Top 50 Media (Entertainment) 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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9 | New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $650k–$19M |
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Hillfarrance Venture Capital
VC Fund
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7 | New Zealand, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, Gaming | $362k–$2.3M |
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K1W1
VC Fund
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6 | New Zealand, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence | $520k–$18M |
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New Zealand Growth Capital Partners
VC Fund
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6 | New Zealand, United States, Australia | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Medical Device | $435k–$17M |
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Enterprise Angels
VC Fund
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5 | New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Angel | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $229k–$4.3M |
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Digital Finance Group (DFG)
VC Fund
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4 | United States, Singapore, Switzerland | Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech | $1.3M–$32M |
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GD1 (Global From Day One)
VC Fund
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4 | New Zealand, United States, China | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $600k–$16M |
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Altonomy
VC Fund
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4 | United States, Singapore, India | Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech | $1.4M–$12M |
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GD1
VC Fund
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3 | New Zealand, United States, China | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence | |
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AngelHQ
VC Fund
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3 | New Zealand, United States, Canada | Seed, Angel, Series A | Software, SaaS, Apps | $350k–$19M |
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LD Capital
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Singapore, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming | $1.3M–$45M |
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Genblock Capital
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Singapore, United Kingdom | Seed, Initial Coin Offering | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services | $1.2M–$314M |
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Moonwhale Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Singapore, United States, India | Seed, Pre-Seed | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software | $225k–$5M |
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Movac
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand, United States, Australia | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, E-Commerce | $1.4M–$16M |
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Hypersphere Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Singapore, Canada | Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software | $2M–$30M |
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Soul Capital
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong | Seed, Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, Recycling | $608k–$12M |
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PAKA Capital
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Singapore, Switzerland | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Artificial Intelligence | $1.3M–$5M |
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Kernel Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Singapore, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Blockchain, Information Technology, Cryptocurrency | $1M–$8.6M |
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OKX Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Singapore, Hong Kong | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming | $1.7M–$50M |
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PAKA Fund
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand, United Arab Emirates | Seed | SaaS, Metaverse, 3D Technology | $3M–$3.5M |
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Jsquare
VC Fund
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2 | United States, France, Estonia | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming | $214k–$100M |
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NFT Tech
VC Fund
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2 | United Kingdom, India, France | Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Gaming, Software | $1.3M–$3M |
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Good Games Guild
VC Fund
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2 | Vietnam, United States, United Arab Emirates | Seed, Series A | Gaming, Blockchain, Metaverse | $285k–$5M |
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New Zealand Venture Investment Fund
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand, United States, Japan | Seed, Series A, Angel | Software, Biotechnology, SaaS | $400k–$8.8M |
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Tuhua Fund
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand, Singapore, United States | Seed, Series A, Angel | Software, Internet, B2B | $735k–$7.5M |
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TsingTing Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Taiwan, New Zealand, Switzerland | Seed | Trading Platform, SaaS, Gaming | $1.8M–$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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CMS Holdings
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Singapore, Hong Kong | Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services | $1.7M–$21M |
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Walsh Wealth Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | New Zealand, Israel, United States | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Blockchain, Apps, SaaS | $3M–$4.5M |
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International Blockchain Consulting
VC Fund
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2 | United States, India, Canada | Seed, Pre-Seed | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming | $2.2M–$9M |
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University of Auckland Inventors Fund
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand, United States | Series A, Series B, Convertible Note | Biotechnology, Therapeutics, Audio | |
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Ice Angels
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand, United States, Canada | Seed, Angel, Series A | Software, Mobile Apps, Internet | |
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TransCosmos
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Singapore, China | Series B, Series A, Series C | Internet, E-Commerce, Software | |
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Snowball Effect
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand | Seed, Angel | Manufacturing, Health Care, Software | |
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Flying Kiwi Angels
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Apps | |
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Shearwater Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Australia, New Zealand, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, SaaS, News | $171k–$25M |
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Altered Capital
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand | Series A, Seed | Software, Mobile Apps, Financial Services | $3M–$14M |
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TJK NZ LIMITED
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand | Series A | Apps, Video, Facebook | |
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Uniservices
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Health Care, Medical Device, Manufacturing | $283k–$8.4M |
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APEX Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Portugal, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Sports, Media and Entertainment, Marketplace | |
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Par Equity
VC Fund
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1 | United Kingdom, United States, Brazil | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Computer | |
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Scottish Enterprise
VC Fund
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1 | United Kingdom, United States, Japan | Grant, Seed | Biotechnology, Software, Health Care | |
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AfterWork Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Australia, United States, New Zealand | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, FinTech | |
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Wave Digital Assets
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Switzerland, Canada | Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software | |
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Ableton
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand | Seed | Music, Mobile Apps, Mobile Devices | |
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FatPipe
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand | Series A | Internet, Broadcasting | |
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Shima Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Singapore, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming | $1.2M–$11M |
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SevenX Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Singapore, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming | $1.6M–$25M |
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Illusionist Group
VC Fund
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1 | New Zealand, Switzerland, United States | Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Information Technology, Software | $1.8M–$33M |
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Animoca Brands
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Singapore | Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency | $1.5M–$40M |
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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.
