Top 50 Artificial Intelligence VC Funds & Investors in New Zealand (September 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Icehouse Ventures
VC Fund
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32 | New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $643k–$20M |
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New Zealand Growth Capital Partners
VC Fund
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12 | New Zealand, United States, Australia | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $435k–$10M |
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K1W1
VC Fund
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9 | New Zealand, United States | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence | $550k–$18M |
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GD1 (Global From Day One)
VC Fund
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8 | New Zealand, United States, China | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology | $600k–$19M |
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Enterprise Angels
VC Fund
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7 | New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $227k–$3.7M |
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Flying Kiwi Angels
VC Fund
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6 | New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, Apps | $334k–$3.7M |
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AngelHQ
VC Fund
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5 | New Zealand, United States, Canada | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Angel | Software, SaaS, Manufacturing | $259k–$11M |
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Hillfarrance Venture Capital
VC Fund
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5 | New Zealand, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, Gaming | $362k–$2.3M |
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Blackbird Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $34k–$32M |
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Quidnet Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | New Zealand | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning | $337k–$3M |
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New Zealand Venture Investment Fund
VC Fund
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5 | New Zealand, United States, Japan | Seed, Series A, Angel | Software, Biotechnology, SaaS | $400k–$8.8M |
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CP Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | Australia, United States, India | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning | $150k–$12M |
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Airtree Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Australia, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $894k–$54M |
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Cure Kids Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | New Zealand | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Medical Device, Health Care, Manufacturing | $999k–$9.7M |
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Soul Capital
VC Fund
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4 | New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong | Seed, Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown | Information Technology, Software, Recycling | $608k–$12M |
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NZVC
VC Fund
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4 | New Zealand, United States, Australia | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech | $940k–$33M |
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Flying Fox Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Australia, New Zealand, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $120k–$11M |
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Pacific Channel
VC Fund
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3 | New Zealand, Australia, United States | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed | Health Care, Manufacturing, Biotechnology | $511k–$5.5M |
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Flux Accelerator
VC Fund
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3 | New Zealand | Seed | Software, Internet, Advertising | $351k–$2.5M |
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Rampersand
VC Fund
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3 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech | $1M–$10M |
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Altered Capital
VC Fund
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3 | New Zealand, Australia | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $3M–$14M |
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Five V Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Australia, United States, Canada | Series A, Private Equity, Series B | Information Technology, Software, SaaS | $1.2M–$59M |
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EVP
VC Fund
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3 | Australia, New Zealand, United States | Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $998k–$10M |
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Movac
VC Fund
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3 | New Zealand, United States, Australia | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, SaaS, E-Commerce | $1.4M–$16M |
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Uniservices
VC Fund
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3 | New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Health Care, Medical Device, Manufacturing | $283k–$18M |
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Investible
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $300k–$20M |
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Folklore Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Apps | $698k–$18M |
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Waterdrip Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Singapore, United States, China | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Web3 | $500k–$50M |
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Impact Enterprise Fund
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand, Australia | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Sustainability, Information Technology, AgTech | $1.1M–$3.3M |
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Rootz Labs
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand, United States | Seed | Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $1.2M–$5M |
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Bragiel Brothers
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Finland, Japan | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $125k–$25M |
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Sparkbox Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand, United States, Japan | Seed, Angel, Series A | Software, Manufacturing, EdTech | $593k–$1.6M |
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Reinventure
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand | Series A, Seed, Series B | FinTech, Software, Financial Services | $800k–$55M |
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Global from Day One
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand, United States, China | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Manufacturing | $694k–$18M |
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First Round Capital
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Canada, India | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $1.2M–$60M |
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Threshold
VC Fund
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2 | United States, India, Canada | Series B, Series A, Series C | Software, Internet, Mobile | $2.5M–$75M |
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ArcAngels
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Health Care, Biotechnology, Product Research | $518k–$1.3M |
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Alium Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, United States, Hong Kong | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech | $2M–$465M |
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Callaghan Innovation
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand, United States, Australia | Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed | Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology | $3.5k–$1M |
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Whakatupu Aotearoa Foundation
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand | Seed, Series A | Software, Furniture, Recycling | $1.5M–$3M |
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Alpine Venture Capital
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Italy, Canada | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Accounting | $750k–$5M |
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Flying Kiwis
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand | Seed | SaaS, 3D Technology, Medical Device | $5M–$5M |
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Founders Fund
VC Fund
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2 | United States, United Kingdom, Germany | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $1.7M–$100M |
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Blockchain Founders Fund
VC Fund
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2 | United States, United Kingdom, Singapore | Seed, Pre-Seed | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech | $200k–$6M |
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Digital Asset Capital Management
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Australia, Singapore | Seed, Initial Coin Offering | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software | $1.2M–$12M |
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Tidal Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $596k–$15M |
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Horizon Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Israel, China | Series A, Series C, Series B | Software, Manufacturing, Mobile | $2.7M–$49M |
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Quaker Partners
VC Fund
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2 | United States, New Zealand | Series B, Series C, Series A | Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical Device | $7M–$39M |
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Lightspeed Venture Partners
VC Fund
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2 | United States, India, Israel | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $2M–$125M |
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Valar Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Germany, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $1.2M–$75M |
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Icehouse Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm. We exist to back the world's bravest Kiwi founders, launching global companies from New Zealand.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 279
- Round size: Seed $643k–$4.9M; Series A $2.5M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $318k in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Hnry — Hnry automatically pays and files all taxes for contractors, freelancers, and sole traders, so they never have to think about tax again.
- Vessev — Electric hydrofoiling vessels built for commercial use. Quiet, efficient, and better for the world.
- Wellumio — Wellumio is a medical technology company redefining the boundaries of clinical imaging. We’re fusing technology, design innovation, and medical expertise to create new diagnostic pathways that support the timely delivery of urgent stroke care.
