Top 50 Enterprise Startup Investors in New Zealand (July 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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51 | New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $612k–$16M |
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Enterprise Angels
VC Fund
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27 | New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Angel | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $153k–$4.3M |
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K1W1
VC Fund
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23 | New Zealand, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $419k–$18M |
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GD1 (Global From Day One)
VC Fund
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12 | New Zealand, United States, China | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $600k–$16M |
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Blackbird Ventures
VC Fund
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12 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $34k–$35M |
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Punakaiki Fund
VC Fund
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11 | New Zealand, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $355k–$12M |
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Movac
VC Fund
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11 | New Zealand, United States, Australia | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, E-Commerce | $795k–$18M |
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Soul Capital
VC Fund
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10 | New Zealand, Hong Kong, United States | Seed, Debt Financing | Software, Information Technology, Financial Services | $830k–$3M |
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Hillfarrance Venture Capital
VC Fund
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9 | New Zealand, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Animation, Information Technology | $473k–$2M |
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Flying Kiwi Angels
VC Fund
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8 | New Zealand, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, Medical Device, Information Technology | $334k–$4.3M |
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New Zealand Growth Capital Partners
VC Fund
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6 | New Zealand, United States, Australia | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Software, Medical Device, Manufacturing | $608k–$17M |
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New Zealand Venture Investment Fund
VC Fund
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6 | New Zealand, United States, Japan | Seed, Series A, Angel | Software, Biotechnology, SaaS | $400k–$8.8M |
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Airtree Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | Australia, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $800k–$50M |
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Shasta Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | United States, Canada, New Zealand | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software | $1.2M–$35M |
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NZVC
VC Fund
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4 | New Zealand, United States, Australia | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech | $1.2M–$40M |
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Global from Day One
VC Fund
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4 | New Zealand, United States, China | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Medical Device | $612k–$18M |
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Ice Angels
VC Fund
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4 | New Zealand, United States, Canada | Seed, Angel, Series A | Software, Apps, Video | $367k–$8.5M |
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Philip McCaw
Angel
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4 | New Zealand | Seed, Pre-Seed | Energy, Retail, Internet | |
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Altered Capital
VC Fund
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4 | New Zealand | Series A, Seed | Software, Mobile Apps, Financial Services | $3M–$14M |
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AngelHQ
VC Fund
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3 | New Zealand, United States, Canada | Seed, Angel, Series A | Software, Apps, Health Care | $350k–$3M |
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Snowball Effect
VC Fund
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3 | New Zealand | Seed, Angel | Software, Health Care, Manufacturing | $558k–$3.5M |
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Insight Venture Management, LLC.
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Israel, Germany | Series B, Series A, Series C | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $12M–$140M |
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Rodney Drury
Angel
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3 | New Zealand | Seed, Series A, Series B | Solar, Energy, Mobile | |
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Rampersand
VC Fund
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3 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $1M–$10M |
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Sparkbox Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | New Zealand, United States, Japan | Seed, Angel, Series A | Software, Manufacturing, EdTech | $593k–$1.6M |
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Reinventure
VC Fund
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3 | Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand | Series A, Seed, Series B | FinTech, Software, Financial Services | $800k–$54M |
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Alt Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | New Zealand | Seed, Convertible Note | Software, Linux, Security | $1M–$6.4M |
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AfterWork Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, FinTech | $367k–$21M |
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Uniservices
VC Fund
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3 | New Zealand, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Health Care, Medical Device, Manufacturing | $1M–$4M |
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Whakatupu Aotearoa Foundation
VC Fund
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3 | New Zealand | Seed, Series A | Software, Furniture, Recycling | $1.5M–$3M |
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Stephen Tindall
Angel
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3 | New Zealand, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Security, Aerospace | $385k–$5.1M |
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Trestle Partners
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Israel, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Series B | SaaS, Software, Retail | $2M–$55M |
