Top 35 EdTech VC Funds & Investors in New Zealand (June 2026)
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Icehouse Ventures
VC Fund
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10 | New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $593k–$16M |
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Punakaiki Fund
VC Fund
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4 | New Zealand, United States | Seed, Series B | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $355k–$14M |
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K1W1
VC Fund
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3 | New Zealand, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Biotechnology | $419k–$17M |
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Sparkbox Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | New Zealand, United States, Japan | Seed, Angel, Series A | Software, Manufacturing, EdTech | $593k–$1.6M |
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New Zealand Venture Investment Fund
VC Fund
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3 | New Zealand, United States, Japan | Seed, Series A, Angel | Software, Biotechnology, SaaS | $400k–$8.8M |
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Flying Fox Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $120k–$5.7M |
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Blackbird Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $34k–$35M |
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NAB Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, India, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $1.4M–$35M |
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CP Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, United States, India | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning | $350k–$3.9M |
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GD1 (Global From Day One)
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand, United States, China | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $600k–$15M |
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Flying Kiwi Angels
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Apps | $334k–$1.3M |
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Jelix Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, New Zealand, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $616k–$26M |
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Carthona Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $404k–$50M |
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Valar Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Germany, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | Financial Services, FinTech, Banking | $1.2M–$75M |
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HEAL Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Australia, Singapore | Series A, Series B | Finance, Medical, mHealth | |
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Haitao Capital
VC Fund
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1 | China, United States, Canada | Seed, Series A | Software, Apps, Education | $120k–$4.7M |
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Global from Day One
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand, United States, China | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Video | $612k–$5M |
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Cake Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, New Zealand | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Health Care, Apps, Fashion | $500k–$7.3M |
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Right Side Capital Management
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note | Software, SaaS, Health Care | $18k–$2M |
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B Dash Ventures
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1 | Japan, Taiwan, United States | Seed, Series A | Internet, Information Technology, Apps | $229k–$928M |
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Ice Angels
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1 | New Zealand, United States, Canada | Seed, Angel, Series A | Software, Apps, Video | $367k–$8.5M |
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Aspire NZ Seed Fund
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand | Seed | AgTech, Training, Education | $1.5M–$2.4M |
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Right Click Capital
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1 | Australia, Singapore, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $200k–$16M |
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Bailador Technology Investments
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1 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Series A, Series B | Software, Health Care, Internet | $1.2M–$16M |
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Enterprise Angels
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1 | New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Angel | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $153k–$2.4M |
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HighSage Ventures
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1 | United States, Switzerland, Canada | Series C, Series A, Series B | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $10M–$115M |
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New Zealand Growth Capital Partners
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1 | New Zealand, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Medical Device, SaaS | $830k–$17M |
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U.S. News & World Report
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1 | India, New Zealand, United States | Corporate Round, Series A | Education, Consulting, EdTech | |
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Folklore Ventures
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1 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Apps | $500k–$21M |
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Zino Ventures
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Eleanor Venture
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1 | Australia, New Zealand | Seed, Pre-Seed | Education, Software, Marketing | $612k–$1.4M |
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Solborn Investment
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1 | New Zealand, South Korea | Series A, Series C | EdTech, Tutoring, Education | |
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Greyrock Investments
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1 | Australia, United States, Bermuda | Seed, Series D, Series A | Education, E-Learning, Enterprise Software | $23M–$200M |
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Weta Digital
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1 | New Zealand | Convertible Note | EdTech, Software, Education | |
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Horizon Ventures
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1 | United States, Israel, China | Series A, Series C, Series B | Software, Manufacturing, Mobile | $2.7M–$40M |
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Icehouse Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm. We exist to back the world's bravest Kiwi founders, launching global companies from New Zealand.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 184
- Round size: Seed $593k–$5M; Series A $2.5M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $69M in 2021
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.
- Caruso — AI-native fund administration for private markets. Trusted by 900+ real estate, private credit, and private equity funds to save time, impress investors, and grow AUM.
- OpenStar Technologies — OpenStar Technologies is a renewable energy company that develops fusion reactors for baseload power to the grid.