The New Zealand Growth Capital Partners (formerly New Zealand Venture Investment Fund) was established to support early-stage technology companies and to stimulate private investment into this space.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 113
- Round size: Seed $532k–$4.3M; Series A $2M–$10M; Venture - Series Unknown $435k–$5.5M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $300M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Linca — Critical metals for a circular battery supply chain
- Wellumio — Wellumio is a medical technology company redefining the boundaries of clinical imaging. We’re fusing technology, design innovation, and medical expertise to create new diagnostic pathways that support the timely delivery of urgent stroke care.
- Scentian Bio — Scentian Bio operates as a platform that provides ultimate sensing solution.
K1W1 provides startups and businesses in New Zealand with early and later-stage venture investments.
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 133
- Round size: Seed $550k–$4.1M; Series A $1.8M–$18M; Venture - Series Unknown $2M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Hyades — Hyades is an AI-powered hyperspectral intelligence platform that offers soil and land insights.
- Vessev — Electric hydrofoiling vessels built for commercial use. Quiet, efficient, and better for the world.
- First Table — The Earlybird Gets The Dinner Deal! Book the first table of the night and you'll get 50% off meals for 2 to 4 diners! Email social@firsttable.co.nz
GD1 is a Venture Capital firm that invests with high conviction in exciting technology companies originating from New Zealand. Our team is passionate about creating and growing global businesses, and our goal is to transform NZ made into the next generation of globally disruptive tech solutions.
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 71
- Round size: Seed $600k–$8.2M; Pre-Seed $860k–$11M; Series A $1.2M–$19M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $60M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Vessev — Electric hydrofoiling vessels built for commercial use. Quiet, efficient, and better for the world.
- Caruso — AI-native fund administration for private markets. Trusted by 900+ real estate, private credit, and PE funds to save time and grow AUM.
- Outlier Space — Outlier Space is an aerospace startup that builds a scalable, uncrewed, and reusable satellite platform designed to unlock access to microgravity. The company provides breakthrough infrastructure to safely return orbital payloads back to Earth. This technology allows sectors like pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and advanced materials to manufactureand research products beyond Earth's atmospheric limits.
Connecting startup business owners with angel investors to raise capital . Access a network of expertise and investment opportunities.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 163
- Round size: Seed $328k–$3.7M; Venture - Series Unknown $227k–$3.6M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $14M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Linca — Critical metals for a circular battery supply chain
- Wellumio — Wellumio is a medical technology company redefining the boundaries of clinical imaging. We’re fusing technology, design innovation, and medical expertise to create new diagnostic pathways that support the timely delivery of urgent stroke care.
- Scanabull — Scanabull is a 3D vision to measure cattle live weight quickly and accurately, reducing handling stress and giving farmers, agents, and processors clear, real‑time weight data. It makes weighing easy, analysis simple, and sharing seamless for everyone who relies on live weight or carcass weight decisions.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 40
- Round size: Seed $334k–$3.7M; Angel $550k–$918k
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PAM NZ — Forward a school newsletter, snap a screenshot, brain-dump your to-do list - PAM turns it all into a smart shared family calendar and helps manage the family tasks and events. Set up in 2 minutes. Free trial.
- Wellumio — Wellumio is a medical technology company redefining the boundaries of clinical imaging. We’re fusing technology, design innovation, and medical expertise to create new diagnostic pathways that support the timely delivery of urgent stroke care.
- Kai's Education — Kai's Education is an innovative force in the EdTech sector, pioneering the integration of coding, STEM, and robotics into engaging learning experiences for children. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, our mission is to ignite young minds through our award-winning educational products, including the all-in-one STEAM toolbox, Kai's Clan, andthe hybrid robot, KaiBot.Our flagship product, Kai's Clan, breaks new ground by allowing children aged seven to fifteen to learn to code with state-of-the-art technologies such as AR, VR, AI, IoT, Tinkercad, and Minecraft. KaiBot, designed for hands-on learning, uses screen-free coding cards to instill the fundamentals of coding, providing immediate feedback to enhance learning.Complemented by the Kainundrum Lite app, Kai's Education facilitates a seamless transition from tactile to advanced text-based coding, nurturing problem-solving skills and creativity. Recipient of the Smart AI Toy Award and the Common Sense Top Pick for Learning Award, Kai's Education is dedicated to equipping the next generation with the skills for tomorrow's challenges. We're not just teaching coding; we're inspiring creators.
Learn about Angel HQ, Wellington's Angel Investing Network - the meeting place for ambitious startups and passionate investors.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Angel
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 57
- Round size: Seed $351k–$2.5M; Angel $367k–$1M; Venture - Series Unknown $259k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Luminoma — Luminoma will enable easy access to objective and precise skin cancer screening. With Luminoma, clinicians can confidently discern malignant from benign, reducing unnecessary referrals and biopsies.
- Upstock — Manage wholesale orders with a simple app.
- Factor — Plug and play forecasting and pricing tools for modern energy utilities.
We exist to serve great entrepreneurs with honest advice and education, investment capital that is fair, and an open door to our international network and connections.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Gaming
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 33
- Round size: Seed $618k–$2.3M; Pre-Seed $362k–$1.2M; Venture - Series Unknown $900k–$2.1M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kyoryu — Re-engineered dinosaurs roam a post-apocalyptic Japan. Follow the Samurai T-rex clan as they navigate complex dino clan rivalries.
- RiffRaff Games — Developers of Sleight of Hand
- Space Rock Games — Space Rock Games is the developer behind Criminals Within - a cooperative-only action game set in a medieval fantasy kingdom. Sign up to receive exclusive development updates!
