# First AML funding: rounds and investors > First AML has raised $24M across 2 rounds since 2019. Investors include Headline, Callaghan Innovation and Icehouse Ventures. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/first-aml (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) New Zealand · [Series B startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *First AML* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 6 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it. Cloud Regtech Robotics Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$24M** raised across 2 rounds since 2019, from 2 sources **$2.5M** Round **$21M** Series B - **Latest round:** Series B, $21M Nov 2021 - **Step-up i:** 8.4× - **Investors:** 6 See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2020 2021 **$2.5M** Round **$21M** Series B - **First round:** Round, $2.5M - **Biggest round:** $21M - **Between rounds:** 2.1 years ## The rounds - **Nov 2021** Series B **$21M** *4 new* [Headline](https://millionrounds.com/fund/headline) [Callaghan Innovation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/callaghan-innovation) [Icehouse Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icehouse-ventures) [Blackbird Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackbird-ventures-2) Source recorded - **Oct 2019** Round **$2.5M** *2 new* [Eliot Crowther](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eliot-crowther) Chis Heaslip Reported by Nzherald ## Who was in which round The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led. **Round** 2019 **Series B** 2021 [Headline](https://millionrounds.com/fund/headline) [Callaghan Innovation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/callaghan-innovation) [Icehouse Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icehouse-ventures) [Blackbird Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackbird-ventures-2) [Eliot Crowther](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eliot-crowther) Chis Heaslip ## Everyone who backed them [Headline](https://millionrounds.com/fund/headline) VC firm **1** round [Callaghan Innovation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/callaghan-innovation) Investment firm **1** round [Icehouse Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icehouse-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Blackbird Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackbird-ventures-2) VC firm **1** round [Eliot Crowther](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eliot-crowther) Angel **1** round Chis Heaslip no record of our own yet **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=first-aml). ## Also claim to have backed them These 2 firms list First AML as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above. [Ice Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ice-angels) Angel network Per its own site [Foggy Valley Aotearoa](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foggy-valley-aotearoa) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about First AML ### Who invested in First AML? First AML's investors include Headline, Callaghan Innovation, Icehouse Ventures, Blackbird Ventures and Eliot Crowther, and 1 more on record. ### How much has First AML raised? First AML has raised $24M across 2 rounds since 2019. ### When did First AML last raise? First AML's most recent round was a Series B of $21M in Nov 2021. ### What was First AML's biggest round? Its most recent round, $21M in Nov 2021, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed First AML first? First AML's first round on record, in Oct 2019, was backed by Eliot Crowther and Chis Heaslip. ### What stage is First AML at? First AML's latest named round is a Series B, in Nov 2021. ### Where is First AML based? First AML is based in New Zealand. ## Companies like First AML In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Agovor** $2.1M · Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/agovor)[**SpaceX** $42B · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/spacex)[**Paar Autonomy** $1.4M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/paar-autonomy)[**FORT Robotics** $39M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/fort-robotics)[**Promaxo** $106M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/promaxo)[**Nebius Group** $4.2B · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/nebius-group) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app