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Top 15 Retail Startup Investors in New Zealand in January 2025

Last updated: Jan 2025 A list of 15 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Retail startups based in New zealand. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Retail companies from New zealand. We update this investor list every month.

Top 15 Retail Startup Investors in New Zealand in January 2025

Investor	Retail New Zealand investments
New Zealand Venture Investment Fund	2
K1W1	2
Craig Winkler	1
NewRoad Capital Partners	1
Savannah Fund	1
Trestle Partners	1
Square Peg Capital	1
AfterWork Ventures	1
EVP	1
Enterprise Angels	1
Goat Ventures	1
Tim Ringel	1
Melbourne Angels	1
M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund	1
Icehouse Ventures	1

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Investment focus

Software, Biotechnology, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Angel
New Zealand, United States, Japan

Portfolio highlights

Insite AI — We create predictability for consumer brands in the unpredictable world of retail. Game-changing technology that attacks consumer brands' hardest problems.
Invert Robotics — Invert Robotics develops robotic NDT inspection technologies for the maintenance of industrial equipment in the food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and oil and gas industries. Invert Robotics highly skilled team of engineers have developed a world leading modular inspection platform suitable for use across a range of industries and applications.
Surgical Design Studios — The Insides Company is the leading provider of chyme reinfusion solutions for intestinal failure

K1W1 provides startups and businesses in New Zealand with early and later-stage venture investments.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
New Zealand, United States

Portfolio highlights

Auror — The platform for retailers focused on improving safety, productivity, and profitability. Auror is used by leading Loss Prevention teams in thousands of stores.
Emerge — Emerge is a financial management tool for businesses. It is a digital-only banking option designed to help Kiwi businesses operate more quickly, economically, and efficiently.
Zenno Astronautics — Zenno Astronautics hardware and software products ensure satellite missions are effectively managed, guaranteeing maximum economic returns and responsible use of space.

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 timeworking in the philanthropic sector.

Investment focus

SaaS, Software, Apps
Series A, Funding Round, Seed
Australia, New Zealand, United States

Portfolio highlights

Chaser — Automate invoice reminders, get paid faster and maintain great customer relationships. Our users get paid 16+ days sooner and save 15+ hours a week on A/R.
Myprosperity — An all-in-one client portal with innovative digital tools to increase practice efficiencies, scale client engagement and grow revenue.
Ignition — Engage clients, get paid and run your business on autopilot with Ignition. Create online proposals & automate client payments, all from one place. Learn more.

NewRoad Capital Partners is a growth equity capital firm based in Rogers, AR, that invests in proven and innovative technologies, products, and services that serve existing, unmet needs in the marketplace. NewRoad focuses on investing in and acquiring demand-driven businesses in the Retail and CPG and Business Services industries with an emphasison Supply Chain and Logistics, Consumer Goods, Outdoor Goods, Healthcare Technology, Media and Retail Technology.It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in Rogers, Arkansas.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Logistics
Series B, Series A, Funding Round
United States, New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

WaveBL — WAVE BL lets you digitally issue, transfer, sign, endorse and surrender trade documents while cutting costs and eliminating fraud.
Orderful — Gain full control to onboard, manage and resolve all of your EDI trading partner relationships and transactions in real-time.
Platform Science — Experience the power to choose what drives your fleet. Platform Science delivers telematics and fleet management tools on a platform built for transportation.

Savannah Fund is a seed capital fund specializing in US$25,000-US$500,000 investments in early stage high growth technology (web and mobile) startups in sub-Saharan Africa. Initially focused on East Africa, the fund aims to bridge the early stage/angel and venture capital investment gap that currently exists in Africa. The Fund expects toachieve this objective by combining capital with mentor networks both in the region and from Silicon Valley via an accelerator program and a follow-on independent seed fund.The fund is managed by an experienced and technology savvy team that have founded companies or are actively involved in angel investing or having run successful accelerator programs in past but also understand the unique Subsaharan African environment. They are backed and supported by both local, regional and international networks of angels,venture capitalists whose expertise we can draw on to help startups succeed and scale to fully fledged regional or global companies.They believe in the potential for Africa to become a global technology innovator by creating sustainable for profit companies that create jobs and make an impact.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, FinTech, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Kenya, United States, South Africa

Portfolio highlights

Oze — OZÉ brings African small businesses into the digital era. It is an app that makes it easy for businesses to track sales, expenses, and customer information. The data is analyzed to provide tailored recommendations, reports, and business education. If the entrepreneur needs a little extra support, an OZÉ Coach is just a click away. As they are usingOZÉ to manage their business and learn how to run it better, we are learning about them. Using this data and machine learning, we can predict their credit risk and provide them with affordable capital from our banking partners. With over 20,000 registered users, OZÉ is the largest online community of SMEs in Ghana. The most exciting thing is that OZÉ works; 97% of businesses that have used OZE for at least 9 months are growing or profitable or both!
Root — Launch digital and embedded insurance solutions with omni-channel distribution.
Afropolitan — Afropolitan is building a Network State to unleash the maximum potential of Africans around the world. Are you interested? Join us with your email.