Blackbird is a venture capital fund based in Australia and New Zealand. We invest in every type of technology from software to space, unified by the biggest of ambitions.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 387
- Round size: Seed $34k–$7.2M; Pre-Seed $54k–$2.7M; Series A $3.8M–$32M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $812M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Vow — Vow is crafting a new category of food
- Partly — Auto parts distributors, manufacturers, dismantlers, marketplaces and software providers use Partly's software and API to add fitment and manage parts online.
- Gilmour Space Technologies — Gilmour Space is a rocket company in Australia that is developing and launching low-cost small satellite launch vehicles. All orbits, all planets: https://www.gspacetech.com
Backing world-class Kiwi deep tech for global markets. Fund I fully deployed and tracking strongly. Fund II (Discovery Fund) now open to qualified investors.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $500k–$2.3M; Pre-Seed $337k–$682k; Venture - Series Unknown $898k–$3M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Marama Labs — Marama Labs is a developer of a novel UV-Vis spectroscopy technology for scientific-analytical instrumentation. It assists customers in identifying and measuring turbid samples' characteristics by using light's spectral properties. It offers an ultra-violet and visible spectrophotometer for measuring absorption, extinction, and scatteringspectra of clear and turbid liquids to help customers keep their samples intact, reduce sample preparation steps, and improve measurement turnaround time.
- Arcanum AI — Rapidly build and integrate machine learning features with the Accelerate Platform library of pre-built workflows. Hosted API or deploy into your own cloud.
- Ocean Intelligence — Ocean Intelligence helps aquaculture, port operations and monitoring teams use marine data in day-to-day decisions.
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- Industry: Software, Biotechnology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 51
- Round size: Seed $515k–$1.8M; Angel $400k–$4.3M; Series A $1.6M–$8.8M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MAPTO — Bringing industries together since 2008, Mapto.com stands as the premier platform for a global business directory. Serving millions of companies and suppliers worldwide.Mapto, the “Business Development Guide,” has been specially designed to offer an e-commerce solution that brings together all companies in the world and provides an excellent B2Cuser experience without sacrificing B2B functionality. The most significant difference from other marketplaces is that it is customer-supported!In today’s world, product, manufacturer, and communication demands are the basis of e-commerce searches on the internet. It restructures the “roadmap of e-commerce” by bringing all these demands together and making them accessible to users.
- Insite AI — The chosen partner by executives in RGM, insights, and I.T. to grow revenue and market share. Learn how CPGs win in pricing, assortment, trade and more.
- MarginFuel — MarginFuel provides intelligent price optimisation software that empowers rental vehicle operators to build profitable pricing strategies.
CP Ventures is a boutique, high-performance global venture capital firm backing breakthrough 4th Industrial Revolution technologies.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 91
- Round size: Seed $482k–$4.2M; Pre-Seed $150k–$900k; Series A $3.8M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
Portfolio highlights
- LeadStory — Watch breaking news from around the world and stay up to date with current events. Follow topics that matter to you from providers you can trust. See whats happening nearby or in places you care about.
- Greenfly — Greenfly's short-form media orchestration software platform captures, collects, organizes & distributes videos & photos to drive fan engagement and boost revenue for sports and entertainment organizations.
- Skylark Labs — Skylark Labs develops continuously evolving and customizable threat detection systems for enhanced physical security. Our clients (CCTV or Drone companies) can customize our proprietary AI solutions at the time of deployment or continuously evolve them if needed after deployment making them preferable to other comparable market solutions.
AirTree is a venture capital firm investing in Australian and New Zealand technology founders from seed stage or earlier.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Australia, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 223
- Round size: Seed $894k–$10M; Series A $3.4M–$35M; Series B $4.7M–$54M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $320M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Gridsight — Gridsight helps electrical utilities transition to a decentralised grid by creating 90%-accurate, AI-powered load flow models. These models enable utilities to safely and efficiently support more residential solar, batteries and electric vehicles. Based on CEO Brendan Banfield's PhD research, Gridsight was founded in 2020 to accelerate the transition to renewables.
- Alloy — Alloy enables robotics teams to organise, explore, and evaluate various sorts of multimodal robot data in one platform using natural language, without the need for labels.
- Constantinople — Constantinople manages all infrastructure and operational aspects of your bank: from Customer experience, Banking products to Features, Risks, and Operations.
Investing in innovation for a healthy childhood Investing in innovation for a healthy childhood Impact investing since 2008 Portfolio Companies Invested Health Tech Products Launched Product and Service Revenue Generated Jobs Created in NZ Paediatric Patients
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- Industry: Medical Device, Health Care, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $999k–$9.7M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Wellumio — Wellumio is a medical technology company redefining the boundaries of clinical imaging. We’re fusing technology, design innovation, and medical expertise to create new diagnostic pathways that support the timely delivery of urgent stroke care.
- ISpy Nits — ISpyNits - everything you need to get rid of lice and nits once and for all
- Avasa — Avasa is a medical device company. It helps to improve surgical procedures by developing novel implantable devices.
Soul Capital is an impact investment organisation working towards a more inclusive and sustainable economy.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Recycling
- Stage:Seed, Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$3M; Venture - Series Unknown $608k–$12M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Staples VR — Staples Rentals is a Film/Video & Stills equipment rental house based in Auckland, New Zealand.
- Kai's Education — Kai's Education is an innovative force in the EdTech sector, pioneering the integration of coding, STEM, and robotics into engaging learning experiences for children. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, our mission is to ignite young minds through our award-winning educational products, including the all-in-one STEAM toolbox, Kai's Clan, andthe hybrid robot, KaiBot.Our flagship product, Kai's Clan, breaks new ground by allowing children aged seven to fifteen to learn to code with state-of-the-art technologies such as AR, VR, AI, IoT, Tinkercad, and Minecraft. KaiBot, designed for hands-on learning, uses screen-free coding cards to instill the fundamentals of coding, providing immediate feedback to enhance learning.Complemented by the Kainundrum Lite app, Kai's Education facilitates a seamless transition from tactile to advanced text-based coding, nurturing problem-solving skills and creativity. Recipient of the Smart AI Toy Award and the Common Sense Top Pick for Learning Award, Kai's Education is dedicated to equipping the next generation with the skills for tomorrow's challenges. We're not just teaching coding; we're inspiring creators.
