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Top 50 Software Startup Investors in New Zealand (May 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in New Zealand Software startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in New Zealand Software startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Series B round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Icehouse Ventures
VC Fund
48 New Zealand, United States, Australia Seed, Series A Software, SaaS, Information Technology $450k–$21M
Enterprise Angels
VC Fund
22 New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Angel Software, Information Technology, Health Care $149k–$2.4M
K1W1
VC Fund
21 New Zealand, United States Seed, Series A Software, Biotechnology, SaaS
New Zealand Venture Investment Fund
VC Fund
11 New Zealand, United States, Japan Seed, Series A, Angel Software, Biotechnology, SaaS $400k–$8.5M
Blackbird Ventures
VC Fund
9 Australia, United States, New Zealand Seed, Series A, Series B Software, SaaS, Information Technology $29k–$28M
Flying Kiwi Angels
VC Fund
8 New Zealand Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Apps, Internet $460k–$1.3M
Punakaiki Fund
VC Fund
6 New Zealand, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Software, SaaS, Mobile Apps $355k–$5M
AfterWork Ventures
VC Fund
6 Australia, United States, New Zealand Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, SaaS, FinTech $193k–$5.1M
Global from Day One
VC Fund
6 New Zealand, United States, China Seed, Series A Software, SaaS, Medical Device $595k–$5M
AirTree Ventures
VC Fund
6 Australia, United States, New Zealand Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Information Technology, SaaS $385k–$57M
Sparkbox Ventures
VC Fund
6 New Zealand, United States, Japan Seed, Angel, Series A Software, Manufacturing, EdTech $593k–$1.6M
Movac
VC Fund
5 New Zealand, United States, Australia Seed, Series A Software, E-Commerce, SaaS $774k–$16M
CP Ventures
VC Fund
5 Australia, United States, India Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning $364k–$12M
Pacific Channel
VC Fund
4 New Zealand Seed, Series A Medical Device, Medical, Health Care
Founders Fund
VC Fund
4 United States, United Kingdom, Germany Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Health Care, Internet $1.2M–$75M
Shasta Ventures
VC Fund
4 United States, Canada, New Zealand Series A, Series B, Seed Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software $1M–$30M
Ice Angels
VC Fund
4 New Zealand, United States, Canada Seed, Angel, Series A Software, Mobile Apps, Internet $357k–$8.5M
New Zealand Growth Capital Partners
VC Fund
4 New Zealand, United States Seed, Series A Software, SaaS, Manufacturing $1.3M–$6.2M
Hillfarrance Venture Capital
VC Fund
4 New Zealand Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Machine Learning, SaaS $460k–$1.2M
Chris Sang
Angel
4 United States, Australia, India Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, E-Commerce, Mobile $200k–$22M
Tuhua Fund
VC Fund
4 New Zealand, Singapore, United States Seed, Series A, Angel Software, Internet, B2B $735k–$4.8M
Rich Chetwynd
Angel
3 New Zealand Seed, Angel SaaS, Music, Mobile Apps $360k–$1.2M
Flying Fox Ventures
VC Fund
3 Australia, United States, New Zealand Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $1.1M–$57M
Square Peg Capital
VC Fund
3 Australia, United States, Israel Series A, Seed, Series B Software, SaaS, Financial Services $385k–$80M
AngelHQ
VC Fund
3 New Zealand, United States, Canada Seed, Angel, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS $357k–$1.5M
Reinventure
VC Fund
3 Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand Series A, Seed, Series B FinTech, Software, Financial Services $321k–$53M
Chintaka Ranatunga
Angel
3 New Zealand, United States Seed, Series B Apps, Software, EdTech $774k–$10M
Peter Beck
Angel
3 New Zealand Series A, Series B Software, AgTech, Hardware $19M–$19M
Endeavour Capital Limited
VC Fund
3 New Zealand, United States Series B, Private Equity Software, Information Technology, Mobile $30M–$116M
GD1
VC Fund
3 New Zealand Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Machine Learning, SaaS
Insight Partners
VC Fund
2 United States, Israel, Germany Series B, Series A, Series C Software, SaaS, Information Technology $13M–$160M
Shane And Vanessa JOHNSTON
Angel
2 New Zealand Seed, Series A Apps, Video, Facebook
Lewis Holdings
VC Fund
2 New Zealand Seed, Series A Software, SaaS, Computer
Richard Collier Keywood
Angel
2 New Zealand Information Services, Software, Information Technology
Dylan Field
Angel
2 United States, United Kingdom, New Zealand Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence $2.1M–$55M
NAB Ventures
VC Fund
2 Australia, India, United States Series A, Seed, Series B FinTech, Financial Services, Software $1.4M–$27M
Promus Ventures
VC Fund
2 United States, Germany, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning $1M–$40M
Nuance Capital
VC Fund
2 New Zealand Seed, Series A, Series B AgTech, Software, Automotive
Blockchain Founders Fund
VC Fund
2 United States, United Kingdom, Canada Seed, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services $15k–$6M
Yamaha Motor
VC Fund
2 Japan, India, Brazil Corporate Round, Series A, Series B Transportation, Robotics, Logistics $1.9M–$1.6B
Advent International
VC Fund
2 United States, Brazil, India Private Equity, Series C, Series B Software, Health Care, Financial Services $8.4M–$344M
Valar Ventures
VC Fund
2 United States, Germany, United Kingdom Series A, Series B, Seed FinTech, Financial Services, Banking $700k–$75M
Alex Rigopulos
Angel
2 United States, New Zealand Seed, Series A, Angel Mobile, Mobile Apps, Communities $550k–$2.5M
Jelix Ventures
VC Fund
2 Australia, New Zealand Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS $642k–$7.5M
Emlyn Scott
Angel
2 Australia, United States, India Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning $398k–$12M
Carthona Capital
VC Fund
2 Australia, United States, Latvia Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence $321k–$59M
Quidnet Ventures
VC Fund
2 New Zealand Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Hospital, Health Care $500k–$1.3M
Direct Capital Private Equity
VC Fund
2 New Zealand, Australia Private Equity Software, CRM, Energy
Phil McCaw
Angel
2 New Zealand Seed, Pre-Seed Energy, Retail, Internet
TMT Ventures
VC Fund
2 New Zealand, United States Series C Software, CRM, Mobile
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Icehouse Ventures
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 48 investments in New Zealand Software startups, 14 in the past 12 months