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Endeavour Capital Limited
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand, United States | Series B, Private Equity | Software, Information Technology, Mobile | $30M–$116M |
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Nicole Fougere
Angel
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2 | New Zealand | Seed, Angel | SaaS, Cloud Security, Cyber Security | |
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EVP
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, New Zealand, United States | Series A, Seed | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | |
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Jonathan Hendriksen
Angel
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2 | New Zealand | Seed, Series A, Series B | Apps, Video, Facebook | |
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Five V Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Series A, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Financial Services | |
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Alpine Venture Capital
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Italy, Canada | Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | |
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Maurice Eng
Angel
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2 | New Zealand | Seed, Series A | Apps, Video, Facebook | |
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Akshay Kothari
Angel
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2 | United States, India, New Zealand | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Internet | |
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Shane And Vanessa JOHNSTON
Angel
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2 | New Zealand | Seed, Series A | Apps, Video, Facebook | |
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Investible
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | |
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Direct Capital Private Equity
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand, Australia | Private Equity | Software, CRM, Energy | |
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Tidal Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $508k–$15M |
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Pacific Channel
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand, Australia, Canada | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Manufacturing, Medical Device, Health Care | $938k–$15M |
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Bessemer Venture Partners
VC Fund
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2 | United States, India, Israel | Series B, Series A, Series C | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $5M–$100M |
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Bright Pixel Capital
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Portugal, Israel | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $1.1M–$35M |
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Richard Collier Keywood
Angel
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2 | New Zealand | Software, Information Services, Information Technology | ||
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Advent International
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Brazil, India | Private Equity, Series B, Series C | Software, Health Care, Financial Services | $14M–$412M |
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Carthona Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $404k–$50M |
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Icehouse Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm. We exist to back the world's bravest Kiwi founders, launching global companies from New Zealand.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 213
- Round size: Seed $612k–$5M; Series A $2.2M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $69M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Hnry — Hnry automatically pays and files all taxes for contractors, freelancers, and sole traders, so they never have to think about tax again.
- Vessev — Vessev is a maritime trasportantion company that offers hydrofoiling electric vessels for travelling through water.
- 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.
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, Angel
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 120
- Round size: Seed $153k–$4.3M; Angel $229k–$651k
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $12M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Kai's Education — Kai's Education is an innovative force in the EdTech sector, pioneering the integration of coding, STEM, and robotics into engaging learning experiences for children. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, our mission is to ignite young minds through our award-winning educational products, including the all-in-one STEAM toolbox, Kai's Clan, andthe hybrid robot, KaiBot.Our flagship product, Kai's Clan, breaks new ground by allowing children aged seven to fifteen to learn to code with state-of-the-art technologies such as AR, VR, AI, IoT, Tinkercad, and Minecraft. KaiBot, designed for hands-on learning, uses screen-free coding cards to instill the fundamentals of coding, providing immediate feedback to enhance learning.Complemented by the Kainundrum Lite app, Kai's Education facilitates a seamless transition from tactile to advanced text-based coding, nurturing problem-solving skills and creativity. Recipient of the Smart AI Toy Award and the Common Sense Top Pick for Learning Award, Kai's Education is dedicated to equipping the next generation with the skills for tomorrow's challenges. We're not just teaching coding; we're inspiring creators.
K1W1 provides startups and businesses in New Zealand with early and later-stage venture investments.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 100
- Round size: Seed $550k–$4.1M; Series A $419k–$18M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Evnex — NZ manufactured and installed EV chargers for homes and businesses. Starting at $2,295 inc for a charger and full install - Electric vehicle charging simplified.
- Groov —
- Astrix Astronautics — Inflatable, rigidising deployment enables low-cost spacecraft solar arrays, high gain antennas, powering earth with solar energy from space, and more.
GD1 is a Venture Capital firm that invests with high conviction in exciting technology companies originating from New Zealand. Our team is passionate about creating and growing global businesses, and our goal is to transform NZ made into the next generation of globally disruptive tech solutions.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 58
- Round size: Seed $600k–$7.3M; Pre-Seed $860k–$2.3M; Series A $1.8M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Vessev — Vessev is a maritime trasportantion company that offers hydrofoiling electric vessels for travelling through water.
- VXT — Automate, integrate, and accelerate. Get more from your phone calls for less. VXT Call is a simple, mobile and powerful system.
