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The Founders we support

Portfolio Stats
Backing Kiwi Startups Since 2014
47 active | 4 exits| 8 fails
3x RAISING
Apercure
NEW  RAISING
Mark Robinson
Eight360
Jul 2020  RAISING
Phil Southward
ReluGroup
May 2025  RAISING
Debra Hall
AuraScope
NEW  SETTLING
Naftali Yechilzuke
TheiaNova
NEW  SETTLING
Mark Robinson
Bonnet
Apr 2025  SETTLING
David Eldor
Vince
Jun 2024  SETTLING
Phil Southward
BioOra
Nov 2025  SETTLING
Sam Barclay
RapiDose
Jul 2026 
Mark Robinson
Nanophage
Feb 2026 
Sam Barclay
Wellumio
Dec 2025 
Mark Robinson
PAM
Nov 2025 
Caro Williams
Luminoma
Oct 2025 
Colin Dawson
Reactory
Sep 2025 
Juan Aguilera
Happy Moose
Sep 2021  Aug 2025
Rudi Bublitz
Catalist
Jul 2025 
Rudi Bublitz
Kai's Education
Mar 2025 
Rudi Bublitz
Advemto
Feb 2025 
Glen Harris
Aisleworx
Sep 2015  Dec 2024
Rudi Bublitz
Kwotimation
Feb 2021  Dec 2024
Julian So
Mindful Muslim
May 2021  Nov 2024
Rudi Bublitz
Nanobubble
Oct 2024 
Glen Harris
Venu
Oct 2024 
Jeff Skidmore
DevRamp
Oct 2024 
Glen Harris
MARS Bioimaging
Sep 2024 
Rudi Bublitz
Kami
Dec 2014  Jul 2024
David Russell
Cerulean
Sep 2021  Jul 2024
Graeme Thomson
Fysight (Blue Mirror)
Jun 2024 
Rudi Bublitz
Mindhive
Apr 2024 
David Eldor
PowerON
Feb 2023  Jan 2024
Rudi Bublitz
Cupla
Dec 2023 
Rudi Bublitz
Hectre
Jul 2023 
Heath Milligan
Kitea Health
Apr 2023 
Glen Harris
Kayasand
Mar 2023 
Chris Sattler
Profsee (Dacreed)
Dec 2022 
Garth Hinton
Debtor Daddy
Mar 2016  Nov 2022
Jai Somaratne
Kara
Apr 2022 
Ashley Smout
Chatterize
Jul 2020  Apr 2022
Phil Southward
Hivemind
Jun 2020  Feb 2022
Garth Hinton
Integration Fox
Jan 2022 
Josh Comrie
AV Gaming Fund
Jan 2022 
Rudi Bublitz
Moxion
Jul 2017  Jan 2022
Rudi Bublitz
Vesper Marine
Aug 2018  Jan 2022
Rudi Bublitz
HazEL
Sep 2021 
Alan Buxton
Marine HLDG (SeaLogs)
Sep 2021 
Glen Harris
OneReg
Mar 2021 
Jonathan Curtis
Well Revolution
Feb 2021 
Rudi Bublitz
Uproar
Oct 2016  Jan 2021
Karl von Randow
Chnnl
May 2020 
Cornelius Boertjens
Narrative Muse
Aug 2019 
Phil Southward
Formus
Mar 2019 
Rudi Bublitz
Spoke Phone
May 2018 
Phil Southward
FileInvite
Feb 2018 
Garth Hinton
Aplenty (HLL)
Dec 2017 
Garry Bluett
Wherewolf
Aug 2017 
Julian So
NexTransfer
Jul 2017 
James Hoseason
iDefigo
Jun 2016 
Stephen Meikle
StretchSense
Nov 2014  Jun 2016
Chris Sattler
Techion
Apr 2016 
Ian Clarke
Datagate
Feb 2016 
Steve Copley
Fuel50
Oct 2015 
Tim Warren
vaClose)

Our Angels

Rudi Bublitz
Auckland
May 2014
Charlie James
Wanaka
May 2014
Chris Sattler
Auckland
May 2014
Colin Dawson
Auckland
May 2014
Heath Milligan
Auckland
May 2014
James Hoseason
Auckalnd
May 2014
John Newton
Auckland
May 2014
Josh Comrie
Auckland
May 2014
Karl von Randow
Auckland
May 2014
Stephen Meikle
Auckland
May 2014
Tim Warren
Auckland
Jun 2015
Martin Knoche
Whangarei
Nov 2015
Arron Patterson
Auckland
Dec 2015
Jai Somaratne
Auckland
Mar 2016
Garry Bluett
Auckland
May 2016
Gavin Lennox
Auckland
May 2016
Ian Clarke
Wanaka
May 2016
David Flacks
Auckland
Aug 2016
Katheren Leitner
Auckland
Aug 2016
Paul Davidson
Auckland
Aug 2016
Erick Yap
Auckland
Oct 2016
Steve Copley
Auckland
Oct 2016
Julian So
Hamilton
Nov 2016
Alan Buxton
London
Mar 2017
Garth Hinton
Auckland
Mar 2017
Phil Southward
Tauranga
Apr 2017
Campbell Scott
Auckland
Aug 2017
Cornelius Boertjens
Auckland
Mar 2018
Debra Hall
Auckland
Apr 2018
Lawrence Levine
Whangarei
Nov 2018
Graeme Thomson
Palmerston North
Dec 2018
Steffen Schaefer
Munich
Feb 2019
Andy Harwood
Auckland
Jun 2019
Glen Harris
Auckland
Oct 2019
Maheen Mudannayake
Auckland
May 2020
Caro Williams
Auckland
Feb 2021
Jeff Skidmore
Auckland
Apr 2021
David Eldor
Auckland
May 2021
Stephen Smith
Dubai
May 2021
Ashley Smout
Auckland
Sep 2021
Ewart MacLucas
Auckland
Dec 2021
Guy Wilson
Wellington
Aug 2022
Matt McKevitt
Tauranga
Mar 2024
Mark Robinson
Auckland
Jun 2024
Matt Linehan-Mitchell
Auckland
Jun 2024
Mike Evans
Auckland
Jun 2024
Juan Aguilera
Auckland
Aug 2024
Elmar Dresbach
Japan/Germany
Sep 2024
Hugh Larom
Auckland
Nov 2024
Sam Barclay
Auckland
Mar 2025
Greg James
Auckland
Aug 2025
Michael Murphy
Auckland
Sep 2025
Naftali Yechilzuke
Auckland
Oct 2025
Laurent Chemla
Auckland
Mar 2026
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