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Top 50 Sustainability VC Funds & Investors in New Zealand (August 2026)

The most active venture capital funds investing in New Zealand Sustainability startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in New Zealand Sustainability startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Icehouse Ventures
VC Fund
21 New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Software, SaaS, Information Technology $650k–$19M
K1W1
VC Fund
15 New Zealand, United States Seed, Series A Software, Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence $520k–$18M
Pacific Channel
VC Fund
6 New Zealand, Australia, United States Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed Manufacturing, Health Care, Biotechnology $511k–$5.5M
New Zealand Green Investment Finance
VC Fund
6 New Zealand, Australia, United Kingdom Debt Financing, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar $372k–$49M
GD1 (Global From Day One)
VC Fund
5 New Zealand, United States, China Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, SaaS $600k–$16M
Soul Capital
VC Fund
5 New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong Seed, Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, Recycling $608k–$12M
New Zealand Growth Capital Partners
VC Fund
5 New Zealand, United States, Australia Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Software, Information Technology, Medical Device $435k–$17M
Enterprise Angels
VC Fund
5 New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Angel Software, Information Technology, Health Care $229k–$4.3M
Movac
VC Fund
4 New Zealand, United States, Australia Seed, Series A Software, SaaS, E-Commerce $1.4M–$16M
Climate Venture Capital Fund
VC Fund
4 New Zealand, Australia Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Manufacturing, Sustainability, Renewable Energy $968k–$3M
Motion Capital
VC Fund
3 New Zealand Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Sustainability, Energy, Chemical $924k–$4.9M
AngelHQ
VC Fund
3 New Zealand, United States, Canada Seed, Angel, Series A Software, SaaS, Apps $350k–$19M
Uniservices
VC Fund
3 New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Health Care, Medical Device, Manufacturing $283k–$8.4M
Booster
VC Fund
3 New Zealand, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Medical Device $157k–$6.1M
Finistere Ventures
VC Fund
3 United States, New Zealand, Israel Series B, Series C, Series A Biotechnology, Agriculture, Food and Beverage $3.5M–$45M
Global from Day One
VC Fund
2 New Zealand, United States, China Seed, Series A Software, SaaS, Medical Device $694k–$18M
NOAB Ventures
VC Fund
2 Australia, New Zealand, United States Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Energy, Battery, Manufacturing $493k–$15M
Ngāi Tahu Holdings
VC Fund
2 New Zealand Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Information Technology, EdTech, Energy $2.8M–$3.5M
Lincoln Agritech
VC Fund
2 New Zealand Venture - Series Unknown Sensor, Biotechnology, Sustainability
New Zealand Venture Investment Fund
VC Fund
2 New Zealand, United States, Japan Seed, Series A, Angel Software, Biotechnology, SaaS $400k–$8.8M
Blackbird Ventures
VC Fund
2 Australia, United States, New Zealand Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS $34k–$35M
AgriZeroNZ
VC Fund
2 United States, New Zealand, Sweden Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Biotechnology, AgTech, Animal Feed $677k–$27M
Matū Group
VC Fund
2 New Zealand, Australia, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Biotechnology, Health Care, Manufacturing $337k–$25M
Clare Foundation
VC Fund
2 New Zealand Seed Furniture, Recycling, E-Commerce $1.5M–$1.5M
Aera VC
VC Fund
2 United States, Australia, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Software $150k–$27M
Impact Enterprise Fund
VC Fund
2 New Zealand, Australia Seed, Series A Sustainability, Information Technology, AgTech $1.3M–$3M
Rabobank Food & Agri Innovation Fund
VC Fund
2 United States, United Kingdom, The Netherlands Series A, Series B, Seed Agriculture, AgTech, Farming $3.8M–$45M
Outset Ventures
VC Fund
2 New Zealand Seed, Pre-Seed CleanTech, Biotechnology, Product Research
NZVC
VC Fund
1 New Zealand, United States, Australia Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech $1.2M–$40M
Inter Ikea
VC Fund
1 Canada, Sweden, Germany Series A, Seed Recycling, Biotechnology, Waste Management $3.8M–$16M
Massey Ventures
VC Fund
1 New Zealand Seed Carbon Capture, Environmental Consulting, Environmental Engineering
Aspire Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States Seed Messaging, Real Time, Advertising $2M–$3.5M
Unruly Capital
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, United States, Germany Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, CleanTech $908k–$55M
Wavemaker Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States, Singapore, Philippines Seed, Series A Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology $880k–$20M
Amadeus APEX Technology Fund
VC Fund
1 Germany, Austria, New Zealand Seed Space Travel, Chemical, Internet $1.7M–$9.4M
Sparkbox Ventures
VC Fund
1 New Zealand, United States, Japan Seed, Angel, Series A Software, Manufacturing, EdTech $593k–$1.6M
Energy Capital Ventures®
VC Fund
1 United States, Germany, New Zealand Seed, Series A, Series B Energy, Renewable Energy, GreenTech $3M–$28M
OurCrowd
VC Fund
1 Israel, United States, New Zealand Series B, Series A, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care $593k–$65M
Lewis Holdings
VC Fund
1 New Zealand Seed, Series A Software, SaaS, Computer $550k–$1.1M
RIV Capital
VC Fund
1 Canada, United States, Italy Seed, Series A Cannabis, AgTech, Food and Beverage $1.5M–$12M
Callaghan Innovation
VC Fund
1 New Zealand, Australia, United States Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology $5.7k–$1M
Seeds Capital
VC Fund
1 Singapore, United States, Hong Kong Seed, Series A, Series B Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care $767k–$45M
InnovationQuarter
VC Fund
1 The Netherlands, India, Germany Series A, Seed Software, Information Technology, Health Care $549k–$30M
Wave Digital Assets
VC Fund
1 United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software $500k–$70M
Black Kite Capital
VC Fund
1 Singapore, China, India Seed, Series B Internet, Software, Digital Media $500k–$5.1M
Fonterra Co-operative Group
VC Fund
1 New Zealand, United States, Germany Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Wellness $151k–$17M
Radar Partners
VC Fund
1 United States, New Zealand Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Mobile, Information Technology $500k–$73M
Aussie Angels
VC Fund
1 Australia, New Zealand, United States Pre-Seed, Seed Software, Information Services, B2B $225k–$9.4M
Tuhua Fund
VC Fund
1 New Zealand, Singapore, United States Seed, Series A, Angel Software, Internet, B2B $735k–$7.5M
AUT Ventures
VC Fund
1 New Zealand Pre-Seed Chemical, Manufacturing, Sustainability
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Icehouse Ventures
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 21 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 252
  • Round size: Seed $650k–$4.9M; Series A $2.5M–$19M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $69M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Hnry — Hnry automatically pays and files all taxes for contractors, freelancers, and sole traders, so they never have to think about tax again.
  • Vessev — Electric hydrofoiling vessels built for commercial use. Quiet, efficient, and better for the world.
  • Wellumio — Wellumio is a medical technology company redefining the boundaries of clinical imaging. We’re fusing technology, design innovation, and medical expertise to create new diagnostic pathways that support the timely delivery of urgent stroke care.
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K1W1
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 15 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 116
  • Round size: Seed $734k–$4.1M; Series A $520k–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Linca — Critical metals for a circular battery supply chain
  • Hyades — Hyades is an AI-powered hyperspectral intelligence platform that offers soil and land insights.
  • Appetise — MenuAid is a cheaper, flexible and more sustainable alternative to meal-kit delivery providers. We provide Kiwis with a weekly meal plan, complete with recipes and a list of ingredients that can either be self-shopped or collected/delivered from your favourite supermarkets.
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Pacific Channel
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 6 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