- Teacher’s Buddy — Create lesson plans, worksheets, assessments, and more in minutes. AI-powered tools designed for educators.
The NZVCA’s mission is to develop a world-best private equity (“PE”) and venture capital (“VC”) environment for the benefit of investors and entrepreneurs in New Zealand.Their activities cover the whole spectrum of investment in New Zealand private capital including Angel investment, seed and early-stage venture capital through to developmentcapital and private equity (including management buy-outs and buy-ins).
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 62
- Round size: Seed $940k–$6.6M; Series A $2.4M–$33M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.5M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $17M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Vessev — Electric hydrofoiling vessels built for commercial use. Quiet, efficient, and better for the world.
- Dawn Aerospace — Delivering hardware to space. Positioning satellites on orbit. Returning products to Earth.
- Andromeda Surgical — Empowering surgeons with autonomous precision
Flying Fox Ventures is an early stage investment firm that invests across industry and across the micro-stages of pre-seed and seed.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 112
- Round size: Seed $662k–$3.2M; Pre-Seed $120k–$3M; Series A $649k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Operata — Continuously measure performance to deliver the best possible customer experience.
- SPEC Toolbox — Structural timber design software for Australian engineers. Design CLT, GLT, and connections to AS1720 standards. Start your free trial and automate today.
- Teacher’s Buddy — Create lesson plans, worksheets, assessments, and more in minutes. AI-powered tools designed for educators.
Investing in great people solving hard problems to create a better future.
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- Industry: Health Care, Manufacturing, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed
- Geography: New Zealand, Australia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 62
- Round size: Seed $754k–$5M; Pre-Seed $511k–$1.6M; Venture - Series Unknown $755k–$5.5M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Regen — We send daily recommendations to our farmers' phones based on their own farm data, so NZ can farm smarter.
- Androgenix —
- Navi Medical Technologies — Navi Medical Technologies is a medical device development company.
They back talented founders as they build world leading technology companies from NZ.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, Advertising
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $351k–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Rocos — Send ground robots on autonomous inspection missions. Quickly capture job site data, track progress over time, and detect issues early.
- Jasper — Build a portfolio of high-quality commercial real estate assets sourced and managed by an experienced team.
- First AML — Get AML/CTF compliant and solve your toughest AML challenges with First AML. It's the only AML & KYC software solution you need.
Rampersand invest in the best Australian technology founders, teams and companies and are committed to helping them become global leaders.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 64
- Round size: Seed $1M–$4.6M; Pre-Seed $1.3M–$1.5M; Series A $3.1M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $30M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Cor — Obi by Cor is the leading voice AI agent for customer onboarding and user activation. It uses voice and on-screen awareness to guide users, share best practices, and answer questions in real time.
- Cuttable — The AI ad creative production system for high-growth DTC brands. Scale Meta ad volume and variation without scaling headcount. Built for performance teams.
- Parachute — Leverage for lean, ambitious law firms. AI-powered drafting, review and verification that gets you back to practicing law
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: New Zealand, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $3M–$4.1M; Series A $4.4M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $69M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- OneReg — Designed specifically for Aviation - One powerful, integrated platform delivering full operational clarity, real-time compliance and smarter insights.
- Pearler — Kickstart or continue your long term investment journey with Pearler, a simple alernative for those who crave boring investing.
- First Table — The Earlybird Gets The Dinner Deal! Book the first table of the night and you'll get 50% off meals for 2 to 4 diners! Email social@firsttable.co.nz
Five V Capital is a leading, growth-focused private equity & venture capital firm in Australia and New Zealand
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, SaaS
- Stage:Series A, Private Equity, Series B
- Geography: Australia, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 62
- Round size: Series A $1.2M–$40M; Series B $4.5M–$26M; Private Equity $39M–$59M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $250M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Blastone — Leading supplier of blasting abrasives and equipment for the surface preparation and protective coating industry.
- DyFlex Solutions — Incorporating adaptive technologies to unlock new levels of success for your organisation using next-generation SAP solutions backed by industry expertise.
- Checkbox — Checkbox is an award-winning no code platform which allows users to build their own business apps for process automation.
EVP is an early stage venture capital firm based in Sydney Australia with c. $300M FUM across four fund vintages.Our most recent fund was launched in December 2022 and is a $100M fund. The fund targets early Series-A investments initially with cheque sizes in the range of $0.5 – $5.0 million. Our funds invest in software, are sector agnosticand have a focus on Australian based B2B SaaS companies.Over the years, we’ve backed brilliant founders building global software companies like SiteMinder, Deputy, Ignition and Shippit. We make high conviction investments, underpinned by ambition, pragmatism and a deep understanding of the software journey.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Australia, New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 129
- Round size: Seed $998k–$3.5M; Series A $1.2M–$5.8M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.5M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 75% lead, 25% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $70M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Practifi — The only intelligent CRM built specifically for wealth management firms, Practifi combines native AI functionality with purpose-built capabilities.
- Compare Club — Save money on your household expenses. We compare health and life insurance, home loans, energy plans, childcare and much more
- Fergus — Fergus is a smart field service management software for service businesses. Make job management easy and carry out work better with our all-in-one solution.
Movac is New Zealand's most experienced technology investor and is deeply integrated into the Kiwi tech sector. We've been actively investing since 1998.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 72
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$4.9M; Series A $1.5M–$16M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.1M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $125M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- LawVu — Our all-in-one connected platform enables your legal team to manage all legal matters, contracts, spend and legal operations. Book your free demo now.