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, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 125
  • Round size: Seed $450k–$2.6M; Series A $1.4M–$21M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • DataMasque — Simply mask your sensitive data while maintaining its function for testing, development, training and analytics. DataMasque makes it safe to explore, implement and harness the opportunities that data provides, free from privacy concerns or compromise.
  • Aquila — We're powering the future by building and operating an infinitely scalable energy network.
  • 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 · 22 investments in New Zealand Software 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: 98
  • Round size: Seed $149k–$2.4M; Angel $223k–$655k
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $12M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Cropsy Technologies — Cropsy's mission is to deliver disruptive, scalable technology to every fruit grower to unlock the full potential of their land with insights that were impossible before. Our proprietary AI-enabled hardware allows growers to monitor every plant, understand the whole crop, and track how it changes over time. These insights help growers optimiseall their decision making. The system is a simple tractor add-on, so growers do all their daily operations while Cropsy looks out for problems. Cropsy is poised to set the new gold standard for growing, with recommendations, forecasts, and providing certainty to every grower, every season.
  • Cetogenix — Cetogenix is a clean technology business dedicated to creating long-term solutions to global climate change.
  • Zenno Astronautics — At Zenno Astronautics, our hardware and software products ensure satellite missions are effectively managed, guaranteeing maximum economic returns and responsible use of space.
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K1W1
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 21 investments in New Zealand Software startups, 6 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 61
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Daisy Lab — Daisy Lab pioneers precision fermentation technology in New Zealand
  • Aquafortus — Aquafortus specializes in providing enviornmental services and commercializes proprietary zero liquid discharge technology.
  • Mint Innovation — Founded in 2016, members of the Mint Innovation team have a strong background in chemistry, biotechnology, and leveraging IP in the industrial sector. They are scaling their technology in their Auckland plant and labs to demonstrate the commercial application of their biometallurgy processes for metal recovery.
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New Zealand Venture Investment Fund
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 11 investments in New Zealand Software startups

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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: 35
  • Round size: Seed $417k–$1.2M; Angel $400k–$417k; Series A $1.4M–$8.5M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Insite AI — We create predictability for consumer brands in the unpredictable world of retail. Game-changing technology that attacks consumer brands' hardest problems.
  • Invert Robotics — Invert Robotics develops robotic NDT inspection technologies for the maintenance of industrial equipment in the food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and oil and gas industries. Invert Robotics highly skilled team of engineers have developed a world leading modular inspection platform suitable for use across a range of industries and applications.
  • 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 · 9 investments in New Zealand Software startups, 27 in the past 12 months

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, SaaS, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 221
  • Round size: Seed $29k–$1.7M; Series A $3.2M–$15M; Series B $7M–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Marqo — A tensor-based search and analytics engine that seamlessly integrates with your applications, websites, and workflows.
  • BioticsAI — Advancing Fetal Ultrasound Screenings Using AI
  • Kiki — Kiki is a subletting startup that matches listers with people looking to rent for up to six months.
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Flying Kiwi Angels
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 8 investments in New Zealand Software startups

Flying Kiwi Angels ? Helping Kiwi Startups

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Apps, Internet
  • Stage:Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Angel $595k–$893k; Pre-Seed $460k–$1.3M
  • Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • FileInvite — The simplest, most secure, document collection platform for professionals. Request files, forms, data and e-signatures all through a secure client portal.
  • Formus Labs — Formus Labs develops software technologies for orthopedic planning and analysis. Our mission is to improve outcomes and efficiencies through seamless and highly scalable integration of AI and computational modelling in the orthopedic clinical workflow. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, Formus Labs draws on over 10 years of research andcommercialisation experience, with operations in New Zealand, Australia, and soon in the USA.
  • Well Revolution — Online doctors, prescriptions, advice & treatment in NZ. Chat privately with a GP at the touch of a button for same-day consults & pharmacy prescriptions.
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Punakaiki Fund
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 6 investments in New Zealand Software startups

