Top 50 Enterprise Startup Investors in New Zealand in October 2024
A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Enterprise startups based in New zealand. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Enterprise companies from New zealand. We update this investor list every month.Top 50 Enterprise Startup Investors in New Zealand in October 2024
Icehouse Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm. We exist to back the world's bravest Kiwi founders, launching global companies from New Zealand.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Appetise — MenuAid is a cheaper, flexible and more sustainable alternative to meal-kit delivery providers. We provide Kiwis with a weekly meal plan, complete with recipes and a list of ingredients that can either be self-shopped or collected/delivered from your favourite supermarkets.
- Mushroom Material — We can match the mechanical properties of polystyrene styrofoam and replace any existing packaging with a sustainable mushroom alternative
- Re-Leased Software Company Limited — Commercial property management software that makes life easier for property managers, landlords and owners.
K1W1 provides startups and businesses in New Zealand with early and later-stage venture investments.
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Investment focus
- Software, Biotechnology, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- New Zealand, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Akahu — Akahu provides open banking and open finance infrastructure. We make it simple for people to connect their financial accounts to trusted third parties.
- Lodestone Energy — Lodestone Energy builds and develops sustainable power production farms through solar energy market. It is based in Auckland, New Zealand.
- Mushroom Material — We can match the mechanical properties of polystyrene styrofoam and replace any existing packaging with a sustainable mushroom alternative
Connecting startup business owners with angel investors to raise capital . Access a network of expertise and investment opportunities.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Funding Round, Seed, Angel
- New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Cetogenix — Cetogenix is a clean technology business dedicated to creating long-term solutions to global climate change.
- Yabble — Yabble provides a platform that uses machine learning and natural language processing to help brands connect with more than 62 million consumers globally, and collect data in real-time. Using the solution, clients can build their own surveys and manage their own customer research communities.
- Zenno Astronautics — Zenno Astronautics hardware and software products ensure satellite missions are effectively managed, guaranteeing maximum economic returns and responsible use of space.
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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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Australia, United States, New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
- Redactive — Redactive.ai is an Enterprise AI enablement platform that accelerates regulated organisations to secure & remediate their operational (unstructured) data, preparing it to be used by AI applications (eg: Co-pilots), along with providing engineering teams inside the enterprise the tools to build their own AI use cases securely with any LLM.
- SafetyCulture — SafetyCulture is the operational heartbeat of working teams around the world. Its mobile-first operations platform leverages the power of human observation to identify issues and opportunities for businesses to improve everyday. More than 28,000 organisations use its flagship products, iAuditor and EdApp, to perform checks, train staff, reportissues, automate tasks and communicate fluidly. SafetyCulture powers over 600 million checks per year, approximately 50,000 lessons per day and millions of corrective actions, giving leaders visibility and workers a voice, in driving safety, quality and efficiency improvements.
- Vertus Energy — We innovate to make fossil natural gas extinct.
Movac is New Zealand's most experienced technology investor and is deeply integrated into the Kiwi tech sector. We've been actively investing since 1998.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, Enterprise Software
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- New Zealand, United States, Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Kry10 — Kry10 is a safe operating system for SDMs.It makes the transition to an intelligent, cloud-connected, and adaptively driven future possible for automobiles, electricity grids, satellites, and medical equipment.
- Miruku — Miruku is a molecular farming dairy startup developing advanced dairy proteins through plant technologies that hold the potential to produce animal-free milk proteins cost-effectively.
- Re-Leased Software Company Limited — Commercial property management software that makes life easier for property managers, landlords and owners.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Apps
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
- FileInvite — The simplest, most secure, document collection platform for professionals. Request files, forms, data and e-signatures all through a secure client portal.
- Formus — Formus Labs develops software technologies for orthopedic planning and analysis. Our mission is to improve outcomes and efficiencies through seamless and highly scalable integration of AI and computational modelling in the orthopedic clinical workflow. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, Formus Labs draws on over 10 years of research andcommercialisation experience, with operations in New Zealand, Australia, and soon in the USA.
- 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.
GD1 is a Venture Capital firm that invests with high conviction in exciting technology companies originating from New Zealand. Our team is passionate about creating and growing global businesses, and our goal is to transform NZ made into the next generation of globally disruptive tech solutions.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- New Zealand, United States, China
Portfolio highlights
- Rilla — Demonstrating 90% reduction in cost-to-serve for live-streaming, Rilla is rewiring the content economy, directing the value generated back to creators and their communities.By leveraging audience bandwidth and rewarding them with ownership in the network, the savings are equivalent to a free month subscription every year for a moderate level ofviewership.Founded by the technical founders behind Altered State Machine, acquired for 214m. Together for 5+ ventures, collectively raising 130m+ and valued at 1b+.
