# Top 45 Marketplace Startup Investors in New Zealand in June 2026 ## Enterprise Angels - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tauranga, Gisborne, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology Connecting startup business owners with angel investors to raise capital . Access a network of expertise and investment opportunities. ## New Zealand Venture Investment Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, Biotechnology, SaaS New Zealand Venture Investment Fund, a New Zealand-based private equity fund, manages fund of funds investments and direct co-investments. ## K1W1 - Type: VC Fund - Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Biotechnology K1W1 provides startups and businesses in New Zealand with early and later-stage venture investments. ## Icehouse Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology 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. ## Ice Angels - Type: VC Fund - Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, Apps, Video iceangels.co.nz - New Zealand most active Angel Network. A network for New Zealand's leading entrepreneurs, corporate executives, and professional investors. ## Movac - Type: VC Fund - Location: Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce 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. ## Snowball Effect - Type: VC Fund - Location: Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Health Care, Manufacturing Simplified access to top-tier managed funds and private companies ## Sparkbox Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, Manufacturing, EdTech Sparkbox Ventures was founded in 2001 and is New Zealand's most active seed stage investor ## Trestle Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: SaaS, Software, Retail We believe the SaaS business model is the most efficient in history. Our team has experience successfully founding, growing and exiting SaaS businesses. ## Melbourne Angels - Type: VC Fund - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Information Technology, Internet Melbourne Angels was formed in Melbourne, Australia in early 2007. Melbourne Angels is the leading group of private investors in Victoria who actively invest in early stage and growth technology companies.The group has a strong and experienced core of members that generate deal flow, are experienced in evaluation of business propositions and actas mentors for the other members and the entrepreneurs. The members vary in age, gender, ethnicity, profession and type of experience. All members have experience of success at being entrepreneurial.This award winning group is consistently one of the most active startup investors in the country. ## Jelix Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Jelix is an early-stage venture capital firm backing daring founders in Australia and New Zealand. ## Soul Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Toys Soul Capital is an impact investment organisation working towards a more inclusive and sustainable economy. ## Flying Kiwi Angels - Type: VC Fund - Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Apps Flying Kiwi Angels ? Helping Kiwi Startups ## George Gong - Type: Angel - Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Education, E-Commerce, E-Learning George Gong - Managing Partner @ Jubilee Capital Management ## AngelHQ - Type: VC Fund - Location: Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Analytics Learn about Angel HQ, Wellington's Angel Investing Network - the meeting place for ambitious startups and passionate investors. ## Tim Ringel - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series E - Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Finance Tim Ringel is a Global CEO at Meet The People. He attended the University of Duisburg-Essen from 1996 to 2001. ## TOSHIBA TEC CORPORATION - Type: VC Fund - Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B, Series A - Focus: Software, Machine Learning, SaaS Retail solutions,Printing Solutions,Inkjet solutions,ODM solutions ## Philip McCaw - Type: Angel - Location: Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Energy, Retail, Internet Phil McCaw - Managing Partner @ Movac ## Global from Day One - Type: VC Fund - Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Video 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. ## Richard Collier Keywood - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Software, Information Services, Information Technology Richard Collier-Keywood was named as Network Vice Chairman on 1 November 2011. In this role, Richard will be responsible for the coordination of PwC's global strategy across the network leading PwC's Network Executive Team (NET).Prior to this appointment Richard was the Global Leader, Tax, an appointment he took up on 1 July 2008.He previously led the UK firm's tax practice for five years. ## Felix Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Health Care A Venture Capital Firm for the creative class ## Tiger Global Management - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Founded in 2001, Tiger Global Management, LLC (“Tiger Global”) is a New York-based investment firm pursuing a long-term approach to investing in leading, global public and private companies that leverage technological innovation. Tiger Global’s public equity business includes fundamentally oriented long/short, long-focused and crossoverstrategies, targeting investments in high-quality, public growth companies. The private equity business invests in early through late stage companies that pursue innovative approaches to new and existing industries, building on over 20 years of experience investing in hundreds of businesses in more than 30 countries with more than 90 portfolio company IPOs. With a strong track record investing across sectors and stages, Tiger Global aims to be a thought partner to companies and their management teams across their lifecycle in public and private markets. The Firm’s mission is to generate world-class returns for its investors and to do so in a way that makes its employees, partners and portfolio companies proud. ## University of Auckland Inventors Fund - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Convertible Note - Focus: Therapeutics, Biotechnology, Audio University of Auckland Inventors Fund ## Sage Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, CRM, SaaS Sage Capital is an Investment Manager focused on emerging market Real Asset and Private Equity opportunities. In addition to managing bespoke capital pools, Sage currently manages the SAGE NPE Fund I.Sage specializes in mezzanine and equity investments in mid-market Indian companies and real assets comprising of real estate and infrastructure.We believe that successful real asset investing is driven by local insight and execution, and the ability to manage business partners and assets through the investment cycle.We like to partner with owner-managers who are willing to tie personal success to the value created by the business. In areas where our team possesses deep domain knowledge and expertise, we also own and manage assets.The Sage team has ten decades of combined Indian and international experience that spans capital markets, investment banking, private equity, real estate, operations and legal & regulatory ## Savannah Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Software Savannah Fund is a seed capital fund specializing in US$25,000-US$500,000 investments in early stage high growth technology (web and mobile) startups in sub-Saharan Africa. Initially focused on East Africa, the fund aims to bridge the early stage/angel and venture capital investment gap that currently exists in