# Top 50 Artificial intelligence VC (Venture Capital) Funds in New Zealand in October 2023

## Icehouse Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 16
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

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.

## K1W1
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, SaaS

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

## New Zealand Venture Investment Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, SaaS

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## Enterprise Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tauranga, Gisborne, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

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

## Flying Fox Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

Flying Fox Ventures is an early stage investment firm that invests across industry and across the micro-stages of pre-seed and seed.

## CP Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

CP Ventures is a VC fund that invests internationally in early stage, highly scalable, breakthrough technology companies driven by the 4IR

## Pacific Channel
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Medical Device, Medical, Health Care

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

## Rampersand
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Marketing, Enterprise Software

Rampersand is an early-stage venture capital firm. We invest in the best Australian technology founders, teams and companies and are committed to helping them become major national, regional and global leaders.The rampersand team has worked with successful startups and technology firms in Australia, Silicon Valley, Israel, Europe and Asia. Ourpartners have seen numerous companies from the early stages through to successful exits including BEA Systems (acquired by Oracle for US$7.2bn), Jajah (acquired by Telefonica), Snaptu (acquired by Facebook), Onavo (acquired by Facebook), StepStone (acquired by Axel Springer) and Amobee (acquired by Singtel for over US$300m).As you can see, we have done it before and know that companies need more than just capital to succeed.

## Hillfarrance Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Machine Learning, SaaS

We exist to serve great entrepreneurs with honest advice and education, investment capital that is fair, and an open door to our international network and connections.

## Sparkbox Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, Manufacturing, EdTech

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

## Quidnet Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Hospital, Health Care

Quidnet Ventures invests in scalable and capital-efficient businesses created by founding teams.

## AngelHQ
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS

Angel HQ is Wellington region's angel investment network - follow us for angel investing info, and a way to connect to local, national and international angels.

## Punakaiki Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Mobile Apps

Punakaiki Fund Limited makes long-term investments into high-growth, revenue-generating New Zealand companies. The company holds 20 investments, $32.3 million in assets, and is raising money in December 2017 for further investment.

## Blockchain Founders Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

We Focus Exclusively On Adding Value To Blockchain & Emerging Technology Projects With Real World Applications.

## First Round Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care

First Round is a seed-stage venture firm focused on building a vibrant community of technology entrepreneurs and companies.

## Folklore Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Apps, Information Technology

Folklore is a team of investors, founders, and builders committed to supporting Australian and New Zealand tech founders. We are a first cheque to forever investment firm, and we believe in the power of founder vision and the potential of teams, right from the start.

## Valar Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Banking

Valar Ventures is a venture capital firm backed by Peter Thiel. Valar partners with entrepreneurs globally and believes that an increasing number of transformative technology companies will be started outside of Silicon Valley, and that the founders of those companies will benefit from having a partner that understands their unique challenges andopportunities.

## Flying Kiwis
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, 3D Technology, Medical Device

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## Digital Asset Capital Management
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Initial Coin Offering
- Focus: Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency

Digital Asset Capital Management is a specialist, global investment manager in the digital asset, or cryptocurrency sector. The Company's first fund, Digital Asset Fund, provides sophisticated and institutional investors with access to this exciting, yet very specialised sector. DACM also manages DAF Liquid Venture Fund, a specialist fundinvesting in seed or initial round financing opportunities in the digital asset sector as well as DAF Greeks, a market-neutral fund delivering returns from monetising volatility and market inefficiencies.

## GD1
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Machine Learning, SaaS

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.

## Founders Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Internet

Founders Fund is a San Francisco based venture capital firm investing in companies building revolutionary technologies.

## Threshold
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, Internet, Mobile

Threshold is an early-stage venture capital firm that focuses on a high-conviction investment strategy. The firm partners with entrepreneurs building innovative consumer, enterprise, and healthcare technology companies.
Threshold was founded in 2019 and is based in Menlo Park, California.

## Tidal Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

We are a highly experienced Australian-US venture capital firm ready to back seed phase startups with brilliant ideas & global potential.

## Global from Day One
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Medical Device

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.

## EVP
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce

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

## Reinventure
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services

Reinventure is pioneering Founder-First Corporate Venture Capital. They champion founders who have the vision, ambition and hustle to transform an industry across Asia-Pacific and beyond, propelling them with the support of a top 20 bank globally.With $150 million under management and Westpac Banking Corporation as its largest limited partner,Reinventure is focused on uncovering, investing in and nurturing scalable early businesses in FinTech and adjacent areas that will be the future of the industry.

## Delphi Digital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency

Delphi Digital is a leading cryptocurrency research firm, providing cutting-edge insights and updates to a community of over 30,000 investors and venture firms.

