# New Zealand Growth Capital Partners: portfolio, investments and team

> New Zealand Growth Capital Partners is a vc firm based in New Zealand. 102 investments on record, 9 in the last 12 months, latest Aug 2026.

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# New Zealand Growth Capital Partners

Last cheque observed Aug 2026; 102 cheques on record.

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Pre-seed Seed Series A Technology

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**35%** of best year **9** **cheques in 12 months**, 102 on record

Since the last cheque **91** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$1.1M** Rounds led **0 of 102** Sole investor **5 rounds** Mostly in **New Zealand, 95%**

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## New Zealand Growth Capital Partners highlights

- 01 9 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Venture: 62% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 5 rounds, median $1.6M

## What they do

> The NZGCP is helping to build a vibrant early-stage investment market in New Zealand with two venture capital investment vehicles; the Aspire Fund and Elevate Fund. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Technology
- **Based in:** Auckland, New Zealand
- **Cold pitches:** Not accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **102 appearances**

- **2026** 6 rounds
- **Aug** **[BioLumic](https://millionrounds.com/company/biolumic)** Venture · NZ **$8.3M** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[Linca](https://millionrounds.com/company/linca)** Seed · NZ **$2.9M** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[Scentian Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/scentian-bio)** Seed · NZ **$7.0M** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Wellumio](https://millionrounds.com/company/wellumio)** Seed · NZ · Startup Daily **$4.3M** With 10 others
- **Feb** **[Hectre](https://millionrounds.com/company/hectre)** Series A · NZ · Punakaiki Fund **$7.3M** With 6 others
- **Feb** **[Contented AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/contented-ai)** Seed · NZ **$4.1M** With 3 others
- **2025** 8 rounds
- **Dec** **[Kitea Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/kitea-health)** Seed · NZ **$13M** With 4 others
- **Dec** **[LawVu](https://millionrounds.com/company/lawvu)** Venture · NZ **$6.0M** With 4 others
- **Nov** **[Komodo](https://millionrounds.com/company/komodo)** Pre-seed · NZ · Firms' own news pages **$678K** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[Zincovery](https://millionrounds.com/company/zincovery)** Venture · NZ **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Aug** **[Avasa](https://millionrounds.com/company/avasa)** Seed · NZ **$2.8M** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[InsituGen](https://millionrounds.com/company/insitugen)** Venture · NZ **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[Kai's Education](https://millionrounds.com/company/kai-s-education)** Seed · US **$830K** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[Advemto](https://millionrounds.com/company/advemto)** Venture · NZ **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **2024** 26 rounds
- **Dec** **[Zenno Astronautics](https://millionrounds.com/company/zenno-astronautics)** NZ · Nuance Connected Capital **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **Dec** **[Bison Group](https://millionrounds.com/company/bison-group)** Debt · NZ **$580K** With 1 other
- **Dec** **[Marama Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/marama-labs)** Seed · NZ **$2.1M** With 4 others
- **Nov** **[Auror](https://millionrounds.com/company/auror)** Series C · NZ · Startup Daily **$49M** With 9 others
- **Nov** **[Scannable](https://millionrounds.com/company/scannable)** Seed · NZ **$3.0M** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[Stickybeak](https://millionrounds.com/company/stickybeak)** Seed · NZ **$1.2M** With 3 others
- **Aug** **[Captivate Technology](https://millionrounds.com/company/captivate-technology)** Venture · NZ **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[OPUM Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/opum-technologies)** Grant · NZ **$13K** With 1 other
- **Aug** **[Kami](https://millionrounds.com/company/kami)** Venture · NZ **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[Zincovery](https://millionrounds.com/company/zincovery)** Venture · NZ **$6.1M** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[Cogo](https://millionrounds.com/company/cogo)** Grant · NZ **$7K** With 4 others
- **Jul** **[Mastaplex](https://millionrounds.com/company/mastaplex)** Grant · NZ **$13K** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[Quantifi Photonics](https://millionrounds.com/company/quantifi-photonics)** Grant · NZ **$27K** With 4 others
- **Jul** **[Avertana](https://millionrounds.com/company/avertana)** Venture · NZ **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[Orbis Diagnostics](https://millionrounds.com/company/orbis-diagnostics)** Grant · NZ **$7K** With 4 others
- **Jul** **[InfinityStudio.AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/infinitystudio-ai)** Venture · NZ **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[Formus](https://millionrounds.com/company/formus)** Grant · NZ **$27K** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[Hot Lime Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/hot-lime-labs)** Grant · NZ **$35K** With 4 others
- **Jul** **[Tether Limited](https://millionrounds.com/company/tether-limited)** Venture · NZ **$1.9M** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[Intdevice](https://millionrounds.com/company/intdevice)** Grant · NZ **$20K** With 1 other
- **May** **[Tectonus](https://millionrounds.com/company/tectonus)** Grant · NZ **$15K** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[OpenStar Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/openstar-technologies)** Grant · NZ **$129K** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[InsituGen](https://millionrounds.com/company/insitugen)** Seed · NZ **$297K** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Parkable](https://millionrounds.com/company/parkable)** Grant · AU **$18K** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[Winely](https://millionrounds.com/company/winely)** Venture · NZ **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[Miruku](https://millionrounds.com/company/miruku)** Seed · NZ **$4.9M** With 3 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