- Caruso — AI-native fund administration for private markets. Trusted by 900+ real estate, private credit, and private equity funds to save time, impress investors, and grow AUM.
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: 324
- Round size: Seed $34k–$7.2M; Pre-Seed $50k–$2.7M; Series A $3.4M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Canva — Canva is a graphic design software solutions provider that helps users to design presentations, social media graphics, and more with various layouts, images, photo filters, icons and shapes, and fonts. The platform combines a drag-and-drop design tool with a stock library of photographs, illustrations, and imagery.It was founded in 2012 andheadquartered in Sydney, New South Wales.
- Foundry Lab — Foundry Lab is pioneering Digital Metal Casting. This new form of additive manufacturing allows users to cast metal parts - without pouring molten metal - in the safety of their own office. This fully automated system is incredibly fast - CAD file to 50+ metal parts in just 8 hours.
- 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
Punakaiki Fund Limited makes long-term investments into high-growth, revenue-generating New Zealand companies. The company holds 20 investments, $32.3 million in assets, and is raising money in December 2017 for further investment.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $355k–$5M; Series A $1.5M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Hectre — Award winning, simple to use orchard apps for performance and cost management optimization.
- Quantifi Photonics — Quantifi Photonics is a critical supplier of photonics test and measurement instruments to the world's leading photonics manufacturers, universities and research organizations.
- Sea-Flux Vessel Management Software — Sea-Flu is a cloud-based platform designed to streamline and digitize maritime operations for commercial vessels.
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, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 61
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$4.4M; Series A $795k–$18M
- Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% 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.
- 1Above — 1Above is designed with Vitamins, Electrolytes and Super Antioxidant to help you recover faster on Travel, Work, Party occasions. Well known to help combat jet lag since 2010.
Soul Capital is an impact investment organisation working towards a more inclusive and sustainable economy.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Debt Financing
- Geography: New Zealand, Hong Kong, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $830k–$3M
- Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Staples VR — Staples VR is a creative technologies studio that creates VR, AR, AI and interactive projects.
- Teacher’s Buddy —
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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- Industry: Software, Animation, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: New Zealand, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $606k–$2M; Pre-Seed $473k–$1.2M
- Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Scannable — Scannable helps Arborists, Rope Access Technicians, Riggers, and Rescuers easily manage PPE and safety equipment.
- 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
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- Industry: Software, Medical Device, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $334k–$4.3M; Angel $592k–$918k; Pre-Seed $473k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PAM NZ —
- Wellumio — Wellumio is a medical technology company redefining the boundaries of clinical imaging. We’re fusing technology, design innovation, and medical expertise to create new diagnostic pathways that support the timely delivery of urgent stroke care.
- Kai's Education — Kai's Education is an innovative force in the EdTech sector, pioneering the integration of coding, STEM, and robotics into engaging learning experiences for children. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, our mission is to ignite young minds through our award-winning educational products, including the all-in-one STEAM toolbox, Kai's Clan, andthe hybrid robot, KaiBot.Our flagship product, Kai's Clan, breaks new ground by allowing children aged seven to fifteen to learn to code with state-of-the-art technologies such as AR, VR, AI, IoT, Tinkercad, and Minecraft. KaiBot, designed for hands-on learning, uses screen-free coding cards to instill the fundamentals of coding, providing immediate feedback to enhance learning.Complemented by the Kainundrum Lite app, Kai's Education facilitates a seamless transition from tactile to advanced text-based coding, nurturing problem-solving skills and creativity. Recipient of the Smart AI Toy Award and the Common Sense Top Pick for Learning Award, Kai's Education is dedicated to equipping the next generation with the skills for tomorrow's challenges. We're not just teaching coding; we're inspiring creators.
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Browse database — It's Free!The New Zealand Growth Capital Partners (formerly New Zealand Venture Investment Fund) was established to support early-stage technology companies and to stimulate private investment into this space.
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- Industry: Software, Medical Device, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 48
- Round size: Seed $830k–$4.9M; Series A $6.2M–$17M; Venture - Series Unknown $608k–$6.1M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Quantifi Photonics — Quantifi Photonics is a critical supplier of photonics test and measurement instruments to the world's leading photonics manufacturers, universities and research organizations.