- NextWork — Building the best online learning experience to switch careers and upskill. Join the waitlist today, we are waiting for you!
- Type One Energy — At Type One Energy, we are mission-driven to provide sustainable, affordable fusion power to the world over the coming decade.
Your guide to finding and using government services.
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Investment focus
- Software, Biotechnology, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- New Zealand, United States, Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Insite AI — We create predictability for consumer brands in the unpredictable world of retail. Game-changing technology that attacks consumer brands' hardest problems.
- Invert Robotics — Invert Robotics develops robotic NDT inspection technologies for the maintenance of industrial equipment in the food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and oil and gas industries. Invert Robotics highly skilled team of engineers have developed a world leading modular inspection platform suitable for use across a range of industries and applications.
- Surgical Design Studios — The Insides Company is the leading provider of chyme reinfusion solutions for intestinal failure
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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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Mobile Apps
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- New Zealand, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Formus — Formus Labs develops software technologies for orthopedic planning and analysis. Our mission is to improve outcomes and efficiencies through seamless and highly scalable integration of AI and computational modelling in the orthopedic clinical workflow. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, Formus Labs draws on over 10 years of research andcommercialisation experience, with operations in New Zealand, Australia, and soon in the USA.
- Whip Around — Whip Around develops and builds solutions that tackle the paper-based compliance burden for a wide variety of transport companies in the United States and around the world. Effortlessly manage your fleet inspections, compliance, preventative maintenance, work orders, reporting & more! Create powerful checklists for your assets. Have yourdrivers conduct inspections anywhere, anytime via the Whip Around mobile app. Get alerts sent to you immediately, view the reports from the management dashboard and manage faults with ease. Come see why more than 85,000 users globally love Whip Around. Trial Whip Around free for 7 days!
- projectworks — Project Works is a cloud based workforce management platform designed to help professional & creative services businesses better manage their organisations in the areas of project management, project financials, and people management. Our mission is to provide a platform that enables world class services businesses to get the most out of theirexisting workforce, and enable them to grow.
Shasta is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on enterprise technology like SaaS, cybersecurity, infrastructure, data intelligence & camera vision.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- United States, Canada, New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
- Voxel51 — We build software that enables ML engineers to build better models, more quickly. Try FiftyOne, our powerful platform for dataset curation, analysis, and model development.
- LeakSignal — Sensitive data and attack observability/mitigation across service mesh architecture. WAF, Data Exfiltration, Data protection, Real time mitigation.
- Overland AI — Overland AI is a manufacturer and developer of autonomous navigation for off-road autonomous vehicles.
AirTree is a venture capital firm investing in Australian and New Zealand technology founders from seed stage or earlier.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Australia, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- InDebted — InDebted is changing the world of consumer debt recovery for good by creating a better way for businesses to support their customers to get back on track.
- TrueState — Accelerate your AI adoption with TrueState's library of high-impact AI solutions, infinitely customisable for your unique business context.
- SafetyCulture — SafetyCulture is the operational heartbeat of working teams around the world. Its mobile-first operations platform leverages the power of human observation to identify issues and opportunities for businesses to improve everyday. More than 28,000 organisations use its flagship products, iAuditor and EdApp, to perform checks, train staff, reportissues, automate tasks and communicate fluidly. SafetyCulture powers over 600 million checks per year, approximately 50,000 lessons per day and millions of corrective actions, giving leaders visibility and workers a voice, in driving safety, quality and efficiency improvements.
GD1 is a Venture Capital firm that invests with high conviction in exciting technology companies originating from New Zealand. Our team is passionate about creating and growing global businesses, and our goal is to transform NZ made into the next generation of globally disruptive tech solutions.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Medical Device
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- New Zealand, United States, China
Portfolio highlights
- eVouch — eVouch is the most powerful marketing tool we've used to build an organic community. We've experienced elevated brand trust while reaching an audience we never thought possible. Using customers to market to their friends is simply genius.
- Flowingly — Unlock Team Productivity. Streamline Approvals. Increase Compliance. Easy To Use, No-Code Process Mapping & Workflow Automation Platform.
- Formus — Formus Labs develops software technologies for orthopedic planning and analysis. Our mission is to improve outcomes and efficiencies through seamless and highly scalable integration of AI and computational modelling in the orthopedic clinical workflow. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, Formus Labs draws on over 10 years of research andcommercialisation experience, with operations in New Zealand, Australia, and soon in the USA.
