Top 40 Payments VC Funds & Investors in New Zealand (July 2026)

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• Vessev — Vessev is a maritime trasportantion company that offers hydrofoiling electric vessels for travelling through water.
• VXT — Automate, integrate, and accelerate. Get more from your phone calls for less. VXT Call is a simple, mobile and powerful system.
• Caruso — AI-native fund administration for private markets. Trusted by 900+ real estate, private credit, and private equity funds to save time, impress investors, and grow AUM.

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• RISE Chain — RISE is a next-generation Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain designed to redefine blockchain performance by delivering near-instant transaction confirmations at unprecedented scale, all while upholding Ethereum’s foundational principle of decentralization
• Macropod —
• Inference Labs — AI hyperscale on decentralized networks - We provide certainty for on-chain AI

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• Hectre — Award winning, simple to use orchard apps for performance and cost management optimization.
• 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.
• Quantifi Photonics — Quantifi Photonics is a critical supplier of photonics test and measurement instruments to the world's leading photonics manufacturers, universities and research organizations.

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• Coverio — Coverio is a software company that offers enterprise-wide payroll and hiring management software for web4 companies.
• MonkeyLeague — MonkeyLeague is a video game company. They develop PC and console-based NFT games. The company offers a turn-based, play-and-earn multi-player soccer game that provides monkey NFTs of genetic composition formulated from 32 traits.
• Uniblock — Uniblock helps connect developers with Web3 using our APIs and services. Our developers use Uniblock because of how easy it is to integrate into exciting applications. Try it for free today!

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• Squid — Buy, swap, and bridge crypto across 100+ chains and 20k tokens. Fast, cheap, reliable. Used by 1M+ users and 1K+ integrators.
• Hotstuff Labs — Hotstuff Labs is a technology company building financial infrastructure for internet.
• Ceramic Network — Ceramic Network is a provider of protocols for decentralized and composable data applications. The network decentralizes application databases, making data universally composable and reusable across applications. It consists of three core parts: a highly-scalable, decentralized infrastructure for data availability and consensus, a marketplace ofcommunity-created data models, and a suite of standard APIs for storing, updating, and retrieving data from those models.

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• Yumi — YUMI is a leader in stage-based nutrition for baby and kids. Organic, nutrient dense, dairy free, gluten free, Clean Label Project approved.
• PINTAR — PINTAR is an online education portal that offers courses to increase job opportunities.
• Indonesia Creators Economy — Indonesia Creators Economy is a content creator platform, enabling brand-creator collaborations to drive business growth through technology.

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• GMM Music — GMM Music unlocks the value of Thailand's music economy.
• TuStreams — TuStreams allows artists to maintain complete ownership of their intellectual property while delivering music to all major streaming providers. TuStreams streamlines the financial side of music and helps artists at every stage with its clear royalties tracking, real-time statistics, and automated collaborator payouts.
• SKILLBOXES (INDIA) PVT. LTD — SkillBox is an Art Community Platform that is constantly evolving – always conscious of the needs of artists and arts-related businesses.

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• STBL — STBL is a next-generation stablecoin system that strives to refocus the stablecoin economy around the user. It enables users to create fully collateralized stablecoins from tokenized real-world assets (RWAs). At STBL, we’re transforming the stablecoin landscape with a groundbreaking approach that enables individuals and institutions to mint,distribute, and profit from stablecoin usage. Founded by Reeve Collins (former CEO at Tether), with a vision to revolutionize digital finance, we empower our community by delivering both the control and profitability of stablecoin infrastructure directly into their hands.
• Myriad —
• Maestro — Advanced UTxO-indexing data layer to supercharge Defi on Bitcoin, Cardano & Dogecoin.

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• Fineqia — Explore secure and innovative investment products with Fineqia. Access diversified portfolios, real-time insights, and compliance-backed financial solutions.
• Fluree — Fluree turns raw data into trusted, queryable knowledge graphs. GraphRAG-powered accuracy for enterprise AI.
• Quadrata — Quadrata is a Passport Network that brings the identity and compliance layer to DeFi across existing public blockchains. The company was founded in 2021 by Lisa Fridman and Fabrice Cheng and is headquartered in Marina Del Rey, California.