We believe the SaaS business model is the most efficient in history. Our team has experience successfully founding, growing and exiting SaaS businesses.

Investment focus

SaaS, Retail, Internet
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Singapore, New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Boostly — Boost your restaurant's outreach with Boostly SMS marketing tool. Drive engagement and increase sales! Click to learn more.
Cargobase — Cargobase TMS is a transportation and freight management system that increases control and visibility & maintains compliance to industry standards. Learn more.
Lasso MD — Elevate your dental practice with Lasso MD's all-in-one marketing and software solutions. From lead generation to patient scheduling, we've got you covered.

Square Peg is a global investment firm on a mission to empower exceptional founders. With investing teams in Sydney, Melbourne, Tel Aviv, and Singapore, Square Peg invests in emerging technology companies across the internet economy.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
Australia, United States, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Neara — Predictive modeling software for proactive network governance. Quantify and prove network needs in any scenario. Run precise analyses in hours and days instead of months or years in the field.
Lorikeet — Lorikeet provides AI customer support. Lorikeet offer its customers responsive, personalized, and effective support as table stakes.
GoodWork.ai — The most powerful analytics AI ever created for the retail sector_

We are a community-powered VC fund making pre-seed / seed stage investments in Australian and New Zealand startups. Our community is rallied around a shared goal: to invest in the next generation of Australia and New Zealand startups at the very earliest stage, and then support them on their long a

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, FinTech
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Australia, United States, New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Enrola — Looking for online training courses? Discover the perfect course for you with our easy course advisor quiz. Get individual guidance and apply directly.
Primary — Primary is the modern operating system for treasury management. We empower startups & innovative corporates to grow by reducing complexity around treasury, payments and cash flow.Primary is used by leading founders and finance teams that value safety, control and efficiency. Our product simplifies access to best-in-class yield instruments,enables monitoring of real-time cash positions across multiple banking partners and improves cash forecasting capabilities. We are powering the secure, smart and transparent treasury to help all companies meaningfully extend their runways.
Matilda Migration — Migration made simple. Specialising in Employer Sponsored visas and Partner visas. With a 99% success rate for ultimate peace of mind. Visit us now.

EVP is an early stage venture capital firm based in Sydney Australia with c. $300M FUM across four fund vintages.Our most recent fund was launched in December 2022 and is a $100M fund. The fund targets early Series-A investments initially with cheque sizes in the range of $0.5 – $5.0 million. Our funds invest in software, are sector agnosticand have a focus on Australian based B2B SaaS companies.Over the years, we’ve backed brilliant founders building global software companies like SiteMinder, Deputy, Ignition and Shippit. We make high conviction investments, underpinned by ambition, pragmatism and a deep understanding of the software journey.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
Australia, New Zealand, United States

Portfolio highlights

CorePlan — CorePlan is drilling management platform for mining, exploration and drilling companies to digitise their drill program operations. Move from pen, paper and spreadsheets to digital plods, drill planning, rig management, safety compliance and more using our cloud based software.
Nexl — Nexl believes that CRM systems should be easy-to-use, affordable, and fully automated. They made it their mission to enable law firm's around the world to take back control over their business development efforts and enable them to grow at their full potential.
InvestorHub — We provide comprehensive access to listed capital raises for institutional, family office and high net worth investors.

Connecting startup business owners with angel investors to raise capital . Access a network of expertise and investment opportunities.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Funding Round, Seed, Angel
New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Emerge — Emerge is a financial management tool for businesses. It is a digital-only banking option designed to help Kiwi businesses operate more quickly, economically, and efficiently.
Yabble — Yabble provides a platform that uses machine learning and natural language processing to help brands connect with more than 62 million consumers globally, and collect data in real-time. Using the solution, clients can build their own surveys and manage their own customer research communities.
Zenno Astronautics — Zenno Astronautics hardware and software products ensure satellite missions are effectively managed, guaranteeing maximum economic returns and responsible use of space.

