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Top 15 Community Startup Investors in New Zealand in January 2025

A list of 15 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Community startups based in New zealand. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Community companies from New zealand. We update this investor list every month.

Top 15 Community Startup Investors in New Zealand in January 2025

Investor Community New Zealand investments
New Zealand Venture Investment Fund 3
Enterprise Angels 3
Icehouse Ventures 2
Rabobank Food & Agri Innovation Fund 2
K1W1 2
Finistere Ventures 2
James McGee 1
GD1 1
AngelHQ 1
RIV Capital 1
Sam Morgan 1
Radicle Growth 1
Richard Abbott 1
Ice Angels 1
Global from Day One 1
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New Zealand Venture Investment Fund VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Investment focus
  • Software, Biotechnology, SaaS
  • Seed, Series A, Angel
  • New Zealand, United States, Japan
Portfolio highlights
  • Insite AI — We create predictability for consumer brands in the unpredictable world of retail. Game-changing technology that attacks consumer brands' hardest problems.
  • Invert Robotics — Invert Robotics develops robotic NDT inspection technologies for the maintenance of industrial equipment in the food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and oil and gas industries. Invert Robotics highly skilled team of engineers have developed a world leading modular inspection platform suitable for use across a range of industries and applications.
  • Surgical Design Studios — The Insides Company is the leading provider of chyme reinfusion solutions for intestinal failure
Enterprise Angels VC Fund · Tauranga, Gisborne, New Zealand
Connecting startup business owners with angel investors to raise capital . Access a network of expertise and investment opportunities.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Funding Round, Seed, Angel
  • New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Emerge — Emerge is a financial management tool for businesses. It is a digital-only banking option designed to help Kiwi businesses operate more quickly, economically, and efficiently.
  • Yabble — Yabble provides a platform that uses machine learning and natural language processing to help brands connect with more than 62 million consumers globally, and collect data in real-time. Using the solution, clients can build their own surveys and manage their own customer research communities.
  • Zenno Astronautics — Zenno Astronautics hardware and software products ensure satellite missions are effectively managed, guaranteeing maximum economic returns and responsible use of space.
Icehouse Ventures VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 18 investments in the past 12 months
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
  • Software, SaaS, Information Technology
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Marama Labs — Marama Labs provides an integrated chemical analysis platform that empowers customers to optimize their production processes and match their products and brands to customer needs, with ease.
  • Watchful — Watchful operates as an AI security company.
  • Crimson Education — Crimson Education is the world's leading higher educational consultancy helping students around the world gain admission into leading US and UK universities by up to 400%!
Rabobank Food & Agri Innovation Fund VC Fund · Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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
  • Agriculture, AgTech, Farming
  • Series A, Series B, Seed
  • United States, The Netherlands, Canada
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 — EarthOptics is building the cloud-based machine learning platform for soil and ground management.
  • Full Harvest — Waste less, profit more. Source imperfect and surplus fruits and vegetables up to 10-30% off.
K1W1 VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 5 investments 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
  • Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • New Zealand, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Auror — The platform for retailers focused on improving safety, productivity, and profitability. Auror is used by leading Loss Prevention teams in thousands of stores.
  • Emerge — Emerge is a financial management tool for businesses. It is a digital-only banking option designed to help Kiwi businesses operate more quickly, economically, and efficiently.
  • Zenno Astronautics — Zenno Astronautics hardware and software products ensure satellite missions are effectively managed, guaranteeing maximum economic returns and responsible use of space.
Finistere Ventures VC Fund · San Diego, California, United States · 2 investments in the past 12 months
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 appliedexperience 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
  • Biotechnology, Agriculture, Farming
  • Series B, Series C, Series A
  • United States, New Zealand, Israel
Portfolio highlights
  • Jooules — Jooules offers a sustainable food system to ensure a greener, healthier future by using fermentation technologies to create nutritious protein ingredients.
  • Metrovate — Metrovate is a biotechnology company which enhance global health and sustainability via sophisticated research and development.
  • Scentian Bio — Scentian Bio operates as a platform that provides ultimate sensing solution.
James McGee Angel
James McGee
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Investment focus
  • Internet, Lifestyle, Home Services
  • Funding Round
  • New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
  • Goodnest — Goodnest's mission is to make your life easier, starting in your home. We use technology to improve the quality and lower the price of consumer services throughout the APAC region.
GD1 VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 9 investments in the past 12 months
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
  • Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • New Zealand, United States, China
Portfolio highlights
  • Auror — The platform for retailers focused on improving safety, productivity, and profitability. Auror is used by leading Loss Prevention teams in thousands of stores.
  • Layer3 — Layer3 is a crypto platform that provides tools for decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs).
  • Type One Energy — At Type One Energy, we are mission-driven to provide sustainable, affordable fusion power to the world over the coming decade.
