# Top 50 Mobile Startup Investors in New Zealand in May 2026

## K1W1
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, SaaS

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

## Enterprise Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tauranga, Gisborne, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 4
- 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.

## Ice Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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. 

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

## Flying Kiwi Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Apps, Internet

Flying Kiwi Angels ? Helping Kiwi Startups

## Shane And Vanessa JOHNSTON
- Type: Angel
- Location: Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Video, Facebook

Shane And Vanessa JOHNSTON

## Alex Rigopulos
- Type: Angel
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Mobile, Mobile Apps, Communities

Alex Rigopulos Co-Founded Harmonix in 1995 with the mission of inventing new ways for non-musicians to experience the joy of making music. He was CEO until 2014. Now, as CCO, Alex is responsible for ensuring the creative excellence of all Harmonix products. Prior to co-founding Harmonix, Alex studied computer music at the MIT Media Laboratory andmusic composition at MIT.

## Jonathan Hendriksen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tasman, Nelson, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Apps, Video, Facebook

Jonathan Hendriksen - Founder | CEO @ Shuttlerock

## New Zealand Venture Investment Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, SaaS

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

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## Tuhua Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, Internet, B2B

Micro-Venture Fund investing in 25 Kiwi Startups

## Maurice Eng
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Video, Facebook

Maurice Eng

## Movac
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## HATCHER+
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care

Hatcher+ is a data-driven venture capital firm that uses AI and machine learning-based technologies to identify early-stage opportunities in partnership with leading accelerators and investors, worldwide.

## Rowan Simpson
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Music, Parking

Rowan Simpson - Chairman & Trustee @ Hoku Group

## Liquid 2 Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, FinTech

Liquid2 Ventures provides technology startups with seed-stage investments and is based in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 2015 by Joe Montana, Mike Miller, and Michael Ma.

## Initialized Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Health Care

Initialized Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on the seed. Initialized has 6 investing partners and over $3.2B under management over five core funds since its founding in 2012. The firm's startups have created in aggregate over $200B in market value so far.

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

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.

## Boon Hwee Koh
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech

Boon Hwee is the founding partner of Credence and Chairman of the investment committee. Concurrently, Boon Hwee is a member of Agilent Technologies Inc, Chairman of AAC Technologies, Yeo Hiap Seng Limited, and Sunningdale Tech Limited.Boon Hwee began his career in 1977 at Hewlett Packard ("HP") and rose to become its Managing Directorin Singapore, a position he held from 1985 to 1990. Boon Hwee's other previous positions include:Chairman of Singapore Telecom Group ("SingTel") and its predecessor organisations for 17 yearsChairman of Singapore Airlines Limited ("SIA") for 4 yearsChairman of Development Bank of Singapore ("DBS") for 4 yearsDirector on the Board of Temasek Holdings Private Limited for 15 years (Boon Hwee also served as a member of the Executive Committee from January 1997 to September 2010)Chairman of the Wuthelam Group for 10 yearsBoon Hwee was named the Outstanding Manager of the Year in 1991 by Business Times and DHL Worldwide. He was conferred The International Herald Tribune Visionary and Leader Honour in January 2003.Boon Hwee contributes actively to non-profit organisations, and is the current Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Nanyang Technological University and a Director of the Hewlett Foundation in the United States.Boon Hwee obtained his Bachelor's Degree (First Class Honours) in Mechanical Engineering from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London in 1972 and his MBA (Distinction) from the Harvard Business School in 1976.

## Alfonso Villanueva
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Health Care, Real Estate


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## Rich Chetwynd
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: SaaS, Music, Mobile Apps

Founder/CEO of ThisData, a login intelligence and contextual authentication platform.
Founder/CEO of Litmos.com, a leading SaaS Learning Management System that was acquired by CallidusCloud (NASDAQ: CALD) in 2011.

## Paul Williams
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Mobile, Web Design, Product Design

Paul Williams

## Hoku
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Mobile, Web Design, Product Design

Hoku

## Ableton
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Music, Mobile Apps, Mobile Devices

Ableton makes software and hardware for creating, producing, and performing music.
Ableton's flagship product, Live, has introduced a new approach to making music with computers on stage and in the studio that has attracted several hundred thousand Live worldwide.

