Top 50 Manufacturing Startup Investors in New Zealand (November 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Icehouse Ventures
VC Fund
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24 | New Zealand, United States, Australia | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $485k–$21M |
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K1W1
VC Fund
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18 | New Zealand, United States | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence | $550k–$18M |
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Enterprise Angels
VC Fund
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12 | New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $227k–$3.6M |
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Pacific Channel
VC Fund
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9 | New Zealand, Australia, United States | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed | Health Care, Manufacturing, Biotechnology | $511k–$5.5M |
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New Zealand Growth Capital Partners
VC Fund
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9 | New Zealand, United States, Australia | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $435k–$10M |
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AngelHQ
VC Fund
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8 | New Zealand, United States, Canada | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Angel | Software, SaaS, Manufacturing | $259k–$11M |
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New Zealand Venture Investment Fund
VC Fund
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7 | New Zealand, United States, Japan | Seed, Series A, Angel | Software, Biotechnology, Health Care | $393k–$8.8M |
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GD1 (Global From Day One)
VC Fund
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7 | New Zealand, United States, China | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology | $600k–$19M |
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Booster
VC Fund
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6 | New Zealand, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Medical Device | $157k–$6.1M |
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Movac
VC Fund
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6 | New Zealand, United States, Australia | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Software, SaaS, Manufacturing | $1.4M–$16M |
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Climate Venture Capital Fund
VC Fund
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6 | New Zealand, Australia | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Manufacturing, Sustainability, Renewable Energy | $968k–$3M |
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Uniservices
VC Fund
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5 | New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed | Health Care, Medical Device, Biotechnology | $283k–$8.4M |
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Callaghan Innovation
VC Fund
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5 | New Zealand, United States, Australia | Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed | Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology | $3.5k–$1M |
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New Zealand Green Investment Finance
VC Fund
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5 | New Zealand, Australia, United Kingdom | Debt Financing, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar | $372k–$49M |
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Cure Kids Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | New Zealand, United States | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Health Care, Medical Device, Manufacturing | $999k–$9.7M |
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Sparkbox Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | New Zealand, United States, Japan | Seed, Angel, Series A | Software, EdTech, Manufacturing | $200k–$1.8M |
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Promus Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | United States, Germany, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning | $1.3M–$53M |
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Founders Fund
VC Fund
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4 | United States, United Kingdom, Germany | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care | $1.6M–$100M |
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Matū Group
VC Fund
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3 | New Zealand, Australia, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Biotechnology, Health Care, Manufacturing | $337k–$25M |
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Wavemaker Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Singapore, Philippines | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology | $650k–$18M |
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Motion Capital
VC Fund
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3 | New Zealand | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Sustainability, Energy, Chemical | $924k–$4.9M |
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Flying Kiwi Angels
VC Fund
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3 | New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $334k–$3.7M |
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Peter Beck
Angel
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3 | New Zealand | Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Automotive, Manufacturing | $5.5M–$21M |
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Global from Day One
VC Fund
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3 | New Zealand, United States, China | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Manufacturing | $694k–$18M |
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Nuance Capital
VC Fund
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3 | New Zealand, United States | Seed, Series B, Series A | Software, Manufacturing, Medical Device | $1.7M–$12M |
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Investible
VC Fund
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3 | Australia, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $300k–$20M |
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Tuhua Fund
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand, Singapore, United States | Seed, Series A, Angel | Software, B2B, Internet | $735k–$7.5M |
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Bridgewest Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Manufacturing, Medical Device | $2.5M–$2.8M |
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Soul Capital
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong | Seed, Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown | Information Technology, Software, Recycling | $608k–$12M |
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Marko Bogoievski
Angel
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2 | New Zealand | Convertible Note | Veterinary, Health Care, Biotechnology | |
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Impact Enterprise Fund
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand, Australia | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Sustainability, Information Technology, AgTech | $1.1M–$3.3M |
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Even Capital
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand, Australia | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Biotechnology, Financial Services, Information Technology | $320k–$2.4M |
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Ice Angels
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand, United States, Canada | Seed, Angel, Series A | Software, Analytics, E-Commerce | $385k–$8.5M |
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MIG Angels
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand | Seed, Series B | AgTech, Agriculture, Biotechnology | $940k–$1.8M |
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Yamaha Motor
VC Fund
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2 | Japan, India, United States | Series B, Series A, Corporate Round | Transportation, Robotics, Software | $820k–$1.6B |
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Lewis Holdings
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Computer | $550k–$1.8M |
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Lincoln Agritech
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand | Manufacturing | ||
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Hort Innovation
VC Fund
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1 | Pre-Seed | |||
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Blackbird Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $36k–$45M |
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Ubiquity Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, India | Seed, Series A, Series B | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning | $2.3M–$140M |
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Fortescue Future Industries
VC Fund
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1 | United States, China, Spain | Series A, Seed, Series C | Energy, CleanTech, Manufacturing | $9M–$380M |
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Bay Trust
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Food and Beverage, Sensor, Seafood | |
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Seeds Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Singapore, United States, Hong Kong | Seed, Series A, Series B | Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, Software | $767k–$45M |
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Snowball Effect
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Angel | Software, Internet, Health Care | $558k–$4.4M |
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Quayside Holdings
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand | Seed, Series B, Private Equity | Agriculture, Sensor, Forestry | |
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Optional Gravity
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand | Seed | Manufacturing, Medical Device | |
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LCO Capital
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand | Health Care, Manufacturing, Medical Device | ||
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CapitalOven
VC Fund
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1 | India, United States, Spain | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $250k–$6M |
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Black Kite Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Singapore, China, India | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Internet, Payments | $500k–$5.1M |
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Obayashi Corporation
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, New Zealand | Series A, Seed, Series B | Manufacturing, Internet, Artificial Intelligence | $1.5M–$23M |
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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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 281
- Round size: Seed $643k–$5M; Series A $2.5M–$21M; Venture - Series Unknown $485k–$19M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $318k in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Hnry — Hnry automatically pays and files all taxes for contractors, freelancers, and sole traders, so they never have to think about tax again.