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
Portfolio highlights
- 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!
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.
The New Zealand Growth Capital Partners (formerly New Zealand Venture Investment Fund) was established to support early-stage technology companies and to stimulate private investment into this space.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Medical Device
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 81
- Round size: Seed $694k–$4.9M; Series A $3.5M–$17M; Venture - Series Unknown $435k–$6.1M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
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.
- Scentian Bio — Scentian Bio operates as a platform that provides ultimate sensing solution.
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.
Digital Finance Group (DFG) is a global blockchain and cryptocurrency investment firm. DFG was founded in 2015 and has assets under management of over $1 billion.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Singapore, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 98
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$7.3M; Series A $1.9M–$32M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $50M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Redpill AI — Access 200+ AI models with privacy-first infrastructure. Private models in GPU TEE, OpenAI-compatible API, zero data retention.
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- Karmine Corp — Karmine Corp is an esports organization that offers merchandise and competes in games like league of legends, trackmania, and others.
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
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
Altonomy is the market leader for cryptocurrencies liquidity management and asset management solutions
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Singapore, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 33
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$6.4M; Series A $8M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Liqwid Labs — Liqwid is a non-custodial liquidity market protocol for lending and borrowing on Cardano, offering fast, affordable, and transparent liquidity solutions.
- Gasp — Trade crypto without gas, front-running & MEV. L1 chain powered by Substrate. Start trading with Mangata X.
- Pontem Network — Pontem lets you find product market fit in a permissionless environment prior to launching on the Facebook-backed Diem Blockchain.
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, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 35
- Lead/follow: no public data
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.
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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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Browse database — It's Free!LD Capital is one of Asia's earliest organizations focusing on value investing in blockchain field. Owing to industrial resource advantages and professional investment research teams, LD Capital has successively discovered and invested in projects such as Qtum, Vechain and Eos which all achieved over 100 times return.Their teams spread overChina, the United States, Europe, Singapore, Japan, and South Korea, and have accumulated rich experience in areas of traditional internet, Fintech, and advanced blockchain technology. They are committed to the globalization of blockchain and quality investment in the entire industry.LD Capital focuses on blockchain innovation projects within finance, games, content publishing, Internet of Things and other circuits, and we have been propelling broad layout of blockchain technology and infrastructure construction to facilitate the comprehensive development of the global blockchain ecosystem.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 199
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$8.6M; Series A $2.5M–$45M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- DAOBase — DAOBase is an AI-powered data and infrastructure platform developed particularly for DAOs. By employing innovative algorithms, the company assists DAOs and voters in establishing on-chain and off-chain data reputation layers, allowing users to intelligently monitor DAO governance, make educated decisions, and investigate future job models.
- Yellow — Yellow is a financial services provider of software, analytics, and investments in blockchain startups.