Phil McCaw - Managing Partner @ Movac
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Investment focus
- Energy, Retail, Internet
- Funding Round, Seed, Pre-Seed
- New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
- Goodnest — Goodnest's mission is to make your life easier, starting in your home. We use technology to improve the quality and lower the price of consumer services throughout the APAC region.
- CloudCannon — CloudCannon gives your team an exceptional website editing interface with a robust a flexible developer experience.
- Flick Electric — Flick Electric Co. is the only power company that gives New Zealanders access to the wholesale price of electricity direct from the spot market. In fact we pass on all of the costs of getting power to your place, without any mark-up – that’s generation, distribution, transmission and metering – so you can relax knowing that you’re not paying a centmore than you need to.And in your personalised online portal we’ll show you exactly how much power you’re using every half hour of every day, and what you’re paying for it, so you are empowered to change how you use electricity to save even more.
iceangels.co.nz - New Zealand most active Angel Network. A network for New Zealand's leading entrepreneurs, corporate executives, and professional investors.
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Investment focus
- Software, Mobile Apps, Internet
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- New Zealand, United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Cove — Cove is a New Zealand company bringing a touch of innovation and simplicity to the insurance industry.
- beany.biz — Online Accountants for Small Businesses. Online, fast, connected and clever, meet Beany accountants.
- Spoke Phone — Next-generation mobile VoIP platform for service providers (ISPs, MVNOs, Cable operators, Telcos)
The New Zealand Growth Capital Partners (formerly New Zealand Venture Investment Fund) was established to support early-stage technology companies and to stimulate private investment into this space.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- New Zealand, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Aquafortus — Aquafortus specializes in providing enviornmental services and commercializes proprietary zero liquid discharge technology.
- Avasa — Avasa is a medical device company. It helps to improve surgical procedures by developing novel implantable devices.
- Marama Labs — Marama Labs provides an integrated chemical analysis platform that empowers customers to optimize their production processes and match their products and brands to customer needs, with ease.
We exist to serve great entrepreneurs with honest advice and education, investment capital that is fair, and an open door to our international network and connections.
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Investment focus
- Animation, Information Technology, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
- Yabble — Yabble provides a platform that uses machine learning and natural language processing to help brands connect with more than 62 million consumers globally, and collect data in real-time. Using the solution, clients can build their own surveys and manage their own customer research communities.
- Space Rock Games — Space Rock Games is the developer behind Criminals Within - a cooperative-only action game set in a medieval fantasy kingdom. Sign up to receive exclusive development updates!
- Floating Rock Studio — Floating Rock Studio
Sparkbox Ventures was founded in 2001 and is New Zealand's most active seed stage investor
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Investment focus
- Software, Manufacturing, EdTech
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- New Zealand, United States, Japan
Portfolio highlights
- Mohiomap — I found a great domain name for sale on Dan.com. Check it out!
- Booktrack — Booktrack is an A.I Soundtrack company. Booktrack's Artificial Intelligence automatically creates soundtracks for any text or any voice. Backed by investors including Peter Thiel, Booktrack is a disruptive force in the publishing and audio world; equivalent to the introduction of sound transforming the experience of film forever. For moreinformation, visit booktrack.com.
- Aroa Biosurgery Ltd — Aroa Biosurgery is a soft-tissue regeneration company that develops, manufactures, sells and distributes medical and surgical products to improve healing in complex wounds and soft tissue reconstruction. Committed to ‘unlocking regenerative healing for everybody’, Aroa’s products are developed from the Company’s proprietary Endoform® technologyplatform, a novel extracellular matrix biomaterial derived from ovine (sheep) forestomach. The company was founded in February 2008 based on intellectual property relating to the use of a novel form of ECM isolated from forestomach extracellular matrix for use in tissue regeneration applications. Aroa’s focus is delivering better healing, every day, everywhere for everybody. Aroa’s products make a meaningful impact for patients, surgeons and clinicians. Aroa delivers high quality, simple to use products that significantly improve outcomes. Aroa also believes its products should be widely accessible, affordable and change the standard of care for many patients.Maori for ‘understanding’, Aroa is at the forefront of understanding how biology, structural form and human factors can unlock the body’s intrinsic power to heal.
Square Peg is a global investment firm on a mission to empower exceptional founders. With investing teams in Sydney, Melbourne, Tel Aviv, and Singapore, Square Peg invests in emerging technology companies across the internet economy.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Australia, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Cuttable — Cuttable operates as an automated content agency.
- Lorikeet — Lorikeet provides AI customer support. Lorikeet offer its customers responsive, personalized, and effective support as table stakes.
- Mindverse — Discover the AI that transforms your life. MindOS boosts productivity, makes suggestions, and perfects your routines. Get an AI memory today.
