Top 50 Marketplace VC Funds & Investors in New Zealand (August 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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11 | New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $650k–$19M |
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K1W1
VC Fund
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7 | New Zealand, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence | $520k–$18M |
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Enterprise Angels
VC Fund
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7 | New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Angel | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $229k–$4.3M |
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New Zealand Venture Investment Fund
VC Fund
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6 | New Zealand, United States, Japan | Seed, Series A, Angel | Software, Biotechnology, SaaS | $400k–$8.8M |
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Soul Capital
VC Fund
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5 | New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong | Seed, Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, Recycling | $608k–$12M |
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AngelHQ
VC Fund
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4 | New Zealand, United States, Canada | Seed, Angel, Series A | Software, SaaS, Apps | $350k–$19M |
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Uniservices
VC Fund
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3 | New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Health Care, Medical Device, Manufacturing | $283k–$8.4M |
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Ice Angels
VC Fund
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3 | New Zealand, United States, Canada | Seed, Angel, Series A | Software, Apps, Video | $367k–$8.5M |
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Movac
VC Fund
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3 | New Zealand, United States, Australia | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, E-Commerce | $1.4M–$16M |
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Trestle Partners
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Israel, Singapore | Seed, Series B, Series A | SaaS, Software, E-Commerce | $1.5M–$55M |
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Snowball Effect
VC Fund
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3 | New Zealand | Seed, Angel | Software, Health Care, Manufacturing | $558k–$3.5M |
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Clare Foundation
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand | Seed | Furniture, Recycling, E-Commerce | $1.5M–$1.5M |
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Jelix Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, New Zealand, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $653k–$20M |
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Melbourne Angels
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Angel | Biotechnology, Software, Information Technology | $34k–$1.3M |
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Flying Kiwi Angels
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Apps | $334k–$4.3M |
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Climate Venture Capital Fund
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand, Australia | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Manufacturing, Sustainability, Renewable Energy | $968k–$3M |
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Sparkbox Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand, United States, Japan | Seed, Angel, Series A | Software, Manufacturing, EdTech | $593k–$1.6M |
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Brisbane Angels
VC Fund
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2 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $200k–$19M |
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NZVC
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand, United States, Australia | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech | $940k–$40M |
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Goat Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, India, Spain | Seed, Pre-Seed | Health Care, Cryptocurrency, Apps | $2.5M–$6.5M |
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TOSHIBA TEC CORPORATION
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, New Zealand, United States | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Retail, Retail Technology | $2M–$55M |
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Eidolon Capital
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New Zealand Green Investment Finance
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand, Australia, United Kingdom | Debt Financing, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar | $372k–$49M |
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Whakatupu Aotearoa Foundation
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand | Seed, Series A | Software, Furniture, Recycling | $1.5M–$3M |
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Tax Management NZ
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand | Seed | Furniture, Recycling, E-Commerce | |
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Felix Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United Kingdom, United States, France | Series A, Series B, Seed | E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Health Care | $1.8M–$110M |
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M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Israel, United Kingdom | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning | $2.7M–$75M |
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Convivialite Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, China, India | Series B, Series A, Series D | E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Delivery | $9M–$160M |
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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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University of Auckland Inventors Fund
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Health Care, Biotechnology, Therapeutics | $337k–$18M |
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AfterWork Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $367k–$22M |
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Global from Day One
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand, United States, China | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Medical Device | $694k–$18M |
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Punakaiki Fund
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $355k–$12M |
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Tiger Global Management
VC Fund
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1 | United States, India, China | Series B, Series A, Series C | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $9M–$284M |
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GD1 (Global From Day One)
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand, United States, China | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $600k–$16M |
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Second Century Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, Australia | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Real Estate, Software, FinTech | $575k–$13M |
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Anglican Care Waiapu
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand | Seed | Furniture, Recycling, E-Commerce | |
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Bridgewest Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand | Seed | Manufacturing, Medical Device, Eyewear | $2.5M–$2.8M |
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Hillfarrance Venture Capital
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, Gaming | $362k–$2.3M |
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Lewis Holdings
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Computer | $550k–$1.1M |
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Savannah Fund
VC Fund
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1 | Kenya, United States, South Africa | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, FinTech | $25k–$8M |
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Sage Capital
VC Fund
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1 | India, Belgium, New Zealand | Seed, Series A, Series C | Software, CRM, SaaS | |
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NewRoad Capital Partners
VC Fund
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1 | United States, New Zealand | Series B, Series A | Software, SaaS, Logistics | $1.7M–$75M |
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Milford Asset Management
VC Fund
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1 | Australia, New Zealand | Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | SaaS, EdTech, Software | |
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Callaghan Innovation
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand, Australia, United States | Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed | Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology | $5.7k–$1M |
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New Zealand Government
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand | Grant, Debt Financing | Health Care, Medical Device, SaaS | $1.2M–$35M |
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EVP
VC Fund
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1 | Australia, New Zealand, United States | Series A, Seed | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $1M–$6M |
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Liger Trading NZ
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand | Series A | Internet, E-Commerce, Marketplace | |
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Square Peg Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Australia, United States, Israel | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | |
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Allectus Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Australia, United States, Singapore | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $134k–$22M |
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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, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 252
- Round size: Seed $650k–$4.9M; Series A $2.5M–$19M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $69M in 2021
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.
