New Zealand: Hiring, Funding And Leadership Signals
Every update we hold that a source placed in New Zealand: 26 updates from 15 sources, across 26 employers. Each one links to the filing or report that makes the claim. These are counts of documents we have read, so they measure what we have found and can cite, not everything that happened. They also include the routine officer filings the tracker sets aside by default, so its figure for this place is lower than the one above.
Covering 15 Jan 2026 to 18 Aug 2026
$320,800,000 disclosed across 8 funding updates. Totals cover the 6 of 8 funding updates that state a US dollar amount. We leave out amounts in other currencies rather than convert them at a rate nobody published.
Employers We Hold The Most On
Ranked by how many updates we hold, then by how many independent sources are behind them. That is a measure of our own coverage rather than of an employer's size. Each name links to everything we hold for that employer.
- NZX 1 update
- Spark 1 update
- Halter 1 update
- GD1 1 update
- Sports Entertainment Group 1 update
- Sterling 1 update
- Stirling 1 update
- FMA 1 update
What The Updates Are About
Cities In This Country
A name with a page of its own links to it. One we do not hold enough on for a page of its own links to the tracker filtered to it, which shows every update behind the count.
- Auckland 3 updates
- Christchurch 3 updates
- Melbourne 1 update
- Wellington 1 update
Recent Updates
The 12 most recent, in the order the tracker itself uses. Every line links to the document it came from. See all 26 updates for New Zealand.
- 2026-08-16Headcount Not Stated Growing and expanding
GD1 raises $56.7m for first close of new venture capital fund as golden visa holders pile in, targets $150m
GD1 secured $56.7M in funding, targeting $150M for its new venture capital fund. The announcement does not disclose hiring plans.
- 2026-07-29Headcount Not Stated Growing and expanding
Green iron : NZ deep tech startup CullBeck raises record $20m
CullBeck has $20m of new capital in New Zealand. The announcement does not disclose hiring plans; watch its careers page for deep tech roles.
- 2026-05-13Headcount Not Stated Growing and expanding
Exaforce raises USD $125m in Series B for AI security
Exaforce raised USD $125m in Series B for AI security, a stage where funding typically fuels engineering and research hiring. The announcement names no roles or headcount plans.
- 2026-01-16Headcount Not Stated Growing and expanding
osapiens raises USD $100m to reach unicorn status
osapiens raised USD $100m to reach unicorn status, funding at this scale typically expands product and engineering teams, but the announcement names no roles or hiring plans.
- 2026-01-15Headcount Not Stated Growing and expanding
MARS Bioimaging closes $15M Series A to scale portable photon-counting CT scanners - New Zealand Doctor
MARS Bioimaging has $15M of new capital. The report does not disclose hiring plans; watch its careers page for new roles.
- 2026-08-18Headcount Not Stated Leadership moves
NZX appoints Hishaam Mirza as next chief executive
NZX, the New Zealand exchange operator, names Hishaam Mirza chief executive effective September 14, a top-level leadership change that typically precedes moves in the executive bench. The announcement names no other roles or hiring plans.
- 2026-08-18Headcount Not Stated Leadership moves
Spark appoints Vince Hawksworth as chair to replace Justine Smyth
Spark, a New Zealand telecom operator, names Vince Hawksworth as chair to replace Justine Smyth while the company restructures under pressure to lift earnings. The announcement names no hiring plans beyond this executive seat.
- 2026-08-17Adding Roles Ways of working
Smart cow monitoring firm Halter embarks on hiring spree
Halter, which builds smart cow monitoring technology in New Zealand, is actively hiring across the business, signaling headcount growth in engineering and operations roles tied to its product. The announcement names no specific roles or numbers.
- 2026-08-13Headcount Not Stated Growing and expanding
Kiwi AI startup building a finance teams autopilot banks $3.15 million
Stirling has $3.15M of new capital in New Zealand. The announcement does not disclose hiring plans; watch its careers page for AI and finance roles.
- 2026-08-13Headcount Not Stated Growing and expanding
Robot accountant start-up Sterling raises millions from early Trade Me, Xero backers to expand into UK, US
Sterling has raised millions in funding for expansion into the UK and US. The announcement does not disclose hiring plans; watch its careers page for roles.
- 2026-08-13Headcount Not Stated Growing and expanding
Media Insider: MediaWorks’ new owner, Sports Entertainment Group, opens up on its $130m acquisition - and why sport plays a pivotal role in growth
Sports Entertainment Group has acquired MediaWorks for $130m, focusing on sport as a growth driver. The announcement does not disclose hiring plans.
- 2026-08-12Headcount Not Stated Leadership moves
Former One NZ boss Jason Paris named as Les Mills CEO
Les Mills, the New Zealand fitness company, named Jason Paris CEO as founder Phillip Mills shifts to a founder/director role, an executive-suite change with no hiring plans stated.
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