# Chintaka Ranatunga

> Chintaka Ranatunga is a seed investor at Global from Day One (Auckland) backing Software and Apps. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Global from Day One](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-from-day-one-gd1)
- Location: Auckland, New Zealand
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Sep 2021
- Lead investor: 10%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chintaka
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/chintakar
- Website: https://x.com/chintakar

Chintaka Ranatunga is a seed investor at Global from Day One in Auckland focused on Software and Apps. Chintaka Ranatunga

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $400k–$1.6M |
| Series B | $795k–$10M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 50% |
| Apps | 3 | 30% |
| EdTech | 2 | 20% |
| SaaS | 1 | 10% |
| Video | 1 | 10% |

33 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 50% |
| Series A | 2 | 20% |
| Series B | 2 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| New Zealand | 6 | 60% |
| India | 1 | 10% |
| United States | 1 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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. | $10M | Series B | Sep 22, 2021 |  |
| Shuttlerock | Shuttlerock is a provider of mobile-first creative with unrivaled speed and limitless scale. The company's proprietary platform leverages designers and technology to quickly create high-performance mobile video ads using a single visual asset as simple as a still photo. The resulting ads allow agencies and brands to maximize existing creativefor a wider audience.Founded in 2011, Shuttlerock provides guidance on effective digital marketing all over the world in over 30 languages and is one of Facebook and Instagram marketing partners. | $795K | Series B | Nov 21, 2017 |  |
| Spotlight Reporting | Cloud based Reporting and Forecasting software for Accountants, Advisors and CFO's. | $3M | Series A | Aug 29, 2016 |  |
| Kami | Kami was founded in 2013 by four university friends (although the team has grown a bit since). We are one of the fastest-growing education technology companies. Kami has millions of users worldwide and Kami Heroes – a community of passionate teachers across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Kami is also a finalist for New Zealand Innovator of theYear. The investors backing Kami include leading Australian venture capitalist firm Right Click Capital, CapitalPitch, New Zealand-based Flying Kiwi Angels, New Zealand Venture Investment Fund, and notable Silicon Valley investors, such as Sam Altman of Y Combinator and Scott Nolan of Founders Fund. As a Premier Google Partner, Kami works instantly through seamless integration with G Suite apps, like Google Drive and Google Classroom, as well other educational programs like Canvas and Schoology. Our Team: We believe that having a dedicated, enthusiastic, and non-hierarchical team can achieve remarkable heights. Our company culture embraces diversity, ownership, and, most especially, collaboration. With these values, we're working to transform education so that teachers and students can achieve more together. It is important for us to maintain an encouraging environment where people can create ideas, generate solutions and, most especially, grow. If you want to join us in building the future of education, we'd love to hear from you at careers@kamiapp.com |  | Seed | Feb 17, 2015 |  |
| Kami | Kami was founded in 2013 by four university friends (although the team has grown a bit since). We are one of the fastest-growing education technology companies. Kami has millions of users worldwide and Kami Heroes – a community of passionate teachers across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Kami is also a finalist for New Zealand Innovator of theYear. The investors backing Kami include leading Australian venture capitalist firm Right Click Capital, CapitalPitch, New Zealand-based Flying Kiwi Angels, New Zealand Venture Investment Fund, and notable Silicon Valley investors, such as Sam Altman of Y Combinator and Scott Nolan of Founders Fund. As a Premier Google Partner, Kami works instantly through seamless integration with G Suite apps, like Google Drive and Google Classroom, as well other educational programs like Canvas and Schoology. Our Team: We believe that having a dedicated, enthusiastic, and non-hierarchical team can achieve remarkable heights. Our company culture embraces diversity, ownership, and, most especially, collaboration. With these values, we're working to transform education so that teachers and students can achieve more together. It is important for us to maintain an encouraging environment where people can create ideas, generate solutions and, most especially, grow. If you want to join us in building the future of education, we'd love to hear from you at careers@kamiapp.com |  | Seed | Jul 06, 2014 |  |