- 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.
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
- Geography: New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 116
- Round size: Seed $734k–$4.1M; Series A $520k–$18M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Linca — Critical metals for a circular battery supply chain
- Hyades — Hyades is an AI-powered hyperspectral intelligence platform that offers soil and land insights.
- Appetise — MenuAid is a cheaper, flexible and more sustainable alternative to meal-kit delivery providers. We provide Kiwis with a weekly meal plan, complete with recipes and a list of ingredients that can either be self-shopped or collected/delivered from your favourite supermarkets.
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, Angel
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 134
- Round size: Seed $306k–$4.3M; Angel $229k–$651k
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $12M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Linca — Critical metals for a circular battery supply chain
- 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.
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- Industry: Software, Biotechnology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 36
- Round size: Seed $428k–$1.2M; Angel $400k–$4.3M; Series A $1.4M–$8.8M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% 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.
- Surgical Design Studios — The Insides Company is the leading provider of chyme reinfusion solutions for intestinal failure
Soul Capital is an impact investment organisation working towards a more inclusive and sustainable economy.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Recycling
- Stage:Seed, Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $830k–$3M; Venture - Series Unknown $608k–$12M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cogo — At Cogo we are on a mission to empower hundreds of millions of consumers and businesses world-wide to become conscious consumers by taking action to measure, reduce and compensate for their impact on the world. Cogo enables everyone to join together to create a fairer and more sustainable world. Talk to us now or see our website for details.
- Staples VR — Staples Rentals is a Film/Video & Stills equipment rental house based in Auckland, New Zealand.
- Teacher’s Buddy — Create lesson plans, worksheets, assessments, and more in minutes. AI-powered tools designed for educators.
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, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 40
- Round size: Seed $350k–$3M; Angel $367k–$1M; Series A $6.1M–$19M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% 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 — Manage wholesale orders with a simple app.
- Factor — Plug and play forecasting and pricing tools for modern energy utilities.
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical Device, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Seed $694k–$5M; Pre-Seed $283k–$1.3M; Venture - Series Unknown $3.2M–$8.4M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% 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.
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, Apps, Video
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $1M–$1.6M; Angel $367k–$428k; Series A $1.4M–$8.5M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $6.5M in 2016
Portfolio highlights
- Cove — Cove is a New Zealand company bringing a touch of innovation and simplicity to the insurance industry.
- beany.biz — Accounting, tax and advisory services for New Zealand business owners. We help you make smarter decisions for both your business and life.
- Spoke Phone — Can you see the conversations your mobile teams are having right now? Spoke gives regulated teams full visibility over every call, SMS, and WhatsApp.
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, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 67
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$4.9M; Series A $1.5M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 49% lead, 51% 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.
We believe the SaaS business model is the most efficient in history. Our team has experience successfully founding, growing and exiting SaaS businesses.
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- Industry: SaaS, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
- Geography: United States, Israel, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$5.6M; Series A $2.9M–$22M; Series B $15M–$55M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $30M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Boostly — Boost your restaurant's outreach with Boostly SMS marketing tool. Drive engagement and increase sales! Click to learn more.
- ServiceUp — ServiceUp is the easiest way to get your car repaired. We'll pickup your car, repair it, and deliver it right back to you.
- ReturnGO — Easy-to-use self-service return management portal that allows customers to return and exchange products increases revenue and customer retention.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $558k–$3.5M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ubco — UBCO is a New Zealand and US-based tech company that designs, develops, and distributes Utility Electric Vehicles and Portable Power Supplies for on-and off-road adventures, leisure and recreation, and commercial use where vehicle utility is required. UBCO have a desire to Power Your Purpose, through it's Utility Electric Vehicles (UEVs) thatcan change the way people ride, work, and play. UBCO currently has a digitally connected UEV platform which includes on- and off-road transport (2×2), portable power, accessories, and software. They provide a complete solution, from users to managers across a wide range of applications.
- Tether Limited — Tether develops a solution that continuously assesses, reports on, and rates the environmental quality and energy efficiency of homes, offices, and classrooms. Tether will not only enable continuous evaluation and feedback, but it will also provide ways to improve the environments in which users live, work, or learn.Through connected hardware andsoftware solutions, Tether promotes healthy living, learning, and working environments.