Punakaiki Fund Limited makes long-term investments into high-growth, revenue-generating New Zealand companies. The company holds 20 investments, $32.3 million in assets, and is raising money in December 2017 for further investment.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series B
- Geography: New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Seed $355k–$5M; Series B $5.8M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Projectworks — Project Works is a cloud based workforce management platform designed to help professional & creative services businesses better manage their organisations in the areas of project management, project financials, and people management. Our mission is to provide a platform that enables world class services businesses to get the most out of theirexisting workforce, and enable them to grow.
- Quantifi Photonics — Quantifi Photonics is a critical supplier of photonics test and measurement instruments to the world's leading photonics manufacturers, universities and research organizations.
- Sea-Flux Vessel Management Software — Sea-Flu is a cloud-based platform designed to streamline and digitize maritime operations for commercial vessels.
K1W1 provides startups and businesses in New Zealand with early and later-stage venture investments.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 80
- Round size: Seed $437k–$3.5M; Series A $419k–$17M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Appetise — MenuAid is a cheaper, flexible and more sustainable alternative to meal-kit delivery providers. We provide Kiwis with a weekly meal plan, complete with recipes and a list of ingredients that can either be self-shopped or collected/delivered from your favourite supermarkets.
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- Quantifi Photonics — Quantifi Photonics is a critical supplier of photonics test and measurement instruments to the world's leading photonics manufacturers, universities and research organizations.
Sparkbox Ventures was founded in 2001 and is New Zealand's most active seed stage investor
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, EdTech
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $593k–$1.6M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mohiomap — Visualize and navigate your Evernote, Google Drive, and Dropbox content. Mohiomap allows you to explore relationships in a dynamic Mind Map, get valuable insights, and visually organize your Cloud data!
- Booktrack — Booktrack is an A.I Soundtrack company. Booktrack's Artificial Intelligence automatically creates soundtracks for any text or any voice. Backed by investors including Peter Thiel, Booktrack is a disruptive force in the publishing and audio world; equivalent to the introduction of sound transforming the experience of film forever. For moreinformation, visit booktrack.com.
- 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.
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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- Industry: Software, Biotechnology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 35
- Round size: Seed $428k–$1.2M; Angel $400k–$4.3M; Series A $1.4M–$8.8M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- 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
Flying Fox Ventures is an early stage investment firm that invests across industry and across the micro-stages of pre-seed and seed.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 104
- Round size: Seed $992k–$3.2M; Pre-Seed $120k–$3M; Series A $649k–$5.7M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Predelo — Streamline workflows and optimize operations with Predelo's AI-driven automation. Discover the benefits of our solutions and stay ahead!
- Mayday — Streamline your finance team's multi-entity accounting adjustments with Mayday
- Mass Dynamics — Mass Dynamics exists to enable more life scientists to accelerate their studies using Mass Spectrometry (MS). It's our contribution towards enriching lives and freeing humanity and society from the burden of disease. Mass Dynamics includes Enrichment Analysis based on GSEA algorithms and utilises Gene Ontology (GO) and Reactome knowledge bases.
Blackbird is a venture capital fund based in Australia and New Zealand. We invest in every type of technology from software to space, unified by the biggest of ambitions.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 311
- Round size: Seed $34k–$7.1M; Pre-Seed $50k–$3M; Series A $3.4M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Sumday — Non - financial accounting software. Start carbon accounting, properly, with the support of your existing advisors
- Fleet Space Technologies — Fleet is an agile, next generation connectivity company. Our mission is to Connect Everything using cutting-edge communications and space technologies to maximise the resource efficiency of human civilisation and enable the next industrial revolution with our free, ubiquitous connectivity platform.
- 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
NAB Ventures is an Australian Venture Capital fund backed by National Australia Bank (one of the largest 20 banks globally).
