Best Sustainability Tech Companies in New Zealand
The 94 best Sustainability Tech companies in New Zealand in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: CH4 Global.
New Zealand's Sustainability Tech sector has 94 companies on our radar, and this page ranks them by disclosed equity funding and recent funding momentum. Total disclosed capital sits at $220M across the cohort, which sounds modest until you clock what's moving at the top: CH4 Global alone has pulled $45M, CoGo has $34M, and Gentrack follows at $17M, already accounting for a big slice of the stack.
So why does this matter right now? The global sustainability tech market was valued at roughly $16.2B in 2022 and is forecast to reach $122.7B by 2032, a 23.8% CAGR according to MarketsandMarkets, driven hard by renewable transition, smart grid adoption, and green infrastructure build-out. As 2020 research shows, early-mover positioning in low-carbon technology compounds fast. Coverage here is flat, meaning you're looking at a field where funding concentration is real but the broader opportunity isn't saturated yet. One structural headwind worth watching: the lack of consistent green technology regulation creates uncertainty for founders raising later rounds. Active investors including Icehouse Ventures, K1W1, and New Zealand Growth Capital Partners are clearly still placing bets, and I'd expect renewable electricity and green infrastructure themes to pull the most capital through the rest of this cycle.
- ResearchAndMarkets.com
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 New Zealand
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CH4 Global Provider of technology platform to minimize GHG footprints | $45M | 17 mo ago | 42 | Steve Meller Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+22 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 2 | Mint Innovation Recovering critical metals from e-waste for a circular economy | $42M | 39 mo ago | 42 | Ollie Crush Co-Founder & CSO | — | Top 10M | 37 patents Hydrometallurgical processes for extracting metals from electronic waste and other feedstocks | — |
| 3 | CoGo Online platform offering carbon footprint solutions | $34M | 36 mo ago | 70 | Ben Gleisner Founder & CEO | WebflowAmazon Web Servicescore-js+18 | Top 10M | — | 1 launch |
| 4 | Gentrack Smart billing and customer management solutions for energy, water and airport utilities | $17M | 29 mo ago | 584 | Gary Miles Chief Executive Officer | WordPressMySQLPHP+38 | Top 5M | — | 1 job opening · 1 launch · 1 award |
| 5 | Flick Electric Online electricity retailer | $15M | 119 mo ago | 88 | — | ContentfulSalesforceReact+18 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 6 | TURN Technology solution for plastic recycling | $12M | 35 mo ago | 34 | Ryan Everton Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Pictor Developer of immunodiagnostic products based on multiplexed assays | $11M | 8 mo ago | 51 | Wanda Mathias Co-Founder | WebflowreCAPTCHAHSTS+10 | Top 50M | 27 patents Multiplex serological immunoassays for detecting antibodies against viruses and bacterial pathogens | 1 award |
| 8 | Vertus Energy Provider of technology for biogas generation using waste as well as carbon capture | $10M | 23 mo ago | 6 | Danilo Perez Co-Founder | Squarespace CommerceSquarespaceTypeScript+12 | Top 50M | 2 patents Modulating microbial activity for soil and bioprocess treatment applications | 1 job opening · 1 partnership |
| 9 | Capture6 Developer of direct air capture technology removing CO₂ and producing freshwater. | $7M | 15 mo ago | 28 | — | WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+25 | Top 10M | — | 2 partnerships · 1 expansion · 1 award |
| 10 | Cetogenix Technology solution to convert waste into energy | $4M | 47 mo ago | 3 | Lachlan Nixon Co-Founder | WebflowMicrosoft 365jQuery+6 | Top 50M | — | 1 award |
| 11 | solarcity Developer of monitoring software for solar systems | $4M | 143 mo ago | 361 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Tapi Online maintenance management software | $4M | 49 mo ago | 24 | Taylor Coleman Co-Founder | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+25 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 13 | Avertana Minerals and chemical extraction company from industrial waste | $3M | 112 mo ago | 28 | James Obern Vp Commercial & Co-Founder | — | — | 50 patents Cement additive formulations and titanium extraction process technologies | — |
| 14 | EMROD Developer of long range wireless power transmission equipment | $3M | 44 mo ago | 32 | Greg Kushnir Founder & CEO | ReactGatsbyNetlify+7 | Top 10M | 20 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
| 15 | ESP Provider of AI-driven energy utility management solutions | $3M | 66 mo ago | 32 | Lincoln Watson CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Tether Provider of CO2 monitoring solutions for managing virus transmission risk and building performance | $2M | 23 mo ago | 3 | Jordan Clist Co-Founder & CTO | Wix eCommerceWixSentry+24 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 17 | Nilo Global Developer of technology transforming plastic waste into valuable resources | $2M | 36 mo ago | 16 | Glen Willoughby CEO | DreamWeaverPHPBootstrap+10 | Top 50M | 49 patents Advanced binder formulations for composite materials and slurry processing technologies. | — |
| 18 | Frankie SaaS-driven maintenance management software for property managers | $900K | 53 mo ago | 10 | — | — | — | — | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 19 | Captivate Technology Online platform offering carbon capture solutions | $750K | 40 mo ago | 5 | Shane Telfer Founder & CEO | — | — | — | 1 job opening · 1 launch · 1 award |
| 20 | thinkstep-anz Online platform offering carbon footprint solutions | $259K | 113 mo ago | 30 | — | PHPVue.jsNginx+11 | Top 10M | — | — |
Top 12 Sustainability Tech companies in New Zealand
#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
Series B · Wellington, Wellington · founded 2019 · 42 employees$45Mraised▾
Provider of technology platform to minimize GHG footprints. It provides methane tamer beef feedlot natural supplement with asparagopsis seaweed to reduce methane emissions.
- Jan 2025Series B—
- Aug 2023Series B$29M
- Oct 2021Series A$13M
- Sep 2020Seed$3M
#3
Series A · Rotorua, Bay Of Plenty · founded 2021 · 28 employees$6.8Mraised▾
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- Mar 2025Series A$27.5M
- Jan 2023Series A$6.8M
#4
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
#5
Series A · Wellington, Wellington · founded 2010 · 70 employees$34.3Mraised▾
Online platform offering carbon footprint solutions. The platform helps users to track their carbon footprints. It includes a personal and business carbon manager. The app is available on the Android platform.
- Jun 2023Series A$603.4K
- Oct 2021Series A$20M
- Aug 2020Series A$5.3M
- Apr 2019Angel$392.9K
#6
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
#7
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
#8
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—
#9
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.
#10
Seed · Rotorua, Bay Of Plenty · founded 2022 · 3 employees$4.5Mraised▾
Technology solution to convert waste into energy. It uses hydrothermal oxidation to break down the waste stream into feedstock for biological conversion to clean energy and bio products.
- Jul 2022Seed$4.5M
#11
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
#12
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
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How research on Climate Adaptation is moving in New Zealand
A read on the academic research around Climate Adaptation — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 97 New Zealand-affiliated papers.
- AgResearch20
- Victoria University of Wellington16
- University of Auckland15
- Massey University12
- Lincoln University10
- Flood myth5
- Flooding (psychology)3
- Baseline (sea)2
- Climate change2
- Flood risk assessment2
- Flooding (psychology)1→6
- Flood myth4→8
- Flood mitigation1→5
- Climate change2→26
- Climate risk1→5
- Flood myth2→6
- Vulnerability (computing)2→4
Where climate adaptation 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.
Common questions
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