The 60 companies NZVC has announced, from the first check onward. NZVC invests at pre-seed and seed, usually as the first institutional money in, with first checks of NZ$100,000 to NZ$400,000. Most of these companies started in New Zealand or Australia. 36 sit in NZVC Fund I, 18 in NZVC Fund II, and 2 in both, with the fund not yet recorded for the other 4. Pick a category to narrow the wall, then open a company to read what it is for and who is building it.
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Andromeda Surgical
Bio and Healthcare
Andromeda Surgical builds autonomous surgical robots, starting with endourology, using a software-led, human-in-the-loop system that gives surgeons GPS-like spatial navigation through anatomy.
ArchiPro
Consumer and Marketplace
ArchiPro is an online marketplace for the building and design industry, bringing architects, designers, builders, suppliers and product brands together in one…
Becoming Bio
Bio and Healthcare
Becoming Bio applies biotechnology to personalized health, building products that tailor wellness and healthspan recommendations to an individual's own biology.
Bonnet
Consumer and Marketplace
Bonnet is a New Zealand vehicle and fleet management app that keeps WOF, COF, registration, road user charges and servicing in one…
Bovonic
Ag-tech and Climate
Bovonic is a Bay of Plenty agritech company that makes QuadSense, an inline milk sensor system that detects mastitis in dairy cows…
Carbon Crop
Ag-tech and Climate
CarbonCrop is a climate technology company that helps New Zealand landowners get paid to protect and restore forests by giving them access…
Coinrule
Fintech
Coinrule is a no-code automated trading platform for cryptocurrency.
Cupla
Consumer and Marketplace
Cupla is a shared calendar app built specifically for couples that syncs both partners' Google, Apple and Outlook calendars into one color-coded…
Curve Biosciences
Bio and Healthcare
Curve Biosciences, spun out of Stanford, develops blood tests that map cell-free DNA methylation patterns back to the organ they came from…
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Easy Crypto
Fintech
Easy Crypto was New Zealand's largest cryptocurrency exchange, founded in December 2017 by siblings Alan and Janine Grainger to give people a…
Elo
Bio and Healthcare
Elo Health is a smart nutrition company that builds personalized supplement plans from at-home blood testing, health questionnaires and wearable activity data.
Esper
Deep Tech
Esper Satellites operates a hyperspectral satellite constellation that captures fine-grained spectral data of the Earth's surface to identify minerals and materials from…
Extraordinary
Fintech
Extraordinary is a New Zealand company that runs a flexible health and wellbeing allowance platform for employers.
Finlens
AI and B2B SaaS
Finlens, previously ZeFi, builds financial tracking software for early-stage startups.
Foundry Lab
Deep Tech
FoundryLab makes metal parts on demand using a digital casting process built around 3D-printed ceramic moulds and a proprietary microwave furnace.
General Compute
Deep Tech
General Compute runs an inference cloud built on purpose-built AI accelerators rather than general-purpose GPUs, designed for the high volume of model…
Gluon
Fintech
Gluon is a payments app that lives inside the messaging apps people already use, including Telegram, WhatsApp, and iMessage.
Herasight
Bio and Healthcare
Herasight provides polygenic genetic screening for embryos created through IVF, combining DNA from embryo biopsies with family medical history to estimate the…
Humata AI
AI and B2B SaaS
Humata is an AI tool that lets people ask natural-language questions of their own documents and get answers grounded in the files…
Kara Technologies
AI and B2B SaaS
Kara Technologies builds hyper-realistic digital human avatars that translate written and spoken content into sign languages, including New Zealand Sign Language and…
Kiki
Consumer and Marketplace
Kiki is a marketplace for mid-term rentals and subletting that matches people leaving their home for a period with trusted renters to…
KiwiFibre Innovations
Deep Tech
KiwiFibre Innovations turns New Zealand harakeke, or flax, into high-performance natural-fibre composites that stand in for petrochemical materials like fibreglass and carbon…
Looking Glass Factory
Deep Tech
Looking Glass Factory builds holographic displays that groups of people can view together in 3D with no headset, glasses or eye tracking.
Lore Machine
AI and B2B SaaS
Lore Machine is a generative AI platform that turns written text, including scripts, books, and articles, into illustrated stories, storyboards, comics, and…
Lula Inc.
AI and B2B SaaS
Lula Commerce is a digital commerce platform for convenience stores, pharmacies and other small-format retailers in the United States.
Markato
Consumer and Marketplace
Markato is a curated wholesale marketplace connecting independent brands from the United States, Europe and Australia with retailers across Asia.