Investing in great people solving hard problems to create a better future.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Health Care, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand, Australia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 52
  • Round size: Seed $900k–$5M; Pre-Seed $511k–$1.6M; Venture - Series Unknown $3.2M–$5.5M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Regen — We send daily recommendations to our farmers' phones based on their own farm data, so NZ can farm smarter.
  • Androgenix
  • Navi Medical Technologies — Navi Medical Technologies is a medical device development company.
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New Zealand Green Investment Finance
VC Fund · Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand · 6 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

New Zealand Green Investment Finance provides support to the growth of innovative energy and carbon management.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: New Zealand, Australia, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 29
  • Round size: Seed $3.1M–$7.6M; Debt Financing $644k–$49M; Venture - Series Unknown $372k–$3.2M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ESP — ESP is an energy solution provider.
  • Carbn Group — Carbn Group is a car fleet management company that makes car fleet services sustainable and accessible to more users.
  • Ruminant BioTech — Ruminant BioTech is a company that creates slow-release devices for long-term controlled-release methane mitigation.
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GD1 (Global From Day One)
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 5 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

GD1 is a Venture Capital firm that invests with high conviction in exciting technology companies originating from New Zealand. Our team is passionate about creating and growing global businesses, and our goal is to transform NZ made into the next generation of globally disruptive tech solutions.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 68
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$8.2M; Pre-Seed $860k–$11M; Series A $1.8M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Vessev — Electric hydrofoiling vessels built for commercial use. Quiet, efficient, and better for the world.
  • Caruso — AI-native fund administration for private markets. Trusted by 900+ real estate, private credit, and PE funds to save time and grow AUM.
  • Outlier Space — Outlier Space is an aerospace startup that builds a scalable, uncrewed, and reusable satellite platform designed to unlock access to microgravity. The company provides breakthrough infrastructure to safely return orbital payloads back to Earth. This technology allows sectors like pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and advanced materials to manufactureand research products beyond Earth's atmospheric limits.
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Soul Capital
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 5 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

Soul Capital is an impact investment organisation working towards a more inclusive and sustainable economy.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Recycling
  • Stage:Seed, Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 23
  • Round size: Seed $830k–$3M; Venture - Series Unknown $608k–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cogo — At Cogo we are on a mission to empower hundreds of millions of consumers and businesses world-wide to become conscious consumers by taking action to measure, reduce and compensate for their impact on the world. Cogo enables everyone to join together to create a fairer and more sustainable world. Talk to us now or see our website for details.
  • Staples VR — Staples Rentals is a Film/Video & Stills equipment rental house based in Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Teacher’s Buddy — Create lesson plans, worksheets, assessments, and more in minutes. AI-powered tools designed for educators.
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New Zealand Growth Capital Partners
VC Fund · 5 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

The New Zealand Growth Capital Partners (formerly New Zealand Venture Investment Fund) was established to support early-stage technology companies and to stimulate private investment into this space.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Medical Device
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 81
  • Round size: Seed $694k–$4.9M; Series A $3.5M–$17M; Venture - Series Unknown $435k–$6.1M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Linca — Critical metals for a circular battery supply chain
  • Wellumio — Wellumio is a medical technology company redefining the boundaries of clinical imaging. We’re fusing technology, design innovation, and medical expertise to create new diagnostic pathways that support the timely delivery of urgent stroke care.
  • Scentian Bio — Scentian Bio operates as a platform that provides ultimate sensing solution.
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Enterprise Angels
VC Fund · Tauranga, Gisborne, New Zealand · 5 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 134
  • Round size: Seed $306k–$4.3M; Angel $229k–$651k
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $12M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Linca — Critical metals for a circular battery supply chain
  • Wellumio — Wellumio is a medical technology company redefining the boundaries of clinical imaging. We’re fusing technology, design innovation, and medical expertise to create new diagnostic pathways that support the timely delivery of urgent stroke care.
  • Scanabull — Scanabull is a 3D vision to measure cattle live weight quickly and accurately, reducing handling stress and giving farmers, agents, and processors clear, real‑time weight data. It makes weighing easy, analysis simple, and sharing seamless for everyone who relies on live weight or carcass weight decisions.
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Movac
VC Fund · Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand · 4 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

Movac is New Zealand's most experienced technology investor and is deeply integrated into the Kiwi tech sector. We've been actively investing since 1998.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 67
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$4.9M; Series A $1.5M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 49% lead, 51% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $125M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Hnry — Hnry automatically pays and files all taxes for contractors, freelancers, and sole traders, so they never have to think about tax again.
  • LawVu — Our all-in-one connected platform enables your legal team to manage all legal matters, contracts, spend and legal operations. Book your free demo now.
  • Migco Pharmaceuticals — Migco Pharmaceuticals is a pharmaceutical company focused on designed to develop new drug therapies for migraine headache.
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Climate Venture Capital Fund
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 4 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

