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Top 50 Media (Entertainment) VC Funds & Investors in New Zealand (October 2026)

The most active venture capital funds investing in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Venture - Series Unknown round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Icehouse Ventures
VC Fund
12 New Zealand, United States, Australia Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $485k–$20M
Enterprise Angels
VC Fund
8 New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, Health Care $227k–$3.7M
New Zealand Growth Capital Partners
VC Fund
8 New Zealand, United States, Australia Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Software, Information Technology, Health Care $435k–$10M
K1W1
VC Fund
7 New Zealand, United States Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence $550k–$18M
Hillfarrance Venture Capital
VC Fund
7 New Zealand, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, Gaming $362k–$2.3M
GD1 (Global From Day One)
VC Fund
7 New Zealand, United States, China Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology $600k–$19M
AngelHQ
VC Fund
6 New Zealand, United States, Canada Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Angel Software, SaaS, Manufacturing $259k–$11M
Digital Finance Group (DFG)
VC Fund
4 United States, Singapore, Switzerland Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech $1.3M–$32M
Altonomy
VC Fund
4 United States, Singapore, India Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech $1.4M–$12M
LD Capital
VC Fund
3 United States, Singapore, United Kingdom Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming $1.2M–$70M
Ice Angels
VC Fund
3 New Zealand, United States, Canada Seed, Angel, Series A Software, Analytics, E-Commerce $367k–$8.5M
Movac
VC Fund
3 New Zealand, United States, Australia Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Software, SaaS, Manufacturing $1.4M–$16M
Ableton
VC Fund
3 New Zealand Seed Music, Mobile Apps, Mobile Devices $1.2M–$1.2M
GD1
VC Fund
3 New Zealand, United States, China Seed, Series A, Series B Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Hypersphere Ventures
VC Fund
2 United States, Singapore, Canada Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software $2M–$30M
OKX Ventures
VC Fund
2 United States, Singapore, Hong Kong Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming $1.7M–$50M
Jsquare
VC Fund
2 United States, France, Estonia Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming $214k–$100M
NFT Tech
VC Fund
2 United Kingdom, India, France Seed, Series A Blockchain, Gaming, Software $1.3M–$3M
Jelix Ventures
VC Fund
2 Australia, New Zealand, United States Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $653k–$20M
New Zealand Venture Investment Fund
VC Fund
2 New Zealand, United States, Japan Seed, Series A, Angel Software, Biotechnology, SaaS
TJK NZ LIMITED
VC Fund
2 New Zealand Series A Apps, Video, Facebook $1.5M–$1.8M
Soul Capital
VC Fund
2 New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong Seed, Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown Information Technology, Software, Recycling $608k–$12M
Kernel Ventures
VC Fund
2 Singapore, United States, New Zealand Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Blockchain, Information Technology, Cryptocurrency $1M–$8.6M
PAKA Fund
VC Fund
2 New Zealand, United Arab Emirates Seed SaaS, Metaverse, 3D Technology $3M–$3.5M
Good Games Guild
VC Fund
2 Vietnam, United States, United Arab Emirates Seed, Series A Gaming, Blockchain, Metaverse $285k–$5M
TsingTing Capital
VC Fund
2 Taiwan, New Zealand, Switzerland Seed Trading Platform, SaaS, Gaming $1.8M–$5M
CMS Holdings
VC Fund
2 United States, Singapore, Hong Kong Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $1.5M–$21M
Walsh Wealth Ventures
VC Fund
2 New Zealand, Israel, United States Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Blockchain, Apps, SaaS $3M–$4.5M
Tuhua Fund
VC Fund
2 New Zealand, Singapore, United States Seed, Series A, Angel Software, Internet, B2B
International Blockchain Consulting
VC Fund
2 United States, India, Canada Seed, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming $2.2M–$9M
Global from Day One
VC Fund
2 New Zealand, United States, China Seed, Series A Software, SaaS, Manufacturing $694k–$18M
Moonwhale Ventures
VC Fund
2 Singapore, United States, India Seed, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software $225k–$5M
PAKA Capital
VC Fund
2 United States, Singapore, Switzerland Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Artificial Intelligence $1.3M–$5M
Genblock Capital
VC Fund
2 United States, Singapore, United Kingdom Seed, Initial Coin Offering Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $1.2M–$314M
Altered Capital
VC Fund
1 New Zealand Series A, Seed Software, Mobile Apps, Financial Services $3M–$14M
Snowball Effect
VC Fund
1 New Zealand Seed, Angel Software, Health Care, Manufacturing $558k–$3.5M
APEX Capital
VC Fund
1 United States, Portugal, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Sports, Media and Entertainment, Marketplace
Par Equity
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, United States, Brazil Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Computer
Scottish Enterprise
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, United States, Japan Grant, Seed Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
AfterWork Ventures
VC Fund
1 Australia, United States, New Zealand Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, SaaS, FinTech
Wave Digital Assets
VC Fund
1 United States, Switzerland, Canada Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
FatPipe
VC Fund
1 New Zealand Series A Internet, Broadcasting
Uniservices
VC Fund
1 New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed Health Care, Medical Device, Biotechnology $283k–$8.4M
TransCosmos
VC Fund
1 United States, Singapore, China Series B, Series A, Series C Internet, Software, E-Commerce $1.1M–$60M
Shima Capital
VC Fund
1 United States, Singapore, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming $1.2M–$31M
Illusionist Group
VC Fund
1 New Zealand, Switzerland, United States Seed, Series A Blockchain, Information Technology, Software $1.8M–$33M
Hatcher+
VC Fund
1 United States, Italy, Australia Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note Software, Information Technology, Health Care $50k–$1.5M
University of Auckland Inventors Fund
VC Fund
1 New Zealand, United States Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed Health Care, Biotechnology, Therapeutics $337k–$18M
AU21 Capital
VC Fund
1 United States, Singapore, India Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming $1.1M–$8M
DWF Labs
VC Fund
1 United States, Singapore, United Kingdom Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Web3 $500k–$40M
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Icehouse Ventures
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 12 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 279
  • Round size: Seed $643k–$4.9M; Series A $2.5M–$20M; Venture - Series Unknown $485k–$19M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $318k in 2023