- Konnex World — Building the GDP of autonomous systems. Turning robot labor into on-chain liquidity. $KNX
Genblock Capital invests exclusively in blockchain and cryptocurrency, with a focus on decentralized finance.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Initial Coin Offering
- Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 141
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$8M; Initial Coin Offering $5M–$314M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- OX.FUN — Trade Bitcoin, Ethereum and trending altcoin derivatives on the most FUN exchange around. Join OX.FUN today and earn up to 200% yield. Moo.
- AINN Layer2 — AINN Layer2 is a decentralized Bitcoin Layer2 network development.It promotes large-scale AI applications
- Sanctum — Stake SOL and earn optimized LST returns from JupSOL, bbSOL, and more, and launch your own custom LST and Solana validator.
Moonwhale is an STO Financial Advisory offering companies strategic advice on STO process & structure, as well as token issuance incl. lifecycle management and secondary market on-boarding for their projects. Moonwhale is also building an End-to-End Security Token Offering (STO) Investment Platform will cater to investors looking to invest inSTO projects, and to companies looking to raise capital through STO to finance business expansion or new ventures. Investors will be presented with vetted projects incl. due- diligence reports and will be able to manage their investments through our platform.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Singapore, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 56
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$5M; Pre-Seed $225k–$3M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SQR3D — Transform your idea into 3D assets at scale. Smart Contract Automation for 3D Designs with SQR3D.
- Reitio Protocol — We’re creating an effortless way for everyone to create custom metaverse assets visually via an intuitive and codeless templates-based design toolkit, introducing reitio protocol.
- Genesis Shards — Crafting a whole new suite of NFT powered products across multiple blockchains
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.
Hypersphere Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in and develops blockchain technology. A Hypersphere is an investment group leveraging on-chain treasuries, decentralized organizations, and governance to increase the utility of the blockchain networks in which we invest.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Singapore, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 133
- Round size: Seed $2M–$17M; Series A $2.8M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Flying Tulip — Better Yield, Better UX
- Fly Media — AI-native IPs at infinite scale. If Disney were created today, it would look more like Fly Media.
- Superstate — Superstate is modernizing investing through tokenized financial products
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.
PAKA is a DAO fund built by many Polkadot builders , invetsting in Web3.0 technical projects and start ups
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Singapore, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 33
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$5M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PeakAI — AI-powered crypto distribution OS. From TikTok to everywhere. Peekaboo early signals. Spark micro-intel. Turn attention into capital.
- SOON — @AiCapitalMarket WIP. Backed by @Jump_, @hack_vc & @anagramxyz https://t.co/EFAKt91B1F
- Infinity Ground — Infinity Ground Technology supports developers in using AI with Web3, making these technologies accessible to all.
Kernel Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on blockchain companies.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Information Technology, Cryptocurrency
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Singapore, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 24
- Round size: Seed $1M–$8.6M; Venture - Series Unknown $3M–$5.6M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Lumoz — Opside is a modern, three-layer infrastructure platform that offers ZK-RaaS (ZK-rollup-as-a-service). The ability to deploy applications on Opside layer 3 without having to manage any infrastructure gives developers more freedom. All transactions and generated data are hashed and kept on the layer 2 Opside chain because layer 2 consensus and dataavailability are handled by Opside. For on-chain apps that require quicker transaction processing and reduced fees, including games and social networks, this ground-breaking method opens up a world of new possibilities.
- Poresi — The AI Micro-Emotion Monitoring System is an intelligent assistant that leverages camera, microphone, typing behavior, and interaction rhythms to detect micro-expressions, tone shifts, typing cadence, and language use. It builds a personalized emotional state profile and provides early interventions to prevent anxiety, burnout, and depressiveepisodes before they escalate.
- Tracknme — TrackNMe.com is the ultimate domain name for startups looking to make a mark in the tracking and monitoring industry. With its short length and easy-to-pronounce two syllables, this brandable name exudes confidence and innovation. It evokes
OKX Blockdream Ventures is a fund focused on exploring high quality projects. This fund will invest in blockchain basic infrastructure, layer 2, Polkadot ecosystem, Defi, Filecoin ecosystem etc.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United States, Singapore, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 170
- Round size: Seed $2M–$11M; Series A $10M–$50M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.7M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FUNX — FUNX is a virtual reality game platform for relaxation use. They use a cloud gaming app or web browser to connect remotely to a virtual PC and play the game from there. There isn't any hardware, wires, installation or download time for games, firmware updating, or anything else that is often associated with playing games locally on a PS5, XboxSeries X, or laptop.