New Zealand Venture Investment Fund, a New Zealand-based private equity fund, manages fund of funds investments and direct co-investments.
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- Industry: Software, Biotechnology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 36
- Round size: Seed $428k–$1.2M; Angel $400k–$4.3M; Series A $1.4M–$8.8M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% 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.
- Surgical Design Studios — The Insides Company is the leading provider of chyme reinfusion solutions for intestinal failure
AirTree is a venture capital firm investing in Australian and New Zealand technology founders from seed stage or earlier.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Australia, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 191
- Round size: Seed $800k–$11M; Series A $3.4M–$35M; Series B $4M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $288M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Everlab — The preventative health service of the future. Detect disease early, improve wellbeing, and optimise performance.
- Partly — Auto parts distributors, manufacturers, dismantlers, marketplaces and software providers use Partly's software and API to add fitment and manage parts online.
Shasta is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on enterprise technology like SaaS, cybersecurity, infrastructure, data intelligence & camera vision.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, Canada, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 358
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$7.5M; Series A $4M–$21M; Series B $8.3M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $325M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Wisq — Wisq is computer software that aims to make people happier at work. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Redwood City, California.
- Akoonu — Game changing Pipeline Inspection and Reviews. Stop the guess work, stop the frustration, stop the spreadsheets and custom reporting. Win more deals.
- AppSheet — Use Google AppSheet to build powerful applications that transform your business. Get started today.
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.
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, Medical Device
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 29
- Round size: Seed $612k–$5M; Series A $1.2M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $90M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- eVouch — eVouch is the most powerful marketing tool we've used to build an organic community. We've experienced elevated brand trust while reaching an audience we never thought possible. Using customers to market to their friends is simply genius.
- Alimetry — Alimetry is a health technology startup based in Auckland, New Zealand, developing breakthrough solutions for diagnosing disorders of gastrointestinal (GI) function.
- Flowingly — Unlock Team Productivity. Streamline Approvals. Increase Compliance. Easy To Use, No-Code Process Mapping & Workflow Automation Platform.
iceangels.co.nz - New Zealand most active Angel Network. A network for New Zealand's leading entrepreneurs, corporate executives, and professional investors.
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- Industry: Software, Apps, Video
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $1M–$1.6M; Angel $367k–$428k; Series A $1.4M–$8.5M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $6.5M in 2016
Portfolio highlights
- Cove — Cove is a New Zealand company bringing a touch of innovation and simplicity to the insurance industry.
- beany.biz — Accounting, tax and advisory services for New Zealand business owners. We help you make smarter decisions for both your business and life.
- Spoke Phone — Can you see the conversations your mobile teams are having right now? Spoke gives regulated teams full visibility over every call, SMS, and WhatsApp.
Phil McCaw - Managing Partner @ Movac
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- Industry: Energy, Retail, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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.
We're Altered Capital: venture capital and growth investors. Altered Capital exists to unlock potential. Of founders. Of employees. Of our investors.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile Apps, Financial Services
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $3M–$4.1M; Series A $4.4M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 63% lead, 37% follow
Portfolio highlights
- OneReg — OneReg designs and develops software solutions to manage vital documents and regulatory compliance.
- Contented AI — Contented AI offers AI-driven tools that help businesses generate, optimize, and manage written content for digital marketing.
- Ideally — Remarkably affordable, fast, robust and accessible research to inform and develop your ideas, concepts and products. Join us on our mission to make consumer testing a place ideas go to grow.
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- Industry: Software, Apps, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $350k–$3M; Angel $367k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- chnnl — Optimise your employee wellbeing strategy with chnnl. Centralised resource management, track psychosocial risks and team psychological wellbeing measurement.
- 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, Health Care, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $558k–$3.5M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
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.
Insight Partners is a global software investor partnering with high-growth technology, software, and Internet startup and ScaleUp companies.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: United States, Israel, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1067
- Round size: Series A $12M–$60M; Series B $19M–$110M; Series C $27M–$140M
- Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $3.3B in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- Olea — Our sustainable, one-of-a-kind technology generates revenue and manages critical utility assets, while providing the safe, clean and affordable drinking water.