Climate Venture Capital Fund invests in disruptive New Zealand climate-tech companies driving decarbonisation and returns. Acceptable Managed Fund for AIP Visa investors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Sustainability, Renewable Energy
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $968k–$3M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mara Bio — We are a New Zealand based biotech start up passionate about food, health and the environment. We are re-imagining how energy and nutrient rich food production side streams are handled by giving them a new life in the form of protein rich, fibre rich, functional ingredients and bioactives for food, nutraceutical and pharmaceutical applications.
  • Hot Lime Labs — The Hot Lime Labs CO2 capture system converts wood waste biomass into clean CO2 for commercial greenhouses, increasing crop productivity and growth.
  • Dot Ingredients — Dot Ingredients operates a surfactant company designed to offer commercially viable particle surfactants. It produces cellulose from wood pulp, makes sustainable emulsifiers from renewable cellulose, and is able to not only cleanse hands, clothes, surfaces, and cars, but also protect crops, enhance food, color textiles, and flow into the oceans andsoil.
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Motion Capital
VC Fund · Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand · 3 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

Motion Capital is a hands-on venture capital fund investing in founders doing good business by helping the world decarbonise.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sustainability, Energy, Chemical
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $924k–$4.9M
  • Lead/follow: 63% lead, 37% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Linca — Critical metals for a circular battery supply chain
  • Factor — Plug and play forecasting and pricing tools for modern energy utilities.
  • Hachiko — Hachiko is a software building platform that aims to help the battery portfolio owners, also the firm is for energy trading.
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AngelHQ
VC Fund · Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand · 3 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

Learn about Angel HQ, Wellington's Angel Investing Network - the meeting place for ambitious startups and passionate investors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 40
  • Round size: Seed $350k–$3M; Angel $367k–$1M; Series A $6.1M–$19M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Luminoma — Luminoma will enable easy access to objective and precise skin cancer screening. With Luminoma, clinicians can confidently discern malignant from benign, reducing unnecessary referrals and biopsies.
  • Upstock — Manage wholesale orders with a simple app.
  • Factor — Plug and play forecasting and pricing tools for modern energy utilities.
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Uniservices
VC Fund · 3 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

Auckland University's commercialisation arm

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Medical Device, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 28
  • Round size: Seed $694k–$5M; Pre-Seed $283k–$1.3M; Venture - Series Unknown $3.2M–$8.4M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • RosterLab — RosterLab goal is to automate every part of the rostering process for healthcare.
  • Avasa — Avasa is a medical device company. It helps to improve surgical procedures by developing novel implantable devices.
  • Zenno Astronautics — Zenno Astronautics hardware and software products ensure satellite missions are effectively managed, guaranteeing maximum economic returns and responsible use of space.
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Booster
VC Fund · Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand · 3 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

Booster is an investment manager, superannuation and default KiwiSaver scheme provider. We offer ethical, New Zealand and specialist investment options.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Medical Device
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Round size: Seed $473k–$4.3M; Pre-Seed $157k–$972k; Venture - Series Unknown $158k–$6.1M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Linca — Critical metals for a circular battery supply chain
  • Wellumio — Wellumio is a medical technology company redefining the boundaries of clinical imaging. We’re fusing technology, design innovation, and medical expertise to create new diagnostic pathways that support the timely delivery of urgent stroke care.
  • Wych Limited — Wych puts your financial health back in your control.
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Finistere Ventures
VC Fund · San Diego, California, United States · 3 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

Finistere Ventures is an agricultural technology and life sciences venture capital investor. Founded in 2005, the company partners with other entrepreneurs and creative thinkers to build innovative companies that have the potential to transform modern agriculture, increase food security, improve nutrition, and enhance sustainability. Their appliedexperience as operators, and pioneering role in Ag Tech, is actively utilized to benefit its portfolio companies and Partners. Finistere has global access to the best new technologies from centers of Ag Tech excellence in the U.S., Australia, Israel, New Zealand, and Canada through its venture partner networks. Finistere’s locations in San Diego and Palo Alto, California keeps them connected to the centers of mainstream venture investment and the world’s leading innovation ecosystem.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Agriculture, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Series B, Series C, Series A
  • Geography: United States, New Zealand, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 67
  • Round size: Series A $3.5M–$10M; Series B $7.5M–$45M; Series C $5M–$43M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $28M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • POP — Strengthen your dog's immunity with Pop-Topper. Developed with top animal scientists and food innovators, our formulas leverage clinically proven superfoods to reduce inflammation and promote longevity. Backed by science, our daily meal topper seamlessly integrates into your dog's routine for optimal health benefits.
  • Animol Discovery — Animol is building its own pipeline of break-through proprietary veterinary small molecules led by a team of animal health industry experts with vast experience in bringing drugs to market. With our unique and powerful technology platform we deliver innovative medicines that are specifically designed for the needs of veterinary patients.
  • Berkeley Yeast — Better yeast for better beer. Make cleaner tasting beer with ultra low diacetyl strains, brew non alcoholic beer that tastes more like actual beer, or unlock bright grapefruit and passionfruit notes with the cleanest thiol yeast.
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Global from Day One
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 2 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

GD1 is a Venture Capital firm that invests with high conviction in exciting technology companies originating from New Zealand. Our team is passionate about creating and growing global businesses, and our goal is to transform NZ made into the next generation of globally disruptive tech solutions.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Medical Device
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 33
  • Round size: Seed $694k–$5M; Series A $1.2M–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $90M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • eVouch — eVouch is the most powerful marketing tool we've used to build an organic community. We've experienced elevated brand trust while reaching an audience we never thought possible. Using customers to market to their friends is simply genius.
  • Alimetry — Gastric Alimetry brings data-driven clarity to chronic gastric symptoms, helping clinicians diagnose with confidence.
  • Shuttlerock — Create attention-worthy video ads from any asset for every screen, at scale.
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NOAB Ventures
VC Fund · 2 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

