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TINWire: Agritech goes offshore to make 63% of revenue

63% of sales are made offshore – with North America the fastest growing market for the top 19 firms....

TINWire: Fintech Report out now!

We can see how fast fintech is growing, quickly rising to compete with wine – if not quite overtake it....

Worldline: 35 Years of Kiwi-Built Paytech Solutions

Worldline today is providing new innovative solutions to the new payment problems of the 21st century – and banking on them being just as popular....

TINWire: Cleantech drawing lion’s share of investment

A good news story is that cleantech – tech that enables a decarbonised, greener future – has been drawing the lion’s share of recent investment....

26 February 2024

TINWire: Summer NZ tech sector dashboard to drive your decisions in 2024

A tech sector dashboard to guide your roadmap of the year ahead....

26 February 2024

5 Top Tips for Expanding to Canada From NZTE and AUT

Taghreed Hikmet, AUT Senior Lecturer, and Brett Halliday, a NZTE Beachhead Adviser, share 5 tips for expanding to Canada....

19 December 2023

TINWire: Data Stocking-Stuffer for December

28 November 2023

TINWire: Tech News Round Up November 2023

Fintech has surpassed healthtech for the first time as the highest grossing tech subsector, reaching $2.8B in revenue....

28 November 2023

Teri Thomas on the TIN Report Launch & Awards

“I enjoyed getting to know some of the other influential and exciting companies in New Zealand and I always find it valuable to network with...

28 November 2023

What Pushpay Learned in 2023

Pushpay topped the Supreme Scale-Ups in 2015 and 2016, then progressed from the Next100 to the TIN100 and to the Ten to Watch, appearing every...

28 November 2023

NZTE Foreword to 2023 TIN Report

“I am continually inspired by our courageous and ambitious tech exporters and the exceptional talent that thrives here.”...

28 November 2023

Altered Capital: Investing in Kiwi Growth to Save Ourselves from Mediocrity

“With interest rates up and not looking like they’ll head back to near-zero, traditional New Zealand investors risk being stuck in an enduring period of...

20 September 2023

TINWire: Tech News Round Up September 2023

Research and development spending by manufacturing firms totalled $886m at year-end September 2022, led by the machinery and equipment subsector, which invested $458m....

19 September 2023

TIN Member Spotlight: Aeroqual

Aeroqual provides environmental air quality monitoring equipment and software. The company has been a longstanding member of the TIN200....

19 September 2023

TIN Member Spotlight: NanoLayr

NanoLayr is a next-generation manufacturer committed to transforming extraordinary nanofibres into high-performance functional textiles....

TINWire: Tech News Round Up July 2023

Kia ora koutou 2023 is just flying by. We can’t believe it’s almost August already.July has been a busy month here at TIN with final...

Tackling the issue of tech talent top of mind at TIN’s Talent Symposium

Auckland, 17 July, 2023 – Effective ways to recruit and retain talent in the fast-moving tech sector will be one of the key themes discussed...

TIN Member Spotlight: Aroa Biosurgery

Aroa Biosurgery, ranked 77th on the TIN200 list, continues its success story this year through further focusing on expansion in the US supported by continued...

TIN Member Spotlight: Trimax Mowing Systems

Trimax Mowing Systems (TIN #67) has been developing mowers for customers in New Zealand and around the world since the 1970s. From humble beginnings locally...

TINWire: Tech News Round Up June 2023

Kia ora koutou This month marks the return of Fieldays in its usual winter spot and those of you in Agritech would have had the opportunity to...

TIN Member Spotlight: eRoad

EROAD, ranked 26 on the TIN100, provides transport technology and services. The company, founded in 2000, implemented the world’s first network-wide GPS/cellular-based road user charging...

TINWire: Tech News Round Up May 2023

Kia ora koutou TechWeek is upon us and we assume most of you will be involved in some format either as visitors to events and...

GD1: The ‘Bottoms Up’ Investment Approach

At venture capital firm Global from Day One (GD1), we exist to help New Zealand founders and teams dream big, execute effectively, and reap the rewards...

TIN Member Spotlight: JAVLN

2022 was a big year for JAVLN – ranked 175th on the TIN200 list, the insurtech specialist was amongst the winners of the 2022 Deloitte...

TIN Member Spotlight: Seequent

Seequent is a world leader in subsurface software, ranked 22 on the TIN100 list in 2022. Seequent helps customers in 120 countries discover and understand...

