New Zealand · Investor

NZVC

Last cheque observed Aug 2026; 46 cheques on record.

Deploying nowNew fund $28M, Nov 2025VC firm

Pre-seedSeedSeries ADeep TechFintechHealth

Deploying now
31%of best year5cheques in 12 months, 46 on record
Since the last cheque71days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$3.5MRounds led0 of 46Sole investor3 roundsMostly inNew Zealand, 55%
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NZVC highlights

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    5 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed and Venture: 63% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 3 rounds, median $10M

What they do

NZVC is the New Zealand venture fund that writes the first check to Australasia's most ambitious founders, across deep tech, fintech, health and climate.From their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries A
Sectors
Deep TechFintechHealth
Based in
Auckland, New Zealand
Cold pitches
Accepted

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first46 appearances

  1. 2026

    4 rounds

  2. Aug
    VessevSeries A · NZ · Startup Daily$19MWith 6 others
  3. Jun
    Dawn AerospaceSeries B · NZ · Firms' own news pages$25MWith 18 others
  4. Feb
    HypercoreSeries A · IL · Ventureburn$14MWith 5 others
  5. Feb
    AppetiseSeries A · NZ · Startup Daily$7.0MWith 5 others
  6. 2025

    10 rounds

  7. Nov
    SorceroSeries B · US$43MWith 3 others
  8. Oct
    Curve BiosciencesSeries A · US$40MSole investor
  9. Oct
    Lula CommerceSeries A · US$8.0MWith 1 other
  10. Oct
    Swan BitcoinSeries C · US$30MWith 2 others
  11. Sept
    PuralinkSeed · AU$1.5MWith 2 others
  12. Aug
    BovonicVenture · NZUndisclosedWith 3 others
  13. May
    VXTVenture · NZ$2.5MWith 2 others
  14. Apr
    Aimer DevelopmentVenture · NZUndisclosedWith 3 others
  15. Mar
    Elo HealthVenture · US$3.5MWith 2 others
  16. Jan
    VessevVenture · NZ$3.3MWith 4 others
  17. 2024

    14 rounds

  18. Dec
    Zenno AstronauticsNZ · Nuance Connected CapitalUndisclosedWith 4 others
  19. Dec
    Marama LabsSeed · NZ$2.1MWith 4 others
  20. Nov
    KiwiFibreSeed · NZ$1.9MWith 3 others
  21. Oct
    EmergeSeries A · NZ · Startup Daily$7.3MWith 8 others
  22. Sept
    Lore MachinePre-seed · US$400KSole investor
  23. Sept
    StickybeakSeed · NZ$1.2MWith 3 others
  24. Sept
    Kara TechnologiesVenture · NZUndisclosedWith 4 others
  25. Jul
    Pyper VisionGrant · NZ$18KWith 3 others
  26. Jul
    chnnlGrant · NZ$7KWith 3 others
  27. Jun
    SmashingSeed · US$3.4MWith 2 others
  28. Jun
    Siren BiotechnologyVenture · USUndisclosedWith 4 others
  29. Jun
    HealthNowSeed · NZ$2.1MWith 3 others
  30. Feb
    UpstockSeed · US$2.1MWith 4 others
  31. Feb
    MirukuSeed · NZ$4.9MWith 3 others
  32. 2023

    9 rounds

  33. Oct
    HumataSeed · US$3.5MWith 2 others
  34. Oct
    SahhaSeed · AU$1.1MWith 3 others
  35. Aug
    Arcanum AIPre-seed · NZ$460KWith 3 others
  36. Aug
    MarkatoSeed · SG$5.0MWith 1 other
  37. Aug
    KikiSeed · US$6.0MWith 1 other
  38. Aug
    CarbonCropVenture · NZUndisclosedWith 3 others
  39. Jul
    SimfuniSeries A · NZ$1.8MWith 2 others
  40. Mar
    SafePre-seed · US$1.2MWith 1 other
  41. Feb
    Parrot AnalyticsVenture · USUndisclosedWith 4 others
  42. 2022

    6 rounds

  43. Sept
    Easy CryptoSeries A · NZ$10MWith 2 others
  44. Aug
    Zenno AstronauticsSeed · NZ · Nuance Connected Capital$6.4MWith 8 others
  45. Aug
    deckrobotVenture · USUndisclosedWith 2 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 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.

Who backs their funds

2 LPs on record in NZVC's funds

Funds
1

The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies.Source: fund news.

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

1 of 3 we have independently watched raise

VxtChristchurchNZNZ Herald

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 NZVC. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Recently backed

The latest companies NZVC put money into.

Quick answers about NZVC

What does NZVC invest in?

NZVC invests most often at Seed and Venture (63% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Deep Tech, Fintech and Health.

How active is NZVC?

46 investments on record, 5 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Aug 2026.

What has NZVC invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Vessev (Series A, Aug 2026), Dawn Aerospace (Series B, Jun 2026) and Hypercore (Series A, Feb 2026).

How big are NZVC's cheques?

The median round it joins is $3.5M.

Does NZVC lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 46 investments on record names it as the lead.

Where does NZVC invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in New Zealand (55%), the United States (35%) and Australia (5%).

Is NZVC investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 5 investments in the last 12 months.

Who does NZVC invest alongside?

Most often Icehouse Ventures (18 rounds together), Callaghan Innovation (13 rounds together) and Enterprise Angels (9 rounds together).

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