Radar · SaaS in New Zealand
Best SaaS Companies in New Zealand
The 33 best SaaS companies in New Zealand in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
33companies tracked
$0disclosed funding
0unicorns
—have raised
Sources & further reading
- Oracle eyes regulated cos to keep the SaaS ball rolling in India
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · SAAS × NEW ZEALAND
Our analysis of 450 SaaS companies
$16.8b in tracked funding; 89% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2021.
450companies analysed
89%cloud-native stacks
2021funding peak (by rounds)
16unicorns
2016median founding year
Ranked: Best SaaS companies in New Zealand
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Stage | Employees | Founded | Tech stack | Web popularity | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sandfield Sandfield delivers custom software solutions to give clients an edge. | — | Unfunded | 161 | 1988 | BootstrapAmazon Web ServicesGSAP+23 | Top 10M | — |
| 2 | black pearl Black Pearl, a developer of e-markets intelligence software. | — | Public | 4 | 1999 | Webflow EcommerceWebflowApple iCloud Mail+24 | Top 10M | — |
| 3 | Dimension Software Developer of PI System intended to help gain better insights and overview of the client's industrial… | — | Private | 17 | 2008 | WordPressMySQLPHP+26 | Top 50M | — |
| 4 | eight wire Eight Wire built Conductor so medium to large businesses can build data feeds between SaaS, databases, and… | — | Private | 9 | 2013 | — | — | — |
| 5 | EyeFly Developer of a cloud-based software designed to commercialize a memento video for customers. | — | Private | 7 | 2013 | — | — | — |
| 6 | flexitime FlexiTime offers products that include online payroll, time tracking, contractor management, and rostering… | — | Private | 24 | 2009 | Azure Front Doorstyled-componentsReact+10 | Top 50M | — |
| 7 | Force of Nature (Education and Training Services) Provider of social selling services intended to connect people and businesses through social media. | — | Private | 7 | 2013 | — | — | — |
| 8 | Inspire Group At Inspire Group we craft world-class learning experiences to help solve business challenges and shift… | — | Private | 69 | 2001 | — | — | — |
Funding & investor landscape
$0total disclosed funding
0companies funded
0disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Prism market signals · New Zealand · country-scoped Prism corpus, 1,116,942 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of SaaS coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH SIGNALS · New Zealand
How research on Cloud Computing is moving in New Zealand
A read on the academic research around Cloud Computing — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 109 New Zealand-affiliated papers.
top research entities
- Ministry of Education29
- University of Auckland27
- Auckland University of Technology16
- Victoria University of Wellington9
- University of Canterbury9
leading researchers
Xun Xu · Yongkui Liu · Rashid Mustafa · Nurul I. Sarkar · Xuyun Zhang · Omer Rana · Hashmi, Sumair Ijaz · Kashif, Shafay
▲
Breakthroughs54 · 50%
▲ 0%→55% share
0 median citations93% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (0%→55% of field), led by Scalability.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Scalability8
- Edge computing5
- Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution5
- Satellite5
- Point cloud4
Newly emergingScalability 0→7 · Satellite 0→5
Landmark An Energy Efficient Ant Colony System for Virtual Machine Placement in Cloud Computing · 405 cites
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Advancements28 · 26%
▲ 0%→25% share
0 median citations82% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are rising (0%→25% of field), led by Industry 4.0.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Industry 4.04
- Cloud manufacturing3
- Authentication (law)3
- Sustainability3
- Operating system3
Landmark Industry 4.0 and Cloud Manufacturing: A Comparative Analysis · 307 cites
▼
Concerns16 · 15%
▲ 0%→11% share
0 median citations69% since 2021mostly reviews
Concerns are rising (0%→11% of field), led by Agriculture.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Agriculture3
- Service (business)3
- Precision agriculture2
- Industry 4.02
- Big data2
Landmark Future of industry 5.0 in society: human-centric solutions, challenges and prospective research areas · 755 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · New Zealand
Where cloud computing 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.
Wellington159 · +0.66
Auckland42 · +0.42
Lincoln27 · +0.64
Christchurch10 · +0.42
Common questions
How many SaaS companies are there in New Zealand?
Radar tracks 33 indexable SaaS companies headquartered in New Zealand that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by SaaS companies in New Zealand?
The SaaS companies in New Zealand on this list have raised a combined $0 in disclosed equity funding across 0 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded SaaS company in New Zealand?
Funding figures are not yet disclosed for SaaS companies in New Zealand.
How many SaaS companies in New Zealand are funded?
0 of the 33 SaaS companies in New Zealand on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many SaaS unicorns are there in New Zealand?
None of the SaaS companies in New Zealand on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in New Zealand SaaS companies?
The most active investors in New Zealand SaaS companies on this list include a range of venture and angel investors.
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.