Investors / New Zealand / Motion Capital
Motion Capital
Venture capital · Auckland, New Zealand · Asia Pacific
Motion Capital is a venture capital fund that invests in founders working on decarbonisation technologies. It describes itself as a hands-on firm that leads rounds and actively backs its portfolio companies.
Invests inEducationIndustrial & Manufacturing
In its own wordsdecarbonisationclimate techenergycritical materialsfood techtransport
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Or find every investor that fitsMotion Capital lists 14 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are Education (30%), Industrial & Manufacturing (22%) and E-commerce & Marketplaces (9%). 100% of its companies are based in New Zealand. It invests most often alongside Outset Ventures, Icehouse Ventures and Blackbird.
No funding round on record names Motion Capital yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Motion Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 14. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Education | 30% | 7% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 22% | 7% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 9% | 6% |
| Consumer | 9% | 3% |
| Food & Agriculture | 9% | 3% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 9% | 18% |
| Space & Defense | 4% | 3% |
| Fintech | 4% | 12% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Outset Ventures | 4 |
| Icehouse Ventures | 3 |
| Blackbird | 2 |
| Archangel Ventures | 1 |
| Better Bite Ventures | 1 |
| Creative Destruction Lab | 1 |
| Elemental Impact | 1 |
| Flying Fox Ventures | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 36th | 14 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 53th | 30% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 19th | 1 country |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers14100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Motion Capital head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
14 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aplenty converts wood waste into clean CO2 and heat for commercial greenhouses | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company produces critical minerals and essential materials locally, including magnesium, nickel hydroxide, and silica, for various industries | Industrial & ManufacturingClimate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| CullBeck is developing breakthrough low-carbon iron making technology for the steel industry. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Dot Ingredients makes surfactants from cellulose | Food & AgricultureConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Enagain upgrades waste biogas to renewable natural gas | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Hachiko provides a platform for battery optimisation and portfolio management | EducationFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Kura Dynamics turns natural reactions into an engineered system | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Linca produces battery-grade nickel, cobalt, and lithium salts from end-of-life lithium-ion batteries for lithium-ion battery manufacturing. | Industrial & ManufacturingSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Maestro turns everyday appliances into savings and rewards by participating in a cleaner, more reliable energy system | EducationConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Miruku creates sustainable, delicious, nutritious and affordable animal-free dairy at scale using Climate-Clever Crops | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| The company generates and provides energy to households and various organizations. | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides liquid electricity for industrial power, offering a low-cost and emission-free alternative to traditional energy sources. | Industrial & ManufacturingE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Factor provides a forecasting-led pricing engine for modern energy teams to model and price complex energy contracts | EducationE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- motioncapital.co.nz
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 14
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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