New Zealand's leading equity investment marketplace. We simplify investment into high growth Kiwi companies.
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Investment focus
- Manufacturing, Health Care, Software
- Funding Round, Seed, Angel
- New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
- Ubco — UBCO is a New Zealand and US-based tech company that designs, develops, and distributes Utility Electric Vehicles and Portable Power Supplies for on-and off-road adventures, leisure and recreation, and commercial use where vehicle utility is required. UBCO have a desire to Power Your Purpose, through it's Utility Electric Vehicles (UEVs) thatcan change the way people ride, work, and play. UBCO currently has a digitally connected UEV platform which includes on- and off-road transport (2×2), portable power, accessories, and software. They provide a complete solution, from users to managers across a wide range of applications.
- Tether Limited — Tether develops a solution that continuously assesses, reports on, and rates the environmental quality and energy efficiency of homes, offices, and classrooms. Tether will not only enable continuous evaluation and feedback, but it will also provide ways to improve the environments in which users live, work, or learn.Through connected hardware andsoftware solutions, Tether promotes healthy living, learning, and working environments.
- projectworks — Project Works is a cloud based workforce management platform designed to help professional & creative services businesses better manage their organisations in the areas of project management, project financials, and people management. Our mission is to provide a platform that enables world class services businesses to get the most out of theirexisting workforce, and enable them to grow.
Angel HQ is a Wellington-based angel investment network dedicated to fostering the growth of innovative Kiwi companies. We offer resources, funding, and support to startups and entrepreneurs, helping...
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- New Zealand, United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Hnry — Hnry automatically pays and files all taxes for contractors, freelancers, and sole traders, so they never have to think about tax again.
- Cropsy Technologies — Cropsy's mission is to deliver disruptive, scalable technology to every fruit grower to unlock the full potential of their land with insights that were impossible before. Our proprietary AI-enabled hardware allows growers to monitor every plant, understand the whole crop, and track how it changes over time. These insights help growers optimiseall their decision making. The system is a simple tractor add-on, so growers do all their daily operations while Cropsy looks out for problems. Cropsy is poised to set the new gold standard for growing, with recommendations, forecasts, and providing certainty to every grower, every season.
- Cetogenix — Cetogenix is a clean technology business dedicated to creating long-term solutions to global climate change.
We are a community-powered VC fund making pre-seed / seed stage investments in Australian and New Zealand startups. Our community is rallied around a shared goal: to invest in the next generation of Australia and New Zealand startups at the very earliest stage, and then support them on their long a
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, FinTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Australia, United States, New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
- Primary — Primary is the modern operating system for treasury management. We empower startups & innovative corporates to grow by reducing complexity around treasury, payments and cash flow.Primary is used by leading founders and finance teams that value safety, control and efficiency. Our product simplifies access to best-in-class yield instruments,enables monitoring of real-time cash positions across multiple banking partners and improves cash forecasting capabilities. We are powering the secure, smart and transparent treasury to help all companies meaningfully extend their runways.
- Switchboard — Switchboard is the fastest, easiest, most affordable way to integrate your supply chain and connect to all of your customers and suppliers. We can connect any supply chain system, including managing EDI.
- Matilda Migration — Migration made simple. Specialising in Employer Sponsored visas and Partner visas. With a 99% success rate for ultimate peace of mind. Visit us now.
Reinventure is pioneering Founder-First Corporate Venture Capital. They champion founders who have the vision, ambition and hustle to transform an industry across Asia-Pacific and beyond, propelling them with the support of a top 20 bank globally.With $150 million under management and Westpac Banking Corporation as its largest limited partner,Reinventure is focused on uncovering, investing in and nurturing scalable early businesses in FinTech and adjacent areas that will be the future of the industry.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Software, Financial Services
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
- InDebted — InDebted is changing the world of consumer debt recovery for good by creating a better way for businesses to support their customers to get back on track.
- Curious Thing AI — Curious Thing is a conversational AI startup for mass information discovery. The technology enables businesses to proactively discover deeper insights from humans. The AI has applications including candidate assessments, customer engagement, stakeholder check-in, and more.
- Kepler Analytics — Kepler uses retail in-store analytics to provide retail managers with unprecedented insight into shopper behaviour and create amazing customer experiences.
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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Investment focus
- Software, Apps, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Australia, United States, New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
- Kry10 — Kry10 is a safe operating system for SDMs.It makes the transition to an intelligent, cloud-connected, and adaptively driven future possible for automobiles, electricity grids, satellites, and medical equipment.
