Top 50 Energy VC Funds & 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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22 | New Zealand, United States, Australia | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $485k–$20M |
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K1W1
VC Fund
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16 | New Zealand, United States | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence | $550k–$18M |
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New Zealand Green Investment Finance
VC Fund
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10 | New Zealand, Australia, United Kingdom | Debt Financing, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar | $372k–$49M |
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Enterprise Angels
VC Fund
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7 | New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $227k–$3.7M |
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Pacific Channel
VC Fund
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7 | New Zealand, Australia, United States | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed | Health Care, Manufacturing, Biotechnology | $511k–$5.5M |
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GD1 (Global From Day One)
VC Fund
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5 | New Zealand, United States, China | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology | $600k–$19M |
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Soul Capital
VC Fund
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5 | New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong | Seed, Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown | Information Technology, Software, Recycling | $608k–$12M |
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New Zealand Growth Capital Partners
VC Fund
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5 | New Zealand, United States, Australia | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $435k–$10M |
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Uniservices
VC Fund
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4 | New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed | Health Care, Medical Device, Biotechnology | $283k–$8.4M |
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Finistere Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | United States, New Zealand, Israel | Series B, Series C, Series A | Biotechnology, Agriculture, Food and Beverage | $3.5M–$45M |
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Climate Venture Capital Fund
VC Fund
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4 | New Zealand, Australia | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Manufacturing, Sustainability, Renewable Energy | $968k–$3M |
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Movac
VC Fund
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4 | New Zealand, United States, Australia | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Software, SaaS, Manufacturing | $1.4M–$16M |
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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–$32M |
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Booster
VC Fund
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3 | New Zealand, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Medical Device | $157k–$6.1M |
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Motion Capital
VC Fund
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3 | New Zealand | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Sustainability, Energy, Chemical | $924k–$4.9M |
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AngelHQ
VC Fund
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3 | New Zealand, United States, Canada | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Angel | Software, SaaS, Manufacturing | $259k–$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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Aera VC
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Australia, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Software | $150k–$27M |
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Matū Group
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand, Australia, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Biotechnology, Health Care, Manufacturing | $337k–$25M |
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Global from Day One
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand, United States, China | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Manufacturing | $694k–$18M |
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Lincoln Agritech
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand | Venture - Series Unknown | Sensor, Biotechnology, Sustainability | |
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Impact Enterprise Fund
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand, Australia | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Sustainability, Information Technology, AgTech | $1.1M–$3.3M |
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NOAB Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, New Zealand, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Energy, Battery, Manufacturing | $493k–$15M |
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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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Lewis Holdings
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Computer | $550k–$1.8M |
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Sparkbox Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand, United States, Japan | Seed, Angel, Series A | Software, EdTech, Manufacturing | $593k–$1.8M |
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Clare Foundation
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand | Seed | Furniture, Recycling, E-Commerce | $1.5M–$1.5M |
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Outset Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand | Seed, Pre-Seed | CleanTech, Biotechnology, Product Research | |
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Rabobank Food & Agri Innovation Fund
VC Fund
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2 | United States, United Kingdom, The Netherlands | Series A, Series B, Seed | Agriculture, AgTech, Farming | $3.8M–$45M |
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Ngāi Tahu Holdings
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Information Technology, EdTech, Energy | $2.8M–$3.5M |
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AgriZeroNZ
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand, United States, Sweden | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Biotechnology, AgTech, Livestock | $677k–$27M |
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OurCrowd
VC Fund
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1 | Israel, United States, New Zealand | Series B, Series A, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care | $593k–$62M |
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Aspire Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand, United States | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Energy, Messaging, Real Time | $2M–$3.5M |
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ACC
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand | Series A | Organic, Agriculture | |