- Projectworks — Grow your firm - and your impact.Projectworks is professional services automation software built for consulting firms that want to grow - and make a difference.As a project intelligence platform, Projectworks connects time tracking, expense tracking, resource management, invoicing, and financial reporting in one live system. It gives you thevisibility to see what’s working, fix what’s not, and scale your firm with confidence.Projectworks was built by consultants who know what it’s like to lose hours to spreadsheets and billing chaos. Designed specifically for engineering, architecture, software development, and management consulting, it’s professional services automation (PSA) software that gets experts out of the admin grind and back to the work that matters.Our cloud-based PSA tool brings together everything your business needs to plan, track, forecast, and grow. By automating time tracking, expense tracking, resource planning, project financials, and real-time reporting, Projectworks frees your people to focus on solving the world’s hardest problems - not wrestling with manual processes. On average, Projectworks users grow 20% in their first year.Connect Projectworks with your existing stack - including Xero, QuickBooks Online, MYOB, Jira, Azure DevOps, and Salesforce - to eliminate double handling, align your data, and operate with confidence.We’ll help you set up for success with expert data migration, comprehensive training, and responsive ongoing support.Key featuresTime tracking software: Easy, accurate timesheets that actually get filled out. Simplify project time tracking and keep billing up to date with integrated time management software for consultants.Expense tracking: Track project spend against budget with simple, mobile-friendly expense submission. Sync approved expenses directly to Xero as bills to pay.Resource management software: Plan and allocate resources effectively. See availability, utilization, and capacity in real time with powerful resource planning tools that make project delivery predictable.Revenue forecasting & project profitability: Combine financial and resourcing data to model revenue, monitor utilization and profitability, and make confident growth decisions.Invoicing automation: Create pre-populated invoices that sync seamlessly with Xero, reducing admin and helping you get paid faster.Reporting & insights: Access real-time dashboards, project profitability reports, and PSA analytics that bring clarity to every decision. Track the consulting metrics that matter most - across projects, clients, and teams.Integrations: Connect your favorite tools and run your firm on a unified project management and financial reporting platform.Flexible pricing means you only pay for what you use - plus, get a 10% discount on annual subscriptions.
Clare is a private philanthropic investment and giving organisation.
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- Industry: Furniture, Recycling, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Critical — Made in Aotearoa from 100% reclaimed NZ plastic waste, our panels come in a variety of pre-designed or custom colours and finishes, so you can realise your design vision and create a space that is truly unique. We help architects and designers to push design boundaries while meeting Green Star & sustainability targets.
Jelix is an early-stage venture capital firm backing daring founders in Australia and New Zealand.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 58
- Round size: Seed $653k–$5.9M; Series A $1.9M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Syenta — Syenta is transforming the electronics manufacturing sector. Our patented fabrication method enables the 3D printing of multi-material electronics with fewer steps and less waste.
- PropHero — Invest wisely in real estate There is an easier way to invest in real estate. Whether you are just getting started or already on your investment journey, at Pro
- Bitwise Agronomy — Bitwise Agronomy uses AI to analyze crop video footage and provide growers with insights into crop health, growth, and yield potential.
Melbourne Angels is the most active startup investor in Victoria, one of the most active in Australia. Investing in start-ups since 2007, Melbourne Angels is committed to helping innovative founders build the next generation of our economy.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 48
- Round size: Seed $34k–$1.3M; Angel $219k–$918k
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Emanda — Thinking about selling your business in Australia? Emanda guides you through every step: business valuation, health check, corporate compliance, and sale process. Start with a business valuation.
- Auric Essentials — Auric - The Power of Scent. Revolutionise your well-being with Auric. Discover our state-of-the-art AI-powered AromaSphere diffuser and app, designed to personalise your aromatherapy experience.
- Bitwise Agronomy — Bitwise Agronomy uses AI to analyze crop video footage and provide growers with insights into crop health, growth, and yield potential.
Flying Kiwi Angels ? Helping Kiwi Startups
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Seed $334k–$4.3M; Angel $592k–$918k; Pre-Seed $362k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% 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 — Kai's Education is an innovative force in the EdTech sector, pioneering the integration of coding, STEM, and robotics into engaging learning experiences for children. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, our mission is to ignite young minds through our award-winning educational products, including the all-in-one STEAM toolbox, Kai's Clan, andthe hybrid robot, KaiBot.Our flagship product, Kai's Clan, breaks new ground by allowing children aged seven to fifteen to learn to code with state-of-the-art technologies such as AR, VR, AI, IoT, Tinkercad, and Minecraft. KaiBot, designed for hands-on learning, uses screen-free coding cards to instill the fundamentals of coding, providing immediate feedback to enhance learning.Complemented by the Kainundrum Lite app, Kai's Education facilitates a seamless transition from tactile to advanced text-based coding, nurturing problem-solving skills and creativity. Recipient of the Smart AI Toy Award and the Common Sense Top Pick for Learning Award, Kai's Education is dedicated to equipping the next generation with the skills for tomorrow's challenges. We're not just teaching coding; we're inspiring creators.
Climate Venture Capital Fund invests in disruptive New Zealand climate-tech companies driving decarbonisation and returns. Acceptable Managed Fund for AIP Visa investors.