NOAB Ventures operates as a venture capital firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Battery, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Australia, New Zealand, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$9.4M; Pre-Seed $493k–$860k; Series A $4.5M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • UNIGRID — At UNIGRID, we are dedicated to exploring sodium chemistries that are safe, sustainable, and affordable, for stationary energy storage and e-mobility applications.
  • Vertus Energy — We innovate to make fossil natural gas extinct.
  • Andromeda Robotics — At Andromeda, our personalised robot companions are helping Australian aged care teams bring joy and connection to residents to improve wellbeing.
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Ngāi Tahu Holdings
VC Fund · 2 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, EdTech, Energy
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Seed $2.8M–$3.5M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Banqer — Banqer is a social enterprise committed to raising societal financial capability levels through relatable and engaging education.
  • Tend Health — Tend Health provides various types of Health Care services by providing an easy to use application.
  • OpenStar Technologies — OpenStar Technologies is a renewable energy company that develops fusion reactors for baseload power to the grid.
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Lincoln Agritech
VC Fund · Lincoln, Nebraska, United States · 2 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

Lincoln Agritech is a vibrant organization with over 50 staff, including scientists, research engineers, and software developers.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sensor, Biotechnology, Sustainability
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CertusBio — The CertusBio continuous monitoring system provides easy access to real-time data so that food processors can now mitigate losses and waste waterwater quality issues at the source. We are helping industrial food processors transition to a more sustainable model of production.
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New Zealand Venture Investment Fund
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 2 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

Your guide to finding and using government services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Biotechnology, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 36
  • Round size: Seed $428k–$1.2M; Angel $400k–$4.3M; Series A $1.4M–$8.8M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MAPTO — Bringing industries together since 2008, Mapto.com stands as the premier platform for a global business directory. Serving millions of companies and suppliers worldwide.Mapto, the “Business Development Guide,” has been specially designed to offer an e-commerce solution that brings together all companies in the world and provides an excellent B2Cuser experience without sacrificing B2B functionality. The most significant difference from other marketplaces is that it is customer-supported!In today’s world, product, manufacturer, and communication demands are the basis of e-commerce searches on the internet. It restructures the “roadmap of e-commerce” by bringing all these demands together and making them accessible to users.
  • Insite AI — The chosen partner by executives in RGM, insights, and I.T. to grow revenue and market share. Learn how CPGs win in pricing, assortment, trade and more.
  • Surgical Design Studios — The Insides Company is the leading provider of chyme reinfusion solutions for intestinal failure
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Blackbird Ventures
VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 2 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

Blackbird is a venture capital fund based in Australia and New Zealand. We invest in every type of technology from software to space, unified by the biggest of ambitions.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 337
  • Round size: Seed $34k–$7.6M; Pre-Seed $50k–$2.7M; Series A $3.4M–$35M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Vow — Vow is crafting a new category of food
  • Partly — Auto parts distributors, manufacturers, dismantlers, marketplaces and software providers use Partly's software and API to add fitment and manage parts online.
  • Gilmour Space Technologies — Gilmour Space is a rocket company in Australia that is developing and launching low-cost small satellite launch vehicles. All orbits, all planets: https://www.gspacetech.com
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AgriZeroNZ
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 2 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

A world-first public-private partnership helping farmers reduce emissions while maintaining profitability and productivity.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, AgTech, Animal Feed
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States, New Zealand, Sweden

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $677k–$10M; Series A $7M–$27M; Venture - Series Unknown $3M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Rumin8 — Rumin8 - Solving livestock methane emissions
  • Ruminant BioTech — Ruminant BioTech is a company that creates slow-release devices for long-term controlled-release methane mitigation.
  • Āmua Innovation — Āmua Innovation specializes in developing solutions for pasture-based farming to lead natural food production.
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Matū Group
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 2 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

Investing in scalable science and deep tech start-ups in Aotearoa NZ. We operate venture capital funds that invest in science and deep tech through a hands-on, active approach.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand, Australia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Round size: Seed $473k–$2.2M; Pre-Seed $337k–$972k; Series A $2.3M–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Advemto — Advemto is the manufacturer and developer of ultrafast spectroscopy systems that help researchers.
  • Inhibit Coatings — Inhibit Coatings is a New Zealand based company developing novel antimicrobial and antifouling coatings.
  • Captivate Technology — Captivate Technology company operates a clean-tech carbon capture platform. The platform enables cement manufacturers, geothermal power plants, and biogas producers to reduce pollution and contribute to environmental initiatives by using a metal-organic framework for CO2 adsorption as a solid-state material.
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Clare Foundation
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 2 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

Clare is a private philanthropic investment and giving organisation.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Furniture, Recycling, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$1.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Critical — Made in Aotearoa from 100% reclaimed NZ plastic waste, our panels come in a variety of pre-designed or custom colours and finishes, so you can realise your design vision and create a space that is truly unique. We help architects and designers to push design boundaries while meeting Green Star & sustainability targets.
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Aera VC
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 2 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

Aera VC invests at the frontier of deep technology and sustainability to accelerate the world to a better future. Those who create breakthrough ideas the fastest will generate new markets, exponential financial returns, and a better future for us all. Aera VC will be right behind them.We believe sustainability is the largest investmentopportunity of our lifetime. We have been generating outstanding financial returns since 2016 while investing in the pursuit of a better world. The companies we have backed are the best illustration of what we invest in, aspire to, and can achieve. We are excited that these companies are only just getting started and we have already established a truly global footprint. 70% of Aera Portfolio companies are co-founded by women or those from minority backgrounds.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Australia, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 40
  • Round size: Seed $2.1M–$10M; Pre-Seed $150k–$4.1M; Series A $4.5M–$27M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $30M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Gridsight — Gridsight helps electrical utilities transition to a decentralised grid by creating 90%-accurate, AI-powered load flow models. These models enable utilities to safely and efficiently support more residential solar, batteries and electric vehicles. Based on CEO Brendan Banfield's PhD research, Gridsight was founded in 2020 to accelerate the transition to renewables.
  • Array Labs — Array Labs is working to provide high-quality 3D imagery on a global scale.
  • Maritime Fusion — Fusion reactors for ships
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Impact Enterprise Fund
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 2 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

