# Barnaby Marshall

> Barnaby Marshall is a seed investor at Icehouse Ventures backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Icehouse Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/icehouse-ventures)
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 60%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barnaby-marshall/

Barnaby Marshall is a seed investor at Icehouse Ventures focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Barnaby Marshall is the Founder / Owner at NEW GROUND. Barnaby Marshall attended Avondale College Auckland.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 13% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 13% |
| Energy | 1 | 7% |
| Finance | 1 | 7% |
| Software | 1 | 7% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 9 | 60% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 13% |
| Series A | 1 | 7% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 7% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DataMasque | Simply mask your sensitive data while maintaining its function for testing, development, training and analytics. DataMasque makes it safe to explore, implement and harness the opportunities that data provides, free from privacy concerns or compromise. | $4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 02, 2026 |  |
| DataMasque | Simply mask your sensitive data while maintaining its function for testing, development, training and analytics. DataMasque makes it safe to explore, implement and harness the opportunities that data provides, free from privacy concerns or compromise. | $4M | Series A | Jun 02, 2026 |  |
| Aether | Aether specializes in AI-powered tools designed to help teams create marketing presentations quickly and efficiently by leveraging internal organizational knowledge and data. Aether stands out for automating the creation of on-brand decks, research summaries, and campaign documents, making them easily accessible and shareable across marketing,sales, and communications teams. | $4M | Seed | Aug 21, 2025 |  |
| Ideally | ideally be self-service, with built-in generative AI to find patterns and disclose opportunities. | $3.8M | Seed | Oct 01, 2024 |  |
| Vertus Energy | Vertus Energy operates as a climate tech startup. Vertus Energy is accelerating the world’s transition to green energy. Its BRIO™ technology turbocharges the production of green fuel from waste and generates a more powerful biofuel, producing 60% more energy from the same amount of waste while also processing three times the amount of waste thanany other system on the market. | $9.4M | Seed | Jun 27, 2024 |  |
| HealthNow | HealthNow provides a financial solution that gives control of health. Manage how you access to care when need it. | $2.1M | Seed | Jun 20, 2024 |  |
| ANDFOODS | ANDFOODS is a supplier of dairy substitutes to make sure each item is delicious and environmentally friendly. | $1.7M | Seed | Mar 14, 2024 |  |
| Ideally | ideally be self-service, with built-in generative AI to find patterns and disclose opportunities. | $2.2M | Seed | Nov 09, 2023 |  |
| DataMasque | Simply mask your sensitive data while maintaining its function for testing, development, training and analytics. DataMasque makes it safe to explore, implement and harness the opportunities that data provides, free from privacy concerns or compromise. | $1.6M | Seed | Sep 10, 2023 |  |
| Relay | Relay is a B2B payments network built to optimise working capital and improve cashflow for the construction sector | $1.7M | Seed | Dec 15, 2021 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [OIF Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/our-innovation-fund) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Outset Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/outset-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Blackbird Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blackbird-ventures-australia) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Brand Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brand-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Movac](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/movac) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [NOAB Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/noab-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Icehouse Ventures

VC Fund · Auckland, New Zealand

Icehouse Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in start-up and early stage companies.

5 contacts available at Icehouse Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jack McQuire | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jack-mcquire |
| Barnaby Marshall | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barnaby-marshall |
| Bex Gidall | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bex-gidall |
| Brooke Roberts | Founder Representative on the Board | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brooke-roberts |
| Peter Thomson | Chief Technology Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-thomson-3 |

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## FAQ

### What does Barnaby Marshall invest in?

Barnaby Marshall invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Energy startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in New Zealand. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Barnaby Marshall last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Barnaby Marshall closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 15 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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