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Australia, India, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$8.1M; Series A $4M–$25M; Series B $9.3M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $62M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Veem — Veem is a payment service provider that helps simplify the way businesses send and receive funds.It offers a platform that enables small businesses to send and receive payments in local currency. Using blockchain as a payment rail, the company eliminates the need for intermediary banks, reducing costs for small- and medium-sized businesses. Itconverts the sender’s funds into bitcoin, selling the digital currency at an exchange for the desired currency of the recipient.Aldo Carrascoso and Marwan Forzley co-founded the company in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
- Amitree — Meet Folio. Your magical email assistant. Stay organized, stay on track right in your inbox.
- Zodia Custody — Crypto Custody, Without Compromise. Empowering global institutions to navigate the digital asset landscape simply, safely, and without compromise.
The CP Ventures Fund invests in early-stage technology companies that are highly scalable, at the forefront of breakthrough technologies, and driven by the fourth industrial revolution.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 58
- Round size: Seed $417k–$3.9M; Pre-Seed $350k–$900k
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
Portfolio highlights
- LeadStory — Watch breaking news from around the world and stay up to date with current events. Follow topics that matter to you from providers you can trust. See whats happening nearby or in places you care about.
- Greenfly — Greenfly's short-form media orchestration software platform captures, collects, organizes & distributes videos & photos to drive fan engagement and boost revenue for sports and entertainment organizations.
- Skylark Labs — Skylark Labs develops continuously evolving and customizable threat detection systems for enhanced physical security. Our clients (CCTV or Drone companies) can customize our proprietary AI solutions at the time of deployment or continuously evolve them if needed after deployment making them preferable to other comparable market solutions.
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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 56
- Round size: Seed $600k–$7.3M; Pre-Seed $860k–$2.3M; Series A $1.2M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Vessev — Vessev is a maritime trasportantion company that offers hydrofoiling electric vessels for travelling through water.
- Dawn Aerospace — Delivering hardware to space. Positioning satellites on orbit. Returning products to Earth.
- Type One Energy — At Type One Energy, we are mission-driven to provide sustainable, affordable fusion power to the world over the coming decade.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $334k–$1.2M; Angel $592k–$918k; Pre-Seed $473k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 63% lead, 37% follow
Portfolio highlights
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- Formus — 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.
- Kai's Education — Kai's Education is an innovative force in the EdTech sector, pioneering the integration of coding, STEM, and robotics into engaging learning experiences for children. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, our mission is to ignite young minds through our award-winning educational products, including the all-in-one STEAM toolbox, Kai's Clan, andthe hybrid robot, KaiBot.Our flagship product, Kai's Clan, breaks new ground by allowing children aged seven to fifteen to learn to code with state-of-the-art technologies such as AR, VR, AI, IoT, Tinkercad, and Minecraft. KaiBot, designed for hands-on learning, uses screen-free coding cards to instill the fundamentals of coding, providing immediate feedback to enhance learning.Complemented by the Kainundrum Lite app, Kai's Education facilitates a seamless transition from tactile to advanced text-based coding, nurturing problem-solving skills and creativity. Recipient of the Smart AI Toy Award and the Common Sense Top Pick for Learning Award, Kai's Education is dedicated to equipping the next generation with the skills for tomorrow's challenges. We're not just teaching coding; we're inspiring creators.
Jelix is an early-stage venture capital firm backing daring founders in Australia and New Zealand.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 55
- Round size: Seed $616k–$5.7M; Series A $1.9M–$26M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Syenta — Syenta is transforming the electronics manufacturing sector. Our patented fabrication method enables the 3D printing of multi-material electronics with fewer steps and less waste.
- PropHero — Invest wisely in real estate There is an easier way to invest in real estate. Whether you are just getting started or already on your investment journey, at Pro
- Bitwise Agronomy — Bitwise Agronomy uses AI to analyze crop video footage and provide growers with insights into crop health, growth, and yield potential.
Carthona Capital is a hands-on, proactive, and thematic venture capital investor based in Sydney, Australia that invests globally.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Australia, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 111
- Round size: Seed $404k–$4.2M; Series A $3.3M–$17M; Series B $9.8M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $100M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Pathzero — Pathzero's carbon management platform enables any business to start disclosing corporate carbon emissions and the actions being taken to address them.