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NZVC
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand, United States, Australia | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech | $1.2M–$40M |
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Inter Ikea
VC Fund
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1 | Canada, Sweden, Germany | Series A, Seed | Recycling, Biotechnology, Waste Management | $3.8M–$16M |
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Massey Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand | Seed | Carbon Capture, Environmental Consulting, Environmental Engineering | |
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Auckland UniServices
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand | Seed, Pre-Seed | Medical, Marketing, Nutrition | |
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Wave Digital Assets
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Switzerland, Canada | Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software | $500k–$70M |
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AUT Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand | Pre-Seed | Chemical, Manufacturing, Sustainability | |
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Callaghan Innovation
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand, United States, Australia | Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed | Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology | $3.5k–$1M |
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Khosla Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, India | Series A, Seed, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care | $1.8M–$100M |
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Amadeus APEX Technology Fund
VC Fund
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1 | Germany, Austria, New Zealand | Seed | Space Travel, Chemical, Internet | $1.7M–$9.4M |
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Radar Partners
VC Fund
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1 | United States, New Zealand | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Mobile, Information Technology | $500k–$73M |
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Seeds Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Singapore, United States, Hong Kong | Seed, Series A, Series B | Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care | $767k–$45M |
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Unruly Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United Kingdom, United States, Germany | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, CleanTech | $908k–$55M |
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Radicle Growth
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Grant | Agriculture, Biotechnology, AgTech | $250k–$17M |
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Fonterra Co-operative Group
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand, United States, Germany | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B | Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Wellness | $151k–$17M |
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Andreessen Horowitz
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $1.5M–$113M |
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Energy Capital Ventures®
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Germany, New Zealand | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Renewable Energy, Energy, Industrial | $3M–$28M |
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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
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
New Zealand Green Investment Finance provides support to the growth of innovative energy and carbon management.
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- Industry: Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar
- Stage:Debt Financing, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand, Australia, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Round size: Seed $3.1M–$7.6M; Debt Financing $644k–$49M; Venture - Series Unknown $372k–$3.2M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
Portfolio highlights
- solarZero —
- Ruminant BioTech — Ruminant BioTech is a company that creates slow-release devices for long-term controlled-release methane mitigation.
- Far North Solar Farm — far North Solar Farm Ltd is a renewable solar energy asset developer based in Auckland. Fnsf mission is to accelerate the uptake of renewable energy in New Zealand by developing utility-scale solar assets across the country.
Connecting startup business owners with angel investors to raise capital . Access a network of expertise and investment opportunities.
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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.
Investing in great people solving hard problems to create a better future.
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- Industry: Health Care, Manufacturing, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed
- Geography: New Zealand, Australia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 63
- Round size: Seed $517k–$5M; Pre-Seed $511k–$1.6M; Venture - Series Unknown $755k–$5.5M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Regen — We send daily recommendations to our farmers' phones based on their own farm data, so NZ can farm smarter.
- Androgenix —
- Navi Medical Technologies — Navi Medical Technologies is a medical device development company.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
Finistere Ventures is an agricultural technology and life sciences venture capital investor. Founded in 2005, the company partners with other entrepreneurs and creative thinkers to build innovative companies that have the potential to transform modern agriculture, increase food security, improve nutrition, and enhance sustainability. Their appliedexperience as operators, and pioneering role in Ag Tech, is actively utilized to benefit its portfolio companies and Partners. Finistere has global access to the best new technologies from centers of Ag Tech excellence in the U.S., Australia, Israel, New Zealand, and Canada through its venture partner networks. Finistere’s locations in San Diego and Palo Alto, California keeps them connected to the centers of mainstream venture investment and the world’s leading innovation ecosystem.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Agriculture, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Series B, Series C, Series A
- Geography: United States, New Zealand, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 71
- Round size: Series A $3.5M–$10M; Series B $5.3M–$45M; Series C $5M–$43M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $28M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- POP — Strengthen your dog's immunity with Pop-Topper. Developed with top animal scientists and food innovators, our formulas leverage clinically proven superfoods to reduce inflammation and promote longevity. Backed by science, our daily meal topper seamlessly integrates into your dog's routine for optimal health benefits.
- Animol Discovery — Animol is building its own pipeline of break-through proprietary veterinary small molecules led by a team of animal health industry experts with vast experience in bringing drugs to market. With our unique and powerful technology platform we deliver innovative medicines that are specifically designed for the needs of veterinary patients.
