# New Zealand Venture Investment Fund

> New Zealand Venture Investment Fund is a VC fund backing Software. See 36 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, New Zealand
- Total investments: 36
- Last investment: Dec 2023
- Lead investor: 8%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/248587
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/nzvif
- Website: https://www.govt.nz/organisations/new-zealand-venture-investment-fund-limited/

New Zealand Venture Investment Fund is a VC fund in Auckland focused on Software and Biotechnology. New Zealand Venture Investment Fund, a New Zealand-based private equity fund, manages fund of funds investments and direct co-investments.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $428k–$1.2M |
| Angel | $400k–$4.3M |
| Series A | $1.4M–$8.8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 8 | 22% |
| Biotechnology | 7 | 19% |
| SaaS | 5 | 14% |
| Internet | 4 | 11% |
| Health Care | 4 | 11% |

77 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 14 | 39% |
| Series A | 6 | 17% |
| Angel | 4 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 8% |
| Convertible Note | 3 | 8% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| New Zealand | 19 | 53% |
| United States | 6 | 17% |
| Japan | 1 | 3% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chris Twiss | Investment Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-twiss |
| Stu Christie | Investment Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stu-christie |
| Richard Dellabarca | Founder & CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/richard-dellabarca |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MAPTO | Bringing industries together since 2008, Mapto.com stands as the premier platform for a global business directory. Serving millions of companies and suppliers worldwide.Mapto, the “Business Development Guide,” has been specially designed to offer an e-commerce solution that brings together all companies in the world and provides an excellent B2Cuser experience without sacrificing B2B functionality. The most significant difference from other marketplaces is that it is customer-supported!In today’s world, product, manufacturer, and communication demands are the basis of e-commerce searches on the internet. It restructures the “roadmap of e-commerce” by bringing all these demands together and making them accessible to users. | $519.1K | Initial Coin Offering | Dec 20, 2023 |  |
| Insite AI | Each of the Top 100 Consumer Goods companies make billions of dollars of granular assortment and pricing decisions. This happens across thousands of their products at hundreds of thousands of their retail channels. Much like algorithmic trading systems, Insite AI is the cutting edge machine learning solution now handling these decisions. Thetechnology uniquely deploys in the customer's cloud environment so data never leaves the customer. Furthermore Insite AI is seen as the most configurable solution on the market to suit a customer's exact vision. By making granular decisions in advance, seeing all the scenarios, and having them explained, large CPGs are now in control of their retail channels. |  | Seed | May 11, 2020 |  |
| Insite AI | Each of the Top 100 Consumer Goods companies make billions of dollars of granular assortment and pricing decisions. This happens across thousands of their products at hundreds of thousands of their retail channels. Much like algorithmic trading systems, Insite AI is the cutting edge machine learning solution now handling these decisions. Thetechnology uniquely deploys in the customer's cloud environment so data never leaves the customer. Furthermore Insite AI is seen as the most configurable solution on the market to suit a customer's exact vision. By making granular decisions in advance, seeing all the scenarios, and having them explained, large CPGs are now in control of their retail channels. |  | Convertible Note | Apr 11, 2020 |  |
| Surgical Design Studios | Surgical Design Studios (SDS) was founded two years ago at the University of Auckland's Medical School department of surgery with help from MedTech CORE - a medical commercialisation arm funded by the Tertiary Education Commission and UniServices. | $4.3M | Angel | Aug 01, 2019 |  |
| Invert Robotics | Invert Robotics develops robotic NDT inspection technologies for the maintenance of industrial equipment in the food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and oil and gas industries. Invert Robotics highly skilled team of engineers have developed a world leading modular inspection platform suitable for use across a range of industries and applications. | $8.8M | Series A | May 02, 2019 |  |
| Insite AI | Each of the Top 100 Consumer Goods companies make billions of dollars of granular assortment and pricing decisions. This happens across thousands of their products at hundreds of thousands of their retail channels. Much like algorithmic trading systems, Insite AI is the cutting edge machine learning solution now handling these decisions. Thetechnology uniquely deploys in the customer's cloud environment so data never leaves the customer. Furthermore Insite AI is seen as the most configurable solution on the market to suit a customer's exact vision. By making granular decisions in advance, seeing all the scenarios, and having them explained, large CPGs are now in control of their retail channels. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2019 |  |
| Dotterel Technologies | Dotterel is a company based in Auckland, New Zealand that develops noise reduction and audio recording technology for UAVs. They have been providing award-winning solutions for the screen industry, security/defence and noise mapping since 2015.Their company provides technology that passively makes UAVs quieter in noise sensitive applicationsIt also separately allows aerial audio recording directly from the UAV in real-time. This technology opens the use of UAVs in applications and industries where use was previously impossible due to their noise.Being a Techstars company, they develop solutions in partnership with various Universities. Their partners include The University of Auckland, University of NSW, University of Sydney and M.I.T. | $1.1M | Seed | Nov 05, 2018 |  |
| Rocos | Rocos automates robot fleets – globally. Our proven platform enables robotics companies to deliver a smart, connected future - today.We partner with some of the world’s leading technologists to create a robust, secure, and scalable platform that is used by companies all around the world. The platform supports cloud and local networks for robots,ground control stations, and operator interfaces. Through the integration of our technology, robotics companies can create efficiency in their processes, commercialize their products faster, access new global markets, and focus on what they do best - build robots.We’re inspired by a globally connected future, where autonomous robots accelerate change for good - and we’re proud to be providing some of the important technology that will get us there. | $735K | Seed | Sep 03, 2018 |  |
| Postr | Postr is an Android app that brings personalised and rewarding content to users. The app brings customised content feeds (including NZ Herald, GrabOne and MetService) and personalised advertisement with engagement mechanisms to user's lock screens and rewards users with Pocket Money (for hosting ads), which can be cashed out to their bankaccount, exchanged for deals or donated to charity. | $2.5M |  | Feb 13, 2018 |  |
| Nyriad | Nyriad is developing the industry's first storage solutions based on a new architecture that redefines how data is stored. The architecture combines the power of GPUs and CPUs to deliver an unprecedented combination of performance, resilience, and efficiency, enabling massive amounts of data and multiple data types to be managed in a singlestorage system that is simple to deploy, operate, scale, and maintain. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Nyriad is building a new storage architecture from the ground up that empowers businesses to grow, adapt, and stay competitive in a data-driven world. For more information, visit us on the web at www.nyriad.io. | $8.5M | Series A | Feb 06, 2018 |  |

10 of 36 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does New Zealand Venture Investment Fund invest in?

New Zealand Venture Investment Fund invests primarily in Software, Biotechnology and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 36 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 New Zealand Venture Investment Fund's check size?

New Zealand Venture Investment Fund typically joins rounds of $428k–$1.2M at Seed, $400k–$4.3M at Angel and $1.4M–$8.8M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds New Zealand Venture Investment Fund participates in.

### How do I contact New Zealand Venture Investment Fund?

Public channels for New Zealand Venture Investment Fund include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. 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 New Zealand Venture Investment Fund?

The team at New Zealand Venture Investment Fund includes Chris Twiss (Investment Director), Stu Christie (Investment Manager) and Richard Dellabarca (Founder & CEO). 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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