- CoverRight — Use CoverRight's tools to find a personalized Medicare plan and get the best coverage for your situation! Compare and enroll in Medicare Advantage, Medigap, and Prescription Drug Plans, all in one place.
- Lounge — Use Lounge to organise events and groups in seconds, without a newsfeed. Stop scrolling, start living.
Valar Ventures is a venture capital firm backed by Peter Thiel. Valar partners with entrepreneurs globally and believes that an increasing number of transformative technology companies will be started outside of Silicon Valley, and that the founders of those companies will benefit from having a partner that understands their unique challenges andopportunities.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Banking
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 186
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$10M; Series A $6.5M–$41M; Series B $16M–$75M
- Lead/follow: 61% lead, 39% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Bound — Bound helps SME's protect themselves from currency risk, whilst using technology to simplify the process. We aim to help the 78% of SME's who are at risk of losing money everyday
- Parker — Parker is a developer of a digital financial platform designed to help users to pay expenses and manage their e-commerce finances.
- Neo Financial — At Neo, we're innovating to make saving, spending and getting rewarded even more rewarding.
HEAL Partners is an early to mid-stage follow-on fund and growth acceleration investment vehicle into Health, Education and Lifestyle sectors.
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- Industry: Finance, Medical, mHealth
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Australia, Singapore
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- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Us2.ai — Complete echo reports with zero clicks. Us2.ai is using augmented intelligence to Ultrasound Anybody Anywhere.
- Edstart — Edstart | A better Way to Pay School Fees
- 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%!
Haitao Capital is the first China-macro driven early stage venture fund. China's story is no longer just a Chinese story.
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- Industry: Software, Apps, Education
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: China, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $120k–$4.7M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Aggregion — Any scenarios for data collaboration in a secure and trusted environment: Building and running ML models, Customer data management and communications, Business partnerships and ecosystems
- 247tickets — 247tickets is a one-stop-shop for tickets to the best events, movies, experiences and trips in China and around SE Asia.With offices in Shanghai, Shenzhen & Beijing, 247tickets aims to present customers with endless options of events, experiences, trips, tours and movies, with personalised recommendations, all the best deals and the bestcustomer service and concierge agents in the business. Tickets can be booked on their easy to use mobile/desktop website, via a WeChat concierge service or via distribution partners, including websites such as TimeOut China and City Weekend Shanghai.With an emphasis on the best in entertainment and experiences, 247tickets have sold tickets to tens of thousands of plays, sports events, musicals, tours, movies, trips and more. In 2017 they acquired the trip and experience provider Travelers Society, stating their intent to join the high growth markets of inbound and outbound tourism in China.
- Hippo & Crate Ltd — Hippo&Crate is a subscription-based D2C oral care brand fast becoming a world-class lifestyle brand for personal care CPGs. Think of us as the DollarShaveClub of the U.S. whom got acquired by Unilever for a cool US$1B with MUJI aesthetics.We are in the early innings of a generational oral care upgrade in China and riding on the megaconsumption upgrade trend that is taking the entire continent by storm. Our purpose is to allow our customers to look and feel good, and that's why we went to great length to make really high quality, beautiful oral care products with better ingredients for them.Our model is relatively simple, vertically integrated, digital native disrupting the major players like P&G, Unilever by cutting off the retailers and selling to the consumers direct. We do this by building up a fanatical fan base with word of mouth tactics. These behemoths do not have relationship with their customers and overly depend on broadcast advertising, this is where we come in.Brushing is the new Sexy!
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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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Video
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 29
- Round size: Seed $612k–$5M; Series A $1.2M–$3M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — 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 — Alimetry is a health technology startup based in Auckland, New Zealand, developing breakthrough solutions for diagnosing disorders of gastrointestinal (GI) function.
- Flowingly — Unlock Team Productivity. Streamline Approvals. Increase Compliance. Easy To Use, No-Code Process Mapping & Workflow Automation Platform.
Cake Ventures invests in pre-seed and seed-stage companies. We're investing in where we're going, not where we came from.