The Fund provides growth capital to businesses who deliver social and/or environmental impact, alongside attractive financial returns. This Fund has two primary objectives: delivering market-rate financial returns, and delivering tangible societal and environmental outcomes.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sustainability, Information Technology, AgTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$3M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ZeroJet — ZeroJet is the first jet propulsion system to be designed specifically for an electric motor, delivering the perfect balance of performance and runtime.
  • Zincovery — Zincovery is a decarbonizing zinc recycling plant.
  • CarbonCrop — CarbonCrop gets you recognised and paid for the carbon sequestered in trees on your land. Our artificial-intelligence based mapping and measurement mean we can give you fast, accurate results for no up-front cost.
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Rabobank Food & Agri Innovation Fund
VC Fund · Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands · 2 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

Rabobank emerged from several small agricultural cooperative banks, founded by Dutch farmers in the late nineteenth century. Food & Agriculture (F&A) is in our DNA, from which we built a unique position in the F&A sector as a key financier and international player, attributes which we leverage for the benefit of our stakeholders andportfolio companies. We recognise and understand the food security challenges lying ahead of us and how Innovation in F&A supply chains is key to the solution, which is why we are dedicated to committing capital to the space.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Agriculture, AgTech, Farming
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, The Netherlands

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 25
  • Round size: Series A $3.8M–$15M; Series B $5M–$45M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MiAlgae — MiAlgae is a new-age microalgal production company that aims to revolutionize the £340 billion global livestock feed industry by producing microalgal products – through the remediation of wastewater – as nutrient supplements for fishmeal in livestock feeds. Their microalgal products are high in omegas and proteins, both of which are required forthe production of many livestock feeds, especially in the aquaculture sector.Their production methodology uses circular economy to reduce the operating costs involved in the production of microalgae and as such allows them to compete with other supplements currently on the market.
  • EarthOptics — GroundTruth Ag is a soil cloud creator specializing in sustainable agricultural management. GroundTruth offers insights into soil management and health as well as near-real-time actionable data layers that cover the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of the soil. This technology allows farmers to obtain accurate soil informationwhile also offering carbon creditors low-cost, hyper-accurate verification.
  • Saga Robotics — Saga Robotics delivers UV-C mildew control, AI-driven data services, and robotic farm automation with the autonomous robot Thorvald. Our robots provide chemical-free vineyard and strawberry disease management to help growers increase yields and reduce reliance on fungicides.
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Outset Ventures
VC Fund · Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand · 2 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

Outset, Empowering NZ's deep tech startups: investment, space, support. Join our community of innovators for global impact.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: CleanTech, Biotechnology, Product Research
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Daisy Lab — Daisy Lab pioneers precision fermentation technology in New Zealand
  • Vertus Energy — We innovate to make fossil natural gas extinct.
  • OpenStar Technologies — OpenStar Technologies is a renewable energy company that develops fusion reactors for baseload power to the grid.
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NZVC
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 1 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

The NZVCA’s mission is to develop a world-best private equity (“PE”) and venture capital (“VC”) environment for the benefit of investors and entrepreneurs in New Zealand.Their activities cover the whole spectrum of investment in New Zealand private capital including Angel investment, seed and early-stage venture capital through to developmentcapital and private equity (including management buy-outs and buy-ins).

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 47
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$6.4M; Series A $1.8M–$40M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.5M–$3.5M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • chnnl — Optimise your employee wellbeing strategy with chnnl. Centralised resource management, track psychosocial risks and team psychological wellbeing measurement.
  • Vessev — Vessev is a maritime trasportantion company that offers hydrofoiling electric vessels for travelling through water.
  • Curve Biosciences — Whole-Body Intelligence to resolve chronic diseases.
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Inter Ikea
VC Fund · Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg · 1 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

Inter IKEA Group's aim is to secure continuous improvement, development, expansion and a long life of the franchising operation.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Recycling, Biotechnology, Waste Management
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Canada, Sweden, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $3.8M–$5.9M; Series A $7.6M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Matter. — We are an innovation company pioneering technology solutions for capturing, harvesting and recycling microplastics.
  • ns/tx industries — ns/tx industries is a food manufacturing and technology company that processes and sells fish and meat products.
  • Seprify — Enabling sustainable products
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Massey Ventures
VC Fund · Palmerston North, Wellington, New Zealand · 1 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

Massey Ventures supports the development of commercially promising ideas by providing early stage investment. The firm commercializes intellectual property and innovative research. The company guides Massey researchers and students through the commercialisation process in order to make their innovative ideas a reality.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Carbon Capture, Environmental Consulting, Environmental Engineering
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Captivate Technology — Captivate Technology company operates a clean-tech carbon capture platform. The platform enables cement manufacturers, geothermal power plants, and biogas producers to reduce pollution and contribute to environmental initiatives by using a metal-organic framework for CO2 adsorption as a solid-state material.
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Aspire Ventures
VC Fund · Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States · 1 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

Aspire Ventures is an investment firm that focuses on transforming healthcare with breakthrough technologies. It leverages their capital, intellectual property, and domain expertise in the Internet of Things (IoT) to help solve today’s biggest problems. The firm was founded in 2014 and headquartered in Pennsylvania, United States.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Messaging, Real Time, Advertising
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$3.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Wylei — Wylei provides adaptive content solutions to agencies and brands to increase digital messaging relevance and engagement. It uses advanced predictive algorithms to take the guesswork out of digital web, email, mobile, and video campaigns. Wylei's Adaptive Content(TM) and Predictive Intelligence, delivers emails that adapt to the specificcontext of open, based on where, how, and when the email is viewed.
  • OpenStar Technologies — OpenStar Technologies is a renewable energy company that develops fusion reactors for baseload power to the grid.
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Unruly Capital
VC Fund · Italy, Texas, United States · 1 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

