Top 5 Franchise Startup Investors in New Zealand (October 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Graham Shaw
Angel
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2 | New Zealand | Seed, Series A | SaaS, Software, Franchise | |
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Craig Winkler
Angel
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1 | Australia, New Zealand, United States | Series A, Seed, Series C | Software, SaaS, Accounting | $1M–$50M |
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Global from Day One
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand, United States, China | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Manufacturing | $694k–$18M |
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GD1 (Global From Day One)
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand, United States, China | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology | $600k–$19M |
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Richard Francis
Angel
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1 | New Zealand | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Franchise | |
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Graham Shaw
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- Industry: SaaS, Software, Franchise
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Spotlight Reporting — An integrated cloud reporting and forecasting tool that allows you to create insights for better business decisions. Designed by Accountants, for Accountants.
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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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Accounting
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series C
- Geography: Australia, New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $1M–$2.2M; Series A $3.6M–$12M; Series C $3M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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.
GD1 is a Venture Capital firm that invests with high conviction in exciting technology companies originating from New Zealand. Our team is passionate about creating and growing global businesses, and our goal is to transform NZ made into the next generation of globally disruptive tech solutions.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 35
- Round size: Seed $694k–$5M; Series A $890k–$18M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $90M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- eVouch — eVouch is the most powerful marketing tool we've used to build an organic community. We've experienced elevated brand trust while reaching an audience we never thought possible. Using customers to market to their friends is simply genius.
- Alimetry — Gastric Alimetry brings data-driven clarity to chronic gastric symptoms, helping clinicians diagnose with confidence.
- Flowingly — Unlock Team Productivity. Streamline Approvals. Increase Compliance. Easy To Use, No-Code Process Mapping & Workflow Automation Platform.
GD1 is a Venture Capital firm that invests with high conviction in exciting technology companies originating from New Zealand. Our team is passionate about creating and growing global businesses, and our goal is to transform NZ made into the next generation of globally disruptive tech solutions.
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 71
- Round size: Seed $600k–$8.2M; Pre-Seed $860k–$11M; Series A $1.2M–$19M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $60M in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Vessev — Electric hydrofoiling vessels built for commercial use. Quiet, efficient, and better for the world.
- Caruso — AI-native fund administration for private markets. Trusted by 900+ real estate, private credit, and PE funds to save time and grow AUM.
- Outlier Space — Outlier Space is an aerospace startup that builds a scalable, uncrewed, and reusable satellite platform designed to unlock access to microgravity. The company provides breakthrough infrastructure to safely return orbital payloads back to Earth. This technology allows sectors like pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and advanced materials to manufactureand research products beyond Earth's atmospheric limits.
25 years of working with businesses and other organisations with strategy, finance, management, governance, reporting, accounting, tax, projects...Founded in 2011 an innovative software company - Spotlight Reporting - that provides award-winning performance-focussed SaaS products for business advisors and business owners in the Xero, QuickBooks,MYOB and Sage networks. Advanced reporting, consolidation, cashflow forecasting, and multi-entity goodness to (mainly) US, UK, NZ, Canada, South Africa and Australia businesses and progressive accounting firms.I am also GM of Spotlight Workpapers, an online compliance solution for accounting firms, acquired by Xero in 2012. Xero provide the world-leading cloud accounting product.I was also founder and Director of Francis Consulting, a boutique advisory, VCFO and Chartered Accounting practice based in Wellington. Am also Director/Shareholder of Silverstripe - leading CMS software.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Franchise
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Runn — Get company-wide visibility across sales, projects and the people needed to deliver with Runn's real-time demand planning and forecasting software.
- Spotlight Reporting — An integrated cloud reporting and forecasting tool that allows you to create insights for better business decisions. Designed by Accountants, for Accountants.
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