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.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $355k–$5M; Series A $1.5M–$3M
  • Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Formus Labs — Formus Labs develops software technologies for orthopedic planning and analysis. Our mission is to improve outcomes and efficiencies through seamless and highly scalable integration of AI and computational modelling in the orthopedic clinical workflow. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, Formus Labs draws on over 10 years of research andcommercialisation experience, with operations in New Zealand, Australia, and soon in the USA.
  • Whip Around — Providing fleet maintenance software that automates preventive maintenance tasks, improves inspections, tracks work orders, and manages your fleet health.
  • projectworks — Project Works is a cloud based workforce management platform designed to help professional & creative services businesses better manage their organisations in the areas of project management, project financials, and people management. Our mission is to provide a platform that enables world class services businesses to get the most out of theirexisting workforce, and enable them to grow.
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AfterWork Ventures
VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 6 investments in New Zealand Software startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 46
  • Round size: Seed $193k–$5.1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cotiss — We're building the world's easiest to use, end-to-end procurement software, specifically built for small and medium procurement teams. We instill guided, best practice processes into organisations through an easy to implement, integrated, single solution.
  • Lyka Pet Food — Lyka Pet Food: for puppers living their best life. We deliver fresh, homemade dog food straight from our Australian kitchen to your door.
  • SearchEye — Get tech-driven SEO at scale, speed and a fraction of the cost compared to traditional agencies. Acquire PR Mentions, Digital PR and Content.
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Global from Day One
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 6 investments in New Zealand Software 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: 27
  • Round size: Seed $595k–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised 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.
  • Flowingly — Unlock Team Productivity. Streamline Approvals. Increase Compliance. Easy To Use, No-Code Process Mapping & Workflow Automation Platform.
  • Formus Labs — Formus Labs develops software technologies for orthopedic planning and analysis. Our mission is to improve outcomes and efficiencies through seamless and highly scalable integration of AI and computational modelling in the orthopedic clinical workflow. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, Formus Labs draws on over 10 years of research andcommercialisation experience, with operations in New Zealand, Australia, and soon in the USA.
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AirTree Ventures
VC Fund · Paddington, Western Australia, Australia · 6 investments in New Zealand Software startups, 14 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 132
  • Round size: Seed $385k–$7.1M; Series A $1.5M–$57M; Series B $5.1M–$53M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Constantinople — Constantinople manages all infrastructure and operational aspects of your bank: from Customer experience, Banking products to Features, Risks, and Operations.
  • Secure Code Warrior — Secure Code Warrior helps developers write more secure code. We are focused on bringing an innovative approach to developer security training. Contact us today.
  • High Earth Orbit Robotics — HEO Robotics provides on-orbit inspection services for satellites, using a network of space-based sensors. The high quality image data and insights allow satellite operators to conduct predictive maintenance and diagnose issues with their assets
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Sparkbox Ventures
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 6 investments in New Zealand Software 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: 16
  • Round size: Seed $593k–$1.6M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mohiomap — I found a great domain name for sale on Dan.com. Check it out!
  • Booktrack — Booktrack is an A.I Soundtrack company. Booktrack's Artificial Intelligence automatically creates soundtracks for any text or any voice. Backed by investors including Peter Thiel, Booktrack is a disruptive force in the publishing and audio world; equivalent to the introduction of sound transforming the experience of film forever. For moreinformation, visit booktrack.com.
  • 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.
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Movac
VC Fund · Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand · 5 investments in New Zealand Software 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, E-Commerce, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 30
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$4.3M; Series A $774k–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2016

