Top 50 Education Startup Investors in New Zealand (October 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Icehouse Ventures
VC Fund
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18 | New Zealand, United States, Australia | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $485k–$20M |
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New Zealand Growth Capital Partners
VC Fund
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8 | New Zealand, United States, Australia | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $435k–$10M |
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Flying Kiwi Angels
VC Fund
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5 | New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $334k–$3.7M |
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K1W1
VC Fund
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5 | New Zealand, United States | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence | $550k–$18M |
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Punakaiki Fund
VC Fund
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4 | New Zealand, United States | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $355k–$12M |
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Blackbird Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $34k–$32M |
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Chris Sang
Angel
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4 | United States, Australia, India | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, FinTech | $120k–$21M |
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Enterprise Angels
VC Fund
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4 | New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $227k–$3.7M |
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CP Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Australia, United States, India | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning | $150k–$12M |
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Danny Chan
Angel
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4 | New Zealand | Seed, Convertible Note | EdTech, SaaS, Events | $1M–$2.9M |
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Sparkbox Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | New Zealand, United States, Japan | Seed, Angel, Series A | Software, EdTech, Manufacturing | $593k–$1.8M |
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Chintaka Ranatunga
Angel
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3 | New Zealand, India, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Apps, EdTech | $400k–$10M |
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Flying Fox Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Australia, New Zealand, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $120k–$11M |
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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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Right Side Capital Management
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $50k–$1.7M |
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Soul Capital
VC Fund
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3 | New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong | Seed, Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown | Information Technology, Software, Recycling | $608k–$12M |
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Emlyn Scott
Angel
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2 | Australia, United States, India | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning | $350k–$12M |
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AngelHQ
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand, United States, Canada | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Angel | Software, SaaS, Manufacturing | $259k–$11M |
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Uniservices
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed | Health Care, Medical Device, Biotechnology | $283k–$8.4M |
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Alium Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, United States, Hong Kong | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech | $2M–$465M |
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Zino Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand, United States, Singapore | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Angel | Software, Analytics, SaaS | $1.3M–$11M |
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Horizon Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Israel, China | Series A, Series C, Series B | Software, Manufacturing, Mobile | $2.7M–$49M |
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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, Manufacturing, Information Technology | $600k–$19M |
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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 | $653k–$20M |
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NAB Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, India, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $1.1M–$35M |
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Callaghan Innovation
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand, United States, Australia | Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed | Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology | $3.5k–$1M |
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Powerhouse Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand, United States, Australia | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Biotechnology, Health Care, Software | $51k–$7.9M |
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HEAL Partners
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, United States, Canada | Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B | Health Care, Medical, Education | $10M–$50M |
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Quidnet Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning | $337k–$3M |
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Right Click Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, Singapore, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence | $82k–$16M |
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Flux Accelerator
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand | Seed | Software, Internet, Advertising | $351k–$2.5M |
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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 | $469k–$50M |
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Alexey Mitko
Angel
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2 | Australia, New Zealand | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, Analytics | $1.3M–$4.5M |
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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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Bailador Technology Investments
VC Fund
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1 | Australia, United States, Finland | Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Health Care, Internet | $2.1M–$16M |
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Chase Coleman
Angel
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1 | United States, New Zealand, United Kingdom | Series B, Series C, Seed | SaaS, Software, Artificial Intelligence | $5.8M–$400M |
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Leighton Roberts
Angel
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1 | New Zealand | Pre-Seed | FinTech, Software, Education | $1.2M–$2.7M |
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Ice Angels
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand, United States, Canada | Seed, Angel, Series A | Software, Analytics, E-Commerce | $367k–$8.5M |
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Global from Day One
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand, United States, China | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Manufacturing | $694k–$18M |
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Eleanor Venture
VC Fund
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1 | Australia, New Zealand, United States | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $649k–$6M |
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Scobie Ward
Angel
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1 | Australia, New Zealand | Series A, Post-IPO Equity | Software, E-Learning, Biotechnology | |
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Folklore Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Apps | $698k–$18M |
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Kirsti Grant
Angel
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1 | Australia, New Zealand | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, EdTech, Consumer Software | $653k–$1.3M |
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Greyrock Investments
VC Fund
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1 | Australia, United States, Bermuda | Seed, Series D, Series A | Education, Software, E-Learning | $336k–$200M |
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B Dash Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Taiwan, Switzerland | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Information Technology, Apps, Internet | $450k–$41M |
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Navigate Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Singapore | Series A, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $1.5M–$20M |
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Ben Kepes
Angel
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1 | United States, New Zealand, United Kingdom | Seed, Angel | Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software | $50k–$3M |
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Scott Nolan
Angel
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1 | United States, New Zealand, Brazil | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Medical, Health Care | $620k–$150M |
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Justine Smyth CNZM CNZM
Angel
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1 | New Zealand | Pre-Seed | Software, Education, Career Planning | |
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Te Pae ki te Rangi Investment Fund
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand | Seed | Software, E-Learning, Language Learning | |
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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, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 279
- Round size: Seed $643k–$4.9M; Series A $2.5M–$20M; 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.
