Our start-ups

With Zenno Astronautics' fuel-free satellite control and propulsion system, sustainable space travel may be on the horizon.

Kitea Health has created a ground-breaking implantable pressure-sensing device for patients with chronic heart conditions.

Toku Eyes leverages AI technology to scan eyes and predict the likelihood of blindness, stroke or heart disease.

Kiki is aimed at connecting everyday people who don’t want to lose money on rent while away with those who need a short-term rental of six months or less.

Alimetry provides digital healthcare and diagnostic devices to support patients with gastrointestinal diseases.

A company focused on orchard management and fruit sizing software to help the horticultural industry with issues such as quality control and harvest management.

Auror is transforming retail security with its world-leading crime prevention and detection intelligence platform, serving over 90% of the NZ retail market.

A global leader in high-precision motion capture technology for the gaming and animation sectors, founded in 2012.

ISpyNits' innovative NitKit features a UV-activated Glo-Powder that makes lice eggs easy to spot and remove.

An energy storage technology company that aims to provide a solution for storing the excess supply of renewable energy generated from the offshore wind market.

Founded by engineering student Arash Tayebi, Kara Technologies is on a mission to help companies worldwide make their services accessible to the Deaf community.

A circular economy venture that ferments and upcycles natural food byproducts from food processing industries to produce highly nutritious ingredients.

RosterLab is an AI rostering software solution founded by Engineering PhD candidate Isaac Cleland based on his research on roster model optimisation.

A social enterprise dedicated to working with poi to improve health and well-being for all ages and abilities through evidence-based products and services.

ElementX specialises in helping organisations leverage cutting-edge AI to increase productivity, save costs, and create new competitive advantages.

A CleanTech venture that aims to revolutionise the green fuel production by converting methane into renewable energy faster and more efficiently.

A venture co-founded by Professor Thor Besier and alumnus Dr Ju Zhang, Formus Labs is a pre-operative planning software designed to assist orthopaedic surgeons.

Moodi is a mental wellness brand for women that aims to elevate self-care routines with science-backed functional supplement blends.

Cotiss aims to make the tender process easier with intuitive software, saving time and money for procurement teams in high-regulation and compliance industries.

Avasa has developed a revolutionary coupler set to become the new standard of care in microsurgery, eliminating the need for hand sewing.

Vortex's founder aims to turn waste heat in industrial wastewater into clean electricity by harnessing it to form an atmospheric vortex and harvest its energy.

Valka Yoga develops and sells sustainable yoga mats and accessories. It is committed to ensuring it is ‘the most eco-friendly yoga mat in the world’.

RisosEnterprises Ltd is embarking on a mission to revolutionise water safety with a novel, trademarked, handheld water pathogen detector called the Waicorder.

Let’s Talk Consent is a social enterprise designed to catalyse change in the area of sexual harm through consent education.

A biotechnology company making a sustainable alternative to expanded polystyrene by using fungi to grow a compostable and functional packaging material.

Cropsy Technologies is developing a combination of patent-pending hardware and AI to help horticulturalists make data-driven decisions.

From student idea to multinational company, Spalk has been used to translate sports commentary into dozens of languages for events such as the Super Bowl.

Eskwelabs is a data upskilling school in Southeast Asia that democratises access to new job opportunities.

iCanStudy, founded by Dr Justin Sung, is a cognitive retraining programme designed to teach users how to learn like a genius.

Atypical AI is a generative AI platform focused on education. It delivers novel, personalised AI-enabled teaching and student assessment.

ecoPortal reframes and engages teams, companies, and the industry, paving the way towards better safety cultures and healthier environments.

Neurofanos has devised a revolutionary AI-driven tool capable of measuring and analysing the structure of the brain in real time.

Tectonus' invention automatically readjusts buildings post-quake, providing seismic resilience for new and existing structures without post-event maintenance.

WM Robotics is reimagining grab-and-go food with PieBot, New Zealand’s first hot pie vending machine, delivering hot pies anytime, anywhere.

Using drone technology and AI to collect and process visual data, MAUI63's founders hope to save the world’s rarest dolphin from extinction.

Mushroom Material is a biotech start-up, founded by CIE alumnus Shaun Seaman, replacing polystyrene with sustainable, mushroom-based packaging.

Little Labs is a hands-on science education programme, founded by CIE alumna Laura Torpey, that brings interactive learning to rural primary schools.

Weather Radar NZ, co-founded by CIE alumnus Luke Sutherland-Stacey, delivers specialist weather and climate monitoring, consultancy and research services.