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- Industry: Health Care, Apps, Fashion
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Canada, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $500k–$7.3M; Pre-Seed $2.4M–$3.2M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Rares.io — Rares allows you to invest in the sneaker culture. We do this through fractional ownership of rare sneakers. Say goodbye to waiting in long lines for hype drops, or fighting bots online to get your hands on those desirable shoes you can flip for a profit. Rares makes it easy. You buy shares in the shoe instead of buying the shoe. Here is how itworks: LEARN: You may already be savvy about sneaker culture and shoes, which is awesome. However, we feature shoes on our platform that have specific attributes and stories that make them valuable. We will educate you on these stories through our videos and other tools, so you can truly understand the value of what you are investing in. Investing not your thing? Don't worry we got you! We explain all the necessary investing terms so you only have to focus on your knowledge of shoe culture to make a smart investment. BUY: We release our shoes on our app through Initial Public Offerings (IPO). That means we make fractional shares of the shoe available for the first time for you to buy. You can buy this and hold it until we sell the shoe and cash in on the potential profits, or you can trade them with other users on our app after the IPO closes. TRADE: Once the IPO closes, you can always sell your shares to other buyers who missed out on the initial drop! No need to hold on to your shares forever! What is even better is that the shares may be worth more after the drop and you can choose to take your profits. You could also hold on to the shares until we decide to sell the shoe and then you potentially profit off the increase in price. Missed out on the drop, you can also buy shares from someone looking to sell theirs. Either way, it is up to you. Our platform makes it easier than ever to match buyers and sellers. ENGAGE: Whether you are actively trading or not, we welcome you to come on our platform to engage in a community of like-minded users. You can follow other investors, like comment, and react to relevant posts around sneakers. We think it is important to not feel like you are the only one in the room on a trading platform and we know sneakers and community go hand in hand. So please hang out and stay a while! So what are you waiting for? Stop watching from the sidelines! Invest in the culture! DISCLAIMER: This is not an offer, solicitation of an offer, or advice to buy or sell securities, or open a brokerage account on the Rares Platform. The Rares platform, 370 Legacy, inc and 370 Legacy Markets, does not recommend any securities. All investments involve risk and the past performance of a security or financial product does not guarantee future results or returns. Keep in mind that while diversification may help spread risk, it does not assure a profit, or protect against loss, in a down market. There is always the potential of losing money when you invest in securities or other financial products. Investors should consider their investment objectives and risks carefully before investing.
- McMullen — McMullen provides a singular shopping experience that allows women to feel confident and beautiful. Founded in 2007 by Sherri McMullen in Oakland, McMullen is an all-inclusive concept shop for luxury fashion featuring emerging and established designers from around the world.
- Guaranteed — Guaranteed Hospice provides beautiful end-of-life experiences with customized in-home hospice care, making the process easier for the dying and grieving.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 727
- Round size: Seed $18k–$2M; Pre-Seed $50k–$450k; Convertible Note $50k–$500k
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Cohley — Cohley is a content marketing platform focusing on user generated content, visual asset creation, and text review generation. Streamline your content generation today!
- Fyrii — Fyrii.ai builds an AI based platform to enable individual experts to brand and monetize their individual innovative potential while driving business growth for organizations
- Benefitbay — Our ICHRA administration platform includes real-time plan modeling and a best-in-class premium payment solution. All backed by direct, human support.
B Dash Ventures does seed to late stage tech investments in Japan, Asia Pacific, and the U.S. LPs include Japan's largest technology companies and financial institutions including NTT Docomo, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, GREE, NEC BIGLOBE, Fuji Television, and the Japanese government. B Dash Ventures also operates an incubation space inpartnership with Mori Building Co. and holds the invitation-based B Dash Camp conference.
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- Industry: Internet, Information Technology, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Taiwan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 89
- Round size: Seed $840k–$92M; Series A $229k–$928M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Light — Light is a software development company that allows streamers and viewers to connect in real time through an application.
- Yosemite — Yosemite is a wellness company that provides health and wellness products, supplements, skincare, and personal care items.
- Innovative Space Carrier — Innovative Space Carrier is a aerospace company that offers space transportation systems, planning, drafting and technology strategies.