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.
  • First Table — The Earlybird Gets The Dinner Deal! Book the first table of the night and you'll get 50% off meals for 2 to 4 diners! Email social@firsttable.co.nz
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Enterprise Angels
VC Fund · Tauranga, Gisborne, New Zealand · 8 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 166
  • Round size: Seed $328k–$3.7M; Venture - Series Unknown $227k–$3.6M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $14M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Linca — Critical metals for a circular battery supply chain
  • Wellumio — Wellumio is a medical technology company redefining the boundaries of clinical imaging. We’re fusing technology, design innovation, and medical expertise to create new diagnostic pathways that support the timely delivery of urgent stroke care.
  • Scanabull — Scanabull is a 3D vision to measure cattle live weight quickly and accurately, reducing handling stress and giving farmers, agents, and processors clear, real‑time weight data. It makes weighing easy, analysis simple, and sharing seamless for everyone who relies on live weight or carcass weight decisions.
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New Zealand Growth Capital Partners
VC Fund · 8 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 114
  • Round size: Seed $532k–$4.3M; Series A $2M–$10M; Venture - Series Unknown $435k–$5.5M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $300M in 2020

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.
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K1W1
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 7 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups, 6 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 135
  • Round size: Seed $550k–$4.1M; Series A $1.8M–$18M; Venture - Series Unknown $2M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Hyades — Hyades is an AI-powered hyperspectral intelligence platform that offers soil and land insights.
  • Vessev — Electric hydrofoiling vessels built for commercial use. Quiet, efficient, and better for the world.
  • First Table — The Earlybird Gets The Dinner Deal! Book the first table of the night and you'll get 50% off meals for 2 to 4 diners! Email social@firsttable.co.nz
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Hillfarrance Venture Capital
VC Fund · 7 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Gaming
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: New Zealand, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 33
  • Round size: Seed $618k–$2.3M; Pre-Seed $362k–$1.2M; Venture - Series Unknown $900k–$2.1M
  • Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% 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!
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GD1 (Global From Day One)
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 7 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 71
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$8.2M; Pre-Seed $860k–$11M; Series A $1.2M–$19M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $60M in 2026