- Modlar — Modlar helps bring great design to life by connecting architects from the world's top firms with building products from the world's best brands. Modlar is used by architects at 94% of the world’s top 100 firms who are actively working on construction documents and written specifications—just the people most building productmanufacturers want to reach. Modlar is funded by Movac, New Zealand's top tech investor.
- Mint Innovation — Founded in 2016, members of the Mint Innovation team have a strong background in chemistry, biotechnology, and leveraging IP in the industrial sector. They are scaling their technology in their Auckland plant and labs to demonstrate the commercial application of their biometallurgy processes for metal recovery.
Auckland University's commercialisation arm
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical Device, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 35
- Round size: Seed $694k–$5M; Pre-Seed $283k–$1.3M; Series A $3.5M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- RosterLab — RosterLab goal is to automate every part of the rostering process for healthcare.
- Avasa — Avasa is a medical device company. It helps to improve surgical procedures by developing novel implantable devices.
- Zenno Astronautics — Zenno Astronautics hardware and software products ensure satellite missions are effectively managed, guaranteeing maximum economic returns and responsible use of space.
Investible is an early-stage venture capital firm backing the visionaries advancing humanity through technology in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and globally.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 244
- Round size: Seed $300k–$5.1M; Pre-Seed $392k–$2M; Series A $1.7M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Apate.AI — Is the next generation of scam prevention and intelligence. We deploy advanced conversational AI bots combined with real-time insights to protect businesses, governments and communities globally.2
- Inspace XR — Inspire and engage prospective tenants, buyers, and your team with interactive virtual replicas of your assets, with 360 virtual tours, analytics & more.
- GeoSnapShot — Let's put your photos to work. Built for professionals, available to everyone. GeoSnapShot is loved by amateurs, professionals, teams and individuals.
Folklore is a team of investors, founders, and builders committed to supporting Australian and New Zealand tech founders. We are a first cheque to forever investment firm, and we believe in the power of founder vision and the potential of teams, right from the start.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 52
- Round size: Seed $698k–$5.5M; Series A $1.2M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $70M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Arkeus — Arkeus is a leader in the fusion of optics and autonomy. Our wide area autonomous optical systems are deployed to conduct Search, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance in a range of operating environments.
- Sphere — Live courses led by vetted experts for professionals who want to advance their careers
- Octopusbot — Empowering agribusinesses with 97% accurate AI forecasts, 7 months ahead of the market to mitigate weather risk and price volatility.
Waterdrip capital invests in blockchain industries.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Web3
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Singapore, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 96
- Round size: Seed $1M–$6M; Pre-Seed $500k–$3M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.5M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- LNT — LNT provides a Bitcoin Taproot-based token system that allows basic asset creation and transfers with limited available details.
- ChimpX AI — ChimpX AI is an AI-powered decentralized finance (DeFi) superapp designed to simplify crypto trading, cross-chain asset management, and blockchain interactions through natural language commands. The platform focuses on making complex DeFi operations accessible to everyday users by combining artificial intelligence, automation, and gaslesstransactions into a single interface.
- Finch — FinChip is a platform and protocol for turning AI Skills into encrypted, ownable, usable, and tradable on-chain assets.In the current AI ecosystem, many valuable skills are still difficult to own, verify, protect, and monetize. A skill may be a useful workflow, a specialized AI tool, a code package, an API wrapper, a research method, a tradingassistant, a compliance checker, or any other capability that helps users or AI Agents solve real problems.FinChip allows these skills to be packaged as on-chain tokens. Once a Skill is launched as a FinChip, users can acquire it, hold it, access it, use it, and trade it. Creators can protect their Skill content through encryption and earn revenue when users acquire or trade their Skill Tokens.In simple terms:FinChip turns AI Skills into encrypted Skill Tokens that users and AI Agents can own, use, and trade. FinChip is designed for both human users and AI Agents. Human users can use the FinChip website to find, acquire, and use Skills. AI Agents can interact with FinChip through the protocol and CLI, allowing them to discover, acquire, launch, and trade Skills autonomously. This follows the project's core idea that tokens can become APIs, Skills, and assets at the same time.
The Fund provides growth capital to businesses who deliver social and/or environmental impact, alongside attractive financial returns. This Fund has two primary objectives: delivering market-rate financial returns, and delivering tangible societal and environmental outcomes.
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- Industry: Sustainability, Information Technology, AgTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$3M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.1M–$3.3M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ZeroJet — ZeroJet is the first jet propulsion system to be designed specifically for an electric motor, delivering the perfect balance of performance and runtime.
- Zincovery — Zincovery is a decarbonizing zinc recycling plant.
- CarbonCrop — CarbonCrop gets you recognised and paid for the carbon sequestered in trees on your land. Our artificial-intelligence based mapping and measurement mean we can give you fast, accurate results for no up-front cost.
A research-oriented venture studio that leverages full-stack capacity to build with blockchain innovators.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ZENi — ZENi is a data intelligence engine that powers autonomous AI agents. The platform transforms real-time on-chain and off-chain signals into actionable insights, enabling agents to make decisions, automate workflows, and execute tasks with high precision. Built as a decentralized data intelligence layer, ZENi supports Web3, fintech, e-commerce ,gaming and enterprise applications that require scalable, intelligent agent operations.
- aZen Protocol — aZen transforms computing resources & apps into dynamic fractional NFT, scheduled by smart contracts to build #DePIN for ubiquitous AI
- Zerobase — Trust layer of global finance. A proving network for real yield, with verifiable execution for capital, settlement, and risk. https://t.co/Y71G4wnvRB
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Browse database — It's Free!Bragiel Brothers is an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in seed and Series A rounds. Dan Bragiel launched the firm in San Francisco, California in 2016.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Finland, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 83
- Round size: Seed $1M–$7M; Pre-Seed $125k–$3M; Series A $6.7M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Salmon Labs — Use Salmon to transform your CRM. Effortlessly clean, verify, and enrich your data. with AI capabilities. Keep Your CRM Data Fresh and Dynamic.
