# Kiwi II Venture Capital

> Kiwi II Venture Capital is a VC fund backing Telecommunications, Security and Wireless. See 3 investments, round sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jan 2006
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Kiwi II Venture Capital is a financial organization.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Telecommunications | 2 | 67% |
| Security | 1 | 33% |
| Wireless | 1 | 33% |
| Web Hosting | 1 | 33% |
| Cyber Security | 1 | 33% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |
| Series B | 1 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| New Zealand | 1 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Esphion | Esphion Limited provides proactive security solutions to telecommunications, corporate, and government customers in the Asia Pacific. It offers appliances and solutions for network disaster protection. The company's appliances include Esphion EX and SP appliances that detect network anomalies and threats, such as denial of service attacks,insider attacks, violations of internal policies, network mis-configurations, worm outbreaks, and other unseen and unknown threats. It also provides Esphion EX3000 and Esphion SP5000 that incorporate the Esphion controllers and the intelligent neural agents in a single system used in stand-alone systems of enterprises and service providers; and Esphion EX3000c and Esphion SP5000c controllers, and a number of Esphion EX3000i and Esphion SP5000i intelligent neural agents used in distributed systems of enterprises and service providers. The company serves enterprises, carriers, and service providers. It has sales operations in the Asia Pacific, Europe, and the United States. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand. As of January 8, 2008, Esphion Limited operates as a subsidiary of Allot Communications Ltd. | $1.4M |  | Jan 01, 2006 |  |
| Cambridge Broadband Networks | Cambridge Broadband designs wireless back-haul and access provisions that improve telecommunication network capacity and efficiency under increasing mobile data growth. The company's wireless back-haul and access provisions offers carrier-class, point-to-multipurpose broadband wireless access equipment, enabling telecom and mobile operators toaccelerate customers' return on investment. | $16.5M | Series B | Jun 01, 2001 |  |
| Cambridge Broadband Networks | Cambridge Broadband designs wireless back-haul and access provisions that improve telecommunication network capacity and efficiency under increasing mobile data growth. The company's wireless back-haul and access provisions offers carrier-class, point-to-multipurpose broadband wireless access equipment, enabling telecom and mobile operators toaccelerate customers' return on investment. | $5M | Series A | Jun 30, 2000 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Amadeus Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amadeus-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Techno Venture Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tvm-techno-venture-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BNP Paribas Private Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bnp-paribas-private-equity) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gilde IT Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gilde-it-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Latin Rim](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/latinrim) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Kiwi II Venture Capital invest in?

Kiwi II Venture Capital invests primarily in Telecommunications, Security and Wireless startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 3 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 Kiwi II Venture Capital last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kiwi II Venture Capital closed in Jan 2006. Shizune tracks 3 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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