- First Table — The Earlybird Gets The Dinner Deal! Book the first table of the night and you'll get 50% off meals for 2 to 4 diners! Email social@firsttable.co.nz
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, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 114
- 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 — Critical metals for a circular battery supply chain
- 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.
Flying Kiwi Angels ? Helping Kiwi Startups
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $334k–$3.7M; Angel $550k–$918k
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PAM NZ — Forward a school newsletter, snap a screenshot, brain-dump your to-do list - PAM turns it all into a smart shared family calendar and helps manage the family tasks and events. Set up in 2 minutes. Free trial.
- 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.
- 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.
K1W1 provides startups and businesses in New Zealand with early and later-stage venture investments.
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 135
- Round size: Seed $550k–$4.1M; Series A $1.8M–$18M; Venture - Series Unknown $2M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Hyades — Hyades is an AI-powered hyperspectral intelligence platform that offers soil and land insights.
- Vessev — Electric hydrofoiling vessels built for commercial use. Quiet, efficient, and better for the world.
- First Table — The Earlybird Gets The Dinner Deal! Book the first table of the night and you'll get 50% off meals for 2 to 4 diners! Email social@firsttable.co.nz
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, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 46
- Round size: Seed $355k–$5M; Series A $1.5M–$12M; Venture - Series Unknown $775k–$1.8M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Hectre — Award winning, simple to use orchard apps for performance and cost management optimization.
- Projectworks — Grow your firm - and your impact.Projectworks is professional services automation software built for consulting firms that want to grow - and make a difference.As a project intelligence platform, Projectworks connects time tracking, expense tracking, resource management, invoicing, and financial reporting in one live system. It gives you thevisibility to see what’s working, fix what’s not, and scale your firm with confidence.Projectworks was built by consultants who know what it’s like to lose hours to spreadsheets and billing chaos. Designed specifically for engineering, architecture, software development, and management consulting, it’s professional services automation (PSA) software that gets experts out of the admin grind and back to the work that matters.Our cloud-based PSA tool brings together everything your business needs to plan, track, forecast, and grow. By automating time tracking, expense tracking, resource planning, project financials, and real-time reporting, Projectworks frees your people to focus on solving the world’s hardest problems - not wrestling with manual processes. On average, Projectworks users grow 20% in their first year.Connect Projectworks with your existing stack - including Xero, QuickBooks Online, MYOB, Jira, Azure DevOps, and Salesforce - to eliminate double handling, align your data, and operate with confidence.We’ll help you set up for success with expert data migration, comprehensive training, and responsive ongoing support.Key featuresTime tracking software: Easy, accurate timesheets that actually get filled out. Simplify project time tracking and keep billing up to date with integrated time management software for consultants.Expense tracking: Track project spend against budget with simple, mobile-friendly expense submission. Sync approved expenses directly to Xero as bills to pay.Resource management software: Plan and allocate resources effectively. See availability, utilization, and capacity in real time with powerful resource planning tools that make project delivery predictable.Revenue forecasting & project profitability: Combine financial and resourcing data to model revenue, monitor utilization and profitability, and make confident growth decisions.Invoicing automation: Create pre-populated invoices that sync seamlessly with Xero, reducing admin and helping you get paid faster.Reporting & insights: Access real-time dashboards, project profitability reports, and PSA analytics that bring clarity to every decision. Track the consulting metrics that matter most - across projects, clients, and teams.Integrations: Connect your favorite tools and run your firm on a unified project management and financial reporting platform.Flexible pricing means you only pay for what you use - plus, get a 10% discount on annual subscriptions.
