Radar · Environment in Auckland
Best Environment Companies in Auckland, New Zealand
The 37 best Environment companies in Auckland, New Zealand in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Aquafortus.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
37companies tracked
$33.1Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
5have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · ENVIRONMENT × AUCKLAND
Our analysis of 309 Environment companies
$75.8b in tracked funding; 79% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
309companies analysed
79%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
7unicorns
2015median founding year
95kcombined LinkedIn audience
83%of audience held by top 3
6companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best Environment companies in Auckland
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aquafortus Provider of waste water management services | $24M | 42 mo ago | Deadpooled | Stewart Taylor Founder | 2014 | — | — | — |
| 2 | HydrOxSys Developer of membrane technology for wastewater filtration services | $4M | 38 mo ago | Seed | Andrew Reding Co-Founder | 2012 | — | 48 patents Advanced asymmetric composite water filtration membranes for liquid separation | — |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | NIWA Provider of environment consultancy services | $1M | 91 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 1992 | TypeScriptNode.jsBootstrap+15 | — | — |
| 5 | Tonkin + Taylor Provider of environmental and engineering consultaning services | — | 51 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 1959 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+34 | — | 1 award |
| 6 | Liquidstrip Provider of wastewater treatment systems | — | 147 mo ago | Funding Raised | Greg Morgan Co-Founder & CEO | 2011 | — | 10 patents Industrial liquid filtration and dewatering equipment for solids removal | — |
| 7 | 4Sight Consulting Provider of environment consulting and advisory services | — | — | Acquired | Aaron Andrew Co-Founder & MD | 2001 | — | — | — |
| 8 | All Heart NZ Provider of environment consulting services | — | — | Funding Raised | Joe Youssef Founder and Chief Encourager | 2016 | WordPressMySQLPHP+22 | — | — |
Top 6 Environment companies in Auckland
#1
Series A · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2019 · 5 employees$3.6Mraised▾
Series A · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2019 · 5 employees
Developer of utility scale solar energy power projects
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 3.4% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 3 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +3 · hiring: Design Manager, electrical engineers
Activity: 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Mar 2024Series A$3.6M
Founders & team
Investors
Hoku Group, Prime Energy
Tech stack
AngularCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsCore-JsGoogle Font Api
#2
Deadpooled · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2014 · 30 employees$24.5Mraised▾
Deadpooled · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2014 · 30 employees
Provider of waste water management services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 2.6% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches · 1 partnerships (incl. GS E&C) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Feb 2023Series A$17M
- Sep 2021Series A$7.5M
Founders & team
Investors
Novo Holdings, DCVC, Universal Materials Incubator, New Zealand Growth Capital Partners, Envisioning Partners, Intrepid Financial Partners
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpApache Http Server
#3
Seed · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2012 · 12 employees$4Mraised▾
Seed · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2012 · 12 employees
Manufacturer of osmotic membranes intended for filtration applications. The company's membranes are made using proprietary treated polyethylene that is manufactured by applying innovative technology and processing inexpensive material and can be used for micro, ultra, and infiltration, as well as for water extraction applications, enabling industries to get low-cost, efficient, and long-lasting membranes for reverse osmosis and forward osmosis filtration applications.
Funding rounds
- Jun 2023Seed$1.9M
- Apr 2014Seed$2.1M
Founders & team
Investors
Sparkbox Venture Group, New Zealand Growth Capital Partners, Outset Ventures, Blue, Global From Day One, K1W1
Tech stack
Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespaceStimulusPriority HintsHsts
#4
Funding Raised · Auckland, Auckland · founded 1992 · 821 employees$1.1Mraised▾
Funding Raised · Auckland, Auckland · founded 1992 · 821 employees
Provider of environment consultancy services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 31k LinkedIn followers — 32.5% of this cohort's audience · 403 engagements/post (17.0× cohort median)
Funding rounds
- Feb 2019Grant (prize money)$534.9K
- Jan 2019Grant (prize money)$528.4K
Investors
Europa
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesAngularAstroBootstrapCloudflare
#5
Funding Raised · Auckland, Auckland · founded 1959 · 1108 employees—raised▾
Funding Raised · Auckland, Auckland · founded 1959 · 1108 employees
Provider of environmental and engineering consultaning services
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 42k LinkedIn followers — 44.4% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 3 awards announced in 12 mo
Investors
Europa
#6
Funding Raised · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2011—raised▾
Funding Raised · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2011
Developer of a water filtration system designed to effectively purify wastewater. The company's system removes solids from wastewater and transforms the waste into pellets or slugs that can be used as fuel for fires while the separated water can be reused, enabling businesses to ensure clean disposal of wastewater resulting in less environmental impact and improved compliance.
Funding rounds
- 2014Grant (prize money)—
Founders & team
Investors
Pacific Channel, New Zealand Growth Capital Partners
Funding & investor landscape
$33.1Mtotal disclosed funding
4companies funded
7disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Ackrom1 rounds
D2Process1 rounds
Notable founders
Sean Tobin
Co-Founder · Lightyears Solar
Matt Shanks
Co-Founder · Lightyears Solar
Stewart Taylor
Founder · Aquafortus
Andrew West
Founder · Aquafortus
Andrew Reding
Co-Founder · HydrOxSys
Greg Morgan
Co-Founder & CEO · Liquidstrip
Prism market signals · New Zealand · country-scoped Prism corpus, 1,144,818 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Environment coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH FROM Auckland · institutions
What Auckland researches in environmental monitoring
21 papersstance +0.1220% breakthrough60% concern
local research themes
Environmental DNA in Biodiversity StudiesAir Quality Monitoring and ForecastingAdvanced Chemical Sensor TechnologiesWater Quality Monitoring TechnologiesEnergy Efficient Wireless Sensor NetworksCoastal and Marine Management
top institutions
- University of Auckland14
- Auckland University of Technology7
- Auckland Council1
Common questions
How many Environment companies are there in Auckland, New Zealand?
Radar tracks 37 indexable Environment companies headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Environment companies in Auckland, New Zealand?
The Environment companies in Auckland, New Zealand on this list have raised a combined $33.1M in disclosed equity funding across 4 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Environment company in Auckland, New Zealand?
Aquafortus is the highest-funded Environment company in Auckland, New Zealand, with $24.5M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Environment companies in Auckland, New Zealand are funded?
4 of the 37 Environment companies in Auckland, New Zealand on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Environment unicorns are there in Auckland, New Zealand?
None of the Environment companies in Auckland, New Zealand on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Auckland, New Zealand Environment companies?
The most active investors in Auckland, New Zealand Environment companies on this list include K1W1, New Zealand Growth Capital Partners, Europa, Ackrom, Astrolab.
Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.