- Assured Health — Streamline healthcare credentialing, licensing & payor enrollment with Assured's all-in-one platform. Automate admin Ops, boost efficiency & manage providers effortlessly.
- Inspectify — If you are looking to buy or sell a home, Inspectify helps you find the best home inspectors in your area.
Sparkbox Ventures was founded in 2001 and is New Zealand's most active seed stage investor
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, EdTech
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $593k–$1.6M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mohiomap — Visualize and navigate your Evernote, Google Drive, and Dropbox content. Mohiomap allows you to explore relationships in a dynamic Mind Map, get valuable insights, and visually organize your Cloud data!
- Booktrack — Booktrack is an A.I Soundtrack company. Booktrack's Artificial Intelligence automatically creates soundtracks for any text or any voice. Backed by investors including Peter Thiel, Booktrack is a disruptive force in the publishing and audio world; equivalent to the introduction of sound transforming the experience of film forever. For moreinformation, visit booktrack.com.
- Aroa Biosurgery Ltd — Aroa Biosurgery is a soft-tissue regeneration company that develops, manufactures, sells and distributes medical and surgical products to improve healing in complex wounds and soft tissue reconstruction. Committed to ‘unlocking regenerative healing for everybody’, Aroa’s products are developed from the Company’s proprietary Endoform® technologyplatform, a novel extracellular matrix biomaterial derived from ovine (sheep) forestomach. The company was founded in February 2008 based on intellectual property relating to the use of a novel form of ECM isolated from forestomach extracellular matrix for use in tissue regeneration applications. Aroa’s focus is delivering better healing, every day, everywhere for everybody. Aroa’s products make a meaningful impact for patients, surgeons and clinicians. Aroa delivers high quality, simple to use products that significantly improve outcomes. Aroa also believes its products should be widely accessible, affordable and change the standard of care for many patients.Maori for ‘understanding’, Aroa is at the forefront of understanding how biology, structural form and human factors can unlock the body’s intrinsic power to heal.
Reinventure is pioneering Founder-First Corporate Venture Capital. They champion founders who have the vision, ambition and hustle to transform an industry across Asia-Pacific and beyond, propelling them with the support of a top 20 bank globally.With $150 million under management and Westpac Banking Corporation as its largest limited partner,Reinventure is focused on uncovering, investing in and nurturing scalable early businesses in FinTech and adjacent areas that will be the future of the industry.
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- Industry: FinTech, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 74
- Round size: Seed $800k–$4.9M; Series A $3.1M–$15M; Series B $9.2M–$55M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $37M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Kasada — Kasada stops automated threats and bot attacks from the very first request across web, mobile apps, and APIs. Real-time bot mitigation with no rules to manage.
- Safewill — Safewill is Australia's leading online Will writing platform. With thousands of users, Safewill makes it easy and affordable to write your own legally binding will
- Instant — The world's best-performing online checkout that maximises revenue for your brand!
GD1 is a Venture Capital firm that invests with high conviction in exciting technology companies originating from New Zealand. Our team is passionate about creating and growing global businesses, and our goal is to transform NZ made into the next generation of globally disruptive tech solutions.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 35
- Round size: Seed $694k–$5M; Series A $890k–$18M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $90M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- eVouch — eVouch is the most powerful marketing tool we've used to build an organic community. We've experienced elevated brand trust while reaching an audience we never thought possible. Using customers to market to their friends is simply genius.
- Alimetry — Gastric Alimetry brings data-driven clarity to chronic gastric symptoms, helping clinicians diagnose with confidence.
- Flowingly — Unlock Team Productivity. Streamline Approvals. Increase Compliance. Easy To Use, No-Code Process Mapping & Workflow Automation Platform.
First Round is a seed-stage venture firm focused on building a vibrant community of technology entrepreneurs and companies.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 930
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$9.2M; Series A $2.9M–$25M; Series B $7M–$60M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $296M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Actively — A seamless booking assistant for your favorite fitness classes & wellness experiences
- Arketa — Online and in-person classes, video on-demand, courses and website hosting - all in one platform with arketa.
- Flatiron Health — Clinicians, researchers and regulators rely on Flatiron technology and evidence to learn faster and power smarter care for every patient.
Threshold is an early-stage venture capital firm that focuses on a high-conviction investment strategy. The firm partners with entrepreneurs to build innovative consumer, enterprise, and healthcare technology companies.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, Mobile
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: United States, India, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 541
- Round size: Series A $2.5M–$25M; Series B $5M–$65M; Series C $5M–$75M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $450M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Sequen — Sequen is user behavior by design.
- Ellis — Ellis connects and reconciles portfolio, fund, and investor data across the systems you already use. Every number traceable. Run every fund from one trusted view.
- SpaceX — SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft.
At ArcAngels Funding, we connect female entrepreneurs across New Zealand to venture capital and investment to help their businesses grow.
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Product Research
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $518k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- chnnl — Optimise your employee wellbeing strategy with chnnl. Centralised resource management, track psychosocial risks and team psychological wellbeing measurement.
- VidApp — VidApp makes it easy to build, design and launch your own mobile and tv apps. Connect your current website or channel and build your audience today.
- Grater Goods — Grater Goods is a food and beverage manufacturing company that aims to provide customers with gourmet plant based deli items.
