A research portal tracking the companies being built, the capital backing them, and the system that connects both — across the full NZ climate tech value chain.
Decarbonising energy, agriculture, industry, and transport requires $4–5 trillion in annual investment by 2030. The science is no longer the bottleneck — deployment is. Capital backing the right technology early is positioned for structural, decade-long returns as the global economy re-prices carbon.
NZ has a disproportionate position in climate-relevant deep tech: geothermal energy, agricultural emissions science, renewable hydrogen, advanced materials, and food technology. Strong university research and Callaghan Innovation underpin an improving VC ecosystem — with a fraction of the noise of US or European markets, and world-class science that remains undervalued.
NZ's Emissions Trading Scheme, green hydrogen roadmap, and AgriZeroNZ's $191M programme are creating market demand that didn't exist five years ago. The translation gap — from world-class science to scaled commercial product — remains the central challenge. It is also the central opportunity for early capital.
328 entities and companies across five value chain steps — from research labs and tech transfer, through accelerators and capital providers, to the scale institutions and enablers that hold it together. Click any step to explore; click any entry for detail.
122 NZ climate tech companies seeded from 25 VCs and the NZ Cleantech Impact Report 2026. Each rated Climate focused, Climate aware, or Climate agnostic — filterable by sector, stage, and investor. Click any company for detail.
A curated showcase of the NZ climate tech companies that have achieved global scale, international capital, or landmark scientific milestones — from a Nasdaq-listed carbon capture business to the world's only levitated dipole fusion reactor.