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• ChemCloud — ChemCloud is a digital platform that makes it easy to discover, buy, and sell chemicals, so you can focus on the innovation that truly matters.
• Authsignal — Fastest, seamless, passwordless authentication and passkeys. Protect B2C accounts and enhance security with drop-in passwordless features.

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• chnnl — Optimise your employee wellbeing strategy with chnnl. Centralised resource management, track psychosocial risks and team psychological wellbeing measurement.
• Upstock — Manage wholesale orders with a simple app.
• Factor — Plug and play forecasting and pricing tools for modern energy utilities.

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• Jia — Small businesses drive the economy. They deserve to own a piece of it. Jia gives entrepreneurs anywhere in the world power to control their financial destiny. We provide blockchain-based financing to businesses in emerging markets and reward them with ownership, enabling them to create wealth and prosperity for themselves and their communities.
• Better Place Forests — Better Place Forests protects and maintains memorial forests where families can spread the ashes of loved ones, sustainably honoring their memories. Choose your memorial tree today for a forever legacy.
• Entangled Publishing — Entangled Publishing publishes books for both adult and young adult audiences. Their books are available in both print and digital at major retailers around the world.

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• BetHog — BetHog is a new crypto sports book that brings home the bacon.
• Kairos Labs — Kairos Labs is an Ethereum ecosystem interest rate swap protocol
• Ceramic Network — Ceramic Network is a provider of protocols for decentralized and composable data applications. The network decentralizes application databases, making data universally composable and reusable across applications. It consists of three core parts: a highly-scalable, decentralized infrastructure for data availability and consensus, a marketplace ofcommunity-created data models, and a suite of standard APIs for storing, updating, and retrieving data from those models.

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• 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.
• Everlab — The preventative health service of the future. Detect disease early, improve wellbeing, and optimise performance.
• Partly — Auto parts distributors, manufacturers, dismantlers, marketplaces and software providers use Partly's software and API to add fitment and manage parts online.

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• 375ai — 375ai is an edge data intelligence network on Solana that provides advanced real-time data collection and analysis to power a smarter, more connected world.
• Power Protocol — Power Protocol is an infrastructure layer that drives the single, cohesive blockchain entertainment ecosystem.
• Hyperdrive — Hyperdrive delivers investment growth strategies utilizing a portfolio-centered approach.

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• Curvance — Curvance lets you click less and earn more. Deposit your crypto, borrow against it, and earn yield while you sleep.
• Macropod —
• Asgard Finance — Asgard helps fearless investors take confident, strategic positions in the evolving Internet Capital Markets, providing the tools, insights, and support they need to act boldly and capitalize on emerging digital opportunities.

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• Edu3Labs — Edu3Labs combines education and blockchain technology to create a platform where content creators, learners, and NFE token holders can all benefit. Edu3Labs is a new and innovative way to make learning more engaging and rewarding for everyone.Also, Edu3Labs is a brand-new blockchain ecosystem aimed at the education sector, with the mission ofboth giving ownership and rewarding all parties in the ecosystem. The Edu3Labs ecosystem, which currently has an education and publishing-focused NFT marketplace and metaverse platform, is also planning to provide blockchain solutions to educational institutions.A short description of Edu3Labs; A new learning experience created by the integration of the online education sector and the blockchain technology.
• BornTodie — Born To Die Game (BTDG) is a high-quality 3D shooter set in the metaverse. It centers on NFT-based heroes that drive the gameplay. Developed for two years, it's now set for launch. Players can choose free-to-play or play-to-earn modes; the latter lets them earn DIE tokens for minting in-game NFTs. An AI engine adjusts difficulty based on gamelevel, player skill, and weapons. A marketplace allows trading of NFTs, including hero derivatives.
• AlterVerse — Discover AlterVerse, an immersive free-to-play game coming to the Epic Store. Explore endless possibilities in our boundless sandbox environment where survival skills are key. Join the adventure today!

