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Top 50 Startup Investors in New Zealand (June 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in New Zealand startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in New Zealand startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Icehouse Ventures
VC Fund
121 New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Software, SaaS, Information Technology $593k–$16M
Enterprise Angels
VC Fund
59 New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Angel Software, Health Care, Information Technology $153k–$2.4M
K1W1
VC Fund
51 New Zealand, United States Seed, Series A Software, SaaS, Biotechnology $419k–$17M
Blackbird Ventures
VC Fund
25 Australia, United States, New Zealand Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS $34k–$35M
New Zealand Venture Investment Fund
VC Fund
23 New Zealand, United States, Japan Seed, Series A, Angel Software, Biotechnology, SaaS $400k–$8.8M
Punakaiki Fund
VC Fund
22 New Zealand, United States Seed, Series B Software, SaaS, Information Technology $355k–$14M
Movac
VC Fund
22 New Zealand, United States, Australia Seed, Series A Software, SaaS, E-Commerce $795k–$16M
GD1 (Global From Day One)
VC Fund
22 New Zealand, United States, China Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, SaaS $500k–$15M
New Zealand Growth Capital Partners
VC Fund
19 New Zealand, United States Seed, Series A Software, Medical Device, SaaS $942k–$17M
Hillfarrance Venture Capital
VC Fund
14 New Zealand, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Animation, Information Technology $473k–$2M
Snowball Effect
VC Fund
13 New Zealand Seed, Angel Software, Health Care, Manufacturing $558k–$3.5M
Flying Kiwi Angels
VC Fund
13 New Zealand Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, Apps $473k–$1.3M
Global from Day One
VC Fund
12 New Zealand, United States, China Seed, Series A Software, SaaS, Video $612k–$5M
Sparkbox Ventures
VC Fund
10 New Zealand, United States, Japan Seed, Angel, Series A Software, Manufacturing, EdTech $593k–$1.6M
Callaghan Innovation
VC Fund
9 New Zealand, United States Pre-Seed, Seed, Grant Biotechnology, Agriculture, Construction $6.2k–$716k
Ice Angels
VC Fund
9 New Zealand, United States, Canada Seed, Angel, Series A Software, Apps, Video $367k–$8.5M
Pacific Channel
VC Fund
9 New Zealand, Australia Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Medical Device, Medical, CleanTech $1.1M–$5M
AngelHQ
VC Fund
9 New Zealand, United States, Canada Seed, Angel, Series A Software, SaaS, Analytics $367k–$3M
Tuhua Fund
VC Fund
8 New Zealand, Singapore, United States Seed, Series A, Angel Software, Internet, B2B $735k–$7.5M
AfterWork Ventures
VC Fund
8 Australia, United States, New Zealand Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, SaaS, FinTech $367k–$21M
Finistere Ventures
VC Fund
7 United States, New Zealand, Israel Series B, Series C, Series A Agriculture, Biotechnology, AgTech $3.4M–$40M
Quidnet Ventures
VC Fund
7 New Zealand Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Hospital, Health Care $500k–$2M
Matū Group
VC Fund
7 New Zealand, United States Seed Biotechnology, Robotics, Nanotechnology
EVP
VC Fund
7 Australia, New Zealand, United States Series A, Seed Software, SaaS, Information Technology $942k–$5.4M
Airtree Ventures
VC Fund
6 Australia, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A, Series B Software, SaaS, Information Technology $750k–$48M
Shasta Ventures
VC Fund
5 United States, Canada, New Zealand Series A, Series B, Seed Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software $1.2M–$33M
Digital Finance Group (DFG)
VC Fund
5 United States, Singapore, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech $428k–$32M
Founders Fund
VC Fund
5 United States, United Kingdom, Germany Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Health Care, Information Technology $1.5M–$105M
CP Ventures
VC Fund
5 Australia, United States, India Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning $350k–$3.9M
Outset Ventures
VC Fund
5 New Zealand Seed, Pre-Seed CleanTech, Biotechnology, Product Research
NZVC
VC Fund
5 New Zealand, United States, Australia Seed, Series A Health Care, Apps, FinTech $1.5M–$40M
OurCrowd
VC Fund
5 Israel, United States, New Zealand Series B, Series A, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care $612k–$70M
Hypersphere Ventures
VC Fund
4 United States, Singapore, Canada Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software $2M–$30M
Chris Sang
Angel
4 United States, Australia, India Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, E-Commerce, SaaS $337k–$21M
Altonomy
VC Fund
4 United States, Singapore, India Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech $2M–$12M
Cure Kids Ventures
VC Fund
4 New Zealand Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Medical Device, SaaS, Medical
Uniservices
VC Fund
4 New Zealand Seed, Pre-Seed Medical Device, SaaS, Audio
Emlyn Scott
Angel
4 Australia, United States, India Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning $417k–$3.4M
Soul Capital
VC Fund
4 New Zealand, Hong Kong Seed Information Technology, Software, Consumer $1.8M–$4M
Fonterra Co-operative Group
VC Fund
4 New Zealand, United States, Germany Seed, Series B, Pre-Seed Food and Beverage, Wellness, Biotechnology $612k–$17M
Promus Ventures
VC Fund
4 United States, Germany, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning $1.3M–$43M
Flying Fox Ventures
VC Fund
4 Australia, United States, New Zealand Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $120k–$5.7M
Jelix Ventures
VC Fund
4 Australia, New Zealand, United States Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $616k–$26M
Philip McCaw
Angel
4 New Zealand Seed, Pre-Seed Energy, Retail, Internet
IP Group
VC Fund
4 United Kingdom, United States, Australia Seed, Series A Health Care, Biotechnology, Therapeutics $393k–$23M
Moonwhale Ventures
VC Fund
3 Singapore, United States, India Seed, Initial Coin Offering Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency $1.2M–$8M
Rich Chetwynd
Angel
3 New Zealand Seed, Angel SaaS, Music, Mobile Apps
Investible
VC Fund
3 Australia, United States, Singapore Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Lewis Holdings
VC Fund
3 New Zealand Seed, Series A Software, SaaS, Computer
Mark Hurley
Angel
3 New Zealand, United States Seed, Series A FinTech, SaaS, Software
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Icehouse Ventures
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 121 investments in New Zealand startups