- Vessev — Electric hydrofoiling vessels built for commercial use. Quiet, efficient, and better for the world.
- General Compute — General Compute provides an ASIC-based cloud inference platform focused on running AI inference workloads. The company offers an OpenAI-compatible API that allows users to access hosted large language models and switch from existing GPU-based providers by changing the base URL and API key. It supports deploying both its own supported models andcustomer-supplied models on its infrastructure, emphasizing high token throughput and low time to first token. General Compute also offers dedicated custom deployments with service-level agreements, custom scaling, and guaranteed capacity for production workloads. Its infrastructure targets use cases such as AI agents, coding assistants, and real-time voice applications that require low-latency, high-throughput inference.
K1W1 provides startups and businesses in New Zealand with early and later-stage venture investments.
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 137
- Round size: Seed $550k–$4.1M; Series A $1.5M–$18M; Venture - Series Unknown $2M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Vessev — Electric hydrofoiling vessels built for commercial use. Quiet, efficient, and better for the world.
- First Table — Book the first table of the night and you'll get 50% off the food bill for two to four people!
- SupaHuman AI — VETos drafts and maps your assessment tools and resources. Nova 5 turns them into practice learners finish. For RTOs, TAFEs and PTEs in Australia and NZ.
Connecting startup business owners with angel investors to raise capital . Access a network of expertise and investment opportunities.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 172
- Round size: Seed $328k–$3.6M; Venture - Series Unknown $227k–$3.6M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $14M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Linca — Domestic refining of lithium, nickel & cobalt for the energy transition.
- Wellumio — Wellumio is a medical technology company redefining the boundaries of clinical imaging. We’re fusing technology, design innovation, and medical expertise to create new diagnostic pathways that support the timely delivery of urgent stroke care.
- 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.
Investing in great people solving hard problems to create a better future.
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- Industry: Health Care, Manufacturing, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed
- Geography: New Zealand, Australia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 63
- Round size: Seed $517k–$5M; Pre-Seed $511k–$1.6M; Venture - Series Unknown $755k–$5.5M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Regen — We send daily recommendations to our farmers' phones based on their own farm data, so NZ can farm smarter.
- Androgenix —
- Navi Medical Technologies — Navi Medical Technologies is a medical device development company.
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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 117
- Round size: Seed $532k–$4.3M; Series A $2M–$10M; Venture - Series Unknown $435k–$5.5M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $300M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Linca — Domestic refining of lithium, nickel & cobalt for the energy transition.
- Wellumio — Wellumio is a medical technology company redefining the boundaries of clinical imaging. We’re fusing technology, design innovation, and medical expertise to create new diagnostic pathways that support the timely delivery of urgent stroke care.
- Scentian Bio — Scentian Bio operates as a platform that provides ultimate sensing solution.
Learn about Angel HQ, Wellington's Angel Investing Network - the meeting place for ambitious startups and passionate investors.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Angel
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 59
- Round size: Seed $351k–$2.5M; Angel $385k–$1M; Venture - Series Unknown $259k–$11M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Luminoma — Luminoma will enable easy access to objective and precise skin cancer screening. With Luminoma, clinicians can confidently discern malignant from benign, reducing unnecessary referrals and biopsies.
- Upstock — Easily manage all your hospitality, foodservice and FMCG grocery orders. Automate invoicing, pricing, payments and logistics with powerful AI tools.
- Factor — Plug and play forecasting and pricing tools for modern energy utilities.
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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- Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 58
- Round size: Seed $393k–$1.8M; Angel $400k–$4.3M; Series A $1.6M–$8.8M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MAPTO — Bringing industries together since 2008, Mapto.com stands as the premier platform for a global business directory. Serving millions of companies and suppliers worldwide.Mapto, the “Business Development Guide,” has been specially designed to offer an e-commerce solution that brings together all companies in the world and provides an excellent B2Cuser experience without sacrificing B2B functionality. The most significant difference from other marketplaces is that it is customer-supported!In today’s world, product, manufacturer, and communication demands are the basis of e-commerce searches on the internet. It restructures the “roadmap of e-commerce” by bringing all these demands together and making them accessible to users.