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• Vessev — Vessev is a maritime trasportantion company that offers hydrofoiling electric vessels for travelling through water.
• 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.
• 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.

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• GoHenry — GoHenry's debit card and app lets kids ages 6-18 learn practical money management skills that they can go out and apply in the real world.
• Ohai.ai — Say ohai to your AI assistant. Your new assistant, O, is just a text message away.
• BeSound — BeSound provides mammograms, screening and biopsy services to help the women to detect cancers earlier.

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• RepubliK GG — RepubliK GG specializes in developing a suite of tools for creators. It helps creators to unlock a wealth of untapped opportunities that cannot be reached within the confines of current social platforms.
• Quest Gamers — Quest Gamers is an application that is building the largest alliance of play-to-earn clan managers.
• Altered State Machine — Altered State Machine, aims to be a platform and protocol which any developer can build on it; can create, own, and compete with AI-based agents (bots) and upgrade and train their AI, buy, and sell them as NFTs. This will bring an evolution for NFTS.

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• AuDIGENT — AuDIGENT is an audience intelligence platform that provides brands with actionable data, analytics and insights that optimize the targeting, engagement and ROI of online, mobile and social video ads while opening up new revenue streams for artists and other social influencers. AuDIGENT's platform allows brands to discover, monitor and targetaudiences that drive media performance. AuDIGENT's platform empowers artists and influencers to tap into the tools and technology needed to monetize their social influence and fan engagement. AuDIGENT's executives, data scientists, developers and operations team are in New York, Philadelphia and London. For more information visit AuDIGENT.com
• Songclip (Audiobyte) — Songclip™ is a new licensed music format built specifically for texting, social posts, and quick communication. Songclip’s multi-patented networked product solution, the Songclip API, integrates seamlessly into social platforms, mobile apps, and virtual marketplaces to drive expression, monetization, and music streaming. Songclip operates theworld’s foremost searchable library of 5-30 second meta-tagged music clips, in partnership with the music industry. For more information, visit songclip.com
• Altered State Machine — Altered State Machine, aims to be a platform and protocol which any developer can build on it; can create, own, and compete with AI-based agents (bots) and upgrade and train their AI, buy, and sell them as NFTs. This will bring an evolution for NFTS.

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• Cove — Cove is a New Zealand company bringing a touch of innovation and simplicity to the insurance industry.
• beany.biz — Accounting, tax and advisory services for New Zealand business owners. We help you make smarter decisions for both your business and life.
• Spoke Phone — Can you see the conversations your mobile teams are having right now? Spoke gives regulated teams full visibility over every call, SMS, and WhatsApp.

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• Dosh — Pay and get paid instantly, anytime, anywhere. Dosh is the app for paying & getting paid back by friends, shopping in stores and earning rewards.

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• Menusifu — MenuSifu powers over 15,000 restaurants across the U.S. with advanced POS solutions. From seamless ordering to efficient payment processing, our technology helps restaurant owners streamline operations and drive growth.
• Vntrip.vn — Vntrip is an e-commerce company established by investors from Vietnam and Hong Kong, aiming to build and develop the largest and most modern online portal in the field of tourism in Vietnam.With the desire to bring travelers enjoyable and comfortable, Vietnam Vntrip Travel Company Limited has two major missions: "Hotel Booking" and"Hotel Solution".Booking is made at the website: vntrip.vn Together with the basic functions, the update will help customers operate simple and convenient with the best hotel booking service in over 4000 hotels across the land. Vietnamese territory. With Vntrip, customers will be consulted and supported 24/7 to use modern online services, perfect, save time, cost with many incentive programs, gratitude customers. Simple to operate, easy access, stable cost, take advantage of time, booking anywhere is what customers will feel when choosing to book at Vntrip.Vntrip is also a close companion of the hotel, providing software solutions for hotels with outstanding features and leading in technology. We will maximize revenue and optimize the online sales process for hotels with the goal of making a breakthrough in the travel industry with a new approach from technology adoption and development strategy. strong. In addition, Vntrip is also a channel to promote the image of the hotel perfectly, attracting customers on the objective criteria, giving customers the most honest view of the hotel, at the same time Hotel name beyond expectations.Vntrip is headquartered in Hanoi, in a modern office with open spaces that are easy to inspire anyone who comes to the company. We proudly own a young, dynamic and energetic team, we are burning together on the road to conquer the technological peak.As a "comprehensive travel guide", Vntrip hopes to be a close friend of travelers on all roads.
• Wanfengting Banmian — Wanfengting Banmian produces Taihe beef pan noodles with Anhui features in the Shanghai noodle restaurant market.

