# Top 50 SaaS Angel Investors in New Zealand in June 2026 ## Philip McCaw - Type: Angel - Location: Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Energy, Retail, Internet Phil McCaw - Managing Partner @ Movac ## Chris Sang - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS Venture Capitalist, Managing Partner, Chief Technology Officer ## Emlyn Scott - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Software Emlyn has spent more than 30 years navigating the complex landscapes of finance, financial markets and technology as a founder, public company CEO, angel investor, VC investor and fund manager. He's had the opportunity to make over 70 venture capital investments in innovative companies like Nutromics, DataRobot, Calm App, Cerebras Systems,Skylark Labs, Zainar, and Kami, and a similar number personally as an angel. He is a founder of OpenMarkets Group, one of Australia's largest online brokers. He was former CEO of the National Stock Exchange of Australia, Australia’s second largest listing stock exchange, for four and a half years. Prior to that he was Head of Business Development at LCH.Clearnet for equities and CFDs in London for nine years, the world’s largest independent clearing house. He has four finance related degrees: - Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) - Masters Business Administration (MBA) - Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment (GDAFI) - Bachelor of Economics (BEc) ## Peter Beck - Type: Angel - Location: Huntington Beach, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, AgTech, Hardware Peter Beck is the founder and chief executive of Rocket Lab, a space systems company and the world’s leading dedicated small satellite launch provider. Rocket Lab provides end-to-end mission services, including complete satellite build and launch solutions, that provide rapid, frequent and reliable access to space. Rocket Lab has been launchingsince May 2017, delivering satellites to orbit for commercial and government customers, including DARPA, NASA, the NRO, the United States Air Force and more. Since founding the business in 2006, Peter has grown Rocket Lab to become a globally recognized industry leader in space and a billion-dollar company employing hundreds of world-class engineers. In addition to creating Electron, the world’s first fully carbon-fibre orbital launch vehicle, Peter also oversaw the development of the world’s first and only private orbital launch range, located on New Zealand's Māhia Peninsula. He played a crucial role in establishing international treaties and legislation to enable orbital launch capability from New Zealand. ## Rich Chetwynd - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: SaaS, Music, Mobile Apps Founder/CEO of ThisData, a login intelligence and contextual authentication platform. Founder/CEO of Litmos.com, a leading SaaS Learning Management System that was acquired by CallidusCloud (NASDAQ: CALD) in 2011. ## Chintaka Ranatunga - Type: Angel - Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Apps, Software, EdTech Chintaka Ranatunga ## Alexey Mitko - Type: Angel - Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Analytics Alexey Mitko is a Co-Founder of Eucalyptus. ## Alex Rigopulos - Type: Angel - Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Mobile, Communities, Mobile Apps Alex Rigopulos is a Studio Director of Harmonix at Epic Games. ## Leighton Roberts - Type: Angel - Location: Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Software, Human Resources Leighton Roberts - Co-founder, Co-CEO and Director @ Sharesies ## Nicole Fougere - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: SaaS, Cloud Security, Cyber Security Nicole Fougere - Co-Founder & CCO @ ThisData ## Sam Morgan - Type: Angel - Location: Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series D - Focus: SaaS, Software, Retail 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. ## Dylan Field - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet Dylan Field is based out of San Francisco, California and is the Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, President and Chair of our Board of Directors of Figma. Dylan Field attended the Brown University. ## Shane And Vanessa JOHNSTON - Type: Angel - Location: Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Apps, Video, Facebook Shane And Vanessa JOHNSTON ## Harald McPike - Type: Angel - Location: Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series D - Focus: Software, FinTech, Analytics Harald McPike is a successful quantitative trader and global private investor. ## Maurice Eng - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Apps, Video, Facebook Maurice Eng ## Jonathan Hendriksen - Type: Angel - Location: Tasman, Nelson, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Apps, Video, Facebook Jonathan Hendriksen - Founder | CEO @ Shuttlerock ## Liam Don - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Children, Software Liam Don is the Co-founder and President at ClassDojo. ## Richard Collier Keywood - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Focus: Software, Information Services, Information Technology Richard Collier-Keywood was named as Network Vice Chairman on 1 November 2011. In this role, Richard will be responsible for the