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Top 50 Biotech Startup Investors in New Zealand (November 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in New Zealand Biotech startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in New Zealand Biotech startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Venture - Series Unknown round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Icehouse Ventures
VC Fund
12 New Zealand, United States, Australia Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $485k–$21M
Finistere Ventures
VC Fund
11 United States, New Zealand, Israel Series B, Series C, Series A Biotechnology, Agriculture, Food and Beverage $3.5M–$45M
Enterprise Angels
VC Fund
11 New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, Health Care $227k–$3.6M
Pacific Channel
VC Fund
9 New Zealand, Australia, United States Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed Health Care, Manufacturing, Biotechnology $511k–$5.5M
Callaghan Innovation
VC Fund
8 New Zealand, United States, Australia Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology $3.5k–$1M
New Zealand Growth Capital Partners
VC Fund
8 New Zealand, United States, Australia Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Software, Information Technology, Health Care $435k–$10M
Matū Group
VC Fund
8 New Zealand, Australia, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Biotechnology, Health Care, Manufacturing $337k–$25M
K1W1
VC Fund
7 New Zealand, United States Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence $550k–$18M
Powerhouse Ventures
VC Fund
7 New Zealand, United States, Australia Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Biotechnology, Software, Health Care $51k–$7.9M
New Zealand Venture Investment Fund
VC Fund
7 New Zealand, United States, Japan Seed, Series A, Angel Software, Biotechnology, Health Care $393k–$8.8M
OurCrowd
VC Fund
7 Israel, United States, New Zealand Series B, Series A, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care $500k–$60M
Uniservices
VC Fund
7 New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed Health Care, Medical Device, Biotechnology $283k–$8.4M
Booster
VC Fund
6 New Zealand, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Medical Device $157k–$6.1M
Fonterra Co-operative Group
VC Fund
6 New Zealand, United States, Germany Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Wellness $151k–$50M
New Zealand Green Investment Finance
VC Fund
3 New Zealand, Australia, United Kingdom Debt Financing, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar $372k–$49M
AngelHQ
VC Fund
3 New Zealand, United States, Canada Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Angel Software, SaaS, Manufacturing $259k–$11M
Movac
VC Fund
3 New Zealand, United States, Australia Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Software, SaaS, Manufacturing $1.4M–$16M
IP Group
VC Fund
3 United Kingdom, United States, Australia Seed, Series A, Series B Biotechnology, Health Care, Software $44k–$68M
AgriZeroNZ
VC Fund
3 New Zealand, United States, Sweden Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Biotechnology, AgTech, Livestock $677k–$27M
Cure Kids Ventures
VC Fund
3 New Zealand, United States Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Health Care, Medical Device, Manufacturing $999k–$9.7M
University of Auckland Inventors Fund
VC Fund
3 New Zealand, United States Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed Health Care, Biotechnology, Therapeutics $337k–$18M
Ice Angels
VC Fund
2 New Zealand, United States, Canada Seed, Angel, Series A Software, Analytics, E-Commerce $385k–$8.5M
Otago Innovation
VC Fund
2 New Zealand Seed Biotechnology, Veterinary, Life Science $2M–$9.7M
Rabobank Food & Agri Innovation Fund
VC Fund
2 United States, United Kingdom, The Netherlands Series A, Series B, Seed Agriculture, AgTech, Farming $3.8M–$45M
Brandon Capital
VC Fund
2 Australia, United Kingdom, United States Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical $914k–$81M
Cultivate Ventures
VC Fund
2 New Zealand, United States Seed, Series A Biotechnology, Sensor, Farming $3M–$9.6M
Marko Bogoievski
Angel
2 New Zealand Convertible Note Veterinary, Health Care, Biotechnology
Even Capital
VC Fund
2 New Zealand, Australia Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Biotechnology, Financial Services, Information Technology $320k–$2.4M
Tuhua Fund
VC Fund
2 New Zealand, Singapore, United States Seed, Series A, Angel Software, B2B, Internet $735k–$7.5M
ArcAngels
VC Fund
2 New Zealand Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Health Care, Biotechnology, Product Research $518k–$1.3M
Lincoln Agritech
VC Fund
2 New Zealand Venture - Series Unknown Sensor, Biotechnology, Sustainability
RIV Capital
VC Fund
2 Canada, United States, Italy Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Cannabis, AgTech, Food and Beverage $1.5M–$12M
Impact Enterprise Fund
VC Fund
2 New Zealand, Australia Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Sustainability, Information Technology, AgTech $1.1M–$3.3M
Global from Day One
VC Fund
2 New Zealand, United States, China Seed, Series A Software, SaaS, Manufacturing $694k–$18M
Sparkbox Ventures
VC Fund
2 New Zealand, United States, Japan Seed, Angel, Series A Software, EdTech, Manufacturing $200k–$1.8M
Catamount Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States, New Zealand, United Kingdom Series A, Series B, Series C Software, Education, Manufacturing $1.4M–$25M
Snowball Effect
VC Fund
1 New Zealand Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Angel Software, Internet, Health Care $558k–$4.4M
Biomimicry Institute
VC Fund
1 Canada, United States, Japan Grant Biotechnology, Advanced Materials, Energy $15k–$150k
Hostplus
VC Fund
1 Australia, United Kingdom, United States Series A, Series B, Series C Software, Biotechnology, Semiconductor $6.3M–$111M
Paul Davidson
Angel
1 Finland, New Zealand, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B SaaS, FinTech, Privacy $934k–$2.9M
Toyota Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States, United Kingdom, Israel Series A, Seed, Series B Artificial Intelligence, Software, Robotics $1.4M–$126M
Bioeconomy Science Institute
VC Fund
1 New Zealand Pre-Seed Horticulture, Biotechnology, Plant-Based Foods
Adam Clark
Angel
1 New Zealand Seed Biotechnology, Product Research
Serge van Dam
Angel
1 New Zealand Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Biotechnology, Generative AI, Machine Learning
David Ross
Angel
1 New Zealand Seed Biopharma, Biotechnology
Outset Ventures
VC Fund
1 New Zealand Seed, Pre-Seed CleanTech, Biotechnology, Product Research
IP Group Australia
VC Fund
1 Australia, New Zealand Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy $811k–$29M
Sante Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States, Canada, Japan Series A, Series B, Series C Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology $1.8M–$80M
Octopus Ventures
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, United States, Germany Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care $1.9M–$43M
Olympus Corporation of the Americas
VC Fund
1 United States, New Zealand Grant, Series A, Series C Medical, Biotechnology, Health Care
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Icehouse Ventures
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 12 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 281
  • Round size: Seed $643k–$5M; Series A $2.5M–$21M; Venture - Series Unknown $485k–$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.
  • General Compute — General Compute provides an ASIC-based cloud inference platform focused on running AI inference workloads. The company offers an OpenAI-compatible API that allows users to access hosted large language models and switch from existing GPU-based providers by changing the base URL and API key. It supports deploying both its own supported models andcustomer-supplied models on its infrastructure, emphasizing high token throughput and low time to first token. General Compute also offers dedicated custom deployments with service-level agreements, custom scaling, and guaranteed capacity for production workloads. Its infrastructure targets use cases such as AI agents, coding assistants, and real-time voice applications that require low-latency, high-throughput inference.
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Finistere Ventures
VC Fund · San Diego, California, United States · 11 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