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• OneMRI — A comprehensive whole-body MRI. Radiation-free, clinically reviewed, and explained by doctors.
• Paperly — Paperly is an mobile app that provides modules for school management system and learning management system.
• Breadcrumb —

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• Endel — Personalized soundscapes to help you focus, relax, and sleep. Backed by neuroscience.
• Directus — Directus is an Open Data Platform for managing the content of any SQL database. It provides a powerful API layer for developers and an intuitive App for non-technical users. Written in JavaScript, Directus is completely open-source, modular, and extensible, allowing it to be fully tailored to your exact project needs.
• Holey Grail Donuts — Discover fresh, taro-based donuts cooked in organic Fera Fruit Oil. Weekly new flavors from local Hawaiian farms.

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• Hatom Labs —
• Analog — Analog is the world’s first layer-0, Omni-chain platform that leverages proof-of-time (PoT) to validate time data (events). With PoT, all nodes have a fair chance of being selected to validate time data and participate in the consensus process on the Timechain (an ordered sequence of immutable verified time data). This contrasts with proof-of-work(PoW)-powered networks that require computationally-intensive resources to mine blocks or proof-of-stake (PoS)-enabled networks where nodes must stake enough coins. The Analog network is the first realistic attempt in helping the world to move from a “timeless mess” to a “time-driven” environment via PoT consensus. Besides solving the problem of verifiability of time data, the Analog network also prioritizes interoperability. It establishes a radically decentralized, secure, and trustless layer-0 where multiple networks like Bitcoin and Ethereum can anchor their transactions. Most importantly, the Analog Timegraph leverages zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) to create a validated pipeline of time data that businesses can privately leverage to power the next generation of time-dependent applications. Unlike other Blockchain application programming interface (API) models that involve the use of third-party oracles, Analog’s Timegraph API allows data providers to become their own oracles on the Timechain. This creates an entirely new marketplace of time data that is set to power the next generation of decentralized applications (DApps).
• Balthazar NFT Gaming — Balthazar is on a mission to empower the biggest community of gamers to create a self-sustaining,

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• Canva — Canva is a graphic design software solutions provider that helps users to design presentations, social media graphics, and more with various layouts, images, photo filters, icons and shapes, and fonts. The platform combines a drag-and-drop design tool with a stock library of photographs, illustrations, and imagery.It was founded in 2012 andheadquartered in Sydney, New South Wales.
• Blinq — Blinq makes it easy to share your contact details via QR code scanning on the mobile app.
• Gilmour Space Technologies — Gilmour Space is a rocket company in Australia that is developing and launching low-cost small satellite launch vehicles. All orbits, all planets: https://www.gspacetech.com

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• Cheelcare — Cheelcare is creating striking assistive devices that facilitate independence for people with limited abilities. Their flagship product, the Cheelcare Companion, is a motorized attachment for powering and steering manual wheelchairs.
• Alchemy — Powered by nanotechnology. We design ready-to-use solutions from the nanoscale up.
• INEO Solutions — INEO Tech Corp. they provide retailers with The Welcoming System, a patented in-store and online advertising platform that enhances the customer experience and monetizes the entrances of retail stores. They are a revolutionary cloud-based digital advertising and data analytics system that sends customized advertising to digital screens.