- HealthMatch — HealthMatch is a medical technology company that applies machine learning and artificial intelligence to clinical data to save lives.We aim to dramatically accelerate patient recruitment to clinical trials, and progress life-saving cures onto the market faster than existing practices allow.For clinicians and patients, there is a real struggleto identify and find appropriate trials, particularly where the criteria relating to each trial is inconsistently articulated. HealthMatch encodes qualifying questions relating to each patients condition. The platform matches responses to its trial dataset, and confirms only the correct-match trials for that patient — thereby streamlining the identification of suitable trials and facilitating a patient’s application to those trials.With Ai and software at the core, HealthMatch delivers a radically simple product to match patients with drug trials, backed by an execution approach to data that is deceptively complex to achieve and replicate. In doing so, HealthMatch is dramatically changing an industry that has essentially not moved beyond telephones and excel spreadsheets.
- SimConverse — SimConverse is a simulation platform that uses generative AI to play the role of any patient, colleague or casualty.
Soul Capital is an impact investment organisation working towards a more inclusive and sustainable economy.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Consumer
- Seed, Funding Round
- New Zealand, Hong Kong
Portfolio highlights
- Linear Finance — Linear Finance is a cross-chain compatible, decentralized delta-one asset protocol to cost-effectively and instantly create, manage, and trade synthetic assets with unlimited liquidity.
- Conscious Consumers — Our accreditation programme and Good Spend Counter make it easier for you to support businesses that align with your values and track our collective impact
- Starboard Maritime Intelligence — Monitor and protect your maritime domain
We are a highly experienced Australian-US venture capital firm ready to back seed phase startups with brilliant ideas & global potential.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Australia, New Zealand, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Asseti — Intelligent asset management. Asseti identifies, quantifies & tracks your property assets.
- Flagship — Flagship provides retailers with a centralized Visual Merchandising platform that enables the creation, execution and review of Visual Merchandising directives.
- Orkestra — Orkestra is a renewable energy software platform that provides tools to assist energy companies in the planning, selling, and optimization of new energy deployments.
Insight Partners is a global software investor partnering with high-growth technology, software, and Internet startup and ScaleUp companies.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- United States, Israel, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Anjuna — Anjuna confidential cloud software establishes a secure enclave that isolates and encrypts applications and data in runtime, at rest, and on the network for end-to-end data protection
- Kiteworks — Kiteworks is a cybersecurity company that provides secure communication and file-sharing solutions for businesses and organizations. The company focuses on protecting sensitive information by offering a secure platform that enables safe and compliant sharing of files, emails, and other forms of communication. Kiteworks offers a comprehensiveplatform that integrates a variety of communication and file-sharing tools designed to ensure the security and compliance of data exchanges. The platform allows users to securely share files both internally and externally, adhering to various data protection regulations. It provides end-to-end email encryption, safeguarding sensitive information during transmission. Additionally, Kiteworks facilitates secure managed file transfer (MFT), enabling the transfer of large files and sensitive data with detailed audit trails and compliance features. Organizations can also leverage secure APIs to embed file sharing, email, and communication functions directly into their existing applications. Furthermore, Kiteworks aids in meeting regulatory requirements such as GDPR, HIPAA, and FedRAMP by offering robust compliance and reporting features, ensuring comprehensive audit trails and adherence to industry standards.
- Flightkeys — Flightkeys has been founded as a research and development company in April 2015 by global aviation experts.
Craig Winkler Co-founded Australian small business accounting software provider MYOB in 1991. Craig built MYOB to be a popular business tool and brand which, in 2004, merged with Solution 6 to become Australia’s largest IT company. Craig joined Xero's board and became a substantial shareholder in 2009. He now spends the bulk of his timeworking in the philanthropic sector.
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Software, Apps
- Series A, Funding Round, Seed
- Australia, New Zealand, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Chaser — Automate invoice reminders, get paid faster and maintain great customer relationships. Our users get paid 16+ days sooner and save 15+ hours a week on A/R.
- Myprosperity — An all-in-one client portal with innovative digital tools to increase practice efficiencies, scale client engagement and grow revenue.
- Ignition — Engage clients, get paid and run your business on autopilot with Ignition. Create online proposals & automate client payments, all from one place. Learn more.
Jonathan Hendriksen - Founder | CEO @ Shuttlerock
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Investment focus
- Apps, Video, Facebook
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
- Shuttlerock — Create attention-worthy video ads from any asset for every screen, at scale.
Trading, Capital, Trusted Advisory, Proven Stewardship
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Mobile
- Funding Round, Series B, Private Equity
- New Zealand, United States
Portfolio highlights
- SMX — SMX offers a cloud-based email security solution for SEG, archiving and added Microsoft 365 defence. Trusted by enterprises, governments and ISPs across ANZ.