Icehouse Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm. We exist to back the world's bravest Kiwi founders, launching global companies from New Zealand.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 169
  • Round size: Seed $593k–$5M; Series A $2.2M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $69M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Appetise — MenuAid is a cheaper, flexible and more sustainable alternative to meal-kit delivery providers. We provide Kiwis with a weekly meal plan, complete with recipes and a list of ingredients that can either be self-shopped or collected/delivered from your favourite supermarkets.
  • 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.
  • Mushroom Material — We can match the mechanical properties of polystyrene styrofoam and replace any existing packaging with a sustainable mushroom alternative
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Enterprise Angels
VC Fund · Tauranga, Gisborne, New Zealand · 59 investments in New Zealand startups

Connecting startup business owners with angel investors to raise capital . Access a network of expertise and investment opportunities.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 104
  • Round size: Seed $153k–$2.4M; Angel $229k–$651k
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $12M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Advemto — Advemto is the manufacturer and developer of ultrafast spectroscopy systems that help researchers.
  • 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.
  • HealthNow — HealthNow provides accessible healthcare services that give you control of your health. Manage how you access care, when you need it.
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K1W1
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 51 investments in New Zealand startups

K1W1 provides startups and businesses in New Zealand with early and later-stage venture investments.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 78
  • Round size: Seed $437k–$3.5M; Series A $419k–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Appetise — MenuAid is a cheaper, flexible and more sustainable alternative to meal-kit delivery providers. We provide Kiwis with a weekly meal plan, complete with recipes and a list of ingredients that can either be self-shopped or collected/delivered from your favourite supermarkets.
  • Factor — Plug and play forecasting and pricing tools for modern energy utilities.
  • 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.
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Blackbird Ventures
VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 25 investments in New Zealand startups

Blackbird is a venture capital fund based in Australia and New Zealand. We invest in every type of technology from software to space, unified by the biggest of ambitions.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 306
  • Round size: Seed $34k–$7M; Pre-Seed $50k–$3M; Series A $3.3M–$35M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Sumday — Non - financial accounting software. Start carbon accounting, properly, with the support of your existing advisors
  • Polymath — Personalised learning and fun means you can be confident that your child is getting the learning experience they want and deserve.
  • 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
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New Zealand Venture Investment Fund
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 23 investments in New Zealand startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Biotechnology, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 35
  • Round size: Seed $428k–$1.2M; Angel $400k–$4.3M; Series A $1.4M–$8.8M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • Invert Robotics — Invert Robotics develops robotic NDT inspection technologies for the maintenance of industrial equipment in the food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and oil and gas industries. Invert Robotics highly skilled team of engineers have developed a world leading modular inspection platform suitable for use across a range of industries and applications.
  • Surgical Design Studios — The Insides Company is the leading provider of chyme reinfusion solutions for intestinal failure
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Punakaiki Fund
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 22 investments in New Zealand startups

Punakaiki Fund Limited makes long-term investments into high-growth, revenue-generating New Zealand companies. The company holds 20 investments, $32.3 million in assets, and is raising money in December 2017 for further investment.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series B
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 39
  • Round size: Seed $355k–$5M; Series B $5.8M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow

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 — Quantifi Photonics is a critical supplier of photonics test and measurement instruments to the world's leading photonics manufacturers, universities and research organizations.
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Movac
VC Fund · Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand · 22 investments in New Zealand startups

Movac is New Zealand's most experienced technology investor and is deeply integrated into the Kiwi tech sector. We've been actively investing since 1998.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$4.9M; Series A $795k–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $125M 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.
  • Advemto — Advemto is the manufacturer and developer of ultrafast spectroscopy systems that help researchers.
  • Re-Leased Software Company Limited — Commercial property management software that makes life easier for property managers, landlords and owners.
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GD1 (Global From Day One)
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 22 investments in New Zealand startups

