Investors / New Zealand / NZVC
NZVC
Venture capital · New Zealand · Asia Pacific
NZVC is a venture capital firm that writes the first institutional check into companies started in New Zealand and Australia. It backs founders from pre-seed to Series B and runs events such as Portfolio Day and TechMates.
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Or find every investor that fitsNZVC lists 75 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 6 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 80% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (30%), Fintech (15%) and Healthcare & Biotech (15%). 44% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Icehouse Ventures, Y Combinator and GD1.
Counts come from funding rounds that name NZVC, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not NZVC's whole history. Rounds on record name 5 companies; its own site lists 75. 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.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 0% |
| Series A | 80% |
| Series B | 20% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 3 | 0 |
| '26 | 3 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 92th | 75 companies |
| Recent activity | 76th | 3 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 60th | 4% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 50th | 30% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 84th | 6 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 30% | 18% |
| Fintech | 15% | 12% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 15% | 15% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 6% | 3% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 4% | 1% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 4% | 6% |
| Consumer | 4% | 3% |
| Enterprise Software | 4% | 8% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Icehouse Ventures | 11 |
| Y Combinator | 9 |
| GD1 | 8 |
| New Zealand Growth Capital Partners | 6 |
| Startmate | 6 |
| Blackbird | 4 |
| Outset Ventures | 4 |
| Phase One Ventures | 4 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers7499%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company11%
- 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 togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Icehouse Ventures
Compare NZVC head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with NZVC| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Aug 2026 | Series A | |
| 16 Jun 2026 | Series B | |
| 19 Feb 2026 | Series A | |
| 29 Oct 2025 | Series A | |
| 28 Oct 2025 | Series A | |
| 1 Feb 2025 | Series A |
Round details for NZVC
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in NZVC's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
75 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aeon develops advanced tactical weapon systems | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Aera helps people achieve their goal of owning their first home by providing coaching, mortgage services, and house finding | Real Estate & ConstructionFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Aimer Development Limited provides pasture management tools and services for farmers | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Aktoria Robotics provides software and operators for robots and collects data from them. | Robotics & HardwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Andromeda Surgical is building an intelligence layer for surgery, starting with endourology, using AI-guided technology and spatial navigation systems. | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Appetise provides a meal planning and smart shopping solution for users | Food & AgricultureE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Appetise provides real-behaviour shopper insights for fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies | ConsumerFood & Agriculture | Feb 2025Series A · 2 rounds | Funding round | |
| Portfolio page | ||||
| The company builds robotic systems that sustain mammalian development externally, paired with AI models that learn to predict how that development unfolds and responds to intervention. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a vehicle and fleet management app that takes care of compliance and administration tasks. | FintechMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| Bovonic enables dairy farmers to improve the impact, health and profits of their animals with technology. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| CarbonCrop helps landholders and others restore forests and remove carbon from the atmosphere through a platform that identifies opportunities, plans and activates projects. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Coinrule provides automated trading bots for cryptocurrencies, stocks, and ETFs on various exchanges and brokers. | FintechCrypto & Web3 | Portfolio page | ||
| Cosmic Robotics develops robotic equipment for construction, particularly for solar and data centers. | Robotics & HardwareReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Cupla develops a shared calendar app for couples to plan and manage their schedules and tasks together. | ConsumerSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Curve Biosciences monitors chronic diseases using Whole-Body Intelligence models and blood tests. | Healthcare & Biotech | Oct 2025Series A | Page + round | |
| Dawn Aerospace develops and operates spaceplanes and in-space propulsion systems for satellite propulsion and space transportation. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Jun 2026Series B | Page + round | |
| Deckrobot is software for MS PowerPoint that uses proprietary AI technology to turn raw slides into enterprise-ready presentations. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | |||
| The company provides a platform for trading cryptocurrencies | Fintech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- nzvc.co.nz
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 1 Feb 2025
- Companies checked
- 75
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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