Endoform uses tissue from sheep and strips it of its immunological components like cells and cell walls, leaving the regenerative material behind.
Stripping the material down reduced many of the immunological issues of using materials between species.
Its first product gained the crucial approval in January of the US Food and Drug Administration, the world's most lucrative medical market, where it expects to launch commercially this year.
The Gold Awards, Wellington's premier business awards, saw 10 companies and government agencies recognised for business excellence, while an iconic figure of Wellington business was also recognised.
Lloyd Morrison, the investment banker who founded Morrison & Co, best known as the manager of infrastructure giant Infratil, was recognised in the Dominion Post tribute to an icon.
Infratil's assets range from airports and buses to petrol stations. Mr Morrison's contribution to business saw him made a companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the New Year honours in 2009.
In the other awards, Wellington design agency Designworks won the creative gold award, and Aptimize took out the cyber gold award for its revolutionary software that speeds up websites by up to 50 per cent.
Tuatara Brewing, which produces New Zealand's most widely distributed craft beer, won the emerging gold award, while the global gold award for exporters and service companies was won byMacaulay Metals, New Zealand's largest privately owned scrap metal recycler.
Creative HQ, the business incubator assisting the next generation of Wellington businesses and leaders, won the supporting gold award, while the luxury rural getaway, Boomrock, won vibrant gold.
Dulux New Zealand won the ACC workplace safety award for demonstrating ongoing and proactive commitment with a zero tolerance for injury, and Celcius Coffee, a boutique family-owned coffee company, took the green gold award for positive and sustainable business practices.
Landcorp Farming, one of New Zealand's largest agribusinesses, won the team gold award for investment in people and human resources programmes.
The Gold Awards have been proudly celebrating outstanding business performers in Wellington, Hutt, Upper Hutt, Porirua and Kapiti since 1999.