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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.
Sparkbox Ventures was founded in 2001 and is New Zealand's most active seed stage investor
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- Industry: Software, Manufacturing, EdTech
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $593k–$1.6M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mohiomap — Visualize and navigate your Evernote, Google Drive, and Dropbox content. Mohiomap allows you to explore relationships in a dynamic Mind Map, get valuable insights, and visually organize your Cloud data!
- 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 — Award-winning investment portfolio tracking and reporting app
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.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 81
- Round size: Seed $250k–$1.5M; Pre-Seed $200k–$1.4M; Series A $2M–$19M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Giftbee — Giftbee reshapes gifting for businesses and consumers. Send gifts with flexibility to accept, swap, or give forward. Manage gifting programs, reduce waste, and create meaningful impact.
- Indi — Indi supports parents’ mental well-being and helps them advocate for their children’s health.
- Ovum — Meet Ovum, the intelligent health journal mobile app designed for womankind.
The NZVCA’s mission is to develop a world-best private equity (“PE”) and venture capital (“VC”) environment for the benefit of investors and entrepreneurs in New Zealand.Their activities cover the whole spectrum of investment in New Zealand private capital including Angel investment, seed and early-stage venture capital through to developmentcapital and private equity (including management buy-outs and buy-ins).
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 59
- Round size: Seed $940k–$6.6M; Series A $1.8M–$40M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.5M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Vessev — Electric hydrofoiling vessels built for commercial use. Quiet, efficient, and better for the world.
- Appetise — MenuAid is a cheaper, flexible and more sustainable alternative to meal-kit delivery providers. We provide Kiwis with a weekly meal plan, complete with recipes and a list of ingredients that can either be self-shopped or collected/delivered from your favourite supermarkets.
- Dawn Aerospace — Delivering hardware to space. Positioning satellites on orbit. Returning products to Earth.
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.
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- Industry: Health Care, Cryptocurrency, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, India, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $2.5M–$5.5M; Pre-Seed $6.5M–$6.5M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Nestcoin — Nestcoin is a web3 application company that builds, operates, and invests in crypto-native products.
- Defy — Defy : India's first social crypto exchange - Buy, Sell & Trade Crypto instantly and easily with INR at the best prices
- Doorbell Health — Your front door to home health.
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Browse database — It's Free!Retail solutions,Printing Solutions,Inkjet solutions,ODM solutions
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- Industry: Software, Retail, Retail Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: Japan, New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $3.6M–$9.5M; Series A $2M–$2.1M; Series B $5.7M–$55M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ukka — Ukka is a Creating the ideal form of food and agriculture.
- Logiless — Logiless is a cloud type all-in-one software dedicated to net shop. Since both orders and stocks can be managed together in a logical manner, efficiency of operations can be realized at low cost.
- MUSE — MUSE is a robotics company that provides robotic solutions for retail stores to support in-store operations.
Eidolon Capital is a Nashville private equity firm founded by Matt Bodnar that acquires and holds founder- and family-owned businesses in services, distribution, and manufacturing for the long term.
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- FabTek Industries — Fabtek Industries Ltd offers custom sheet metal design, prototyping, and fabrication for industrial and marine applications.
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: 29
- Round size: Seed $3.1M–$7.6M; Debt Financing $644k–$49M; Venture - Series Unknown $372k–$3.2M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ESP — ESP is an energy solution provider.
- Carbn Group — Carbn Group is a car fleet management company that makes car fleet services sustainable and accessible to more users.
- Ruminant BioTech — Ruminant BioTech is a company that creates slow-release devices for long-term controlled-release methane mitigation.
The Whakatupu Aotearoa Foundation is a private philanthropic trust, established in 2020.
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- Industry: Software, Furniture, Recycling
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Safe Surfer — Safe Surfer is an innovative platform that protects kids from harmful content
- Critical — Made in Aotearoa from 100% reclaimed NZ plastic waste, our panels come in a variety of pre-designed or custom colours and finishes, so you can realise your design vision and create a space that is truly unique. We help architects and designers to push design boundaries while meeting Green Star & sustainability targets.
- Starboard Maritime Intelligence — Monitor and protect your maritime domain
We're TMNZ. The tax pooling originators. Here to make tax payments easy, save you money, and invest 100% of our profits in Whakatupu Aotearoa Foundation.
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- Industry: Furniture, Recycling, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Critical — Made in Aotearoa from 100% reclaimed NZ plastic waste, our panels come in a variety of pre-designed or custom colours and finishes, so you can realise your design vision and create a space that is truly unique. We help architects and designers to push design boundaries while meeting Green Star & sustainability targets.
A Venture Capital Firm for the creative class
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Health Care
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 148
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$22M; Series A $5M–$52M; Series B $12M–$110M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $600M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Athos — Athos uses EMG real-time biofeedback to help you go from guessing to knowing if you are performing at your best. #BuildBetterAthletes
- Intropy AI — Intropy increases distributor profitability by automating inventory and pricing decisions, at scale, across your distribution network.