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- Industry: Software, Apps, Video
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $1M–$1.6M; Angel $367k–$428k; Series A $1.4M–$8.5M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $6.5M in 2016
Portfolio highlights
- Cove — Cove is a New Zealand company bringing a touch of innovation and simplicity to the insurance industry.
- beany.biz — Accounting, tax and advisory services for New Zealand business owners. We help you make smarter decisions for both your business and life.
- Spoke Phone — Can you see the conversations your mobile teams are having right now? Spoke gives regulated teams full visibility over every call, SMS, and WhatsApp.
Aspire NZ Seed Fund partners with private investors to co-invest in start-ups with potential for high growth. Aspire is structured as an evergreen fund that can continue to invest indefinitely as long as it generates returns.Aspire NZ Seed Fund invests directly into early-stage Kiwi tech start-ups at Seed and Angel investment stages. Aspire NZSeed Fund is managed by NZ Growth Capital Partners.
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- Industry: AgTech, Training, Education
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$2.4M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- SafeStack — Secure the software you design and build and meet compliance requirements with ease supported by the leading secure development training platform.
Right Click Capital - Australian Venture Capital Firm
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 61
- Round size: Seed $200k–$3.6M; Series A $3.3M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- black.ai — Build smarter spaces with Black.ai
- Tability — Automate the boring parts of OKRs to cut the waste and spend more time doing what really matters.
- Nomad Atomics — At Nomad Atomics, we develop innovative quantum sensors to solve outstanding problems in mining, underground resources and navigation
Bailador is a growth capital fund that focuses on the IT and media sectors, managed by an experienced team with demonstrated sector expertise. The company supports its portfolio companies in subsequent rounds of funding through their own participation and with introductions to larger international growth expansion funds. It assists in thepreparation and management of fundraising, M&A activity, and pre-IPO processes. The portfolio businesses of the company are DocsCorp, Click Loans Group, Rezdy, Stackla, iPRO Solutions, and SiteMinder.Bailador is an Australia-based company that was founded in 2010 by Paul Wilson and David Kirk.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Series A $1.2M–$16M; Series B $3.4M–$4.3M
- Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Rosterfy — Connect to your volunteers with a comprehensive & user-friendly platform where you can recruit, retain, reward and train your volunteers.
- Instaclustr — Instaclustr Managed and supported platform for open source technologies. Apache Cassandra, Apache Kafka, OpenSearch, PostgreSQL and Redis.
- DASH Technology — DASH Technology provides financial services. They provide software, platform, and even wealth management space services. They provide advisers and broader wealth services. They provide inquiries through email, phone calls, and online applications.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 106
- Round size: Seed $153k–$2.4M; Angel $229k–$651k
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $12M in 2019
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.
- HealthNow — HealthNow provides accessible healthcare services that give you control of your health. Manage how you access care, when you need it.
- Kai's Education — Kai's Education is an innovative force in the EdTech sector, pioneering the integration of coding, STEM, and robotics into engaging learning experiences for children. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, our mission is to ignite young minds through our award-winning educational products, including the all-in-one STEAM toolbox, Kai's Clan, andthe hybrid robot, KaiBot.Our flagship product, Kai's Clan, breaks new ground by allowing children aged seven to fifteen to learn to code with state-of-the-art technologies such as AR, VR, AI, IoT, Tinkercad, and Minecraft. KaiBot, designed for hands-on learning, uses screen-free coding cards to instill the fundamentals of coding, providing immediate feedback to enhance learning.Complemented by the Kainundrum Lite app, Kai's Education facilitates a seamless transition from tactile to advanced text-based coding, nurturing problem-solving skills and creativity. Recipient of the Smart AI Toy Award and the Common Sense Top Pick for Learning Award, Kai's Education is dedicated to equipping the next generation with the skills for tomorrow's challenges. We're not just teaching coding; we're inspiring creators.
We seek to partner with world class operators focused on generating exceptional per share value over the long term (a decade or more).
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Series C, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Switzerland, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Series A $10M–$34M; Series B $10M–$115M; Series C $30M–$110M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cherre — Connect all your real estate data and make it available to the entire organization for better investment, management, and underwriting decisions.
