# Top 5 Automotive Angel Investors in New Zealand in July 2026

## Akshay Kothari
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet

Akshay Kothari is the co-founder of Pulse, a mobile application that allows you to read all your favorite content in one place. Pulse began as a class project in the Launchpad class at Stanford University, and has grown to over 30 million users today. It won the coveted Apple Design Award in 2011 and was inducted into the App Store Hall of Fame.Pulse was recently acquired by Linkedin for $90 million.

## Peter Beck
- Type: Angel
- Location: Huntington Beach, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Audio, AgTech

Peter Beck is based out of Huntington Beach, California, and is the founder, president, and chief executive officer of Rocket Lab. Peter has received the New Zealand EY Entrepreneur of the Year award.

## Connor Theilmann
- Type: Angel
- Location: Greater Los Angeles Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce

Connor Theilmann is the Chief Business Officer at ServiceTitan. Previously he was an investor at Accel in Palo Alto. He attended The Wharton School for Accounting and Finance & the Penn Engineering School for Computer Science.

## Dylan Field
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet

Dylan Field is based out of San Francisco, California and is the Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, President and Chair of our Board of Directors of Figma. Dylan Field attended the Brown University.

## Roland Krueger
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Automotive, Manufacturing, Electric Vehicle

Roland Krueger is the current member of the board of Dyson Holdings and FTN Motion. He was the chief executive officer of the Dyson Group of companies. Prior to Dyson, he was the chairman & global president of INFINITI Motor Company and a corporate officer of NISSAN. Roland studied industrial design at the University of Applied Science, Munich,Germany, and has an MBA from INSEAD, France.

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