# Top 5 Retail Angel Investors in New Zealand in November 2026

## Matt Rockman
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Focus: Mobile, Apps, E-Commerce

Matt is an investor in venture businesses and will soon be basing himself in the United States working with Square Peg Capital. He invests across a wide sector of industries and geographies. Matt and his wife have a foundation where they focus on community projects, which have the ability to enhance the social sector.

Prior to working as an investor in his own right, Matt was one of the three original founders of SEEK LTD.  Along With Paul and Andrew Bassat, Matt took SEEK from business plan to become one of Australia’s most successful online businesses. SEEK is now an ASX Top 100 Listed company with a market capitalisation of $4 Billion, and with businesses in the UK, China, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand and Malaysia.

Matt also is an accomplished speaker and helps many organisations realise their full potential through his business insights. 

Matt holds a Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance) from Monash University.

## Tim Ringel
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Software

Tim Ringel is a Global CEO at Meet The People. He attended the University of Duisburg-Essen from 1996 to 2001.

## Philip McCaw
- Type: Angel
- Location: Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, CMS, Energy

Philip McCaw is based out of Wellington, Wellington and is the Partner Funds 1,2,3,4,5 of Movac. Philip previously worked at Movac as a managing partner. Philip McCaw attended the Massey University.

## Craig Winkler
- Type: Angel
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series C
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Accounting

Craig Winkler Co-founded Australian small business accounting software provider MYOB in 1991. Craig built MYOB to be a popular business tool and brand which, in 2004, merged with Solution 6 to become Australia’s largest IT company. Craig joined Xero's board and became a substantial shareholder in 2009. He now spends the bulk of his time working in the philanthropic sector.

## Jenny Morel
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barossa, South Australia, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Venture - Series Unknown
- Focus: Energy, Retail, Wholesale

Jenny Morel founded No 8 Ventures Management in 1999. For No 8 Ventures, Jenny is Chairman of Surveylab, whose ikegps device measures from a distance, the Martin Aircraft Company – producer of the Martin Jetpack, and a director of Rex Bionics, which makes robotic legs for wheelchair users, and Open Cloud, which provides a platform for rapiddeployment of new telecommunications services.Jenny also runs the annual Morgo conference, a gathering of people building high growth companies from New Zealand, which she founded in 2002.Before No 8 Ventures Jenny built a niche investment bank to work with technology companies in New Zealand. She has also been a director of a number of large companies, including NZ Rail, Centreport, the Rural Bank, Trust Bank and AgResearch, and worked in investment banking in New Zealand and the United Kingdom.In 2006, Jenny was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to business. In 2011 she was given an award at the Hi Tech Awards for her Outstanding Contribution to the Industry. In 2012 she was named a Wellington Icon at the Gold Awards.

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