Top 5 Manufacturing Angel Investors in New Zealand (July 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Karl Iagnemma
Angel
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1 | New Zealand | Series A | 3D Printing | |
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Carl Bass
Angel
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1 | United States, New Zealand, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, Manufacturing, Computer | $2M–$40M |
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Wolfgang Leitner
Angel
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1 | Israel, New Zealand | Seed, Series B | Nutrition, Sustainability, Food Processing | $3M–$6.4M |
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Roland Krueger
Angel
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1 | New Zealand | Seed | Automotive, Manufacturing, Electric Vehicle | |
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Peter Beck
Angel
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1 | New Zealand | Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Audio, AgTech | $4.9M–$21M |
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Karl is an authority on robotics and autonomous vehicles. His commentary has been published and broadcast worldwide on Bloomberg, The Economist, CNBC, and BBC, among others. As former director of the Robotic Mobility Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), his research resulted in more than 150 technical publications, 50 issued orfiled patents, and numerous edited volumes, including books on the DARPA Grand Challenge and Urban Challenge autonomous vehicle competitions.In 2017, Karl was named one of the “Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs” by Goldman Sachs and designated a member of the “Recode 100” list of technology influencers. Karl holds MS and PhD degrees from MIT, where he was a National Science Foundation fellow, and a BS from the University of Michigan, where he graduated first in his class.Iagnemma co-founded nuTonomy, Inc. in 2013 and saw the company through acquisition by Aptiv in late 2017. nuTonomy was named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in 2018 and Iagnemma was selected as a 2017 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum. He is now president of Aptiv Autonomous Mobility, which is building the world’s safest and smartest driverless vehicle software.
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- Industry: 3D Printing
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Foundry Lab — Foundry Lab is pioneering Digital Metal Casting. This new form of additive manufacturing allows users to cast metal parts - without pouring molten metal - in the safety of their own office. This fully automated system is incredibly fast - CAD file to 50+ metal parts in just 8 hours.
Carl Bass is based out of Somerville, Massachusetts and was the Board of Director of Formlabs. Carl previously worked at Autodesk as a CEO and President. Carl attended Cornell University.
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Computer
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, New Zealand, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $2M–$13M; Series A $8M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Higharc — Higharc is the all-in-one web platform that simplifies, connects, and improves each step of design, construction, and sales for home building. It enables builders to design, sell in 3D, and get permit-ready construction documents — all in a single platform. Higharc is on a mission to help builders create better homes and communities, moreaffordably.
- Toolpath — Toolpath accelerates the production of precision CNC machined components with AI-powered part analysis, machining strategies, and CAM automation.
- Infinitform Inc — Explore InfinitForm, the leading Gen-AI platform for rapid, precise, and innovative engineering design solutions.
Wolfgang Leitner is CEO of Andritz.
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- Industry: Nutrition, Sustainability, Food Processing
- Stage:Seed, Series B
- Geography: Israel, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $3M–$6.4M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Innovopro — InnovoPro is committed to bringing unique plant-based protein ingredients to the global food market in order to create nutritious, tasty, safe, and sustainable food products. With an excellent nutritional profile, free from properties and wide usability in the food industry, InnovoPro’s chickpea protein is the best choice for the growingplant-based protein market.InnovoPro was founded on 2013 by Dr. Ascher Shmulewitz an experienced inventor and investor, and has made considerable progress in developing chickpea proteins and other chickpea ingredients.InnovoPro has been recognized as an innovator of disruptive technology in the food industry.
- Zincovery — Zincovery is a decarbonizing zinc recycling plant.
- Zenno Astronautics — Zenno Astronautics hardware and software products ensure satellite missions are effectively managed, guaranteeing maximum economic returns and responsible use of space.
Roland Krueger is the current member of the board of Dyson Holdings and FTN Motion. He was the chief executive officer of the Dyson Group of companies. Prior to Dyson, he was the chairman & global president of INFINITI Motor Company and a corporate officer of NISSAN. Roland studied industrial design at the University of Applied Science, Munich,Germany, and has an MBA from INSEAD, France.
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- Industry: Automotive, Manufacturing, Electric Vehicle
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FTN Motion — FTN Motion is an electric motorcycle company that offers handcrafted motorbikes, especially the Streetdog, designed for travel.
Peter Beck is based out of Huntington Beach, California, and is the founder, president, and chief executive officer of Rocket Lab. Peter has received the New Zealand EY Entrepreneur of the Year award.
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- Industry: Software, Audio, AgTech
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Series A $4.9M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Halter — Halter creates GPS enabled, solar powered collars for cows. The collar hardware allows farmers to use simple tablet app software to remotely set geographic boundaries for cattle, virtual fences. Farmers use Halter's system to avoid physically herding cows, maximizing farmer time and productivity.
- Partly — Auto parts distributors, manufacturers, dismantlers, marketplaces and software providers use Partly's software and API to add fitment and manage parts online.
- Dotterel Technologies — Dotterel develops noise reduction and audio recording technology for UAVs. Our Aerial Audio Microphone is a payload for UAVs and is a unique world first capability. Throughout the development we have worked closely with customers to deliver for high value use cases in Emergency Services, Defence and TV/Film. Hearing audio from your UAV provides an important addition to the video. Now you can have live conversations one-to-one and one-to-many with people remotely via the UAV when there is no other communication methods available. We look forward to working with our customers and partners to deliver a new range of UAV solutions.
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