- RefAssured — The automated reference checking solution staffing firms trust. Enhance talent evaluation, drive leads, and ensure compliance.
- Afresh — A solution built specifically to manage fresh department inventory, forecasting, ordering, merchandising, and store operations. Afresh eliminates food waste, improves perimeter operations, and transforms demand planning chainwide.
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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- Industry: Software, Medical Device, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Seed $830k–$6.4M; Series A $6.2M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
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- Avasa — Avasa is a medical device company. It helps to improve surgical procedures by developing novel implantable devices.
- Quantifi Photonics — Quantifi Photonics is a critical supplier of photonics test and measurement instruments to the world's leading photonics manufacturers, universities and research organizations.
U.S. News & World Report is an American media company that publishes consumer advice, rankings, and analysis.It publishes online rankings in the areas of colleges and universities, politics and policy, health, money, education, science, travel, and cars. It operates through a multiplatform, which include digital-only U.S. News Weeklymagazine, guidebooks, and websites. The company also launched a conference division focusing on important national conversations and solutions in STEM education and hospitals.U.S. News & World Report’s signature franchises include its News You Can Use, which is a brand of journalism and consumer guides that feature rankings of colleges, graduate schools, high schools, hospitals, nursing homes, mutual funds, health plans, diets, and more.The editorial and production operations of U.S. News & World Report, LLC are located in Washington, D.C. Its advertising, sales, and corporate offices are in New York and New Jersey. The company is privately owned by Mortimer B. Zuckerman and was founded in 1933.
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- Industry: Education, Consulting, EdTech
- Stage:Corporate Round, Series A
- Geography: India, New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mine — Fizz, the student debit card that builds credit. Build your credit while you earn amazing rewards! No hidden fees, no credit check & no security deposit.
- The Red Pen — The Red Pen they assist in developing admissions strategies, preparing application components, and navigating complex processes.
- White Bridge Education — White Bridge Education helps global universities enter and grow in South Asia and the Middle East through targeted recruitment and enrollment strategies.
Folklore is a team of investors, founders, and builders committed to supporting Australian and New Zealand tech founders. We are a first cheque to forever investment firm, and we believe in the power of founder vision and the potential of teams, right from the start.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Seed $725k–$5M; Series A $500k–$21M
- Lead/follow: 47% lead, 53% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Arkeus — Arkeus is a leader in the fusion of optics and autonomy. Our wide area autonomous optical systems are deployed to conduct Search, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance in a range of operating environments.
- Hullbot — Hullbot is a developer of a robotic in-water cleaning system designed to inspect, map, and clean the hull of a boat without a human operator present. They offer design, development, and deployment of autonomous drones, delivering solutions to stop the growth of marine organisms, improve performance, and extend the time between haul-outs. Theirembedded intelligence enables their robots to interact with the environment on-the-fly.
- Sphere — Live courses led by vetted experts for professionals who want to advance their careers
Zino Ventures is an investment fund that focuses on empowering technology-based expansion stage companies to the Chinese speaking markets. It is investing and empowering New Zealand startups and entrepreneurs who want to go further to global markets. Zino Ventures was launched in 2016 and is headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand.
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Wukong Education — WuKong Education is dedicated to providing high-quality online educational solutions for global learners aged 3 to 18 and boasts two brands, "WuKong Chinese" and "WuKong Math".
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- Industry: Education, Software, Marketing
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $612k–$1.4M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Multitudes — Multitudes provides data-led insights and recommendations so your software engineering teams can work better together.
- Driven — Driven provides scientifically proven resilience assessment, research and training programs that are designed for individuals and organisations.
- GGWP Academy — AI and social listening driven marketplace, backed by education to create #SmarterInfluence and drive ROI for brands in esports and gaming.