- Sea-Flux Vessel Management Software — Sea-Flux is a cloud-based vessel management software package focused on simplifying and streamlining maritime operations. Our mobile-friendly app provides unparalleled features that reduce risk and cost to your operation.
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: 393
- Round size: Seed $34k–$7.2M; Pre-Seed $51k–$2.7M; Series A $3.8M–$32M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $812M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Vessev — Electric hydrofoiling vessels built for commercial use. Quiet, efficient, and better for the world.
- Heidi Health — Heidi Health is a healthtech company that develops an AI medical scribe platform that automates clinical documentation and related tasks.
- 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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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Australia, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 135
- Round size: Seed $343k–$4M; Pre-Seed $120k–$900k; Series A $2.5M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cloobot Inc — Cloobot X: Your Premier Software Implementation transforms your vision into reality with our state-of-the-art software implementation studio. Leveraging cutting-edge AI technology, our expert team delivers rapid, efficient, and innovative solutions tailored to your unique business needs.
- Tokenise — Tokenise acts as a data layer for web3 projects and their tokens. We help founders build their tokens simply, mint/launch their tokens on-chain and then manage their tokens in one place. Tokenise enables founders to curate rich data rooms that make it easier for investors to get onboard. We empower community with unprecedented insights andaccessibility into their favourite projects and their tokens.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 166
- Round size: Seed $328k–$3.7M; 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 — Critical metals for a circular battery supply chain
- 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.
CP Ventures is a boutique, high-performance global venture capital firm backing breakthrough 4th Industrial Revolution technologies.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 91
- Round size: Seed $482k–$4.2M; Pre-Seed $150k–$900k; Series A $3.8M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% 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.
Danny Chan
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- Industry: EdTech, SaaS, Events
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $1M–$2.9M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cloud M — Cloud M pioneered mobile-first, B2B applications for leading organizations in education, healthcare and public safety. Clients include both private and public sector. Notable product innovations include the Alerter Platform for New Zealand's Civil Defence and Emergency Management agency and the initial development of the Blerter product.
- LearnCoach — Learn from 2500+ video tutorials and practice questions for 80 NCEA standards. LearnCoach covers everything you need to master NCEA and get your best results ever!
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- Industry: Software, EdTech, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 24
- Round size: Seed $593k–$1.8M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% 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 — Award-winning investment portfolio tracking and reporting app
Chintaka Ranatunga
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- Industry: Software, Apps, EdTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: New Zealand, India, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $400k–$1.6M; Series A $890k–$3.6M; Series B $795k–$10M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kami — Kami's all-in-one platform turns any resource into interactive, accessible learning experiences. Save teacher time, improve outcomes. Try it free now.
- APIMatic — The Trusted Developer Experience platform for APIs. Achieve faster API onboarding via automatic SDKs, docs, code samples, and guided walkthroughs.
- QuiverVision — Experience the immersive wonder of 3D Augmented Reality with engaging coloring experiences that let your creativity run wild.
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, New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 112
- Round size: Seed $662k–$3.2M; Pre-Seed $120k–$3M; Series A $649k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Operata — Continuously measure performance to deliver the best possible customer experience.