Portfolio highlights

  • Atomic — Atomic embeds native, actionable customer interaction inside your iOS, Android or web app. Turn your customer data and insights into loyalty, retention and conversion.
  • ZeroJet — ZeroJet is the first jet propulsion system to be designed specifically for an electric motor, delivering the perfect balance of performance and runtime.
  • Mint Innovation — Founded in 2016, members of the Mint Innovation team have a strong background in chemistry, biotechnology, and leveraging IP in the industrial sector. They are scaling their technology in their Auckland plant and labs to demonstrate the commercial application of their biometallurgy processes for metal recovery.
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CP Ventures
VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 5 investments in New Zealand Software startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Australia, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 52
  • Round size: Seed $364k–$4M; Pre-Seed $800k–$900k; Series A $5.1M–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Anility — Embed financial health insights within your application using our world leading API service
  • Ahura AI — Ahura AI, an EdTech startup using artificial intelligence to create personalized learning tools that replicate a 1-to-1 learning experience
  • Ensuredit — ENSUREDIT enables and empowers end customers and Insurance Intermediaries with AI-based product platforms for transformational customer experience.
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Pacific Channel
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 4 investments in New Zealand Software startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Medical Device, Medical, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Orbica — Orbica develops innovative, cross-industry location data solutions, services and products.
  • Avasa — Avasa is a medical device company. It helps to improve surgical procedures by developing novel implantable devices.
  • Kitea Health — Kitea Health creates pressure monitoring implantable medical devices.
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Founders Fund
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 4 investments in New Zealand Software startups, 41 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Internet
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 598
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$9.5M; Series A $4M–$40M; Series B $11M–$75M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Layer N — Layer N is a layer 2 network designed to hyper-scale financial applications on Ethereum.
  • Roam — Roam is the platform for affordable home ownership. Roam helps homebuyers purchase their next home with a low-interest rate mortgage included.
  • Regent — We build all-electric, passenger-carrying, wing-in-ground-effect vehicles to service coastal routes with technology available today.
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Shasta Ventures
VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 4 investments in New Zealand Software startups, 9 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 335
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$7.1M; Series A $3.3M–$20M; Series B $7.4M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Tracksuit — Tracksuit has created beautiful, always-on, and radically affordable brand tracking for modern consumer brands. Brand marketers and leaders at consumer brands have access to enterprise-tier brand tracking, specifically built for them, at a price point that works. Teams can easily track awareness, consideration, preference and brand associationsfrom real humans within the wider market, and compare results against competitors.
  • Lightup — Stay on top of data quality with Lightup.ai. Detect data drift and data outages before they hurt product experience and business decisions. Get started in minutes with a free trial. Continuously monitor all your data assets across the enterprise. Be data-driven with confidence.
  • Deep Sentinel — Deep Sentinel offers the only video surveillance systems on the market with live security guards. See how it works and prevent crime on your property now.
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Ice Angels
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 4 investments in New Zealand Software startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$1.6M; Angel $357k–$417k; Series A $1.4M–$8.5M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2016

Portfolio highlights

  • Cove — Cove is a New Zealand company bringing a touch of innovation and simplicity to the insurance industry.
  • beany.biz — Online Accountants for Small Businesses. Online, fast, connected and clever, meet Beany accountants.
  • Spoke Phone — Break free. Configure the exact customer experience you want with VoIP business phone calls, SMS, and WhatsApp conversations that integrate anywhere.
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New Zealand Growth Capital Partners
VC Fund · 4 investments in New Zealand Software 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, SaaS, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$6.2M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Aquafortus — Aquafortus specializes in providing enviornmental services and commercializes proprietary zero liquid discharge technology.
  • Avasa — Avasa is a medical device company. It helps to improve surgical procedures by developing novel implantable devices.
  • Kitea Health — Kitea Health creates pressure monitoring implantable medical devices.
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Hillfarrance Venture Capital
VC Fund · 4 investments in New Zealand Software startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Machine Learning, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Pre-Seed $460k–$1.2M
  • Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Segna — Extract trends across your users. Build products that they love.
  • Mobli — At Mobli we provide everything you need to build a great customer experience and optimise your mobility services with no long term commitments.
  • Floating Rock Studio — Floating Rock Studio
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Chris Sang
Angel · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 4 investments in New Zealand Software startups

Managing Partner, Chief Technology Officer, Venture Advisor, Global Investor

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Australia, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 83
  • Round size: Seed $200k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $540k–$800k; Series A $2.5M–$22M
  • Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • REZA — Footwear & Apparel Brand
  • Segna — Extract trends across your users. Build products that they love.
  • Anility — Embed financial health insights within your application using our world leading API service
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Tuhua Fund
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 4 investments in New Zealand Software 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–$4.8M
  • 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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Rich Chetwynd
Angel · 3 investments in New Zealand Software startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Music, Mobile Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $360k–$1.2M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Melodics — Melodics is an app that adapts to your abilities and musical tastes to help you get better at playing keyboards, pad controllers, and drums
  • ThisData — ThisData provides supercharged login security for your app by automatically sending a “Was this you?” notification to your users when unusual login activity is detected. Your ops team gets real-time notifications of unusual logins and can integrate with webhooks to build custom security workflows.
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Flying Fox Ventures
VC Fund · 3 investments in New Zealand Software startups, 15 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 72
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$2.9M; Series A $2.7M–$57M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mercu — Connect with your deskless and frontline workforce via the chat apps they use. Get Mercu, the smarter, automated communication and enablement platform.
  • Kismet — Find the best disability or healthcare service to support your journey
  • Citadel — A cloud platform for AWS compliant with CDR, PCI, SOC 2, ISO 27001, or HIPAA standards, providing security for your application, data, and customers.
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Square Peg Capital
VC Fund · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · 3 investments in New Zealand Software startups, 15 in the past 12 months

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Financial Services
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Australia, United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 134
  • Round size: Seed $385k–$3.6M; Series A $1.4M–$21M; Series B $7M–$80M
  • Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Neara — Neara electric utility software is a physics-enabled platform that builds 3D interactive models of critical infrastructure networks and assets. Request a demo.
  • SPIRITT — Spirit enables the development of complex applications by describing the concept to a computer without the need to write code, It is an artificial intelligence-based platform that allows you to develop complex applications such as Tinder, Instagram, or Wolt.
  • Tomorrow.io — Predict, automate, and solve your biggest weather challenges with Tomorrow.io.
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AngelHQ
VC Fund · Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand · 3 investments in New Zealand Software startups