- Polysense — Increase yield, reduce waste, and optimize food production with Polysense's AI-powered inline quality control. Real-time data for potatoes, bakery & more.
M12 is Microsoft's venture capital fund. We invest in early-stage technology companies disrupting the enterprise.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, Israel, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 215
- Round size: Seed $2.7M–$35M; Series A $8.4M–$46M; Series B $17M–$75M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Arcee.ai — Learn how Arcee helps you build your own LLMs in your own cloud.
- Mate — AI SOC agent that learns your organization in hours, captures tribal knowledge, and becomes smarter with every investigation. Defense that compounds.
- Pixvana, Inc. — Pixvana is a Seattle-based software startup building a Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) video processing and delivery platform for media and entertainment applications. Pixvana’s founders have proven startup success in media technology and hail from senior product and engineering leadership positions at Apple, Adobe, Microsoft, andLucasfilm.
Created in 2017, Convivialité Ventures, is the venture arm of Pernod Ricard and is based in San Francisco . By nurturing entrepreneurship, Convivialité plays a key role in the development of innovative and inspiring new offerings that not only embrace, but also shape, the future evolution of socializing.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Delivery
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series D
- Geography: United States, China, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 40
- Round size: Series A $9M–$20M; Series B $16M–$160M; Series D $50M–$135M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Daki — Daki is a mobile application that delivers purchases in seconds.
- DHARMA — Travel-brand-as-a-service
- Boisson — Boisson curates the best collection of non-alcoholic, nonalcoholic and alcohol-free spirits, non-alcoholic, nonalcoholic and delcoholized wines, non alcoholic beers, mixology supplies including shrubs, syrups, mixers, and more. We offer the fastest local delivery in NYC, and free shipping on almost all orders over $125
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.
University of Auckland Inventors Fund
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- Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Therapeutics
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$2.5M; Pre-Seed $337k–$972k; Series A $1.4M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- TamoRx — TamoRx’s founding inventors have discovered a novel biological mechanism within cells that restricts the immune system from fighting cancer. The research team is focused on developing a new therapy that frees patients’ immune systems from this restriction to increase immune attack on cancer cells within tumours offering a new hope for a broad rangeof cancer patients. TamoRx aims to develop small molecule inhibitors that work both as a single agent and in combination with other treatments, increasing the applicability of immunotherapy for patients.
- Opo Bio — Opo Bio develops cell lines for the cultivated meat industry and researchers.They are building a multi-species and multi-cell type product bank for research and commercial usage. They are creating infrastructure that will enable the industry to progress and more effectively scale.
- 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.
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Browse database — It's Free!We are a community-powered VC fund making pre-seed / seed stage investments in Australian and New Zealand startups. Our community is rallied around a shared goal: to invest in the next generation of Australia and New Zealand startups at the very earliest stage, and then support them on their long a
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 86
- Round size: Seed $367k–$3.1M; Pre-Seed $410k–$2.2M; Series A $5M–$22M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
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- OneMRI — A comprehensive whole-body MRI. Radiation-free, clinically reviewed, and explained by doctors.
- Enrola — Looking for online training courses? Discover the perfect course for you with our easy course advisor quiz. Get individual guidance and apply directly.
- BarterAds Pty Ltd — BarterAds is a programmatic advertising exchange that enables businesses to acquire customers without cash spend by converting unused ad inventory into a tradable asset. Instead of paying in fiat, companies earn and spend a proprietary internal currency called Barter Dollars, which are issued when they display ads on their owned media propertiessuch as websites, apps, or platforms.The platform operates as an auction-based exchange, similar to traditional ad networks, where advertisers bid for impressions using Barter Dollars. Inventory is matched contextually and priced dynamically through real-time bidding, ensuring efficient allocation of supply and demand across the network. This allows both advertisers and publishers to maximize the value of otherwise underutilized inventory.BarterAds primarily targets startups, SaaS platforms, marketplaces, gaming companies, and content publishers that have traffic but are constrained by rising customer acquisition costs. By removing the need for upfront cash spend, the platform provides a capital-efficient growth channel, particularly for small and mid-sized businesses.The system includes controls for brand safety, fraud prevention, and inventory quality through business verification, campaign approvals, and continuous monitoring. Barter Dollars are non-transferable and expire periodically, preventing hoarding and ensuring continuous circulation within the ecosystem.BarterAds is designed as a hybrid between barter networks and modern ad exchanges, combining the scalability and automation of programmatic advertising with a closed-loop, cashless economy. The company is headquartered in Australia and is focused on building a global network of advertisers and publishers who both contribute inventory and run campaigns within the platform.
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, Medical Device
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 33
- Round size: Seed $694k–$5M; Series A $1.2M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $90M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- eVouch — eVouch is the most powerful marketing tool we've used to build an organic community. We've experienced elevated brand trust while reaching an audience we never thought possible. Using customers to market to their friends is simply genius.