- ShareX — ShareX is a free and open source program that lets you capture or record any area of your screen and share it with a single press of a key. It also allows uploading images, text or other types of files to many supported destinations you can choose from.
- SignalPlus — SignalPlus is a leading platform for digital asset options trading, providing professional tools and insights.
PAKA Fund
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- Industry: SaaS, Metaverse, 3D Technology
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: New Zealand, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $3M–$3.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- VELAR — VELAR is a Multi-Feature DeFi App with Bitcoin Finality.
- MetaDojo — Bridging the gap between Web2 & Web3.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, France, Estonia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 36
- Round size: Seed $2.5M–$8.6M; Pre-Seed $214k–$2M; Series A $5.2M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- GamerBoom — GamerBoom is an artificial intelligence-driven protocol for gaming data analytics, developed on the Solana blockchain.
- MinionLab — Contribute to the Future of AI with MinionLab!
- Rocket — simpler than options. more precise than prediction markets. built for every level of trader.
NFT Tech is the first technology company to bridge the gap between traditional capital markets, NFTs and the metaverse.They research, develop and support the best projects in the NFT universe to bring them to the company's investors before they go mainstream. In short, the company captures the digital frontier and brings it to your doorstep.Here’s how they do it: 1. NFT Tech researches through their expansive network to find the best NFT projects and bring them to their investors. 2. They invest in curated gaming and metaverse assets early to maximize returns. 3. NFT Tech develops and sells state-of-the-art technologies within the NFT market.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Gaming, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, India, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$3M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Walken — Walken develops a free2play blockchain game that aims to onboard millions to DeFi and Web3 while rewarding players for walking.
- May.Social — May.Social is a metaverse social platform that uses facial motion capture and 3D scene rendering technology to create a 3D virtual space
- REV3AL — Linktree. Make your link do more.
Good Games Guild is a gaming hub for play-to-earn games based on NFTs and collectible tokens.
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- Industry: Gaming, Blockchain, Metaverse
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Vietnam, United States, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Seed $285k–$5M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- XOCIETY — XOCIETY, a POP Shooter with RPG progression Jpn X @XOJPofficial | Powered by @suinetwork @hashed_official @unopnd_Official
- The FishVerse — FishVerse combines GameFi, AI, and blockchain technology, allowing players to fish in a dynamic open environment from their own homes.
- NXI — Nexus Interactive gives collective growth and accrued value to its ecosystem.
Your guide to finding and using government services.
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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
Micro-Venture Fund investing in 25 Kiwi Startups
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- Industry: Software, Internet, B2B
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: New Zealand, Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $735k–$3.2M; Series A $1.4M–$7.5M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $6.5M in 2016
Portfolio highlights
- Datch — Built on top of a powerful connected platform, the Datch Voice Assistant allows you to use the most natural form of communication - your voice - to converse with your site, allowing you to connect and interact with your existing in-house systems through simple integrations.
- Dawn Aerospace — Delivering hardware to space. Positioning satellites on orbit. Returning products to Earth.
- Surgical Design Studios — The Insides Company is the leading provider of chyme reinfusion solutions for intestinal failure
TsingTing Capital is a venture capital firm.
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- Industry: Trading Platform, SaaS, Gaming
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Taiwan, New Zealand, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- InvArch — Invarch is an intellectual property ownership, utility and cross-chain authentication protocol for Web3.
- Soulbound — Saga is a decentralized gaming community that aims to improve and grow the metaverse by creating a chain-agnostic market infrastructure.
- Teahouse Finance — Powered by cutting-edge smart contracts
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.