We hold **35** 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)

**60** of 60 we have independently watched raise

[APImatic](https://millionrounds.com/company/apimatic)[Adherium](https://millionrounds.com/company/adherium)[Advemto](https://millionrounds.com/company/advemto)[Amy](https://millionrounds.com/company/amy)[Appreciation Engine](https://millionrounds.com/company/appreciation-engine)[Ask Nicely](https://millionrounds.com/company/asknicely)[Auror](https://millionrounds.com/company/auror)[Authsignal](https://millionrounds.com/company/authsignal)[Avalia Immunotherapies](https://millionrounds.com/company/avalia-immunotherapies)[Banqer](https://millionrounds.com/company/banqer)[Booktrack Holdings Ltd](https://millionrounds.com/company/booktrack)[Bspkl](https://millionrounds.com/company/bspkl)[Captivate Technology](https://millionrounds.com/company/captivate-technology)[Certusbio](https://millionrounds.com/company/certusbio)[Codelingo](https://millionrounds.com/company/codelingo)[Designer Wardrobe](https://millionrounds.com/company/designer-wardrobe)[Dexibit](https://millionrounds.com/company/dexibit)[Dotterel](https://millionrounds.com/company/dotterel)[File invite](https://millionrounds.com/company/fileinvite)[Firstcheck](https://millionrounds.com/company/firstcheck)[Hot Lime Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/hot-lime-labs)[Hydroxsys](https://millionrounds.com/company/hydroxsys)[Inhibit Coatings](https://millionrounds.com/company/inhibit-coatings)[Insite AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/insite-ai)[InsituGen](https://millionrounds.com/company/insitugen)[JunoFem](https://millionrounds.com/company/junofem)[Justly](https://millionrounds.com/company/justly)[Kai's Education](https://millionrounds.com/company/kai-s-education)[Koru Diagnostics](https://millionrounds.com/company/koru-diagnostics)[Kry10](https://millionrounds.com/company/kry10)[Lanaco Ltd (formerly](https://millionrounds.com/company/lanaco)[Learncoach](https://millionrounds.com/company/learncoach)[LeoLabs](https://millionrounds.com/company/leolabs)[Marama Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/marama-labs)[Melodics](https://millionrounds.com/company/melodics)[Miruku](https://millionrounds.com/company/miruku)[Mish Guru](https://millionrounds.com/company/mish-guru)[Moxion](https://millionrounds.com/company/moxion)[NZeno](https://millionrounds.com/company/nzeno)[Nextspace](https://millionrounds.com/company/nextspace)[Nyriad](https://millionrounds.com/company/nyriad)[Objective Acuity](https://millionrounds.com/company/objective-acuity)[Onside](https://millionrounds.com/company/onside)[Opum Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/opum-technologies)[Orbis Diagnostics](https://millionrounds.com/company/orbis-diagnostics)[Parkable](https://millionrounds.com/company/parkable)[Parrot Analytics](https://millionrounds.com/company/parrot-analytics)[Patternsnap](https://millionrounds.com/company/patternsnap)[Portainer](https://millionrounds.com/company/portainer)[PowerOn](https://millionrounds.com/company/poweron)[Preno](https://millionrounds.com/company/preno)[ProTag](https://millionrounds.com/company/protag)[Quantec](https://millionrounds.com/company/quantec)[Quantifi Photonics (formerly](https://millionrounds.com/company/quantifi-photonics)[Quantiful](https://millionrounds.com/company/quantiful)[Quashed](https://millionrounds.com/company/quashed)[Rocos](https://millionrounds.com/company/rocos)[Runn](https://millionrounds.com/company/runn)[SMX](https://millionrounds.com/company/smx)[Shuttle Rock](https://millionrounds.com/company/shuttlerock) and 97 more

