New Zealand's Home of

Cleantech & Climate Tech

Connecting innovators, investors, corporates and public agencies to accelerate the deployment and growth of New Zealand climate and industrial cleantech.

For Innovators For Partners

New Zealand has what the world needs.

From clean energy and low-carbon materials to circular manufacturing, waste reduction and industrial decarbonisation, New Zealand innovators are building solutions for some of the world's biggest challenges. Sphere exists to help these companies scale their impact at home and abroad.

How Sphere helps innovators scale

Innovator Insight

Understanding what innovators need to scale and where support is needed most.

System Alignment

Aligning capital, customers and public systems to accelerate investment and deployment.

Scaling Outcomes

Scaling climate innovation that creates economic value for New Zealand and positive environmental outcomes.

Sphere is an independent charitable trust focused on accelerating the deployment and impact of New Zealand climate innovation.

Current Initiatives

Sphere's current initiatives are focused on strengthening deployment, international market access and ecosystem coordination
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Global Pathways

Building international pathways for New Zealand innovators through a business-led coalition focused on customers, partners, investors and deployment opportunities.

Early programmes are emerging across Europe and Japan, with potential pathways into North America, Australia and Asia.
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NZ Climate & Cleantech Directory


Building New Zealand's most comprehensive climate and cleantech directory. The platform improves visibility, discoverability and connection across innovators, investors, corporates and international partners.

Developed in partnership with Uush Capital.
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Corporate Deployment Pathways

Access to deployment partners remains one of the most common barriers reported by founders. Sphere is building structured pathways between innovators, corporates and public sector organisations willing to trial and adopt new technologies.

- corporates
- councils
- infrastructure owners
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Innovator Intelligence


Capturing and analysing founder insights to identify opportunities, connections and support needs. The programme helps innovators access relevant support while aligning investors, corporates and agencies around what companies actually need.

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Kiwi ingenuity in climate and cleantech looks like...

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Many of these companies helped shape Sphere from the beginning. We're just getting started.

Scaling climate innovation takes more than founders.

Corporate Partners

Connect with leading New Zealand climate and cleantech companies. Sphere helps identify technologies, align opportunities and support successful deployment partnerships.

Ecosystem Partners

Help strengthen New Zealand's climate innovation ecosystem. We work with councils, agencies and organisations to identify barriers, align priorities and accelerate deployment.

Investors

Access a curated pipeline of New Zealand climate and cleantech companies. Sphere provides insight into emerging opportunities, market needs and ecosystem trends.

In New Zealand, we’re seeing best-in-class innovation and technology emerging in the cleantech and deep tech space... [we have] supported two New Zealand companies to date, in developing tangible solutions that align with our pep+ agenda and GHG reduction goals.
Nicholas Jenks
Pepsico
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Supported by founders, partners and supporters who believe New Zealand can lead in climate and cleantech innovation.

Sphere is an independent charitable trust. Our work is made possible through founder memberships, philanthropic support, strategic partnerships and in-kind contributions from across the ecosystem.

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