Tuhua Fund
VC Fund
Auckland, New Zealand
Tuhua Fund is a VC fund in Auckland focused on Software and B2B. Micro-Venture Fund investing in 25 Kiwi Startups
- Total investments:
- 12
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 25%
- Fund size:
- $7.6M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Tuhua Fund invests in
Stages Tuhua Fund invests in
Countries Tuhua Fund invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $735k–$3.6M
- Series A
- $1.6M–$7.5M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 5 (42%)
- B2B 2 (17%)
- Internet 2 (17%)
- Biotechnology 2 (17%)
- Manufacturing 2 (17%)
Stage
- Seed 6 (50%)
- Series A 4 (33%)
- Angel 1 (8%)
Country
- New Zealand 9 (75%)
- Singapore 1 (8%)
- United States 1 (8%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mark Macleod-Smith
Seed partner
|
Seed partner | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
Andrew Hamilton
CEO, The Icehouse
|
CEO, The Icehouse | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Garth Sutherland
Limited Partner
|
Limited Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Jack McQuire
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
Robbie Paul
Managing Partner
|
Managing Partner | Total investments: 22 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Datch offers an intelligent voice interface designed for industrial environments, enabling frontline workers to capture and manage data efficiently. The platform integrates with existing enterprise asset management systems, facilitating real-time maintenance and reporting. By leveraging AI, Datch enhances data accuracy and supports informeddecision-making across various operational workflows. | $3.2M / Seed / May 07, 2020 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Based in New Zealand and the Netherlands, Dawn Aerospace is building same-day reusable launch vehicles and non-toxic satellite propulsion systems.Same-day Reusable Launch Vehicles that do not require specialised space-launch infrastructure, integrate with everyday aircraft in nearby airspace and launch as often and routinely as commercialaviation.Non-toxic high performance propulsion systems for satellites of all sizes. For small satellites, they simplify systems and replace the poisonous and highly-regulated fuel, hydrazine. For CubeSats, they increase capabilities by supplying 1,000x higher performance than electric-based propulsion systems.By building these technologies in tandem, Dawn is creating the end-to-end architecture required for delivering, positioning and returning spacecraft in a highly scalable and environmentally conscious way. | $2.3M / Seed / Dec 20, 2018 | ||
| Founded in 2016, members of the Mint Innovation team have a strong background in chemistry, biotechnology, and leveraging IP in the industrial sector. They are scaling their technology in their Auckland plant and labs to demonstrate the commercial application of their biometallurgy processes for metal recovery. | $3.6M / Seed / Dec 11, 2018 | ||
| 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 | ||
| FROM IDEAS TO IMPACT: UNIFY PEOPLE AND DECISION MAKERSMake the best decisions using the best data. Joyous builds human relationships, and aligns people around common challenges, leveraging their ideas to make an impact.Joyous helps people talk about a specific topic that impacts them every day - right at the time decision makers are planning todo something about it. Joyous starts conversations and a real person from the organization responds.Joyous identifies actionable phrases, groups them in real-time and delivers a prioritized action plan. Joyous accelerates operational excellence, strategic program execution, transformation, tools adoption, customer experience and more.Everyone deserves to be Joyous! | $1.5M / Seed / Jul 11, 2018 | ||
| Halter provides GPS-enabled collars and software that help farmers monitor and control cattle movement. Its system uses virtual fencing to guide animals without physical barriers, allowing users to manage grazing patterns and land use through a mobile interface. The platform collects data on animal location, behavior, and health indicators,supporting day-to-day farm operations and decision-making. Halter also enables remote shifting of herds, reducing the need for manual labor in moving livestock. Its services are used in agricultural settings to improve pasture utilization and streamline herd management processes. | $5.5M / Series A / Jun 22, 2018 | ||
| Melodics is an educational service for learning how to finger drum, using adaptive learning and other data-driven approaches. | $1.2M / Seed / Sep 18, 2017 | ||
| Upside is developing the most advanced and best treatment for severe burns. The Upside product is a regenerative medicine solution to current shortcomings in the current treatment of severe burns patients. Upside will take a small sample of unburnt patient skin and grow it into differentiated, graftable skin in order to cover the patient’s ownburns. Product advantages are that Upside's engineered skin is produced faster than any competitive pipeline product, it is supplied in bigger sheets and has good handling characteristics. Upside has intellectual property covering the processes conferring these specific advantages. | $1.6M / Series A / Mar 21, 2017 | ||
| Latipay is a first to market, fully compliant financial technology (FinTech) New Zealand business. Our platform provides an online solution that focuses on New Zealand enterprise level merchants. The Latipay platform allows for Chinese payers to pay for goods and services with CNY (Chinese Yuan) whilst our New Zealand/Australian merchantreceives full payment for goods or service direct to their NZD/AUD bank account in NZD/AUD, at no cost to the merchant. Chinese payers can make payment through their preferred bank payment channels or their Alipay, WeChat, Baidu, Jd Pay wallets, whilst paying in their preferred currency of CNY. Our bi-lingual platform solves the significant Chinese and New Zealand/Australia payer and merchant dissatisfaction within the education, export, insurance, software and travel verticals. | $3M / Series A / Jan 31, 2017 | ||
| See all 12 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Tuhua Fund invest in?
Tuhua Fund invests primarily in Software, B2B and Internet 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 Tuhua Fund's check size?
Tuhua Fund typically joins rounds of $735k–$3.6M at Seed and $1.6M–$7.5M 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 Tuhua Fund participates in.
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Who are the partners at Tuhua Fund?
The team at Tuhua Fund includes Mark Macleod-Smith (Seed partner), Andrew Hamilton (CEO, The Icehouse) and Garth Sutherland (Limited Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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