Finistere Ventures is an agricultural technology and life sciences venture capital investor. Founded in 2005, the company partners with other entrepreneurs and creative thinkers to build innovative companies that have the potential to transform modern agriculture, increase food security, improve nutrition, and enhance sustainability. Their applied experience as operators, and pioneering role in Ag Tech, is actively utilized to benefit its portfolio companies and Partners. Finistere has global access to the best new technologies from centers of Ag Tech excellence in the U.S., Australia, Israel, New Zealand, and Canada through its venture partner networks. Finistere’s locations in San Diego and Palo Alto, California keeps them connected to the centers of mainstream venture investment and the world’s leading innovation ecosystem.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Agriculture, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Series B, Series C, Series A
  • Geography: United States, New Zealand, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 73
  • Round size: Series A $3.5M–$10M; Series B $5.3M–$45M; Series C $5M–$43M
  • Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $28M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • POP — Strengthen your dog's immunity with Pop-Topper. Developed with top animal scientists and food innovators, our formulas leverage clinically proven superfoods to reduce inflammation and promote longevity. Backed by science, our daily meal topper seamlessly integrates into your dog's routine for optimal health benefits.
  • Animol Discovery — Animol is building its own pipeline of break-through proprietary veterinary small molecules led by a team of animal health industry experts with vast experience in bringing drugs to market. With our unique and powerful technology platform we deliver innovative medicines that are specifically designed for the needs of veterinary patients.
  • Berkeley Yeast — Better yeast for better beer. Make cleaner tasting beer with ultra low diacetyl strains, brew non alcoholic beer that tastes more like actual beer, or unlock bright grapefruit and passionfruit notes with the cleanest thiol yeast.
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Enterprise Angels
VC Fund · Tauranga, Gisborne, New Zealand · 11 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

Connecting startup business owners with angel investors to raise capital . Access a network of expertise and investment opportunities.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 172
  • Round size: Seed $328k–$3.6M; Venture - Series Unknown $227k–$3.6M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $14M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Linca — Domestic refining of lithium, nickel & cobalt for the energy transition.
  • 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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Pacific Channel
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 9 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

Investing in great people solving hard problems to create a better future.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Manufacturing, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand, Australia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 63
  • Round size: Seed $517k–$5M; Pre-Seed $511k–$1.6M; Venture - Series Unknown $755k–$5.5M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% 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.
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Callaghan Innovation
VC Fund · Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand · 8 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

Callaghan Innovation supports businesses with research and development services, technical expertise, funding programs, and commercialization support. It provides scientific research, laboratory services, innovation programs, and industry partnerships across sectors including biotechnology, health technology, and advanced manufacturing. The agency is currently transferring its services to other public research organizations as part of New Zealand's science and innovation system reforms.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3616
  • Round size: Seed $351k–$1M; Grant $3.5k–$145k; 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.
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New Zealand Growth Capital Partners
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 8 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 117
  • 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 — Domestic refining of lithium, nickel & cobalt for the energy transition.
  • 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.
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Matū Group
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 8 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

