# Oyster Funds: portfolio, investments and team

> Oyster Funds is a vc firm based in New Zealand. 2 investments on record, latest Feb 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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

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# Oyster Funds

Last cheque observed Feb 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet VC firm

Series A Series B Business Development

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 2 on record

Since the last cheque **2819** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$6.0M** Rounds led **0 of 2** Exits **1 from the portfolio**

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## Oyster Funds highlights

- 01 2 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series A and Series B: 100% of its rounds
- 03 1 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Sectors:** Business Development
- **Based in:** Auckland, New Zealand
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **2 appearances**

- **2019** 1 round
- **Feb** **[Crayon](https://millionrounds.com/company/crayon)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$6.0M** With 3 others
- **2005** 1 round
- **May** **[Arantech](https://millionrounds.com/company/arantech)** Series B · IE · lightreading.com **$10M** With 4 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.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **1 in all**

**[Arantech](https://millionrounds.com/company/arantech)** Bought by Tektronix Communications **Undisclosed** Apr 2009

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

## The cheque

Series A Series B

Median round joined **$6.0M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 2 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Feb 2019
- **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A *1*
- Series B *1*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2005 2019

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## Recently backed

The latest companies Oyster Funds put money into.

[**Crayon** $6.0M · Feb 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/crayon)

## Quick answers about Oyster Funds

### What does Oyster Funds invest in?

Oyster Funds invests most often at Series A and Series B (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Business Development.

### How active is Oyster Funds?

2 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Feb 2019.

### What has Oyster Funds invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Crayon (Series A, Feb 2019).

### How big are Oyster Funds's cheques?

The median round it joins is $6.0M.

### Is Oyster Funds investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Feb 2019.

### What kind of investor is Oyster Funds?

Oyster Funds is a VC firm based in Auckland, New Zealand.

### When was Oyster Funds founded?

Oyster Funds was founded in 2011.

### Where does this information on Oyster Funds come from?

From 2 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night.

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