AngelHQ VC Fund · Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Learn about Angel HQ, Wellington's Angel Investing Network - the meeting place for ambitious startups and passionate investors.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Seed, Angel, Series A
  • New Zealand, United States, Canada
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.
  • Cropsy Technologies — Cropsy's mission is to deliver disruptive, scalable technology to every fruit grower to unlock the full potential of their land with insights that were impossible before. Our proprietary AI-enabled hardware allows growers to monitor every plant, understand the whole crop, and track how it changes over time. These insights help growers optimiseall their decision making. The system is a simple tractor add-on, so growers do all their daily operations while Cropsy looks out for problems. Cropsy is poised to set the new gold standard for growing, with recommendations, forecasts, and providing certainty to every grower, every season.
  • Cetogenix — Cetogenix is a clean technology business dedicated to creating long-term solutions to global climate change.
RIV Capital VC Fund · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
RIV Capital is a cannabis acquisition and investment firm building a leading multistate platform of brands in key strategic U.S. markets.
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Investment focus
  • Cannabis, AgTech, Health Care
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • Canada, United States, Italy
Portfolio highlights
  • Dynaleo — At Dynaleo, we produce the highest quality cannabis-infused Edible Gummies. Learn more about our innovative CBD and THC gummies on our website.
  • Headset — Retail & market insights for cannabis retailers, product manufacturers, CPGs, processors, growers & all ancillary services.
  • TerrAscend — A Leading Vertically-Integrated North American OperatorTerrAscend is a leading North American cannabis operator with vertically integrated operations in
Sam Morgan Angel · Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand
Sam started his career at Deloitte Consulting and is best known for founding online auction website Trade Me which, in 2006, sold for $NZ750 million. Sam also built a successful online dating and friend reuniting businesses in New Zealand, Australia and Canada.Sam is an active investor and philanthropist. Sam's holdings include a number ofother successful web businesses including Visfleet and Sonar6.
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Investment focus
  • SaaS, Software, Web Hosting
  • Seed, Series D, Funding Round
  • New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
  • Vend — Vend is web-based point-of-sale and retail management software. Vend allows real-world retail store owners or managers to have full visibility and centralized control of one to many retail stores.Vend runs in the browser and supports full online and offline modes. Even though Vend is web-based it works offline, so users can keep making salesif the internet drops out.Vend integrates seamlessly with other web applications used to run retail stores, like accounting, eCommerce, appointment scheduling, and others.The Vend platform is subscription-based, never requires backups or upgrades and lets retailers get on with running their retail enterprise instead of worrying about their IT infrastructure.
  • Goodnest — Goodnest's mission is to make your life easier, starting in your home. We use technology to improve the quality and lower the price of consumer services throughout the APAC region.
  • CloudCannon — CloudCannon gives your team an exceptional website editing interface with a robust a flexible developer experience.
Radicle Growth VC Fund · San Diego, California, United States · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Radicle Growth is a San Diego, California based venture capital firm focused sustainable, early-stage ag and food tech startups.
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Investment focus
  • Agriculture, Biotechnology, AgTech
  • Seed, Series A, Grant
  • United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • FarmSense — FarmSense provides commercial farmers and agricultural operators the ability to monitor, count, and identify insect pests in real time.
  • Solasta Bio — Solasta Bio develops environment-friendly products that meet a global need for new and effective crop protection.
  • Impetus Agriculture — Impetus Agriculture focuses on developing multiple topical or transgenic insect control products. Products that are safe, effective, and sustainable. Products that are not subject to the same insect resistance that has developed in current commercial products.
Richard Abbott Angel
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Investment focus
  • Internet, Lifestyle, Home Services
  • Funding Round
  • New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
  • Goodnest — Goodnest's mission is to make your life easier, starting in your home. We use technology to improve the quality and lower the price of consumer services throughout the APAC region.
Ice Angels VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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
  • Software, Mobile Apps, Internet
  • Seed, Angel, Series A
  • New Zealand, United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
  • Cove — Cove is a New Zealand company bringing a touch of innovation and simplicity to the insurance industry.
  • beany.biz — Online Accountants for Small Businesses. Online, fast, connected and clever, meet Beany accountants.
  • Spoke Phone — Next-generation mobile VoIP platform for service providers (ISPs, MVNOs, Cable operators, Telcos)
Global from Day One VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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
  • Software, SaaS, Medical Device
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • New Zealand, United States, China
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.
  • Flowingly — Unlock Team Productivity. Streamline Approvals. Increase Compliance. Easy To Use, No-Code Process Mapping & Workflow Automation Platform.
  • Formus Labs — Formus Labs develops software technologies for orthopedic planning and analysis. Our mission is to improve outcomes and efficiencies through seamless and highly scalable integration of AI and computational modelling in the orthopedic clinical workflow. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, Formus Labs draws on over 10 years of research andcommercialisation experience, with operations in New Zealand, Australia, and soon in the USA.
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