Investing in the crazy before it becomes normal

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, CleanTech
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 62
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$9.3M; Pre-Seed $908k–$3.6M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.6M–$55M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Matta — Creating AGI to manufacture the impossible.
  • Willo — Willo is advancing and scaling true wireless power for humanity, technology, and industry. Discover the company powering the next era of energy delivery.
  • Tangible — Tangible empowers hardware companies with sustainable asset-based lending solutions. Our platform streamlines debt funding, compliance automation, and financial product design, enabling efficient capital mobilization and comprehensive reporting for a greener future. Scale your business with Twist.
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Wavemaker Ventures
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 1 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

Wavemaker Group is a cross-border venture capital firm founded in 2003 and one of the most active early-stage investors across multiple funds.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, Philippines

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 353
  • Round size: Seed $880k–$5M; Series A $3M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $136M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • uHoo — uHoo monitors and manages your indoor environment to help you create healthier, safer and more comfortable homes and workplaces.
  • RateIt — An omni-channel CX platform that captures, interprets & analyses customer feedback in ways that makes it easy to see the right moves to make.
  • Shikho — Shikho is a Bangladeshi education technology company on a mission to revolutionise the way Bangladesh learns today and democratise access to a high quality education. It is building a hyper-localised digital learning ecosystem designed specifically for the Bangladeshi national curriculum to serve a growing total addressable market of ~42 millionstudents. "Shikho - The Learning App" is available on the Google Play Store.
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Amadeus APEX Technology Fund
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

Amadeus APEX Technology Fund operates as a ventures capital firm. Amadeus APEX Technology Fund will initially invest between €1-1.5M in seed and series A stage deep tech ventures with unique and defendable technology.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Space Travel, Chemical, Internet
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Germany, Austria, New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Seed $1.7M–$9.4M
  • Lead/follow: 55% lead, 45% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • enclaive — Experience the strength of confidential cloud computing with Enclaive.io. Elevate your company's security and performance in the most fortified cloud ecosystem. Unlock unparalleled confidentiality with our secure compute environments.
  • NEOintralogistics — NEOintralogistics is revolutionizing warehouse automation by transforming traditional shelf-racking systems with a seamless combination of cloud-based software, high-end hardware, and a pay-per-pick pricing model. Our solution enables businesses to reduce labor costs by 70% and increase storage density by 2.5x—all with zero upfront investment anddeployment in just 6-8 weeks.NEO serves industries such as e-commerce, third-party logistics (3PL), and production supply, where manual processes still dominate 80% of warehouses worldwide.With fast installation, human-robot collaboration, and a risk-free pricing model, NEO empowers businesses to scale efficiently and optimize warehouse operations without disruption.
  • Skycore Semiconductors — Skycore Semiconductors delivers power conversion microchips, enhancing efficiency and performance for AI, data centers, and battery energy storage systems.
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Sparkbox Ventures
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 1 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

Sparkbox Ventures was founded in 2001 and is New Zealand's most active seed stage investor

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Manufacturing, EdTech
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Round size: Seed $593k–$1.6M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mohiomap — Visualize and navigate your Evernote, Google Drive, and Dropbox content. Mohiomap allows you to explore relationships in a dynamic Mind Map, get valuable insights, and visually organize your Cloud data!
  • Aroa Biosurgery Ltd — Aroa Biosurgery is a soft-tissue regeneration company that develops, manufactures, sells and distributes medical and surgical products to improve healing in complex wounds and soft tissue reconstruction. Committed to ‘unlocking regenerative healing for everybody’, Aroa’s products are developed from the Company’s proprietary Endoform® technologyplatform, a novel extracellular matrix biomaterial derived from ovine (sheep) forestomach. The company was founded in February 2008 based on intellectual property relating to the use of a novel form of ECM isolated from forestomach extracellular matrix for use in tissue regeneration applications. Aroa’s focus is delivering better healing, every day, everywhere for everybody. Aroa’s products make a meaningful impact for patients, surgeons and clinicians. Aroa delivers high quality, simple to use products that significantly improve outcomes. Aroa also believes its products should be widely accessible, affordable and change the standard of care for many patients.Maori for ‘understanding’, Aroa is at the forefront of understanding how biology, structural form and human factors can unlock the body’s intrinsic power to heal.
  • Sharesight — Award-winning investment portfolio tracking and reporting app
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Energy Capital Ventures®
VC Fund · Chicago, Illinois, United States · 1 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

The only early stage venture fund investing in the future of ESG innovation and the digital transformation of the natural gas industry. Learn more.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Renewable Energy, GreenTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Germany, New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Seed $3M–$11M; Series A $3M–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 86% lead, 14% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $61M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • enadyne — material technology to seperate gases
  • Capture6 — Capture6 develops and commercializes highly scalable approaches to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The company is pioneering an approach that can be deployed today by repurposing existing industrial scale technologies.
  • Sapphire Technologies — Sapphire Technologies develops, manufactures, and sells energy recovery systems for both natural gas and hydrogen industrial and commercial applications. The company's systems are designed to convert waste energy from pressure reduction processes into electric power without disrupting operations. We help companies maximize plant efficiencies,improve productivity, reduce carbon emissions, offset electrical costs, and generate cashflow by recovering this wasted pressure energy.
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OurCrowd
VC Fund · Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel · 1 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

Invest in exclusive and pre-vetted startups, late-stage companies, and top tier funds - private market access made simple, transparent, and institutional-grade.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Israel, United States, New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 309
  • Round size: Seed $593k–$10M; Series A $5.3M–$34M; Series B $8M–$65M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • N.Light — N.Light is a Metaverse 3D design software that allows individuals to effortlessly turn their ideas into reality.
  • Hemispheric — Hemispheric develops fundamental AI technologies aimed at deciphering brain activity for innovative applications.
  • MUV Interactive — MUV Interactive designs and develops innovative technology for active human sensing, providing a natural and fluent interactive experience with any type of digital application, from displayed content, and smart home appliances to IOT (Internet of Things) devices, drones and AR/VR applications. The company’s flagship product, Bird, is anintuitive device that is worn on the index finger, which transforms any space into a 3D Interactive Environment. Bird is the first device to integrate the entire spectrum of input and control methods – including touch, remote touch, gesture control and mouse functionality. This gives users the flexibility to interact with each type of digital content in the most intuitive way, whether up close or from a distance of up to 100 feet away.
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Lewis Holdings
VC Fund · 1 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