Alium Capital focuses on listed and unlisted technology investments to generate out-sized returns. The company invests in technology, innovation, and early-stage businesses, all the way through to publicly listed assets. It specializes in the fields of finance, investing, innovation, and capital.Alium Capital was founded in 2016 andheadquartered in Sydney, New South Wales.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 50
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$10M; Series A $2M–$11M; Series B $2M–$465M
- Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $79M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Boost Lab — Boost Lab provides solutions for skincare products that are cost-effective, effective, and safe.
- Koala — We're simplifying the mattress and furniture game. With free & fast delivery and a 120 night risk-free trial Australia-wide, try it out online today.
- York Street Brands — York Street Brands, formed by the merger of Boost Lab and tbh Skincare specializes in serums that target a range of skin concerns.
Callaghan Innovation is a stand-alone Crown Entity established on 1 February, 2013. Their role hasn’t previously existed in New Zealand.When they succeed, all New Zealanders will benefit from a stronger economy, higher value exports, more productive and sustainable resource use, more jobs and higher incomes.International evidence showsadvanced technology institutes like Callaghan Innovation have been successful at helping businesses build innovation capability that contributes to their growth and the broader economy.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3229
- Round size: Seed $351k–$1M; Grant $3.5k–$135k; Pre-Seed $607k–$716k
- Lead/follow: 99% lead, 1% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Scanabull — Scanabull is a 3D vision to measure cattle live weight quickly and accurately, reducing handling stress and giving farmers, agents, and processors clear, real‑time weight data. It makes weighing easy, analysis simple, and sharing seamless for everyone who relies on live weight or carcass weight decisions.
- Sterling — Sterling operates an artificial intelligence platform designed to automate back-office operations for financial and accounting teams. The software deploys deterministic AI agents that execute repetitive tasks like accounts payable, accounts receivable, compliance checks, and bank reconciliations directly inside existing enterprise applications. Byfunctioning as a background virtual assistant, its value proposition centers on eliminating administrative bottlenecks while maintaining strict human-in-the-loop oversight and enterprise-grade audit standards.
- Forever Harvest — We are an Aotearoa New Zealand based cellular horticulture company, partnering with food & beverage manufacturers to develop new fruit & nut food solutions.
The Whakatupu Aotearoa Foundation is a private philanthropic trust, established in 2020.
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- Industry: Software, Furniture, Recycling
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Safe Surfer — Safe Surfer is an innovative platform that protects kids from harmful content
- Critical — Made in Aotearoa from 100% reclaimed NZ plastic waste, our panels come in a variety of pre-designed or custom colours and finishes, so you can realise your design vision and create a space that is truly unique. We help architects and designers to push design boundaries while meeting Green Star & sustainability targets.
- Starboard Maritime Intelligence — Monitor and protect your maritime domain
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Browse database — It's Free!Alpine Venture Capital operates as a venture capital firm that supports seed stage founders worldwide.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Accounting
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, Italy, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $750k–$5M; Pre-Seed $2.8M–$4.4M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $13M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Omneky — Omneky - Omnichannel Creative Orchestration
- Deduction — Fast, accurate, and delightful AI tax prep. Organizes your documents. Advises all-year. IRS-ready. Human-reviewed.
- Tethys Robotics — Tethys Robotics develops AI-powered application oriented robotics system that enables professionals in carrying underwater search & recovery to inspection & surveillance.
Super-seeded by new entry: Flying Kiwi Angels
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- Industry: SaaS, 3D Technology, Medical Device
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Seed $5M–$5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Formus — Formus is enabling personalized orthopedics at scale through a fusion of AI-automation with computational biomechanics. Built on 20 years of musculoskeletal research at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute, Formus 3D pre-op planning is FDA, PMDA, and TGA cleared, and has planned over 3,000 hip replacement surgeries at more than 25 sites acrossANZ, Japan, and the US. We are at the next frontier of orthopedics, combining AI-automation with patient-specific modelling of bony and soft-tissue to optimize joint replacement surgeries for each and every patient. Working in tandem with implant manufacturers, we integrate seamlessly into existing industry workflows to reduce costs and vastly increase reliability and scalability. Formus's unique capabilities empower surgeons to revolutionize personalized orthopedics at scale to improve the outcomes of every patient.
Founders Fund is a San Francisco based venture capital firm investing in companies building revolutionary technologies.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1035
- Round size: Seed $1.7M–$14M; Series A $5.5M–$50M; Series B $15M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $6B in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Ubyx — Ubyx is a clearing system that allows anyone,
- Numeric — Hundreds of teams streamline reconciliations, organize their close, and leverage AI for flux analysis and reporting with Numeric.
- Prime Intellect — Prime Intellect democratizes AI development at scale. Our platform makes it easy to find global compute resources and train state-of-the-art models through distributed training across clusters. Collectively own the resulting open AI innovations, from language models to scientific breakthroughs.
We Focus Exclusively On Adding Value To Blockchain & Emerging Technology Projects With Real World Applications.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 267
- Round size: Seed $500k–$6M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $75M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Rilla — Demonstrating 90% reduction in cost-to-serve for live-streaming, Rilla is rewiring the content economy, directing the value generated back to creators and their communities.By leveraging audience bandwidth and rewarding them with ownership in the network, the savings are equivalent to a free month subscription every year for a moderate level ofviewership.Founded by the technical founders behind Altered State Machine, acquired for 214m. Together for 5+ ventures, collectively raising 130m+ and valued at 1b+.
- Osmo — Osmo is a payment company that helps people to send and receive money immediately.
- Uniblock — Uniblock helps connect developers with Web3 using our APIs and services. Our developers use Uniblock because of how easy it is to integrate into exciting applications. Try it for free today!
