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Top 50 Media (entertainment) Startup Investors in New Zealand in January 2026

Last updated: Jan 2026 A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Media (entertainment) startups based in New zealand. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Media (entertainment) companies from New zealand. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Media (entertainment) Startup Investors in New Zealand in January 2026

Investor	Media (entertainment) New Zealand investments
Hillfarrance Venture Capital	5
Enterprise Angels	4
Hillfarrance Venture Capital	4
Enterprise Angels	4
K1W1	3
Icehouse Ventures	3
K1W1	3
GD1	3
Icehouse Ventures	3
GD1	3
Alex Rigopulos	2
Alex Rigopulos	2
Maurice Eng	2
Tuhua Fund	2
Shane And Vanessa JOHNSTON	2
New Zealand Venture Investment Fund	2
Jonathan Hendriksen	2
New Zealand Venture Investment Fund	2
Jonathan Hendriksen	2
Maurice Eng	2
Tuhua Fund	2
Shane And Vanessa JOHNSTON	2
Jelix Ventures	2
AfterWork Ventures	1
APEX Capital	1
University of Auckland Inventors Fund	1
Snowball Effect	1
Uniservices	1
Scottish Enterprise	1
Par Equity	1
Karl von Randow	1
Paul Bingham	1
Ice Angels	1
Yoshihiro Kawamura	1
Avalon Wealth Club	1
Movac	1
John Greenslade	1
Ableton	1
Paul Reeve	1
New Zealand Growth Capital Partners	1
Paul Bingham	1
University of Auckland Inventors Fund	1
Yoshihiro Kawamura	1
Rowan Simpson	1
Par Equity	1
FatPipe	1
New Zealand Growth Capital Partners	1
Paul Reeve	1
Ableton	1
TJK NZ LIMITED	1

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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.

Investment focus

Animation, Information Technology, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Mobli — At Mobli we provide everything you need to build a great customer experience and optimise your mobility services with no long term commitments.
Yabble — Yabble provides a platform that uses machine learning and natural language processing to help brands connect with more than 62 million consumers globally, and collect data in real-time. Using the solution, clients can build their own surveys and manage their own customer research communities.
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!

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

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Funding Round, Seed, Angel
New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Emerge — Emerge is a financial management tool for businesses. It is a digital-only banking option designed to help Kiwi businesses operate more quickly, economically, and efficiently.
Yabble — Yabble provides a platform that uses machine learning and natural language processing to help brands connect with more than 62 million consumers globally, and collect data in real-time. Using the solution, clients can build their own surveys and manage their own customer research communities.
HealthNow — HealthNow provides accessible healthcare services that give you control of your health. Manage how you access care, when you need it.

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.

Investment focus

Animation, Information Technology, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Yabble — Yabble provides a platform that uses machine learning and natural language processing to help brands connect with more than 62 million consumers globally, and collect data in real-time. Using the solution, clients can build their own surveys and manage their own customer research communities.
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!
Floating Rock Studio — Floating Rock Studio

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

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Funding Round, Seed, Angel
New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Cetogenix — Cetogenix is a clean technology business dedicated to creating long-term solutions to global climate change.
Yabble — Yabble provides a platform that uses machine learning and natural language processing to help brands connect with more than 62 million consumers globally, and collect data in real-time. Using the solution, clients can build their own surveys and manage their own customer research communities.
Zenno Astronautics — Zenno Astronautics hardware and software products ensure satellite missions are effectively managed, guaranteeing maximum economic returns and responsible use of space.

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

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
New Zealand, United States

Portfolio highlights

Auror — The platform for retailers focused on improving safety, productivity, and profitability. Auror is used by leading Loss Prevention teams in thousands of stores.
Factor — Plug and play forecasting and pricing tools for modern energy utilities.
Zenno Astronautics — Zenno Astronautics hardware and software products ensure satellite missions are effectively managed, guaranteeing maximum economic returns and responsible use of space.

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.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Appetise — MenuAid is a cheaper, flexible and more sustainable alternative to meal-kit delivery providers. We provide Kiwis with a weekly meal plan, complete with recipes and a list of ingredients that can either be self-shopped or collected/delivered from your favourite supermarkets.
Mushroom Material — We can match the mechanical properties of polystyrene styrofoam and replace any existing packaging with a sustainable mushroom alternative
Re-Leased Software Company Limited — Commercial property management software that makes life easier for property managers, landlords and owners.

