# OpenStar Technologies funding: rounds and investors

> OpenStar Technologies has raised $6.2M across 2 rounds since 2023. Investors include Icehouse Ventures, Blackbird Ventures and New Zealand Growth Capital...

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

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# Who invested in *OpenStar Technologies*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 4 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.

Energy

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$6.2M** raised across 2 rounds since 2023, from 2 sources

**$6.1M** Seed **$129K** Grant

- **Latest round:** Grant, $129K Apr 2024
- **Biggest round:** $6.1M Seed · Aug 2023
- **Investors:** 4

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.

2024

**$6.1M** Seed

**$129K** Grant

- **First round:** Seed, $6.1M
- **Biggest round:** $6.1M
- **Between rounds:** 8 months

## The rounds

- **Apr 2024** Grant **$129K** *1 new* *3 returning* [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) [New Zealand Growth Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-zealand-growth-capital-partners-nzgcp) Source recorded
- **Aug 2023** Seed **$6.1M** *3 new* [Icehouse Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icehouse-ventures) [Blackbird Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackbird-ventures-2) [New Zealand Growth Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-zealand-growth-capital-partners-nzgcp) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From OpenStar Technologies's own website: 1 founder, 5 on the team.

**Thomas Berry** Co-founder, ChIef Product Officer

- **Darren Garnier** Chief Science Officer
- **Rod Badcock** Chief Technology Officer
- **Nicole Ferguson** VP - Finance
- **Patrick Coulson** VP - Tahi
- **Gabriel Bioletti** Director - People

## 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.

**Seed** 2023 **Grant** 2024 [Icehouse Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icehouse-ventures) [Blackbird Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackbird-ventures-2) [New Zealand Growth Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-zealand-growth-capital-partners-nzgcp) [Callaghan Innovation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/callaghan-innovation)

## Everyone who backed them

[Icehouse Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icehouse-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

[Blackbird Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackbird-ventures-2) VC firm **2** rounds

[New Zealand Growth Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-zealand-growth-capital-partners-nzgcp) VC firm **2** rounds

[Callaghan Innovation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/callaghan-innovation) Investment firm **1** round

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## Quick answers about OpenStar Technologies

### Who invested in OpenStar Technologies?

OpenStar Technologies's investors include Icehouse Ventures, Blackbird Ventures, New Zealand Growth Capital Partners and Callaghan Innovation.

### How much has OpenStar Technologies raised?

OpenStar Technologies has raised $6.2M across 2 rounds since 2023.

### When did OpenStar Technologies last raise?

OpenStar Technologies's most recent round was a Grant of $129K in Apr 2024.

### What was OpenStar Technologies's biggest round?

OpenStar Technologies's largest round on record is $6.1M (Seed), in Aug 2023.

### Who backed OpenStar Technologies first?

OpenStar Technologies's first round on record, in Aug 2023, was backed by Icehouse Ventures, Blackbird Ventures and New Zealand Growth Capital Partners.

### What stage is OpenStar Technologies at?

OpenStar Technologies's latest named round is a Grant, in Apr 2024.

### Where is OpenStar Technologies based?

OpenStar Technologies is based in New Zealand.

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