TINWire: Tech News Roundup April 2023

Kia ora koutou, welcome to the third edition of TINWIRE for 2023, April is an exciting month at TIN as we are kicking off our annual events...

TIN Member Spotlight: ADInstruments

ADInstruments, ranked 62nd on the TIN200 list, creates high-quality software and hardware solutions that enable life science researchers to record and analyse their data accurately...

TIN Member Spotlight: DataTorque

DataTorque, ranked 115th in the TIN200, helps countries around the world advance by transforming their public revenue systems. Founded in 1994, the company is a...

TIN Member Spotlight: Bluelab

Bluelab, ranked 73rd in the TIN200 in 2022, provides devices that measure, monitor and control key variables in controlled environment growing systems. The company has...

24 November 2022

TINWire Tech News Roundup: November 2022

Kia ora koutou Take a bow, 2022 – you have given us quite the year. But despite the global economic and societal uncertainties, as our...

23 November 2022

TIN Member Spotlight: Orion Health

Orion Health is a global, award-winning provider of health information technology with a mission to empower clinicians and caregivers with the right information to deliver...

23 November 2022

TIN Member Spotlight: Datacom

A strong focus on attracting and retaining talent is paying off, with Datacom sitting at #3 in the 2022 TIN200 rankings. Revenue growth of 2.8%...

17 November 2022

2022 TIN Report Regional Data

Four regions have revenue in excess of $1B, Otago/southland the fastest-growing, Auckland remains the economic powerhouse, according to 2022 TIN Report.Key highlights from the report:...

17 November 2022

2022 TIN Report Press Release

New Zealand tech exports generated NZ$11.5 billion in revenue in FY2022, up 9.1% on the previous year Key highlights from the 2022 TIN Technology Industry Analysis...

19 October 2022

TINWire Tech News Roundup: October 2022

Kia ora koutou The team here at TIN are very hard at work as we all pull together in the final stages of our 2022 TIN...

13 October 2022

TIN Member Spotlight: Link Engine Management

In the 2021 TIN Report, Link Engine Management made its first-ever appearance on the Absolute IT Supreme Scale-Ups list as a global leader in automotive...

11 October 2022

TIN Member Spotlight: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare

With its respiratory products in high demand around the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic – more than 20 million patients globally were treated with...

20 September 2022

TINWire Tech News Roundup: September 2022

Kia ora koutou As the year continues to race by TIN’s research team is hard at work on the 2022 TIN Report, our annual analysis...

13 September 2022

TIN Member Spotlight: Volpara Health

For the second year in a row, Wellington-based Volpara Health Technologies topped the Absolute IT Supreme Scale-ups list in the 2021 TIN Report. Volpara had...

13 September 2022

TIN Member Spotlight: Pacific Edge

Pacific Edge is a cancer diagnostic company specialising in the discovery and commercialisation of diagnostic and prognostic tests for better detection and management of cancer....

1 September 2022

2022 New Zealand Healthtech Insights Report

New Zealand Healthtech Insights Report offers timely deep dive into NZ’s largest tech industry sub-sector AUCKLAND, 31 August 2022 – Technology Investment Network (TIN), in...

TIN Member Spotlight: Aroa Biosurgery

Aroa Biosurgery is a soft-tissue regeneration company that develops, manufactures, and distributes medical and surgical products to improve healing in complex wounds and soft tissue...

TINWire Tech News Roundup: August 2022

Kia ora koutou With the year racing by, TIN has a busy event schedule with a lot on offer for the tech community in the...

TIN Member Spotlight: ADInstruments

ADInstruments has been serving healthcare, medical researchers and educators for more than 30 years. Committed to making science easier, ADInstrument’s suite of products comprises industry-leading...

TIN Member Spotlight: Douglas Pharmaceuticals

Douglas Pharmaceuticals’ aim is clear: to improve people’s lives. The company was founded in 1967 by West Auckland pharmacist Sir Graeme Douglas who dispensed prescription...

TIN Member Spotlight: AFT Pharmaceuticals

AFT Pharmaceuticals continues to be one of New Zealand’s most successful Healthtech companies with a revenue of $113,100m in 2021. Despite a challenging year, the...

TINWire Tech News Roundup: July 2022

Kia ora koutou We feel very privileged here at Technology Investment Network to work closely with some of the most innovative and promising technology companies...

TIN Member Spotlight: Livestock Improvement Corporation

Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC) is an agritech and herd improvement co-operative which exists to deliver superior genetics and technological innovation to help its shareholders sustainably...