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

Investment focus

Software, Biotechnology, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
New Zealand, United States

Portfolio highlights

Akahu — Akahu provides open banking and open finance infrastructure. We make it simple for people to connect their financial accounts to trusted third parties.
Lodestone Energy — Lodestone Energy builds and develops sustainable power production farms through solar energy market. It is based in Auckland, New Zealand.
Mushroom Material — We can match the mechanical properties of polystyrene styrofoam and replace any existing packaging with a sustainable mushroom alternative

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.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Series B
New Zealand, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

Rilla — Demonstrating 90% reduction in cost-to-serve for live-streaming, Rilla is rewiring the content economy, directing the value generated back to creators and their communities.By leveraging audience bandwidth and rewarding them with ownership in the network, the savings are equivalent to a free month subscription every year for a moderate level ofviewership.Founded by the technical founders behind Altered State Machine, acquired for 214m. Together for 5+ ventures, collectively raising 130m+ and valued at 1b+.
NextWork — Building the best online learning experience to switch careers and upskill. Join the waitlist today, we are waiting for you!
Type One Energy — At Type One Energy, we are mission-driven to provide sustainable, affordable fusion power to the world over the coming decade.

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.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Foxglove — Foxglove is visualization and management for temporal and multimodal data. It's used by robotics companies to scale and accelerate development.
Antioch — Antioch is the development and simulation platform for autonomy teams to accelerate timelines, rigorously evaluate autonomous systems, and deploy with confidence.
HealthNow — HealthNow provides accessible healthcare services that give you control of your health. Manage how you access care, when you need it.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
New Zealand, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

EarnOS — EarnOS is the fully remote company that provides Global Ad & Payments Platform powered by Web3.
Auror — The platform for retailers focused on improving safety, productivity, and profitability. Auror is used by leading Loss Prevention teams in thousands of stores.
Ivo — Ivo reduces the time, effort, and cost of negotiating agreements.

Alex Rigopulos is a Studio Director of Harmonix at Epic Games.

Investment focus

Mobile, Mobile Apps, Communities
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Syng — Syng is an audio company transforming the human relationship with sound. their hardware and software platform gives creators and listeners the power to engage with, explore, and share sound in transformative new ways.
GameClub — GameClub offers a large and growing catalog of the best games on mobile. Games can be played offline, with new games being released every week.
Hearo.Live - Multiplayer TV — Laugh, talk, and cheer with friends while watching YouTube, Netflix, ESPN, and more in full-screen HD, like you're on a big cozy couch together. #MultiplayerTV #TheFutureOfTogether

Alex Rigopulos Co-Founded Harmonix in 1995 with the mission of inventing new ways for non-musicians to experience the joy of making music. He was CEO until 2014. Now, as CCO, Alex is responsible for ensuring the creative excellence of all Harmonix products. Prior to co-founding Harmonix, Alex studied computer music at the MIT Media Laboratory andmusic composition at MIT.

Investment focus

Mobile, Mobile Apps, Communities
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Syng — Syng is an audio company transforming the human relationship with sound. their hardware and software platform gives creators and listeners the power to engage with, explore, and share sound in transformative new ways.
GameClub — GameClub offers a large and growing catalog of the best games on mobile. Games can be played offline, with new games being released every week.
Hearo.Live - Multiplayer TV — Laugh, talk, and cheer with friends while watching YouTube, Netflix, ESPN, and more in full-screen HD, like you're on a big cozy couch together. #MultiplayerTV #TheFutureOfTogether

Maurice Eng

Investment focus

Apps, Video, Facebook
Seed, Series A
New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Shuttlerock — Create attention-worthy video ads from any asset for every screen, at scale.

Micro-Venture Fund investing in 25 Kiwi Startups

Investment focus

Software, Internet, B2B
Seed, Series A, Angel
New Zealand, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

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

Shane And Vanessa JOHNSTON

Investment focus

Apps, Video, Facebook
Seed, Series A
New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Shuttlerock — Create attention-worthy video ads from any asset for every screen, at scale.

Your guide to finding and using government services.

Investment focus

Software, Biotechnology, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Angel
New Zealand, United States, Japan

Portfolio highlights

Insite AI — The chosen partner by executives in RGM, insights, and I.T. to grow revenue and market share. Learn how CPGs win in pricing, assortment, trade and more.
Invert Robotics — Invert Robotics develops robotic NDT inspection technologies for the maintenance of industrial equipment in the food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and oil and gas industries. Invert Robotics highly skilled team of engineers have developed a world leading modular inspection platform suitable for use across a range of industries and applications.
Surgical Design Studios — The Insides Company is the leading provider of chyme reinfusion solutions for intestinal failure

Jonathan Hendriksen - Founder | CEO @ Shuttlerock

Investment focus

Apps, Video, Facebook
Seed, Series A, Series B
New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Shuttlerock — Create attention-worthy video ads from any asset for every screen, at scale.

