Top 10 Big Data VC Funds & Investors in New Zealand (October 2026)

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• 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 — Create on-brand AI ads that learn from your results. Cuttable helps eCommerce teams plan, build, edit and publish ad creative at scale.
• Parachute — Parachute catches the weight of research and drafting so you can focus on the work that matters. Stop writing off billable hours and scale your firm's output.

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• Tennr — Tennr is a custom AI assistant that accelerates research, answers complex questions, and generates custom reports.
• Whizzo — Whizzo specializes in materials science-driven manufacturing of engineered fashion and technical textiles. Our expertise lies in creating and executing innovative textile blends tailored for applications across automotive, agriculture, medical textiles, and engineered fashion.
• Zenzap — Zenzap is a software company that develops an AI-powered workplace communication and collaboration platform for businesses. Its application combines team messaging, task management, file sharing, voice and video calls, and calendar integration in a centralized workspace. The platform organizes conversations by teams, projects, and departments, helping employees coordinate activities and track responsibilities within their existing workflows. Zenzap also incorporates AI agents and search capabilities that help users retrieve information from conversations, documents, and connected business applications. Its administrative features support employee onboarding, access permissions, data management, and the removal of access when employees leave an organization. The platform includes integrations with human resources information systems and other workplace tools to synchronize employee records and support business processes. Additional features, such as scheduled messages and configurable working hours, help teams manage notifications and maintain boundaries between work and personal time. Zenzap serves businesses across industries, including healthcare, hospitality, construction, logistics, and professional services, seeking to centralize workplace communication and improve team coordination.

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• RedOwl AI — RedOwl leverages the power of generative AI to empower of the office of the CFO to make error-free and compliant pre-transactional decisioning.
• 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.
• Checkbox — Checkbox is an award-winning no code platform which allows users to build their own business apps for process automation.

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• 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.
• First Table — Book the first table of the night and you'll get 50% off the food bill for two to four people!

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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 — Book the first table of the night and you'll get 50% off the food bill for two to four people!

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• Writer — WRITER is the enterprise AI agent platform trusted by Fortune 500 companies, built to help teams execute and scale on-brand, compliant work.
• Evident — Evident's end-to-end automated insurance verification make it easier for businesses to reduce third-party risk & improve compliance rates.
• Silverfort — Stop AI attacks the moment they happen with Silverfort's inline protection across AD, cloud, and AI. See how the runtime Identity Security platform works.

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• Dexibit — We know Visitor Attractions inside and out. Measure and drive visitation, visitor experience, loyalty and revenue. We're empowering places people love to visit.
• Datagate — Quick, easy, compliant telecom billing for MSPs! Datagate integrates with popular MSP software like ConnectWise, Datto Autotask PSA, Quickbooks and Xero, and tax engines like Avalara, CCH SureTax and CSI.
• Beany — Accounting, tax and advisory services for New Zealand business owners. We help you make smarter decisions for both your business and life.

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• 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.