Digital Asset Capital Management is a specialist, global investment manager in the digital asset, or cryptocurrency sector. The Company's first fund, Digital Asset Fund, provides sophisticated and institutional investors with access to this exciting, yet very specialised sector. DACM also manages DAF Liquid Venture Fund, a specialist fundinvesting in seed or initial round financing opportunities in the digital asset sector as well as DAF Greeks, a market-neutral fund delivering returns from monetising volatility and market inefficiencies.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
- Stage:Seed, Initial Coin Offering
- Geography: United States, Australia, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 55
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$9M; Initial Coin Offering $2M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- RISE Chain — RISE is a next-generation Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain designed to redefine blockchain performance by delivering near-instant transaction confirmations at unprecedented scale, all while upholding Ethereum’s foundational principle of decentralization
- Macropod —
- Inference Labs — AI hyperscale on decentralized networks - We provide certainty for on-chain AI
We are a highly experienced Australian-US venture capital firm ready to back seed phase startups with brilliant ideas & global potential.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 67
- Round size: Seed $1M–$6.5M; Pre-Seed $596k–$2.3M; Series A $1.2M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- SecurePII — SecurePII provides a cloud-based platform that enables organisations to reduce exposure of personally identifiable information (PII) across voice, chat, and AI training channels. The service includes call-by-call redaction of credit-card and other sensitive data via its SecureCall component, enabling businesses to offload PCI-DSS complianceobligations while still retaining customer-facing interactions. SecurePII also empowers companies to process conversation data more safely, by filtering or anonymising PII in real time, to enable AI, analytics, and automation initiatives without compromising customer privacy. The platform integrates with existing payment gateway and communications infrastructure to support both contact centres and unified communications environments.
- TINA — TINA is a global spatial data platform that specialises in blockchain-based Geo-DePIN projects. It allows users to experience spatial data contribution and reward structures within a Web3 wallet environment without complex procedures.
- Checkbox — Checkbox is an award-winning no code platform which allows users to build their own business apps for process automation.
Horizon Ventures is a California based venture capital firm specialized in early- and late-stage investments.
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Mobile
- Stage:Series A, Series C, Series B
- Geography: United States, Israel, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 48
- Round size: Series A $2.7M–$20M; Series B $8.5M–$49M; Series C $4.5M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $20M in 2004
Portfolio highlights
- PINC — PINC provides scalable software, hardware, and services that enable companies to move inventory throughout the supply chain faster, cost-effectively, consistently, and more efficiently. Its cloud-based real-time asset tracking platform powered by an Internet of Things (IoT) sensor network that includes passive RFID, GPS, optical, cellular, andother sensors, provides actionable insights and connected expert guidance that allow companies to optimize their supply chain execution.The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Union City, California.
- Identity Engines — Identity Engines (idEngines) develops identity-based solutions for securing enterprise networks. It offers Ignition server, a network identity management device to centralize, streamline, and secure access across the network. The company also offers Ignition Portal that provides Web authentication capability to support network access control forvarious guest and visitor device types, operating systems, and browsers; Ignition Posture that provides endpoint posture checking; Ignition Guest Manager that secures network services for vendors and partners; and Ignition AutoConnect, an automated solution to streamline secure wireless and wired deployments.idEngines was acquired by Avaya Inc/Nortel Networks in December of 2008, and is now part of Extreme Networks through Extreme's acquisition of Avaya's enterprise networking business.
- Golden Gate Technology — Buy a domain and see how a premium domain can be the best investment. Your business starts here. Buy a domain today.
Quaker Partners is a healthcare investment firm focused on companies based on the U.S. East Coast.
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical Device
- Stage:Series B, Series C, Series A
- Geography: United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Series A $11M–$11M; Series B $7M–$39M; Series C $20M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Vital — Intuitive, user friendly, smart hospital software that leverages AI for an optimized patient and clinician experience.
- Vesper Medical — Vesper Medical is committed to developing safe, efficacious and easy-to-use products for patients with deep venous disease and the physicians who treat them. The company's core technology, the Vesper DUO Venous Stent System, is purpose-built for venous stenting, with an unmatched combination of strength and flexibility designed to meet themultiple anatomical challenges presented by vein mechanics.Vesper Medical is advancing the treatment of deep venous disease by creating a highly differentiated, purpose-built venous stent portfolio that addresses the multiple anatomical challenges presented by the iliac and femoral veins. It also develops minimally- invasive peripheral vascular products. Vesper Medical was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Wayne, PA, USA.
- Intact Vascular — Elevate vascular care with a comprehensive suite for confident interventions in peripheral, aortic, visceral, arterial, and venous procedures.
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm focused on accelerating disruptive innovations and trends.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, India, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2378
- Round size: Seed $2M–$26M; Series A $7M–$85M; Series B $15M–$125M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $600M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Brale — One regulated system for stablecoin issuance, custody, payments, and compliance. 75+ programs in production across 45 US jurisdictions. SOC 2 Type II. Book a demo.
- Tennr — Tennr is a custom AI assistant that accelerates research, answers complex questions, and generates custom reports.
- Ricursive Intelligence — We develop frontier AI methods to reinvent chip development, collapsing traditional design timelines, closing the loop between AI and the hardware that fuels it, and enabling a Cambrian explosion of custom silicon.
Valar Ventures is a venture capital firm backed by Peter Thiel. Valar partners with entrepreneurs globally and believes that an increasing number of transformative technology companies will be started outside of Silicon Valley, and that the founders of those companies will benefit from having a partner that understands their unique challenges andopportunities.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 195
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$10M; Series A $6.6M–$33M; Series B $18M–$75M
- Lead/follow: 62% lead, 38% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Bound — Bound helps SME's protect themselves from currency risk, whilst using technology to simplify the process. We aim to help the 78% of SME's who are at risk of losing money everyday
- Octane — Simple financing for motorcycles, ATVs, mowers, and more. Check your rate with no impact to your credit.
- Panacea Financial — Whether you're transitioning to residency, refinancing your student loans, or funding a new practice - Panacea Financial can help.
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