Top 5 Hospitality Startup Investors in New Zealand in September 2025

Last updated: Sep 2025 A list of 5 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Hospitality startups based in New zealand. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Hospitality companies from New zealand. We update this investor list every month.

Top 5 Hospitality Startup Investors in New Zealand in September 2025

Investor	Hospitality New Zealand investments
Punakaiki Fund	4
Movac	3
Possible Ventures	2
Trestle Partners	1
NZVC	1

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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.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Funding Round, Seed, Series B
New Zealand, United States

Portfolio highlights

Astute Access — Astute is using smart locks and cloud software, our enterprise solutions deliver a robust, scalable access control solution.
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.
Quantifi Photonics — The world evolves, and so do we. As optical communication technologies find new applications, our...

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.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Enterprise Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
New Zealand, United States, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Kry10 — Kry10 is a safe operating system for SDMs.It makes the transition to an intelligent, cloud-connected, and adaptively driven future possible for automobiles, electricity grids, satellites, and medical equipment.
Miruku — Miruku is a molecular farming dairy startup developing advanced dairy proteins through plant technologies that hold the potential to produce animal-free milk proteins cost-effectively.
Re-Leased Software Company Limited — Commercial property management software that makes life easier for property managers, landlords and owners.

Possible Ventures backs ambitious teams building frontier technology to positively impact society. We invest globally in the early stages, actively supporting founders via our collective of global entrepreneurs.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Biotechnology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Germany, Australia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Heidi Health — Heidi Health is modernizing primary care with AI-powered technologies to improve care's quality and accessibility. its creators and engineers is to completely eradicate missed and sluggish diagnoses worldwide. They are committed to bridging the gap between the level of care that patients desire and the level of care that doctors can delivergiven their budget constraints. To create a platform where patients can quickly and easily get the treatment they require and to give every clinician the resources they need to deliver care that is secure, efficient,
ViridiCO2 — ViridiCO2 technology transforms Carbon Dioxide into a variety of high-value chemical intermediates.
SWARM Biotactics — SWARM Biotactics develops Biobots that enter, sense, and report where nothing else can.

We believe the SaaS business model is the most efficient in history. Our team has experience successfully founding, growing and exiting SaaS businesses.

Investment focus

SaaS, Retail, Internet
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Singapore, New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Boostly — Boost your restaurant's outreach with Boostly SMS marketing tool. Drive engagement and increase sales! Click to learn more.
Cargobase — Cargobase TMS is a transportation and freight management system that increases control and visibility & maintains compliance to industry standards. Learn more.
Lasso MD — Elevate your dental practice with Lasso MD's all-in-one marketing and software solutions. From lead generation to patient scheduling, we've got you covered.

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).