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.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$1.1M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$1.6M**

Led 0 of 102 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 5 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Aug 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *32*
- Venture *29*
- Grant *25*
- Series A said *6*
- Series B said *4*
- Pre-seed said *3*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Callaghan Innovation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/callaghan-innovation) 50
- [Icehouse Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icehouse-ventures) 39
- [Enterprise Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/enterprise-angels) 25
- [K1W1](https://millionrounds.com/fund/k1w1) 18
- [Pacific Channel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pacific-channel) 17
- [Sparkbox Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sparkbox-ventures) 10

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as New Zealand Growth Capital Partners. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Callaghan Innovation** Investment firm **50** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/callaghan-innovation)[**Icehouse Ventures** VC firm **39** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icehouse-ventures)[**Enterprise Angels** Angel network **25** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/enterprise-angels)[**K1W1** Investment firm **18** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/k1w1)[**Pacific Channel** VC firm **17** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pacific-channel)[**Sparkbox Ventures** VC firm **10** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sparkbox-ventures)[**Global from Day One** VC firm **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gd1-global-from-day-one)[**NZVC** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nzvc)[**Angel Invest** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/angel-invest)[**Investible** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/investible)[**Shasta Ventures** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shasta-ventures)[**Blackbird Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackbird-ventures-2)

## Recently backed

The latest companies New Zealand Growth Capital Partners put money into.

[**BioLumic** $8.3M · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/biolumic)[**Linca** $2.9M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/linca)[**Scentian Bio** $7.0M · Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/scentian-bio)[**Wellumio** $4.3M · Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/wellumio)[**Hectre** $7.3M · Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/hectre)[**Kitea Health** $13M · Dec 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/kitea-health)

## Quick answers about New Zealand Growth Capital Partners

### What does New Zealand Growth Capital Partners invest in?

New Zealand Growth Capital Partners invests most often at Seed and Venture (62% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Technology.

### How active is New Zealand Growth Capital Partners?

102 investments on record, 9 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Aug 2026.

### What has New Zealand Growth Capital Partners invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: BioLumic (Venture, Aug 2026), Linca (Seed, Jul 2026) and Scentian Bio (Seed, Apr 2026).

### How big are New Zealand Growth Capital Partners's cheques?

The median round it joins is $1.1M.

### Does New Zealand Growth Capital Partners lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 102 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does New Zealand Growth Capital Partners invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in New Zealand (95%).

### Is New Zealand Growth Capital Partners investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 9 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does New Zealand Growth Capital Partners invest alongside?

Most often Callaghan Innovation (50 rounds together), Icehouse Ventures (39 rounds together) and Enterprise Angels (25 rounds together).

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