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• Taper — Taper is a business management software solution that provide tools to support brands to launch, manage and grow their supply chain.
• Spinaway — Spinaway is a developer of a laundry application platform designed to offer on-demand laundry services.
• Marmalade — Marmalade is an invoice payments platform that empowers businesses to take complete control of their cash flow.

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• Xembly — Make every day meaningful with Xembly, an automated chief of staff to handle the tasks that slow you down.
• Crowd Street — Diversify your portfolio with commercial real estate investments on the CrowdStreet platform. Start building wealth today.
• Dawn Aerospace — Delivering hardware to space. Positioning satellites on orbit. Returning products to Earth.

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• Turtl — Create personalized interactive content experiences that excite, engage and convert your audience with Turtl's intuitive content software.
• Sprout.ai —
• Minimum — Take control of your organization's carbon accounting and management with granular, robust and auditable emissions data.

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• GolfN — GolfN is the web3 digital caddie. Play at more than 30,000+ courses worldwide and get rewarded for completing on-course activities. Collect and equip unique NFTs to multiply your rewards on and off the course.
• Rivalz Network — Join the connectivity infrastructure between AI Agents, DeFAI and Markets.
• Usual — Usual Labs operates as a decentralized finance(DeFi) protocol.

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• LatiPay — Latipay is a first to market, fully compliant financial technology (FinTech) New Zealand business. Our platform provides an online solution that focuses on New Zealand enterprise level merchants. The Latipay platform allows for Chinese payers to pay for goods and services with CNY (Chinese Yuan) whilst our New Zealand/Australian merchantreceives full payment for goods or service direct to their NZD/AUD bank account in NZD/AUD, at no cost to the merchant. Chinese payers can make payment through their preferred bank payment channels or their Alipay, WeChat, Baidu, Jd Pay wallets, whilst paying in their preferred currency of CNY. Our bi-lingual platform solves the significant Chinese and New Zealand/Australia payer and merchant dissatisfaction within the education, export, insurance, software and travel verticals.

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• Polemos — Enter the Polemos Forge - the first decentralized GameFi platform for asset lending, Play and Earn Blockchain Game University, scholarships, staking, & more!
• Altered State Machine — Altered State Machine, aims to be a platform and protocol which any developer can build on it; can create, own, and compete with AI-based agents (bots) and upgrade and train their AI, buy, and sell them as NFTs. This will bring an evolution for NFTS.

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• 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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• Fincom — OFAC Sanctions Screening and Entity Resolution: Payments screening, ACH transactions screening, Instant Payments, pKYC, Verification of Payee
• Azuro — Powerful tooling, oracle & liquidity solutions for any EVM predictions & gaming ecosystem
• Arkis - DeFi Prime Broker — Arkis facilitates the provision of the most capital-efficient undercollateralized leverage for DeFi financial institutions and traders. Accelerating the maturity of DeFi.

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• D3 — D3 - DNS Domains for Web3
• Share — Share XYZ is an information technology service provider
• Forta Protocol000 — Powered by the most advanced AI detection model, Forta Firewall integrates with protocols and rollups to prevent over 99% of hacks.

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• NFTfi — NFTfi allows borrowers to use the NFTs they own to access the liquidity they need - in a safe, secure and anonymous way. Lenders can earn attractive yields efficiently and have the chance to obtain rare assets at a steep discount in case of loan defaults.
• Namcon — Namcon provides blockchain infrastructure services that rely on numerous devices and trusted execution environments for secure computing.
• mmERCH — mmERCH is a blockchain-enabled Web3 fashion startup.

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• Altered State Machine — Altered State Machine, aims to be a platform and protocol which any developer can build on it; can create, own, and compete with AI-based agents (bots) and upgrade and train their AI, buy, and sell them as NFTs. This will bring an evolution for NFTS.