coordination of PwC's global strategy across the network leading PwC's Network Executive Team (NET).Prior to this appointment Richard was the Global Leader, Tax, an appointment he took up on 1 July 2008.He previously led the UK firm's tax practice for five years. ## Akshay Kothari - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet Akshay Kothari is the co-founder of Pulse, a mobile application that allows you to read all your favorite content in one place. Pulse began as a class project in the Launchpad class at Stanford University, and has grown to over 30 million users today. It won the coveted Apple Design Award in 2011 and was inducted into the App Store Hall of Fame.Pulse was recently acquired by Linkedin for $90 million. ## Stephen Tindall - Type: Angel - Location: Usak, Usak, Turkey - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series E - Focus: SaaS, Retail, Security Stephen Tindall is the founder of K1W1. ## Rodney Drury - Type: Angel - Location: Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Solar, Energy, Mobile Rodney Kenneth Drury is based out of Queenstown, Canterbury and is the Founder of Xero. Rodney previously worked at NZX as a Director. Rodney Kenneth Drury attended the Victoria University of Wellington. Rodney Kenneth Drury has received New Zealander or the Year, New Zealand Business Hall of Fame 2025 award in their career. ## Rowan Simpson - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: SaaS, Music, Parking Rowan Simpson - Chairman & Trustee @ Hoku Group ## Mark Sainsbury - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Software, Information Services, Information Technology Mark Sainsbury is a Co-Founder of the Sustainable Restaurant Association and Founder of Zetter Group. ## Leslie Stretch - Type: Angel - Location: Pleasanton, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: SaaS, Sales, Events Under Leslie’s direction, CallidusCloud has transformed into a recurring revenue based business that is the leader in cloud and mobile Lead to Money solutions that help sales close more deals faster. At CallidusCloud, Leslie has also pioneered patent-pending methods for social sales performance management and hiring, visualization, and performancepredictions.In addition to his duties at CallidusCloud, Leslie J Stretch serves on the Board of Directors of QAD Inc. (QADA) (QADB). QAD is a leading provider of enterprise business software and services for global manufacturers. Mr Stretch is also a member of QAD’s Audit Committee of the board of directors.Prior to joining CallidusCloud, Leslie worked for Sun Microsystems for nine years. At Sun, he held the position of Senior Vice President of Global Channel Sales and was the Managing Director of Sun Microsystems U.K. Ltd. Before joining Sun, Leslie held senior sales positions at Oracle Corporation U.K. and was instrumental in accelerating the growth of its Scottish and Canadian operations. Throughout his career, Leslie has successfully directed and motivated large sales organizations and facilitated strategic deals.Leslie holds a B.A. Honors degree in Economics and Economic History from the University of Strathclyde, Scotland and a Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Systems Engineering from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. He completed and is certified by the Directors’ Consortium of the Stanford Graduate School of Business. ## Tim Ringel - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series E - Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Finance Tim Ringel is a Global CEO at Meet The People. He attended the University of Duisburg-Essen from 1996 to 2001. ## Aaron Patzer - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, SaaS In January, I started another company, Vital Software, with Dr. Justin Schrager of Emory University. Vital makes software for hospital emergency rooms. This includes a mobile patient check-in for patients, and the fastest, most usable electronic medical records you've seen for doctors and nurses. We use extensive machine learning and naturallanguage processing to determine patient severity and anticipated actions. Our longer term goal is to cut ER wait times in half, as they are often 4-5 hours long. You might not know it, but there are 140M ER visits in the US alone each year.Medical / sales are in the US, while development is all in Auckland New Zealand. My long-time partner Rebecca, an architect, is a Kiwi and I am now a resident of New Zealand as well. ## Andrew Thorburn - Type: Angel - Location: Docklands, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Software, Information Services, Information Technology Andrew Thorburn became Managing Director & Group Chief Executive Officer of National Australia Bank Limited (NAB) in August 2014, one of Australia's largest financial services groups. The majority of NAB's businesses operate in Australia and New Zealand, with other businesses located in Asia, the UK and the US.A career banker,Andrew joined NAB in 2005 as head of retail banking. In October 2008, he became Managing Director & CEO of Bank of New Zealand and was responsible for its strategic positioning and performance, before moving into his current role.Beginning his career as an economist at Marac Holdings in Auckland, Andrew has held senior management