- Alimetry — Gastric Alimetry brings data-driven clarity to chronic gastric symptoms, helping clinicians diagnose with confidence.
- Shuttlerock — Create attention-worthy video ads from any asset for every screen, at scale.
Punakaiki Fund Limited makes long-term investments into high-growth, revenue-generating New Zealand companies. The company holds 20 investments, $32.3 million in assets, and is raising money in December 2017 for further investment.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 44
- Round size: Seed $355k–$5M; Series A $1.5M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
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- Hectre — Award winning, simple to use orchard apps for performance and cost management optimization.
- Projectworks — Grow your firm - and your impact.Projectworks is professional services automation software built for consulting firms that want to grow - and make a difference.As a project intelligence platform, Projectworks connects time tracking, expense tracking, resource management, invoicing, and financial reporting in one live system. It gives you thevisibility to see what’s working, fix what’s not, and scale your firm with confidence.Projectworks was built by consultants who know what it’s like to lose hours to spreadsheets and billing chaos. Designed specifically for engineering, architecture, software development, and management consulting, it’s professional services automation (PSA) software that gets experts out of the admin grind and back to the work that matters.Our cloud-based PSA tool brings together everything your business needs to plan, track, forecast, and grow. By automating time tracking, expense tracking, resource planning, project financials, and real-time reporting, Projectworks frees your people to focus on solving the world’s hardest problems - not wrestling with manual processes. On average, Projectworks users grow 20% in their first year.Connect Projectworks with your existing stack - including Xero, QuickBooks Online, MYOB, Jira, Azure DevOps, and Salesforce - to eliminate double handling, align your data, and operate with confidence.We’ll help you set up for success with expert data migration, comprehensive training, and responsive ongoing support.Key featuresTime tracking software: Easy, accurate timesheets that actually get filled out. Simplify project time tracking and keep billing up to date with integrated time management software for consultants.Expense tracking: Track project spend against budget with simple, mobile-friendly expense submission. Sync approved expenses directly to Xero as bills to pay.Resource management software: Plan and allocate resources effectively. See availability, utilization, and capacity in real time with powerful resource planning tools that make project delivery predictable.Revenue forecasting & project profitability: Combine financial and resourcing data to model revenue, monitor utilization and profitability, and make confident growth decisions.Invoicing automation: Create pre-populated invoices that sync seamlessly with Xero, reducing admin and helping you get paid faster.Reporting & insights: Access real-time dashboards, project profitability reports, and PSA analytics that bring clarity to every decision. Track the consulting metrics that matter most - across projects, clients, and teams.Integrations: Connect your favorite tools and run your firm on a unified project management and financial reporting platform.Flexible pricing means you only pay for what you use - plus, get a 10% discount on annual subscriptions.
- Sea-Flux Vessel Management Software — Sea-Flux is a cloud-based vessel management software package focused on simplifying and streamlining maritime operations. Our mobile-friendly app provides unparalleled features that reduce risk and cost to your operation.
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.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: United States, India, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1234
- Round size: Series A $9M–$54M; Series B $20M–$130M; Series C $30M–$284M
- Lead/follow: 58% lead, 42% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $2.2B in 2024
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- Kavak — KAVAK is an innovative company in the automotive industry that helps people acquire their own car, offering a wide range of guaranteed and certified cars.
- StrongDM — Manage access to any server, database, or Kubernetes instance in minutes. Fully auditable, replayable, secure, and drag-and-drop easy.
- OfBusiness — Get latest raw materials prices, news and instant quotes for 500+ Categories across Steel, Aluminium, Agri and more
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, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 68
- Round size: Seed $600k–$8.2M; Pre-Seed $860k–$11M; Series A $1.8M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
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- Vessev — Electric hydrofoiling vessels built for commercial use. Quiet, efficient, and better for the world.
- Caruso — AI-native fund administration for private markets. Trusted by 900+ real estate, private credit, and PE funds to save time 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.
We invest in ideas and ambitious teams looking to scale across the real estate, financial, insurance and home tech verticals.
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- Industry: Real Estate, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, Canada, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 318
- Round size: Seed $575k–$5M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.5M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
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- letus (previously RentMoola) — RentMoola, one of North America's leading fintech companies is changing the landscape of paying rent all over the world. Solving the age-old problem that paying and collecting rent is a major hassle, RentMoola is an online global payment network that allows tenants and owners to pay rent and other payments by credit card, debit card, RM DirectDebit™ or RM Cash™ while earning rewards. Members have access to our MoolaPerks™ program that provides exclusive deals to travel, lifestyle, home services and other rewards redeemable across North America, UK and Europe.PAYING RENT IS REWARDING™
- Notarize — Notarize offers online notarization services, providing a platform for users to notarize documents digitally. The service is designed to be simpler and safer than traditional paper notarization.
