New Zealand · Investor

Icehouse Ventures

Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 178 cheques on record.

Deploying nowNew fund $68M, Jan 2025VC firm

SeedArtificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML)Big Data & AnalyticsCloudTech

Deploying now
73%of best year35cheques in 12 months, 178 on record
Since the last cheque54days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$2.3MRounds led6 of 178Sole investor13 roundsMostly inNew Zealand, 70%
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Icehouse Ventures highlights

  1. 01

    35 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed and Grant: 54% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 13 rounds, median $1.4M

What they do

We are a venture capital firm that invests in exceptional Kiwi founders building global companies.From their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
Seed
Sectors
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML)Big Data & AnalyticsCloudTech
Based in
New Zealand
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first178 appearances

  1. 2026

    30 rounds

  2. Sept
    DrumbeatSeed · NZ · Startup Daily$1.2MLed
  3. Sept
    First TableSeries B · NZ$7.2MWith 2 others
  4. Sept
    AntiochSeries A · US$32MWith 3 others
  5. Aug
    VessevSeries A · NZ · Startup Daily$19MWith 6 others
  6. Aug
    NeocreteVenture · NZ$3.5MWith 2 others
  7. Aug
    BioLumicVenture · NZ$8.3MWith 2 others
  8. Jul
    Outlier SpacePre-seed · NZ · TechStartups$7.3MWith 7 others
  9. Jul
    HyadesPre-seed · NZ · Startup Daily$634KLed
  10. Jul
    LincaSeed · NZ$2.9MWith 2 others
  11. Jun
    DataMasqueSeries A · NZ · Wavemaker Partners$4.0MWith 4 others
  12. Jun
    PartlySeries B · NZ$50MWith 4 others
  13. Jun
    Dawn AerospaceSeries B · NZ · Firms' own news pages$25MWith 18 others
  14. Jun
    Number 8 bioGrant · AU$15KWith 1 other
  15. Jun
    Leaft FoodsVenture · NZUndisclosedWith 2 others
  16. May
    NuroVenture · USUndisclosedWith 3 others
  17. Apr
    MarlooSeed · AU · Ventureburn$10MWith 2 others
  18. Apr
    IdeallySeries A · NZ · Ventureburn$10MWith 5 others
  19. Apr
    CarusoSeries A · NZ · Startup Daily$9.3MLed
  20. Apr
    ManifestPre-seed · AU$1.4MWith 2 others
  21. Apr
    Scentian BioSeed · NZ$7.0MWith 3 others
  22. Mar
    HalterSeries E · NZ · Promus Ventures$314MWith 9 others
  23. Mar
    AntiochVenture · US$8.4MWith 3 others
  24. Mar
    NextWorkSeed · NZ$4.5MWith 1 other
  25. Mar
    Number 8 bioGrant · AU$834KWith 2 others
  26. Feb
    WayveSeries D · GB · TechCrunch$1.2BWith 16 others
  27. Feb
    AppetiseSeries A · NZ · Startup Daily$7.0MLed
  28. Feb
    WellumioSeed · NZ · Startup Daily$4.3MWith 10 others
  29. Feb
    WellumioPre-seed · NZ · Nuance Connected Capital$7.3MWith 7 others
  30. Feb
    Contented AISeed · NZ$4.1MWith 3 others
  31. Jan
    IvoSeries B · US · AlleyWatch$55MWith 6 others
  32. 2025

    28 rounds

  33. Dec
    HnrySeries C · NZ$17MWith 3 others
  34. Dec
    Kitea HealthSeed · NZ$13MWith 4 others
  35. Dec
    LawVuVenture · NZ$6.0MWith 4 others
  36. Nov
    Number 8 BioSeries A · AU · Startup Daily$11MLed
  37. Nov
    FoxgloveSeries B · US · TechStartups$40MWith 4 others
  38. Oct
    PAMSeed · NZ · Startup Daily$331KWith 5 others
  39. Sept
    Starboard Maritime IntelligenceSeries A · NZ · Startup Daily$14MWith 7 others
  40. Sept
    WatchfulSeed · NZ$3.5MWith 1 other
  41. Sept
    NevamSeed · AU$1.2MSole investor
  42. Sept
    PAM NZSeed · NZ$334KWith 1 other

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The team

We hold 2 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

36 of 55 we have independently watched raise

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Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Icehouse Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Recently backed

The latest companies Icehouse Ventures put money into.

Quick answers about Icehouse Ventures

What does Icehouse Ventures invest in?

Icehouse Ventures invests most often at Seed and Grant (54% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML), Big Data & Analytics and CloudTech.

How active is Icehouse Ventures?

178 investments on record, 35 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 6. The most recent was in Sept 2026.

What has Icehouse Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Drumbeat (Seed, Sept 2026), First Table (Series B, Sept 2026) and Antioch (Series A, Sept 2026).

How big are Icehouse Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $2.3M.

Does Icehouse Ventures lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 6 of its 178 investments on record (3%).

Where does Icehouse Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in New Zealand (70%), Australia (15%) and the United States (13%).

Is Icehouse Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 35 investments in the last 12 months.

Who does Icehouse Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Callaghan Innovation (79 rounds together), New Zealand Growth Capital Partners (39 rounds together) and K1W1 (34 rounds together).

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