Best Energy Companies in Auckland, New Zealand
The 35 best Energy companies in Auckland, New Zealand in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Vector.
Our analysis of 441 Energy companies
$135.1b in tracked funding; 76% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Energy companies in Auckland
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vector Provider of electricity, gas, and fibre network services | $230M | 112 mo ago | Public | Bruce Gordon CEO | 1999 | Cart FunctionalityKentico CMSApple iCloud Mail+18 | 2 patents Electrical grounding and equipotential bonding systems for power infrastructure | 1 partnership |
| 2 | Genesis Energy Integrated power and gas company | $87M | 111 mo ago | Public | Marc England CEO | 1999 | Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365Node.js+22 | — | — |
| 3 | Lodestone Energy Leading the development of solar energy sector with large-scale solar farm projects | $34M | 16 mo ago | Series C | Gary Holden Managing Director | 2020 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+26 | — | — |
| 4 | Ecodiesel Limited Producer of biodiesel from animal fats | $4M | 203 mo ago | Series A | Gary Brockett CEO | 2009 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Lightyears Solar Developer of utility scale solar energy power projects | $4M | 29 mo ago | Series A | Sean Tobin Co-Founder | 2019 | Squarespace CommerceCart FunctionalitySquarespace+18 | — | 1 job opening |
| 6 | EnergyBank Manufacturer of batteries | $3M | 59 mo ago | Seed | Rhys Foster Co-Founder | 2020 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Business Lighting Solutions Manufacturer of LED-based lighting products | — | — | Deadpooled | Kevin Moss CEO | 2008 | — | — | — |
| 8 | Clean Energy NZ Developer of utility scale wind solar and battery energy infrastructure | — | — | Acquired | — | 2022 | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+13 | — | — |
Top 6 Energy companies in Auckland
#1
Series C · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2020 · 16 employees$33.6Mraised▾
Lodestone Energy is a company focused on transforming New Zealand's electricity sector through the development of solar farms. They aim to increase New Zealand's solar production significantly and contribute to the decarbonization of the energy sector.
- Apr 2025Series C$30M
- Feb 2024Series C$33.6M
#2
Series A · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2019 · 5 employees$3.6Mraised▾
Developer of utility scale solar energy power projects
- Mar 2024Series A$3.6M
#3
Public · Auckland, Auckland · founded 1999 · 970 employees$230.2Mraised▾
Provider of electricity, gas, and fibre network services. It offers electricity and gas services, including network maintenance and smart energy solutions. The company also provides fibre network services and related technological solutions. Additional services encompass outage reporting, planned power outage information, and safety resources for network-related emergencies. It supports distributed generation and battery connection for electricity customers. The company also addresses customer complaints and disputes related to pricing and utility services.
- May 2017Conventional Debt$218.2M
- Jan 2010Conventional Debt$12M
#4
Public · Auckland, Auckland · founded 1999$87.5Mraised▾
Genesis Energy is engaged in the natural gas & electricity production and distribution activities. Operating a thermal, hydro & wind power project which generate 1629-megawatt power. Claims to be operating the largest power station in New Zealand. Supplies bottled natural gas to residential & commercial customers. Provides a mobile application through which customers can select an electricity plan and can monitor the services. Holds 46% interest in Kupe oil and gas field located in Taranaki basin. Also supplies & installs solar power systems.
- Jun 2017Conventional Debt$18.1M
- Mar 2016Conventional Debt$69.4M
#5
Seed · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2020 · 9 employees$2.7Mraised▾
Developer of energy storage technology designed for the offshore wind market. The company's technology works by moving multiple thousand-tonne masses back and forth between the ocean floor and its surface over vertical distances, enabling customers to store energy with radically improved economics.
- Oct 2021Seed$2.7M
#6
Series A · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2009$4Mraised▾
Ecodiesel, co-founded by Pacific Channel is developing a biodiesel production plant in New Zealand. Uses tallow as a feedstock to produce biodiesel. Also utilizes other raw materials like animal fats, vegetable fats and waste fats. Claims that the plant will produce 20-million liters of biodiesel per year.
- Sep 2009Series A$3.3M
- Mar 2009Seed$786.8K
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Energy coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Energy Storage in Auckland is moving
A read on the academic research around Energy Storage in Auckland — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 61 papers.
- University of Auckland44
- Auckland University of Technology20
- Supercapacitor4
- Battery (electricity)4
- Energy (signal processing)3
- Electrical engineering3
- Capacitance3
- Renewable energy1→12
- Battery (electricity)1→9
- Renewable energy2
- Anode1
- Battery (electricity)1
- Magnesium1
- Passivation1
Common questions
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