Your guide to finding and using government services.

Investment focus

Software, Biotechnology, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Angel
New Zealand, United States, Japan

Portfolio highlights

Insite AI — We create predictability for consumer brands in the unpredictable world of retail. Game-changing technology that attacks consumer brands' hardest problems.
Invert Robotics — Invert Robotics develops robotic NDT inspection technologies for the maintenance of industrial equipment in the food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and oil and gas industries. Invert Robotics highly skilled team of engineers have developed a world leading modular inspection platform suitable for use across a range of industries and applications.
Surgical Design Studios — The Insides Company is the leading provider of chyme reinfusion solutions for intestinal failure

Jonathan Hendriksen - Founder | CEO @ Shuttlerock

Investment focus

Apps, Video, Facebook
Seed, Series A, Series B
New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Shuttlerock — Create attention-worthy video ads from any asset for every screen, at scale.

Maurice Eng

Investment focus

Apps, Video, Facebook
Seed, Series A
New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Shuttlerock — Create attention-worthy video ads from any asset for every screen, at scale.

Micro-Venture Fund investing in 25 Kiwi Startups

Investment focus

Software, Internet, B2B
Seed, Series A, Angel
New Zealand, Singapore, United States

Portfolio highlights

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

Shane And Vanessa JOHNSTON

Investment focus

Apps, Video, Facebook
Seed, Series A
New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Shuttlerock — Create attention-worthy video ads from any asset for every screen, at scale.

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

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Australia, New Zealand, United States

Portfolio highlights

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
Fugu — Cheap green carbon at scale for the dawn of the e-fuel age
Quantum Brilliance — Quantum Brilliance builds room temperature quantum computers powered by synthetic diamond, enabling applications in everyday computing, including edge and massively parrellelized computing.

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

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, FinTech
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Australia, United States, New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Primary — Primary is the modern operating system for treasury management. We empower startups & innovative corporates to grow by reducing complexity around treasury, payments and cash flow.Primary is used by leading founders and finance teams that value safety, control and efficiency. Our product simplifies access to best-in-class yield instruments,enables monitoring of real-time cash positions across multiple banking partners and improves cash forecasting capabilities. We are powering the secure, smart and transparent treasury to help all companies meaningfully extend their runways.
Switchboard — Switchboard is the fastest, easiest, most affordable way to integrate your supply chain and connect to all of your customers and suppliers. We can connect any supply chain system, including managing EDI.
Matilda Migration — Migration made simple. Specialising in Employer Sponsored visas and Partner visas. With a 99% success rate for ultimate peace of mind. Visit us now.

Investing with elite athletes in Sports, Media and Entertainment

Investment focus

Sports, Media and Entertainment, Marketplace
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Portugal, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Hexis — Hexis optimises your daily energy needs to the unique demands of your workouts, lifestyle and goals. The only system to personalise, periodic and plan, your daily carbohydrate and calorie needs.
VRTL — The Virtual Venue of Fandom. A fully white-labeled platform designed for live entertainment brands to live on their owned-sites, that executes all in-person best practices in a virtual setting. (fka Virtual Tables)
Traits Insights — Traits is a player profiling platform which enables decision-makers in sport to harness the value of analytics by translating complex performance data into powerful and meaningful insights.

University of Auckland Inventors Fund

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Therapeutics, Audio
Series A, Series B, Convertible Note
New Zealand, United States

Portfolio highlights

Soul Machines — Go beyond avatars. Create interactive, customizable, Soul Machines Digital People for AI-driven impact. Try it now.
Rain Therapeutics — Rain Therapeutics researches, develops and translates innovative targeted cancer therapies to patients
Dotterel Technologies — Dotterel develops noise reduction and audio recording technology for UAVs. Our Aerial Audio Microphone is a payload for UAVs and is a unique world first capability. Throughout the development we have worked closely with customers to deliver for high value use cases in Emergency Services, Defence and TV/Film. Hearing audio from your UAV provides an important addition to the video. Now you can have live conversations one-to-one and one-to-many with people remotely via the UAV when there is no other communication methods available. We look forward to working with our customers and partners to deliver a new range of UAV solutions.

