Top 20 Media (entertainment) Angel Investors in New Zealand in September 2025
A list of 20 angel investors 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 20 Media (entertainment) Angel Investors in New Zealand in September 2025
Investor | Media (entertainment) New Zealand investments |
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Alex Rigopulos | 2 |
Jonathan Hendriksen | 2 |
Alex Rigopulos | 2 |
Shane And Vanessa JOHNSTON | 2 |
Maurice Eng | 2 |
Maurice Eng | 2 |
Shane And Vanessa JOHNSTON | 2 |
Jonathan Hendriksen | 2 |
Paul Bingham | 1 |
Paul Bingham | 1 |
Rowan Simpson | 1 |
Rich Chetwynd | 1 |
Rowan Simpson | 1 |
Paul Reeve | 1 |
Yoshihiro Kawamura | 1 |
Yoshihiro Kawamura | 1 |
Karl von Randow | 1 |
Rich Chetwynd | 1 |
Karl von Randow | 1 |
Paul Reeve | 1 |
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.
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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
Jonathan Hendriksen - Founder | CEO @ Shuttlerock
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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.
Alex Rigopulos is a Studio Director of Harmonix at Epic Games.
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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
Shane And Vanessa JOHNSTON
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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.
Maurice Eng
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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.
Maurice Eng
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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.
Shane And Vanessa JOHNSTON
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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.
Jonathan Hendriksen - Founder | CEO @ Shuttlerock
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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.
Paul Bingham - Chairman @ Shuttlerock
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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.
Paul Bingham - Chairman @ Shuttlerock
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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
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Music, Parking
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- New Zealand, Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Melodics — Melodics is an educational service for learning how to finger drum, using adaptive learning and other data-driven approaches.
- 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.
Founder/CEO of ThisData, a login intelligence and contextual authentication platform.
Founder/CEO of Litmos.com, a leading SaaS Learning Management System that was acquired by CallidusCloud (NASDAQ: CALD) in 2011.
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Music, Mobile Apps
- Seed, Angel
- 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
- 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.
Rowan Simpson - Chairman & Trustee @ Hoku Group
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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.
Paul Reeve
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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.
Yoshihiro Kawamura - Director @ TJK NZ LIMITED
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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.
Yoshihiro Kawamura - Director @ TJK NZ LIMITED
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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.
Karl von Randow - Co-Founder @ Letterboxd
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Investment focus
- Music, Mobile Apps, Mobile Devices
- Seed
- New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
- ReciMe — ReciMe is the ultimate cooking app that helps you save, share, and discover new recipes. It was founded in 2020 and is located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- 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
Founder/CEO of ThisData, a login intelligence and contextual authentication platform.
Founder/CEO of Litmos.com, a leading SaaS Learning Management System that was acquired by CallidusCloud (NASDAQ: CALD) in 2011.
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Music, Mobile Apps
- Seed, Angel
- New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
- Melodics — Melodics is an educational service for learning how to finger drum, using adaptive learning and other data-driven approaches.
- 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.
Karl von Randow - Co-Founder @ Letterboxd
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Investment focus
- Music, Mobile Apps, Mobile Devices
- Seed
- New Zealand
Paul Reeve
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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.
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