Africa. The Fund expects toachieve this objective by combining capital with mentor networks both in the region and from Silicon Valley via an accelerator program and a follow-on independent seed fund.The fund is managed by an experienced and technology savvy team that have founded companies or are actively involved in angel investing or having run successful accelerator programs in past but also understand the unique Subsaharan African environment. They are backed and supported by both local, regional and international networks of angels,venture capitalists whose expertise we can draw on to help startups succeed and scale to fully fledged regional or global companies.They believe in the potential for Africa to become a global technology innovator by creating sustainable for profit companies that create jobs and make an impact. ## Harald McPike - Type: Angel - Location: Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series D - Focus: Software, FinTech, Analytics Harald McPike is a successful quantitative trader and global private investor. ## Goat Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Cryptocurrency, Apps Goat Ventures is VC firm that invests in technology companies in the USA, New Zealand, and Australia.Goat Ventures' founding partners are exited entrepreneurs turned investors. They have dozens of active (seed, VC stage) and acquired portfolio companies across a variety of industries. ## M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning M12 are a venture capital fund, by Microsoft. Our investment teams are based globally to support your business from start up funding to Series C investment. ## William Zeqiri - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Equity Crowdfunding - Focus: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Wine And Spirits William Zeqiri Passionate technology entrepreneur, product creator and angel investor. ## AfterWork Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, FinTech 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 ## Hillfarrance Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Animation, Information Technology 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. ## Uniservices - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Medical Device, SaaS, Audio Auckland University's commercialisation arm ## Hezi Leibovich - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Apps, FinTech Serial entrepreneur and investor Founded some of Australia’s most successful B2C companies. Over $500m in exits in the last 5 years. ## Brisbane Angels - Type: VC Fund - Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Machine Learning Formed in late 2006, the Brisbane Angels Pty Ltd is a large group of private investors who actively invest in early stage technology companies, usually in South East Queensland, Australia. The members are typically active or semi-retired former senior business executives, who apart from financial input can provide much needed value adding toinvestee companies through hands-on management experience and high level business networks. ## NewRoad Capital Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Rogers, Arkansas, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Logistics NewRoad Capital Partners is a growth equity capital firm based in Rogers, AR, that invests in proven and innovative technologies, products, and services that serve existing, unmet needs in the marketplace. NewRoad focuses on investing in and acquiring demand-driven businesses in the Retail and CPG and Business Services industries with an emphasison Supply Chain and Logistics, Consumer Goods, Outdoor Goods, Healthcare Technology, Media and Retail Technology.It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in Rogers, Arkansas. ## Ruslan Kogan - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Apps, SaaS, FinTech Ruslan Kogan is a serial entrepreneur, having created and run many successful businesses. He is one of the pioneers of online retail in Australia, and his Internet ventures have expanded to include a global footprint. His companies have operations in Australia, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, with much more international expansion planned. Histremendous success made him Australia's wealthiest self-made person under the age of 30. The technology manufacturer and online retailer he created, Kogan.com, has gone on to become the biggest online retailer in Australia, valued at over $400 million.Ruslan Kogan is a regular guest contributor to TechCrunch, Forbes, Gizmodo, and other outlets. ## Liger Trading NZ - Type: VC Fund - Location: Frankton, Otago, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Marketplace Liger Trading NZ is part of an established global organisation, operating on the cutting-edge of electronic trading on some of the world's largest exchanges. We are experts at advanced analytics and programming for algorithmic trading, with a historical trend of consistent success over the past 15 years. ## Allectus Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Allectus Capital is an investment company with a value focused portfolio of disruptive technology businesses. Allectus oversees and supports c.US$200m in technology assets across the Asia Pacific, UK and US and is managed by ICM Limited ## Lewis Holdings - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Computer Lewis Holdings was added in 2013. ## EVP - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology 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. ## Punakaiki Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology 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. ## Craig Winkler - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: SaaS, Software, Apps Craig Winkler Co-founded Australian small business accounting software provider MYOB in 1991. Craig built MYOB to be a popular business tool and brand which, in 2004, merged with Solution 6 to become Australia’s largest IT company. Craig joined Xero's board and became a substantial shareholder in 2009. He now spends the bulk of his timeworking in the philanthropic sector. ## Matt Rockman - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Mobile, Apps, B2B Matt is an investor in venture businesses and will soon be basing himself in the United States working with Square Peg Capital. He invests across a wide sector of industries and geographies. Matt and his wife have a foundation where they focus on community projects, which have the ability to enhance the social sector.Prior to working as aninvestor in his own right, Matt was one of the three original founders of SEEK LTD. Along With Paul and Andrew Bassat, Matt took SEEK from business plan to become one of Australia’s most successful online businesses. SEEK is now an ASX Top 100 Listed company with a market capitalisation of $4 Billion, and with businesses in the UK, China, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand and Malaysia.Matt also is an accomplished speaker and helps many organisations realise their full potential through his business insights. Matt holds a Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance) from Monash University. ## Square Peg Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Square Peg is a global investment firm on a mission to empower exceptional founders. With investing teams in Sydney, Melbourne, Tel Aviv, and Singapore, Square Peg invests in emerging technology companies across the internet economy. ## Milford Asset Management - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: SaaS, EdTech, Software Milford Asset Management is a boutique investment firm that provides a range of investment products and services.