- Pollinate — Pollinate gives banks a modern toolkit for small businesses. Cloud based, and designed to take data feeds from existing bank and third party systems.
- Zone & Company Software Consulting — Zone & Co is a premier NetSuite Solution Provider & SDN partner helping companies automate complex lead-to-revenue entirely in NetSuite with Zone Apps.
Rodney Kenneth Drury is based out of Queenstown, Canterbury and is the Founder of Xero. Rodney previously worked at NZX as a Director. Rodney Kenneth Drury attended the Victoria University of Wellington. Rodney Kenneth Drury has received New Zealander or the Year, New Zealand Business Hall of Fame 2025 award in their career.
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- Industry: Solar, Energy, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Atomic — Atomic's in-app messaging platform helps you reach your customers in your most impactful channel - your app.
- Pacific Fibre — Fibre optic cable between Australia, NZ and USA
- Lodestone Energy — Lodestone Energy builds and develops sustainable power production farms through solar energy market. It is based in Auckland, New Zealand.
We back ambitious ANZ tech founders from inception to seed, with proven support, no empty promises, and a track record of helping startups scale smarter.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 63
- Round size: Seed $1M–$4.6M; Pre-Seed $1.3M–$1.5M; Series A $2.9M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Cor — Obi by Cor is the leading voice AI agent for customer onboarding and user activation. It uses voice and on-screen awareness to guide users, share best practices, and answer questions in real time.
- Cuttable — The AI ad creative production system for high-growth DTC brands. Scale Meta ad volume and variation without scaling headcount. Built for performance teams.
- Parachute —
Sparkbox Ventures was founded in 2001 and is New Zealand's most active seed stage investor
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, EdTech
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $593k–$1.6M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mohiomap — Visualize and navigate your Evernote, Google Drive, and Dropbox content. Mohiomap allows you to explore relationships in a dynamic Mind Map, get valuable insights, and visually organize your Cloud data!
- Booktrack — Booktrack is an A.I Soundtrack company. Booktrack's Artificial Intelligence automatically creates soundtracks for any text or any voice. Backed by investors including Peter Thiel, Booktrack is a disruptive force in the publishing and audio world; equivalent to the introduction of sound transforming the experience of film forever. For moreinformation, visit booktrack.com.
- Aroa Biosurgery Ltd — Aroa Biosurgery is a soft-tissue regeneration company that develops, manufactures, sells and distributes medical and surgical products to improve healing in complex wounds and soft tissue reconstruction. Committed to ‘unlocking regenerative healing for everybody’, Aroa’s products are developed from the Company’s proprietary Endoform® technologyplatform, a novel extracellular matrix biomaterial derived from ovine (sheep) forestomach. The company was founded in February 2008 based on intellectual property relating to the use of a novel form of ECM isolated from forestomach extracellular matrix for use in tissue regeneration applications. Aroa’s focus is delivering better healing, every day, everywhere for everybody. Aroa’s products make a meaningful impact for patients, surgeons and clinicians. Aroa delivers high quality, simple to use products that significantly improve outcomes. Aroa also believes its products should be widely accessible, affordable and change the standard of care for many patients.Maori for ‘understanding’, Aroa is at the forefront of understanding how biology, structural form and human factors can unlock the body’s intrinsic power to heal.
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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- Industry: FinTech, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 69
- Round size: Seed $800k–$4.7M; Series A $3.3M–$18M; Series B $8.1M–$54M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $31M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Kasada — Kasada stops automated threats and bot attacks from the very first request across web, mobile apps, and APIs. Real-time bot mitigation with no rules to manage.
- Safewill — Safewill is Australia's leading online Will writing platform. With thousands of users, Safewill makes it easy and affordable to write your own legally binding will
- Instant — The world's best-performing online checkout that maximises revenue for your brand!
AmpliPHI Ventures provides wholesale investors access to the private market investment opportunities.
