# Aspire NZ Seed Fund

> Aspire NZ Seed Fund is a VC fund in Auckland backing AgTech, Training and Education. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, New Zealand
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Dec 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.nzgcp.co.nz/funding/aspire-seed-fund

Aspire NZ Seed Fund is a VC fund in Auckland focused on AgTech and Training. Aspire NZ Seed Fund partners with private investors to co-invest in start-ups with potential for high growth. Aspire is structured as an evergreen fund that can continue to invest indefinitely as long as it generates returns.Aspire NZ Seed Fund invests directly into early-stage Kiwi tech start-ups at Seed and Angel investment stages. Aspire NZSeed Fund is managed by NZ Growth Capital Partners.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$2.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AgTech | 1 | 50% |
| Training | 1 | 50% |
| Education | 1 | 50% |
| E-Learning | 1 | 50% |
| Horticulture | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SafeStack | SafeStack is a community-centric online education platform that gives software development teams the skills and support they need to weave security through their software development lifecycle from the initial idea to the final product - for the entire life of the code.Secure the software you design and build and meet compliance with ease.SafeStack helps organizations of all sizes to be secure by design. | $2.5M | Seed | Dec 05, 2022 |  |
| Cropsy Technologies | Cropsy's mission is to deliver disruptive, scalable technology to every fruit grower to unlock the full potential of their land with insights that were impossible before. Our proprietary AI-enabled hardware allows growers to monitor every plant, understand the whole crop, and track how it changes over time. These insights help growers optimiseall their decision making. The system is a simple tractor add-on, so growers do all their daily operations while Cropsy looks out for problems. Cropsy is poised to set the new gold standard for growing, with recommendations, forecasts, and providing certainty to every grower, every season. | $1.5M | Seed | Feb 02, 2022 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [K1W1](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/k1w1) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [New Zealand Growth Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-zealand-growth-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AngelHQ](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angelhq) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Angel Investors Marlborough](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-investors-marlborough) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blackbird Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blackbird-ventures-australia) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Carthona Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carthona-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Aspire NZ Seed Fund invest in?

Aspire NZ Seed Fund invests primarily in AgTech, Training and Education startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in New Zealand. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Aspire NZ Seed Fund's check size?

Aspire NZ Seed Fund typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$2.5M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Aspire NZ Seed Fund participates in.

### When did Aspire NZ Seed Fund last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Aspire NZ Seed Fund closed in Dec 2022. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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