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Phase One Ventures

Filed with the SEC to raise a fund in May 2025, closing $1M. Last cheque observed Feb 2025.

AcceleratorQuietLast fund $1.2M, May 2025

Pre-seedEd-techEdutechFuture Of Learning

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 1 on record
Since the last cheque639days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$26MCheque size, as they say$25K – $100KRounds led0 of 1
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Phase One Ventures highlights

  1. 01

    1 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Series A: 100% of its rounds

What they do

Phase One is a founder community, growth incubator, and venture fund, partnering with New Zealand startups that obsess over their customers and want to change the world.From their own website
Type
Accelerator (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$25K – $100K as they say
Stages
Pre-seed
Sectors
Ed-techEdutechFuture Of Learning
Based in
Auckland, New Zealand
Cold pitches
Accepted

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first1 appearances

  1. 2025

    1 round

  2. Feb
    IvoSeries A · US · Startup Daily$26MWith 6 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.

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

9 of 16 we have independently watched raise

AquilaAuthsignalCotissIvoKikiKiwiFibreNextworkPolymathVXTContentedCropsyExtraordinary PayInjuryHubRingRadarRossOpsVenu

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.

Recently backed

The latest companies Phase One Ventures put money into.

Quick answers about Phase One Ventures

What does Phase One Ventures invest in?

Phase One Ventures invests most often at Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Ed-tech, Edutech and Future Of Learning.

How active is Phase One Ventures?

1 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Feb 2025.

What has Phase One Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Ivo (Series A, Feb 2025).

How big are Phase One Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $26M. It says it writes cheques of $25K to $100K.

Is Phase One Ventures investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Feb 2025.

What kind of investor is Phase One Ventures?

Phase One Ventures is an accelerator based in Auckland, New Zealand.

Has Phase One Ventures raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in May 2025, reporting $1.2M raised.

Does Phase One Ventures take cold pitches?

Yes: its own website says it reads unsolicited pitches.

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