Best Sustainability Tech Companies in Auckland, New Zealand
The 42 best Sustainability Tech companies in Auckland, New Zealand in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Mint Innovation.
Our analysis of 293 Sustainability Tech companies
$38.4b in tracked funding; 83% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Sustainability Tech companies in Auckland
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mint Innovation Recovering critical metals from e-waste for a circular economy | $42M | 42 mo ago | Series C | Ollie Crush Co-Founder & CSO | 2016 | — | 37 patents Hydrometallurgical recovery of metals from electronic waste and other feedstocks | — |
| 2 | Gentrack Smart billing and customer management solutions for energy, water and airport utilities | $17M | 32 mo ago | Public | Gary Miles Chief Executive Officer | 1989 | WordPressMySQLPHP+38 | — | 1 job opening · 1 launch · 1 award |
| 3 | TURN Technology solution for plastic recycling | $12M | 37 mo ago | Series A | Ryan Everton Founder & CEO | 2012 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Pictor Developer of immunodiagnostic products based on multiplexed assays | $11M | 11 mo ago | Series A | Wanda Mathias Co-Founder | 2005 | WebflowreCAPTCHAHSTS+10 | 27 patents Multiplexed serological immunoassays for detecting SARS‑CoV‑2 antibodies and Mycoplasma bovis | 1 award |
| 5 | Vertus Energy Provider of technology for biogas generation using waste as well as carbon capture | $10M | 26 mo ago | Seed | Danilo Perez Co-Founder | 2019 | Squarespace CommerceSquarespaceTypeScript+12 | 2 patents Microbial activity control in biofuel production and waste treatment | 1 partnership |
| 6 | solarcity Developer of monitoring software for solar systems | $4M | 145 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2012 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Avertana Minerals and chemical extraction company from industrial waste | $3M | 114 mo ago | Series A | James Obern Vp Commercial & Co-Founder | 2012 | — | 50 patents Improving concrete performance with cement additives and extracting titanium compounds from ores. | — |
| 8 | EMROD Developer of long range wireless power transmission equipment | $3M | 46 mo ago | Seed | Greg Kushnir Founder & CEO | 2019 | ReactGatsbyNetlify+7 | 20 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
| 9 | ESP Provider of AI-driven energy utility management solutions | $3M | 68 mo ago | Seed | Lincoln Watson CEO | 2001 | — | — | — |
| 10 | Tether Provider of CO2 monitoring solutions for managing virus transmission risk and building performance | $2M | 25 mo ago | Seed | Jordan Clist Co-Founder & CTO | 2017 | Wix eCommerceWixSentry+24 | — | — |
| 11 | Nilo Global Developer of technology transforming plastic waste into valuable resources | $2M | 38 mo ago | Series B | Glen Willoughby CEO | 2017 | DreamWeaverPHPBootstrap+10 | 49 patents Advanced binder formulations for ceramic/metal additive manufacturing and composite plastics | — |
| 12 | Frankie SaaS-driven maintenance management software for property managers | $900K | 55 mo ago | Seed | — | 2019 | — | — | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 13 | thinkstep-anz Online platform offering carbon footprint solutions | $259K | 116 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2006 | PHPVue.jsNginx+11 | — | — |
Top 12 Sustainability Tech companies in Auckland
#1
Series A · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2005 · 51 employees$11.1Mraised▾
Developer of immunodiagnostic products based on multiplexed assays. The proprietary PixArray technology has an array of dots that contain the required reagents, with each panel also containing control dots. The assay panel requires only 20 microliters of blood for accurate diagnosis. In addition, the company has also developed an imaging software called Pictimager and analysis software called Pictorial to enable automated immunoassays.
- Sep 2025Series A—
- Dec 2022Series A$5M
- Apr 2022Series A$6.1M
- May 2020Grant (prize money)$300K
#2
Seed · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2019 · 6 employees$10.2Mraised▾
Provider of technology for biogas generation using waste as well as carbon capture. It provides solutions to control bacteria to create power from waste.
- Jun 2024Seed$9.4M
- Oct 2021Seed$862.4K
#3
Public · Auckland, Auckland · founded 1989 · 584 employees$17.3Mraised▾
Gentrack offers utility billing and CRM solutions provider for energy utilities, water companies and airports. Its products include Retail billing and CRM, Distribution billing, demand response billing, meter data management software which are used across Australasia and the UK, and Tier 1 airports around the world. All their products can be offered as a SaaS business model as per the customer requirement.