Miruku
Ag-tech and Climate
Miruku is a New Zealand food technology company making animal-free dairy proteins and fats through molecular farming, engineering oilseed crops to produce…
Orion
Bio and Healthcare
Orion makes an AI-powered smart mattress cover that senses body temperature and heart rate and adjusts heating and cooling through the night…
oVRcome
Bio and Healthcare
oVRcome is a Christchurch company whose smartphone and virtual reality app delivers exposure therapy for anxiety and specific phobias, including fear of…
Parrot Analytics
AI and B2B SaaS
Parrot Analytics measures global audience demand for television, film, and talent across streaming, social, and other platforms, giving studios and streamers a…
Plots
Consumer and Marketplace
Plots is a consumer app for discovering and hosting local events, from nightlife to community gatherings, letting people see what is on…
PromptWell
Bio and Healthcare
PromptWell, founded as RiskAverse and renamed in December 2025, is an AI-native healthcare engagement platform that turns member and patient data into…
Puralink
Deep Tech
Puralink builds autonomous robots that inspect and map underground pipe networks, giving water and infrastructure operators accurate records of the condition and…
Pyper Vision
Deep Tech
Pyper Vision tackles fog, which causes close to a third of weather-related airport delays, by helping airports predict and manage low-visibility conditions.
River
AI and B2B SaaS
River, founded as DuoHub, builds voice AI agents for businesses.
Sahha Health
Bio and Healthcare
Sahha offers an API that turns passive smartphone and wearable data into digital biomarkers, health scores and behavioral archetypes, with a focus…
Sharesies
Fintech
Sharesies is a Wellington-based investing platform that made share ownership accessible to everyone through fractional investing.
Simfuni
Fintech
Simfuni is an Auckland-based insurtech company that builds cloud software for life insurers to run premium billing, payments, reconciliation, and arrears management.
Spoke Phone
AI and B2B SaaS
Spoke is a compliant mobile phone system for regulated industries, bringing call recording, transcription, monitoring, and business phone controls to mobile devices…
SquareOne/emerge
AI and B2B SaaS
SquareOne is New Zealand's first money app for children, giving each child a prepaid debit card and an in-app savings balance that…
Stickybeak
AI and B2B SaaS
Stickybeak is a consumer testing platform for marketers, brand teams and agencies that tests products, campaigns, packaging and concepts with real consumers…
Sugar Wallet
Fintech
Sugar Wallet is an Auckland-based savings app that automates saving and converts it into 24-karat gold stored in Brinks vaults.
Swan
Fintech
Swan is a financial services company focused only on Bitcoin, helping people buy, save, and securely hold it for the long term.
The Fourth Law
Deep Tech
The Fourth Law builds AI-powered autonomy modules and software that let drones and other robotic platforms operate independently in GPS-denied environments and…
Upstock
Consumer and Marketplace
Upstock is a wholesale ordering platform for the hospitality industry, connecting cafes, bars, restaurants and grocers with the food and beverage suppliers…
Venu
Fintech
Venu is a customer loyalty and marketing platform for hospitality and retail that turns anonymous payments into identifiable, repeat customers.
Vessev
Deep Tech
Vessev designs and builds electric hydrofoiling vessels that lift their hulls clear of the water on foils, cutting energy use dramatically while…
VXT
AI and B2B SaaS
VXT is a communications platform built for lawyers, accountants, and recruiters that handles calls, recording, transcription, and AI summaries, and connects them…
Zenno Astronautics
Deep Tech
Zenno Astronautics develops superconducting electromagnet systems that let satellites point, rotate and manoeuvre without carrying fuel.
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Eight founders NZVC has backed, in their own words.
“Easy Crypto is fortunate to have secured NZVC as an investor, and we really value the support they provide. NZVC are a VC that are truly in the trenches with us, always on call to give practical help and advice on our journey, when it's needed.”
“NZVC has been one of our most helpful and supportive investors. Mark helped us solve a key challenge by introducing us to someone who could manage our clinical trial in New Zealand. This person helped our trial get off to a great start. A lot of VCs will tell you they're going to add value beyond the funds, but NZVC is one of the rare ones that really does.”
“Since meeting the team at NZVC and throughout our investment relationship, NZVC's approach has been one of pure enablement and support in ovrcome's vision of making mental health treatment more accessible. NZVC instantly got our mission and provided support and expertise wherever and whenever it was needed.”
“We are a proud NZVC portfolio company, from the moment we met with Mark, Glen, Ajay, and the team at NZVC, the process, experience, and value were exceptional. the approach that NZVC takes with founders and startup teams is refreshing, they genuinely want to get to know you, and your team and champion your biggest dreams and ambitions.”
“A lot of investors make a point of saying they can add value - but you guys really walk the talk.”
“Mark and the NZVC team are always thinking about ways to help us out based on what we have going on in the business. One really impactful introduction came totally unprompted where Mark connected us to a key advisor with experience growing Facebook and Whatsapp in Europe. She had a level of expertise orders of magnitude greater than anyone we had worked with before and she became a formal advisor which we're really excited about!”
“NZVC's global team has been a highlight for us. Whenever we need support with respect to growing our company globally they're there to help.”
“NZVC has the expertise and experience that very few others have. We found that the insights, questions, and guidance they can provide is a level above other investors we connect with.”