CMS is a principal investment company that focuses on investing in the crypto-asset ecosystem. The firm plans to invest in both liquid and illiquid crypto tokens, as well as equity interests in select businesses.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Singapore, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 178
- Round size: Seed $1.7M–$7.5M; Series A $2.8M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Axis — Turning market inefficiencies into tokenized alpha. Backed by @galaxyhq, @FalconXGlobal, @okx.
- Zoo Finance — Zoo Finance is a pioneering DeFi protocol focused on unlocking liquidity from locked assets, empowering users to access capital more efficiently while maximizing the utility of their on-chain holdings.
- Hypernova — The onchain prop firm, built to back traders.
Walsh Wealth Ventures is an investment firm.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Apps, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: New Zealand, Israel, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $3M–$4.5M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MetaDojo — Bridging the gap between Web2 & Web3.
- XP Network — Go multichain effortlessly: attract fresh liquidity and audiences across all ecosystems
- Parallel — Parallel is a Sci-Fi Card Game based on the Ethereum blockchain. Parallel is an application that provides users with the opportunity to purchase, collect, and showcase digital blockchain collectibles.
The IBC team brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise in marketing, technology, legal and capital raising to ensure a secure and successful ICO. We also work on various enterprise and educational projects with various governments and enterprises.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, India, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$9M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- NOMOEX — NOMOEX is a centralized crypto exchange that facilitates crypto trades by using its next-gen software to match and execute trades .Nomoex Exchange is being created with next-gen features and functionalities to make sure that users are able to trade cryptocurrencies in the most convenient and secure manner using user-friendly options and a widerange of services from crypto storage to trading, sending, receiving, and the use of advanced trading tools & mechanisms to increase profits.
- Nodepay — Nodepay is a network infrastructure that offers decentralized bandwidth for AI training.
- Blend Finance — On-chain Bank for $EDU. Backed by @opencampus_xyz and @ibcgroupio. Telegram: https://t.co/SSeMfacodE
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Browse database — It's Free!University of Auckland Inventors Fund
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Therapeutics, Audio
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Convertible Note
- Geography: New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: no public data
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.
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, Mobile Apps, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Cove — Cove is a New Zealand company bringing a touch of innovation and simplicity to the insurance industry.
- beany.biz — Online Accountants for Small Businesses. Online, fast, connected and clever, meet Beany accountants.
- Spoke Phone — Next-generation mobile VoIP platform for service providers (ISPs, MVNOs, Cable operators, Telcos)
Transcosmos Investments & Business Development, Inc., is a strategic corporate investor and an active local business partner for Internet-based U.S. technology companies expanding into the Japanese and Asian marketplace.It is offering capitalization of joint ventures, infrastructure development, strategic relationships, and localization tocompanies in the U.S. technology sector. Transcosmos Investments' portfolios, which focus on companies specializing in digital marketing, e-commerce and digital media, include such brand names as Ask.com, DoubleClick Inc., RealNetworks Inc., NetRatings Inc., Atom/Shockwave Entertainment, Inc., Become, Inc., Pheedo, Inc. and Brightcove, Inc.
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- Industry: Internet, E-Commerce, Software
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: United States, Singapore, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 67
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Erasco — Erasco is Indonesia’s largest B2B trucking platform. Kargo’s product suites can seamlessly integrate with any business and empower supply chains to work with more transparency & efficiency. Kargo’s workflow tools allow freight to be priced, tracked and billed with technology. Kargo’s platform has highly managed and vetted transporters alongwith reputation systems to instill trust. The platform has managed to grow to tens of thousands of truckers and attracted notable clients such as some of the world's largest MNCs, the largest eCommerce platforms, and thousands of SME businesses
- Anchanto — Anchanto is a global B2B SaaS company enabling warehouse management, omni-channel retail management; offers inventory management system, order management system and product information management
- Reply.ai — Scale your customer service and deliver great customer experiences using AI chatbots and intelligent self-service that goes beyond static long FAQ answers. Improve self-service on chat, email and messaging.
