# NextWork funding: rounds and investors

> NextWork has raised $4.5M across 1 round since 2026. Investors include Icehouse Ventures and Blackbird Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *NextWork*

One round we have observed, with the 2 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.

HR Tech

Raised 8 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$4.5M** raised across 1 round since 2026, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Seed, $4.5M Mar 2026
- **Investors:** 2

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Mar 2026** Seed **$4.5M** [Icehouse Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icehouse-ventures) [Blackbird Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackbird-ventures-2) Source recorded

## Everyone who backed them

[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

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists NextWork as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Phase One Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/phase-one-ventures) Accelerator Per its own site

## Quick answers about NextWork

### Who invested in NextWork?

NextWork's investors include Icehouse Ventures and Blackbird Ventures.

### How much has NextWork raised?

NextWork has raised $4.5M across 1 round since 2026.

### When did NextWork last raise?

NextWork's most recent round was a Seed of $4.5M in Mar 2026.

### What was NextWork's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $4.5M in Mar 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed NextWork first?

NextWork's first round on record, in Mar 2026, was backed by Icehouse Ventures and Blackbird Ventures.

### What stage is NextWork at?

NextWork's latest named round is a Seed, in Mar 2026.

### Where is NextWork based?

NextWork is based in New Zealand.

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