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- Industry: Software, Linux, Security
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $1M–$6.4M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Arcanum AI — Rapidly build and integrate machine learning features with the Accelerate Platform library of pre-built workflows. Hosted API or deploy into your own cloud.
- Goodair Nosebuds — Goodair Nosebuds develops mechanical breathing technology to restore natural nasal functioning. It specializes in gently massaging upper airways using air, stimulating the body's natural defense system, and improving airway clarity, enabling users to enhance their well-being by balancing airway hydration.
- Sandfly Security — Sandfly is an agentless Linux EDR and incident response platform. Sandfly finds Linux threats without endpoint agents.
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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- Industry: Software, SaaS, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 83
- Round size: Seed $367k–$2.5M; Pre-Seed $410k–$2.2M; Series A $4.2M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- OneMRI — A comprehensive whole-body MRI. Radiation-free, clinically reviewed, and explained by doctors.
- BarterAds Pty Ltd — BarterAds is a programmatic advertising exchange that enables businesses to acquire customers without cash spend by converting unused ad inventory into a tradable asset. Instead of paying in fiat, companies earn and spend a proprietary internal currency called Barter Dollars, which are issued when they display ads on their owned media propertiessuch as websites, apps, or platforms.The platform operates as an auction-based exchange, similar to traditional ad networks, where advertisers bid for impressions using Barter Dollars. Inventory is matched contextually and priced dynamically through real-time bidding, ensuring efficient allocation of supply and demand across the network. This allows both advertisers and publishers to maximize the value of otherwise underutilized inventory.BarterAds primarily targets startups, SaaS platforms, marketplaces, gaming companies, and content publishers that have traffic but are constrained by rising customer acquisition costs. By removing the need for upfront cash spend, the platform provides a capital-efficient growth channel, particularly for small and mid-sized businesses.The system includes controls for brand safety, fraud prevention, and inventory quality through business verification, campaign approvals, and continuous monitoring. Barter Dollars are non-transferable and expire periodically, preventing hoarding and ensuring continuous circulation within the ecosystem.BarterAds is designed as a hybrid between barter networks and modern ad exchanges, combining the scalability and automation of programmatic advertising with a closed-loop, cashless economy. The company is headquartered in Australia and is focused on building a global network of advertisers and publishers who both contribute inventory and run campaigns within the platform.
- Samphire Neuroscience — Samphire Neuroscience provides solutions that specialize in women's health. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in London, England.
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical Device, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $1M–$2.8M; Venture - Series Unknown $3.2M–$4M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% 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.
The Whakatupu Aotearoa Foundation is a private philanthropic trust, established in 2020.
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- Industry: Software, Furniture, Recycling
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Safe Surfer — Safe Surfer is an innovative platform that protects kids from harmful content
- 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.
- Starboard Maritime Intelligence — Monitor and protect your maritime domain
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- Industry: Software, Security, Aerospace
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $385k–$5.1M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CloudCannon — CloudCannon gives your team an exceptional website editing interface with a robust a flexible developer experience.
- Pacific Fibre — Fibre optic cable between Australia, NZ and USA
- Lodestone Energy — Lodestone Energy builds and develops sustainable power production farms through solar energy market. It is based in Auckland, New Zealand.
We believe the SaaS business model is the most efficient in history. Our team has experience successfully founding, growing and exiting SaaS businesses.
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- Industry: SaaS, Software, Retail
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Israel, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $2M–$5.6M; Series A $10M–$22M; Series B $15M–$55M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $30M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Boostly — Boost your restaurant's outreach with Boostly SMS marketing tool. Drive engagement and increase sales! Click to learn more.
- Marsello — Marsello's customer marketing platform combines marketing automation, email, loyalty programs SMS, customer feedback & more.
- ServiceUp — ServiceUp is the easiest way to get your car repaired. We'll pickup your car, repair it, and deliver it right back to you.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Mobile
- Stage:Series B, Private Equity
- Geography: New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Private Equity $30M–$116M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
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.
Nicole Fougere - Co-Founder & CCO @ ThisData
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- Industry: SaaS, Cloud Security, Cyber Security
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
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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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Australia, New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 101
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Blend AI — Making online advertising easy for everyone. Blend connects to your store helping you measure the impact your ads are having on revenue.
