Our community - former members

Avertana is a process technology developer focused on circular economy solutions. Our proprietary technology refines industrial waste streams into a suite of valuable mineral and chemical products using innovative chemistry, advanced materials, and novel process design. Avertana’s process offers lowest-in-industry manufacturing cost, with a far smaller environmental footprint than traditional pathways. Starting with titanium-bearing slag from steelmaking, our process transforms this low-value byproduct entirely into saleable commodities, with no residual waste and much lower CO₂ emissions. We help our customers (and their customers) to build more sustainable, resilient supply chains by making essential raw materials with far less cost and environmental impact. Avertana’s process creates inputs to everyday products such as paint, building materials, paper, and fertilisers. Avertana’s circular economy technology helps industry to reduce its environmental footprint competitively.

UoA connections: Business School, NIP community

Content-producer, educator and screenwriter, Lyn is currently director of Craft Media Workshop, a boutique web design and content company specialising in hand-crafted solutions. “I’m all about connecting customers and audiences with businesses and ideas!” Lyn joined the NIP community to reconnect with the university, enjoy the company of other freelance consultants and help build the NIP community.

UoA connections: Grant Covic, Jackman Lin, Seho Kim

David is an innovative R&D Engineer at Qualcomm Halo with over 14 years of experience in Inductive power transfer and Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging. His areas of expertise include System Design, Power Electronics and technology transfer, and supporting Licensees in new product development. Via his membership at NIP, David connects with our university IPT experts on a project basis.

Dennisson Technologies was founded to bridge the adoption gap of assistive orthotic solutions by designing new and innovative assistive wearable technologies. We intend to enable better access through affordability, improving the quality of life and comfort of those who need it most. We are a wearable device company using smart material technology to develop low profile, and cost-effective Force-Feedback Platforms for Virtual Reality and Human Capability Augmentation.

DSG is the first platform of its kind to streamline the complex world of tokenised securities with a focus on efficiency, transparency, and compliance. DSG provides a fully integrated solution that simplifies the capital-raising journey. Their platform enables issuers to conduct secure, compliant transactions while giving investors an easy and transparent way to participate in high-value sectors.

UoA connections: Gerald Kwazu

Easy Crypto was the first company in New Zealand to create a platform for the purchase, sale, and trade of cryptocurrency. Employees of Easy Crypto have the freedom to work remotely all around New Zealand, but great ideas and great things happen when people get together. NIP offers just the space we are looking for to bring our people together, offering us an opportunity to connect with other companies with similar goals and interests.

Electroteks, a visionary startup dedicated to reshaping energy storage, is on a mission to harness the power of dynamic supercapacitors for efficient, safe, and cost-effective energy solutions. Founded by seasoned experts in electronics and supercapacitor technology, our goal is to lead with innovation.

Our advanced power management system is not merely a battery replacement; it’s a transformative approach to energy management, optimising energy use intelligently. Experience the speed of Ultra-Fast Charging, which captures lost energy for rapid recharging.

Our solutions are customised to your needs, offering unmatched versatility in energy management. Join us in the energy revolution with Electroteks, where innovation meets sustainability.

UoA connections: Vicente Gonzalez, Yuqian Lu, Transport Group

As a contractor and consultant Adina is currently based in Melbourne in a role with Siemens Gamesa. Adina connects with NIP to continue to grow her NZ start-up company Explore Mine, a custom, multi-dimensional content sharing platform combined with wayfinding and location activation via Augmented Reality. Looking to take advantage of the post-graduate talent emerging from the Faculty of Engineering to further her project in the short-term, Adina also recognises the future potential of the University’s academic expertise and research activities in the area of machine learning.

UoA connections: Rajnish Sharma, Zoran Salcic

Ficomms was developing a family of electronic devices for maintenance and fault finding in optical fibre micro ducts. There were multiple opportunities for collaborative, fully or co-funded R&D projects. Co-location at NIP allowed UoA to help nurture a startup set to bring disruptive innovation to the fibre installation market, bringing technical expertise to bear on challenges and facilitate project development.

Globex is a product engineering company that designs hardware products for companies and start-ups. Craig is all about balancing requirements, time, risk, quality, and cost to help companies develop amazing products for NZ companies to take to the world. Craig is interested in meeting people he can help with Product issues, design issues, or design process questions.

UoA connections: Enrique del ray Castillo, Quincey Ma, Charles Clifton, Rick Henry, Lucas Hogan, Jon Culley, Business School

Hilti designs and produces leading edge technology and software products and invests significantly each year in research and development. Hilti connected with NIP to better enable extended opportunities for industry and academic networking and to seek further research in the development of codes and standards for the sector in NZ. While no longer members of the precinct, they continue to pursue top student talent acquisition through recruitment activities with relevant faculties.