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.
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AngelHQ
VC Fund · Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand · 6 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

Learn about Angel HQ, Wellington's Angel Investing Network - the meeting place for ambitious startups and passionate investors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Angel
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 58
  • Round size: Seed $351k–$2.5M; Angel $367k–$1M; Venture - Series Unknown $259k–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% 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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Digital Finance Group (DFG)
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 4 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 102
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$7.5M; Series A $1.9M–$32M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.4M–$22M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% 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.
  • Rivet.cloud (Formerly OpenRelay) —
  • Karmine Corp — Karmine Corp is an esports organization that offers merchandise and competes in games like league of legends, trackmania, and others.
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Altonomy
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 4 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

Altonomy is the market leader for cryptocurrencies liquidity management and asset management solutions

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 34
  • 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.
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LD Capital
VC Fund · Shanghai, Shanghai, China · 3 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 202
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$8.6M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.7M–$70M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $200M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Redpill AI — Access 200+ AI models with privacy-first infrastructure. Private models in GPU TEE, OpenAI-compatible API, zero data retention.
  • 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
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Ice Angels
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 3 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Analytics, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Round size: Seed $447k–$1.6M; Angel $367k–$428k; Series A $1.5M–$8.5M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $7.5M in 2016

Portfolio highlights

  • Dexibit — We know Visitor Attractions inside and out. Measure and drive visitation, visitor experience, loyalty and revenue. We're empowering places people love to visit.
  • Datagate — Quick, easy, compliant telecom billing for MSPs! Datagate integrates with popular MSP software like ConnectWise, Datto Autotask PSA, Quickbooks and Xero, and tax engines like Avalara, CCH SureTax and CSI.
  • Beany — Accounting, tax and advisory services for New Zealand business owners. We help you make smarter decisions for both your business and life.
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Movac
VC Fund · Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand · 3 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 74
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$4.9M; Series A $1.5M–$16M; Venture - Series Unknown $2M–$13M
  • Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% 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.
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Ableton
VC Fund · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 3 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Music, Mobile Apps, Mobile Devices
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$1.2M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Melodics — Melodics is an educational service for learning how to finger drum, using adaptive learning and other data-driven approaches.
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GD1
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 3 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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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Hypersphere Ventures
VC Fund · Miami, Florida, United States · 2 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $4.9M in 2025

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
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OKX Ventures
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Jsquare
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 2 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

Jsquare is a crypto investment and advisory company, aiming to be the top-tier investment institution in the blockchain industry.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, France, Estonia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 37
  • Round size: Seed $2.5M–$8.6M; Pre-Seed $214k–$2M; Series A $5.2M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $50M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • GamerBoom — GamerBoom is an artificial intelligence-driven protocol for gaming data analytics, developed on the Solana blockchain.
  • Chomp — Chomp is a social network platform that focuses on on question-and-answer with prediction-based systems.
  • Rocket — simpler than options. more precise than prediction markets. built for every level of trader.
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NFT Tech
VC Fund · Vancouver, Alberta, Canada · 2 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Jelix Ventures
VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 2 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

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

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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New Zealand Venture Investment Fund
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 2 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

Your guide to finding and using government services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Biotechnology, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 35
  • Lead/follow: no public data

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
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TJK NZ LIMITED
VC Fund · 2 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

TJK NZ LIMITED

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Video, Facebook
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Series A $1.5M–$1.8M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Shuttlerock — Create attention-worthy video ads from any asset for every screen, at scale.
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Soul Capital
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 2 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