- SPEC Toolbox — Structural timber design software for Australian engineers. Design CLT, GLT, and connections to AS1720 standards. Start your free trial and automate today.
- Teacher’s Buddy — Create lesson plans, worksheets, assessments, and more in minutes. AI-powered tools designed for educators.
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- Industry: Software, Biotechnology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 54
- Round size: Seed $515k–$1.8M; Angel $400k–$4.3M; Series A $1.6M–$8.8M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MAPTO — Bringing industries together since 2008, Mapto.com stands as the premier platform for a global business directory. Serving millions of companies and suppliers worldwide.Mapto, the “Business Development Guide,” has been specially designed to offer an e-commerce solution that brings together all companies in the world and provides an excellent B2Cuser experience without sacrificing B2B functionality. The most significant difference from other marketplaces is that it is customer-supported!In today’s world, product, manufacturer, and communication demands are the basis of e-commerce searches on the internet. It restructures the “roadmap of e-commerce” by bringing all these demands together and making them accessible to users.
- Insite AI — The chosen partner by executives in RGM, insights, and I.T. to grow revenue and market share. Learn how CPGs win in pricing, assortment, trade and more.
- MarginFuel — MarginFuel provides intelligent price optimisation software that empowers rental vehicle operators to build profitable pricing strategies.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2067
- Round size: Seed $50k–$1.7M; Pre-Seed $50k–$450k; Convertible Note $50k–$400k
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $55M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- tbh — tbh is a developer of a mobile application designed to provide anonymous feedback to friends. The company's mobile application facilitates asking or answering questions, open text fields and invite abuse when combined with anonymity, enabling users to say things without repercussions and feel better about themselves from the positive feedbackon social networks.
- Vidrovr — Vidrovr develops multimodal computer vision and machine learning systems to index, tag, and understand video. It processes videos with specific domain constraints, such as in sports, government, and media verticals. Its technology enables its users to search an indexed video corpus and retrieve content inside videos and link it to other media likephotos and text.The company Integrates social media to enable direct interactions between multimedia content. Vidrovr was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in New York.
- TasksMind — Customer Reliability Platform
Soul Capital is an impact investment organisation working towards a more inclusive and sustainable economy.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Recycling
- Stage:Seed, Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$3M; Venture - Series Unknown $608k–$12M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Staples VR — Staples Rentals is a Film/Video & Stills equipment rental house based in Auckland, New Zealand.
- 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.
- Teacher’s Buddy — Create lesson plans, worksheets, assessments, and more in minutes. AI-powered tools designed for educators.
Emlyn has spent more than 30 years navigating the complex landscapes of finance, financial markets and technology as a founder, public company CEO, angel investor, VC investor and fund manager. He's had the opportunity to make over 70 venture capital investments in innovative companies like Nutromics, DataRobot, Calm App, Cerebras Systems,Skylark Labs, Zainar, and Kami, and a similar number personally as an angel. He is a founder of OpenMarkets Group, one of Australia's largest online brokers. He was former CEO of the National Stock Exchange of Australia, Australia’s second largest listing stock exchange, for four and a half years. Prior to that he was Head of Business Development at LCH.Clearnet for equities and CFDs in London for nine years, the world’s largest independent clearing house. He has four finance related degrees: - Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) - Masters Business Administration (MBA) - Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment (GDAFI) - Bachelor of Economics (BEc)
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 70
- Round size: Seed $482k–$3.4M; Pre-Seed $350k–$900k; Series A $5.9M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tpaga — Tpaga is a mobile wallet for unbanked consumers in Latin America. Currently in Colombia and Mexico.In Latin America, more than 50% do not have credit cards or bank accounts, but what they do have is a cellphone. Tpaga allows consumers to store money via cash kiosk ( 4,000 in our network) and then use it to pay utility bills, cell phone top-up,supermarket and even gas station merchants. We have become the first mobile wallet in Latin America to allow consumers to pay groceries without having a bank account, and allowing unbanked commerces to start receiving payment without have POS systems.
