Next Generation Training Platform for Robots We offer a state-of-the-art training platform that enables robot makers and robot users to perform tasks never before possible, revolutionizing the capabilities of robotic systems across multiple industries. Our groundbreaking platform empowers everyday users and workers to easily train and pretrain robotic actions, significantly enhancing the range of tasks robots can perform. It helps robots to work more effectively and safely alongside humans in various sectors, including logistics, healthcare, agriculture, and households. Acumino’s intuitive platform is compatible with most robots and also seamlessly integrates with Large Language Models (like ChatGPT). This allows robots to perform dexterous, two-handed work in complex real-world settings faster than ever thought possible.

David works with Auckland inventors and technology ventures/companies to commercialise their ideas by assessing commercial and technical feasibility.  This includes accessing both Callaghan Innovation resources (including intercompany Networks, Skills Programs, and R&D co-funding) and university and industry areas of expertise, both technical and commercial. David runs free business innovation clinics with NIP 

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CFO 4 U is a New Zealand-based firm offering bespoke financial services tailored for start-ups and high-growth SMEs, with a focus on sectors such as SaaS, manufacturing, and deep tech.

Their expertise includes budget and forecast modeling, monthly reporting, cash flow planning, board advisory, and capital raise preparation. Founded in 2018, the company is led by Julian So, who brings over two decades of commercial experience, and co-founder Fatima Llaguno, who has a strong background in finance and business administration. 

C WHY International Ltd is a New Zealand enterprise management consultant and executive training service provider, aiming at improving corporate decision-making efficiency, increasing operating profit and international market competitiveness. The service coverage includes executive project management, Lean operation process, digital transformation strategy and business cultures consulting. C WHY International Ltd takes traditional oriental wisdom as its core, helping enterprises follow effective management improvement strategies and quickly achieve growth goals.

Condortech Holdings Ltd is a Kiwi owned Technologies Company specialising in the development of innovative ideas supported by formal intellectual property such as patents. The Recycleaner range of pressure washing equipment is a product of this process. Recycleaner equipment is versatile and can be used in various configurations. It has provided the solution to the difficult problem of how to deep clean solid surfaces effectively and quickly in otherwise inaccessible places such as amenities inside commercial and high rise buildings.

Douglas Nutrition has a long heritage in high quality pharmaceutical manufacture and Mother and Baby nutrition, with foundations in Douglas Pharmaceuticals, the largest private pharmaceutical company in New Zealand.

Douglas Nutrition manufactures and markets 2 brands of supplements: Puria focused upon mothers and babies and Altrix with a focus on older people with dietary issues. The company is undertaking ongoing research partnering with universities and the food industry. 

Roger Gower describes their relationship with NIP as perfect for a small, growth-oriented business that can benefit from having an office space with close access to potential research partners, facilities, and expertise.

Frond Space Systems offer responsive, low resource and reliable de-orbiting solutions to meet new 5-year requirements from the FCC to ensure compliance for your mission. With extensive expertise in deployable space technology and mission delivery, our team is equipped to offer customers both off-the-shelf systems and tailor-made solutions to meet unique requirements in Earth orbit and beyond

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.

Keen Tech provides team as a services, custom software development, blockchain technologies & internet of things (IoT). Our software engineers build tailored solutions for startups, mid-sized organisations, and large corporations.

Marvle3D is New Zealand’s leading 3D printing store, owned and run by Changzhou. As a “crazy fan of science and technology”, Changzhou is passionate about using technologies to make our life smarter and more sustainable. NIP provides him with the opportunity to meet mind-like entrepreneurs and connect with university experts on novel 3D printing materials and technologies. 

Marvle3D is New Zealand’s leading 3D printing store, owned and run by Changzhou. As a “crazy fan of science and technology”, Changzhou is passionate about using technologies to make our life smarter and more sustainable. NIP provides him with the opportunity to meet mind-like entrepreneurs and connect with university experts on novel 3D printing materials and technologies. 

Metrovate is a deep tech company on a mission to transform the way plants are grown. We develop ‘precision biostimulants’ a new category of agricultural products that are both safe to use and highly effective. We target traits including growth rate, harvest index, flowering and pathogen response in a wide range of commercially relevant crops. In order to achieve this we operate an integrated systems biology platform that involves a broad range of disciplines including natural sciences, computational science and commercialisation. We develop products that are derived from nature and are naturally biodegradable furthermore we establish the mode of action for the bioactive molecules that we develop

Opo Bio is an early-stage deep tech company leading research and development of livestock cell cultures. They develop and sell primary cell products, cell lines and companion products for use in cellular agriculture, specifically cultivated meat production. Harnessing synthetic biology and the power of cells is central to achieving a low-carbon, high quality circular economy. We are Aotearoa’s next-generation molecular farming company, our long-term vision is to have cell production platforms for food production, materials engineering, functional biology (cosmetics and nutraceuticals), and therapeutics.

Electrix, trading as Omexom New Zealand, is a leading provider of engineering, construction and maintenance services to asset owners in the utility, industrial, commercial, resources, and infrastructure sectors.

Founded in 2022 as a spin-off from the University of Auckland, PhaseFoam is a New Zealand-based start-up headquartered in Auckland, with primary operations in Chicago, USA. Their innovation is the result of over 25 years of research and development, culminating in the creation of groundbreaking, patent-pending intellectual property—a world-first in heat mitigation technology. They specialize in cutting-edge thermal management solutions, uniquely designed to mitigate heat by intelligently harnessing natural energy. Their technology offers low maintenance and overhead while delivering substantial value and benefits. 

Procreate, established by Graham Brewster in 2006, specializes in Industrial Design and Mechanical Engineering, supporting clients in developing products across a wide range of industries. With a team experienced in areas such as product design, prototyping, and manufacturing optimization, Procreate combines local expertise with international reach to deliver functional and innovative solutions.

Red Dwarf Aero is a group of aerospace experts and sustainable technologies enthusiasts joined their efforts to deliver a range of zero emitting electrical aircraft developed from the ground around the commercially available transport electrification solutions to connect people from hard-to-reach communities with a focus on the Pacific Islands.

Recorp is a business founded by proud Kiwis for Kiwis, driven to transform New Zealand’s beverage packaging industry. At the forefront of innovation, customer service, and sustainability, we focus relentlessly on minimising our environmental impact, with aluminium at the core of our vision.

Our state-of-the-art factory houses the latest tech, enabling multi-height, multi-diameter production. This provides our customers with unmatched flexibility and efficiency, supported by a best-in-class ordering and forecasting system through a personalised data portal.

RosterLab makes roster creating software using the world’s leading A.I. technology, specialised in generating automatic roster solutions for the healthcare sector.  Their AI is based on one of the founders, Isaac, PhD research in AI optimisation from the University of Auckland. 

The team won the Velocity 100k Entrepreneurship Challenge in 2020.

Repsoft specializes in AI-driven Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology tailored for the finance and accounting sectors. Their customizable OCR solutions are designed to process a wide range of documents, including contracts and receipts, adapting to meet specific business requirements.

Vertus technology is a power-to-X platform that uses biocatalysts to control the electrosynthesis of valuable chemicals – Biogas, Biomethane, DME, methanol, etc.- from a range of waste streams. The beginning of the Proof of concept has passed about 6 years, moving from 1L to 20L, now to 140L in our laboratory in Parnell, and next year we expect to deliver the first pilot plant in Europe and establish a new experimental base, hoping that one day our technology can serve the international energy industry.

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.

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. 

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 way-finding 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 & 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.

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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 master and PhD students made NIP a great foundation location from which Hyperion could grow in NZ.

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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.

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.

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.

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