- Berkeley Yeast — Better yeast for better beer. Make cleaner tasting beer with ultra low diacetyl strains, brew non alcoholic beer that tastes more like actual beer, or unlock bright grapefruit and passionfruit notes with the cleanest thiol yeast.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Sustainability, Renewable Energy
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: New Zealand, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $968k–$3M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mara Bio — We are a New Zealand based biotech start up passionate about food, health and the environment. We are re-imagining how energy and nutrient rich food production side streams are handled by giving them a new life in the form of protein rich, fibre rich, functional ingredients and bioactives for food, nutraceutical and pharmaceutical applications.
- Hot Lime Labs — The Hot Lime Labs CO2 capture system converts wood waste biomass into clean CO2 for commercial greenhouses, increasing crop productivity and growth.
- Dot Ingredients — Dot Ingredients operates a surfactant company designed to offer commercially viable particle surfactants. It produces cellulose from wood pulp, makes sustainable emulsifiers from renewable cellulose, and is able to not only cleanse hands, clothes, surfaces, and cars, but also protect crops, enhance food, color textiles, and flow into the oceans andsoil.
Movac is New Zealand's most experienced technology investor and is deeply integrated into the Kiwi tech sector. We've been actively investing since 1998.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 74
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$4.9M; Series A $1.5M–$16M; Venture - Series Unknown $2M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $125M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Hnry — Hnry automatically pays and files all taxes for contractors, freelancers, and sole traders, so they never have to think about tax again.
- LawVu — Our all-in-one connected platform enables your legal team to manage all legal matters, contracts, spend and legal operations. Book your free demo now.
- Migco Pharmaceuticals — Migco Pharmaceuticals is a pharmaceutical company focused on designed to develop new drug therapies for migraine headache.
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
Booster is an investment manager, superannuation and default KiwiSaver scheme provider. We offer ethical, New Zealand and specialist investment options.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Medical Device
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $715k–$4.3M; Pre-Seed $157k–$972k; Venture - Series Unknown $158k–$6.1M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Linca — 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.
- Wych Limited — Wych puts your financial health back in your control.
Motion Capital is a hands-on venture capital fund investing in founders doing good business by helping the world decarbonise.
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- Industry: Sustainability, Energy, Chemical
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $924k–$4.9M
- Lead/follow: 63% lead, 37% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Linca — Critical metals for a circular battery supply chain
- Factor — Plug and play forecasting and pricing tools for modern energy utilities.
- Hachiko — Hachiko is a software building platform that aims to help the battery portfolio owners, also the firm is for energy trading.
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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: 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.
Aera VC invests at the frontier of deep technology and sustainability to accelerate the world to a better future. Those who create breakthrough ideas the fastest will generate new markets, exponential financial returns, and a better future for us all. Aera VC will be right behind them.We believe sustainability is the largest investmentopportunity of our lifetime. We have been generating outstanding financial returns since 2016 while investing in the pursuit of a better world. The companies we have backed are the best illustration of what we invest in, aspire to, and can achieve. We are excited that these companies are only just getting started and we have already established a truly global footprint. 70% of Aera Portfolio companies are co-founded by women or those from minority backgrounds.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Australia, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 44
- Round size: Seed $2.1M–$11M; Pre-Seed $150k–$4.1M; Series A $4.5M–$27M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $35M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Gridsight — Gridsight helps electrical utilities transition to a decentralised grid by creating 90%-accurate, AI-powered load flow models. These models enable utilities to safely and efficiently support more residential solar, batteries and electric vehicles. Based on CEO Brendan Banfield's PhD research, Gridsight was founded in 2020 to accelerate the transition to renewables.
- Array Labs — Array Labs is working to provide high-quality 3D imagery on a global scale.
- Maritime Fusion — Fusion reactors for ships
Investing in scalable science and deep tech start-ups in Aotearoa NZ. We operate venture capital funds that invest in science and deep tech through a hands-on, active approach.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, Australia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $473k–$4.6M; Pre-Seed $337k–$972k; Series A $2.3M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Advemto — Advemto is the manufacturer and developer of ultrafast spectroscopy systems that help researchers.
- Inhibit Coatings — Inhibit Coatings is a New Zealand based company developing novel antimicrobial and antifouling coatings.
- Captivate Technology — Captivate Technology company operates a clean-tech carbon capture platform. The platform enables cement manufacturers, geothermal power plants, and biogas producers to reduce pollution and contribute to environmental initiatives by using a metal-organic framework for CO2 adsorption as a solid-state material.
