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Best Fitness & Wellness Tech Companies in New Zealand

The 40 best Fitness & Wellness Tech companies in New Zealand in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Sahha.

40companies tracked
$2.3Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
4have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · FITNESS & WELLNESS TECH × NEW ZEALAND

Our analysis of 50 Fitness & Wellness Tech companies

$3.5b in tracked funding; 100% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

50companies analysed
100%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
6unicorns
2016median founding year

Ranked: Best Fitness & Wellness Tech companies in New Zealand

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1Sahha
Provider of API for health, wearable, fitness, and longevity data
$2M13 mo agoSeedAleksander Dahlberg
Co-Founder & CEO
2021——
2ThinkLadder
App for stress management
—101 mo agoSeedMark Gatt
Co-Founder & CEO
2015WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+20—
3ARDA
AI enabled coaching agent development kit
—146 mo agoSeries A—2011——
4InfluxHq
Business management software for fitness service providers
—146 mo agoSeries AScott Mayo
Founder
2012TypeScriptUbuntuGoogle Cloud+11—
5Active Mums
Provider of pre and post-natal exercise advice and programmes
——Unfunded—2006——
6ALTR
Software to create training programs
——DeadpooledAimee Tawhai
Co-Founder & CEO
2015——
7Avice
Wearable fitness technology that tracks muscle performance
——DeadpooledParn Jones
CEO
2017——
8Bloomly
Digital platform offering solutions for mental wellbeing
——UnfundedAlan Cox
Founder
2019——

Top 4 Fitness & Wellness Tech companies in New Zealand

#1
Seed · Dunedin, Otago · founded 2021 · 23 employees
$2.3Mraised
▾

Provider of API for health, wearable, fitness, and longevity data. It offers tools to collect and analyze user health and behavior. The API integrates data from smartphones and wearables. It standardizes data collection, deduplicates information, and provides historical analysis. The platform delivers insights into user lifestyle and wellness. It enables personalized user experiences through data integration.

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2025Seed$1.2M
  • Oct 2023Seed$1.1M
Founders & team
Aleksander DahlbergCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Antler, Supermoon Capital, Gandel Invest, Func Ventures, Cutri Family Office, NZVC
#2
Seed · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2015 · 9 employees
—raised
▾

ThinkLadder has developed an app for stress management. The app offers tools to change the thinking process at the subconscious level by providing insights into awareness, habit change, etc. The app provides insight reminders, audio insights at set time intervals for positive thinking, improving the concentration and stress relief.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2018Seed—
Founders & team
Mark GattCo-Founder & CEOKatie GattCo-Founder
Investors
Flux Accelerator, Icehouse Ventures
Tech stack
Animate.CssApache Http ServerCdnjsCloudflareContact Form 7Core-Js
#3
Series A · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2011 · 7 employees
—raised
▾

ARDA is a software development kit that allows AI coaching features to be implemented onboard fitness hardware or application. It helps wearables to provide timely, relevant, and trustworthy advice for running, cycling, walking, swimming and weight training. Coaching can be provided via audio, visual, or haptic feedback. The platform uses GPS sensors and other contextual information to predict a user’s next move and can provide insightful direction for ongoing activity.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2014Series A—
Investors
Intel
#4
Series A · Wellington, New Zealand · founded 2012
—raised
▾

Influx is a web-based business management software for fitness service providers. The software has features for session bookings, scheduling, accounting, payment processing, reporting, and analytics. The clients can book a session, receive communication, and track workouts using the client side app/portal.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2014Series A—
Founders & team
Scott MayoFounder
Investors
Punakaiki Fund
Tech stack
AngularAstroGoogle AnalyticsGoogle CloudGoogle Cloud CdnGoogle Font Api

Funding & investor landscape

$2.3Mtotal disclosed funding
1companies funded
2disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Punakaiki Fund2 rounds
Antler1 rounds
Cutri Family Office1 rounds
Flux Accelerator1 rounds
Func Ventures1 rounds
Gandel Invest1 rounds
Icehouse Ventures1 rounds
Intel1 rounds
MindEd Ventures1 rounds
NZVC1 rounds

