# Phase One Ventures

> Phase One Ventures is a VC fund in Auckland backing SaaS, Software and Marketing. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, New Zealand
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: May 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/phaseoneventures/?viewAsMember=true
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/PhaseOneNZ
- Website: https://www.phaseone.ventures/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/phaseoneventuresnz

Phase One Ventures is a VC fund in Auckland focused on SaaS and Software. Phase One is a community for startup founders. It consists of an incubation programme that links "been there, done that" entrepreneurs who have scaled their businesses as well as a thriving founder community with regular social gatherings and educational seminars.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Marketing | 1 | 50% |
| Procurement | 1 | 50% |
| Digital Marketing | 1 | 50% |

6 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cotiss | We're building the world's easiest to use, end-to-end procurement software, specifically built for small and medium procurement teams. We instill guided, best practice processes into organisations through an easy to implement, integrated, single solution. | $2.2M | Pre-Seed | May 15, 2023 |  |
| eVouch | eVouch assists businesses in converting their customers into brand advocates by incentivizing them to share their experience with their personal networks in exchange for rewards. | $283.4K | Pre-Seed | Oct 20, 2022 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Global from Day One](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-from-day-one-gd1) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Phase One Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/phase-1-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [645 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/645-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AfterWork Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/afterwork-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Auckland UniServices](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/auckland-uniservices) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blackbird Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blackbird-ventures-australia) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Phase One Ventures invest in?

Phase One Ventures invests primarily in SaaS, Software and Marketing startups, most often at Pre-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.

### When did Phase One Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Phase One Ventures closed in May 2023. Shizune tracks 2 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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