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

## Icehouse Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 38
- 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.

## Enterprise Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tauranga, Gisborne, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 20
- 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.

## K1W1
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 19
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, SaaS

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

## Blackbird Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 9
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

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.

## Movac
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS

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.

## Flying Kiwi Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Apps, Internet

Flying Kiwi Angels ? Helping Kiwi Startups

## New Zealand Venture Investment Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, SaaS

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## AirTree Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paddington, Western Australia, Australia
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

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

## Punakaiki Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 5
- 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.

## Shasta Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software

Shasta is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on enterprise technology like SaaS, cybersecurity, infrastructure, data intelligence & camera vision. 

## Ice Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, Mobile Apps, Internet

iceangels.co.nz - New Zealand most active Angel Network. A network for New Zealand's leading entrepreneurs, corporate executives, and professional investors. 

## Global from Day One
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 4
- 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.

## Reinventure
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## AngelHQ
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## Square Peg Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Financial Services

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

## New Zealand Growth Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Manufacturing

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.

## Sparkbox Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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

## AfterWork Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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

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

Carthona Capital is a hands-on, proactive, and thematic venture capital investor based in Sydney, Australia that invests globally.

## 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.

## 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.

## 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.

## Pacific Channel
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Medical Device, Medical, Health Care

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

## Advent International
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Private Equity, Series C, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Financial Services

Advent is one of the largest and most experienced global private equity firms, with deep sector expertise.

## Endeavour Capital Limited
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Private Equity
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Mobile

Trading,  Capital, Trusted Advisory, Proven Stewardship

## 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.

## Bessemer Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Redwood City, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

For the entrepreneurs who want to create revolutions of their own.

## TMT Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series C
- Focus: Software, CRM, Mobile

TMT Ventures is a venture capital company based in Pakistan that funds technology, media, and technology startups.

## I2BF Global Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

I2BF Global Ventures is an international venture capital firm with a global investment mandate. Established in 2005, I2BF Global Ventures has $400M+ under managment and it is currently investing from its fifth fund.The mission of I2BF Global Ventures is to seek out innovative and competitive companies across SaaS, Hardware Enabled B2B solutions(AI, IoT, AR, VR, robotics, RPA & automation), Digital Healthcare, and New Media, which it believes can lead the path to a brighter future. Since the first investment in 2006, I2BF Global Ventures has successfully backed 60+ startups and exited 12 companies.In keeping with its worldwide investment focus, I2BF Global Ventures retains a team of technology and sector experts in New York, London, and Los Angeles. This impressive team ensures a truly global venture capital strategy and a hands-on management approach.

## Melbourne Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

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

NAB Ventures is an Australian Venture Capital fund backed by National Australia Bank (one of the largest 20 banks globally).

## Octopus Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, FinTech

We provide venture capital investment for the people, ideas and industries that will change the world. Learn about what we do and the kind of founders we back.

## Hypersphere Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Miami, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software

Hypersphere Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in and develops blockchain technology. A Hypersphere is an investment group leveraging on-chain treasuries, decentralized organizations, and governance to increase the utility of the blockchain networks in which we invest.

## Flying Fox Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Insight Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Insight Partners is a global software investor partnering with high-growth technology, software, and Internet startup and ScaleUp companies.

## Direct Capital Private Equity
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Private Equity
- Focus: Software, CRM, Energy

Direct Capital is a private equity manager established in 1994. Today Direct Capital remains owned and managed by three of its founding directors, Ross George, Mark Hutton and Bill Kermode. The team has grown to 13 investment professionals, who together have 110 years of private equity experience.Direct Capital seeks to be a pre-eminentprovider of equity capital to Australasian businesses lacking ready access to the stock market, with a focus on increasing shareholder wealth in private companies, and assisting shareholders to release value.

## Jelix Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS

Jelix is an early-stage venture capital firm backing daring founders in Australia and New Zealand. We invest from pre-seed to Series A, and partner with ambitious and daring founders building the future.

## ArcAngels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology

At ArcAngels Funding, we connect female entrepreneurs across New Zealand to venture capital and investment to help their businesses grow.

## Soul Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Consumer, Software, Financial Services

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

## 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.

## AP Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Energy, Renewable Energy, Oil and Gas

AP Ventures invests in pioneering technologies and businesses that harness the unique chemical and physical properties of Platinum Group Metals to solve global challenges.AP Ventures is led by a specialist investment team with proven expertise and a successful track record. We offer investors access to high growth technologies that are developingsolutions to solve global issues.