GD1 is a Venture Capital firm that invests with high conviction in exciting technology companies originating from New Zealand. Our team is passionate about creating and growing global businesses, and our goal is to transform NZ made into the next generation of globally disruptive tech solutions.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 55
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$7.3M; Pre-Seed $860k–$2.3M; Series A $1.2M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Orbica — Orbica develops innovative, cross-industry location data solutions, services and products.
  • Flowingly — Unlock Team Productivity. Streamline Approvals. Increase Compliance. Easy To Use, No-Code Process Mapping & Workflow Automation Platform.
  • NextWork — Building the best online learning experience to switch careers and upskill. Join the waitlist today, we are waiting for you!
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New Zealand Growth Capital Partners
VC Fund · 19 investments in New Zealand startups

The New Zealand Growth Capital Partners (formerly New Zealand Venture Investment Fund) was established to support early-stage technology companies and to stimulate private investment into this space.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Medical Device, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Round size: Seed $942k–$6.4M; Series A $6.2M–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Advemto — Advemto is the manufacturer and developer of ultrafast spectroscopy systems that help researchers.
  • 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.
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Hillfarrance Venture Capital
VC Fund · 14 investments in New Zealand startups

We exist to serve great entrepreneurs with honest advice and education, investment capital that is fair, and an open door to our international network and connections.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Animation, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Round size: Seed $606k–$2M; Pre-Seed $473k–$1.2M
  • Lead/follow: 59% lead, 41% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Segna — Extract trends across your users. Build products that they love.
  • Mobli — At Mobli we provide everything you need to build a great customer experience and optimise your mobility services with no long term commitments.
  • 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!
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Snowball Effect
VC Fund · Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand · 13 investments in New Zealand startups

Simplified access to top-tier managed funds and private companies

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Flying Kiwi Angels
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 13 investments in New Zealand startups

Flying Kiwi Angels ? Helping Kiwi Startups

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Seed $795k–$1.2M; Angel $592k–$918k; Pre-Seed $473k–$1.3M
  • Lead/follow: 57% lead, 43% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • FileInvite — The simplest, most secure, document collection platform for professionals. Request files, forms, data and e-signatures all through a secure client portal.
  • Formus — Formus Labs develops software technologies for orthopedic planning and analysis. Our mission is to improve outcomes and efficiencies through seamless and highly scalable integration of AI and computational modelling in the orthopedic clinical workflow. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, Formus Labs draws on over 10 years of research andcommercialisation experience, with operations in New Zealand, Australia, and soon in the USA.
  • Kara Technologies — Content accessibility using a signing avatar. Accessible solutions are at the core of all that we do here at Kara. One of our main goals is finding smarter ways of using technology that will help build a better future for everyone, in all areas of life.
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Global from Day One
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 12 investments in New Zealand startups

GD1 is a Venture Capital firm that invests with high conviction in exciting technology companies originating from New Zealand. Our team is passionate about creating and growing global businesses, and our goal is to transform NZ made into the next generation of globally disruptive tech solutions.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Video
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 29
  • Round size: Seed $612k–$5M; Series A $1.2M–$3M
  • 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.
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Sparkbox Ventures
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 10 investments in New Zealand startups

Sparkbox Ventures was founded in 2001 and is New Zealand's most active seed stage investor

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Callaghan Innovation
VC Fund · 9 investments in New Zealand startups

Callaghan Innovation is a stand-alone Crown Entity established on 1 February, 2013. Their role hasn’t previously existed in New Zealand.When they succeed, all New Zealanders will benefit from a stronger economy, higher value exports, more productive and sustainable resource use, more jobs and higher incomes.International evidence showsadvanced technology institutes like Callaghan Innovation have been successful at helping businesses build innovation capability that contributes to their growth and the broader economy.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Agriculture, Construction
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Grant
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $612k–$612k; Grant $6.2k–$17k; Pre-Seed $612k–$716k
  • Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • Bontia Bio — Bontia Bio is dedicated to creating natural parasiticides for crop protection and animal health.
  • Forever Harvest — Forever Harvest is a food technology startup specializing in cellular horticulture.
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Ice Angels
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 9 investments in New Zealand startups

iceangels.co.nz - New Zealand most active Angel Network. A network for New Zealand's leading entrepreneurs, corporate executives, and professional investors.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Pacific Channel
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 9 investments in New Zealand startups

Investing in great people solving hard problems to create a better future.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Medical Device, Medical, CleanTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • PHNXX — PHNXX provides containerised clean and reliable energy solutions for business operations.
  • Conry Tech — Conry Tech is a climate tech company, reinventing air-conditioning to decarbonise and improve comfort, founded by renowned HVAC industry revolutionising experts.
  • 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.
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AngelHQ
VC Fund · Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand · 9 investments in New Zealand startups