- Mutiny — Mutiny is an analytics platform for marketing investments with a sizable customer base.
- Fergus — Fergus is a smart field service management software for service businesses. Make job management easy and carry out work better with our all-in-one solution.
Jonathan Hendriksen - Founder | CEO @ Shuttlerock
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- Industry: Apps, Video, Facebook
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Shuttlerock — Create attention-worthy video ads from any asset for every screen, at scale.
Five V Capital is a leading, growth-focused private equity & venture capital firm in Australia and New Zealand
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 24
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Cyclotek — Cyclotek helps patients achieve better health through better diagnosis. They are reliable, cost-efficient suppliers of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) empowering radiopharmaceuticals. PET scanning provides unique insights into many serious diseases, translating directly to more personalized healthcare and better patient outcomes.
- Fat Zebra —
- DyFlex Solutions — Incorporating adaptive technologies to unlock new levels of success for your organisation using next-generation SAP solutions backed by industry expertise.
Alpine Venture Capital operates as a venture capital firm that supports seed stage founders worldwide.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Italy, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- VXT — Automate, integrate, and accelerate. Get more from your phone calls for less. VXT Call is a simple, mobile and powerful system.
- OpusClip — Opus Clip turns long videos into high-quality viral clips for you to share on TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and Reels to increase social media reach.
- Covision Media — Covision Media specializes in creating high-quality, relightable 3D models using their industrial 3D scanners. These scanners capture detailed surface information and PBR textures, and are designed for easy integration into virtual environments.
Maurice Eng
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- Industry: Apps, Video, Facebook
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Shuttlerock — Create attention-worthy video ads from any asset for every screen, at scale.
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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, India, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 49
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Julius AI — Julius is a powerful AI data analyst that helps you analyze and visualize your data. Chat with your data, create graphs, build forecasting models, and more.
- Wabi — The first personal software platform is arriving soon. Join the waitlist.
- Gimlet Labs — Gimlet Labs is an applied research lab focused on building high performance AI systems.
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- Industry: Apps, Video, Facebook
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Shuttlerock — Create attention-worthy video ads from any asset for every screen, at scale.
Investible is an early-stage venture capital firm backing the visionaries advancing humanity through technology in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and globally.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 158
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Good Heat — Good Heat delivers zero-carbon heat as a service to industrial heat users.
- Voltavate — Voltavate is dedicated to driving innovation in battery technology to support the global transition towards sustainable energy solutions.
- Kite Magnetics — Electric motors enabling electric aircraft of all sizes to fly further, carry more and emit less. The future of aviation is electric.
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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- Industry: Software, CRM, Energy
- Stage:Private Equity
- Geography: New Zealand, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $270M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
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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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 56
- Round size: Seed $1M–$7M; Pre-Seed $508k–$2.3M; Series A $1.7M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 61% lead, 39% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- SecurePII — SecurePII provides a cloud-based platform that enables organisations to reduce exposure of personally identifiable information (PII) across voice, chat, and AI training channels. The service includes call-by-call redaction of credit-card and other sensitive data via its SecureCall component, enabling businesses to offload PCI-DSS complianceobligations while still retaining customer-facing interactions. SecurePII also empowers companies to process conversation data more safely, by filtering or anonymising PII in real time, to enable AI, analytics, and automation initiatives without compromising customer privacy. The platform integrates with existing payment gateway and communications infrastructure to support both contact centres and unified communications environments.
- 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.
- Checkbox — Checkbox is an award-winning no code platform which allows users to build their own business apps for process automation.
Investing in great people solving hard problems to create a better future.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Medical Device, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, Australia, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 45
- Round size: Seed $938k–$5M; Series A $6M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tectonus — Revolutionary self-centring seismic connections that protect structures in earthquake sequences.
- Regen —
- Androgenix —
We partner with audacious entrepreneurs building enduring businesses.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: United States, India, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1261
- Round size: Series A $5M–$40M; Series B $10M–$60M; Series C $12M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $3.9B in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Verastem Oncology — Embracing the power of partnership and collaboration to develop novel cancer therapies.
