# Top 50 Transportation Angel Investors in New Zealand in October 2023

## Chris Sang
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, Data and Analytics

## Mark Hurley
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial, Apps, Mobile

CEO @ Jasper
Director @ The Icehouse


## Chintaka Ranatunga
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Apps, Mobile

Venture Partner @ Sparkbox Ventures
Director @ APIMatic


## Rich Chetwynd
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Privacy/Security, IT

Founder / CEO @ ThisData
Director @ Lupchoo
Director of Product Management @ OneLogin


## William Zeqiri
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Focus: Commerce/Shopping, Gaming, Food/Beverage

Chief Executive Officer @ Fresha
Founder & CEO @ Shedul.com
Advisor @ ArchiPro


## Phil McCaw
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Internet, Design, Energy

Managing Partner @ Movac


## Craig Donaldson
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Real Estate, Financial

## Nick Beale
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Real Estate, Financial

## Shane And Vanessa JOHNSTON
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Video, Mobile

## Harald McPike
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Data and Analytics, IT

Founder @ QuantRes


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

## Rowan Simpson
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Transportation

Chairman & Trustee @ Hoku Group
Director @ Vend


## Richard Collier Keywood
- Relevant deals: 2
- Focus: IT, Software, Other

Vice Chairman @ PwC


## Alex Rigopulos
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Mobile, Apps, Internet

## Sam Morgan
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series D
- Focus: Software, Internet, Design

Major Shareholder @ vWork
Director @ Sonar6
non-exec director @ Xero


## Emlyn Scott
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Science/Engineering, Data and Analytics

Managing Partner @ CP Ventures


## Chris Heaslip
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, IT

## Nicole Fougere
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Privacy/Security, IT

Co-Founder & CCO @ ThisData


## Jonathan Hendriksen
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Apps, Video, Mobile

Founder | CEO @ Shuttlerock
Founder & Chairman @ Photowonder


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

Partner @ First Round Capital


## Stephen Tindall
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Software, Design, Consumer Goods

Owner @ K1W1


## Connor Theilmann
- Type: Angel
- Location: Greater Los Angeles Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Connor Theilmann is the Chief Business Officer at ServiceTitan. Previously he was an investor at Accel in Palo Alto. He attended The Wharton School for Accounting and Finance & the Penn Engineering School for Computer Science.

## Peter Beck
- Type: Angel
- Location: Huntington Beach, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, AgTech, Hardware

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.

## Vivek Garipalli
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Data and Analytics

CEO @ Clover Health
Co-Founder @ CarePoint Health


## Kirsti Grant
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Design, Education

CEO & Co-founder @ Populate


## Scott Nolan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series E
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Science/Engineering

Director @ Tachyus
Partner @ Founders Fund


## Aaron Patzer
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Data and Analytics

Founder & CEO @ Vital


## Dylan Field
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence

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

## George Gong
- Type: Angel
- Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, SaaS, Blockchain

George Gong - Managing Partner @ Jubilee Capital Management

## Akshay Kothari
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet

Akshay Kothari is the co-founder of Pulse, a mobile application that allows you to read all your favorite content in one place. Pulse began as a class project in the Launchpad class at Stanford University, and has grown to over 30 million users today. It won the coveted Apple Design Award in 2011 and was inducted into the App Store Hall of Fame.Pulse was recently acquired by Linkedin for $90 million.

## Hezi Leibovich
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Advertising, Internet

Founder @ Scoopon


## Ruslan Kogan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Apps, Gaming

Founder and CEO @ Kogan


## Andrew Thorburn
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Software, IT

Managing Director & Group Chief Executive Officer @ National Australia Bank (NAB)


## Konstantin Koos
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Other, Gaming

## Nasir Jones
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Commerce/Shopping, Internet

Partner and Co-Founder @ QueensBridge Venture Partners
Partner @ Emagen Investment Group Inc.
Partner @ Uncle Sam Loves Me, LLC


## Yoshihiro Kawamura
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Apps, Video, Mobile

Director @ TJK NZ LIMITED


## Mark Sainsbury
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Software, IT

## James McGee
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Real Estate, Internet, Community/Lifestyle

## Marko Bogoievski
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Science/Engineering

## Richard Abbott
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Real Estate, Internet, Community/Lifestyle

## Steven Adams
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Sustainability, Agriculture/Farming

## John Greenslade
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Apps, Video, Mobile

## Paul Bingham
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Apps, Video, Mobile

## Hykeem Jamaal Carter
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Hardware, Software, Data and Analytics

## Paul Reeve
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Apps, Video, Mobile

## Rory Cameron
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: IT, Events, Software

EVP, Corporate Development @ Medallia


## Leslie Stretch
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: IT, Software, Events

President and Chief Executive Officer @ Medallia


## Karl von Randow
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Mobile, Hardware

Co-Founder @ Letterboxd


## Scobie Ward
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Software, Education

Chairman & CEO @ Ward Ferry Management


## Andrew R. H. Preston
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Education

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