Learn about Angel HQ, Wellington's Angel Investing Network - the meeting place for ambitious startups and passionate investors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Analytics
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Seed $918k–$3M; Angel $367k–$1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • chnnl — Optimise your employee wellbeing strategy with chnnl. Centralised resource management, track psychosocial risks and team psychological wellbeing measurement.
  • Cetogenix — Cetogenix is a clean technology business dedicated to creating long-term solutions to global climate change.
  • Factor — Plug and play forecasting and pricing tools for modern energy utilities.
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Tuhua Fund
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 8 investments in New Zealand startups

Micro-Venture Fund investing in 25 Kiwi Startups

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, B2B
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: New Zealand, Singapore, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $735k–$3.2M; Series A $1.4M–$7.5M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $6.5M in 2016

Portfolio highlights

  • Datch — Built on top of a powerful connected platform, the Datch Voice Assistant allows you to use the most natural form of communication - your voice - to converse with your site, allowing you to connect and interact with your existing in-house systems through simple integrations.
  • Dawn Aerospace — Delivering hardware to space. Positioning satellites on orbit. Returning products to Earth.
  • Surgical Design Studios — The Insides Company is the leading provider of chyme reinfusion solutions for intestinal failure
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AfterWork Ventures
VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 8 investments in New Zealand startups

We are a community-powered VC fund making pre-seed / seed stage investments in Australian and New Zealand startups. Our community is rallied around a shared goal: to invest in the next generation of Australia and New Zealand startups at the very earliest stage, and then support them on their long a

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 81
  • Round size: Seed $367k–$2.5M; Pre-Seed $410k–$2.2M; Series A $4.2M–$21M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • OneMRI — A comprehensive whole-body MRI. Radiation-free, clinically reviewed, and explained by doctors.
  • PropHero — Invest wisely in real estate There is an easier way to invest in real estate. Whether you are just getting started or already on your investment journey, at Pro
  • 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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Finistere Ventures
VC Fund · San Diego, California, United States · 7 investments in New Zealand startups

Finistere Ventures is an agricultural technology and life sciences venture capital investor. Founded in 2005, the company partners with other entrepreneurs and creative thinkers to build innovative companies that have the potential to transform modern agriculture, increase food security, improve nutrition, and enhance sustainability. Their appliedexperience as operators, and pioneering role in Ag Tech, is actively utilized to benefit its portfolio companies and Partners. Finistere has global access to the best new technologies from centers of Ag Tech excellence in the U.S., Australia, Israel, New Zealand, and Canada through its venture partner networks. Finistere’s locations in San Diego and Palo Alto, California keeps them connected to the centers of mainstream venture investment and the world’s leading innovation ecosystem.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Agriculture, Biotechnology, AgTech
  • Stage:Series B, Series C, Series A
  • Geography: United States, New Zealand, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 53
  • Round size: Series A $3.8M–$9M; Series B $7.5M–$40M; Series C $3.4M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $28M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Jooules — Jooules offers a sustainable food system to ensure a greener, healthier future by using fermentation technologies to create nutritious protein ingredients.
  • POP — POP offers a nutrient-packed supplement for pet dogs to reduce inflammation and support whole-body health.
  • Metrovate — Metrovate is a biotechnology company which enhance global health and sustainability via sophisticated research and development.
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Quidnet Ventures
VC Fund · 7 investments in New Zealand startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Hospital, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • RosterLab — RosterLab goal is to automate every part of the rostering process for healthcare.
  • Marama Labs — Marama Labs provides an integrated chemical analysis platform that empowers customers to optimize their production processes and match their products and brands to customer needs, with ease.
  • Kara Technologies — Content accessibility using a signing avatar. Accessible solutions are at the core of all that we do here at Kara. One of our main goals is finding smarter ways of using technology that will help build a better future for everyone, in all areas of life.
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Matū Group
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 7 investments in New Zealand startups

Investing in scalable science and deep tech start-ups in Aotearoa NZ. We operate venture capital funds that invest in science and deep tech through a hands-on, active approach.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Robotics, Nanotechnology
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ligar — Revolutionising molecular extraction through nanotechnology (molecularly imprinted polymers)
  • Alimetry — Alimetry is a health technology startup based in Auckland, New Zealand, developing breakthrough solutions for diagnosing disorders of gastrointestinal (GI) function.
  • PowerON — Dielectric Elastomers for Soft Robotics
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EVP
VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 7 investments in New Zealand startups

