# Clare Foundation

> Clare Foundation is a VC fund in Auckland backing Furniture and Recycling. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, New Zealand
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Apr 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/clare-foundation-nz
- Website: https://www.clare.nz
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/clarefoundationnz

Clare Foundation is a VC fund in Auckland focused on Furniture and Recycling. Clare is a private philanthropic investment and giving organisation.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Clare Foundation. Shizune tracks 2 team members at Clare Foundation. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/clare-foundation-3562?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

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

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Furniture | 1 | 50% |
| Recycling | 1 | 50% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 50% |
| Product Design | 1 | 50% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alice Montague | CEO | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alice-montague-17dd |
| Anna Stuck | Founder and Chair | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anna-stuck-9a04 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Critical | Critical is a social enterprise that provides recycled furniture and homewares made from plastic waste. | $1.5M | Seed | Apr 01, 2023 |  |
| Critical | Critical is a social enterprise that provides recycled furniture and homewares made from plastic waste. | $1.5M | Seed | Apr 01, 2023 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Clare Foundation invest in?

Clare Foundation invests primarily in Furniture, Recycling and E-Commerce 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 Clare Foundation's check size?

Clare Foundation typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$1.5M 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 Clare Foundation participates in.

### How do I contact Clare Foundation?

Public channels for Clare Foundation include LinkedIn, the website linked on this profile and Facebook. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Clare Foundation?

The team at Clare Foundation includes Alice Montague (CEO) and Anna Stuck (Founder and Chair). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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