# Top 50 Enterprise Startup Investors in New Zealand in June 2026 ## Icehouse Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 46 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology 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. ## K1W1 - Type: VC Fund - Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 21 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Biotechnology K1W1 provides startups and businesses in New Zealand with early and later-stage venture investments. ## Enterprise Angels - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tauranga, Gisborne, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 20 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology Connecting startup business owners with angel investors to raise capital . Access a network of expertise and investment opportunities. ## Blackbird Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 11 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS 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. ## GD1 (Global From Day One) - Type: VC Fund - Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 11 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS 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. ## Punakaiki Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology 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. ## Movac - Type: VC Fund - Location: Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce 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. ## Flying Kiwi Angels - Type: VC Fund - Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Apps Flying Kiwi Angels ? Helping Kiwi Startups ## New Zealand Venture Investment Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, Biotechnology, SaaS New Zealand Venture Investment Fund, a New Zealand-based private equity fund, manages fund of funds investments and direct co-investments. ## Hillfarrance Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Animation, Information Technology 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. ## Shasta Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Menlo Park, California, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software Shasta is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on enterprise technology like SaaS, cybersecurity, infrastructure, data intelligence & camera vision. ## Airtree Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paddington, Western Australia, Australia - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology AirTree is a venture capital firm investing in Australian and New Zealand technology founders from seed stage or earlier. ## New Zealand Growth Capital Partners - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Medical Device, SaaS 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. ## Soul Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Toys Soul Capital is an impact investment organisation working towards a more inclusive and sustainable economy. ## Ice Angels - Type: VC Fund - Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, Apps, Video iceangels.co.nz - New Zealand most active Angel Network. A network for New Zealand's leading entrepreneurs, corporate executives, and professional investors. ## Global from Day One - Type: VC Fund - Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Video 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. ## Philip McCaw - Type: Angel - Location: Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Energy, Retail, Internet Phil McCaw - Managing Partner @ Movac ## Reinventure - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services 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. ## Snowball Effect - Type: VC Fund - Location: Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Health Care, Manufacturing Simplified access to top-tier managed funds and private companies ## AfterWork Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, FinTech 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 ## AngelHQ - Type: VC Fund - Location: Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Analytics Learn about Angel HQ, Wellington's Angel Investing Network - the meeting place for ambitious startups and passionate investors. ## Rampersand - Type: VC Fund - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech 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. ## Sparkbox Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, Manufacturing, EdTech Sparkbox Ventures was founded in 2001 and is New Zealand's most active seed stage investor ## Rich Chetwynd - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: SaaS, Music, Mobile Apps 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. ## Endeavour Capital Limited - Type: VC Fund - Location: Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series B, Private Equity - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Mobile Trading, Capital, Trusted Advisory, Proven Stewardship ## Insight Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Insight Partners is a global software investor partnering with high-growth technology, software, and Internet startup and ScaleUp companies. ## Nicole Fougere - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: SaaS, Cloud Security, Cyber Security Nicole Fougere - Co-Founder & CCO @ ThisData ## EVP - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology 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. ## Carthona Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech Carthona Capital is a hands-on, proactive, and thematic venture capital investor based in Sydney, Australia that invests globally. ## Jonathan Hendriksen - Type: Angel - Location: Tasman, Nelson, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Apps, Video, Facebook Jonathan Hendriksen - Founder | CEO @ Shuttlerock ## Five V Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services Five V Capital is a leading, growth-focused private equity & venture capital firm in Australia and New Zealand ## Quidnet Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Hospital, Health Care Backing world-class Kiwi deep tech for global markets. Fund I fully deployed and tracking strongly. Fund II (Discovery Fund) now open to qualified investors. ## Alpine Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS Alpine Venture Capital operates as a venture capital firm that supports seed stage founders worldwide. ## Octopus Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology 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. ## Tidal Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology We are a highly experienced Australian-US venture capital firm ready to back seed phase startups with brilliant ideas & global potential. ## Maurice Eng - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Apps, Video, Facebook Maurice Eng ## Akshay Kothari - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet 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. ## Shane And Vanessa JOHNSTON - Type: Angel - Location: Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Apps, Video, Facebook Shane And Vanessa JOHNSTON ## Investible - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce Investible is an early-stage venture capital firm backing the visionaries advancing humanity through technology in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and globally. ## Jelix Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Jelix is an early-stage venture capital firm backing daring founders in Australia and New Zealand. ## Pacific Channel - Type: VC Fund - Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Medical Device, Medical, CleanTech Investing in great people solving hard problems to create a better future. ## Trestle Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: SaaS, Software, Retail We believe the SaaS business model is the most efficient in history. Our team has experience successfully founding, growing and exiting SaaS businesses. ## Bessemer Venture Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Redwood City, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS We partner with audacious entrepreneurs building enduring businesses. ## Bright Pixel (formerly Sonae IM) - Type: VC Fund - Location: Maia, Porto, Portugal - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS 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. ## Richard Collier Keywood - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Focus: Software, Information Services, Information Technology 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. ## Direct Capital Private Equity - Type: VC Fund - Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Private Equity - Focus: Software, CRM, Energy 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. ## Sam Morgan - Type: Angel - Location: Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series D - Focus: SaaS, Software, Retail 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. ## Square Peg Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology 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. ## Hypersphere Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Miami, Florida, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software Hypersphere Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in and develops blockchain technology. A Hypersphere is an investment group leveraging on-chain treasuries, decentralized organizations, and governance to increase the utility of the blockchain networks in which we invest. ## Folklore Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Apps 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.