EVP is an early stage venture capital firm based in Sydney Australia with c. $300M FUM across four fund vintages.Our most recent fund was launched in December 2022 and is a $100M fund. The fund targets early Series-A investments initially with cheque sizes in the range of $0.5 – $5.0 million. Our funds invest in software, are sector agnosticand have a focus on Australian based B2B SaaS companies.Over the years, we’ve backed brilliant founders building global software companies like SiteMinder, Deputy, Ignition and Shippit. We make high conviction investments, underpinned by ambition, pragmatism and a deep understanding of the software journey.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Australia, New Zealand, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 102
  • Round size: Seed $942k–$2.5M; Series A $1.2M–$5.4M
  • Lead/follow: 73% lead, 27% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Veridooh — Use Veridooh to increase the effectiveness of your out-of-home advertising with automation, independent verification, and actionable intelligence - all in one easy-to-use, collaborative platform.
  • InvestorHub — We provide comprehensive access to listed capital raises for institutional, family office and high net worth investors.
  • Deckard Technologies — Deckard Technologies provides city and county governments the analytics and insights they need to ensure tax fairness and equity in their jurisdictions by recovering mandated property and transient occupancy taxes. Using AI and a massive data collection, the Deckard platform performs analysis of hundreds-of-millions of images and data points,giving local governments greater visibility into the commercialization of residential neighborhoods and property upgrades, through two products: Rentalscape and Propertyscape. Deckard’s partnership with local communities saves them time and money, increases productivity, and enables them to make informed policy decisions while determining their own thresholds for the sharing economy. The recovered taxes support the common good of the local communities, including essential services like schools, infrastructure, fire departments, and safety.
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Airtree Ventures
VC Fund · Paddington, Western Australia, Australia · 6 investments in New Zealand startups

AirTree is a venture capital firm investing in Australian and New Zealand technology founders from seed stage or earlier.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Australia, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 181
  • Round size: Seed $750k–$11M; Series A $2.8M–$35M; Series B $4M–$48M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $288M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Sauce — AI customer insights for product teams
  • SafetyCulture — Digitize & improve elements of your operations. Give your teams the knowledge, tools & confidence to work safely & meet higher standards.
  • Pocket Universe — Pocket Universe is a browser extension that keeps your assets safe when you sign web3 transactions
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Shasta Ventures
VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 5 investments in New Zealand startups

Shasta is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on enterprise technology like SaaS, cybersecurity, infrastructure, data intelligence & camera vision.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: United States, Canada, New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 355
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$7.5M; Series A $4M–$21M; Series B $8M–$33M
  • Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $325M in 2019

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.
  • Cequence Security — Cequence enables organizations to realize the promise of AI while defending their applications and APIs from attacks, abuse, and fraud.
  • Starship Technologies — The future of delivery - today!
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Digital Finance Group (DFG)
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 5 investments in New Zealand startups

Digital Finance Group (DFG) is a global blockchain and cryptocurrency investment firm. DFG was founded in 2015 and has assets under management of over $1 billion.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 90
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$7.5M; Series A $428k–$32M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $50M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • PrismaStake — Unleash the Power of Multi-Chain Staking and Boost Your Assets. Stake. Earn. Grow. Empowering Crypto Investors Across Multiple Blockchains.
  • Karmine Corp — Karmine Corp is an esports organization that offers merchandise and competes in games like league of legends, trackmania, and others.
  • Root Protocol — ISME is building an operating system with the composition of an intent-centric aggregator of digital identity, virtual accounts, social graphs, and more to enable unified access to Web3.
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Founders Fund
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 5 investments in New Zealand startups

Founders Fund is a San Francisco based venture capital firm investing in companies building revolutionary technologies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 767
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$14M; Series A $5.5M–$42M; Series B $15M–$105M
  • Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Citrea — Bitcoin's First ZK Rollup
  • Polymarket — Bet on your beliefs
  • Workstream — Workstream is an automated hiring platform that helps companies employing hourly workers. The platform helped Jamba, Chick-fil-A, McDonald's, Dunkin', Applebee's, Auntie Anne's, Cinnabon to increase their bottom line and cost savings.Workstream was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, UnitedStates.
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CP Ventures
VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 5 investments in New Zealand startups

The CP Ventures Fund invests in early-stage technology companies that are highly scalable, at the forefront of breakthrough technologies, and driven by the fourth industrial revolution.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Australia, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 57
  • Round size: Seed $417k–$3.9M; Pre-Seed $350k–$900k
  • Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • LeadStory — Watch breaking news from around the world and stay up to date with current events. Follow topics that matter to you from providers you can trust. See whats happening nearby or in places you care about.
  • Greenfly — Greenfly's short-form media orchestration software platform captures, collects, organizes & distributes videos & photos to drive fan engagement and boost revenue for sports and entertainment organizations.
  • Skylark Labs — Skylark Labs develops continuously evolving and customizable threat detection systems for enhanced physical security. Our clients (CCTV or Drone companies) can customize our proprietary AI solutions at the time of deployment or continuously evolve them if needed after deployment making them preferable to other comparable market solutions.
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Outset Ventures
VC Fund · Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand · 5 investments in New Zealand startups

Outset, Empowering NZ's deep tech startups: investment, space, support. Join our community of innovators for global impact.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: CleanTech, Biotechnology, Product Research
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Daisy Lab — Daisy Lab pioneers precision fermentation technology in New Zealand
  • Vertus Energy — We innovate to make fossil natural gas extinct.
  • OpenStar Technologies — OpenStar Technologies is a renewable energy company that develops fusion reactors for baseload power to the grid.
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NZVC
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 5 investments in New Zealand startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Apps, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$6.4M; Series A $4.9M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Vessev — Vessev is a maritime trasportantion company that offers hydrofoiling electric vessels for travelling through water.
  • HealthNow — HealthNow provides accessible healthcare services that give you control of your health. Manage how you access care, when you need it.
  • Curve Biosciences — Whole-Body Intelligence to resolve chronic diseases.
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OurCrowd
VC Fund · Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel · 5 investments in New Zealand startups

