Matū Group
VC Fund
Auckland, New Zealand
Matū Group is a VC fund in Auckland focused on Biotechnology and Health Care. Science and Technology
- Total investments:
- 22
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 23%
Last updated:
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Industries Matū Group invests in
Stages Matū Group invests in
Countries Matū Group invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $473k–$4.6M
- Pre-Seed
- $337k–$972k
- Series A
- $2.3M–$25M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Biotechnology 6 (27%)
- Health Care 5 (23%)
- Manufacturing 3 (14%)
- Medical Device 3 (14%)
- Medical 2 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 9 (41%)
- Pre-Seed 4 (18%)
- Series A 3 (14%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (9%)
Country
- New Zealand 13 (59%)
- Australia 1 (5%)
- United States 1 (5%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inhibit Coatings is a start-up company that produces high-performance antimicrobial paints and coatings for food safety and healthcare. It uses a unique silver nanoparticle functionalization method that produces physically robust, low-leaching, and long lifetime antimicrobial coatings.Its technology produces silver particles evenly dispersedthroughout the polymer coating and bound to the resin backbone. Only very small amounts of silver are required, typically less than 0.1%, owing to silver’s excellent and well-documented performance as an antimicrobial agent, with proven activity against over 650 different microorganisms. Its technology has been applied to a number of resin systems including acrylics, epoxies, and polyurethanes.It was founded by Dr. Eldon Tate and Prof. Jim Johnston in 2016. | $920.7K / Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 30, 2023 | ||
| Captivate Technology company operates a clean-tech carbon capture platform. The platform enables cement manufacturers, geothermal power plants, and biogas producers to reduce pollution and contribute to environmental initiatives by using a metal-organic framework for CO2 adsorption as a solid-state material. | $473.1K / Seed / Feb 10, 2023 | ||
| Advemto is the manufacturer and developer of ultrafast spectroscopy systems that help researchers. | $681.9K / Pre-Seed / Jun 03, 2022 | ||
| Opo Bio develops cell lines for the cultivated meat industry and researchers.They are building a multi-species and multi-cell type product bank for research and commercial usage. They are creating infrastructure that will enable the industry to progress and more effectively scale. | $971.8K / Pre-Seed / Jun 01, 2022 | ||
| Liquium develops technologies that helps in green ammonia production and reducing carbon emissions at low temperature. | $968.2K / Seed / May 01, 2022 | ||
| Alimetry is a health technology startup based in Auckland, New Zealand, developing breakthrough solutions for diagnosing disorders of gastrointestinal (GI) function. | $16.3M / Series A / Mar 01, 2022 | ||
| Rekover Therapeutics is a healthcare company that develops therapies for repair of tissue damage caused by multiple sclerosis. | Seed / Jan 01, 2022 | ||
| RosterLab goal is to automate every part of the rostering process for healthcare. | $336.8K / Pre-Seed / Dec 17, 2021 | ||
| Mekonos creates a proprietary cell-engineering platform designed for cell therapies on a chip. Mekonos is a Silicon Valley Venture-backed technology company — creating a proprietary cell-engineering platform based on scalable silicon technology for our partners engaged in drug discovery and development. | $25M / Series A / Nov 09, 2021 | ||
| Ampersand Technologies develops new generation of DNA amplification technologies for diagnostic purposes. | Pre-Seed / Nov 04, 2021 | ||
| See all 22 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Matū Group invest in?
Matū Group invests primarily in Biotechnology, Health Care and Manufacturing startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 22 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in New Zealand. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Matū Group invest in?
Matū Group typically joins rounds of $473k–$4.6M at Seed, $337k–$972k at Pre-Seed and $2.3M–$25M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Matū Group's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Matū Group took part in.
When did Matū Group last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Matū Group closed in Jun 2023. Shizune tracks 22 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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