- Fiable — Embed financial health insights within your application using our world leading API service
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Angel
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 58
- Round size: Seed $351k–$2.5M; Angel $367k–$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 — Manage wholesale orders with a simple app.
- Factor — Plug and play forecasting and pricing tools for modern energy utilities.
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- 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.
Alium Capital focuses on listed and unlisted technology investments to generate out-sized returns. The company invests in technology, innovation, and early-stage businesses, all the way through to publicly listed assets. It specializes in the fields of finance, investing, innovation, and capital.Alium Capital was founded in 2016 andheadquartered in Sydney, New South Wales.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 50
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$10M; Series A $2M–$11M; Series B $2M–$465M
- Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $79M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Boost Lab — Boost Lab provides solutions for skincare products that are cost-effective, effective, and safe.
- Koala — We're simplifying the mattress and furniture game. With free & fast delivery and a 120 night risk-free trial Australia-wide, try it out online today.
- York Street Brands — York Street Brands, formed by the merger of Boost Lab and tbh Skincare specializes in serums that target a range of skin concerns.
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Browse database — It's Free!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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- Industry: Software, Analytics, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Angel
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$2.2M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.3M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Montoux — The decision science and actuarial automation platform for life and health insurers.
- MerlotAero — MerlotAero is a company marketing avionic software for pilots to use during flight.
- Kernel Wealth — Low-cost KiwiSaver, index funds, savings and US shares & ETFs. Trusted by 80,000+ Kiwis with over $5B under management. Start free. Kernel Wealth - Make it happen
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: 48
- Round size: Series A $2.7M–$20M; Series B $8.5M–$49M; Series C $4.5M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $20M in 2004
Portfolio highlights
- PINC — PINC provides scalable software, hardware, and services that enable companies to move inventory throughout the supply chain faster, cost-effectively, consistently, and more efficiently. Its cloud-based real-time asset tracking platform powered by an Internet of Things (IoT) sensor network that includes passive RFID, GPS, optical, cellular, andother sensors, provides actionable insights and connected expert guidance that allow companies to optimize their supply chain execution.The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Union City, California.
- 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.
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, Manufacturing, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 71
- Round size: Seed $600k–$8.2M; Pre-Seed $860k–$11M; Series A $1.2M–$19M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $60M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Vessev — Electric hydrofoiling vessels built for commercial use. Quiet, efficient, and better for the world.
- Caruso — AI-native fund administration for private markets. Trusted by 900+ real estate, private credit, and PE funds to save time and grow AUM.
- Outlier Space — Outlier Space is an aerospace startup that builds a scalable, uncrewed, and reusable satellite platform designed to unlock access to microgravity. The company provides breakthrough infrastructure to safely return orbital payloads back to Earth. This technology allows sectors like pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and advanced materials to manufactureand research products beyond Earth's atmospheric limits.
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: 58
- Round size: Seed $653k–$5.9M; Series A $1.9M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% 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.
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: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Australia, India, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 45
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$6M; Series A $4.6M–$25M; Series B $9.3M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $72M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Archistar.ai — AI plan review and permitting software for local governments. Trusted by Los Angeles and Austin to cut permit approval times by up to 55%.
- Zodia Custody — Crypto Custody, Without Compromise. Empowering global institutions to navigate the digital asset landscape simply, safely, and without compromise.
- Greatland Gold — Greatland Gold plc engages in the exploration and development of natural resources. It explores for gold, nickel, and cobalt deposits.