Simplified access to top-tier managed funds and private companies

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Health Care, Software
Funding Round, Seed, Angel
New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Ubco — UBCO is a New Zealand and US-based tech company that designs, develops, and distributes Utility Electric Vehicles and Portable Power Supplies for on-and off-road adventures, leisure and recreation, and commercial use where vehicle utility is required. UBCO have a desire to Power Your Purpose, through it's Utility Electric Vehicles (UEVs) thatcan change the way people ride, work, and play. UBCO currently has a digitally connected UEV platform which includes on- and off-road transport (2×2), portable power, accessories, and software. They provide a complete solution, from users to managers across a wide range of applications.
Tether Limited — Tether develops a solution that continuously assesses, reports on, and rates the environmental quality and energy efficiency of homes, offices, and classrooms. Tether will not only enable continuous evaluation and feedback, but it will also provide ways to improve the environments in which users live, work, or learn.Through connected hardware andsoftware solutions, Tether promotes healthy living, learning, and working environments.
Projectworks — Project Works is a cloud based workforce management platform designed to help professional & creative services businesses better manage their organisations in the areas of project management, project financials, and people management. Our mission is to provide a platform that enables world class services businesses to get the most out of theirexisting workforce, and enable them to grow.

Auckland University's commercialisation arm

Investment focus

Medical Device, SaaS, Audio
Seed, Pre-Seed
New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Alimetry — Alimetry is a health technology startup based in Auckland, New Zealand, developing breakthrough solutions for diagnosing disorders of gastrointestinal (GI) function.
Avasa — Avasa is a medical device company. It helps to improve surgical procedures by developing novel implantable devices.
Formus — Formus Labs develops software technologies for orthopedic planning and analysis. Our mission is to improve outcomes and efficiencies through seamless and highly scalable integration of AI and computational modelling in the orthopedic clinical workflow. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, Formus Labs draws on over 10 years of research andcommercialisation experience, with operations in New Zealand, Australia, and soon in the USA.

Scotland's business advice, support and funding agency. Explore our products and services to find the right support for your business and apply online today.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
Seed, Grant, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Japan

Portfolio highlights

Swurf — The work surfing platform. Making it easy for venues to welcome a new community of remote workers.
Gigged.AI — Fill skill gaps using our on-demand talent network. Get AI-powered, real-time visibility over your employee and agent capabilities to power internal mobility.
Bright Ascension — Bright Ascension offers mission ready software in space and on the ground. Our integrated software is perfect for any satellite mission.

Founded in 2008, Par Equity is a venture capital firm that backs the most innovative, high growth technology companies in the North of the UK. Based in Edinburgh, Par invests across Northern England, Northern Ireland and Scotland.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Computer
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Artus — Artus is a revolutionary heating and air conditioning product. Applications include residential, commercial and high-precision environments.
iGii — Integrated Graphene enable better products with a revolutionary design for manufacture process producing the world's highest quality pure 3D Graphene Foam, Gii.
Nova Pangaea Technologies (NPT) — NPT is a cleantech company that has developed a revolutionary process technology called REFNOVA. REFNOVA allows customers to converts non-food plant residues into sustainable products such as biochar, activated carbon, biofuel, biopolymers and biochemicals. Our products help customers replace fossil based products and enable decarbonisation.

Karl von Randow - Co-Founder @ Letterboxd

Investment focus

Music, Mobile Apps, Mobile Devices
Seed
New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

ReciMe — ReciMe is the #1 app to save recipes from Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest & more. Its free to use and easy to try.
Melodics — Melodics is an educational service for learning how to finger drum, using adaptive learning and other data-driven approaches.

Paul Bingham - Chairman @ Shuttlerock

Investment focus

Apps, Video, Facebook
Series A
New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Shuttlerock — Create attention-worthy video ads from any asset for every screen, at scale.

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

Investment focus

Software, Mobile Apps, Internet
Seed, Angel, Series A
New Zealand, United States, Canada

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 — Next-generation mobile VoIP platform for service providers (ISPs, MVNOs, Cable operators, Telcos)

Yoshihiro Kawamura - Director @ TJK NZ LIMITED

Investment focus

Apps, Video, Facebook
Series A
New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Shuttlerock — Create attention-worthy video ads from any asset for every screen, at scale.

Avalon Wealth Club is a dynamic group of marketing experts, blockchain veterans, real estate investors and event organizers

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

OpenPad AI — OpenPad - The 1st AI Decentralized Launchpad
Stabble — stabble is a protocol revolutionizing liquidity pools by introducing protocol-managed and arbitrage pools. This allows stabble to tackle critical inefficiencies prevalent within Solana's decentralized exchanges.
AI Cross Matrix — AI Cross Matrix is a DeFi platform that makes the crypto economy simple by streamlining the exchange process with useful solutions.

