A group of Bay of Plenty business people have made significant investments in the commercialisation and development of technology which promises to be a "game changer" in the animal diagnostic industry.
Bay of Plenty angel investment group Enterprise Angels was approached last year by Menixis Ltd director Greg Mirams, of Dunedin, who was looking for funding to manufacture a device he believes will revolutionise his industry.
Mr Mirams is managing director of Techion Group Ltd, a company that provides products and services to farmers for the purpose of diagnosing internal parasites in livestock.
After more than 20 years in the industry, Mr Mirams knew there must be a better way for farmers to find out the health of their livestock than sending faecal samples to labs or trying to analyse samples on the farm.
He approached Stephen Sowerby to request his help inventing a device that would allow faecal samples taken on the farm to be sent electronically to Techion for analysis and treatment recommendations.