## Raised In Space Enterprises
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Media and Entertainment, Software, Internet

A music/tech investment group focused on raising the value of music through technology

## Enjinstarter
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Gaming, SaaS

Web 3.0 Entertainment, Sports, Fashion, Metaverse, Social, Gamefi & Gamified Utility

## Par Equity
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Computer

Founded in 2008, Par Equity is a venture capital firm that backs the most innovative, high growth technology companies in the North of the UK. Based in Edinburgh, Par invests across Northern England, Northern Ireland and Scotland.

## AfterWork Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, FinTech

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

## Te Pae ki te Rangi Investment Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Te Pae ki te Rangi is an Investment Fund that invests in innovative approaches and delivers impact for increased equity, social inclusion, and regenerative environments. Te Pae ki te Rangi Investment Fund is run by Toru Group.

## Polygon Studios
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Grant
- Focus: Other, Gaming, IT

Polygon Studios is a blockchain app development company.

## M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

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

## Investible
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology

Investible is an early-stage venture capital firm backing the visionaries advancing humanity through technology in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and globally.

## Flamingo DAO
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sacramento, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Information Technology, Art

Flamingo DAO is an NFT-focused DAO that aims to explore emerging investment opportunities for ownable, blockchain-based assets.

## Transformation Capital
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series C, Series B
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Science/Engineering

Transformation Capital is the successor management company to Leerink Transformation Partners LLC (“LTP”).11 LTP was founded in 2016 by Todd Cozzens and Jared Kesselheim, MD together with SVB Leerink Capital LLC (formerly Leerink Capital Partners LLC) (“Leerink Capital”), an affiliate of SVB Leerink LLC (“Leerink”), a leading healthcare investmentbank. Leerink Capital provided seed capital to Fund I (approximately 3% of capital commitments) and operational support. In January of 2019, SVB Financial Group (“SVB”), the holding company of Silicon Valley Bank, a U.S.-based high-tech commercial bank, acquired the Leerink businesses including Leerink Capital. Todd Cozzens, Jared Kesselheim, MD and SVB expect to agree to a mutually beneficial ongoing relationship in which Transformation Capital (as an independent management company owned by Todd Cozzens, Jared Kesselheim, MD and Michael Dixon and not affiliated with SVB or Leerink Capital) shall manage Fund II and whereby Transformation Capital shall manage Fund I’s investment portfolio pursuant to a sub-advisory agreement with SVB (or an affiliate). Transformation Capital has the same operational leader, Kevin Brown, formerly CFO of Leerink Capital, and Transformation Capital expects to continue to derive benefits from its ongoing relationship with Leerink and SVB.

## Meridian Street Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Software, IT

Equity capital provider focused on early stage healthcare opportunities

## True Ventures
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Internet, Data and Analytics

A Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm focused on early stage technology startups. We invest in brilliant people who bring ideas that matter to life.

## Aspect Ventures
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, IT, Internet

Aspect Ventures partners with entrepreneurs who want to create important and successful businesses for the long term. They focus on the emerging mobile marketplace, bringing the benefit of their track records and fresh perspective to partner with companies across the long arc of their growth – from inception to standalone, sustainable businesses.

## Warner Music Group
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Media and Entertainment, Software, Music and Audio

Warner Music Group is a major music company with interests in recorded music, music publishing and artist services

## Wavemaker Genesis
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology

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.

## Impact Enterprise Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: AgTech, Analytics, Horticulture

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.

## AirTree Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paddington, Western Australia, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, IT, Financial

AirTree is a venture capital firm investing in Australian and New Zealand technology founders from seed stage or earlier.

## Melbourne Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Seed
- Focus: Biotechnology, Information Technology, Manufacturing

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

## Flying Kiwi Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Apps, Internet

Flying Kiwi Angels ? Helping Kiwi Startups

## Enjin
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Initial Coin Offering
- Focus: Blockchain, Gaming, Online Games

Enjin offers a suite of integrated products that make non-fungible tokens (NFTs) easy for individuals, businesses, and developers.

## Five V Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, Software, Information Technology

Five V Capital is a leading, growth-focused private equity & venture capital firm in Australia and New Zealand

## Vendetta Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Private Equity
- Focus: Blockchain, Gaming, Software

Vendetta Capital has brought together a multi-disciplinary team that has immense experience spanning from investing, portfolio management, and capital markets to marketing and blockchain technology.Vendetta invests in, leads, and helps projects to accelerate developing novel solutions to address the core issues of scalability, privacy, andinteroperability for decentralized protocols and applications.

## Bay Trust
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Gaming, Hardware, Software

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