- GFG Group — GFG Group is a supplier of consumer electronic payments software and card payment solutions. GFG has provided applications, systems integration and IT managed services to customers in 40 countries.
- Grasshopper Bank — Secure business accounts, flexible lending solutions and powerful digital tools to support your business at every stage.
We provide venture capital investment for the people, ideas and industries that will change the world. Learn about what we do and the kind of founders we back.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Desia — Desia provides advanced AI applications for productivity, automation, and analytics for financial services.
- NanoSyrinx — NanoSyrinx is an award-winning, discovery stage biotechnology company based in the UK. We are using synthetic biology approaches to develop protein nanosyringes as a completely novel modality for intracellular delivery of protein and peptide biologic drugs.
- Puraffinity — Puraffinity develops targeted materials for water treatment, focused on forever chemicals called PFAS. Our strategic intent is to provide 1 billion people with PFAS safe water by 2030
Rampersand is the first investor in founders with abnormal potential in Aus & NZ. We have invested 100M+ AUD in 34 companies & returned millions to investors.
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Investment focus
- Software, Enterprise Software, Marketplace
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Australia, United States, Sweden
Portfolio highlights
- Cuttable — Create high-quality ads quickly with Cuttable. Our tool uses automation and expert insights to produce and publish exceptional ads in under a minute. Perfect for marketers.
- JigSpace — JigSpace is the interactive 3D presentation software that anyone can use to create immersive AR demonstrations and rich product stories. No coding required!
- Hatch — Find roles and teams where you can make an impact. Match with intern, entry-level, junior and mid-level jobs based on your skills and values, not your CV.
Stephen Tindall is the founder of K1W1.
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Retail, Security
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series E
- New Zealand, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Kry10 — Kry10 is a safe operating system for SDMs.It makes the transition to an intelligent, cloud-connected, and adaptively driven future possible for automobiles, electricity grids, satellites, and medical equipment.
- Insite AI — We create predictability for consumer brands in the unpredictable world of retail. Game-changing technology that attacks consumer brands' hardest problems.
- CloudCannon — CloudCannon gives your team an exceptional website editing interface with a robust a flexible developer experience.
Founder/CEO of ThisData, a login intelligence and contextual authentication platform.
Founder/CEO of Litmos.com, a leading SaaS Learning Management System that was acquired by CallidusCloud (NASDAQ: CALD) in 2011.
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Music, Mobile Apps
- Seed, Angel
- New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
- Melodics — Melodics is an app that adapts to your abilities and musical tastes to help you get better at playing keyboards, pad controllers, and drums
- ThisData — ThisData provides supercharged login security for your app by automatically sending a “Was this you?” notification to your users when unusual login activity is detected. Your ops team gets real-time notifications of unusual logins and can integrate with webhooks to build custom security workflows.
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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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Australia, United States, New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
- Everlab — The preventative health service of the future. Detect disease early, improve wellbeing, and optimise performance.
- Mayday — Streamline your finance team's multi-entity accounting adjustments with Mayday
- EverYoung AI — Everyoung AI is a pioneering organization in the field of Aged Care, utilizing advanced AI technology to enhance the quality of life for seniors. They are committed to building evolutionary AI solutions and have a vision to revolutionize Aged Care with new technology. Everyoung AI is inviting interns to join their team and contribute to theirmission of redefining Aged Care through innovative AI solutions. Their goal is to make Aged Care more personalized, efficient, and accessible, and they are dedicated to nurturing fresh talent in pursuit of this meaningful cause.
EVP is an early stage venture capital firm based in Sydney Australia with c. $300M FUM across four fund vintages.Our most recent fund was launched in December 2022 and is a $100M fund. The fund targets early Series-A investments initially with cheque sizes in the range of $0.5 – $5.0 million. Our funds invest in software, are sector agnosticand have a focus on Australian based B2B SaaS companies.Over the years, we’ve backed brilliant founders building global software companies like SiteMinder, Deputy, Ignition and Shippit. We make high conviction investments, underpinned by ambition, pragmatism and a deep understanding of the software journey.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- Australia, New Zealand, United States
Portfolio highlights
- CorePlan — CorePlan is drilling management platform for mining, exploration and drilling companies to digitise their drill program operations. Move from pen, paper and spreadsheets to digital plods, drill planning, rig management, safety compliance and more using our cloud based software.
- Nexl — Nexl believes that CRM systems should be easy-to-use, affordable, and fully automated. They made it their mission to enable law firm's around the world to take back control over their business development efforts and enable them to grow at their full potential.