- 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.
- MarginFuel — MarginFuel provides intelligent price optimisation software that empowers rental vehicle operators to build profitable pricing strategies.
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 — The world's leading managers trust Caruso to help them save time, impress investors 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.
Booster is an investment manager, superannuation and default KiwiSaver scheme provider. We offer ethical, New Zealand and specialist investment options.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Medical Device
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $715k–$4.3M; Pre-Seed $157k–$972k; Venture - Series Unknown $158k–$6.1M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Linca — Domestic refining of lithium, nickel & cobalt for the energy transition.
- Wellumio — Wellumio is a medical technology company redefining the boundaries of clinical imaging. We’re fusing technology, design innovation, and medical expertise to create new diagnostic pathways that support the timely delivery of urgent stroke care.
- Wych Limited — Enable financial planning and budgeting tools, investment management, account switching, lending, credit enhancement, payments | Open Banking APIs | Wych
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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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 74
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$4.9M; Series A $1.5M–$16M; Venture - Series Unknown $2M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $125M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Hnry — Hnry automatically pays and files all taxes for contractors, freelancers, and sole traders, so they never have to think about tax again.
- 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.
- Migco Pharmaceuticals — Migco Pharmaceuticals is a pharmaceutical company focused on designed to develop new drug therapies for migraine headache.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Sustainability, Renewable Energy
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: New Zealand, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $968k–$3M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mara Bio — We are a New Zealand based biotech start up passionate about food, health and the environment. We are re-imagining how energy and nutrient rich food production side streams are handled by giving them a new life in the form of protein rich, fibre rich, functional ingredients and bioactives for food, nutraceutical and pharmaceutical applications.
- Hot Lime Labs — The Hot Lime Labs CO2 capture system converts wood waste biomass into clean CO2 for commercial greenhouses, increasing crop productivity and growth.
- Dot Ingredients — Dot Ingredients operates a surfactant company designed to offer commercially viable particle surfactants. It produces cellulose from wood pulp, makes sustainable emulsifiers from renewable cellulose, and is able to not only cleanse hands, clothes, surfaces, and cars, but also protect crops, enhance food, color textiles, and flow into the oceans andsoil.
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical Device, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 36
- Round size: Seed $694k–$5M; Pre-Seed $283k–$1.3M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.6M–$8.4M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- RosterLab — RosterLab goal is to automate every part of the rostering process for healthcare.
- Avasa — Avasa is a medical device company. It helps to improve surgical procedures by developing novel implantable devices.
- Zenno Astronautics — Zenno Astronautics hardware and software products ensure satellite missions are effectively managed, guaranteeing maximum economic returns and responsible use of space.
Callaghan Innovation supports businesses with research and development services, technical expertise, funding programs, and commercialization support. It provides scientific research, laboratory services, innovation programs, and industry partnerships across sectors including biotechnology, health technology, and advanced manufacturing. The agency is currently transferring its services to other public research organizations as part of New Zealand's science and innovation system reforms.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3616
- Round size: Seed $351k–$1M; Grant $3.5k–$145k; Pre-Seed $607k–$716k
- Lead/follow: 99% lead, 1% 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.
- Sterling — Sterling operates an artificial intelligence platform designed to automate back-office operations for financial and accounting teams. The software deploys deterministic AI agents that execute repetitive tasks like accounts payable, accounts receivable, compliance checks, and bank reconciliations directly inside existing enterprise applications. Byfunctioning as a background virtual assistant, its value proposition centers on eliminating administrative bottlenecks while maintaining strict human-in-the-loop oversight and enterprise-grade audit standards.
- Forever Harvest — We are an Aotearoa New Zealand based cellular horticulture company, partnering with food & beverage manufacturers to develop new fruit & nut food solutions.
New Zealand Green Investment Finance provides support to the growth of innovative energy and carbon management.
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- Industry: Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar
- Stage:Debt Financing, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand, Australia, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Round size: Seed $3.1M–$7.6M; Debt Financing $644k–$49M; Venture - Series Unknown $372k–$3.2M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
Portfolio highlights
- solarZero —
- Ruminant BioTech — Ruminant BioTech is a company that creates slow-release devices for long-term controlled-release methane mitigation.
- Far North Solar Farm — Far North Solar Farm (FNSF) is a New Zealand solar developer: utility-scale solar farms, solar farms for landowners and commercial solar for businesses.
Investing in innovation for a healthy childhood Investing in innovation for a healthy childhood Impact investing since 2008 Portfolio Companies Invested Health Tech Products Launched Product and Service Revenue Generated Jobs Created in NZ Paediatric Patients
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical Device, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $999k–$9.7M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Wellumio — Wellumio is a medical technology company redefining the boundaries of clinical imaging. We’re fusing technology, design innovation, and medical expertise to create new diagnostic pathways that support the timely delivery of urgent stroke care.