Soul Capital is an impact investment organisation working towards a more inclusive and sustainable economy.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Recycling
  • Stage:Seed, Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 26
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$3M; Venture - Series Unknown $608k–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Staples VR — Staples Rentals is a Film/Video & Stills equipment rental house based in Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Kai's Education — Kai's Education is an innovative force in the EdTech sector, pioneering the integration of coding, STEM, and robotics into engaging learning experiences for children. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, our mission is to ignite young minds through our award-winning educational products, including the all-in-one STEAM toolbox, Kai's Clan, andthe hybrid robot, KaiBot.Our flagship product, Kai's Clan, breaks new ground by allowing children aged seven to fifteen to learn to code with state-of-the-art technologies such as AR, VR, AI, IoT, Tinkercad, and Minecraft. KaiBot, designed for hands-on learning, uses screen-free coding cards to instill the fundamentals of coding, providing immediate feedback to enhance learning.Complemented by the Kainundrum Lite app, Kai's Education facilitates a seamless transition from tactile to advanced text-based coding, nurturing problem-solving skills and creativity. Recipient of the Smart AI Toy Award and the Common Sense Top Pick for Learning Award, Kai's Education is dedicated to equipping the next generation with the skills for tomorrow's challenges. We're not just teaching coding; we're inspiring creators.
  • Teacher’s Buddy — Create lesson plans, worksheets, assessments, and more in minutes. AI-powered tools designed for educators.
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Kernel Ventures
VC Fund · Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 2 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

Kernel Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on blockchain companies.

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Investment focus

  • 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
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PAKA Fund
VC Fund · 2 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

PAKA Fund

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Investment focus

  • 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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Good Games Guild
VC Fund · Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia · 2 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

Good Games Guild is a gaming hub for play-to-earn games based on NFTs and collectible tokens.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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TsingTing Capital
VC Fund · 2 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

TsingTing Capital is a venture capital firm.

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Investment focus

  • 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
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CMS Holdings
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups, 6 in the past 12 months

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 178
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$7.5M; Series A $2.8M–$21M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Axis — A global liquidity provider for tokenized markets. 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.
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Walsh Wealth Ventures
VC Fund · 2 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

Walsh Wealth Ventures is an investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Tuhua Fund
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 2 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

Micro-Venture Fund investing in 25 Kiwi Startups

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, B2B
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: New Zealand, Singapore, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Lead/follow: no public data

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
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International Blockchain Consulting
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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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Global from Day One
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 2 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 35
  • Round size: Seed $694k–$5M; Series A $890k–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $90M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • eVouch — eVouch is the most powerful marketing tool we've used to build an organic community. We've experienced elevated brand trust while reaching an audience we never thought possible. Using customers to market to their friends is simply genius.
  • Alimetry — Gastric Alimetry brings data-driven clarity to chronic gastric symptoms, helping clinicians diagnose with confidence.
  • Flowingly — Unlock Team Productivity. Streamline Approvals. Increase Compliance. Easy To Use, No-Code Process Mapping & Workflow Automation Platform.
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Moonwhale Ventures
VC Fund · 2 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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
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PAKA Capital
VC Fund · Beijing, Beijing, China · 2 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

PAKA is a DAO fund built by many Polkadot builders , invetsting in Web3.0 technical projects and start ups

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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Genblock Capital
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

Genblock Capital invests exclusively in blockchain and cryptocurrency, with a focus on decentralized finance.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Initial Coin Offering
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 154
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$8M; Initial Coin Offering $5M–$314M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% 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.
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Altered Capital
VC Fund · 1 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Snowball Effect
VC Fund · Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand · 1 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