positions at ASB Bank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and St George Bank.Andrew holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Economics) from University of Auckland, a Diploma in Marketing from Chartered Institute of Marketing UK, and an MBA from the University of Durham UK. He has also completed The Executive Programme (TEP) at Darden Business School, University of Virginia.Andrew served as Chairman of the Australian Bankers’ Association from December 2015 to December 2017.Born in Melbourne, Australia, Andrew is married with three children. ## Kirsti Grant - Type: Angel - Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, EdTech, Consumer Software Kirsti Grant - CEO & Co-founder @ Populate ## Nasir Jones - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Mobile Nas, byname of Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, also called Nasty Nas, (born September 14, 1973, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.), American rapper and songwriter who became a dominant voice in 1990s East Coast hip-hop. Nas built a reputation as an expressive chronicler of inner-city street life.Nasir Jones, the son of a jazz musician, grew up in public housingin Queens, New York. He dropped out of school in the eighth grade and searched for a creative outlet, finally settling on hip-hop. His breakthrough came in 1992, when his song “Half Time” (credited to Nasty Nas) appeared on the sound track to the film Zebrahead. Columbia Records soon signed him to a contract. His debut recording as Nas, Illmatic (1994), drew widespread acclaim for its poetic narration of hard-edged inner-city life.The more pop-oriented approach of It Was Written (1996) helped that album reach an even wider audience than its predecessor but ignited a recurring tension in Nas’s career between the appetite of the pop audience and the demands of hip-hop purists. He maintained his commercial appeal with I Am... (1999), although by that time he had also become embroiled in a public feud with fellow rapper Jay-Z over which of the two was the preeminent voice in East Coast hip-hop. The schism inspired Stillmatic (2001), which many fans considered a return to form. The two rappers publicly settled their differences in 2005, and shortly thereafter Nas signed with Def Jam, of which Jay-Z was president at the time.Nas’s penchant for provocation marked Hip Hop Is Dead (2006) and an untitled follow-up (2008), while Life Is Good (2012) struck an introspective tone. He also notably collaborated with reggae musician Damian Marley (the youngest son of Bob Marley) on the album Distant Relatives (2010).Nas also made occasional film appearances, notably in Belly (1998), a crime drama in which he starred opposite rapper DMX, and Black Nativity (2013), an adaptation of Langston Hughes’s gospel play. ## Sam Altman - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet Sam Altman is the CEO and co-founder of OpenAI. He is a Partner of Apollo Projects. Altman was the president of Y Combinator. Sam attended Stanford University. ## James Watt - Type: Angel - Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, Software, Information Technology James Bruce Watt is based out of London, England and is the Co-Founder and CEO of Social Tip. James previously worked at BrewDog as a Board of Director. James Bruce Watt attended the University of Edinburgh. ## Alfonso Villanueva - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Apps, E-Commerce, Health Care Biography: Currently... * Business Angel * PayPal Executive * Board Member Europ-Assistance * Founder Peranakan S.L. Formerly... * McKinsey Director (Senior Partner) * Chief innovation Officer (SingTel) * Chairman Innoventures (JV SoftBank / SingTel) ## Richard Francis - Type: Angel - Location: Waimarama, Wellington, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: SaaS, Software, Business Intelligence 20 years of working with businesses and other organisations with strategy, finance, management, governance, reporting, accounting, tax, projects...Now I spend most of my time running an innovative software company - Spotlight Reporting - that offers 4 performance-focussed SaaS products for business advisors and business owners in the Xeronetwork. Selling advanced reporting, cashflow forecasting, dashboard and multi-entity goodness to NZ, US, UK and Australia.I am also GM of Spotlight Workpapers, an online compliance solution for accounting firms, acquired by Xero in 2012. Xero provide the world-leading cloud accounting product.I am also founder and Director of Francis Consulting, a boutique advisory, VCFO and Chartered Accounting practice based in Wellington. We love working with innovative businesses run by good people - helping with strategy, decision-making, CFO stuff.I also love working with the Silverstripe CMS guys, where I provide Director/Shareholder, strategic and VCFO input. Another favourite business is Peoples Coffee, where I Chair the Board of Directors.Goals for Spotlight Reporting - to be the most successful, innovative software provider in the business intelligence space.Goals for FC - to stay small and smart as a business, respected by those 'in the know'. Partner with cool people, keep things interesting.And...to have a sustainable, holistic approach to business, which means