- ISpy Nits — ISpyNits - everything you need to get rid of lice and nits once and for all
- Avasa — Avasa is a medical device company. It helps to improve surgical procedures by developing novel implantable devices.
Sparkbox Ventures was founded in 2001 and is New Zealand's most active seed stage investor
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- Industry: Software, EdTech, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 29
- Round size: Seed $200k–$1.8M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2016
Portfolio highlights
- SimTutor — SimTutor is a provider of simulation-based learning tools that make training more interactive, measurable, and accessible.
- 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.
- Sharesight — Leading online stock portfolio tracker & reporting tool for investors. Sharesight tracks stock prices, trades, dividends, performance and tax!
Investing in early-stage deep-tech software/hardware companies run by visionary and tenacious founding teams.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 186
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$8.4M; Series A $5.8M–$28M; Series B $13M–$53M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $139M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- RobCo — Easily automate the repetitive tasks in your production facility with modular industrial robots from RobCo.
- WHOOP — Optimize sleep, strain, and recovery with WHOOP, the most advanced fitness and health wearable. With personalized insights, improve performance, build healthier habits, and extend healthspan with continuous health monitoring.
- Lunar Outpost — Lunar Outpost is redefining our relationship with the Moon and space by building the robotic infrastructure for future exploration and commerce. Our mission: make the Moon accessible, sustainable, and open for innovation.
Founders Fund is a San Francisco based venture capital firm investing in companies building revolutionary technologies.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1102
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$15M; Series A $5.5M–$45M; Series B $15M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $6B in 2026
Portfolio highlights
- Quantcast — We are taking an entirely new approach to advertising on the open internet.
- Coherence Neuro — Opto Biosystems specializes in the development of innovative healthcare technologies that bridge the gap between cancer neuroscience and bioelectronics. The company focuses on creating smaller, softer, and wireless biological interfaces designed to offer a new treatment modality. By leveraging advancements in neural engineering and bioelectronics,Opto Biosystems is dedicated to building new tools that interface with the body, aiming to improve patient outcomes in the healthcare sector. Their work includes exploring the stability of thin-film electrodes for neuromodulation, highlighting their commitment to advancing medical technology.
- Watchtower Labs — Watchtower Labs is an AI-first team with a single mission: to solve the most difficult technical obstacles in vital simulations and defense.
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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- Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, Australia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $473k–$4.6M; Pre-Seed $337k–$972k; Series A $2.3M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Advemto — Advemto is the manufacturer and developer of ultrafast spectroscopy systems that help researchers.
- Inhibit Coatings — Inhibit Coatings is a New Zealand based company developing novel antimicrobial and antifouling coatings.
- Captivate Technology — Captivate Technology company operates a clean-tech carbon capture platform. The platform enables cement manufacturers, geothermal power plants, and biogas producers to reduce pollution and contribute to environmental initiatives by using a metal-organic framework for CO2 adsorption as a solid-state material.
Wavemaker Group is a cross-border venture capital firm founded in 2003 and one of the most active early-stage investors across multiple funds.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, Singapore, Philippines
Investor stats
- Total investments: 553
- Round size: Seed $750k–$4.3M; Series A $2.2M–$18M; Venture - Series Unknown $650k–$8M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $1.9M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- uHoo — uHoo monitors and manages your indoor environment to help you create healthier, safer and more comfortable homes and workplaces.
- Shikho — Shikho is a Bangladeshi education technology company on a mission to revolutionise the way Bangladesh learns today and democratise access to a high quality education. It is building a hyper-localised digital learning ecosystem designed specifically for the Bangladeshi national curriculum to serve a growing total addressable market of ~42 millionstudents. "Shikho - The Learning App" is available on the Google Play Store.
- Blue Whale Energy — Blue Whale Energy empowers businesses to maximize energy storage, driving a smarter, cleaner, and more reliable energy.
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Browse database — It's Free!Motion Capital is a hands-on venture capital fund investing in founders doing good business by helping the world decarbonise.
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- Industry: Sustainability, Energy, Chemical
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $924k–$4.9M
- Lead/follow: 63% lead, 37% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Linca — Domestic refining of lithium, nickel & cobalt for the energy transition.
- Factor — Plug and play forecasting and pricing tools for modern energy utilities.
- Hachiko — Hachiko is a software building platform that aims to help the battery portfolio owners, also the firm is for energy trading.
Flying Kiwi Angels ? Helping Kiwi Startups
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $334k–$3.7M; Angel $550k–$918k
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PAM NZ — Forward a school newsletter, snap a screenshot, brain-dump your to-do list - PAM turns it all into a smart shared family calendar and helps manage the family tasks and events. Set up in 2 minutes. Free trial.
