# Dean Tilyard

> Dean Tilyard is a seed investor at The Factory backing Sensor and Biotechnology. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [The Factory](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bcc)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dean-tilyard/2/790/28

Dean Tilyard is a seed investor at The Factory focused on Sensor and Biotechnology. Dean Tilyard is Chief Executive Officer of The Bio Commerce Centre in Palmerston North. Dean works primarily in investment for early-stage technology businesses and commercialisation from science institutions. He led the successful formation of angel investment group MIG (Manawatu Investment Group), whose 30 members are active in early-stageinvesting.In the past two years, Dean has raised $10m+ for technology companies. He is a board-level advisor with two high-growth technology companies, a founding council member of the NZ Angel Capital Association and an external reviewer for Massey University and AgResearch's Pre-Seed funds.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sensor | 1 | 100% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Scentian Bio | Scentian Bio operates as a platform that provides ultimate sensing solution. |  | Seed | Sep 27, 2023 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Icehouse Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/icehouse-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [OurCrowd](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ourcrowd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Toyota Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/toyota-ai-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About The Factory

VC Fund



1 contacts available at The Factory.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dean Tilyard | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dean-tilyard |

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## FAQ

### What does Dean Tilyard invest in?

Dean Tilyard invests primarily in Sensor and Biotechnology startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 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 Dean Tilyard last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Dean Tilyard closed in Sep 2023. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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