Investing in scalable science and deep tech start-ups in Aotearoa NZ. We operate venture capital funds that invest in science and deep tech through a hands-on, active approach.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand, Australia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $473k–$4.6M; Pre-Seed $337k–$972k; Series A $2.3M–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Advemto — Advemto is the manufacturer and developer of ultrafast spectroscopy systems that help researchers.
  • Inhibit Coatings — Inhibit Coatings is a New Zealand based company developing novel antimicrobial and antifouling coatings.
  • Captivate Technology — Captivate Technology company operates a clean-tech carbon capture platform. The platform enables cement manufacturers, geothermal power plants, and biogas producers to reduce pollution and contribute to environmental initiatives by using a metal-organic framework for CO2 adsorption as a solid-state material.
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K1W1
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 7 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups, 7 in the past 12 months

K1W1 provides startups and businesses in New Zealand with early and later-stage venture investments.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 137
  • Round size: Seed $550k–$4.1M; Series A $1.5M–$18M; Venture - Series Unknown $2M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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!
  • SupaHuman AI — VETos drafts and maps your assessment tools and resources. Nova 5 turns them into practice learners finish. For RTOs, TAFEs and PTEs in Australia and NZ.
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Powerhouse Ventures
VC Fund · Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand · 7 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

powerHouse is a New Zealand intellectual property commercialisation company using private and public investment to develop new spin-out ventures sourced primarily from research partners such as universities and Crown Research Institutes. A pioneer of seed-stage investment in New Zealand, powerHouse focuses on the earliest stages of new high-value technology development. Unlike incubators that offer general business services to any innovative companies, powerHouse is extremely focused and selective. It rigorously screens each opportunity to identify those with the strongest intellectual property value and the greatest potential to gain an unfair advantage in global markets. powerHouse then invests in these companies, sourced from powerHouse's annual seed-stage fund and co-investment. powerHouse also runs an innovation education programme for studdents and organisations.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 27
  • Round size: Seed $285k–$7.9M; Pre-Seed $51k–$373k; Series A $255k–$7M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • VeriQuantix — VeriQuantix was spun out of the University of Queensland. VeriQuantix is an Australian startup specializing in cybersecurity, focusing on quantum technology to enhance the security of optical fiber communication networks. Their core innovation, Quantum Link Verification (QLV), is designed to detect and alert network operators to physical tappingattempts and intercept cyber attacks on fiber optic networks. This technology leverages quantum principles, specifically entangled photons, to verify the trustworthiness of network links by ensuring that any unauthorized access disrupts photon entanglement and triggers immediate alerts.
  • Granular — Granular Energy provides solutions for managing and trading clean energy. We are the leading provider of energy certificate management software for utilities, helping to streamline certificate managment processes and enabling utilities to launch next-generation green offers, including transparency down to the hourly level.
  • Liquid Instruments — Redefining the way scientists, engineers, students, and professionals experience test and measurement with Moku software-reconfigurable hardware platforms
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New Zealand Venture Investment Fund
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 7 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

New Zealand Venture Investment Fund, a New Zealand-based private equity fund, manages fund of funds investments and direct co-investments.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 58
  • Round size: Seed $393k–$1.8M; Angel $400k–$4.3M; Series A $1.6M–$8.8M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% 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.
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OurCrowd
VC Fund · Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel · 7 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups, 7 in the past 12 months

Invest in exclusive and pre-vetted startups, late-stage companies, and top tier funds - private market access made simple, transparent, and institutional-grade.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Israel, United States, New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 409
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$8M; Series A $2.5M–$22M; Series B $5.5M–$60M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $230k in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • N.Light — N.Light is a Metaverse 3D design software that allows individuals to effortlessly turn their ideas into reality.
  • BloomX — Helping nature do its magic with the power of technology
  • Hemispheric — Hemispheric develops fundamental AI technologies aimed at deciphering brain activity for innovative applications.
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Uniservices
VC Fund · 7 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

Auckland University's commercialisation arm

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Medical Device, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 36
  • Round size: Seed $694k–$5M; Pre-Seed $283k–$1.3M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.6M–$8.4M
  • 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.
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Booster
VC Fund · Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand · 6 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

Booster is an investment manager, superannuation and default KiwiSaver scheme provider. We offer ethical, New Zealand and specialist investment options.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Medical Device
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Seed $715k–$4.3M; Pre-Seed $157k–$972k; Venture - Series Unknown $158k–$6.1M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Linca — Domestic refining of lithium, nickel & cobalt for the energy transition.
  • 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.
  • Wych Limited — Enable financial planning and budgeting tools, investment management, account switching, lending, credit enhancement, payments | Open Banking APIs | Wych
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Fonterra Co-operative Group
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 6 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

