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The HealthTech Activator

The HealthTech Activator is a sector-wide initiative connecting resources and expertise, allowing NZ healthtech companies to access essential support to turn their innovations into successful businesses.

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COVID-19 Callaghan Innovation

COVID-19 support and service updates

We are launching new support measures, and adapting existing services, as businesses move through COVID-19 alert levels.

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R&D Loans scheme

R&D Loan Scheme

Is your business finding it challenging to fund your R&D activities due to COVID-19?

R&D support

We are New Zealand’s innovation agency.

We activate innovation and help businesses grow faster for a better New Zealand.

2900+
businesses engaged with us in 2018/19
200+
of New Zealand’s leading scientists and engineers on site
60%
of the total NZ business R&D expenditure in 2017 was by our customers

Our services

Access to experts

Access to experts

Connecting you with the right advisor, partner, mentor or technology provider.
Technology and product development

Technology and product development

Take an idea from concept to commercial reality with our tailored R&D solutions.
Innovation skills

Innovation skills

Giving you the knowledge, skills, and motivation to innovate and succeed.
R&D grants

R&D funding

A range of R&D funding to add scale, depth and return to your R&D investment.

Scale-Up NZ

Scale-Up NZ

Join our free online platform that connects innovative New Zealand businesses to the world.

Customer stories

Citizen

Breaking bread

Environmental innovators Citizen rescue unsold bread to make beer, then use the ‘mash’ from that beer-brewing process to make bread.
HoneyLab

Force of nature

A focus on R&D has had a major payback for Bay of Plenty natural pharmaceuticals company, HoneyLab.
Oasis Engineering

An oasis of innovation

Tauranga's Oasis Engineering is shipping better products faster by employing Lean methodologies in its product development and manufacturing processes.
The breast defence

The breast defence

Medtech company Volpara Health Technologies breast imaging tools are being used around the world to assist the early detection of breast cancers.
Tait Communications radio

The 3D perfect fit

Callaghan Innovation’s AddLab facility helps Tait Communications put portable radio prototype designs to the test.
Avertana team

The Kiwi start-up turning waste into wealth

Reducing industrial waste and leaving the world in better shape for future generations are big motivators for Avertana.
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Fabrum cryocooler

Very cool runnings

Christchurch firm Fabrum Solutions has turned a Kiwi-invented cryocooler technology into a burgeoning export industry.
Frenz chickens

Eggs with mussel power

Free-range egg producer Frenz is solving an environmental problem while boosting the nutritional content of its eggs.
Taska hand

Hands across the water

The inventor of a world-leading prosthetic hand is ramping up production at its Christchurch base.

Latest news and events

Zincovery win C-Prize 2019/20

C-Prize 2019

Our C-Prize 2019/20 winner has been announced – congratulations Zincovery!
Biotechnologies

R&D Loan Scheme

Funding to help New Zealand businesses continue research and development in the face of COVID-19 impacts.
R&D Experience Grants

R&D Experience Grants

Our Student Experience Grants are back for 2020/21. Apply by 30 September to bring smart, enthusiastic and fresh thinking into your R&D activities.

Emergency Q

Emergency Q win

Healthtech innovator Emergency Q named Hi-Tech Māori Company of the Year.

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