# Outset Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Outset Ventures is a vc firm based in New Zealand. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/outset-ventures (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Outset Ventures

No observed cheques in the sources we track. That is a limit of our coverage, not a finding about this organisation.

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VC firm Unknown New fund $23M, May 2025

Pre-seed Seed Series A Deep Tech

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Cheques on record

**No rounds observed yet** A limit of the sources we read, not a finding about the firm.

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## What they do

> Outset Ventures combines specialised laboratory space, a deep tech venture fund, and a curated community of founders From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A
- **Sectors:** Deep Tech
- **Based in:** Parnell, New Zealand
- **Cold pitches:** Accepted

## The record

No rounds observed yet. That is a limit of the sources we read, not a finding about the firm. If it has invested, a round will put it here. [Know a round it was in? Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=outset-ventures).

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**2** of 26 we have independently watched raise

[Cover_Kwetta](https://millionrounds.com/company/kwetta)[Cover_Wellumio](https://millionrounds.com/company/wellumio) Cover_Aplenty Cover_Aquila Cover_AspiringMaterials Cover_Astrix Cover_Atomic Cover_Basis Cover_Ceryx Cover_DaisyLab Cover_Dennisson-1 Cover_Eleviate Cover_EnergyBank Cover_FoundryLab Cover_HeartLab Cover_Klona Cover_NxW Cover_OpenStar Cover_PyperVision Cover_Reactory Cover_RespirAq Cover_Ternary Cover_Toku Cover_Vertus Cover_Zenno-1 Cover_Zethos

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.

New fund on file

**$23M**

raised in May 2025

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

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## Quick answers about Outset Ventures

### What does Outset Ventures invest in?

Outset Ventures says it invests in Deep Tech.

### Is Outset Ventures investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months.

### What kind of investor is Outset Ventures?

Outset Ventures is a VC firm based in Parnell, New Zealand.

### Has Outset Ventures raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in May 2025, reporting $23M raised.

### Does Outset Ventures take cold pitches?

Yes: its own website says it reads unsolicited pitches.

### Where does this information on Outset Ventures come from?

From public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night.

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