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.
177 entities mapped across five layers — from university research labs and tech transfer offices, through accelerators and capital providers, to the scale institutions that hold the system together. Filterable by layer, entity type, and keyword.
103 NZ climate tech companies seeded from 25 VCs and the NZ Cleantech Impact Report 2026. Rated by climate focus (★ to ★★★), filterable by sector, stage, and investor. Click any company for detail — click any investor to see their full portfolio and thesis.