Humble Bee Bio is an award-winning biotechnology company based in Aotearoa, New Zealand, that was founded to positively impact the world and build value by combining biomimicry and the power of synthetic biology. Globally, chemicals that are known hormone disruptors and carcinogens are used in consumer products at vast scales. Finally, regulation is converging with the advancement of Humble Bee Bio’s unique, patent-pending platform protein and massive advances in bioinformatics, precision fermentation, and Machine Learning. We have identified a novel, patent-pending protein with a suite of commercially valuable properties across multiple industries. Humble Bee Bio is creating novel biomaterials that solve market problems and improve global environmental health.

UoA connections: Jim Hefkey, Rajnish Sharma, Kean Aw

Hyperion Technologies (NL) was establishing a NZ subsidiary tasked with the development of the Hyperion CubeSat propulsion system from the current prototype to a commercial product. The combination of office space and potential access to the workshop and associated expertise, plus ready access to masters and PhD students made NIP a great foundation location from which Hyperion could grow in NZ.

Unleash the magic of holography and fogscreen with New Zealand and Australia’s most experienced provider. Immerse yourself in the latest and greatest holographic equipment and experience the awe-inspiring power of walk-through projection screens. Transform your trade shows and events with technology that’s out of this world. Teleport your speaker from anywhere in the world straight onto the stage in real-time and leave your audience mesmerised with interactive communication.

Consolidated with half a decade of cutting-edge client work, the team at Imersia knows how to make Mixed Reality highly compelling.

Imersia Tech sees the future of augmented, mixed and virtual reality technology bringing people together to create shared experiences. The team has been working with the technology for decades and have some exciting new ventures to develop in collaboration with the university.

Lean and innovation consultants helping kiwis take a systems approach to building innovative and productive organisations. Companies working with IMS-Projects may be eligible for co-funding support from NZTE and Callaghan Innovation, through programmes such as Better by Lean, Digital Lean, and Driving Innovation. Their current focus lies with digitisation and industry 4.0 strategies.

UoA connections: Nasser Giacaman, Vicente Gonzalez, Kent Lee, Uwe Rieger, Yinan Liu

Invoke develops virtual and augmented reality devices to make these technologies more accessible and intuitive to use. Invoke naturally relies on innovation through R&D. Relationships with organisations like NIP give the team the ability to collaborate more easily with researchers at the university.

IOT Auckland is open to anyone with an interest in Internet of Things applications. We inspire, inform and connect through regular meetups, conferences, workshops and hackathons. This group helps you achieve success faster and better, by connecting you with people and businesses that have been on the same journey and have knowledge and experience to share.

Kelp Helpers is an innovative organisation committed to the sustainable regeneration of ocean biodiversity through pioneering 3D ocean farming techniques using business as a force of good. Our mission is deeply rooted in establishing a circular model for sustainable fishing and ocean use that not only preserves but actively enhances marine environments. By integrating vertical ocean farming, we aim to create self-sustaining ecosystems that provide habitats for marine life and improve water quality, ultimately contributing to the restoration of ocean health.

UoA connections: NZ Product Accelerator, CACM, RCSMS. CAI

Memory is an award-winning innovation agency with studios in Beijing and Auckland, working with innovation led organisations to design and develop future focused products. Russell, Founder and Design Director, currently bases himself out of NIP once a week to better connect with academic experts in the fields of biocomposites and biomaterials.

UoA connections: Nick Reilly

Nick Jaques is a consultant working under the name NICKTHREESIXTY. His role sees him help businesses encourage creativity in their employees and find the value of becoming more comfortable with failure.

TechTALK NZ was founded in 2018. Supported by a group of volunteers, he creates a powerful environment for the academic community to meet the IT industry and bridge education with employment. TechTALK provides a platform for everyone interested in Tech to share and learn about innovative technologies. At TechTALK, we aspire to help to close the STEAM skill shortage gap.

PlatformPi aims to simplify and enhance education-industry collaboration and engagement. PlatformPi provides a medium like no other where students can find opportunities and learn lifelong skills through two approaches – Project Based Learning and Internship Based Learning. We help connect a diverse range of employers to students from our large talent pool so that both can benefit in this rapidly growing industry.

Ubiquetherm is a start-up in renewable energy semiconductor manufacturing. Delivering a sustainable planet, by using NanoTech to create warmer and cooler environments for homes and industry. Pioneering next-gen heating and cooling technology and driving growth and innovation in metamaterials.

Vortex Power Systems was founded on the vision of converting low-grade waste heat into clean electricity by generating and harnessing the power of an atmospheric vortex. With origins from research undertaken by Professor Richard Flay and Neil Hawkes at the University of Auckland, the company developed and built a proprietary testing rig at the University of Auckland’s aerodynamics lab. They are now focused on designing and building their first in-field demonstration unit which will enable them to create full scale vortices to prove the technology’s commercial potential and assist in the development of their first electricity generating pilot plant.