Our affiliated start-ups in the media

4 June, 2026

Hydrogen steelmaking to set up demo site

Cullbeck co-founder Martin Hacon speaks with Kathryn Ryan on RNZ on 27 July 2026.

CullBeck raises $20m in record first funding round for hydrogen steelmaking tech

25 July 2026 Business Desk article on Cullbeck's $20m raise.

Hydrogen-powered steelmaking start-up CullBeck raises funds at $60m valuation, signs ‘$1b’ anchor customer

(Please note the article is NZ Herald Premium - this link takes you to NZ Herald but you need to search from there.)

NZ Herald's Chris Keall reports on 25 July 2026.

The Kiwi startup looking to clean up our steel

Cullbeck co-founder Martin Hacon speaks with Jesse Mulligan on RNZ 5 May 2026

Zethos powers up $6m low-carbon critical minerals plant

Business Desk's Greg Hurrell on 24 April 2026 on Zethos' $6 million minerals demonstration plant 

Our Changing World: Mixing oil and water, the greener way

RNZ's Claire Concannon chats on 18 November 2025 with Associate Professor Jack Chen and his team at Dot Ingredients n making surfactants from cellulose

A greener way to mix oil and water

Associate Professor Jack Chen speaks with BusinessDesk's Greg Hurrell on 5 August 2025 about Dot Ingredients' plan to disrupt the $85 billion global market in chemical surfactants, one sector at a time.

Identifying skin cancer - in seconds!

Dr Michel Nieuwoudt and Dr Paul Jarrett speak with Mihingarangi Forbes on RNZ on 27 September 2025 about Luminoma and developing a commercially viable diagnostic tool that can identify skin cancers within seconds.

Alternative food technology: Cultivated meat factory Opo Bio in Auckland

RNZ's Louise Ternouth on 6 July 2024 interviewing Dr Laura Domigan about lab-grown meat start-up Opo Bio.