KiwiNet - Empowering people who commercialise research

We provide support for publicly-funded research with big ambitions.

We believe in the power of science and deep-tech discoveries to transform lives, benefit communities, improve health and the environment, and contribute to the prosperity of Aotearoa for future generations.

All while creating valuable economic benefit and financial returns.

We are here for the commercialisation community.

The Kiwi Innovation Network is the combined power of 19 shareholders and partners. That’s 19 of New Zealand’s leading public research organisations working together to take science innovations out of the lab, and into the world.

We champion research commercialisation from idea to investment.

Supporting entrepreneurial researchers

Providing PreSeed funding through the Investment Committee

Empowering commercialisation teams

Connecting people and projects with business and investors

$66M

PreSeed
Investment

2001

Commercialisation
Projects

629

Commercial
Deals

1147

Patents
Secured

3456

Business engagements
in projects

Start-up
Companies

788

FTE job opportunities
sustained in New Zealand

$646M

Known Revenue
to NZ businesses

Statistics represent known economic returns generated by PreSeed projects since 2003 and represent a return to New Zealand of almost ten times greater than the PreSeed invested.