We provide a range of innovation and R&D services

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R&D Tax Incentive

R&D Tax Incentive

Supporting New Zealand businesses to undertake more R&D

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C-Prize 2019

Empowering New Zealand's next generation of environmental innovators

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Scale-Up NZ

Scale-Up NZ

The gateway to New Zealand’s innovation ecosystem.

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Industry 4.0 Floating Glass unloading. Photo ICAPlants CC

Industry 4.0

The fourth industrial revolution has begun. Are you ready?

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Research and development

Research and Development

Our R&D teams can help your business succeed through technology

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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

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.
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.
Forestry meets Industry 4.0

Forestry meets Industry 4.0

Cutting-edge production techniques and innovative design are opening new opportunities for New Zealand’s forestry sector and for Wood Engineering Technology.
Taking tradies to the top

Taking tradies to the top

NZ Trade Group has developed a state-of-the-art tool to help tradespeople across Australasia make a success of their business.
Practice makes perfect

Practice makes perfect

Deep experience in the music industry is helping software firm Melodics hit all the right notes.
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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.
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Global SaaS success from NZ base

SaaS companies Pushpay and Vesta are proving there really is no place like home
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

C-Prize 2019 - Find out more

C-Prize 2019

This year C-Prize is looking for teams with world-leading innovative solutions to environmental problems.
Micromaker3D printed Benchy on a dime

Innovation award for micro 3D printing technology

MicroMaker3D's printing technology, which creates objects smaller than a strand of human hair, has won the 2019 ENVI Engineering Innovation Award.

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