| APIMatic | APIMatic is a developer experience platform for web APIs. Their mission is to make developers productive through automatic code generation. APIMATIC allows companies to share their API descriptions with team members and stay updated about new API definitions. It also allows its users to share their subscriptions with team members. APIMATIC workswith SDK platforms such as Windows, Java, Android, Apple, and Go Language.Their code generation engine enables API providers to generate SDKs for their APIs within minutes and at a fraction of the cost. They provide tools like their API editor and API transformer to further aid API providers in minimizing the time required to ship excellent quality SDKs to the developers using their APIs. Their code generation engine is also capable of generating succinct and error-free documentation for APIs and SDKs, both. The documentation for the SDKs includes dynamic screenshots detailing usage instructions tailored to the provider's specific API and also code snippets showing example usage. As the cherry on the cake, they provide beautifully designed DX portals to encapsulate this documentation. |  | Seed | May 09, 2014 |  |
| QuiverVision | We are an Augmented Reality research and development company based in New Zealand. We started by pioneering the colourable Augmented Reality market and are now building suite of Augmented Reality tools and features that provide entertaining and highly engaging user experiences for all ages!We have two products live on the market at the moment(detailed below) and have plenty of more in the product and R&D roadmap / pipeline! We use our flagship product to work with some of the largest brands in the world to create engaging and memorable user experiences for their customers! Demo videos:- Air NZ: … · href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EnrXqDD66M" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EnrXqDD66M- DreamWorks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXpgBx7wlu0Media:- TechCrunch - https://techcrunch.com/2013/07/17/colar-uses-augmented-reality-to-brings-your-kids-drawing-to-life/ | $1.6M | Seed | May 01, 2014 |  |
| Noonswoon | Noonswoon provides mobile dating services for singles in Asia. | $400K | Seed | Sep 25, 2013 |  |
| Klip.in | Klip is a product discovery tool for interesting and off beat lifestyle products. It is for people who like things on and around them to reveal more of who they are.If you like standing out in the way you dress, if you like doing up your desk or home with things that have an edge about them or like to collect fun and quirky knick knacks orsimply have a taste for creative stuff that’s not main stream, then Klip is the perfect tool for you. It helps you find and create a virtual collection of these far out and quirky products. |  | Seed | Sep 06, 2013 |  |
| Shuttlerock | Shuttlerock is a provider of mobile-first creative with unrivaled speed and limitless scale. The company's proprietary platform leverages designers and technology to quickly create high-performance mobile video ads using a single visual asset as simple as a still photo. The resulting ads allow agencies and brands to maximize existing creativefor a wider audience.Founded in 2011, Shuttlerock provides guidance on effective digital marketing all over the world in over 30 languages and is one of Facebook and Instagram marketing partners. |  | Series A |  |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Global from Day One](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-from-day-one-gd1) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [New Zealand Venture Investment Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-zealand-venture-investment-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Sparkbox Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sparkbox-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Artha Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/artha-india-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [B Dash Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/b-dash-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Enterprise Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enterprise-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Global from Day One

VC Fund · Auckland, New Zealand

Global from Day One they invest from seed to scale and provide operational support across product, growth, and HR.

4 contacts available at Global from Day One.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Heather Gadonniex | CMO Operating Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/heather-gadonniex |
| Chintaka Ranatunga | Managing Partner and Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chintaka-ranatunga |
| Nawaz Ahmed | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nawaz-ahmed |
| Vignesh Kumar | Co-Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vignesh-kumar-d8e6 |

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## FAQ

### What does Chintaka Ranatunga invest in?

Chintaka Ranatunga invests primarily in Software, Apps and EdTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 10 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 Chintaka Ranatunga's check size?

Chintaka Ranatunga typically joins rounds of $400k–$1.6M at Seed and $795k–$10M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Chintaka Ranatunga participates in.

### When did Chintaka Ranatunga last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Chintaka Ranatunga closed in Sep 2021. Shizune tracks 10 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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