that we contribute more than just 'bottom line'... ## John Greenslade - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Apps, Video, Facebook John Greenslade ## Melanie Melanie - Type: Angel - Location: Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Product Research Investor ## Cameron Priest - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Payments, Software Build and investing in technology companies. Currently building Neu & thecommerce.co Exited TradeGecko.com to Intuit ## Serge van Dam - Type: Angel - Location: Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Product Research Serge has a depth of experience in technology startups that is difficult to rival. As CMO of M-Com, Serge led the growth of M-Com from a four person mobile commerce development company to the world's most successful provider of mobile banking and payment solutions (in both licensed and SaaS categories). He has since held executive levelpositions and Directorships, including as Chair on four boards, of many successful B2B SaaS companies. He is also an avid investor. ## Latesha Randall - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Product Research Latesha Randall is the Co- Founder at Raglan Coconut Yoghurt. Latesha attended Homeschooled. ## Rob Hayes - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Internet, Food and Beverage Rob joined First Round as a Partner in 2006, opening up the firm's San Francisco office. Over the past eight years, he has led investments in companies such as Mint.com (acquired by Intuit), Gnip (acquired by Twitter), Square, Uber, and Planet Labs.Rob invests across categories, with his interests spanning financial tech, the sharingeconomy, meal delivery, and consumer hardware. He is constantly exploring new areas, and enjoys working with founders who push the boundaries of existing markets.Prior to joining First Round, Rob became the first venture investor at Omidyar Network, the investment firm started by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar. While there, he led most of the initial venture capital deals and later built and ran the technology investing group.Before that, Rob worked at Palm, where he product managed Palm OS during the heyday of Palm products (Palm III, Palm V, Handspring Treo). He also started the company's corporate venture fund and managed the strategic spinoff of PalmSource.Rob lives with his wife and two daughters in San Francisco. In his spare time, he enjoys cooking at home and traveling up and down the California coast with his family and two dogs. He has an MBA from Columbia University and a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley. ## Craig Winkler - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: SaaS, Software, Apps 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. ## Ross Veitch - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Internet, Real Estate, Rental Ross is CEO & Co-Founder at Wego, an online travel marketplace (aka travel metasearch) operating across APAC and MENA backed by top-tier investors including Tiger Global, Crescent Group, Square Peg Capital, MNC Group and MEVP. Ross is a veteran of the Asian internet industry having established Yahoo!s Southeast Asian operations in Singaporeback in 1998 and leading product development efforts across the region for 6+ years. He is also Singapore Co-Chair of H2, the premier global leadership network for the digital industry. Ross has been an active angel investor in the technology sector for a decade and enjoys working with other passionate entrepreneurs. He has worked in Sydney, Melbourne, London, Kuala Lumpur and is now splits his time between Singapore and Dubai. He travels frequently for business but not nearly enough for leisure. ## Yoshihiro Kawamura - Type: Angel - Location: Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Apps, Video, Facebook Yoshihiro Kawamura - Director @ TJK NZ LIMITED ## Paula Jackson - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Mobile, Web Design, Product Design Paula Jackson ## Justine Smyth CNZM CNZM - Type: Angel - Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Human Resources, Employee Benefits chair ## Paul Bingham - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Apps, Video, Facebook Paul Bingham - Chairman @ Shuttlerock ## Chase Coleman - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series C, Series F - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, SaaS Chase Coleman is the Founder of Tiger Global ## Hezi Leibovich - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, Apps, Marketplace Serial entrepreneur and investor Founded some of Australia’s most successful B2C companies. Over $500m in exits in the last 5 years. ## Brooke Roberts - Type: Angel - Location: Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Human Resources, Employee Benefits Brooke Roberts - Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer @ Sharesies ## John Key - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: EdTech, Tutoring, Education John Key, Board Partner at Amplo. ## Justin Hamilton - Type: Angel - Location: Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Environmental Engineering, Aerospace, CleanTech Justin Hamilton is Founder, CEO at Clutterbot. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co