Lewis Holdings was added in 2013.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Computer
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $550k–$1.1M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Avertana — Avertana is a process technology company that has developed a proprietary platform to refine solid industrial waste streams into valuable mineral and chemical raw materials used to make everyday products. Products of Avertana's process are used in products such as paint, building materials, paper and fertilisers. The process is costcompetitive with existing approaches but offers a much lower environmental footprint than traditional methods. Avertana helps its customers to build more sustainable supply chains by making mineral and chemical ingredients for widely-used products from sources that support optimal environmental outcomes. Avertana’s waste to value process helps industry to reduce its environmental footprint competitively.
  • Ambit — From natural language processing to machine learning, our conversational AI platform empowers organisations. Business focused and aligned, Ambit chatbots carve a direct path to meeting your strategic objectives. Ultimately, Ambit enables you to deliver to your customers and internal stakeholders better.
  • Unleashed Software — Supply, production, inventory and sales software with exceptional product and customer focus
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RIV Capital
VC Fund · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 1 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

The Investor Relations website contains information about FLUENT Corp.'s business for stockholders, potential investors, and financial analysts.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Cannabis, AgTech, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Canada, United States, Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$2.5M; Series A $6.7M–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Headset — Retail & market insights for cannabis retailers, product manufacturers, CPGs, processors, growers & all ancillary services.
  • BioLumic — BioLumic develops light signals that activate plant growth and unlock the natural genetic potential of crops. The company's photogenics platform leverages innovation in plant science, light technology and genetic insights. Demonstrated results include higher yield, improved vigor, increased disease and pest resistance, and improvements incrops composition. These results have been across a variety of seeds and seedling: soybean, cannabis and vegetable and fruit crops. It is a clean technology that does not require the use of chemicals or amendments. BioLumic is a private company and was founded in 2013.
  • High Beauty — High Beauty is a skincare brand that offers clean beauty skincare products made from hemp seed oil. High Beauty chooses organic ingredients to create the purest and cleanest ingredients for all of our formulations. High Beauty makes every effort to source all raw ingredients from organic farms and extraction processes.
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Callaghan Innovation
VC Fund · 1 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

Callaghan Innovation is a stand-alone Crown Entity established on 1 February, 2013. Their role hasn’t previously existed in New Zealand.When they succeed, all New Zealanders will benefit from a stronger economy, higher value exports, more productive and sustainable resource use, more jobs and higher incomes.International evidence showsadvanced technology institutes like Callaghan Innovation have been successful at helping businesses build innovation capability that contributes to their growth and the broader economy.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand, Australia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1834
  • Round size: Seed $581k–$1M; Grant $5.7k–$98k; Pre-Seed $607k–$716k
  • Lead/follow: 99% lead, 1% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Scanabull — Scanabull is a 3D vision to measure cattle live weight quickly and accurately, reducing handling stress and giving farmers, agents, and processors clear, real‑time weight data. It makes weighing easy, analysis simple, and sharing seamless for everyone who relies on live weight or carcass weight decisions.
  • Wallo Pay — Wallo Pay, incorporated in July 2023, is a New Zealand-based fintech startup transforming digital payments for consumers and businesses. Operating across Aotearoa and with plans to expand into Australia, our founder-led team is building a B2C and B2B payments platform powered by banking APIs, enabling direct, real-time account-to-accounttransactions. By bypassing traditional card networks, Wallo Pay slashes merchant service fees from 1.5–2.5% to 0.6% or less, potentially saving New Zealand businesses $700M annually. Our product suite includes a Consumer Mobile App with QR-based and unique digital ID based payments, a Business Mobile App, and a Business Web Portal, targeting retail, hospitality, and other businesses accepting payments from end customers.Aligned with New Zealand’s Consumer Data Right (2025), Wallo Pay’s open API infrastructure empowers developers, fintech startups, and public agencies to build innovative solutions, from loyalty programs to interoperable transport payments. Our platform fosters an inclusive ecosystem, enabling business of all sizes and innovators to participate in the digital economy with low-cost, scalable payment tools. Since starting MVP development in June 2024, Wallo Pay is gearing up for an alpha pilot in Q3–Q4 2025, driving transparency, affordability, and trust in Aotearoa’s payment landscape.
  • Forever Harvest — We are an Aotearoa New Zealand based cellular horticulture company, partnering with food & beverage manufacturers to develop new fruit & nut food solutions.
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Seeds Capital
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 1 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

Catalysing smart monies into Singapore-based, early-stage technology startups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Singapore, United States, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 146
  • Round size: Seed $767k–$6M; Series A $2.4M–$21M; Series B $5M–$45M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Pints AI — Unlock global and private financial data with AI like never before.
  • ChemT Biotechnology — The goal of ChemT Biotechnology is to increase patient access to the most cutting-edge biologics, beginning with the urgent issues in manufacturing and research and development.
  • Protuoso Biosciences — Protuoso Bio is a pioneering biotechnology company developing Next-Gen MUXBODIES for Complex Diseases. We leverage AI-driven protein engineering and synthetic biology to advance innovative oncology drug research.
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InnovationQuarter
VC Fund · The Hague, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands · 1 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

InnovationQuarter ondersteunt tech startups, scale-ups en internationale bedrijven met financiering, markttoegang en strategische samenwerkingen.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: The Netherlands, India, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 86
  • Round size: Seed $549k–$6.4M; Series A $1.6M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $164M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Villari — Villari delivers wireless structural health monitoring technology. Our crack detection system monitors critical locations of the structure: identified cracks, crack indications, or high stress locations. With Villari you can monitor fatigue cracks in steel welds continuously.
  • BIMINI Biotech — BIMINI Biotech is a startup that develops innovative therapeutic strategies for oncology. It is developing therapeutic strategies that target the growth hormone receptor (GHR) and its interaction with insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) for oncology, metabolic diseases, and aging.The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Leiden, TheNetherlands.
  • Delft Advanced Biorenewables — We enable the bio-economy by improving the productivity of fermentations with our in-situ product recovery (ISPR) technology.
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Wave Digital Assets
VC Fund · Los Angeles, California, United States · 1 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