- Kandou AI — We enable faster and more energy efficient interconnects with a smaller physical footprint than competing technologies. Our chip connection technologies improves the speed to power consumption trade-off frontier.
- Pluro Fertility and IVF — Pluro is a leading fertility clinic and IVF center in India offering IVF, ICSI, IUI, and test tube baby treatments for your journey to parenthood. Book a free consultation today.
Bright Pixel Capital (former Sonae IM) is the technology investment arm of the multinational group Sonae. With special focus on cybersecurity, infrastructure software, retail technologies, business applications and emerging tech, it has a portfolio of more than 60 companies, from early to growth stages. Bright Pixel acts as a partner that bringsspecialized know-how, global footprint, and a wealth of experience in helping companies from early stage to IPO.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, Portugal, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 96
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$7.3M; Series A $5.4M–$16M; Series B $15M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
Portfolio highlights
- EatTasty — Fresh food delivery service in Lisbon. Easy to choose and order. Free delivery. Discover our delicious lunches and dinners!
- Bria — Bria is a Computer Software company.
- Mesh Security — Mesh Security is the industry’s first complete Zero Trust Posture Management (ZTPM) SaaS platform, a single source of truth that enables companies to implement a unified Zero Trust Architecture on top of their existing stack. Without using agents, Mesh effortlessly and seamlessly maps a company’s entire cloud XaaS estate in minutes, providing fullcontextual visibility, control, and protection of the Everywhere Enterprise.
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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- Industry: Software, Information Services, Information Technology
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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
Advent is a leading global private equity investor committed to working with management teams, entrepreneurs, and founders to help transform businesses.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Financial Services
- Stage:Private Equity, Series B, Series C
- Geography: United States, Brazil, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 179
- Round size: Series B $18M–$412M; Series C $14M–$180M; Private Equity $50M–$344M
- Lead/follow: 54% lead, 46% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $25B in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- CertiK — CertiK, the largest Web3 security service provider, uses AI and formal verification to protect and monitor smart contracts and protocols, securing the Web3 ecosystem.
- BigPanda — Discover how agentic AI in IT operations helps teams reduce response times & improve incident management. Start your transformation now!
- HYPR — HYPR delivers true passwordless multi-factor authentication. Increase identity security with FIDO-based, passwordless login for your employees and customers.
Carthona Capital is a hands-on, proactive, and thematic venture capital investor based in Sydney, Australia that invests globally.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Australia, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 114
- Round size: Seed $404k–$4.7M; Series A $3.3M–$17M; Series B $9.8M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $100M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- PREVE — Supporting back-to-back physios with their daily caseload, simplifying admin whilst making the patient experience more enjoyable. Preve does the admin work for practitioners. One click clinical notes, treatment plans, home rehab and documents.
- Qlarifi — Consumer lending decisions transformed with real time, comprehensive data.
- Pathzero — Pathzero's carbon management platform enables any business to start disclosing corporate carbon emissions and the actions being taken to address them.
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Shizune has a database of 48,091 investors. Our investor database is fresh and updated daily.
The Shizune investor database has information on investor investment focus, investor contact data, and full investor portfolio since 2020.
You can enrich with email and download the data.
Does Shizune have investor emails and contacts?
Shizune enriches investors with contact data that includes: email, phones, LinkedIn, socials, website, and others.
To guarantee the highest discovery rate, we search across 20+ contact search tools.
To maximize delivery rate and reduce bounce rate, we validate emails.
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What is Shizune?
Shizune is a 48,091 investor database updated daily.
With Shizune you can:
- browse the database
- use smart matching
- enrich with emails
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All you need to find investors for your startup.
Who is Shizune for?
Shizune is built for startup founders by startup founders.
If you are looking for funding for your startup, try the Shizune database — we have investors for every stage, industry, and country.
Is Shizune free?
Shizune is free forever. You can search and browse investors for free.
Email search and export are paid features.
For full info, visit our pricing.
Who built Shizune?
Shizune is built by founders with the goal of helping all founders raise funding no matter where they are.
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