Invest in exclusive and pre-vetted startups, late-stage companies, and top tier funds - private market access made simple, transparent, and institutional-grade.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Israel, United States, New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 261
  • Round size: Seed $612k–$8M; Series A $5.3M–$22M; Series B $8M–$70M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Corgi Insurance — Corgi Insurance Services, Inc. ("Corgi") is an American technology company that operates an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered insurance carrier based in San Francisco, California. Corgi Insurance develops and operates a fully integrated insurance stack using AI agents to automate traditional carrier operations, becoming the world’sfirst “AI insurance company.” The company owns multiple subsidiaries operating under a dog-themed naming convention.
  • PhenOlives — PhenOlives transforms olive oil waste into nutritious, gluten-free olive flour that retains the health benefits of olive oil. The company employs a patented process to create a high-fiber ingredient suitable for various baking and cooking applications.
  • BetterSeeds — The company focuses on non-GMO genome editing using CRISPR-Cas9 for creating a novel breed of seeds and crop traits that address the 21st-century agriculture challenges. BetterSeeds provides advanced seeds enabling better crops for mechanized harvesting, extreme e climate resistance, higher calory and nutrient values, and more.
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Hypersphere Ventures
VC Fund · Miami, Florida, United States · 4 investments in New Zealand startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 129
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$12M; Series A $2.8M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Fly Media — Fly Media offers an AI-powered platform for automated video production and content adaptation driven by smart workflows. The platform helps creators and brands generate, edit, and localize media at scale, streamlining tasks like scene assembly, formatting, and repurposing across channels. Behind its “generated” media vision, the company maintains aseed-stage pitch room with a deck, business plan, and product videos available via its website.Fly Media emphasizes reducing manual overhead in content creation by applying AI to repetitive tasks and enabling teams to focus on high-level creative decisions.
  • Moonbeam Network — Moonbeam is an Ethereum-compatible smart contract platform on the Polkadot network that makes it easy to build natively interoperable applications.
  • Tools For Humanity — Tools for Humanity is a technology company building for humans in the age of AI.
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Chris Sang
Angel · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 4 investments in New Zealand startups

Venture Capitalist, Managing Partner, Chief Technology Officer

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Australia, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 119
  • Round size: Seed $337k–$3.4M; Pre-Seed $350k–$900k; Series A $2.5M–$21M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cloobot Inc — Cloobot X: Your Premier Software Implementation transforms your vision into reality with our state-of-the-art software implementation studio. Leveraging cutting-edge AI technology, our expert team delivers rapid, efficient, and innovative solutions tailored to your unique business needs.
  • Tokenise — Tokenise acts as a data layer for web3 projects and their tokens. We help founders build their tokens simply, mint/launch their tokens on-chain and then manage their tokens in one place. Tokenise enables founders to curate rich data rooms that make it easier for investors to get onboard. We empower community with unprecedented insights andaccessibility into their favourite projects and their tokens.
  • Bloodstock Advantage — Stealth
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Altonomy
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 4 investments in New Zealand startups

Altonomy is the market leader for cryptocurrencies liquidity management and asset management solutions

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 27
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$6.4M; Series A $8M–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Liqwid Labs — Liqwid is a non-custodial liquidity market protocol for lending and borrowing on Cardano, offering fast, affordable, and transparent liquidity solutions.
  • Gasp — Trade crypto without gas, front-running & MEV. L1 chain powered by Substrate. Start trading with Mangata X.
  • Pontem Network — Pontem lets you find product market fit in a permissionless environment prior to launching on the Facebook-backed Diem Blockchain.
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Cure Kids Ventures
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 4 investments in New Zealand startups

Investing in innovation for a healthy childhood Investing in innovation for a healthy childhood About Cure Kids Ventures Cure Kids Ventures is a seed and early stage investment fund that invests in the commercialisation of innovations in products and services with a potential to

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Medical Device, SaaS, Medical
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • chnnl — Optimise your employee wellbeing strategy with chnnl. Centralised resource management, track psychosocial risks and team psychological wellbeing measurement.
  • Avasa — Avasa is a medical device company. It helps to improve surgical procedures by developing novel implantable devices.
  • Kitea Health — Kitea Health creates pressure monitoring implantable medical devices.
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Uniservices
VC Fund · 4 investments in New Zealand startups

Auckland University's commercialisation arm

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Medical Device, SaaS, Audio
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Alimetry — Alimetry is a health technology startup based in Auckland, New Zealand, developing breakthrough solutions for diagnosing disorders of gastrointestinal (GI) function.
  • Avasa — Avasa is a medical device company. It helps to improve surgical procedures by developing novel implantable devices.
  • Acumino — Acumino offers next-generation, AI powered robot models for the execution of highly dexterous tasks in industrial automation settings. The Acumino AI is trained on the most accurate data of robot interactions and facilitates the deployment of next-generation intelligent robot workers in a fast, scalable, reliable, cost-efficient manner, unlockingunmatched dexterity & ROI.
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Emlyn Scott
Angel · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 4 investments in New Zealand startups