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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Browse database — It's Free!Lincoln Agritech is a vibrant organization with over 50 staff, including scientists, research engineers, and software developers.
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- Industry: Sensor, Biotechnology, Sustainability
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CertusBio — The CertusBio continuous monitoring system provides easy access to real-time data so that food processors can now mitigate losses and waste waterwater quality issues at the source. We are helping industrial food processors transition to a more sustainable model of production.
The Fund provides growth capital to businesses who deliver social and/or environmental impact, alongside attractive financial returns. This Fund has two primary objectives: delivering market-rate financial returns, and delivering tangible societal and environmental outcomes.
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- Industry: Sustainability, Information Technology, AgTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$3M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.1M–$3.3M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ZeroJet — ZeroJet is the first jet propulsion system to be designed specifically for an electric motor, delivering the perfect balance of performance and runtime.
- Zincovery — Zincovery is a decarbonizing zinc recycling plant.
- CarbonCrop — CarbonCrop gets you recognised and paid for the carbon sequestered in trees on your land. Our artificial-intelligence based mapping and measurement mean we can give you fast, accurate results for no up-front cost.
NOAB Ventures operates as a venture capital firm.
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- Industry: Energy, Battery, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$9.4M; Pre-Seed $493k–$860k; Series A $4.5M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- UNIGRID — At UNIGRID, we are dedicated to exploring sodium chemistries that are safe, sustainable, and affordable, for stationary energy storage and e-mobility applications.
- Vertus Energy — We innovate to make fossil natural gas extinct.
- Andromeda Robotics — At Andromeda, our personalised robot companions are helping Australian aged care teams bring joy and connection to residents to improve wellbeing.
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
Lewis Holdings was added in 2013.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Computer
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $550k–$1.8M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Avertana — Avertana is a process technology company that has developed a proprietary platform to refine solid industrial waste streams into valuable mineral and chemical raw materials used to make everyday products. Products of Avertana's process are used in products such as paint, building materials, paper and fertilisers. The process is costcompetitive with existing approaches but offers a much lower environmental footprint than traditional methods. Avertana helps its customers to build more sustainable supply chains by making mineral and chemical ingredients for widely-used products from sources that support optimal environmental outcomes. Avertana’s waste to value process helps industry to reduce its environmental footprint competitively.
- HydrOxSys — HydrOxSys was established in June 2012 to commercialise dense film asymmetric membrane technology. There is a growing need for novel water purification concepts based on membrane filtration. Global businesses and local governments require water extraction solutions that are scalable and cost effective and can survive harsh industrial processstreams. Their mission is to develop revolutionary technologies to meet these needs.
- Ambit — From natural language processing to machine learning, our conversational AI platform empowers organisations. Business focused and aligned, Ambit chatbots carve a direct path to meeting your strategic objectives. Ultimately, Ambit enables you to deliver to your customers and internal stakeholders better.
Sparkbox Ventures was founded in 2001 and is New Zealand's most active seed stage investor
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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
Clare is a private philanthropic investment and giving organisation.
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- Industry: Furniture, Recycling, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Critical — Made in Aotearoa from 100% reclaimed NZ plastic waste, our panels come in a variety of pre-designed or custom colours and finishes, so you can realise your design vision and create a space that is truly unique. We help architects and designers to push design boundaries while meeting Green Star & sustainability targets.
Outset, Empowering NZ's deep tech startups: investment, space, support. Join our community of innovators for global impact.
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- Industry: CleanTech, Biotechnology, Product Research
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Daisy Lab — Daisy Lab pioneers precision fermentation technology in New Zealand
- Vertus Energy — We innovate to make fossil natural gas extinct.
- OpenStar Technologies — OpenStar Technologies is a renewable energy company that develops fusion reactors for baseload power to the grid.
Rabobank emerged from several small agricultural cooperative banks, founded by Dutch farmers in the late nineteenth century. Food & Agriculture (F&A) is in our DNA, from which we built a unique position in the F&A sector as a key financier and international player, attributes which we leverage for the benefit of our stakeholders andportfolio companies. We recognise and understand the food security challenges lying ahead of us and how Innovation in F&A supply chains is key to the solution, which is why we are dedicated to committing capital to the space.
