# Marama Labs funding: rounds and investors

> Marama Labs has raised $2.1M across 1 round since 2024. Investors include Enterprise Ireland, Icehouse Ventures and New Zealand Growth Capital Partners.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/marama-labs (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

New Zealand · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Marama Labs*

One round we have observed, with the 5 investors named in it. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$2.1M** raised across 1 round since 2024, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Seed, $2.1M Dec 2024
- **Investors:** 5

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Dec 2024** Seed **$2.1M** [Enterprise Ireland](https://millionrounds.com/fund/enterprise-ireland) [Icehouse Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icehouse-ventures) [New Zealand Growth Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-zealand-growth-capital-partners-nzgcp) [The Yield Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-yield-lab) [NZVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nzvc) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Marama Labs's own website: 2 founders, 2 on the team.

**Dr. Brendan Darby** Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder

**Prof Eric Le Ru** Chief Scientific Officer, Co-Founder

- **Matthias Risse** Chief Product Officer
- **Duane Sword** VP Commercial Strategy

## Everyone who backed them

[Enterprise Ireland](https://millionrounds.com/fund/enterprise-ireland) Government **1** round

[Icehouse Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icehouse-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[New Zealand Growth Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-zealand-growth-capital-partners-nzgcp) VC firm **1** round

[The Yield Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-yield-lab) VC firm **1** round

[NZVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nzvc) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Marama Labs 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.

[Booster](https://millionrounds.com/fund/booster) VC firm Per its own site

[DeepIE Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/deepie-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Marama Labs

### Who invested in Marama Labs?

Marama Labs's investors include Enterprise Ireland, Icehouse Ventures, New Zealand Growth Capital Partners, The Yield Lab and NZVC.

### How much has Marama Labs raised?

Marama Labs has raised $2.1M across 1 round since 2024.

### When did Marama Labs last raise?

Marama Labs's most recent round was a Seed of $2.1M in Dec 2024.

### What was Marama Labs's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $2.1M in Dec 2024, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Marama Labs first?

Marama Labs's first round on record, in Dec 2024, was backed by Enterprise Ireland, Icehouse Ventures and New Zealand Growth Capital Partners and 2 others.

### What stage is Marama Labs at?

Marama Labs's latest named round is a Seed, in Dec 2024.

### Where is Marama Labs based?

Marama Labs is based in New Zealand.

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In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months.

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