Emlyn has spent more than 30 years navigating the complex landscapes of finance, financial markets and technology as a founder, public company CEO, angel investor, VC investor and fund manager. He's had the opportunity to make over 70 venture capital investments in innovative companies like Nutromics, DataRobot, Calm App, Cerebras Systems,Skylark Labs, Zainar, and Kami, and a similar number personally as an angel. He is a founder of OpenMarkets Group, one of Australia's largest online brokers. He was former CEO of the National Stock Exchange of Australia, Australia’s second largest listing stock exchange, for four and a half years. Prior to that he was Head of Business Development at LCH.Clearnet for equities and CFDs in London for nine years, the world’s largest independent clearing house. He has four finance related degrees: - Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) - Masters Business Administration (MBA) - Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment (GDAFI) - Bachelor of Economics (BEc)

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Australia, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Seed $417k–$3.4M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Tpaga — Tpaga is a mobile wallet for unbanked consumers in Latin America. Currently in Colombia and Mexico.In Latin America, more than 50% do not have credit cards or bank accounts, but what they do have is a cellphone. Tpaga allows consumers to store money via cash kiosk ( 4,000 in our network) and then use it to pay utility bills, cell phone top-up,supermarket and even gas station merchants. We have become the first mobile wallet in Latin America to allow consumers to pay groceries without having a bank account, and allowing unbanked commerces to start receiving payment without have POS systems.
  • Fiable — Embed financial health insights within your application using our world leading API service
  • Bloodstock Advantage — Stealth
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Soul Capital
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 4 investments in New Zealand startups

Soul Capital is an impact investment organisation working towards a more inclusive and sustainable economy.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Consumer
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Seed $1.8M–$4M
  • Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Staples VR — Staples VR is a creative technologies studio that creates VR, AR, AI and interactive projects.
  • 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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Fonterra Co-operative Group
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 4 investments in New Zealand startups

We're a global dairy nutrition company owned by 10,000 farmers and their families, united by a fundamental belief in the power of dairy to make a difference.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, Wellness, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Seed, Series B, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Seed $612k–$612k; Series B $10M–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Vivici — Our mission is to meet the world's growing need for sustainable, nutritious and great tasting animal-free proteins.
  • POP — POP offers a nutrient-packed supplement for pet dogs to reduce inflammation and support whole-body health.
  • Metrovate — Metrovate is a biotechnology company which enhance global health and sustainability via sophisticated research and development.
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Promus Ventures
VC Fund · Chicago, Illinois, United States · 4 investments in New Zealand startups

Investing in early-stage deep-tech software/hardware companies run by visionary and tenacious founding teams.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 166
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$10M; Series A $6M–$28M; Series B $7M–$43M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Samp — Whatever the scale, age, or number of facilities, Shared Reality helps industrial operators accelerate their digital twin programs in an affordable and accessible way.
  • Mytra — Supercharged Industrial Productivity with Bots, Software, and Cells
  • Behavox — Transforming data into AI insights that safeguard and enhance your business
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Flying Fox Ventures
VC Fund · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · 4 investments in New Zealand startups

Flying Fox Ventures is an early stage investment firm that invests across industry and across the micro-stages of pre-seed and seed.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 102
  • Round size: Seed $661k–$3.2M; Pre-Seed $120k–$3M; Series A $649k–$5.7M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Predelo — Streamline workflows and optimize operations with Predelo's AI-driven automation. Discover the benefits of our solutions and stay ahead!
  • Mayday — Streamline your finance team's multi-entity accounting adjustments with Mayday
  • Mass Dynamics — Mass Dynamics exists to enable more life scientists to accelerate their studies using Mass Spectrometry (MS). It's our contribution towards enriching lives and freeing humanity and society from the burden of disease. Mass Dynamics includes Enrichment Analysis based on GSEA algorithms and utilises Gene Ontology (GO) and Reactome knowledge bases.
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Jelix Ventures
VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 4 investments in New Zealand startups

Jelix is an early-stage venture capital firm backing daring founders in Australia and New Zealand.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Australia, New Zealand, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 53
  • Round size: Seed $616k–$5.7M; Series A $1.9M–$26M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Syenta — Syenta is transforming the electronics manufacturing sector. Our patented fabrication method enables the 3D printing of multi-material electronics with fewer steps and less waste.
  • PropHero — Invest wisely in real estate There is an easier way to invest in real estate. Whether you are just getting started or already on your investment journey, at Pro
  • Quantum Brilliance — Quantum Brilliance builds diamond-based quantum chips and products that operate at room temperature, enabling mass-deployable quantum technology from data centers to the field.
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Philip McCaw
Angel · Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand · 4 investments in New Zealand startups