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.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Enterprise Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
New Zealand, United States, Australia

Portfolio highlights

LawVu — Our all-in-one connected platform enables your legal team to manage all matters, contracts and legal operations. Book your free demo now.
Miruku — Miruku is a molecular farming dairy startup developing advanced dairy proteins through plant technologies that hold the potential to produce animal-free milk proteins cost-effectively.
Re-Leased Software Company Limited — Commercial property management software that makes life easier for property managers, landlords and owners.

John Greenslade

Investment focus

Apps, Video, Facebook
Series A
New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Shuttlerock — Create attention-worthy video ads from any asset for every screen, at scale.

Ableton makes software and hardware for creating, producing, and performing music. Ableton's flagship product, Live, has introduced a new approach to making music with computers on stage and in the studio that has attracted several hundred thousand Live worldwide.

Investment focus

Music, Mobile Apps, Mobile Devices
Seed
New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Melodics — Melodics is an app that adapts to your abilities and musical tastes to help you get better at playing keyboards, pad controllers, and drums

Paul Reeve

Investment focus

Apps, Video, Facebook
Series A
New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Shuttlerock — Create attention-worthy video ads from any asset for every screen, at scale.

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

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
New Zealand, United States

Portfolio highlights

Scannable — Scannable helps Arborists, Rope Access Technicians, Riggers, and Rescuers easily manage PPE and safety equipment.
Avasa — Avasa is a medical device company. It helps to improve surgical procedures by developing novel implantable devices.
Marama Labs — Marama Labs provides an integrated chemical analysis platform that empowers customers to optimize their production processes and match their products and brands to customer needs, with ease.

Paul Bingham - Chairman @ Shuttlerock

Investment focus

Apps, Video, Facebook
Series A
New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Shuttlerock — Create attention-worthy video ads from any asset for every screen, at scale.

University of Auckland Inventors Fund

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Therapeutics, Audio
Series A, Series B, Convertible Note
New Zealand, United States

Portfolio highlights

PowerON — Dielectric Elastomers for Soft Robotics
Soul Machines — Go beyond avatars. Create interactive, customizable, Soul Machines Digital People for AI-driven impact. Try it now.
Rain Therapeutics — Rain Therapeutics researches, develops and translates innovative targeted cancer therapies to patients

Yoshihiro Kawamura - Director @ TJK NZ LIMITED

Investment focus

Apps, Video, Facebook
Series A
New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Shuttlerock — Create attention-worthy video ads from any asset for every screen, at scale.

Rowan Simpson - Chairman & Trustee @ Hoku Group

Investment focus

SaaS, Music, Parking
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
New Zealand, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Melodics — Melodics is an app that adapts to your abilities and musical tastes to help you get better at playing keyboards, pad controllers, and drums
Parkable — Parkable is award winning software for managing employee and tenant parking, finding short-term or monthly public parking and sharing space to earn money.
ThisData — ThisData provides supercharged login security for your app by automatically sending a “Was this you?” notification to your users when unusual login activity is detected. Your ops team gets real-time notifications of unusual logins and can integrate with webhooks to build custom security workflows.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
United Kingdom, United States, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

CSignum — Revolutionising underwater communications with electromagnetic technology for seamless data integration between surface & submerged devices.
Partful — Make sure customers get the right parts first time, every time with digital 3D parts catalogue software and digital work instructions.
Watercycle Technologies — Watercycle Technologies specialized in the development of high-yield, low-cost mineral extraction, and water treatment systems. Its core technology, capable of treating highly concentrated water, is an end-to-end solution encompassing mineral extraction, concentration, and crystallization.

FatPipe Networks provides the highest levels of WAN Optimization, SD-WAN, Load Balancer, WAN Load Balancing, Hybrid Network, Dual WAN Load Balancing

Investment focus

Internet, Broadcasting
Series A
New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Tranz-Send — Tranz-Send provides complete Internet broadcast technologies and services--providing home and business users.

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

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
New Zealand, United States

Portfolio highlights

Aquafortus — Aquafortus specializes in providing enviornmental services and commercializes proprietary zero liquid discharge technology.
Avasa — Avasa is a medical device company. It helps to improve surgical procedures by developing novel implantable devices.
Marama Labs — Marama Labs provides an integrated chemical analysis platform that empowers customers to optimize their production processes and match their products and brands to customer needs, with ease.