Notable founders

Aleksander Dahlberg
Co-Founder & CEO · Sahha
Mark Gatt
Co-Founder & CEO · ThinkLadder
Katie Gatt
Co-Founder · ThinkLadder
Scott Mayo
Founder · InfluxHq
Prism market signals · New Zealand · country-scoped Prism corpus, 73,126 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Fitness & Wellness Tech coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · New Zealand

How research on Wearable Health Tech is moving in New Zealand

A read on the academic research around Wearable Health Tech — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 87 New Zealand-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
202320252026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 34% → 48% across 2023–2026.
top research entities
  • University of Otago23
  • University of Canterbury22
  • University of Auckland16
  • Ministry of Health16
  • Southern District Health Board14
leading researchers
J. Geoffrey Chase · Matthew Signal · Geoffrey M. Shaw · Barbara C. Galland · Felicity Thomas · Jane E. Harding · Hamish Crocket · Alisa Boucsein
▲ Breakthroughs10 · 11%
▲ 0%→14% share
2 median citations70% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (0%→14% of field), led by Continuous glucose monitoring.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Continuous glucose monitoring2→7
Landmark Using Stochastic modelling to identify unusual continuous glucose monitor measurements and behaviour, in newborn infants · 16 cites
◆ Advancements35 · 40%
▲ 0%→47% share
2 median citations71% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are rising (0%→47% of field), led by Diabetes mellitus.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Diabetes mellitus2→19
  • Continuous glucose monitoring5→19
Newly emergingType 2 diabetes 0→11 · Type 1 diabetes 0→8 · Glycemic 0→6
Landmark Effect of divergent continuous glucose monitoring technologies on glycaemic control in type 1 diabetes mellitus: A syste · 89 cites
▼ Concerns32 · 37%
▲ 0%→28% share
3 median citations47% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are rising (0%→28% of field), led by Diabetes mellitus.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Diabetes mellitus3→7
  • Continuous glucose monitoring9→10
Landmark Continuous glucose monitoring in neonates: a review · 81 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · New Zealand

Where wearable health is researched across New Zealand

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Wellington63 · +0.35
Hot · GlycemicAdvancing · Diabetes managementOpportunity · Insulin deliveryConcern · Blood glucose monitoring
Christchurch49 · +0.26
Hot · Continuous glucose monitoringAdvancing · PediatricsConcern · Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring
Dunedin31 · +0.18
Hot · Randomized controlled trialAdvancing · Type 2 diabetesOpportunity · Crossover studyConcern · Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring
Auckland27 · +0.23
Hot · Continuous glucose monitoringAdvancing · Type 1 diabetesOpportunity · Wearable computerConcern · Hypoglycemia
Hamilton16 · +0.17
Hot · Type 2 diabetesAdvancing · Type 1 diabetesOpportunity · EndocrinologyConcern · Continuous glucose monitoring

Common questions

How many Fitness & Wellness Tech companies are there in New Zealand?
Radar tracks 40 indexable Fitness & Wellness Tech companies headquartered in New Zealand that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Fitness & Wellness Tech companies in New Zealand?
The Fitness & Wellness Tech companies in New Zealand on this list have raised a combined $2.3M in disclosed equity funding across 1 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Fitness & Wellness Tech company in New Zealand?
Sahha is the highest-funded Fitness & Wellness Tech company in New Zealand, with $2.3M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Fitness & Wellness Tech companies in New Zealand are funded?
1 of the 40 Fitness & Wellness Tech companies in New Zealand on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Fitness & Wellness Tech unicorns are there in New Zealand?
None of the Fitness & Wellness Tech companies in New Zealand on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in New Zealand Fitness & Wellness Tech companies?
The most active investors in New Zealand Fitness & Wellness Tech companies on this list include Punakaiki Fund, Antler, Cutri Family Office, Flux Accelerator, Func Ventures.
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