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- Industry: Agriculture, AgTech, Farming
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, The Netherlands
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Series A $3.8M–$15M; Series B $5M–$45M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MiAlgae — MiAlgae is a new-age microalgal production company that aims to revolutionize the £340 billion global livestock feed industry by producing microalgal products – through the remediation of wastewater – as nutrient supplements for fishmeal in livestock feeds. Their microalgal products are high in omegas and proteins, both of which are required forthe production of many livestock feeds, especially in the aquaculture sector.Their production methodology uses circular economy to reduce the operating costs involved in the production of microalgae and as such allows them to compete with other supplements currently on the market.
- EarthOptics — GroundTruth Ag is a soil cloud creator specializing in sustainable agricultural management. GroundTruth offers insights into soil management and health as well as near-real-time actionable data layers that cover the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of the soil. This technology allows farmers to obtain accurate soil informationwhile also offering carbon creditors low-cost, hyper-accurate verification.
- Saga Robotics — Saga Robotics delivers UV-C mildew control, AI-driven data services, and robotic farm automation with the autonomous robot Thorvald. Our robots provide chemical-free vineyard and strawberry disease management to help growers increase yields and reduce reliance on fungicides.
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- Industry: Information Technology, EdTech, Energy
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $2.8M–$3.5M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Banqer — Banqer is a social enterprise committed to raising societal financial capability levels through relatable and engaging education.
- Tend Health — Tend Health provides various types of Health Care services by providing an easy to use application.
- OpenStar Technologies — OpenStar Technologies is a renewable energy company that develops fusion reactors for baseload power to the grid.
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Browse database — It's Free!A world-first public-private partnership helping farmers reduce emissions while maintaining profitability and productivity.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, AgTech, Livestock
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $677k–$10M; Series A $7M–$27M; Venture - Series Unknown $3M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 59% lead, 41% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Rumin8 — Rumin8 - Solving livestock methane emissions
- Arkea Bio — ArkeaBio is using innovative vaccine technologies to create solutions to reduce the on-farm methane emissions responsible for 6% of global GHG emissions.
- Ruminant BioTech — Ruminant BioTech is a company that creates slow-release devices for long-term controlled-release methane mitigation.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Seed
- Geography: Israel, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 387
- Round size: Seed $593k–$8M; Series A $3M–$22M; Series B $6.3M–$62M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $230k in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- N.Light — N.Light is a Metaverse 3D design software that allows individuals to effortlessly turn their ideas into reality.
- Hemispheric — Hemispheric develops fundamental AI technologies aimed at deciphering brain activity for innovative applications.
- MUV Interactive — MUV Interactive designs and develops innovative technology for active human sensing, providing a natural and fluent interactive experience with any type of digital application, from displayed content, and smart home appliances to IOT (Internet of Things) devices, drones and AR/VR applications. The company’s flagship product, Bird, is anintuitive device that is worn on the index finger, which transforms any space into a 3D Interactive Environment. Bird is the first device to integrate the entire spectrum of input and control methods – including touch, remote touch, gesture control and mouse functionality. This gives users the flexibility to interact with each type of digital content in the most intuitive way, whether up close or from a distance of up to 100 feet away.
Aspire Ventures is an investment firm that focuses on transforming healthcare with breakthrough technologies. It leverages their capital, intellectual property, and domain expertise in the Internet of Things (IoT) to help solve today’s biggest problems. The firm was founded in 2014 and headquartered in Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Industry: Energy, Messaging, Real Time
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $2M–$3.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $300M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Wylei — Wylei provides adaptive content solutions to agencies and brands to increase digital messaging relevance and engagement. It uses advanced predictive algorithms to take the guesswork out of digital web, email, mobile, and video campaigns. Wylei's Adaptive Content(TM) and Predictive Intelligence, delivers emails that adapt to the specificcontext of open, based on where, how, and when the email is viewed.
- OpenStar Technologies — OpenStar Technologies is a renewable energy company that develops fusion reactors for baseload power to the grid.
ACC is an investment firm.
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- Industry: Organic, Agriculture
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Leaft Foods — Leaft Foods has proven viability across New Zealand's pasture-based agricultural economy.