Simplified access to top-tier managed funds and private companies

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $558k–$3.5M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ubco — UBCO is a New Zealand and US-based tech company that designs, develops, and distributes Utility Electric Vehicles and Portable Power Supplies for on-and off-road adventures, leisure and recreation, and commercial use where vehicle utility is required. UBCO have a desire to Power Your Purpose, through it's Utility Electric Vehicles (UEVs) thatcan change the way people ride, work, and play. UBCO currently has a digitally connected UEV platform which includes on- and off-road transport (2×2), portable power, accessories, and software. They provide a complete solution, from users to managers across a wide range of applications.
  • Tether Limited — Tether develops a solution that continuously assesses, reports on, and rates the environmental quality and energy efficiency of homes, offices, and classrooms. Tether will not only enable continuous evaluation and feedback, but it will also provide ways to improve the environments in which users live, work, or learn.Through connected hardware andsoftware solutions, Tether promotes healthy living, learning, and working environments.
  • Projectworks — Grow your firm - and your impact.Projectworks is professional services automation software built for consulting firms that want to grow - and make a difference.As a project intelligence platform, Projectworks connects time tracking, expense tracking, resource management, invoicing, and financial reporting in one live system. It gives you thevisibility to see what’s working, fix what’s not, and scale your firm with confidence.Projectworks was built by consultants who know what it’s like to lose hours to spreadsheets and billing chaos. Designed specifically for engineering, architecture, software development, and management consulting, it’s professional services automation (PSA) software that gets experts out of the admin grind and back to the work that matters.Our cloud-based PSA tool brings together everything your business needs to plan, track, forecast, and grow. By automating time tracking, expense tracking, resource planning, project financials, and real-time reporting, Projectworks frees your people to focus on solving the world’s hardest problems - not wrestling with manual processes. On average, Projectworks users grow 20% in their first year.Connect Projectworks with your existing stack - including Xero, QuickBooks Online, MYOB, Jira, Azure DevOps, and Salesforce - to eliminate double handling, align your data, and operate with confidence.We’ll help you set up for success with expert data migration, comprehensive training, and responsive ongoing support.Key featuresTime tracking software: Easy, accurate timesheets that actually get filled out. Simplify project time tracking and keep billing up to date with integrated time management software for consultants.Expense tracking: Track project spend against budget with simple, mobile-friendly expense submission. Sync approved expenses directly to Xero as bills to pay.Resource management software: Plan and allocate resources effectively. See availability, utilization, and capacity in real time with powerful resource planning tools that make project delivery predictable.Revenue forecasting & project profitability: Combine financial and resourcing data to model revenue, monitor utilization and profitability, and make confident growth decisions.Invoicing automation: Create pre-populated invoices that sync seamlessly with Xero, reducing admin and helping you get paid faster.Reporting & insights: Access real-time dashboards, project profitability reports, and PSA analytics that bring clarity to every decision. Track the consulting metrics that matter most - across projects, clients, and teams.Integrations: Connect your favorite tools and run your firm on a unified project management and financial reporting platform.Flexible pricing means you only pay for what you use - plus, get a 10% discount on annual subscriptions.
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APEX Capital
VC Fund · Cascais, Lisboa, Portugal · 1 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

Investing with elite athletes in Sports, Media and Entertainment

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Investment focus

  • 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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Par Equity
VC Fund · Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom · 1 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Scottish Enterprise
VC Fund · Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom · 1 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups, 24 in the past 12 months

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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AfterWork Ventures
VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 1 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups, 6 in the past 12 months

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Wave Digital Assets
VC Fund · Los Angeles, California, United States · 1 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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FatPipe
VC Fund · Salt Lake City, Utah, United States · 1 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Uniservices
VC Fund · 1 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

Auckland University's commercialisation arm

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Medical Device, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 36
  • Round size: Seed $694k–$5M; Pre-Seed $283k–$1.3M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.6M–$8.4M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% 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.
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TransCosmos
VC Fund · Mountain View, California, United States · 1 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

transcosmos delivers global CX & BPO solutions, including AI-powered multilingual support, offshore service operations, e-commerce, and digital marketing.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 69
  • Round size: Series A $1.1M–$20M; Series B $6M–$30M; Series C $3M–$60M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

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
  • Bambuser — We make live streaming go live shopping, empowering retailers with immediate conversion, feedback and engagement from their audience.
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Shima Capital
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