Callaghan Innovation is a stand-alone Crown Entity established on 1 February, 2013. Their role hasn’t previously existed in New Zealand.When they succeed, all New Zealanders will benefit from a stronger economy, higher value exports, more productive and sustainable resource use, more jobs and higher incomes.International evidence showsadvanced technology institutes like Callaghan Innovation have been successful at helping businesses build innovation capability that contributes to their growth and the broader economy.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3452
- Round size: Seed $351k–$1M; Grant $3.5k–$139k; 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.
powerHouse is a New Zealand intellectual property commercialisation company investing to develop new spin-out ventures
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Seed $285k–$7.9M; Pre-Seed $51k–$373k; Series A $255k–$7M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% 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
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: Health Care, Medical, Education
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Australia, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Series A $11M–$15M; Venture - Series Unknown $10M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- T-shirt Ventures — T-Shirt Ventures is a health tech company that helps people living with disability and long-term health needs overcome their challenges, achieve their goals, and improve the quality of their everyday lives.
- 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%!
- Navigator Group — We specialise in evidence-based recovery plans, treating both the psychological and physical aspects of your injuries.
Backing world-class Kiwi deep tech for global markets. Fund I fully deployed and tracking strongly. Fund II (Discovery Fund) now open to qualified investors.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $500k–$2.3M; Pre-Seed $337k–$682k; Venture - Series Unknown $898k–$3M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Marama Labs — Marama Labs is a developer of a novel UV-Vis spectroscopy technology for scientific-analytical instrumentation. It assists customers in identifying and measuring turbid samples' characteristics by using light's spectral properties. It offers an ultra-violet and visible spectrophotometer for measuring absorption, extinction, and scatteringspectra of clear and turbid liquids to help customers keep their samples intact, reduce sample preparation steps, and improve measurement turnaround time.
- Arcanum AI — Rapidly build and integrate machine learning features with the Accelerate Platform library of pre-built workflows. Hosted API or deploy into your own cloud.
- Ocean Intelligence — Ocean Intelligence helps aquaculture, port operations and monitoring teams use marine data in day-to-day decisions.
Right Click Capital - Australian Venture Capital Firm
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 81
- Round size: Seed $82k–$3M; Series A $3.1M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% 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
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Browse database — It's Free!They back talented founders as they build world leading technology companies from NZ.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, Advertising
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $351k–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Rocos — Send ground robots on autonomous inspection missions. Quickly capture job site data, track progress over time, and detect issues early.
- Jasper — Build a portfolio of high-quality commercial real estate assets sourced and managed by an experienced team.
- First AML — Get AML/CTF compliant and solve your toughest AML challenges with First AML. It's the only AML & KYC software solution you need.
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: 129
- Round size: Seed $469k–$5M; Series A $3.3M–$17M; Series B $10M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $100M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- PREVE — Supporting back-to-back physios with their daily caseload, simplifying admin whilst making the patient experience more enjoyable. Preve does the admin work for practitioners. One click clinical notes, treatment plans, home rehab and documents.
- LendUs — LendUs caters for all different types of home loan requirements for consumers. The platform is designed to provide a simple home loan experience, completing much of the application preparation.
- Hubble Network — Connect a Bluetooth device to a global satellite network, delivering affordable, low-power tracking and monitoring for diverse industrial and commercial applications.
Alexey Mitko is a Co-Founder of Eucalyptus.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Analytics
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $1.3M–$2.3M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Keeyu — keeyu. is a B2B SaaS platform that continuously monitors e-commerce transactions from payment to delivery. Should any issue emerge, our system immediately notifies the customer service team, enabling proactive issue resolution before it impacts the customer, saving them from opening a support ticket. The result is an enhanced post-purchaseexperience, ensuring sales retention and reducing customer complaints.Founded in 2023, the company is headquartered in Sydney, Australia, and is dedicated to empowering businesses to deliver exceptional post-purchase experiences.
- PREVE — Supporting back-to-back physios with their daily caseload, simplifying admin whilst making the patient experience more enjoyable. Preve does the admin work for practitioners. One click clinical notes, treatment plans, home rehab and documents.
- NextWork — Building the best online learning experience to switch careers and upskill. Join the waitlist today, we are waiting for you!
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: 195
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$10M; Series A $6.6M–$33M; Series B $18M–$75M
- Lead/follow: 62% lead, 38% 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
- Octane — Simple financing for motorcycles, ATVs, mowers, and more. Check your rate with no impact to your credit.