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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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $893k–$1.5M; Angel $357k–$1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

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.
  • Cropsy Technologies — Cropsy's mission is to deliver disruptive, scalable technology to every fruit grower to unlock the full potential of their land with insights that were impossible before. Our proprietary AI-enabled hardware allows growers to monitor every plant, understand the whole crop, and track how it changes over time. These insights help growers optimiseall their decision making. The system is a simple tractor add-on, so growers do all their daily operations while Cropsy looks out for problems. Cropsy is poised to set the new gold standard for growing, with recommendations, forecasts, and providing certainty to every grower, every season.
  • Cetogenix — Cetogenix is a clean technology business dedicated to creating long-term solutions to global climate change.
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Reinventure
VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 3 investments in New Zealand Software startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Software, Financial Services
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 60
  • Round size: Seed $321k–$4.5M; Series A $3.3M–$15M; Series B $2M–$53M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $32M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Slyp — Ping Data creates a smart receipt that links receipts to customers through their bank account and banking apps.
  • Curious Thing AI — Curious Thing is a conversational AI startup for mass information discovery. The technology enables businesses to proactively discover deeper insights from humans. The AI has applications including candidate assessments, customer engagement, stakeholder check-in, and more.
  • Kepler Analytics — Kepler uses retail in-store analytics to provide retail managers with unprecedented insight into shopper behaviour and create amazing customer experiences.
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Chintaka Ranatunga
Angel · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 3 investments in New Zealand Software startups

Chintaka Ranatunga

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Software, EdTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series B
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Series B $774k–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kami — Your classroom PDF annotator. Students stay engaged with accessible annotation tools. Teachers save time with streamlined instruction and assessment.
  • APIMatic — The Trusted Developer Experience platform for APIs. Achieve faster API onboarding via automatic SDKs, docs, code samples, and guided walkthroughs.
  • QuiverVision — Experience the immersive wonder of 3D Augmented Reality with engaging coloring experiences that let your creativity run wild.
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Peter Beck
Angel · Huntington Beach, California, United States · 3 investments in New Zealand Software startups

Peter Beck is the founder and chief executive of Rocket Lab, a space systems company and the world’s leading dedicated small satellite launch provider. Rocket Lab provides end-to-end mission services, including complete satellite build and launch solutions, that provide rapid, frequent and reliable access to space. Rocket Lab has been launchingsince May 2017, delivering satellites to orbit for commercial and government customers, including DARPA, NASA, the NRO, the United States Air Force and more. Since founding the business in 2006, Peter has grown Rocket Lab to become a globally recognized industry leader in space and a billion-dollar company employing hundreds of world-class engineers. In addition to creating Electron, the world’s first fully carbon-fibre orbital launch vehicle, Peter also oversaw the development of the world’s first and only private orbital launch range, located on New Zealand's Māhia Peninsula. He played a crucial role in establishing international treaties and legislation to enable orbital launch capability from New Zealand.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, AgTech, Hardware
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Series B $19M–$19M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Halter — Halter creates GPS enabled, solar powered collars for cows. The collar hardware allows farmers to use simple tablet app software to remotely set geographic boundaries for cattle, virtual fences. Farmers use Halter's system to avoid physically herding cows, maximizing farmer time and productivity.
  • Partly — Auto parts distributors, manufacturers, dismantlers, marketplaces and software providers use Partly's software and API to add fitment and manage parts online.
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Endeavour Capital Limited
VC Fund · Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand · 3 investments in New Zealand Software startups

Trading, Capital, Trusted Advisory, Proven Stewardship

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Private Equity $30M–$116M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SMX — SMX offers a cloud-based email security solution for SEG, archiving and added Microsoft 365 defence. Trusted by enterprises, governments and ISPs across ANZ.
  • GFG Group — GFG Group is a supplier of consumer electronic payments software and card payment solutions. GFG has provided applications, systems integration and IT managed services to customers in 40 countries.
  • Grasshopper Bank — Secure business accounts, flexible lending solutions and powerful digital tools to support your business at every stage.
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GD1
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 3 investments in New Zealand Software 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, Machine Learning, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Formus Labs — Formus Labs develops software technologies for orthopedic planning and analysis. Our mission is to improve outcomes and efficiencies through seamless and highly scalable integration of AI and computational modelling in the orthopedic clinical workflow. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, Formus Labs draws on over 10 years of research andcommercialisation experience, with operations in New Zealand, Australia, and soon in the USA.
  • StretchSense — The StretchSense hand motion capture solution brings together accurate and comfortable gloves, and machine learning to detect and render perfect hand poses. - StretchSense
  • Zenno Astronautics — At Zenno Astronautics, our hardware and software products ensure satellite missions are effectively managed, guaranteeing maximum economic returns and responsible use of space.
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Insight Partners
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in New Zealand Software startups, 70 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: United States, Israel, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 750
  • Round size: Series A $13M–$125M; Series B $14M–$111M; Series C $19M–$160M
  • Lead/follow: 70% lead, 30% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • IDOVEN — IDoven develops products to detect heart problems at an early stage to prevent heart diseases.
  • Advantive — Advantive provides specialty manufacturing and distribution software solutions that scale and streamline operations. See how we can help your business succeed!
  • Superluminal Medicines — Superluminal Medicines is a generative biological and chemical company accelerating new possibilities in drug discovery and development. Its platform creates candidate-ready compounds with speed using a comprehensive combination of deep biology and chemistry expertise, machine learning, and proprietary big data infrastructure.
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Shane And Vanessa JOHNSTON
Angel · Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand · 2 investments in New Zealand Software startups