- Parkbench.com — Find local deals and events. Read local news and business reviews. Talk to a local real estate expert. Connect with locals in your neighborhood.
Anglican Care Waiapu is the social services arm that offers early childhood education, family service, older people’s care
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- Industry: Furniture, Recycling, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Critical — Made in Aotearoa from 100% reclaimed NZ plastic waste, our panels come in a variety of pre-designed or custom colours and finishes, so you can realise your design vision and create a space that is truly unique. We help architects and designers to push design boundaries while meeting Green Star & sustainability targets.
Bridgewest Ventures is a venture capital company that invests in start-ups commercialized on a global scale.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Medical Device, Eyewear
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $2.5M–$2.8M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- 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.
- 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.
We exist to serve great entrepreneurs with honest advice and education, investment capital that is fair, and an open door to our international network and connections.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Gaming
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Round size: Seed $618k–$2.3M; Pre-Seed $362k–$1.2M; Venture - Series Unknown $900k–$2.1M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
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- Kyoryu — Re-engineered dinosaurs roam a post-apocalyptic Japan. Follow the Samurai T-rex clan as they navigate complex dino clan rivalries.
- RiffRaff Games — Developers of Sleight of Hand
- Space Rock Games — Space Rock Games is the developer behind Criminals Within - a cooperative-only action game set in a medieval fantasy kingdom. Sign up to receive exclusive development updates!
Lewis Holdings was added in 2013.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Computer
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $550k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% 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.
- Ambit — From natural language processing to machine learning, our conversational AI platform empowers organisations. Business focused and aligned, Ambit chatbots carve a direct path to meeting your strategic objectives. Ultimately, Ambit enables you to deliver to your customers and internal stakeholders better.
- Unleashed Software — Supply, production, inventory and sales software with exceptional product and customer focus
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Browse database — It's Free!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.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Kenya, United States, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 44
- Round size: Seed $25k–$3.3M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2.1M; Series A $750k–$8M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $25M in 2021
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- Aya Data — Aya Data provides high-quality data annotation, AI training data, 3D annotations, machine learning solutions and also specialises in geospatial, NLP and computer vision projects.
- Kubik — Kubik makes low-carbon buildings from plastic waste. Bringing environmental dignity to how countries grow.
- Hohm Energy — We make the process of going solar simple. Generate your free, custom solar proposal and get matched with an accredited solar provider in under 5 mins.
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
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- Industry: Software, CRM, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series C
- Geography: India, Belgium, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Imagr — We have built the first vision-only, white-label autonomous checkout solution that retailers can own, operate and scale themselves. Imagr is designed to layer into any supermarket, with no store fit-outs required.The Imagr system is an end-to-end autonomous checkout solution that enables retailers to automate the checkout in their supermarket.The system consists of a mobile Imaging Station - this utilizes our machine learning platform to image products and load them into our system so they are ready to be recognised when put into the trolley. Shopping trolleys fitted with the Halo (home to the lights and cameras that drive our AI platform) recognise items as they go in and out of the trolley without the need for barcodes. A retailers app, retailers can track shopping sessions and manage trolleys. And a shoppers app, for customers to pair with the trolleys, track shopping sessions and checkout. All parts of the Imagr system are designed and built in house by Imagr.
- Teamleader — Manage your business easily in one place. Over 34,000 entrepreneurs and their teams hand over their paperwork to Teamleader's business software.
- Happyeasygo — HappyEasyGo is an India based local Online Travel Company. We are providing best air tickets and hotels with the lowest Price. Now you can book various airline tickets such as IndiGo, Jet airways, Go air, Spice Jet, air Asia, Vistara and Air India. We also provide you updated and verified Happy Easy Go instant discount hotels and special offers onflight tickets.
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.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Logistics
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 44
- Round size: Series A $1.7M–$20M; Series B $10M–$75M
- Lead/follow: 77% lead, 23% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $90M in 2016
Portfolio highlights
- Shiftboard — Explore shift scheduling software that streamlines workforce & team scheduling, reduces costs, enhances efficiency and boosts employee engagement.
- tvScientific — tvScientific is the first performance platform for CTV. It combines the power of television with the precision of digital marketing.
- Bardavon Health Innovations — We treat people right. Bardavon is on a mission to improve the Workers' Compensation experience and ensure that America's workforce is work ready. I'm a Therapy Provider I'm an Employer I'm a Carrier / TPA I'm an Adjuster / NCM
Milford Asset Management is a boutique investment firm that provides a range of investment products and services.
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- Industry: SaaS, EdTech, Software
- Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Australia, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Academy Xi — At Academy Xi, we help APAC's largest and most sophisticated organisations optimise performance with concise, actionable training solutions.