- Panacea Financial — Whether you're transitioning to residency, refinancing your student loans, or funding a new practice - Panacea Financial can help.
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, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Australia, United States, Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 40
- Round size: Series A $2.1M–$16M; Venture - Series Unknown $4M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 55% lead, 45% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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
- Rosterfy — Connect to your volunteers with a comprehensive & user-friendly platform where you can recruit, retain, reward and train your volunteers.
- 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.
Chase Coleman is based out of New York, New York, and is the Founder and Head of Private Equity Investment of Tiger Global Management. Chase Coleman attended the Williams College.
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- Industry: SaaS, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series B, Series C, Seed
- Geography: United States, New Zealand, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $5.8M–$10M; Series B $57M–$125M; Series C $65M–$400M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tako — Tako is a web and data search API for AI agents: one call returns cited web results and structured data from authoritative sources.
- Capitol AI — Capitol uses the power of AI & Design to make better, faster decisions with data.
- Daring Foods — Craveable delicious plant chicken made from non-GMO plants and a short list of wholesome ingredients.
Leighton Roberts - Co-founder, Co-CEO and Director @ Sharesies
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- Industry: FinTech, Software, Education
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Pre-Seed $1.2M–$2.7M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Marloo — Marloo is an AI-assistant that empowers financial advisers to focus on building client relationships, instead of paperwork.
- Excellent — Add Employee Experience Design capability to your organization with Excellent's learning and professional membership platform.
iceangels.co.nz - New Zealand most active Angel Network. A network for New Zealand's leading entrepreneurs, corporate executives, and professional investors.
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- Industry: Software, Analytics, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 24
- Round size: Seed $447k–$1.6M; Angel $367k–$428k; Series A $1.5M–$8.5M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% 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.
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, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 35
- Round size: Seed $694k–$5M; Series A $890k–$18M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% 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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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Australia, New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $657k–$3.5M; Series A $649k–$6M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Amaka — Accounting integrations and automation solutions for SMBs. Sync data from POS and e-commerce business apps to Xero, QuickBooks, MYOB and more.
- Josef — Automate lawyer-client conversations, document drafting and providing legal services. Josef is a software platform with a chatbot interface.
- Eugene — Eugene offers at-home genetic tests and counselling to help people make smarter health choices at every stage of their life, starting with helping people plan a healthy pregnancy. Our pre or early pregnancy genetic carrier screen helps people know their risk of passing on serious genetic diseases to their children.
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Browse database — It's Free!Scobie Ward is the Chairman & CEO of Ward Ferry Management.
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- Industry: Software, E-Learning, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Post-IPO Equity
- Geography: Australia, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Terragen Biotech — Terragen is agricultural biological company helping farmers increase productivity for livestock, dairy, viticulture, horticulture and cropping.
- Straker Translations — Straker Translations is revolutionizing the translation industry by offering fast, efficient and cost effective translations with their unique pay-per-hour translation model, it enables clients to significantly reduce their ongoing translation costs as well as simplifying the translation process.Founded in 1999 by Grant Straker, as a softwarecompany specializing in multi-lingual content management for websites, they morphed in 2010 into Straker Translations, a global translation agency with offices in the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand building a global client base that includes: Sun Life Financial, Glaxo Smith Kline, Caterpillar, Creative, Exxon Mobile, Fuji Xerox, Mailchimp and BP.
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, Artificial Intelligence, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 52
- Round size: Seed $698k–$5.5M; Series A $1.2M–$18M; Venture - Series Unknown $751k–$2.6M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $70M 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.
- Sphere — Live courses led by vetted experts for professionals who want to advance their careers
- Octopusbot — Empowering agribusinesses with 97% accurate AI forecasts, 7 months ahead of the market to mitigate weather risk and price volatility.