## Thomas Larthe
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Initial Coin Offering, Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Energy

Thomas Larthe

## TJK NZ LIMITED
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Apps, Video, Facebook

TJK NZ LIMITED

## Trade Me
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Mobile, Software, Mobile Apps

Trade Me Group is an online marketplace and classified advertising platform in New Zealand.This includes auctions and fixed-priced sales for new and used goods, with automotive, real estate and employment businesses.They also have web businesses specialising in accommodation and online dating. On top of that, we sell advertising across ourportfolio of websites.

## Kindrick Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Mobile Apps, Mobile Payments, Financial Services

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## Hamish Edwards
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Mobile, Web Design, Product Design

Hamish Edwards is a co-founder and the CEO of Edwards holds a bachelor’s degreein accounting and marketing from Otago University.

## Ben Kepes
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Mobile

Ben Kepes is a technology evangelist, an investor, a commentator and a business adviser. His business interests include a diverse range of industries from manufacturing to property to technology. As a technology commentator he has a broad presence both in the traditional media and extensively online. Ben covers the convergence of technology,mobile, ubiquity and agility, all enabled by the Cloud. His areas of interest extend to aviation technology, enterprise software, software integration, financial/accounting software, platforms and infrastructure as well as articulating technology simply for everyday users.

## John Greenslade
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Apps, Video, Facebook

John Greenslade

## Advent International
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Direct Capital Private Equity
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Punakaiki Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Hillfarrance Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## S28 Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

S28 Capital is a venture fund based in San Francisco, run by operators and entrepreneurs who are helping the next generation of founders build their companies.

## Gunung Sewu Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Internet, Information Technology, E-Commerce

Over the years Gunung Sewu Group has thrived through visionary leadership recognizing unique growth opportunities, forecasting the evolution of new markets and consistently investing in and strengthening our core businesses.

## Woodward Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Mobile, Software, Mobile Apps

Woodward Partners is an independent, New Zealand owned, Institutional Sharebroking and Corporate Advisory firm based in Wellington.

## Karl von Randow
- Type: Angel
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Music, Mobile Apps, Mobile Devices

Karl von Randow - Co-Founder @ Letterboxd

## Paul Reeve
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Apps, Video, Facebook

Paul Reeve

## Yoshihiro Kawamura
- Type: Angel
- Location: Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Apps, Video, Facebook

Yoshihiro Kawamura - Director @ TJK NZ LIMITED

## Ross Veitch
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Real Estate, Internet, E-Commerce

Ross is CEO & Co-Founder at Wego, an online travel marketplace (aka travel metasearch) operating across APAC and MENA backed by top-tier investors including Tiger Global, Crescent Group, Square Peg Capital, MNC Group and MEVP.
Ross is a veteran of the Asian internet industry having established Yahoo!s Southeast Asian operations in Singaporeback in 1998 and leading product development efforts across the region for 6+ years. He is also Singapore Co-Chair of H2, the premier global leadership network for the digital industry.
Ross has been an active angel investor in the technology sector for a decade and enjoys working with other passionate entrepreneurs. He has worked in Sydney, Melbourne, London, Kuala Lumpur and is now splits his time between Singapore and Dubai. He travels frequently for business but not nearly enough for leisure.

## Paula Jackson
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Mobile, Web Design, Product Design

Paula Jackson

## Alistair Grigg
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Mobile, Web Design, Product Design

Alistair Grigg

## Paul Bingham
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Apps, Video, Facebook

Paul Bingham - Chairman @ Shuttlerock

## Rod Drury
- Type: Angel
- Location: Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Mobile, Web Design, Product Design

Rod Drury is the founder and director at Xero.He attended Victoria University of Wellington.

## Ben Styles
- Type: Angel
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Mobile, Web Design, Product Design

Ben leads a regional team at Xero that has established new digital customer experiences by working with the financial services industry on customer controlled two-way data share. In the process Xero has established new commercial standards for the industry globally.Driven by a desire to make new ideas a commercial reality, Ben has held leadershiproles in digital innovation, product management, and customer strategy across wholesale banking, business banking, and retail financial services.

## MDI Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, FinTech

MDI is a corporate venture capital initiative by Telkom Indonesia and is set as an independent entity with its own funding processes. MDI uniquely combines a VC model with service in providing companies with access to operational help after making a financial investment.MDI works closely with global accelerators and venture firms to bringproprietary technology from other mature markets into various businesses of Telkom Indonesia.

## TMT Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series C
- Focus: Software, CRM, Mobile

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

## AngelHQ
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

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