New Zealand's leading equity investment marketplace. We simplify investment into high growth Kiwi companies.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Health Care, Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Lead/follow: no public data
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.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- FileInvite — The simplest, most secure, document collection platform for professionals. Request files, forms, data and e-signatures all through a secure client portal.
- 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.
- Kara Technologies — Content accessibility using a signing avatar. Accessible solutions are at the core of all that we do here at Kara. One of our main goals is finding smarter ways of using technology that will help build a better future for everyone, in all areas of life.
Shearwater Capital is a $100m venture fund which has three founders as partners. We're investing our own capital. We invest in founders who we like and trust, and who are passionate about building generationally great companies.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, News
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Australia, New Zealand, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 24
- Round size: Seed $171k–$12M; Series A $4.2M–$18M; Series B $15M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sitemate — Sitemate builds user friendly software which thousands of industrial companies use every day to streamline their paperwork and processes.
- Calcs.com — ClearCalcs makes structural engineering calculations easy with 100+ ready-to-use calculator library to US, CA, AU, NZ, and Eurocode standards.
- EvenBetter — EvenBetter is helping companies build a workforce where everyone thrives regardless of gender.Using AI, we provide powerful insights and recommend the right actions for closing the gender pay gap and building diverse, high-performance teams.
We're Altered Capital: venture capital and growth investors. Altered Capital exists to unlock potential. Of founders. Of employees. Of our investors.
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- Industry: Software, Mobile Apps, Financial Services
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $3M–$4.1M; Series A $4.4M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 63% lead, 37% follow
Portfolio highlights
- OneReg — OneReg designs and develops software solutions to manage vital documents and regulatory compliance.
- Contented AI — Contented AI offers AI-driven tools that help businesses generate, optimize, and manage written content for digital marketing.
- Ideally — Remarkably affordable, fast, robust and accessible research to inform and develop your ideas, concepts and products. Join us on our mission to make consumer testing a place ideas go to grow.
TJK NZ LIMITED
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- Industry: Apps, Video, Facebook
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Shuttlerock — Create attention-worthy video ads from any asset for every screen, at scale.
Auckland University's commercialisation arm
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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.
Investing with elite athletes in Sports, Media and Entertainment
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- Industry: Sports, Media and Entertainment, Marketplace
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Portugal, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Lead/follow: no public data
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.
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Browse database — It's Free!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.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Computer
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 173
- Lead/follow: no public data
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.
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.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Grant, Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 224
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- MiAlgae — MiAlgae is a new-age microalgal production company that aims to revolutionize the £340 billion global livestock feed industry by producing microalgal products – through the remediation of wastewater – as nutrient supplements for fishmeal in livestock feeds. Their microalgal products are high in omegas and proteins, both of which are required forthe production of many livestock feeds, especially in the aquaculture sector.Their production methodology uses circular economy to reduce the operating costs involved in the production of microalgae and as such allows them to compete with other supplements currently on the market.
- Solasta Bio — Solasta Bio develops environment-friendly products that meet a global need for new and effective crop protection.
- ILC Therapeutics — ILC Therapeutics Ltd is an early-stage biotechnology company focused on modulating the Innate Immune System through the development of novel peptide therapeutics for the treatment of Covid-19, Cancer, Atopic Dermatitis, and Psoriasis.
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, SaaS, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 56
- Lead/follow: no public data
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.
Wave Digital Assets offers early-stage investment, asset management, treasury management, and strategy consulting to further the growth of the crypto and digital asset ecosystem.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Switzerland, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 91
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- HIFI — HiFi Bridge is a cryptocurrency payments platform that allows customers to buy and sell cryptocurrencies, trade NFT's, borrow loans, and connect their bank accounts all-in-one.The startup offers equity, cryptocurrency, and options trading, as well as cash management accounts. The company provides the accessibility for traditional financialusers to gain access to modern decentralized finance tools through it's mobile and web platform.Zach Walsh and Mohamed Afifi founded the company in New York City in 2021.
- Maestro — Advanced UTxO-indexing data layer to supercharge Defi on Bitcoin, Cardano & Dogecoin.