Phil McCaw - Managing Partner @ Movac

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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IP Group
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 4 investments in New Zealand startups

IP Group's core business is the creation of value for its shareholders and partners through the commercialisation of intellectual property originating from research intensive institutions. Their strength lies in managing this process from finding suitable intellectual property to commercialise to either helping develop businesses and createvalue out of them, or identifying and establishing appropriate commercial partnerships to do so. IP Group's extensive expertise in this area combined with its inside knowledge of both industry and finance have enabled the group to create a formidable track record of consistently delivering excellent results for their companies, for their partners and for their shareholders.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Therapeutics
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 188
  • Round size: Seed $393k–$7.6M; Series A $2M–$23M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $125M in 2014

Portfolio highlights

  • Lumai — Lumai delivers optical compute for the inference era, enabling up to 50x AI performance and 90% less power. Supports billion-parameter LLMs today.
  • AudioScenic — THE NEW DIMENSION IN SOUND
  • Intrinsic Semiconductor Technologies — Exciting new developments around the Internet of Things, Big Data, autonomous vehicles, and Artificial Intelligence highlight how our approach to computation must fundamentally change.
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Moonwhale Ventures
VC Fund · 3 investments in New Zealand startups

Moonwhale is an STO Financial Advisory offering companies strategic advice on STO process & structure, as well as token issuance incl. lifecycle management and secondary market on-boarding for their projects. Moonwhale is also building an End-to-End Security Token Offering (STO) Investment Platform will cater to investors looking to invest inSTO projects, and to companies looking to raise capital through STO to finance business expansion or new ventures. Investors will be presented with vetted projects incl. due- diligence reports and will be able to manage their investments through our platform.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency
  • Stage:Seed, Initial Coin Offering
  • Geography: Singapore, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 46
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$5M; Initial Coin Offering $2M–$8M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Reitio Protocol — We’re creating an effortless way for everyone to create custom metaverse assets visually via an intuitive and codeless templates-based design toolkit, introducing reitio protocol.
  • Alphadex — Alphadex is the ultimate cross-chain AMM, incubator and NFT launchpad powered by Moonriver.
  • Web3Auth — Web3Auth is simple, non-custodial auth infrastructure that enables Web3 wallets and applications to provide seamless user logins for both mainstream and native Web3 users.
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Rich Chetwynd
Angel · 3 investments in New Zealand startups

Founder/CEO of ThisData, a login intelligence and contextual authentication platform. Founder/CEO of Litmos.com, a leading SaaS Learning Management System that was acquired by CallidusCloud (NASDAQ: CALD) in 2011.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Music, Mobile Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Melodics — Melodics is an educational service for learning how to finger drum, using adaptive learning and other data-driven approaches.
  • 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.
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Investible
VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 3 investments in New Zealand startups, 6 in the past 12 months

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Australia, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 157
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • Quantum Brilliance — Quantum Brilliance builds room temperature quantum computers powered by synthetic diamond, enabling applications in everyday computing, including edge and massively parrellelized computing.
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Lewis Holdings
VC Fund · 3 investments in New Zealand startups

Lewis Holdings was added in 2013.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Computer
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Avertana — Avertana is a process technology company that has developed a proprietary platform to refine solid industrial waste streams into valuable mineral and chemical raw materials used to make everyday products. Products of Avertana's process are used in products such as paint, building materials, paper and fertilisers. The process is costcompetitive with existing approaches but offers a much lower environmental footprint than traditional methods. Avertana helps its customers to build more sustainable supply chains by making mineral and chemical ingredients for widely-used products from sources that support optimal environmental outcomes. Avertana’s waste to value process helps industry to reduce its environmental footprint competitively.
  • Ambit — From natural language processing to machine learning, our conversational AI platform empowers organisations. Business focused and aligned, Ambit chatbots carve a direct path to meeting your strategic objectives. Ultimately, Ambit enables you to deliver to your customers and internal stakeholders better.
  • Unleashed Software — Supply, production, inventory and sales software with exceptional product and customer focus
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Mark Hurley
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 3 investments in New Zealand startups

Mark Jude Hurley is a New Zealand born entrepreneur, investor and advisor. He is the co-founder and CEO of Jasper, a startup which is democratising access to wealth generating opportunities, starting with commercial real estate. He was previously the Founder and CEO of Little Giant which was acquired by Dentsu Aegis Network in August 2017 for anundisclosed sum. Hurley is also an active angel investor in companies such as Sharesies and First AML.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, SaaS, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Jasper — Build a portfolio of high-quality commercial real estate assets sourced and managed by an experienced team.
  • Sharesies — Sharesies allows you to get started investing from just $5.
  • Whip Around — Count on Whip Around's integrated platform to make your fleet operations safer and more efficient, with simplified DVIRs and real-time data in one place.
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Investor funding in New Zealand at a glance

Stats across 684 deals from 641 investors.

641
investors
in New Zealand startups
684
deals
in New Zealand startups
$1.7M
median round
in New Zealand startups
35%
lead investors
lead at least one round
36%
Seed
most common funding stage
80/20
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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