- Wellumio — Wellumio is a medical technology company redefining the boundaries of clinical imaging. We’re fusing technology, design innovation, and medical expertise to create new diagnostic pathways that support the timely delivery of urgent stroke care.
- Kai's Education — Make coding education engaging for elementary and middle school students using robotics solutions that support STEM goals & modern classrooms. Shop Now!
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, Automotive, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Series A $5.5M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Halter — Halter provides GPS-enabled collars and software that help farmers monitor and control cattle movement. Its system uses virtual fencing to guide animals without physical barriers, allowing users to manage grazing patterns and land use through a mobile interface. The platform collects data on animal location, behavior, and health indicators,supporting day-to-day farm operations and decision-making. Halter also enables remote shifting of herds, reducing the need for manual labor in moving livestock. Its services are used in agricultural settings to improve pasture utilization and streamline herd management processes.
- 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.
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: 36
- Round size: Seed $694k–$5M; Series A $890k–$18M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% 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.
Nuance Capital is a venture capital fund.
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Medical Device
- Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $1.7M–$6.6M; Series A $7.3M–$12M; Series B $10M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Hectre — Award winning, simple to use orchard apps for performance and cost management optimization.
- Wellumio — Wellumio is a medical technology company redefining the boundaries of clinical imaging. We’re fusing technology, design innovation, and medical expertise to create new diagnostic pathways that support the timely delivery of urgent stroke care.
- Zenno Astronautics — Zenno Astronautics hardware and software products ensure satellite missions are effectively managed, guaranteeing maximum economic returns and responsible use of space.
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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 249
- Round size: Seed $300k–$5.1M; Pre-Seed $392k–$2M; Series A $1.4M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Apate.AI — Is the next generation of scam prevention and intelligence. We deploy advanced conversational AI bots combined with real-time insights to protect businesses, governments and communities globally.2
- Inspace XR — Inspire and engage prospective tenants, buyers, and your team with interactive virtual replicas of your assets, with 360 virtual tours, analytics & more.
- GeoSnapShot — Let's put your photos to work. Built for professionals, available to everyone. GeoSnapShot is loved by amateurs, professionals, teams and individuals.
Micro-Venture Fund investing in 25 Kiwi Startups
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- Industry: Software, B2B, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: New Zealand, Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $735k–$3.6M; Series A $1.6M–$7.5M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $7.6M 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
Bridgewest Ventures is a venture capital company that invests in start-ups commercialized on a global scale.
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- Industry: Health Care, Manufacturing, Medical Device
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $2.5M–$2.8M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BioOra — Discover BioOra's innovative approach in automating CAR T Therapy, enhancing access and efficiency in cell therapy manufacturing.
- TheiaNova — TheiaNova provides nonsurgical therapies to patients with vision impairment due to ecstatic vision disorders. A patient suffering from keratoconus will undergo therapeutic remodeling of the cornea with the company's therapy, allowing healthcare professionals to focus on correcting vision impairments with glasses and corrective lenses orhalting progression of the disease with corneal crosslinking.
- Avasa — Avasa is a medical device company. It helps to improve surgical procedures by developing novel implantable devices.
Soul Capital is an impact investment organisation working towards a more inclusive and sustainable economy.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Recycling
- Stage:Seed, Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$3M; Venture - Series Unknown $608k–$12M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Staples VR — StaplesVR is a leading provider of augmented and virtual reality training & entertainment solutions for various businesses and industries. Contact us today!
- Kai's Education — Make coding education engaging for elementary and middle school students using robotics solutions that support STEM goals & modern classrooms. Shop Now!
- Teacher’s Buddy — Create lesson plans, worksheets, assessments, and more in minutes. AI-powered tools designed for educators.
Marko retired as CEO of Morrison & Co in 2021 after 13 years of leading the business. He continues to provide guidance for investments in telecommunications and digital infrastructure. His 30 year career has been in the infrastructure and technology sectors in a variety of senior finance, operational and sales roles in the United States and NewZealand. Prior to joining Morrison & Co in 2008, Marko was CFO of Telecom NZ, responsible for corporate finance, M&A and group strategy. Marko is Chair of Vodafone New Zealand.
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- Industry: Veterinary, Health Care, Biotechnology
- Stage:Convertible Note
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pictor — PictorDx offers a flexible multiplex proteomics platform that delivers multiple biomarker insights simultaneously and cost-effectively for multiple sample types
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Browse database — It's Free!The Fund provides growth capital to businesses who deliver social and/or environmental impact, alongside attractive financial returns. This Fund has two primary objectives: delivering market-rate financial returns, and delivering tangible societal and environmental outcomes.
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- Industry: Sustainability, Information Technology, AgTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$3M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.1M–$3.3M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ZeroJet — ZeroJet is the first jet propulsion system to be designed specifically for an electric motor, delivering the perfect balance of performance and runtime.
- Zincovery — Zincovery is a decarbonizing zinc recycling plant.