New Zealand’s Agritech sector vital to country’s economic growth

TIN’s third annual Agritech Insights Report offers significant analysis of New Zealand’s agricultural technology export sector AUCKLAND, 1 July 2022 – Technology Investment Network (TIN) has...

TINWire Tech News Roundup: June 22

Kia ora koutou Here at TIN we are very excited as the date for our ‘in-person’ launch of the 2022 Agritech Insights Report nears. Join...

TIN Member Spotlight: TOMRA Fresh Food

TOMRA Fresh Food, a business area of TOMRA, is the new name for the New Zealand-based company created through the 2020 unification of produce sorting...

TIN Member Spotlight: Trimax Mowing Systems

Trimax Mowing Systems manufactures professional turf maintenance equipment, designing, developing, and building high quality roller mowers since 1981. The company climbed an impressive 59 places...

TIN Member Spotlight: Bluelab

The tenacity of high-tech agricultural technology manufacturer Bluelab over the past few challenging years delivered them a deserved place on the EY Ten Companies to...

TINWire Tech News Roundup: 17 May 22

Kia ora koutou Will 2022 be the year that tech is truly recognised as the powerhouse it is within the wider NZ economy? At TIN...

TINWire Tech News Roundup: 20 April 22

Kia ora koutou Even the biggest optimists amongst us wouldn’t claim 2022 has got off to a brilliant start. But despite the global upheavals, skills...

Visa Launches Programme to Help Creators Navigate NFTs

One-year immersion programme is designed to bring together a global cohort of creators interested in building their business with NFTs, and New Zealand entrepreneurs are...

TIN Member Spotlight: Devoli

Auckland-based Devoli, founded in 2008, is a provider of software and network services for internet service providers (ISPs) and companies with complex network needs. Devoli...

TIN Member Spotlight: Seequent

Seequent was one of our EY Ten Companies to Watch winners in 2020 with an impressive revenue growth of more than 83%. 2021 was an...

TIN Member Spotlight: Fingermark

Established in 2005, Fingermark has spent 16 years developing and commercialising leading edge data-driven, digital technology solutions to address the problems that really matter to...

TIN’s inaugural Fintech Insights Report provides deep dive into $2 billion financial technology export sector

AUCKLAND, 6 April 2022 – Technology Investment Network (TIN), with the support of FinTechNZ, has today released New Zealand’s first ever Fintech Insights Report, offering...

TINWire Tech News Roundup: 22 March 22

Kia ora koutou TIN companies continue to power New Zealand’s economic growth, none more so than those in the Fintech sector which remains one of...

Interoperability – the design challenge for once mysterious cryptocurrencies

By Anthony Watson, Visa Country Manager, New Zealand and South Pacific Just over a decade ago, digital currencies like crypto were perceived as a somewhat...

TIN Member Spotlight: DataTorque

DataTorque has appeared on TIN’s Absolute IT Supreme Scale Ups list four times already. With 26% revenue growth since 2020, DataTorque will continue growing rapidly...

21 February 2022

TINWire Tech News Roundup: 22 February 22

Kia ora koutou The first six weeks of 2022 have hardly been business as usual, as we were all undoubtedly hoping for. But they haven’t...

16 February 2022

TIN Member Spotlight: JAVLN

Over the last five years, the Fintech sector has consistently maintained its status as the fastest-growing secondary sector on the TIN200, registering a 5-year CAGR...

16 December 2021

TINWire Tech News Roundup: 21 December 21

Kia ora koutou Welcome to our final TINWire for this year. As we farewell 2021, it’s a good time to reflect on what has been...

7 December 2021

TINWire Tech News Roundup: 7 December 21

Kia ora koutou Freedom Day is well and truly upon us, and in Tāmaki Makaurau we’re still celebrating after nearly four months in lockdown. It’s been great to see our...

18 November 2021

TINWire Tech News Roundup: 23 November 21

Kia ora koutou This week’s arrival of the print edition of the 2021 TIN Report on desks around the country was heralded by another period of intense...

9 November 2021

TINWire Tech News Roundup: 9 November 21

Kia ora koutou I’m pleased to announce that in the midst of what’s been an especially challenging time across New Zealand, the 2021 TIN Report...

4 November 2021

Rocket Award for 2021

Laybuy named winner of TIN’s Rocket Award for 2021 Auckland, 4 November 2021 – Technology Investment Network (TIN) has named Fintech ICT company Laybuy as the...