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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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 295
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$11M; Pre-Seed $1.2M–$4.5M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.6M–$31M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% 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.
  • PERPTools — PERPTools combines crypto perpetual trading with activity points and risk-free market predictions.
  • 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.
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Illusionist Group
VC Fund · Hue, NA - Vietnam, Vietnam · 1 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

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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Investment focus

  • 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.
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Hatcher+
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 1 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

Hatcher+ is a data-driven venture capital firm that uses AI and machine learning-based technologies to identify early-stage opportunities in partnership with leading accelerators and investors, worldwide.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: United States, Italy, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 194
  • Round size: Seed $50k–$1.5M; Pre-Seed $50k–$1.2M
  • Lead/follow: 61% lead, 39% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Inaam — inaam is an Australian impact investing app. Pick five themes, customise them yourself, and read every company you hold by name. A flat $10 a month subscription, and a $100 minimum to start in the fund.
  • PayToMe.co — PayToMe.co offers innovative and secure payment solutions including text-to-pay, digital invoicing, and digital checkbook services.
  • Kybele's Garden — Kybele's Garden focus on algae-based bioponics and algae fermentation methods. Their differentiation strategy boosts harvest yield, source efficiency, and functional content, while improving sensory attributes and shelf life. These technologies can be used in agrifood and skin care, and integrated into existing producers' systems.
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University of Auckland Inventors Fund
VC Fund · 1 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

University of Auckland Inventors Fund

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Therapeutics
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $2.2M–$2.5M; Pre-Seed $337k–$972k; Series A $1.6M–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • TamoRx — TamoRx’s founding inventors have discovered a novel biological mechanism within cells that restricts the immune system from fighting cancer. The research team is focused on developing a new therapy that frees patients’ immune systems from this restriction to increase immune attack on cancer cells within tumours offering a new hope for a broad rangeof cancer patients. TamoRx aims to develop small molecule inhibitors that work both as a single agent and in combination with other treatments, increasing the applicability of immunotherapy for patients.
  • Opo Bio — Opo Bio develops cell lines for the cultivated meat industry and researchers.They are building a multi-species and multi-cell type product bank for research and commercial usage. They are creating infrastructure that will enable the industry to progress and more effectively scale.
  • Luminoma — Luminoma will enable easy access to objective and precise skin cancer screening. With Luminoma, clinicians can confidently discern malignant from benign, reducing unnecessary referrals and biopsies.
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AU21 Capital
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

A fund dedicated to backing the most brilliant minds in the blockchain space

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 217
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$5.8M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.3M–$8M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • A-World — Welcome to Animal World, a battle game based on #BNBCHAIN's super metaverse card tower defense. By setting up a hero tower to destroy monsters.
  • NeuronX — The First AI-Driven Lending Protocol on @dfinity
  • Vue Protocol — Community-First Layer for AI Memecoins. @solana @pumpdotfun @ton_blockchain Dvo1Fb7FxtUxsLbcQaizftfUT9HtL9P6swaQAScZDeQQ
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DWF Labs
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 1 investments in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups

DWF Labs is the leading crypto venture capital company, market maker & liquidity provider. We help build strong web3 companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Web3
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 135
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$8M; Pre-Seed $500k–$5M; Venture - Series Unknown $5M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Beldex — Beldex is a private ecosystem consisting of decentralized applications. The Beldex privacy coin (BDX) is a utility coin of the Beldex private ecosystem.
  • Superset — The Unified Execution Layer for stablecoins, tokenized deposits, and onchain FX. One shared liquidity market, accessible across all chains.
  • ZenChain — The first decentalised Bitcoin EVM L1 bringing smart contracts, composability, and true cross-chain liquidity to BTC.
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Media (Entertainment) VC funding in New Zealand at a glance

Stats across 205 deals from 63 investors.

63
investors
in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups
205
deals
in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups
$27k
median round
in New Zealand Media (entertainment) startups
40%
lead investors
lead at least one round
67%
Grant
most common funding stage

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