- CarbonCrop — CarbonCrop gets you recognised and paid for the carbon sequestered in trees on your land. Our artificial-intelligence based mapping and measurement mean we can give you fast, accurate results for no up-front cost.
Even Capital is an investment advisory firm that provides growth of venture capital funds for women-owned businesses.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Financial Services, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $934k–$2.4M; Pre-Seed $320k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ReciMe — ReciMe is the #1 app to save recipes from Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest & more. Its free to use and easy to try.
- Heatseeker — Determine how successful your business, product or campaign will be before launching by testing your products and messaging with AI-powered digital campaigns.
- GoFIGR — We are a talent insights and opportunity marketplace platform that helps you develop, engage and retain employees in the flow of work.
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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- Industry: Software, Analytics, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $447k–$1.6M; Angel $385k–$465k; Series A $1.6M–$8.5M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $7.5M in 2016
Portfolio highlights
- Dexibit — We know Visitor Attractions inside and out. Measure and drive visitation, visitor experience, loyalty and revenue. We're empowering places people love to visit.
- Datagate — Quick, easy, compliant telecom billing for MSPs! Datagate integrates with popular MSP software like ConnectWise, Datto Autotask PSA, Quickbooks and Xero, and tax engines like Avalara, CCH SureTax and CSI.
- Beany — Accounting, tax and advisory services for New Zealand business owners. We help you make smarter decisions for both your business and life.
The Factory supports early-stage founders across Aotearoa with tailored startup support, connections to capital, and a strong regional ecosystem.
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- Industry: AgTech, Agriculture, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Series B
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $940k–$1.8M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bovonic — Bovonic; your partner in QuadSense technology, offering instant mastitis detection for dairy farmers. Register for QuadSense & improve your animal health today.
- BioLumic — BioLumic develops light signals that activate plant growth and unlock the natural genetic potential of crops. The company's photogenics platform leverages innovation in plant science, light technology and genetic insights. Demonstrated results include higher yield, improved vigor, increased disease and pest resistance, and improvements incrops composition. These results have been across a variety of seeds and seedling: soybean, cannabis and vegetable and fruit crops. It is a clean technology that does not require the use of chemicals or amendments. BioLumic is a private company and was founded in 2013.
- HydrOxSys — HydrOxSys was established in June 2012 to commercialise dense film asymmetric membrane technology. There is a growing need for novel water purification concepts based on membrane filtration. Global businesses and local governments require water extraction solutions that are scalable and cost effective and can survive harsh industrial processstreams. Their mission is to develop revolutionary technologies to meet these needs.
Corporate profile and facts about Yamaha Motor.
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- Industry: Transportation, Robotics, Software
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Corporate Round
- Geography: Japan, India, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 29
- Round size: Series A $5.2M–$1.6B; Series B $6.7M–$88M; Corporate Round $820k–$28M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Joyride — Joyride powers the largest global network of micromobility operators. They offer turnkey software solutions for dockless bike-share and electric scooter operators. Their platform includes a white-label mobile application for end-users and a web-based dashboard for fleet operators. They currently power customers in 100-plus markets worldwide, andtheir management software enables an any-sized business to launch their fleet within 24 hours and seamlessly scale their operations from five to 500,000-plus vehicles.
- River — Empowering people, improving lives.
- eve autonomy — eve autonomy is an autonomous transportation service that offers logistics solutions utilizing the latest technology for society.
helps homeowners across the country sell quickly and with confidence. From foreclosure situations to inherited properties, rental fatigue, or homes needing major repairs, we make the selling process simple and work on your timeline.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Computer
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $550k–$1.8M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
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- 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.
- HydrOxSys — HydrOxSys was established in June 2012 to commercialise dense film asymmetric membrane technology. There is a growing need for novel water purification concepts based on membrane filtration. Global businesses and local governments require water extraction solutions that are scalable and cost effective and can survive harsh industrial processstreams. Their mission is to develop revolutionary technologies to meet these needs.
- 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.
Lincoln Agritech is a vibrant organization with over 50 staff, including scientists, research engineers, and software developers.
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- Industry: Manufacturing
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- CertusBio — The CertusBio continuous monitoring system provides easy access to real-time data so that food processors can now mitigate losses and waste waterwater quality issues at the source. We are helping industrial food processors transition to a more sustainable model of production.
Hort Innovation is an innovating horticulture company.
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- Stage:Pre-Seed
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Agovor — Agovor develops autonomous electric tractors and a connected ecosystem of towable attachments that automate outdoor tasks for row-based agriculture and horticulture. The company’s flagship product, the GOVOR eTractor, uses GPS and IoT connectivity to autonomously tow interchangeable smart trailers for spraying, mowing, cultivating, hauling, andother field operations. Its platform includes a web and mobile portal for remote deployment, monitoring, and control of individual units or fleets. Agovor’s system is designed to reduce manual labor requirements and emissions by replacing traditional driver-operated tractors with battery-powered autonomous machines. The attachment ecosystem allows growers to tailor capabilities to seasonal and operational needs while maintaining a consistent interface for task management and oversight.
