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The latest updates on our services as New Zealand moves between COVID-19 alert levels.

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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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R&D Tax Incentive

Supporting research and development to drive New Zealand forward.

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Digital Lean

Build upon your Lean foundations and boost your competitive advantage further through the use of Industry 4.0 technologies.

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We are New Zealand’s innovation agency.

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

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Access to experts

Connecting you with the right advisor, partner, mentor or technology provider.

Technology and product development

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

Innovation skills

Giving you the knowledge, skills, and motivation to innovate and succeed.

R&D funding

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

Scale-Up NZ

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

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.