The NZVCA’s mission is to develop a world-best private equity (“PE”) and venture capital (“VC”) environment for the benefit of investors and entrepreneurs in New Zealand.Their activities cover the whole spectrum of investment in New Zealand private capital including Angel investment, seed and early-stage venture capital through to developmentcapital and private equity (including management buy-outs and buy-ins).
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 47
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$6.4M; Series A $1.8M–$40M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.5M–$3.5M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- chnnl — Optimise your employee wellbeing strategy with chnnl. Centralised resource management, track psychosocial risks and team psychological wellbeing measurement.
- Vessev — Vessev is a maritime trasportantion company that offers hydrofoiling electric vessels for travelling through water.
- Curve Biosciences — Whole-Body Intelligence to resolve chronic diseases.
Inter IKEA Group's aim is to secure continuous improvement, development, expansion and a long life of the franchising operation.
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- Industry: Recycling, Biotechnology, Waste Management
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Canada, Sweden, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $3.8M–$5.9M; Series A $7.6M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
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- Matter. — We are an innovation company pioneering technology solutions for capturing, harvesting and recycling microplastics.
- ns/tx industries — ns/tx industries is a food manufacturing and technology company that processes and sells fish and meat products.
- Seprify — Enabling sustainable products
Massey Ventures supports the development of commercially promising ideas by providing early stage investment. The firm commercializes intellectual property and innovative research. The company guides Massey researchers and students through the commercialisation process in order to make their innovative ideas a reality.
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- Industry: Carbon Capture, Environmental Consulting, Environmental Engineering
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Captivate Technology — Captivate Technology company operates a clean-tech carbon capture platform. The platform enables cement manufacturers, geothermal power plants, and biogas producers to reduce pollution and contribute to environmental initiatives by using a metal-organic framework for CO2 adsorption as a solid-state material.
UniServices grows and commercialises the research and expertise of the University of Auckland to create real-world impact.
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- Industry: Medical, Marketing, Nutrition
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
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- Opo Bio — Opo Bio develops cell lines for the cultivated meat industry and researchers.They are building a multi-species and multi-cell type product bank for research and commercial usage. They are creating infrastructure that will enable the industry to progress and more effectively scale.
- PhaseFoam — PhaseFoam creates innovative thermal management solutions that harness natural energy in an intelligent manner to mitigate heat. As demonstrated in extensive trials, PhaseFoam's technology offers substantial value and benefits while requiring low maintenance and overhead.
- Kitea Health — Kitea Health creates pressure monitoring implantable medical devices.
Wave Digital Assets offers early-stage investment, asset management, treasury management, and strategy consulting to further the growth of the crypto and digital asset ecosystem.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Switzerland, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 114
- Round size: Seed $2M–$17M; Series A $500k–$70M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- STBL — STBL is a next-generation stablecoin system that strives to refocus the stablecoin economy around the user. It enables users to create fully collateralized stablecoins from tokenized real-world assets (RWAs). At STBL, we’re transforming the stablecoin landscape with a groundbreaking approach that enables individuals and institutions to mint,distribute, and profit from stablecoin usage. Founded by Reeve Collins (former CEO at Tether), with a vision to revolutionize digital finance, we empower our community by delivering both the control and profitability of stablecoin infrastructure directly into their hands.
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- Maestro — Advanced UTxO-indexing data layer to supercharge Defi on Bitcoin, Cardano & Dogecoin.
AUT Ventures Limited is the gateway for the commercial world to Auckland University of Technology (AUT) experts and expertise. As the commercialisation arm of the University, we are responsible for the management and transfer of university intellectual property and knowhow. Our capabilities support the entire AUT Research and Innovation landscapeby connecting research, global partners, start-ups and investors.
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- Industry: Chemical, Manufacturing, Sustainability
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Dot Ingredients — Dot Ingredients operates a surfactant company designed to offer commercially viable particle surfactants. It produces cellulose from wood pulp, makes sustainable emulsifiers from renewable cellulose, and is able to not only cleanse hands, clothes, surfaces, and cars, but also protect crops, enhance food, color textiles, and flow into the oceans andsoil.
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Browse database — It's Free!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.
Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early- to late-stage companies across sectors like AI, healthcare, sustainability, and consumer technology. It manages multiple funds, focusing on startups with innovative technologies or business models. The firm primarily targets sectors like AI, climate tech, digital health, and medtech,offering strategic support to help build long-lasting companies.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1495
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$22M; Series A $5.5M–$47M; Series B $10M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $31M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- C the Signs — Discover C the Signs: a cutting-edge cancer prediction system enhancing early detection and survival. Committed to reducing healthcare disparities.
- LanzaTech — LanzaTech is turning our global carbon crisis into a feedstock opportunity with the potential to displace 30% of crude oil use today and reduce global CO2 emissions by 10%. By recycling carbon from industrial off-gases; syngas generated from any biomass resource (e.g. municipal solid waste (MSW), organic industrial waste, agricultural waste); andreformed biogas, LanzaTech can reduce emissions and make new products for a circular carbon economy.LanzaTech’s carbon recycling technology is like retrofitting a brewery onto an emission source like a steel mill or a landfill site, but instead of using sugars and yeast to make beer, pollution is converted by bacteria to fuels and chemicals! Imagine a day when your plane is powered by recycled GHG emissions, when your yoga pants started life as pollution from a steel mill. This future is possible using LanzaTech technology.
- littleBits Electronics — LittleBits is an open source library of over 60 electronic modules that snap together with magnets allows users to view, download, and share designs and make their own Bits through the use of prototypes. Deluxe kit, Smart home kit, Arduino coding kit, Synth kit, hardware development kit, and workshop set are some of the electronics learning modulesprovided by littleBits.LittleBits was launched by Ayah Bdeir in 2011 and is operated from New York, United States.
Amadeus APEX Technology Fund operates as a ventures capital firm. Amadeus APEX Technology Fund will initially invest between €1-1.5M in seed and series A stage deep tech ventures with unique and defendable technology.
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- Industry: Space Travel, Chemical, Internet
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Germany, Austria, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $1.7M–$9.4M
- Lead/follow: 55% lead, 45% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $30M in 2023
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- enclaive — Experience the strength of confidential cloud computing with Enclaive.io. Elevate your company's security and performance in the most fortified cloud ecosystem. Unlock unparalleled confidentiality with our secure compute environments.
- NEOintralogistics — NEOintralogistics is revolutionizing warehouse automation by transforming traditional shelf-racking systems with a seamless combination of cloud-based software, high-end hardware, and a pay-per-pick pricing model. Our solution enables businesses to reduce labor costs by 70% and increase storage density by 2.5x—all with zero upfront investment anddeployment in just 6-8 weeks.NEO serves industries such as e-commerce, third-party logistics (3PL), and production supply, where manual processes still dominate 80% of warehouses worldwide.With fast installation, human-robot collaboration, and a risk-free pricing model, NEO empowers businesses to scale efficiently and optimize warehouse operations without disruption.
- Skycore Semiconductors — Skycore Semiconductors delivers power conversion microchips, enhancing efficiency and performance for AI, data centers, and battery energy storage systems.
Radar Partners is a principal investment firm. The firm invests in early stage technology companies.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 31
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$8.6M; Series A $500k–$12M; Series B $3M–$73M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2011
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- Automattic — Making the web a better place
- Element Energy — Element Energy, a startup with technology that significantly improves the performance, lifetime, reliability and cost of large battery packs used in a wide range of applications including stationary and renewable energy storage and hybrid and electric vehicles.
- OpenStar Technologies — OpenStar Technologies is a renewable energy company that develops fusion reactors for baseload power to the grid.
Catalysing smart monies into Singapore-based, early-stage technology startups.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Singapore, United States, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 150
- Round size: Seed $767k–$6.8M; Series A $2.4M–$21M; Series B $5M–$45M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Nexstrom — Nexstrom develops wafer-scale 2D semiconductor technology and manufacturing systems for next-generation computing and AI infrastructure.
- Respiree — They offer platforms that are able to report clinical deterioration and provide recommended interventions with post-monitoring.They work in the health care industry, just like you. We take the time to get to know you, and we always keep your best interests in mind when adding and adjusting products in our catalog.
- Protuoso Biosciences — Protuoso Bio is a pioneering biotechnology company developing Next-Gen MUXBODIES for Complex Diseases. We leverage AI-driven protein engineering and synthetic biology to advance innovative oncology drug research.
