Best Waste & Water Management Companies in New Zealand
The 44 best Waste & Water Management companies in New Zealand in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Aquafortus.
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Our analysis of 100 Waste & Water Management companies
$3.6b in tracked funding; 67% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Waste & Water Management companies in New Zealand
| # | 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 | Zincovery Provider of waste management services | $2M | 45 mo ago | Seed | Aaron Marshall Co-Founder | 2019 | GoDaddy Website BuilderVimeoReact+9 | — | — |
| 4 | Liquidstrip Provider of wastewater treatment systems | — | 146 mo ago | Funding Raised | Greg Morgan Co-Founder & CEO | 2011 | — | 10 patents Industrial liquid filtration and dewatering equipment for solids removal | — |
| 5 | Alimentary Systems Provider of integrated waste treatment plant solutions | — | — | Funding Raised | Matthew Jackson Co-Founder | 2021 | — | — | 1 award |
| 6 | apex valves ltd. Apex Valves is a New Zealand company specialising in the design and manufacture of water control valves. | — | — | Acquired | — | — | — | 32 patents Design and manufacturing of advanced valve lift mechanisms and water diversion plumbing components | 1 job opening |
| 7 | Apex Water Water treatment specialists providing consulting and engineering services for wastewater treatment services | — | — | Unfunded | Steve Kroening Co-Founder | 2009 | WebflowSwiperjQuery+11 | — | — |
| 8 | AQUALAB (NZ) LIMITED | — | — | Unfunded | — | 2012 | — | — | — |
Top 4 Waste & Water Management companies in New Zealand
#1
Deadpooled · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2014 · 30 employees$24.5Mraised▾
Provider of waste water management services
- Feb 2023Series A$17M
- Sep 2021Series A$7.5M
#2
Seed · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2012 · 12 employees$4Mraised▾
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.
- Jun 2023Seed$1.9M
- Apr 2014Seed$2.1M
#3
Seed · Christchurch, Canterbury · founded 2019 · 12 employees$1.8Mraised▾
Operator of a zinc recycling company intended to turn metal waste into reusable and valuable materials. The company recycles waste acid from zinc and extracts the valuable materials it contains, enabling clients to tackle the problem of zinc and acid released into landfills and wastewater every year through the steel galvanizing process.
- Nov 2022Seed$1.8M
#4
Funding Raised · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2011—raised▾
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.
- 2014Grant (prize money)—
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Waste & Water Management coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Water Treatment is moving in New Zealand
A read on the academic research around Water Treatment — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 91 New Zealand-affiliated papers.
- Ministry of Education40
- Ministry of Health20
- University of Auckland8
- AgResearch6
- University of Canterbury5
- Membrane5
- Adsorption5
- Desalination3
- Seawater3
- Degradation (telecommunications)3
- Water quality1→6
- Adsorption1→5
- Water quality2→5
Where water treatment 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
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.