Top 5 Real Estate Angel Investors in New Zealand in April 2025

Last updated: Apr 2025 A list of 5 angel investors that invest in Real estate startups based in New zealand. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Real estate companies from New zealand. We update this investor list every month.

Top 5 Real Estate Angel Investors in New Zealand in April 2025

Investor	Real Estate New Zealand investments
Craig Donaldson	2
Nick Beale	2
Mark Hurley	1
Richard Abbott	1
Sam Morgan	1

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Craig has more than 25 years of Financial Market experience in New Zealand and the United States, encompassing business building, restructuring and running a number of market-leading financial businesses, including Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank & RBS. Craig holds a numbers of NZ Board & Advisory Board positions & is the current CEO ofKea NZ. Craig owns an extensive commercial property portfolio.

Investment focus

FinTech, Real Estate, Financial Services
Seed, Convertible Note
New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Jasper — Build a portfolio of high-quality commercial real estate assets sourced and managed by an experienced team.

Nick has more than 25 years commercial property experience. Nick is the Founder and MD of RCP, New Zealand's leading commercial property project management company. RCP have been responsible for managing some of New Zealand's most iconic commercial property developments including Auckland's Sky Tower, Queens Wharf and Vero centre aswell as Christchurch's AMI stadium. Nick owns an strong commercial property portfolio personally and is the Chairman of the Child Cancer Foundation.

Investment focus

FinTech, Real Estate, Financial Services
Seed, Convertible Note
New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Jasper — Build a portfolio of high-quality commercial real estate assets sourced and managed by an experienced team.

Mark Jude Hurley is a New Zealand born entrepreneur, investor and advisor. He is the co-founder and CEO of Jasper, a startup which is democratising access to wealth generating opportunities, starting with commercial real estate. He was previously the Founder and CEO of Little Giant which was acquired by Dentsu Aegis Network in August 2017 for anundisclosed sum. Hurley is also an active angel investor in companies such as Sharesies and First AML.

Investment focus

FinTech, SaaS, Software
Seed, Series A
New Zealand, United States

Portfolio highlights

Jasper — Build a portfolio of high-quality commercial real estate assets sourced and managed by an experienced team.
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Richard Abbott

Investment focus

Internet, Lifestyle, Home Services
Funding Round
New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Goodnest — Goodnest's mission is to make your life easier, starting in your home. We use technology to improve the quality and lower the price of consumer services throughout the APAC region.

Sam started his career at Deloitte Consulting and is best known for founding online auction website Trade Me which, in 2006, sold for $NZ750 million. Sam also built a successful online dating and friend reuniting businesses in New Zealand, Australia and Canada.Sam is an active investor and philanthropist. Sam's holdings include a number ofother successful web businesses including Visfleet and Sonar6.