Wave Digital Assets offers early-stage investment, asset management, treasury management, and strategy consulting to further the growth of the crypto and digital asset ecosystem.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 91
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$11M; Series A $500k–$70M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • HIFI — HIFI is a next-generation payments infrastructure platform. The company powers a suite of modern payment APIs to enable businesses to move money faster on a global scale for the next chapter of the internet. Our payment rails powers businesses to move money instantly with near-zero cost to enhance cash flow, reduce inefficiencies, increasevisibility, and combat fraud.Zach Walsh and Mohamed Afifi founded the company in New York City in 2022.
  • Maestro — Advanced UTxO-indexing data layer to supercharge Defi on Bitcoin, Cardano & Dogecoin.
  • Crypto Valley Exchange — The first portfolio risk capable platform for Options & Futures trading in DeFi, offering 1000x+ leverage based on margin offset.
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Black Kite Capital
VC Fund · 1 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

Black Kite Capital is a single-family investment office based in Singapore.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, Digital Media
  • Stage:Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Singapore, China, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$5.1M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Pi-xcels — Eco-friendly NFC digital receipts solution for actionable shopper data and enhanced customer journeys. No App, Just Tap. With one-tap convenience, Pi-xcels unlocks omni-channel marketing opportunities and boosts performance for retailers with our customer intelligence platform.
  • MOINS Coffee — Leyin is a coffee supply chain company with cold brewing and hot brewing industrialization technology. It currently has product categories such as cold brewing liquid/frozen cubes, flash brewing liquid/frozen cubes, flash brewing powder, etc., and 67% of the domestic emerging coffee brands Ten are its customers, including Yongpu Coffee,Yingji Coffee, Fisheye Coffee, Grey Box Coffee, .JPG, TAG, OATLY and Yongxia Coffee.
  • Mushroom Material — We can match the mechanical properties of polystyrene styrofoam and replace any existing packaging with a sustainable mushroom alternative
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Fonterra Co-operative Group
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 1 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

We're a global dairy nutrition company owned by 10,000 farmers and their families, united by a fundamental belief in the power of dairy to make a difference.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Wellness
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $581k–$724k; Pre-Seed $151k–$612k; Series B $10M–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Vivici — Our mission is to meet the world's growing need for sustainable, nutritious and great tasting animal-free proteins.
  • DNAiTECH — At DNAiTECH we develop innovative portable isothermal amplification instruments for point of care diagnostics, in-field applications, and rapid DNA testing.
  • POP — Strengthen your dog's immunity with Pop-Topper. Developed with top animal scientists and food innovators, our formulas leverage clinically proven superfoods to reduce inflammation and promote longevity. Backed by science, our daily meal topper seamlessly integrates into your dog's routine for optimal health benefits.
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Radar Partners
VC Fund · Palo Alto, California, United States · 1 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

Radar Partners is a principal investment firm. The firm invests in early stage technology companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 31
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$8.6M; Series A $500k–$12M; Series B $3M–$73M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2011

Portfolio highlights

  • Automattic — Making the web a better place
  • Element Energy — Element Energy, a startup with technology that significantly improves the performance, lifetime, reliability and cost of large battery packs used in a wide range of applications including stationary and renewable energy storage and hybrid and electric vehicles.
  • OpenStar Technologies — OpenStar Technologies is a renewable energy company that develops fusion reactors for baseload power to the grid.
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Aussie Angels
VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 1 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

A platform for investors to launch & lead syndicated investments into startups. Apply to join syndicates and invest on a deal-by-deal basis.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Services, B2B
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Geography: Australia, New Zealand, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Seed $893k–$9.4M; Pre-Seed $225k–$1.4M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Heatseeker — Determine how successful your business, product or campaign will be before launching by testing your products and messaging with AI-powered digital campaigns.
  • Parachute — Leverage for lean, ambitious law firms. AI-powered drafting, review and verification that gets you back to practicing law
  • MyGig | Work Your Way — Post shifts in minutes and hire vetted casual workers with MyGig. We handle recruitment, onboarding, payroll, super, workers' comp and Fair Work compliance.
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Tuhua Fund
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 1 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

Micro-Venture Fund investing in 25 Kiwi Startups

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, B2B
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: New Zealand, Singapore, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $735k–$3.2M; Series A $1.4M–$7.5M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $6.5M in 2016

Portfolio highlights

  • Datch — Built on top of a powerful connected platform, the Datch Voice Assistant allows you to use the most natural form of communication - your voice - to converse with your site, allowing you to connect and interact with your existing in-house systems through simple integrations.
  • Dawn Aerospace — Delivering hardware to space. Positioning satellites on orbit. Returning products to Earth.
  • Surgical Design Studios — The Insides Company is the leading provider of chyme reinfusion solutions for intestinal failure
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AUT Ventures
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 1 investments in New Zealand Sustainability startups

AUT Ventures Limited is the gateway for the commercial world to Auckland University of Technology (AUT) experts and expertise. As the commercialisation arm of the University, we are responsible for the management and transfer of university intellectual property and knowhow. Our capabilities support the entire AUT Research and Innovation landscapeby connecting research, global partners, start-ups and investors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Chemical, Manufacturing, Sustainability
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Dot Ingredients — Dot Ingredients operates a surfactant company designed to offer commercially viable particle surfactants. It produces cellulose from wood pulp, makes sustainable emulsifiers from renewable cellulose, and is able to not only cleanse hands, clothes, surfaces, and cars, but also protect crops, enhance food, color textiles, and flow into the oceans andsoil.
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Sustainability VC funding in New Zealand at a glance

Stats across 296 deals from 129 investors.

129
investors
in New Zealand Sustainability startups
296
deals
in New Zealand Sustainability startups
$21k
median round
in New Zealand Sustainability startups
45%
lead investors
lead at least one round
64%
Grant
most common funding stage

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