## ASB Bank
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Computer

ASB Bank offers mortgage, KiwiSaver, foreign exchange, loans, insurance, credit cards, accounts, business & investment products to help with your banking needs. Login to FastNet internet banking or visit us in branch today.

## Navigate Ventures LLC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beverly Hills, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Data and Analytics, AI

B2B Enterprise SaaS Early/Mid Growth Outside Silicon Valley

## Liger Trading NZ
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Frankton, Otago, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Marketplace

Liger Trading NZ is part of an established global organisation, operating on the cutting-edge of electronic trading on some of the world's largest exchanges. We are experts at advanced analytics and programming for algorithmic trading, with a historical trend of consistent success over the past 15 years.

## EVP
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Marbruck
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bondi, New South Wales, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: IT, Software, Telecommunications

Marbruck is an open-ended venture capital group. Marbruck sources, invests, and provides ongoing guidance to early / growth stage technology companies. With no outside capital, Marbruck actively manages a diverse global portfolio of 30+ companies spanning Seed through to pre-listing. Marbruck leverages its intellectual capital, its network ofpartner investors, and its deep operational experience, to successfully navigate the highest-risk, highest-reward spectrum of investing.

## Sustainable Food Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Biotechnology, Food Processing

SFV backs globally early-stage founders building leading Future of Food companies that are: #Cell-based #Plant-based #Recombinant

## Sage Technologies
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Hardware, Software, Consumer Electronics

Founded in 1999, SAGE Technologies (SAGE) is an expert provider of Business Intelligence (BI) solutions who is trusted by clients across various industries. They are the first Asia Pacific GOLD Partner for the BI market leader SAP® BusinessObjects™. They pride ourselves on being our clients' long-term partner. Their value lies in ourcapability of helping clients achieve their specific goals with powerful Business Intelligence (BI) solutions.

## Obayashi Corporation
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Burlingame, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Manufacturing, Internet, Artificial Intelligence

Obayashi Corporation is a construction contractor that offers building construction, heavy civil construction, engineering, urban development, and real estate management services. The company offers services necessary to build and maintain office buildings, residences, tunnels, highways, rail systems, bridges, artificial islands, airports, andnuclear power plants.The company’s portfolio of services includes contracting of construction works; regional, urban, oceanic, and environmental development of businesses related to construction; engineering and management related to research, surveying, planning, devising, designing, and supervising; housing business; sale, purchase, exchange, lease, brokerage, ownership, caretaking, and utilization of real estate; operation of type II financial instruments and exchange business, investment advisory, and agency business under Financial Instruments and Exchange Law; planning, construction, retention, maintenance, and management of infrastructures such as road, port, water supply and drainage, municipal building, educational and cultural facility, waste treatment facility, medical facility, and others; recovering environmental pollutions such as purification of soil, sediment of river and lake, water-quality of lake and sea; and collection, transportation, treatment, and recycling of municipal and industrial wastes; power generation and supply of electricity and heat; manufacture, supply, sale, and lease of construction machinery and equipment, and materials and equipment for temporary works; manufacture and sale of concrete products for construction, fireproof or nonflammable building materials, materials for interior and exterior of buildings, furniture and wooden products for buildings, and sale of civil engineering and building materials; undertaking of maintenance and care of buildings, related facilities, and security and guard services; acquisition, development, licensing for use, and sale of software, industrial properties, and know-how related to utilization of computers; operation of information processing service, business of information furnishing service, and supply of telecommunication circuits; sale, lease, and maintenance service of electronic office machinery and equipment, including computers; management of health, medical, sport and leisure facilities, hotels and restaurants, and travel agencies; manufacture and sale of medical machinery and tools; operation of temporary personnel placement agency businesses under the Temporary Personnel Placement Agency Act; undertaking of services related to general affairs, personnel affairs, and accounting matters; operation of insurance agencies; production, processing, and sale of agricultural products, and acquisition, development, licensing for use and sale of agriculture-related technologies; money-lending and suretyship on obligations and other financial services; consulting serviced relates; and more.Obayashi Corporation has presence in Japan, North America, Asia, Middle East, Europe, and Oceania.

## Right Click Capital
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, IT, Data and Analytics

Right Click Capital - Australian Venture Capital Firm

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