- InvestorHub — We provide comprehensive access to listed capital raises for institutional, family office and high net worth investors.
Maurice Eng
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- Apps, Video, Facebook
- Seed, Series A
- New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
- Shuttlerock — Create attention-worthy video ads from any asset for every screen, at scale.
Richard Collier-Keywood was named as Network Vice Chairman on 1 November 2011. In this role, Richard will be responsible for the coordination of PwC's global strategy across the network leading PwC's Network Executive Team (NET).Prior to this appointment Richard was the Global Leader, Tax, an appointment he took up on 1 July 2008.He previously led the UK firm's tax practice for five years.
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- Information Services, Software, Information Technology
- Funding Round
- New Zealand
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- Cogo — At Cogo we are on a mission to empower hundreds of millions of consumers and businesses world-wide to become conscious consumers by taking action to measure, reduce and compensate for their impact on the world. Cogo enables everyone to join together to create a fairer and more sustainable world. Talk to us now or see our website for details.
- Conscious Consumers — Our accreditation programme and Good Spend Counter make it easier for you to support businesses that align with your values and track our collective impact
Carthona Capital is a hands-on, proactive, and thematic venture capital investor based in Sydney, Australia that invests globally.
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- Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Australia, United States, United Kingdom
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- Cherre — Connect all your real estate data and make it available to the entire organization for better investment, management, and underwriting decisions.
- InDebted — InDebted is changing the world of consumer debt recovery for good by creating a better way for businesses to support their customers to get back on track.
- Primary — Primary is the modern operating system for treasury management. We empower startups & innovative corporates to grow by reducing complexity around treasury, payments and cash flow.Primary is used by leading founders and finance teams that value safety, control and efficiency. Our product simplifies access to best-in-class yield instruments,enables monitoring of real-time cash positions across multiple banking partners and improves cash forecasting capabilities. We are powering the secure, smart and transparent treasury to help all companies meaningfully extend their runways.
Investing in great people solving hard problems to create a better future.
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- Medical Device, Medical, Health Care
- Seed, Series A
- New Zealand
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- Orbica — Orbica Environmental Monitoring
- Avasa — Avasa is a medical device company. It helps to improve surgical procedures by developing novel implantable devices.
- Kitea Health — Kitea Health creates pressure monitoring implantable medical devices.
Akshay Kothari is the co-founder of Pulse, a mobile application that allows you to read all your favorite content in one place. Pulse began as a class project in the Launchpad class at Stanford University, and has grown to over 30 million users today. It won the coveted Apple Design Award in 2011 and was inducted into the App Store Hall of Fame.Pulse was recently acquired by Linkedin for $90 million.
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- Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, India, New Zealand
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- Recraft — The first generative AI design tool that lets users create and edit digital illustrations, vector art, icons, and 3D graphics in a uniform brand style.
- Nile — Postgres re-engineered for multi-tenant apps. Build secure, scalable and AI-native multi-tenant applications with world-class developer experience.
- Cartwheel — Cartwheel is a powerful text-to-animation platform. Animate characters for your video, game, movie, ad, Social or VR project simply by typing.
AmpliPHI Ventures provides wholesale investors access to the private market investment opportunities.
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- Software, Linux, Security
- Seed
- New Zealand
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- Portainer — Portainer is a self-service container service delivery platform. It is the definitive container management GUI for Kubernetes, Docker and Swarm.
- Sandfly Security — Sandfly is an agentless Linux intrusion detection and incident response platform. Find Linux threats without endpoint agents instantly.
- Zenno Astronautics — Zenno Astronautics hardware and software products ensure satellite missions are effectively managed, guaranteeing maximum economic returns and responsible use of space.
Direct Capital is a private equity manager established in 1994. Today Direct Capital remains owned and managed by three of its founding directors, Ross George, Mark Hutton and Bill Kermode. The team has grown to 13 investment professionals, who together have 110 years of private equity experience.Direct Capital seeks to be a pre-eminentprovider of equity capital to Australasian businesses lacking ready access to the stock market, with a focus on increasing shareholder wealth in private companies, and assisting shareholders to release value.
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- Software, CRM, Energy
- Funding Round, Private Equity
- New Zealand, Australia
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- Beca — Engineers and consultants making everyday better for our clients and the community.
- POP — POP is a holding company led by entrepreneurs to build a specialist insurance ecosystem.
- Momentum Energy — The power company owned by Australia's largest renewable generator. See how our prices compare to other gas and electricity providers in 2 minutes.
Black Nova Group provide services across investment & venture capital.
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- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Australia, New Zealand, United States
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- Nullify — Nullify performs product security tasks alongside your developers.