Shane And Vanessa JOHNSTON

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Video, Facebook
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Shuttlerock — Create attention-worthy video ads from any asset for every screen, at scale.
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Lewis Holdings
VC Fund · 2 investments in New Zealand Software 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
  • Lead/follow: no public data

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 — Automate and scale customer service to reduce support costs and drive revenue with Ambit's conversational AI chatbot software.
  • Unleashed Software — A powerful tool for business growth, Unleashed delivers streamlined purchasing, accurate stock costs, easy sales management & smart manufacturing stock control
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Richard Collier Keywood
Angel · 2 investments in New Zealand Software startups

Richard Collier-Keywood was named as Network Vice Chairman on 1 November 2011. In this role, Richard will be responsible for the coordination of PwC's global strategy across the network leading PwC's Network Executive Team (NET).Prior to this appointment Richard was the Global Leader, Tax, an appointment he took up on 1 July 2008.He previously led the UK firm's tax practice for five years.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Services, Software, Information Technology
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% 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.
  • Conscious Consumers — Our accreditation programme and Good Spend Counter make it easier for you to support businesses that align with your values and track our collective impact
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Dylan Field
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in New Zealand Software startups, 20 in the past 12 months

Dylan Field is the CEO and Co-founder of Figma, a design and prototyping platform for teams who build products together. With the support of the Thiel Fellowship, Dylan dropped out of Brown University to start Figma with his TA Evan Wallace (who became Figma’s CTO). They built Figma on the web in the hopes of tearing down the walls around thesiloed design process. Dylan champions open, accessible design and believes such tooling must evolve for a cloud-based, collaborative world. He tweets @zoink

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 92
  • Round size: Seed $2.1M–$6.3M; Series A $7M–$29M; Series B $29M–$55M
  • Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Resend — Build, test, and send transactional emails at scale.
  • Socket — Socket fights vulnerabilities and provides visibility, defense-in-depth, and proactive supply chain protection for JavaScript, Python, and Go dependencies.
  • Rain Industries — Every wildfire starts small. Rain contains wildfires within 10 minutes of ignition with autonomous drones.
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NAB Ventures
VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 2 investments in New Zealand Software startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Australia, India, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 35
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$7.7M; Series A $3.5M–$19M; Series B $10M–$27M
  • Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $64M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Banked — Banked : Real time payments for consumers, businesses and banks.
  • SafeStack — SafeStack Academy is the New Zealand online cyber security, privacy and secure development training company.
  • DataMesh Group — DataMesh Group offers data processing solutions, financial payment systems software, infrastructure and data analytics products.
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Promus Ventures
VC Fund · Chicago, Illinois, United States · 2 investments in New Zealand Software startups, 11 in the past 12 months

Investing in early-stage deep-tech software/hardware companies run by visionary and tenacious founding teams.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 140
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$5.7M; Series A $4M–$25M; Series B $4.6M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Halter — Halter creates GPS enabled, solar powered collars for cows. The collar hardware allows farmers to use simple tablet app software to remotely set geographic boundaries for cattle, virtual fences. Farmers use Halter's system to avoid physically herding cows, maximizing farmer time and productivity.
  • FERNRIDE — Fernride enables automated, sustainable logistics by combining the skills of remote drivers with autonomous technologies.
  • SatSure — SatSure is an innovative decision analytics company that leverages advances in satellites, machine learning, and big data analytics to help solve problems at the nexus of sustainability of food, water, and energy security.
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Nuance Capital
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 2 investments in New Zealand Software startups

