WNT Ventures

Foundry Lab is a digital metal casting company that develops microwave casting technology that makes same-day turnaround of metal castings possible.

Periomedic is developing a miniaturised device that uses ultrasound and elastography to recognise the presence of gum disease (periodontitis) in patients around teeth and dental implants.

Machine vision technology for automated haircutting

Argo Navis Aerospace designs and develops chemical propulsion systems for the space industry.

Sortify.tm is a tool for maximizing trademark efficiency that is AI-based and was created by trademark attorneys for other attorneys. This program enables trademark attorneys and their teams to complete routine tasks throughout the pre-filing, filing, examination, and registration stages of the trademark procedure more quickly and intelligently.

Farrago Limited, founded in 2018 and based in Wellington, New Zealand, specializes in developing an artificial intelligence platform that utilizes machine-learning algorithms to enhance data management. The platform is designed to identify and eliminate duplicate records from databases, thereby improving data quality and accuracy. Additionally, Farrago’s automated machine learning capabilities enable users to analyze data efficiently and construct precise predictive models, facilitating informed decision-making for stakeholders. By addressing complex data challenges, Farrago aims to enhance productivity and effectiveness in business operations.

Marama Labs is a developer of a novel UV-Vis spectroscopy technology for scientific-analytical instrumentation. It assists customers in identifying and measuring turbid samples' characteristics by using light's spectral properties. It offers an ultra-violet and visible spectrophotometer for measuring absorption, extinction, and scattering spectra of clear and turbid liquids to help customers keep their samples intact, reduce sample preparation steps, and improve measurement turnaround time.

Proprietary TDRI technology being commercialised out of Lincoln Agritech, New Zealand

Foundry Lab is a digital metal casting company that develops microwave casting technology that makes same-day turnaround of metal castings possible.

Executives at the world's top consumer brands need a key strategic partner on multiple facets of their business. We support these executives to win, collaborate, and be influential at their largest retail channels. We help them get the most out of billions of dollars spent a year in sales, assortment, space, pricing, and trade decisions. We give them operational excellence on their "4 Ps". We significantly improve the time, cost, and labor intensiveness of making opportunistic and defensive decisions that are of high quality and deeply justifiable. Insite AI is that strategic partner with market leading capabilities that easily leverages data, projects the performance of strategies across Sales, CatMan, RevMan, Trade, and further recommends powerful insights to be ahead of the market. Insite AI makes strategic planning decisions (which rolls down to tactical SKU/Store granularity), automatically shows the future performance of multiple scenarios, and explains how they came to be (in factors affecting, data used, demand transference, elasticities. etc.). All of this at a click of a button. Large Consumer Brands are now in control of their retail channels and factors affecting their growth. Insite AI is seen as by far the most configurable solution on the market to suit a customer's exact vision, culture, categories, retailers, and execution nuance. Insite AI brings a high level of category and retail expertise to all customers from industry leaders ex consumer goods and retail merchandising.

Ficomms is a company developing smart technology to revolutionise the global telco installation industry

Wearable technology for livestock

Avertana is a process technology company that has developed a proprietary platform to refine solid industrial waste streams into valuable mineral and chemical raw materials used to make everyday products. Products of Avertana's process are used in products such as paint, building materials, paper and fertilisers. The process is cost competitive with existing approaches but offers a much lower environmental footprint than traditional methods. Avertana helps its customers to build more sustainable supply chains by making mineral and chemical ingredients for widely-used products from sources that support optimal environmental outcomes. Avertana’s waste to value process helps industry to reduce its environmental footprint competitively.

Founded in 2016, members of the Mint Innovation team have a strong background in chemistry, biotechnology, and leveraging IP in the industrial sector. They are scaling their technology in their Auckland plant and labs to demonstrate the commercial application of their biometallurgy processes for metal recovery.

Nyriad is developing the industry's first storage solutions based on a new architecture that redefines how data is stored. The architecture combines the power of GPUs and CPUs to deliver an unprecedented combination of performance, resilience, and efficiency, enabling massive amounts of data and multiple data types to be managed in a single storage system that is simple to deploy, operate, scale, and maintain. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Nyriad is building a new storage architecture from the ground up that empowers businesses to grow, adapt, and stay competitive in a data-driven world. For more information, visit us on the web at www.nyriad.io.

Mastaplex Ltd aims to become a leading provider of point-of-care diagnostic testing for mastitis in dairy cows. Through their products and information-based services they support farmers and vets in their antibiotic treatment decisions. These products and services support disease management, improve milk quality and combat against antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Mastaplex Ltd is a start-up technology company founded by Dr Olaf Bork. Mastaplex Ltd was incubated in 2015 through WNT Ventures with the support of Callaghan Innovation and through seed funding from Pacific Channel with the goal to accelerate innovation and to build a global company.

SoundSwitch provides software-hardware bundle solutions for DJs worldwide. Its SoundSwitch solution allows DJs to create a live performance by syncing with DJ software and lighting systems. The company offers its products online.