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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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 405
- Round size: Seed $36k–$7.2M; Pre-Seed $51k–$2.7M; Series A $3.8M–$45M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $812M in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Vessev — Electric hydrofoiling vessels built for commercial use. Quiet, efficient, and better for the world.
- General Compute — General Compute provides an ASIC-based cloud inference platform focused on running AI inference workloads. The company offers an OpenAI-compatible API that allows users to access hosted large language models and switch from existing GPU-based providers by changing the base URL and API key. It supports deploying both its own supported models andcustomer-supplied models on its infrastructure, emphasizing high token throughput and low time to first token. General Compute also offers dedicated custom deployments with service-level agreements, custom scaling, and guaranteed capacity for production workloads. Its infrastructure targets use cases such as AI agents, coding assistants, and real-time voice applications that require low-latency, high-throughput inference.
- 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
Ubiquity Ventures backs technical founders building software that reaches the real physical world, from robotics and space to healthcare and climate.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 64
- Round size: Seed $2.3M–$9M; Series A $6.8M–$20M; Series B $13M–$140M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $75M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Bacca.ai — Bacca is an AI engineer that takes full responsibility for your software after you ship it.
- Queue — The world's first fully autonomous robotic system. Sealed bottles in, filled and verified prescriptions out.
- SOND — Revolutionary sleep technology for optimal wellness and enhanced daily living. The first phone-free AI sleep coach with smart ANC earbuds.
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Browse database — It's Free!Welcome to Fortescue. We're a global green energy and metals company.
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- Industry: Energy, CleanTech, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series C
- Geography: United States, China, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $11M–$30M; Series A $9M–$28M; Series C $152M–$380M
- Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Metafuels — Our breakthrough sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) technology, aerobrew™, will make affordable net-zero aviation a reality. The technology is innovative, highly scaleable and able to tap into future global renewable energy systems efficiently. Starting from renewable feedstocks including green hydrogen, driven by renewable electricity, andsustainably sourced CO2, for example from direct air capture, aerobrew™ provides an efficient route to large-scale production of e-kerosene, overcoming the scale up challenges and high costs of alternative e-fuels technologies. aerobrew™ is also compatible with the biogenic route whereby the carbon required for the process is derived from renewable and sustainable cellulosic biomass which, does not compete with the food chain (wood, miscanthus, etc.). With a high carbon conversion, high selectivity and a high overall SAF yield, aerobrew™ leads to attractive production economics and cost leadership. With a rapidly growing demand for SAF, aerobrew™ stands to contribute significantly to the decarbonisation of global aviation and to support the achievement of net zero 2050 targets.
- Estes Energy — Magnesium-alloy battery platforms for rail, marine, aviation, and off-highway. 230 Wh/kg, US-manufactured, built for the sectors lithium can't reach.
- Voltify — Voltify is building the energy infrastructure for freight rail: battery locomotives, on-route charging, and grid-independent microgrids that replace diesel.
Community Trust
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Sensor, Seafood
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand
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- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- WNT Ventures — New Zealand's Venture Capital Deep Tech Investor. Investing in Deeptech founders from Aotearoa to build local companies and help them go global
- Open Ocean Whakatohea Mussels — Open Ocean Whakatohea Mussels is a greenshell mussel farming and processing company that offers fresh mussels
Catalysing smart monies into Singapore-based, early-stage technology startups.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Singapore, United States, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 151
- Round size: Seed $767k–$6.8M; Series A $2.6M–$21M; Series B $5M–$45M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ailytics — AI-powered video analytics that improves safety and operational efficiency across construction, manufacturing, and all heavy industries.
- Nexstrom — Nexstrom is a semiconductor technology company developing wafer-scale 2D semiconductor technology and manufacturing systems for next-generation computing. Its technology is designed to address the high transistor density and energy efficiency requirements of AI infrastructure, supporting the development of advanced computing hardware for AI and other applications.
- Protuoso Biosciences — Protuoso Bio is a pioneering biotechnology company developing Next-Gen MUXBODIES for Complex Diseases. We leverage AI-driven protein engineering and synthetic biology to advance innovative oncology drug research.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, Health Care
- Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Angel
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $558k–$3.5M; Venture - Series Unknown $585k–$4.4M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
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- First Table — Book the first table of the night and you'll get 50% off the food bill for two to four people!
- SupaHuman AI — VETos drafts and maps your assessment tools and resources. Nova 5 turns them into practice learners finish. For RTOs, TAFEs and PTEs in Australia and NZ.
- 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.
Quayside Holdings is the investment arm of the Bay of Plenty Regional Council which responsibly manages the listed assets, property, equities and private equity investments.
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- Industry: Agriculture, Sensor, Forestry
- Stage:Seed, Series B, Private Equity
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 75% lead, 25% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PF Olsen — PF Olsen offers a wide range of forestry, environmental management, harvesting, and consultancy services.