We're a global dairy nutrition company owned by 10,000 farmers and their families, united by a fundamental belief in the power of dairy to make a difference.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Wellness
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Round size: Seed $581k–$724k; Pre-Seed $151k–$612k; Series B $10M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Vivici — Our mission is to meet the world's growing need for sustainable, nutritious and great tasting animal-free proteins.
  • POP — Strengthen your dog's immunity with Pop-Topper. Developed with top animal scientists and food innovators, our formulas leverage clinically proven superfoods to reduce inflammation and promote longevity. Backed by science, our daily meal topper seamlessly integrates into your dog's routine for optimal health benefits.
  • Prolific Machines — Difficult protein production made simple. A next-generation expression system for next-generation therapeutics.
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New Zealand Green Investment Finance
VC Fund · Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand · 3 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

New Zealand Green Investment Finance provides support to the growth of innovative energy and carbon management.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: New Zealand, Australia, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 32
  • Round size: Seed $3.1M–$7.6M; Debt Financing $644k–$49M; Venture - Series Unknown $372k–$3.2M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • solarZero —
  • Ruminant BioTech — Ruminant BioTech is a company that creates slow-release devices for long-term controlled-release methane mitigation.
  • Far North Solar Farm — Far North Solar Farm (FNSF) is a New Zealand solar developer: utility-scale solar farms, solar farms for landowners and commercial solar for businesses.
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AngelHQ
VC Fund · Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand · 3 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

Learn about Angel HQ, Wellington's Angel Investing Network - the meeting place for ambitious startups and passionate investors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Angel
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 59
  • Round size: Seed $351k–$2.5M; Angel $385k–$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 — Easily manage all your hospitality, foodservice and FMCG grocery orders. Automate invoicing, pricing, payments and logistics with powerful AI tools.
  • Factor — Plug and play forecasting and pricing tools for modern energy utilities.
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Movac
VC Fund · Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand · 3 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 74
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$4.9M; Series A $1.5M–$16M; Venture - Series Unknown $2M–$13M
  • Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $125M in 2022

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.
  • 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.
  • Migco Pharmaceuticals — Migco Pharmaceuticals is a pharmaceutical company focused on designed to develop new drug therapies for migraine headache.
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IP Group
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 3 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups, 12 in the past 12 months

IP Group's core business is the creation of value for its shareholders and partners through the commercialisation of intellectual property originating from research intensive institutions. Their strength lies in managing this process from finding suitable intellectual property to commercialise to either helping develop businesses and create value out of them, or identifying and establishing appropriate commercial partnerships to do so. IP Group's extensive expertise in this area combined with its inside knowledge of both industry and finance have enabled the group to create a formidable track record of consistently delivering excellent results for their companies, for their partners and for their shareholders.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 261
  • Round size: Seed $44k–$5.3M; Series A $2.4M–$30M; Series B $7.9M–$68M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $50M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • Microbiotica — Microbiotica is a developer of human microbiome therapeutics intended to discover and develop live bacterial therapeutics and biomarkers. The company's therapeutics identify gut bacteria linked to phenotype with unprecedented precision, enabling researchers to phenotype before testing of candidate bacteria in advanced human in vitro and invivo models.
  • Matter Machine — Matter Machine is an AI-driven materials discovery company that creates technologies that use materials chemistry, machine learning, and automated experimentation to speed up the discovery and optimization of next-generation materials.
  • Mach42 — Machine Discovery is a University of Oxford spin-out commercializing new machine learning technology. We leverage proprietary neural network technology to accelerate expensive calculations — and we do it with minimal data and 99.9% fidelity.
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AgriZeroNZ
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 3 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

A world-first public-private partnership helping farmers reduce emissions while maintaining profitability and productivity.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, AgTech, Livestock
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, Sweden

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Round size: Seed $677k–$10M; Series A $7M–$27M; Venture - Series Unknown $3M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 59% lead, 41% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Rumin8 — Rumin8 - Solving livestock methane emissions
  • Arkea Bio — ArkeaBio is using innovative vaccine technologies to create solutions to reduce the on-farm methane emissions responsible for 6% of global GHG emissions.
  • Ruminant BioTech — Ruminant BioTech is a company that creates slow-release devices for long-term controlled-release methane mitigation.
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Cure Kids Ventures
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 3 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Medical Device, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • 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.
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University of Auckland Inventors Fund
VC Fund · 3 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

University of Auckland Inventors Fund

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Therapeutics
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $2.2M–$2.5M; Pre-Seed $337k–$972k; Series A $1.6M–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • TamoRx — TamoRx’s founding inventors have discovered a novel biological mechanism within cells that restricts the immune system from fighting cancer. The research team is focused on developing a new therapy that frees patients’ immune systems from this restriction to increase immune attack on cancer cells within tumours offering a new hope for a broad rangeof cancer patients. TamoRx aims to develop small molecule inhibitors that work both as a single agent and in combination with other treatments, increasing the applicability of immunotherapy for patients.
  • Opo Bio — Opo Bio develops cell lines for the cultivated meat industry and researchers.They are building a multi-species and multi-cell type product bank for research and commercial usage. They are creating infrastructure that will enable the industry to progress and more effectively scale.
  • 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.
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Ice Angels
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 2 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Analytics, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 26
  • Round size: Seed $447k–$1.6M; Angel $385k–$465k; Series A $1.6M–$8.5M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% 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.
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Otago Innovation
VC Fund · Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand · 2 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