- Unleashed Software — Supply, production, inventory and sales software with exceptional product and customer focus
Callaghan Innovation is a stand-alone Crown Entity established on 1 February, 2013. Their role hasn’t previously existed in New Zealand.When they succeed, all New Zealanders will benefit from a stronger economy, higher value exports, more productive and sustainable resource use, more jobs and higher incomes.International evidence showsadvanced technology institutes like Callaghan Innovation have been successful at helping businesses build innovation capability that contributes to their growth and the broader economy.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: New Zealand, Australia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1834
- Round size: Seed $581k–$1M; Grant $5.7k–$98k; 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.
- Wallo Pay — Wallo Pay, incorporated in July 2023, is a New Zealand-based fintech startup transforming digital payments for consumers and businesses. Operating across Aotearoa and with plans to expand into Australia, our founder-led team is building a B2C and B2B payments platform powered by banking APIs, enabling direct, real-time account-to-accounttransactions. By bypassing traditional card networks, Wallo Pay slashes merchant service fees from 1.5–2.5% to 0.6% or less, potentially saving New Zealand businesses $700M annually. Our product suite includes a Consumer Mobile App with QR-based and unique digital ID based payments, a Business Mobile App, and a Business Web Portal, targeting retail, hospitality, and other businesses accepting payments from end customers.Aligned with New Zealand’s Consumer Data Right (2025), Wallo Pay’s open API infrastructure empowers developers, fintech startups, and public agencies to build innovative solutions, from loyalty programs to interoperable transport payments. Our platform fosters an inclusive ecosystem, enabling business of all sizes and innovators to participate in the digital economy with low-cost, scalable payment tools. Since starting MVP development in June 2024, Wallo Pay is gearing up for an alpha pilot in Q3–Q4 2025, driving transparency, affordability, and trust in Aotearoa’s payment landscape.
- Forever Harvest — We are an Aotearoa New Zealand based cellular horticulture company, partnering with food & beverage manufacturers to develop new fruit & nut food solutions.
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical Device, SaaS
- Stage:Grant, Debt Financing
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Grant $1.2M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Toku Eyes — Instant Healthcare Diagnostics. Toku Eyes developed a multi-modal artificial intelligence platform for instant healthcare diagnostics...
- Tend Health — Tend Health provides various types of Health Care services by providing an easy to use application.
- Golden Bay Cement — Golden Bay Cement manufactures and supplies cement, aggregates, and ready-mix concretes for various construction projects.
EVP is an early stage venture capital firm based in Sydney Australia with c. $300M FUM across four fund vintages.Our most recent fund was launched in December 2022 and is a $100M fund. The fund targets early Series-A investments initially with cheque sizes in the range of $0.5 – $5.0 million. Our funds invest in software, are sector agnosticand have a focus on Australian based B2B SaaS companies.Over the years, we’ve backed brilliant founders building global software companies like SiteMinder, Deputy, Ignition and Shippit. We make high conviction investments, underpinned by ambition, pragmatism and a deep understanding of the software journey.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Australia, New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 119
- Round size: Seed $1M–$3.5M; Series A $1.3M–$6M
- Lead/follow: 75% lead, 25% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Modii — Leading the shift toward smart parking and mobility solutions to help create smarter, greener, and safer cities, universities and communities around the world.
- Lumary — Built on and invested in by Salesforce. Lumary software optimizes operations to increase revenue with advanced scheduling and billing functionality.
- Fergus — Fergus is a smart field service management software for service businesses. Make job management easy and carry out work better with our all-in-one solution.
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.
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- Industry: Internet, E-Commerce, Marketplace
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ArchiPro — Browse projects, find products, connect with professionals and learn about building, all in one place. Find everything you need to build your dream right here.
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.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Australia, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 148
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Neara — Predictive modeling software for proactive network governance. Quantify and prove network needs in any scenario. Run precise analyses in hours and days instead of months or years in the field.
- Lorikeet — Lorikeet provides AI customer support. Lorikeet offer its customers responsive, personalized, and effective support as table stakes.
- GoodWork.ai — The most powerful analytics AI ever created for the retail sector_
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
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Australia, United States, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $382k–$22M; Series A $134k–$21M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Diraq — Diraq is building quantum computers using modified silicon transistors, the technology best suited to reaching utility scale, where value outweighs cost.
- Mist — Empower international students with Mist: the all-in-one app for managing student life abroad. Simplify tasks, stay connected, and focus on education and personal growth.
- Listing Loop — ListingLoop.com.au is a real estate marketplace for pre-market and off-market properties that connects buyers, sellers and agents. Through smart tech and modern design, Listing Loop is shaking up the traditional way that real estate is done in Australia. Buying and selling a property is faster, easier and less expensive. Patented property matchingtechnology notifies buyers in real time when a suitable property hits the market. Buyers discover properties faster – before they’re advertised on other real estate websites. Agents utilise Listing Loop’s technology to win new listings and sell properties faster. Their sellers can market their property for sale immediately without paying any upfront advertising fees. Listing Loop’s unique no sale, no charge approach to advertising gets properties online quicker while property matching puts them directly in front of the right buyers.It was founded in 2019 and headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria.
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