- Dec 2023Post IPO$17.3M
#4
Series C · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2016 · 42 employees$42.1Mraised▾
Recovering critical metals from e-waste for a circular economy. This company pioneers innovative waste-to-value solutions, extracting valuable metals from complex waste streams like printed circuit boards and lithium-ion batteries. Their city-scale facilities process electronic waste locally, ensuring faster processing, secure data destruction, and quicker returns for recyclers. They produce circular metals essential for future industries, utilizing hydrometallurgy processes with lower carbon emissions than traditional smelting. Their technology enables a closed-loop supply chain, returning recovered metals to domestic manufacturing. The company offers safe and secure disposal of IP and data-sensitive assets, compliant with institutional data destruction standards. They are focused on diverting e-waste from landfills, reducing the need for mining, and creating a circular supply of critical metals. This is a technology company with a strong social impact.
- Feb 2023Series C$36.9M
- 2020Series B—
- Dec 2018Series A$5.2M
- May 2017Seed—
#5
Series A · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2012 · 34 employees$11.5Mraised▾
Manufacturer of vending bins intended to eliminate single-use plastic. The company manufactures vending bins that leverage capture and reuse technology to accept cups specifically designed for disposal in those bins and reward people when they return the cup, enabling customers to reduce the impact of single-use plastic on the environment.
#6
Seed · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2017 · 3 employees$1.9Mraised▾
Provider of CO2 monitoring solutions for managing virus transmission risk and building performance. It offers IoT interfaced CO2 monitoring solutions for managing virus transmission risk within alert level or protection framework. It also provide building performance solutions by modeling, measuring, and interpreting how a building is constructed and performs. It offers a referral program for new business and has various products for energy consumption monitoring.
- Jul 2024Seed$1.9M
#7
Seed · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2019 · 32 employees$2.9Mraised▾
Emrod provides solutions for wireless power transmission. It is using tele-energy technology to enable long-range wireless energy transmission. It transmitted energy through electromagnetic waves over long distances.
- Oct 2022Seed$1.9M
- Oct 2021Seed$1.1M
#8
Series B · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2017 · 16 employees$1.5Mraised▾
Developer of technology transforming plastic waste into valuable resources. It provides businesses with technologies enabling the transition from a linear to a circular economy for plastic waste. This is achieved by converting waste into economically useful materials at scale. The technology helps fulfill the promise of previously discarded plastic, offering a solution to a significant environmental challenge.
- Jun 2023Series B—
- Jun 2021Series A$1.5M
#9
Seed · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2001 · 32 employees$2.7Mraised▾
Provider of AI-driven energy utility management solutions. It offers a solution that allows users to monitor energy use, manage utility consumption, and more. Additionally, it offers consulting services, auditing, accounting, reporting, and more.
- Dec 2020Seed$2.7M
#10
Deadpooled · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2012 · 361 employees$4.4Mraised▾
SolarCity is a New Zealand based, solar power company which offers an app called Solarzero for remote monitoring of solar systems. Solarzero monitors the solar power generated by the installed system, energy usage and remotely control the pre-wired hot water cylinder. SolarCity is also engaged in the design, installation, financing, and service of solar panels and power systems.
- Jul 2014Series A$4.4M
#11
Series A · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2012 · 28 employees$3.4Mraised▾
Minerals and chemical extraction company from industrial waste. It extracts titanium dioxide, gypsum, alum, and magnesium sulfate from the waste and sells it to companies involved in pigment manufacturing, animal feed supplements, fertilizers, papermaking, construction materials, and more.
- Feb 2017Series A$3.4M
- 2016Seed—
- Nov 2015Grant (prize money)—
#12
Seed · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2019 · 10 employees$900Kraised▾
SaaS-driven maintenance management software for property managers. Features include portfolio-wise property performance dashboard, task tracking, spend tracking, schedule maintenance, data duplication management, property visualizing, floor area management, task prioritizing, issue reporting, asset tracking, and more.
- Jan 2022Seed$900K
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