Solborn Venture Investment Co., Ltd. is the venture capital arm of Solborn Inc. The firm specializes in incubation and all stages of venture investment. It typically invests in the information technology, biotechnology, and nanotechnology sectors. The firm does not invest in food and lodging, financial and insurance, real estate, golf and ski,gambling, and dance industries. Likewise, it does not invest in companies operating for more than seven years. Solborn Venture Investment Co., Ltd., formerly known as Serome Venture Investment Co., Ltd., was established in 2000 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.
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- Industry: EdTech, Tutoring, Education
- Stage:Series A, Series C
- Geography: New Zealand, South Korea
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Mesh Korea — Mesh Korea is an IT-based logistics startup, which established Korea's first last-mile logistics network and became the primary provider of integrated logistics services with in-house logistics solutions.VROONG, Mesh Korea's logistics brand, creates new value not only by providing delivery services, but also by connecting information.Currently, VROONG provides four services; premium delivery services, 'VROONG Prime', integrated logistics management solution, 'VROONG TMS', premium fresh food delivery services, 'VROONG Fresh', and premium delivery magazine, 'VROONG Collection.'With more than 80 VROONG Stations and 13,000 riders across the nation, VROONG provides faster and more accurate delivery services.
- 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%!
Greyrock is a private investment company focused on education and technology.
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- Industry: Education, E-Learning, Enterprise Software
- Stage:Seed, Series D, Series A
- Geography: Australia, United States, Bermuda
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Series D $23M–$200M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Go1 — Simplify employee training with one subscription that delivers essential learning from 250+ providers, integrated seamlessly into your HR tech stack.
- Academia.edu — Academia.edu is the largest and fastest-growing platform in the world for sharing academic research. Its mission is to accelerate and democratize academic research. Over 150 million academics have signed up to Academia.edu, adding 25 million papers. Over 100,000 people join Academia.edu each day. Academia.edu attracts over 52 million uniquevisitors a month. 40% of the world's faculty log in to Academia.edu every month. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
- Expensify — Explore our job and internship openings and learn what makes us a company you'll love to join. Also find our more about history, teams, the latest news, and more!
Weta Digital is a film production company that offers visual effects and 3D animations. They provide a full suite of digital production services for feature films and high-end commercials, from concept design to cutting-edge 3D animation.Weta was formed in 1993 by a group of young New Zealand filmmakers including Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor,and Jamie Selkirk. It later split into two specialized halves - Weta Digital (digital effects) and Weta Workshop (physical effects).One of Their first projects was to provide visual effects for Peter Jackson’s film Heavenly Creatures. They went on to work digital magic on Peter’s blockbuster movies The Lord of the Rings trilogy and King Kong.
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- Industry: EdTech, Software, Education
- Stage:Convertible Note
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Booktrack — Booktrack is an A.I Soundtrack company. Booktrack's Artificial Intelligence automatically creates soundtracks for any text or any voice. Backed by investors including Peter Thiel, Booktrack is a disruptive force in the publishing and audio world; equivalent to the introduction of sound transforming the experience of film forever. For moreinformation, visit booktrack.com.
Horizon Ventures is a California based venture capital firm specialized in early- and late-stage investments.
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Mobile
- Stage:Series A, Series C, Series B
- Geography: United States, Israel, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 46
- Round size: Series A $2.7M–$30M; Series B $8.5M–$18M; Series C $4.5M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $20M in 2004
Portfolio highlights
- Smash.gg — Start.gg is the leading destination to create, run, play and watch esports tournaments!
- Identity Engines — Identity Engines (idEngines) develops identity-based solutions for securing enterprise networks. It offers Ignition server, a network identity management device to centralize, streamline, and secure access across the network. The company also offers Ignition Portal that provides Web authentication capability to support network access control forvarious guest and visitor device types, operating systems, and browsers; Ignition Posture that provides endpoint posture checking; Ignition Guest Manager that secures network services for vendors and partners; and Ignition AutoConnect, an automated solution to streamline secure wireless and wired deployments.idEngines was acquired by Avaya Inc/Nortel Networks in December of 2008, and is now part of Extreme Networks through Extreme's acquisition of Avaya's enterprise networking business.
- Golden Gate Technology — Buy a domain and see how a premium domain can be the best investment. Your business starts here. Buy a domain today.
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