- Crypto Valley Exchange — The first portfolio risk capable platform for Options & Futures trading in DeFi, offering 1000x+ leverage based on margin offset.
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.
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- Industry: Music, Mobile Apps, Mobile Devices
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
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
FatPipe Networks provides the highest levels of WAN Optimization, SD-WAN, Load Balancer, WAN Load Balancing, Hybrid Network, Dual WAN Load Balancing
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- Industry: Internet, Broadcasting
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Tranz-Send — Tranz-Send provides complete Internet broadcast technologies and services--providing home and business users.
Shima Capital is an investment fund that focuses on supporting blockchain startups. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 293
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$11M; Pre-Seed $1.2M–$4.5M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Kapkap — Kapkap is a web3 platform that uses AI for attention based value distribution in gaming.
- Almanak — Almanak is a decentralized finance (DeFi) smart agent platform that harnesses the power of artificial intelligence to automate, optimize, and intelligently manage a wide range of DeFi investment strategies. It enables users to create and deploy automated DeFi trading and risk-management strategies through coordinated AI agents. It provides anenvironment where AI handles strategy coding, backtesting across thousands of Monte Carlo simulations, optimization, risk monitoring, deployment via non-custodial Safe-based multisig accounts, and real-time performance monitoring with alerting capabilities. The platform supports seamless interaction with multiple blockchains and protocols via an LLM-powered interface.Almanak targets active DeFi participants, developers building financial applications, investment professionals, and users seeking automated portfolio insights. It emphasizes enhanced automation, continuous strategy execution, and adaptive automation driven by emerging AI techniques to respond to evolving market conditions.
- Open Campus — The Open Campus is a community-driven protocol that leverages the power of blockchain and invites all to build the future of education by putting the power of learning back in the hands of educators, students, and the community.
SevenX Ventures is a Research-driven Crypto Venture Capital founded in 2020.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 140
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$13M; Series A $5M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AEON — Powering #agenticeconomy #x402 | AEON is settlement layer bridging autonomous AI interactions (A2A & A2M) with real-world value flows. Backed by @yzilabs $AEON
- KOR Protocol — KOR Protocol is a decentralized intellectual property (IP) infrastructure designed to empower creators, protect rights, and enable seamless collaboration and monetization of IP assets across various industries, including music, film, TV, gaming, and art. Backed by notable entities like Animoca Brands, Republic, Niantic, Sfermion, Solana, andprominent creators such as Black Mirror, Disclosure, deadmau5, and Richie Hawtin, KOR leverages blockchain, AI, and DeFi to offer a transparent, efficient, and scalable environment for IP expansion.
- Limited — Secure your treasury and scale your business globally with a truly self-custodial account that only you control. No banks. No middlemen.
Illusionist Group invests in technical teams having robust and innovative projectswith the aim to grow a larger and stronger blockchain ecosystem.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Information Technology, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: New Zealand, Switzerland, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$5.9M; Series A $4.1M–$33M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Subsquid — An open-source framework for building powerful and tailored GraphQL APIs for your blockchain state history.
- Joystream — JoyStream is a blockchain powered decentralized media distribution, curation, discovery, and monetization platform.
- Tapio Protocol — The stability of native DOT, with the yield of LDOT.
Animoca Brands is a metaverse and gaming venture capital firm that focuses on driving digital property rights to gamers and internet users through NFTs. It utilizes gamification and blockchain to develop and market a portfolio of mobile applications, games, and additional products oriented to educational learning to ensure transparency, security,and new business models.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 504
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$10M; Series A $5M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Vangrid — Vangrid operates as a decentralized physical infrastructure network.
- Dow Protocol — An E-Commerce Financing RWA Platform on @BNBCHAIN, facilitating assets trusted by the world's largest banks. Lead invested by @mhventures @Maple_block
- Ceramic Network — We've joined @textileio to build the first open intelligence network for AI agents. Follow us there.
Media (Entertainment) VC funding in New Zealand at a glance
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Who built Shizune?
Shizune is built by founders with the goal of helping all founders raise funding no matter where they are.
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