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Callaghan Innovation's Biotechnology Portfolio

Browse 26 Biotechnology companies funded by Callaghan Innovation. See funding amounts, founder contacts, and investment details.

Biotechnology Companies
26
Total Funding in Biotechnology
$37.7M

Biotechnology Portfolio Companies (26)

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BiotechnologySensorSustainabilityWaste Management

CertusBio offers wastewater monitoring devices help industrial processors improve yields and achieve better environmental outcomes.

Lincoln, New Zealand
September 2021
$3.3M
Venture - Series Unknown

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Alternative ProteinBiotechnologyFood and BeverageMeat and PoultryNutrition

Opo Bio is a B2B supplier of livestock cells for cultivated meat production.

Auckland, New Zealand
September 2024
Seed

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

AgricultureAgTechBiotechnologyHealth Care

Koru Diagnostics is a diagnostic company producing diagnostics for the animal health market.

Palmerston North, New Zealand
September 2023
$6K
Grant

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Biotechnology

Synthase Biotech aim to develop, manufacture, supply welldesigned high quality life-extension enzyme technologies for the benefit of humans.

Hamilton, New Zealand
September 2022
$6K
Grant

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

BiotechnologyInformation TechnologyLife Science

Heliase Genomics is a synthetic biology company that surveys nature for commercially valuable products.

Auckland, New Zealand
August 2021
$19K
Grant

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Artificial Intelligence (AI)BiotechnologyGeneticsHealth CareInformation TechnologyMedical

Engender Technologies is developed a technology to separate X- and Y-bearing bull sperm cells.

Auckland, New Zealand
August 2022
$22K
Grant

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

BiotechnologyIndustrialWater Purification

Hydroxsys has been identified by an expert panel as one of the world's most innovative cleantech companies.

Auckland, New Zealand
August 2023
$54K
Grant

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

BiotechnologyLife ScienceTextiles

Sapro-Tech is a provider of sustainable leather from fungi intended to make handbags.

Parnell, New Zealand
July 2024
$28K
Grant

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

AgricultureAgTechBiotechnologyFarming

Croptide is delivering unprecedented real-time plant intelligence directly to farmers' hands from the plant stem.

Napier, New Zealand
July 2023
$35K
Grant

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

BiotechnologyPollution ControlProduct ResearchWaste Management

Humble Bee Bio is a startup that combines the power of synthetic biology and a recipe from a solitary bee to help solve plastic pollution.

Wellington, New Zealand
July 2023
$28K
Grant

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Biotechnology

Developing a biometallurgical processes that use microbes to capture value from metal waste streams while mitigating environmental harm.

Parnell, New Zealand
July 2025
$10.9M
Grant

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

BiotechnologyHealth DiagnosticsMedical

Orbis Diagnostics is a microfluidic platform technology to miniaturize and automate accurate lab testing for points of need.

Auckland, New Zealand
July 2024
$7K
Grant

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

BiotechnologyChemicalConsultingLife ScienceMarketing

Cirrus Materials Science invests in talent, research & development, and marketing to create patents, innovation, and branding.

Wairau Valley, New Zealand
July 2024
$20K
Grant

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

BiopharmaBiotechnologyCannabisPharmaceutical

Rua Bioscience develops medicinal cannabis products.

Gisborne, New Zealand
July 2021
$262K
Grant

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

BiotechnologyHealth Care

Helius Therapeutics cultivates, researches, and manufactures medicinal cannabis products.

East Tamaki, New Zealand
May 2024
$57K
Grant

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

BiotechnologyEnvironmental ConsultingFood and Beverage

Jooules offers a sustainable food system to ensure a greener, healthier future.

Wellington, New Zealand
May 2024
$21K
Grant

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

BiotechnologyProduct Research

Daisy Lab is at the forefront of precision technology, developing novel methods of producing high-quality, dairy-identical proteins.

Auckland, New Zealand
April 2024
$31K
Grant

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

BiotechnologyHorticulturePlant-Based Foods

Forever Harvest is a food technology startup specializing in cellular horticulture.

Lincoln, New Zealand
February 2026
$716K
Pre-Seed

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Biotechnology

Bontia Bio is dedicated to creating natural parasiticides for crop protection and animal health.

Wellington, New Zealand
March 2025
$719K
Seed

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

BiotechnologyHealth CareTherapeutics

BioOra is a biotechnology company that specializes in revolutionizing cancer immunotherapy services.

Wellington, New Zealand
November 2024
$2.3M
Seed

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

BiotechnologyHealth Diagnostics

DNAiTECH is a biotechnology company developing innovative point-of-care (POC) diagnostics systems.

Grovetown, New Zealand
October 2024
$452K
Debt Financing

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

BiotechnologyTest and MeasurementVeterinary

InsituGen is reinventing steroid hormone testing with the world’s first low-cost test for the detection of androgen and estrogen bioactivity

Dunedin, New Zealand
July 2025
Pre-Seed

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

BiotechnologyHealth CareHealth DiagnosticsMedicalMedical Device

Next Generation Technology for Gastric Disorders

Auckland, New Zealand
October 2024
$18.0M
Series A

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

BiotechnologySensor

Scentian Bio operates as a platform that provides ultimate sensing solution.

Auckland, New Zealand
September 2024
$150K
Non Equity Assistance

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

BiopharmaBiotechnologyTherapeutics

Broad-spectrum antiviral drug development

Nelson, New Zealand
July 2024
$7K
Grant

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

BiotechnologyMedicalPharmaceutical

COVID-19 Vaccine Corporation is a medical technology firm that specializes in vaccine development and production.

Auckland, New Zealand
September 2020
$547K
Grant

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

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