Goat Ventures is VC firm that invests in technology companies in the USA, New Zealand, and Australia.Goat Ventures' founding partners are exited entrepreneurs turned investors. They have dozens of active (seed, VC stage) and acquired portfolio companies across a variety of industries.

Investment focus

Health Care, Cryptocurrency, Apps
Seed, Pre-Seed
United States, India, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Nestcoin — Nestcoin is a web3 application company that builds, operates, and invests in crypto-native products.
Defy — Defy : India's first social crypto exchange - Buy, Sell & Trade Crypto instantly and easily with INR at the best prices
Doorbell Health — Your front door to home health.

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

Investment focus

E-Commerce, FinTech, Big Data
Seed, Series A, Series E
Germany, United States, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Klarna — Einkaufen, was du willst. Bezahlen, wie du willst. Klarna bietet dir verschiedene Zahlungsarten an. Du entscheidest, welche am besten zu dir passt.
yamuntu — yamuntu is the social commerce platform that democratizes the influencer market by making everyone a brand ambassador
SpaceX — SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft.

Melbourne Angels was formed in Melbourne, Australia in early 2007. Melbourne Angels is the leading group of private investors in Victoria who actively invest in early stage and growth technology companies.The group has a strong and experienced core of members that generate deal flow, are experienced in evaluation of business propositions and actas mentors for the other members and the entrepreneurs. The members vary in age, gender, ethnicity, profession and type of experience. All members have experience of success at being entrepreneurial.This award winning group is consistently one of the most active startup investors in the country.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Information Technology, Manufacturing
Angel, Seed, Funding Round
Australia, United States, New Zealand

Portfolio highlights

Aurtra — Aurtra delivers highly cost-effective asset management solutions for power distribution transformers through online condition monitoring and state of the art analysis.They provide the insight to significantly reduce capital costs through maximum asset utilisation. Aurtra is an Australian company, based in sunny Brisbane, Australia. Aurtra wasincorporated in 2016 and has built its IP upon a foundation of world’s best practice technology from The University of Queensland, following a decade of transformer research between academia and industry. Aurtra’s three founders, all with success commercialising hardware and software technology, recognised the potential of the technology and its beneficial impact for asset management in the power distribution industry.
Insite AI — We create predictability for consumer brands in the unpredictable world of retail. Game-changing technology that attacks consumer brands' hardest problems.
Seitec — Seitec is a security company that manufactures seismic security applications and instruments for civilian and military markets.

M12 are a venture capital fund, by Microsoft. Our investment teams are based globally to support your business from start up funding to Series C investment.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, Israel, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

RAAPID INC — RAAPID is a full-stack, end-to-end risk adjustment platform. We deliver guaranteed compliant ROI, reduce costs, improve accuracy, reduce physician abrasion, and mitigate the risk in OIG and RADV audits while running a successful risk adjustment program. We offer audit, retrospective & prospective risk adjustment solutions by augmentingnear-human reasoning with Neuro-Symbolic AI as an AI assistant to coders and providers.
Nuon — Deploy your app into customer cloud accounts and make it feel like SaaS. Unlock sensitive customers and integrate with customer data, networks and LLMs in minutes.
Innovaccer — Innovaccer is a healthcare data activation company focused on delivering effective healthcare through the use of pioneering analytics and transparent data.Innovaccer aims to make full use of all the data healthcare has worked so hard to collect. Its Gartner and KLAS-recognized data activation platform and artificial intelligence products havebeen deployed all over the US across more than 500 locations, enabling over 10,000 providers to transform care delivery and work as one. Innovaccer's Data Activation Platform (DAP) TM has been successfully implemented for several institutions, governmental organizations, and several corporate enterprises such as Mercy ACO, Orlando Health, Catholic Health Initiatives, StratiFi Health, UniNet Healthcare Network, Catalyst Health Network, Hartford Healthcare, and Osler Health Network. Innovaccer is based in San Francisco and has 5 offices across the United States and Asia.

Icehouse Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm. We exist to back the world's bravest Kiwi founders, launching global companies from New Zealand.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Marama Labs — Marama Labs provides an integrated chemical analysis platform that empowers customers to optimize their production processes and match their products and brands to customer needs, with ease.
Watchful — Watchful operates as an AI security company.
Crimson Education — Crimson Education is the world's leading higher educational consultancy helping students around the world gain admission into leading US and UK universities by up to 400%!

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