Top 10 Big Data VC Funds & Investors in New Zealand (September 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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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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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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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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Ice Angels
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand, United States, Canada | Seed, Angel, Series A | Software, Analytics, E-Commerce | $367k–$8.5M |
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ArcAngels
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Biotechnology, Information Technology | $518k–$1.3M |
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New Zealand Venture Investment Fund
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand, United States, Japan | Seed, Series A, Angel | Software, SaaS, Biotechnology | $400k–$8.8M |
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Icehouse Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $643k–$19M |
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Investible
VC Fund
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1 | Australia, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $300k–$20M |
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Aspect Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Israel, Canada | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Internet | $1.1M–$60M |
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K1W1
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand, United States | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence | $550k–$18M |
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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
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: 66
- Round size: Seed $1M–$6.5M; Pre-Seed $596k–$2.3M; Series A $1.2M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 61% lead, 39% 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.
- TMRW — Transform your healthspan with TMRW. Comprehensive biomarker testing, a dedicated clinical team, and personalised longevity solutions.
- Checkbox — Checkbox is an award-winning no code platform which allows users to build their own business apps for process automation.
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: 2329
- Round size: Seed $2M–$27M; 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
- Athos — Athos uses EMG real-time biofeedback to help you go from guessing to knowing if you are performing at your best. #BuildBetterAthletes
- Tennr — Tennr is a custom AI assistant that accelerates research, answers complex questions, and generates custom reports.
- Fresh Nation — Fresh Nation is an enterprise-level B2B wholesale marketplace and management platform for the retail grocery industry, operationalizing local and specialty food assortments for the nation’s largest retailers and distributors. Fresh Nation’s proprietary Virtual Supply Chain™ platform simplifies the complexity of working with thousands of smallvendors, saving time and cutting costs. Incorporating a vendor and product rich CRM, interactive supplier portal, order management suite, accounting and invoicing tools, and flexible EDI/API integrations, Fresh Nation is becoming the grocery industry standard for enterprise specialty food management.
iceangels.co.nz - New Zealand most active Angel Network. A network for New Zealand's leading entrepreneurs, corporate executives, and professional investors.
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- Industry: Software, Analytics, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$1.6M; Angel $367k–$428k; Series A $1.5M–$8.5M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $7.5M in 2016
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
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, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- 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.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- 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.
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: 275
- Round size: Seed $643k–$4.9M; Series A $2.5M–$19M
- 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.
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, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 239
- Round size: Seed $300k–$5.1M; Pre-Seed $392k–$2M; Series A $1.7M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% 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.
Aspect Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in the emerging mobile marketplace.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, Israel, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 124
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$6.1M; Series A $6.5M–$18M; Series B $9.8M–$60M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $181M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- 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 — Silverfort delivers runtime Identity Security across AD, cloud, and AI, stopping attacks before access is granted. See how it works.
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: 131
- Round size: Seed $550k–$4.1M; Series A $1.8M–$18M; Venture - Series Unknown $2M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Linca — Critical metals for a circular battery supply chain
- 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.
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