# Powerhouse Ventures

> Powerhouse Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Biotechnology. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 8%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/420566
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/PowerhouseV
- Website: http://www.powerhouse-ventures.co.nz/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Powerhouse-Ventures/16141927727750

Powerhouse Ventures is a VC fund in Christchurch focused on Software and Biotechnology. powerHouse is a New Zealand intellectual property commercialisation company investing to develop new spin-out ventures

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.1M–$7.9M |
| Series A | $255k–$7M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $921k–$8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 25% |
| Biotechnology | 3 | 25% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 17% |
| Credit | 1 | 8% |
| FinTech | 1 | 8% |

31 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 33% |
| Series A | 3 | 25% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| New Zealand | 3 | 25% |
| United States | 3 | 25% |
| France | 1 | 8% |
| Australia | 1 | 8% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 8% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Anya Hornsey | Christchurch Regional General Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anya-hornsey |
| Colin Dawson | Chief Operating Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/colin-dawson |
| Conrad Anderson | Investment Analyst (Dunedin) | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/conrad-anderson |
| Jennifer Anderson | Investment Manager (Wellington) | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jennifer-anderson-2 |
| Matthew Turnbull | Corporate Accountant | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-turnbull |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| VeriQuantix | VeriQuantix was spun out of the University of Queensland. VeriQuantix is an Australian startup specializing in cybersecurity, focusing on quantum technology to enhance the security of optical fiber communication networks. Their core innovation, Quantum Link Verification (QLV), is designed to detect and alert network operators to physical tappingattempts and intercept cyber attacks on fiber optic networks. This technology leverages quantum principles, specifically entangled photons, to verify the trustworthiness of network links by ensuring that any unauthorized access disrupts photon entanglement and triggers immediate alerts. | $2.4M | Seed | Oct 24, 2025 |  |
| Liquid Instruments | Liquid Instruments develops software-defined test and measurement systems that enable engineers and scientists to perform complex experiments and signal analysis using a single, reconfigurable hardware platform. The company’s core offering is the Moku product line, which integrates multiple laboratory instruments, such as oscilloscopes, spectrumanalyzers, waveform generators, and lock-in amplifiers, into one device that can be configured and updated through software. Its platform is built on field-programmable gate arrays, allowing users to dynamically switch between instrument functions or combine multiple tools within the same system depending on testing requirements. This approach replaces traditional setups that rely on multiple standalone instruments, reducing equipment complexity, cost, and physical space while enabling customized configurations for different applications. | $8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 19, 2024 |  |
| Granular | Granular is a start-up providing market solutions for 24/7 clean energy. |  | Seed | Oct 02, 2023 |  |
| Granular Energy | Granular Energy is the platform of the future for managing and trading clean energy.​ | $7.9M | Seed | Oct 02, 2023 |  |
| Inhibit Coatings | 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 |  |
| Granular | Granular is a start-up providing market solutions for 24/7 clean energy. |  | Seed | Jun 14, 2022 |  |
| Granular Energy | Granular Energy is the platform of the future for managing and trading clean energy.​ | $2.1M | Seed | Jun 14, 2022 |  |
| Cirrus Materials Science | Cirrus Materials Science is a niche eco-science spin-out from the university of Auckland, that provides patented technology to the global aerospace and electronics industry. They apply Cirrus nano-technology to overcome major cost, regulatory, and performance challenges in aerospace electronics. Cirrus has a small, green footprint and exportsweightless, environmentally friendly technology to global manufacturers. Cirrus provides applied functional surface technologies to help clients solve challenging technical problems. | $255.4K | Series A | Jun 09, 2022 |  |
| Salient | Salient Predictions uses ML & ocean data to provide long range weather forecast for use in diverse industries. | $5.6M | Seed | May 18, 2022 |  |
| Energetic Capital | Energetic Capital was created to catalyze deployment of renewable energy with a focus on sub-investment grade and unrated credit risks. Our process is faster and more scalable than any existing financing options, allowing more organizations to access and procure clean energy and efficiency solutions. We provide a comprehensive financing packagethat unlocks the benefits of efficient and affordable financing for renewable energy. | $7M | Series A | Sep 27, 2021 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Revent](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/revent-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Seedcamp](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seedcamp) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Vireo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vireo-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Acorn Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acorn-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Acurio Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acurio-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Acurio Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/all-iron-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Powerhouse Ventures invest in?

Powerhouse Ventures invests primarily in Software, Biotechnology and Manufacturing startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 12 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 Powerhouse Ventures's check size?

Powerhouse Ventures typically joins rounds of $2.1M–$7.9M at Seed, $255k–$7M at Series A and $921k–$8M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Powerhouse Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Powerhouse Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Powerhouse Ventures?

The team at Powerhouse Ventures includes Anya Hornsey (Christchurch Regional General Manager), Colin Dawson (Chief Operating Officer) and Conrad Anderson (Investment Analyst (Dunedin)), among 18 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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