Kirsti Grant - CEO & Co-founder @ Populate
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- Industry: Software, EdTech, Consumer Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $653k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Komodo Wellbeing — Komodo is the complete wellbeing solution for schools to measure and improve the effectiveness of their wellbeing strategies.
- Remote Social — Remote Social is the ultimate destination for remote and hybrid teams to build connection and culture through play and shared experiences.
Built on experience. Invested for generations.
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- Industry: Education, Software, E-Learning
- Stage:Seed, Series D, Series A
- Geography: Australia, United States, Bermuda
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $336k–$723k; Series D $23M–$200M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% 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!
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: Information Technology, Apps, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Taiwan, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 93
- Round size: Seed $804k–$8M; Series A $524k–$41M; Venture - Series Unknown $450k–$12M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Spike Studio — Spike Studio Inc., established in November 2023, is a Tokyo-based company specializing in generative AI and large language models. Their mission is to enhance Japan’s labor productivity tenfold by integrating advanced AI solutions into client operations and services. The company offers customized AI solutions, system integration, data analysis,predictive modeling, and training programs to help clients leverage generative AI effectively. Co-founded by CEO Shigeru Kuroyanagi and COO Hirohide Sano, Spike Studio aims to address challenges such as declining international competitiveness, an aging population, and labor shortages in Japan.
- 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.
Ben Kepes is a technology evangelist, an investor, a commentator and a business adviser. His business interests include a diverse range of industries from manufacturing to property to technology. As a technology commentator he has a broad presence both in the traditional media and extensively online. Ben covers the convergence of technology,mobile, ubiquity and agility, all enabled by the Cloud. His areas of interest extend to aviation technology, enterprise software, software integration, financial/accounting software, platforms and infrastructure as well as articulating technology simply for everyday users.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, New Zealand, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $50k–$3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Raygun — Raygun gives you a window into how users are really experiencing your software applications. Detect, diagnose and resolve issues that are affecting end users.
- Cloud 66 — Deploy your applications to any cloud provider or your own servers. No lock-in, full control. From 1 to 1000 servers with Cloud 66's DevOps platform.
- Common Ledger — Common Ledger was born in April 2013 when Drew saw an opportunity arise for a 'common ledger' after developing a solution to translate Point of Sale data into one format. Drew discovered the same data needed to be sent to accounting systems that varied as much as the diverse Point of Sale software. For years Vince was a client responsiblefor campaigns created by the digital media agency where Drew was the technical lead. In this chaotic environment of media agencies and campaigns Drew and Vince managed to build a solid relationship which flourished beyond employment. Thus began the founding Common Ledger team.Later, Brendan a chartered accountant joined Drew and Vince to bring his industry knowledge, number crunching and strategy.Finaly, Carlos Chambers then came aboard wearing the Operations, Legals and Commercials hats and completing the team's fundamental skill-set.The team have since created something many businesses and accountants desperately need, solving a problem they are unable to find a solution to.
Partner at Founders Fund.
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- Industry: Software, Medical, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, New Zealand, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 38
- Round size: Seed $620k–$17M; Series A $4M–$45M; Series B $32M–$150M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kami — Kami's all-in-one platform turns any resource into interactive, accessible learning experiences. Save teacher time, improve outcomes. Try it free now.
- StyleRow — Streamline your interior design projects with StyleRow's management tools for organization, budgeting, and collaboration. Start your free trial today.
- Impulse Space — Economical and nimble last-mile space payload delivery
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- Industry: Software, Education, Career Planning
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Excellent — Add Employee Experience Design capability to your organization with Excellent's learning and professional membership platform.
Te Pae ki te Rangi is an Investment Fund that invests in innovative approaches and delivers impact for increased equity, social inclusion, and regenerative environments. Te Pae ki te Rangi Investment Fund is run by Toru Group.
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- Industry: Software, E-Learning, Language Learning
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kara Technologies — Content accessibility using a signing avatar. Accessible solutions are at the core of all that we do here at Kara. One of our main goals is finding smarter ways of using technology that will help build a better future for everyone, in all areas of life.
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