Investing in the crazy before it becomes normal
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, CleanTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 62
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$9.3M; Pre-Seed $908k–$3.6M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.6M–$55M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $8.5M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Matta — Creating AGI to manufacture the impossible.
- Willo — Willo is advancing and scaling true wireless power for humanity, technology, and industry. Discover the company powering the next era of energy delivery.
- Tangible — Tangible empowers hardware companies with sustainable asset-based lending solutions. Our platform streamlines debt funding, compliance automation, and financial product design, enabling efficient capital mobilization and comprehensive reporting for a greener future. Scale your business with Twist.
Radicle Growth is a San Diego, California based venture capital firm focused sustainable, early-stage ag and food tech startups.
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- Industry: Agriculture, Biotechnology, AgTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Grant
- Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 33
- Round size: Seed $250k–$3M; Grant $250k–$1M; Series A $5M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $85M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Citroniq — Carbon-Negative Materials at Scale. Leading the Transition to a Renewable and Carbon-Negative Plastics Industry
- Future Origins — Future Origins produces sustainable, biomanufactured alternatives to palm-derived fatty alcohols and acids, including NALO™.
- SWARM — SWARM is a Software-as-a-Service platform that uses a next generation cognitive computing system, structured around a multi-agent approach which can utilize a cur
We're a global dairy nutrition company owned by 10,000 farmers and their families, united by a fundamental belief in the power of dairy to make a difference.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Wellness
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $581k–$724k; Pre-Seed $151k–$612k; Series B $10M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Vivici — Our mission is to meet the world's growing need for sustainable, nutritious and great tasting animal-free proteins.
- DNAiTECH — At DNAiTECH we develop innovative portable isothermal amplification instruments for point of care diagnostics, in-field applications, and rapid DNA testing.
- POP — Strengthen your dog's immunity with Pop-Topper. Developed with top animal scientists and food innovators, our formulas leverage clinically proven superfoods to reduce inflammation and promote longevity. Backed by science, our daily meal topper seamlessly integrates into your dog's routine for optimal health benefits.
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, California, investing in bold founders, innovators, and entrepreneurs building the future through technology.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2107
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$16M; Series A $9M–$55M; Series B $17M–$113M
- Lead/follow: 49% lead, 51% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $1.2B in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Tennr — Tennr is a custom AI assistant that accelerates research, answers complex questions, and generates custom reports.
- Phota Labs — Phota Labs is a developer of personalized AI photography tools preserving identity and memories.
- Supersonik — Supersonik provides an AI-powered platform for SaaS companies to offer 24/7 interactive product demos, enabling prospects to explore and personalize demos instantly without scheduling or manual intervention.
The only early stage venture fund investing in the future of ESG innovation and the digital transformation of the natural gas industry. Learn more.
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- Industry: Renewable Energy, Energy, Industrial
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Germany, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $3M–$11M; Series A $3M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 87% lead, 13% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $55M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- enadyne — material technology to seperate gases
- Teragen Energy — Teragen Energy develops an energy technology platform based on advanced regenerative solid oxide fuel cells that provide both power generation and energy storage in a single system. The company’s systems generate electricity from external fuels such as natural gas or hydrogen without combustion and can operate in reverse to store power as hydrogen.Teragen designs modular systems that can be scaled from megawatt-scale installations for data centers to deployments for microgrids, renewable projects, and utilities. Its technology is intended to help operators manage variable renewable output, ride through outages, and address daily capacity needs using one device. Teragen focuses on applications including AI and cloud data centers, manufacturing and cold storage facilities, remote communities, and electric grid infrastructure. The platform is positioned to replace separate diesel generators and battery systems by combining fuel-flexible generation and low-cost storage in a compact footprint.
- Sapphire Technologies — Sapphire Technologies develops, manufactures, and sells energy recovery systems for both natural gas and hydrogen industrial and commercial applications. The company's systems are designed to convert waste energy from pressure reduction processes into electric power without disrupting operations. We help companies maximize plant efficiencies,improve productivity, reduce carbon emissions, offset electrical costs, and generate cashflow by recovering this wasted pressure energy.
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