Nuance Capital is a venture capital fund.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: AgTech, Software, Automotive
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 75% lead, 25% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ubco — UBCO is a New Zealand and US-based tech company that designs, develops, and distributes Utility Electric Vehicles and Portable Power Supplies for on-and off-road adventures, leisure and recreation, and commercial use where vehicle utility is required. UBCO have a desire to Power Your Purpose, through it's Utility Electric Vehicles (UEVs) thatcan change the way people ride, work, and play. UBCO currently has a digitally connected UEV platform which includes on- and off-road transport (2×2), portable power, accessories, and software. They provide a complete solution, from users to managers across a wide range of applications.
  • Easy Crypto — The world's favourite place to buy and sell Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Delivery in less than 2 minutes, easiest order process, and we're open 24/7.
  • Zenno Astronautics — At Zenno Astronautics, our hardware and software products ensure satellite missions are effectively managed, guaranteeing maximum economic returns and responsible use of space.
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Blockchain Founders Fund
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 2 investments in New Zealand Software startups, 16 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 123
  • Round size: Seed $125k–$4M; Pre-Seed $15k–$6M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $75M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Freename — Redefining Web3 Naming System. Web3 Registrar: custom TLDs and Domains
  • LunarCrush — Smarter crypto, NFT, and stock investing with insights from millions of conversations happening across social.
  • SuperSight — SuperSight (https://supersight.xyz/), a UK-based start-up, is building crypto-specific Large Language Models (LLMs) to revolutionise the way we interact with crypto data. With 420 million crypto users but only 30,000 able to code for onchain insights, SuperSight bridges the gap, enabling easy access to information from a range ofboth on-chain and off-chain sources like Discord, Telegram, Twitter, Mirror, Podcast Transcripts, and news sites. Beyond just collecting data, SuperSight uses AI to improve the search experience, making it personalised, accurate, and ultimately, more insightful.
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Yamaha Motor
VC Fund · Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan · 2 investments in New Zealand Software startups

Corporate profile and facts about Yamaha Motor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Transportation, Robotics, Logistics
  • Stage:Corporate Round, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, India, Brazil

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Round size: Series A $7M–$1.6B; Corporate Round $1.9M–$27M
  • Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Wassha — Wassha provide the rental device and charging service using clean energy. WASSHA lends all devices to start WASSHA business. Remote management and monitoration of every operation made possible with our innovative technology, so that we can check every transactions like sales, customer information, and power generation.We are looking for businesspartners to expand WASSHA to off-grid areas! s a power supplier for off-grid Africa.
  • Skipperi — Skipper is a meeting place for boats and boaters. Private individuals and companies can announce their boat rent for free. The boat can hire everyone whose skills and experience are on the boat owner's behalf. The boat owner decides who to rent their boats.
  • Arpac Drones — ARPAC delivers important results in pest control through their own research and development of their aircraft and application systems; as well as, performing services in locations where other vehicles can not reach.
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Advent International
VC Fund · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · 2 investments in New Zealand Software startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Financial Services
  • Stage:Private Equity, Series C, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Brazil, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 143
  • Round size: Series B $18M–$225M; Series C $8.4M–$260M; Private Equity $46M–$344M
  • Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $25B in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Cyware — Threats to your company's intelligence seemingly grow daily. You need a threat intelligence solution capable of protecting your data. You need Cyware.
  • Tredence — Tredence as a data science company offer industry specific data analytics solutions that bridge the gap between insights delivery and value realization by enabling last-mile adoption of data analytics
  • KreditBee — KreditBee is a personal loan platform for young professionals, where they can apply for Salary Advance up to ₹ 1 Lac as per their requirement. The documentation is very minimal, and the entire process starting from registration to disbursement does not take more than 15 minutes. The application process is completely online, and on approval, thecash is immediately transferred to the bank account of the user.KreditBee facilitates the loan transactions between the borrowers and the NBFCs/Banks. All loan applications are approved and sanctioned by NBFCs/Banks registered with RBI and communicated upfront during Loan application.
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Valar Ventures
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in New Zealand Software startups, 14 in the past 12 months

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Banking
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 161
  • Round size: Seed $700k–$19M; Series A $6M–$30M; Series B $23M–$75M
  • Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • albo — albo is the leading mexican challenger bank which helps you manage your money, and it can adapt to your lifestyle bringing you an honest service that cares about you. albo offers you a mobile banking app, a banking account, and a Mastercard card, allowing you to easily spend, save and invest your money. You can open your account in 60 secondsfrom your phone, having at your disposal personalized financing tools to help assist you in making better financial decisions. You can also be able to make free money transfers to whichever bank 24/7. albo includes many other innovating functions besides the ones mentioned above.
  • Ivy — We are building a global API for instant bank payments
  • One Trading — Discover an unrivalled trading experience with One Trading. We believe regulation powers user experience, not breaks it. Crypto - But regulated. Buy crypto now, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, DOGE, Solana, Cardano and more.
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Alex Rigopulos
Angel · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · 2 investments in New Zealand Software startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile, Mobile Apps, Communities
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States, New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Seed $550k–$2.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Syng — Syng is an audio company transforming the human relationship with sound. Shop Cell Alpha, the world's first Triphonic speaker.
  • GameClub — GameClub offers a large and growing catalog of the best games on mobile. Games can be played offline, with new games being released every week.
  • Hearo.Live - Multiplayer TV — Laugh, talk, and cheer with friends while watching YouTube, Netflix, ESPN, and more in full-screen HD, like you're on a big cozy couch together. #MultiplayerTV #TheFutureOfTogether
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Jelix Ventures
VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 2 investments in New Zealand Software startups

