# Vertus Energy funding: rounds and investors

> Vertus Energy has raised $9.4M across 2 rounds since 2024. Investors include Icehouse Ventures, Blackbird Ventures and Startmate. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Vertus Energy*

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

**$9.4M** raised across 2 rounds since 2024, from 2 sources

**$9.4M** Seed **$7K** Grant

- **Latest round:** Grant, $7K Jul 2024
- **Biggest round:** $9.4M Seed · Jun 2024
- **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.

2025

**$9.4M** Seed

**$7K** Grant

- **First round:** Seed, $9.4M
- **Biggest round:** $9.4M

## The rounds

- **Jul 2024** Grant **$7K** *3 returning* [Icehouse Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icehouse-ventures) [Blackbird Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackbird-ventures-2) [Startmate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/startmate) Source recorded
- **Jun 2024** Seed **$9.4M** *4 new* [Newchip Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newchip-accelerator) [Icehouse Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icehouse-ventures) [Blackbird Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackbird-ventures-2) [Startmate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/startmate) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Vertus Energy's own website: 2 founders, 3 on the team.

**Benjamin Howard** Co Founder & CEO

**Freddy Gonzalez** Co Founder & CTO

- **Matthew Millar** President of Operations
- **Ash Dunn** Financial Director
- **Sophie Asamer** Director of 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** 2024 **Grant** 2024 [Icehouse Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icehouse-ventures) [Blackbird Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackbird-ventures-2) [Startmate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/startmate) [Newchip Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newchip-accelerator)

## 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

[Startmate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/startmate) Accelerator **2** rounds

[Newchip Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/newchip-accelerator) Accelerator **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=vertus-energy).

## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Vertus Energy 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.

[XISTA Innovation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/xista-innovation) Investment firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Vertus Energy

### Who invested in Vertus Energy?

Vertus Energy's investors include Icehouse Ventures, Blackbird Ventures, Startmate and Newchip Accelerator.

### How much has Vertus Energy raised?

Vertus Energy has raised $9.4M across 2 rounds since 2024.

### When did Vertus Energy last raise?

Vertus Energy's most recent round was a Grant of $7K in Jul 2024.

### What was Vertus Energy's biggest round?

Vertus Energy's largest round on record is $9.4M (Seed), in Jun 2024.

### Who backed Vertus Energy first?

Vertus Energy's first round on record, in Jun 2024, was backed by Newchip Accelerator, Icehouse Ventures and Blackbird Ventures and 1 others.

### What stage is Vertus Energy at?

Vertus Energy's latest named round is a Grant, in Jul 2024.

### Where is Vertus Energy based?

Vertus Energy is based in New Zealand.

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