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Halter

Farms without fences.

Auckland, New Zealand · agritech · deep tech · ~535 people · founded 2016halterhq.com

The people behind it

Craig Piggott — founder & CEO

Craig grew up on a dairy farm in Matamata and left a job building satellites at Rocket Lab to found Halter in 2016, testing early collar prototypes on his family's farm.

Max Olson — co-founder & first CTO

Max co-founded Halter and served as its first Chief Technology Officer before going on to launch Vessev, another Blackbird-backed startup.

Backed by

Icehouse Ventures

Mission

Helping farmers run their most productive operations by replacing fences and mustering with smart collars and an app.

Beginnings

Founded in 2016 by ex-Rocket Lab engineer Craig Piggott, who prototyped collars on his family's Matamata dairy farm.

Why people join

World-first satellite virtual fencing, farmers saving hours daily, visa sponsorship and rapid grad-to-exec career paths.

The bigger picture

Virtual fencing in any terrain unlocks precision grazing and 24/7 animal welfare — NZ-built agritech scaled to six countries.

Open roles

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