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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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Customer stories

Fast track to electric ferries

EV Maritime has developed the design of a 100% electric battery-powered fast ferry that could provide quiet and carbon-free commuting for harbour cities.

Greener pastures

Canterbury-based Leaft Foods extracts protein out of green leaf material to produce nutritious food products with a lower environmental impact than many traditional protein sources.

The big apple

Hectre’s software allows growers and packhouses to digitise many previously paper-bound activities, such as harvest management, timesheets and payroll, and spray management.

Riding the wave

ZeroJet develops and manufactures electric jet propulsion systems for small boats and tenders – the smaller boats used to go to and from a larger vessel.

Taking it to heart

Healthtech startup HeartLab is using artificial intelligence (AI) to help in the fight against the world’s number-one preventable cause of death: heart disease.
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Eggs with mussel power

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

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KiwiNet and Ara Ake join NZ CleanTech Mission

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