities, protecting your customers - and bottom line.
• Avanti Finance — Helping Kiwis achieve their financial goals since 1989 with our flexible home loan, auto loan, personal loan and business loan solutions.

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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 — Make coding education engaging for elementary and middle school students using robotics solutions that support STEM goals & modern classrooms. Shop Now!

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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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• 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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• 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.
• Granular — Granular Energy provides solutions for managing and trading clean energy. We are the leading provider of energy certificate management software for utilities, helping to streamline certificate managment processes and enabling utilities to launch next-generation green offers, including transparency down to the hourly level.
• Liquid Instruments — Redefining the way scientists, engineers, students, and professionals experience test and measurement with Moku software-reconfigurable hardware platforms

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• Sophiie — Sophiie is an AI receptionist and office management platform designed for trades and service businesses. It handles phone calls, customer inquiries, job bookings, scheduling, quotes, invoices, payment reminders, follow-ups, and customer records. The platform integrates with tools such as ServiceM8, Xero, QuickBooks, and Google Calendar and supportsbusinesses including electricians, plumbers, HVAC contractors, builders, painters, landscapers, and cleaners.
• Syncrowin — Syncrowin provides an industrial intelligence platform for heavy-industry production sites. Its software adds an AI-based intelligence layer to production systems, combining machine data, real-time monitoring, analytics, and production planning. The platform supports operational use cases in manufacturing, energy, mining, oil and gas, resources, and agriculture. It is designed to help industrial organizations identify operational insights, coordinate production activities, reduce downtime and waste, and monitor performance and product quality.
• Parachute — Parachute catches the weight of research and drafting so you can focus on the work that matters. Stop writing off billable hours and scale your firm's output.

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• enadyne — material technology to seperate gases
• Teragen Energy — Teragen Energy develops an energy technology platform based on advanced regenerative solid oxide fuel cells that provide both power generation and energy storage in a single system. The company’s systems generate electricity from external fuels such as natural gas or hydrogen without combustion and can operate in reverse to store power as hydrogen.Teragen designs modular systems that can be scaled from megawatt-scale installations for data centers to deployments for microgrids, renewable projects, and utilities. Its technology is intended to help operators manage variable renewable output, ride through outages, and address daily capacity needs using one device. Teragen focuses on applications including AI and cloud data centers, manufacturing and cold storage facilities, remote communities, and electric grid infrastructure. The platform is positioned to replace separate diesel generators and battery systems by combining fuel-flexible generation and low-cost storage in a compact footprint.
• Sapphire Technologies — Sapphire Technologies develops, manufactures, and sells energy recovery systems for both natural gas and hydrogen industrial and commercial applications. The company's systems are designed to convert waste energy from pressure reduction processes into electric power without disrupting operations. We help companies maximize plant efficiencies,improve productivity, reduce carbon emissions, offset electrical costs, and generate cashflow by recovering this wasted pressure energy.

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• Linca — Domestic refining of lithium, nickel & cobalt for the energy transition.
• 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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• Mara Bio — We are a New Zealand based biotech start up passionate about food, health and the environment. We are re-imagining how energy and nutrient rich food production side streams are handled by giving them a new life in the form of protein rich, fibre rich, functional ingredients and bioactives for food, nutraceutical and pharmaceutical applications.
• Hot Lime Labs — The Hot Lime Labs CO2 capture system converts wood waste biomass into clean CO2 for commercial greenhouses, increasing crop productivity and growth.
• Dot Ingredients — Dot Ingredients operates a surfactant company designed to offer commercially viable particle surfactants. It produces cellulose from wood pulp, makes sustainable emulsifiers from renewable cellulose, and is able to not only cleanse hands, clothes, surfaces, and cars, but also protect crops, enhance food, color textiles, and flow into the oceans andsoil.

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• Verna — Verna is a business using geospatial data science to address the climate and nature crises.We help landowners, investors, and policymakers to use land in ways that draw down carbon, enhance biodiversity and generate sustainable returns – e.g. through woodland creation, habitat creation and enhancement, and regenerative agriculture.Verna wasestablished in Borehamwood, Hertford.
• Beta Bugs Limited — The insect genetics company developing and distributing breeds of Black Soldier Fly for the insect farming industry.
• PES Technologies — Discover PES, the leading precision environmental and agricultural management platform. Optimise land use and improve sustainability.

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• Banqer — Financial education platform for schools. Engage students, build life skills, and prepare the next generation for their financial futures.
• Tend Health — Tend Health provides various types of Health Care services by providing an easy to use application.
• OpenStar Technologies — OpenStar Technologies is a renewable energy company that develops fusion reactors for baseload power to the grid.

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• enclaive — Experience the strength of confidential cloud computing with Enclaive.io. Elevate your company's security and performance in the most fortified cloud ecosystem. Unlock unparalleled confidentiality with our secure compute environments.
• UniSieve — UniSieve is a cleantech company that provides molecular separation membrane solutions for a wide range of applications. Its platform technology enables a unique combination of various molecular sieves and polymeric membranes, yielding reliable separation solutions. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.
• Photon Bridge — Photon Bridge develops multi-wavelength digital light engines and photonic integration platforms for dense wavelength division multiplexing in data center and telecom optics. The company focuses on external laser sources, tunable laser assemblies, and transmit optical sub-assemblies for co-packaged optics, optical I/O, and high-density optical interconnects. Photon Bridge uses a patented cantilever waveguide and photonics interposer approach to integrate III–V light sources with silicon photonics using OSAT-based manufacturing flows. Its architectures target high channel density, wavelength stability, and simplified packaging for AI data centers, hyperscale cloud, and high-performance computing infrastructure. Photon Bridge also designs scalable photonic integration solutions that support applications in lidar, spectral sensing, and next-generation PIC-based optical systems.