Otago Innovation is a research company that supports researchers from university campuses with opportunities for commercialisation.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Veterinary, Life Science
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$9.7M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • InsituGen — Bioassay technology developed by InsituGen provides rapid and accurate detection of all androgenic and estrogenic activity
  • Amaroq Therapeutics — Amaroq Therapeutics is a biotechnology company focussed on developing a new class of therapeutics that target lncRNA in cancer.
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Rabobank Food & Agri Innovation Fund
VC Fund · Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands · 2 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

Rabobank emerged from several small agricultural cooperative banks, founded by Dutch farmers in the late nineteenth century. Food & Agriculture (F&A) is in our DNA, from which we built a unique position in the F&A sector as a key financier and international player, attributes which we leverage for the benefit of our stakeholders andportfolio companies. We recognise and understand the food security challenges lying ahead of us and how Innovation in F&A supply chains is key to the solution, which is why we are dedicated to committing capital to the space.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Agriculture, AgTech, Farming
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, The Netherlands

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 25
  • Round size: Series A $3.8M–$15M; Series B $5M–$45M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MiAlgae — MiAlgae is a new-age microalgal production company that aims to revolutionize the £340 billion global livestock feed industry by producing microalgal products – through the remediation of wastewater – as nutrient supplements for fishmeal in livestock feeds. Their microalgal products are high in omegas and proteins, both of which are required forthe production of many livestock feeds, especially in the aquaculture sector.Their production methodology uses circular economy to reduce the operating costs involved in the production of microalgae and as such allows them to compete with other supplements currently on the market.
  • EarthOptics — GroundTruth Ag is a soil cloud creator specializing in sustainable agricultural management. GroundTruth offers insights into soil management and health as well as near-real-time actionable data layers that cover the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of the soil. This technology allows farmers to obtain accurate soil informationwhile also offering carbon creditors low-cost, hyper-accurate verification.
  • Saga Robotics — Saga Robotics delivers UV-C mildew control, AI-driven data services, and robotic farm automation with the autonomous robot Thorvald. Our robots provide chemical-free vineyard and strawberry disease management to help growers increase yields and reduce reliance on fungicides.
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Brandon Capital
VC Fund · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · 2 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

Brandon Capital invests in the most promising biomedical opportunities that have the potential to improve the lives of patients.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
  • Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
  • Geography: Australia, United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 86
  • Round size: Seed $914k–$9.7M; Series A $5.2M–$81M; Venture - Series Unknown $5.2M–$24M
  • Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $290M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Ena Respiratory — Ena Respiratory is a biotechnology company seeking to transform the treatment and prevention of respiratory infections and the effectiveness of vaccines.Ena Respiratory novel, synthetic Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) receptor agonists have been shown to activate the innate immune system in the respiratory tract and prevent viral and bacterialdissemination to the lungs.
  • Lumonus — Lumonous is a healthcare company that offers Radiation Oncology, Radiation Therapy, and Cancer treatment technology-enabled services.
  • OncoRes Medical — OncoRes Medical develops an imaging technology to provide intraoperative information available to surgeons to assist with the identification of tumor and healthy tissue.OncoRes Medical is an early-stage medical device company located in Perth, Western Australia and is developing the patent-protected technology in collaboration with leadingresearchers at the University of Western Australia and the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and breast cancer surgeons at the Western Australian public health system.With funding provided by the Medical Research Commercialisation Fund (MRCF), OncoRes Medical aims to develop the technology for use in clinical applications that require the real-time assessment of tissue microstructure.
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Cultivate Ventures
VC Fund · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 2 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

Cultivate Ventures is an investment and advisory firm built to catalyze growth for promising food, wellness and fitness companies. We focus specifically on investment, business concept incubation, seed-to-growth stage acceleration and turn around advisory services. We believe strongly in strong returns on capital combined with collaboration,transparency, conscious consumerism. We take a long-term, collaborative and flexible approach to each company and client we work with and invest in, allowing our financial and operational stake to grow as our partners grow.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Sensor, Farming
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Seed $3M–$7M; Series A $7.3M–$9.6M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Hectre — Award winning, simple to use orchard apps for performance and cost management optimization.
  • Scentian Bio — Scentian Bio operates as a platform that provides ultimate sensing solution.
  • Ruminant BioTech — Ruminant BioTech is a company that creates slow-release devices for long-term controlled-release methane mitigation.
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Marko Bogoievski
Angel · Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand · 2 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

Marko retired as CEO of Morrison & Co in 2021 after 13 years of leading the business. He continues to provide guidance for investments in telecommunications and digital infrastructure. His 30 year career has been in the infrastructure and technology sectors in a variety of senior finance, operational and sales roles in the United States and NewZealand. Prior to joining Morrison & Co in 2008, Marko was CFO of Telecom NZ, responsible for corporate finance, M&A and group strategy. Marko is Chair of Vodafone New Zealand.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Veterinary, Health Care, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Convertible Note
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Pictor — PictorDx offers a flexible multiplex proteomics platform that delivers multiple biomarker insights simultaneously and cost-effectively for multiple sample types
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Even Capital
VC Fund · Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand · 2 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