- SaasGuru — saasguru offers online bootcamps & courses for aspirants with AI cert prep plan, mock exams, quizzes, flashcards & more - to launch your career in Salesforce.
- Kismet — Find the best disability or healthcare service to support your journey
Shane And Vanessa JOHNSTON
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- Apps, Video, Facebook
- Seed, Series A
- New Zealand
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- Shuttlerock — Create attention-worthy video ads from any asset for every screen, at scale.
Sam started his career at Deloitte Consulting and is best known for founding online auction website Trade Me which, in 2006, sold for $NZ750 million. Sam also built a successful online dating and friend reuniting businesses in New Zealand, Australia and Canada.Sam is an active investor and philanthropist. Sam's holdings include a number ofother successful web businesses including Visfleet and Sonar6.
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- SaaS, Software, Web Hosting
- Seed, Series D, Funding Round
- New Zealand
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- Vend — Vend is web-based point-of-sale and retail management software. Vend allows real-world retail store owners or managers to have full visibility and centralized control of one to many retail stores.Vend runs in the browser and supports full online and offline modes. Even though Vend is web-based it works offline, so users can keep making salesif the internet drops out.Vend integrates seamlessly with other web applications used to run retail stores, like accounting, eCommerce, appointment scheduling, and others.The Vend platform is subscription-based, never requires backups or upgrades and lets retailers get on with running their retail enterprise instead of worrying about their IT infrastructure.
- Goodnest — Goodnest's mission is to make your life easier, starting in your home. We use technology to improve the quality and lower the price of consumer services throughout the APAC region.
- CloudCannon — CloudCannon gives your team an exceptional website editing interface with a robust a flexible developer experience.
I2BF Global Ventures is an international venture capital firm with a global investment mandate. Established in 2005, I2BF Global Ventures has $400M+ under managment and it is currently investing from its fifth fund.The mission of I2BF Global Ventures is to seek out innovative and competitive companies across SaaS, Hardware Enabled B2B solutions(AI, IoT, AR, VR, robotics, RPA & automation), Digital Healthcare, and New Media, which it believes can lead the path to a brighter future. Since the first investment in 2006, I2BF Global Ventures has successfully backed 60+ startups and exited 12 companies.In keeping with its worldwide investment focus, I2BF Global Ventures retains a team of technology and sector experts in New York, London, and Los Angeles. This impressive team ensures a truly global venture capital strategy and a hands-on management approach.
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- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
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- Roofr — The complete sales toolbox for roofers. From roof measurement reports to project-winning proposals.
- SquareDash — Claim funding, online invoicing, and collections process automation to help roofers get paid faster.
- FuseBase (formerly Nimbus) — FuseBase (formerly Nimbus Platform) - Free Online Collaboration Software for Remote Teams. Build your wikis, client portals and more with the FuseBase (formerly Nimbus Platform) collaboration tool ? A perfect space for online work
Quidnet Ventures invests in scalable and capital-efficient businesses created by founding teams.
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- Software, Hospital, Health Care
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- New Zealand
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- RosterLab — RosterLab is your go-to for effortless rostering and AI-optimized scheduling. Jump in for free today and discover how much time and hassle you can save with our state-of-the-art roster system!
- Marama Labs — Marama Labs provides an integrated chemical analysis platform that empowers customers to optimize their production processes and match their products and brands to customer needs, with ease.
- 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.
Jelix is an early-stage venture capital firm backing daring founders in Australia and New Zealand.
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- Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Australia, New Zealand
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- Gelomics — Gelomics operates as a biotechnology company. Gelomics provides 3D cell culture technologies.
- Fugu — Cheap green carbon at scale for the dawn of the e-fuel age
- Fugu Carbon — Fugu Carbon is a machinery manufacturing company that helps in carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technology from air.
Nicole Fougere - Co-Founder & CCO @ ThisData
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- SaaS, Cloud Security, Cyber Security
- Seed, Angel
- New Zealand
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- ThisData — ThisData provides supercharged login security for your app by automatically sending a “Was this you?” notification to your users when unusual login activity is detected. Your ops team gets real-time notifications of unusual logins and can integrate with webhooks to build custom security workflows.
We partner with audacious entrepreneurs building enduring businesses.
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- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- United States, Israel, India
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- Plenful — Plenful increases efficiency, ROI, and data accuracy around manual, administrative healthcare operational workflows.
- Noded Ai — Noded Ai is preparing yourself for that customer meeting is tough. Noded brings them all together using your notes history and gives you exactly what you needed , when you need it. So you’re always prepared and one step ahead.
- Coactive AI — Coactive unlocks analytics and insights from unstructured image and video data.
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