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.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 28
  • Round size: Seed $642k–$5M; Series A $1.8M–$7.5M
  • Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Syenta — Syenta is transforming the electronics manufacturing sector. Our patented fabrication method enables the 3D printing of multi-material electronics with fewer steps and less waste.
  • SafeStack — SafeStack Academy is the New Zealand online cyber security, privacy and secure development training company.
  • Quantum Brilliance — Quantum Brilliance builds room temperature quantum computers powered by synthetic diamond, enabling applications in everyday computing, including edge and massively parrellelized computing.
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Emlyn Scott
Angel · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 2 investments in New Zealand Software startups

Emlyn is a successful founder and investor with personal investments in fast growing tech companies like Kami, A.Kin, MealMe, Segna, and EnsuredIt. Managing Partner at CP Ventures and the founder of OpenMarkets Group, Australia's second-largest retail broker. He was former CEO of the National Stock Exchange of Australia, Australia’s secondlargest listing stock exchange, for four and a half years. Prior to that he was Head of Business Development at LCH.Clearnet for equities and CFDs in London for nine years, the world’s largest independent clearing house. He has four finance related degrees: Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Masters Business Administration (MBA), Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment (GDAFI), and Bachelor of Economics (BEc).

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Australia, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 61
  • Round size: Seed $398k–$3M; Series A $5.1M–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • REZA — Footwear & Apparel Brand
  • Tpaga — Tpaga is a mobile wallet for unbanked consumers in Latin America. Currently in Colombia and Mexico.In Latin America, more than 50% do not have credit cards or bank accounts, but what they do have is a cellphone. Tpaga allows consumers to store money via cash kiosk ( 4,000 in our network) and then use it to pay utility bills, cell phone top-up,supermarket and even gas station merchants. We have become the first mobile wallet in Latin America to allow consumers to pay groceries without having a bank account, and allowing unbanked commerces to start receiving payment without have POS systems.
  • Anility — Embed financial health insights within your application using our world leading API service
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Carthona Capital
VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 2 investments in New Zealand Software startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Australia, United States, Latvia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 89
  • Round size: Seed $321k–$3M; Series A $2.2M–$16M; Series B $7M–$59M
  • Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Josef — Automate lawyer-client conversations, document drafting and providing legal services. Josef is a software platform with a chatbot interface.
  • Pathzero — Pathzero's carbon management platform enables any business to start disclosing corporate carbon emissions and the actions being taken to address them.
  • SafeStack — SafeStack Academy is the New Zealand online cyber security, privacy and secure development training company.
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Quidnet Ventures
VC Fund · 2 investments in New Zealand Software startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Hospital, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$1.3M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Litmaps — Visual citation navigation, powerful search, and relevant recommendations. The ultimate science discovery platform.
  • RosterLab — RosterLab is your go-to for effortless rostering and AI-optimized scheduling. Jump in for free today and discover how much time and hassle you can save with our state-of-the-art roster system!
  • Kara Technologies — Content accessibility using a signing avatar. Accessible solutions are at the core of all that we do here at Kara. One of our main goals is finding smarter ways of using technology that will help build a better future for everyone, in all areas of life.
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Direct Capital Private Equity
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 2 investments in New Zealand Software startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, CRM, Energy
  • Stage:Private Equity
  • Geography: New Zealand, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $270M in 2017

Portfolio highlights

  • Beca — Engineers and consultants making everyday better for our clients and the community.
  • POP — POP is a holding company led by entrepreneurs to build a specialist insurance ecosystem.
  • Momentum Energy — Momentum Energy is an energy retailer based in Victoria, Australia retailing electricity to customers in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, and Queensland. Momentum provides the retail services for electricity supplied to the Bass Strait Islands on behalf of Hydro Tasmania and also retails natural gas in Victoria. The company is whollyowned by Hydro Tasmania, the largest renewable energy generator in Australia.
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Phil McCaw
Angel · Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand · 2 investments in New Zealand Software startups

Phil McCaw - Managing Partner @ Movac

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Retail, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Goodnest — Goodnest's mission is to make your life easier, starting in your home. We use technology to improve the quality and lower the price of consumer services throughout the APAC region.
  • CloudCannon — CloudCannon gives your team an exceptional website editing interface with a robust a flexible developer experience.
  • Flick Electric — Join Flick for Fairer Electricity Prices. We're not flicking around, we're here to shake up the electricity industry and fight for fair priced power in Aotearoa.
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TMT Ventures
VC Fund · Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan · 2 investments in New Zealand Software startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, CRM, Mobile
  • Stage:Series C
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • GFG Group — GFG Group is a supplier of consumer electronic payments software and card payment solutions. GFG has provided applications, systems integration and IT managed services to customers in 40 countries.
  • Enprise Solutions — Kilimanjaro Consulting is the largest, most experienced implementer of MYOB Enterprise Solutions: Advanced and Exo. Talk to us today!
  • Redfern Integrated Optics — Leading global supplier of single frequency narrow linewidth lasers, modules, and subsystems to clean energy, security, oil & gas, test/measurement markets.
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Software Investor funding in New Zealand at a glance

Stats across 150 deals from 204 investors.

204
investors
in New Zealand Software startups
150
deals
in New Zealand Software startups
$1.9M
median round
in New Zealand Software startups
34%
lead investors
lead at least one round
36%
Seed
most common funding stage
81/19
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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