Even Capital is an investment advisory firm that provides growth of venture capital funds for women-owned businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Financial Services, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $934k–$2.4M; Pre-Seed $320k–$1.5M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ReciMe — ReciMe is the #1 app to save recipes from Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest & more. Its free to use and easy to try.
  • Heatseeker — Determine how successful your business, product or campaign will be before launching by testing your products and messaging with AI-powered digital campaigns.
  • GoFIGR — We are a talent insights and opportunity marketplace platform that helps you develop, engage and retain employees in the flow of work.
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Tuhua Fund
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 2 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

Micro-Venture Fund investing in 25 Kiwi Startups

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, B2B, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: New Zealand, Singapore, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $735k–$3.6M; Series A $1.6M–$7.5M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $7.6M in 2016

Portfolio highlights

  • Datch — Built on top of a powerful connected platform, the Datch Voice Assistant allows you to use the most natural form of communication - your voice - to converse with your site, allowing you to connect and interact with your existing in-house systems through simple integrations.
  • Dawn Aerospace — Delivering hardware to space. Positioning satellites on orbit. Returning products to Earth.
  • Surgical Design Studios — The Insides Company is the leading provider of chyme reinfusion solutions for intestinal failure
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ArcAngels
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 2 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

At ArcAngels Funding, we connect female entrepreneurs across New Zealand to venture capital and investment to help their businesses grow.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Lincoln Agritech
VC Fund · Lincoln, Nebraska, United States · 2 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

Lincoln Agritech is a vibrant organization with over 50 staff, including scientists, research engineers, and software developers.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sensor, Biotechnology, Sustainability
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CertusBio — The CertusBio continuous monitoring system provides easy access to real-time data so that food processors can now mitigate losses and waste waterwater quality issues at the source. We are helping industrial food processors transition to a more sustainable model of production.
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RIV Capital
VC Fund · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 2 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

The Investor Relations website contains information about FLUENT Corp.'s business for stockholders, potential investors, and financial analysts.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Cannabis, AgTech, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: Canada, United States, Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$2.5M; Series A $6.7M–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Headset — Retail & market insights for cannabis retailers, product manufacturers, CPGs, processors, growers & all ancillary services.
  • BioLumic — BioLumic develops light signals that activate plant growth and unlock the natural genetic potential of crops. The company's photogenics platform leverages innovation in plant science, light technology and genetic insights. Demonstrated results include higher yield, improved vigor, increased disease and pest resistance, and improvements incrops composition. These results have been across a variety of seeds and seedling: soybean, cannabis and vegetable and fruit crops. It is a clean technology that does not require the use of chemicals or amendments. BioLumic is a private company and was founded in 2013.
  • High Beauty — High Beauty is a skincare brand that offers clean beauty skincare products made from hemp seed oil. High Beauty chooses organic ingredients to create the purest and cleanest ingredients for all of our formulations. High Beauty makes every effort to source all raw ingredients from organic farms and extraction processes.
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Impact Enterprise Fund
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 2 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Global from Day One
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 2 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 36
  • Round size: Seed $694k–$5M; Series A $890k–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% 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.
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Sparkbox Ventures
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 2 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

Sparkbox Ventures was founded in 2001 and is New Zealand's most active seed stage investor

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, EdTech, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 29
  • Round size: Seed $200k–$1.8M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2016

Portfolio highlights

  • SimTutor — SimTutor is a provider of simulation-based learning tools that make training more interactive, measurable, and accessible.
  • 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.
  • Sharesight — Leading online stock portfolio tracker & reporting tool for investors. Sharesight tracks stock prices, trades, dividends, performance and tax!
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Catamount Ventures
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

Founded in 2000 by Jed Smith, Catamount Ventures works with passionate entrepreneurs to help them build companies in the education, healthy living, and sustainability markets. Our common goal? To generate enduring value and produce outstanding returns for our investors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Education, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: United States, New Zealand, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 71
  • Round size: Series A $2.1M–$13M; Series B $1.4M–$15M; Series C $2.3M–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $80M in 2009

Portfolio highlights

  • Modumetal — Modumetal has enabled a revolutionary new class of nanolaminated materials with broad application in structural, corrosion and high temperature performance of coatings, bulk materials and partsModumetal is based on the interaction of different materials at their interfaces. By laminating metals, Modumetal creates a new way to influence materialproperties. By growing metal using low-cost electrochemical methods, Modumetal enables a whole new class of applications of these materials.Modumetal is currently producing nanolaminated alloys for applications in construction, energy and aerospace markets.
  • Presence — Expand access to services and engage students in new ways with our award-winning technology and network of expert clinicians.
  • Panorama Education — Panorama Education helps educators act on data to improve student outcomes in social-emotional learning, school climate, family engagement, MTSS & more.
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Snowball Effect
VC Fund · Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand · 1 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