- TradeWindow — TradeWindow provides the tools and support for exporters, importers, freight forwarders, and customs brokers to begin the journey to digital transformation.
- WNT Ventures — New Zealand's Venture Capital Deep Tech Investor. Investing in Deeptech founders from Aotearoa to build local companies and help them go global
Optional Gravity is a family-owned business that functions as a venture studio and microfund.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Medical Device
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Wellumio — Wellumio is a medical technology company redefining the boundaries of clinical imaging. We’re fusing technology, design innovation, and medical expertise to create new diagnostic pathways that support the timely delivery of urgent stroke care.
LCO Capital offer value-add financial and intellectual capital to underperforming business lines, using an LCO℠ business model.
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- Industry: Health Care, Manufacturing, Medical Device
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
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- Chitogel — Chitogel is a medical device company that offers edge wound healing gel for use in endoscopic sinus surgery.
CapitalOven is a venture capital firm backing early-stage AI & GenAI founders from Seed to Series A.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: India, United States, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 129
- Round size: Seed $420k–$3M; Pre-Seed $250k–$800k; Series A $2.5M–$6M
- Lead/follow: 79% lead, 21% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Aktwist — AI-Powered Battle Royale Platform , Experience next-generation gaming with AI-driven combat, immersive environments, and competitive gameplay.
- Sahinov — Generate launch-ready visuals from a simple prompt
- SocheraAI — Turn your ideas into professional videos, realistic voiceovers, and high-quality content, all from a single AI-powered platform. No editing skills required.
Black Kite Capital is a single-family investment office based in Singapore.
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- Industry: FinTech, Internet, Payments
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Singapore, China, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $500k–$5.1M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pi-xcels — Eco-friendly NFC digital receipts solution for actionable shopper data and enhanced customer journeys. No App, Just Tap. With one-tap convenience, Pi-xcels unlocks omni-channel marketing opportunities and boosts performance for retailers with our customer intelligence platform.
- MOINS Coffee — Leyin is a coffee supply chain company with cold brewing and hot brewing industrialization technology. It currently has product categories such as cold brewing liquid/frozen cubes, flash brewing liquid/frozen cubes, flash brewing powder, etc., and 67% of the domestic emerging coffee brands Ten are its customers, including Yongpu Coffee,Yingji Coffee, Fisheye Coffee, Grey Box Coffee, .JPG, TAG, OATLY and Yongxia Coffee.
- Mushroom Material — We can match the mechanical properties of polystyrene styrofoam and replace any existing packaging with a sustainable mushroom alternative
Obayashi Corporation is a construction contractor that offers building construction, heavy civil construction, engineering, urban development, and real estate management services. The company offers services necessary to build and maintain office buildings, residences, tunnels, highways, rail systems, bridges, artificial islands, airports, and nuclear power plants. The company’s portfolio of services includes contracting of construction works; regional, urban, oceanic, and environmental development of businesses related to construction; engineering and management related to research, surveying, planning, devising, designing, and supervising; housing business; sale, purchase, exchange, lease, brokerage, ownership, caretaking, and utilization of real estate; operation of type II financial instruments and exchange business, investment advisory, and agency business under Financial Instruments and Exchange Law; planning, construction, retention, maintenance, and management of infrastructures such as road, port, water supply and drainage, municipal building, educational and cultural facility, waste treatment facility, medical facility, and others; recovering environmental pollutions such as purification of soil, sediment of river and lake, water-quality of lake and sea; and collection, transportation, treatment, and recycling of municipal and industrial wastes; power generation and supply of electricity and heat; manufacture, supply, sale, and lease of construction machinery and equipment, and materials and equipment for temporary works; manufacture and sale of concrete products for construction, fireproof or nonflammable building materials, materials for interior and exterior of buildings, furniture and wooden products for buildings, and sale of civil engineering and building materials; undertaking of maintenance and care of buildings, related facilities, and security and guard services; acquisition, development, licensing for use, and sale of software, industrial properties, and know-how related to utilization of computers; operation of information processing service, business of information furnishing service, and supply of telecommunication circuits; sale, lease, and maintenance service of electronic office machinery and equipment, including computers; management of health, medical, sport and leisure facilities, hotels and restaurants, and travel agencies; manufacture and sale of medical machinery and tools; operation of temporary personnel placement agency businesses under the Temporary Personnel Placement Agency Act; undertaking of services related to general affairs, personnel affairs, and accounting matters; operation of insurance agencies; production, processing, and sale of agricultural products, and acquisition, development, licensing for use and sale of agriculture-related technologies; money-lending and suretyship on obligations and other financial services; consulting serviced relates; and more. Obayashi Corporation has presence in Japan, North America, Asia, Middle East, Europe, and Oceania.
Show more...Investment focus
- Industry: Manufacturing, Internet, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Japan, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$3.9M; Series A $3.1M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
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- SkyDrive — SkyDrive is a start-up for development,manufacturing,sales of the “Flying cars” established by CARTIVATOR members.
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