Simplified access to top-tier managed funds and private companies

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, Health Care
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Angel
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Seed $558k–$3.5M; Venture - Series Unknown $585k–$4.4M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • First Table — Book the first table of the night and you'll get 50% off the food bill for two to four people!
  • SupaHuman AI — VETos drafts and maps your assessment tools and resources. Nova 5 turns them into practice learners finish. For RTOs, TAFEs and PTEs in Australia and NZ.
  • Tether Limited — Tether develops a solution that continuously assesses, reports on, and rates the environmental quality and energy efficiency of homes, offices, and classrooms. Tether will not only enable continuous evaluation and feedback, but it will also provide ways to improve the environments in which users live, work, or learn.Through connected hardware andsoftware solutions, Tether promotes healthy living, learning, and working environments.
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Biomimicry Institute
VC Fund · Missoula, Montana, United States · 1 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

Biomimicry Institute is a non-profit organization that empowers people to seek nature-inspired solutions for a healthy planet. Biomimicry Institute was founded in 2006 by Janine Benyus and Bryony Schwan to share nature’s design lessons. It was founded in 2006 and headquartered in Missoula, Montana.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Advanced Materials, Energy
  • Stage:Grant
  • Geography: Canada, United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Grant $15k–$150k
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Fiberly — Molecular-level cellulose regeneration. Nature-inspired fiber engineering.
  • AZUL Energy — AZUL Energy provides next-generation energy devices.
  • Scentian Bio — Scentian Bio operates as a platform that provides ultimate sensing solution.
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Hostplus
VC Fund · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · 1 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

Join our leading Australian superannuation fund, committed to putting our members first, with a low admin fee and strong returns. Become a member today!

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Semiconductor
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: Australia, United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 64
  • Round size: Series A $6.3M–$84M; Series B $20M–$111M; Series C $13M–$60M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Emesent — Solutions for GPS-denied environments - delivering revolutionary efficiency, safety and operational insights to underground mining and other industries.
  • Universal Quantum — Universal Quantum is building quantum computers to tackle real-world problems that would take today’s fastest supercomputers billions of years to solve.
  • 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
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Paul Davidson
Angel · Mclean, Virginia, United States · 1 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

Paul Davidson joined private equity group, West Coast Capital in 2005 following a successful career in corporate law in the UK, the US and Commonwealth of Independent States. As an active partner in West Coast Capital as well as providing legal counsel, Paul focusses on deal sourcing and transacting.Since joining the group, Paul has successfulyled the acquisition and delisting from the LSE of the UK's largest garden centre business, Wyevale as well as a series of acquisitions and disposals.Prior to joining West Coast Capital headed the corporate team of UK lawyers, McGrigors.In late 1994 Paul was seconded to an oil and gas company called JKX whose focus was on the former Soviet Union, primarily in Ukraine, Georgia and the Russian Federation. JKX listed on the London Stock Exchange in mid 1995 and at that time Paul joined the company as its Legal Director on a full time basis. During his time as Legal Director, Paul gained wide commercial experience as the company concluded a number of transactions throughout the former Soviet Union.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, FinTech, Privacy
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Finland, New Zealand, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $934k–$2.9M
  • Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Daisy Lab — Daisy Lab pioneers precision fermentation technology in New Zealand
  • TVSquared — With trusted, independent attribution and partnerships with DSPs, publishers, advertisers and MVPDs, TVSquared measures the effectiveness of TV advertising through an infinitely scalable platform for linear, addressable and OTT/CTV.
  • Ubisecure — Ubisecure B2B IAM, Legal Entity Identifiers LEI, IDaaS and hybrid identity management. European SSO, MFA, LEI made easy.
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Toyota Ventures
VC Fund · Los Altos, California, United States · 1 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups, 21 in the past 12 months

Toyota Ventures invests in early-stage startups advancing deep tech and climate tech, from AI and robotics to mobility, energy, and sustainability.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Robotics
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 166
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$20M; Series A $10M–$40M; Series B $15M–$126M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $150M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Flai — Use AI across service and sales to answer every call and handle customer outreach like your best dealership employee would.
  • Tangent Robotics — Dexterous Robotic Manipulation
  • Rendezvous Robotics — Changing how we build in space.
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Bioeconomy Science Institute
VC Fund · 1 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

Bioeconomy Science Institute is a Crown Research Institute, owned by the New Zealand Government and governed by an independent Board of Directors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Horticulture, Biotechnology, Plant-Based Foods
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Forever Harvest — Forever Harvest is a food technology startup specializing in cellular horticulture.
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Adam Clark
Angel · Clearwater, Florida, United States · 1 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

Adam Clark is the Co-Founder, COO at Turncast. Adam Clark attended The Master's University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Product Research
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Daisy Lab — Daisy Lab pioneers precision fermentation technology in New Zealand
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Serge van Dam
Angel · Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand · 1 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

Serge has a depth of experience in technology startups that is difficult to rival. As CMO of M-Com, Serge led the growth of M-Com from a four person mobile commerce development company to the world's most successful provider of mobile banking and payment solutions (in both licensed and SaaS categories). He has since held executive level positions and Directorships, including as Chair on four boards, of many successful B2B SaaS companies. He is also an avid investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Generative AI, Machine Learning
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Daisy Lab — Daisy Lab pioneers precision fermentation technology in New Zealand
  • SupaHuman AI — VETos drafts and maps your assessment tools and resources. Nova 5 turns them into practice learners finish. For RTOs, TAFEs and PTEs in Australia and NZ.
  • Huckleberry — Build your professional reputation with AI-powered 360 feedback from colleagues. Huckleberry helps people develop their career and businesses to develop their teams.
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David Ross
Angel · Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom · 1 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

David Ross

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biopharma, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Helico — Helico is developing a proprietary computational platform for synthetic biology research using modelling tools and AI-based prediction algorithms. The long-term aim is to develop a seed bank of different drugs able to be licensed to grow medical supplies in confined greenhouses anywhere in the world.
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Outset Ventures
VC Fund · Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand · 1 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

Outset, Empowering NZ's deep tech startups: investment, space, support. Join our community of innovators for global impact.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: CleanTech, Biotechnology, Product Research
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Daisy Lab — Daisy Lab pioneers precision fermentation technology in New Zealand
  • Vertus Energy — We innovate to make fossil natural gas extinct.
  • OpenStar Technologies — OpenStar Technologies is a renewable energy company that develops fusion reactors for baseload power to the grid.
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IP Group Australia
VC Fund · Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia · 1 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

Ip Group Australia build and support outstanding intellectual property-based companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Australia, New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$2.3M; Pre-Seed $811k–$896k; Series A $3M–$29M
  • Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MGA Thermal — MGA Thermal, specialists in thermal energy storage technology. Renewable, high-power, economical, modular, safe and sustainable thermal storage solutions.
  • Additive Assurance — Additive Assurance offers quality assurance for metal additive manufacturing.
  • Jetra Therapeutics — Jetra Therapeutics develops new treatment for obesity-related liver disease designed to reduce stress in liver cells.
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Sante Ventures
VC Fund · Austin, Texas, United States · 1 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups, 12 in the past 12 months

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 132
  • Round size: Series A $1.8M–$37M; Series B $2.6M–$48M; Series C $5M–$80M
  • Lead/follow: 61% lead, 39% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $330M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • ReEmerge — ReEmerge is a medical technology company that develops Cognitive Network Restoration Therapy, a neurostimulation approach designed to address chronic cognitive impairment following brain injury. Its technology uses targeted electrical stimulation of neural networks to activate underperforming but viable brain circuits, with the goal of improving cognitive function and supporting recovery in patients with persistent impairments.
  • RapidPulse — Explore RapidPulse for innovative stroke treatments and technologies. Book appointments or learn about our team and clinical trials.
  • REVELOHEALTH — REVELOHEALTH provides advisory services. Their services include healthcare provider solutions, revenue cycle solutions, price transparency solutions, payment integrity, network claim repricing, data analytics, denial management, and direct-to-employer.
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Octopus Ventures
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

We provide venture capital investment for the people, ideas and industries that will change the world. Learn about what we do and the kind of founders we back.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 455
  • Round size: Seed $1.9M–$12M; Series A $3.4M–$22M; Series B $8M–$43M
  • Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $108M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Braid — Braid is a telecom and connectivity infrastructure provider that abstracts global mobile networks into programmable APIs and SDKs. The company enables digital brands to embed cellular connectivity directly into their apps, products, or user journeys without dealing with legacy telecom procurement, Capex, or lengthy carrier negotiations.
  • Grasp — Grasp is the world's first AI analyst for finance professionals. Our AI analyst automates company and market research for investment banks, private equity firms, and management consulting firms across the world.
  • Monkey Bizness — Monkey Bizness is the largest provider of indoor family entertainment centres in the UK. Each centre includes a children's soft play area and is designed to provide a safe, clean and fun environment in which parents and children can feel comfortable. Monkey Bizness' centres provide a setting that encourages children to express themselvesthrough creativity and play as well as providing fresh and nutritious food to keep kids happy and healthy.Monkey Bizness currently has centres in eight locations: Lewes, Gosport, Poole, Sheffield, Stevenage, Hull Edinburgh and Glasgow.
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Olympus Corporation of the Americas
VC Fund · Center Valley, Pennsylvania, United States · 1 investments in New Zealand Biotech startups

At Olympus, we put a lot of good back into the world, and what we do, really matters.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Medical, Biotechnology, Health Care
  • Stage:Grant, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: United States, New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Alimetry — Alimetry is a health technology startup based in Auckland, New Zealand, developing breakthrough solutions for diagnosing disorders of gastrointestinal (GI) function.
  • Swan EndoSurgical — Swan EndoSurgical provides endoluminal surgical robotic systems that will enhance patient care everywhere.
  • On Target Laboratories — ON TARGET LABORATORIES discovers and develops fluorescent markers to target and illuminate cancer during surgery so it can be removed more completely.
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Biotech Investor funding in New Zealand at a glance

Stats across 324 deals from 111 investors.

111
investors
in New Zealand Biotech startups
324
deals
in New Zealand Biotech startups
$44k
median round
in New Zealand Biotech startups
47%
lead investors
lead at least one round
68%
Grant
most common funding stage
94/6
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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