Seed

Seed stage funding

Investment Stage16 Opportunities
Booster logo

Early-stage NZ tech and innovation startups commercializing IP globally. Biotech, materials science, data analytics. Listed PIE on NZX with tax advantages. 15-year investment horizon.

Target Return

10% Target vs NZX50

Min Investment

NZD $1K

Term

15+ years

Risk: HighSeed
GD1 logo

Building on Fund 3 upper quartile global performance, Pre-Seed through Series B investing

Target Return

20% IRR

Min Investment

NZD $100K

Term

10+ years

AIP EligibleWholesale OnlyRisk: HighSeed
Icehouse Ventures logo

20-40 of NZ's leading impact seed stage technology companies amplifying global sustainability

Target Return

20-30% IRR

Min Investment

NZD $50K

Term

10+ years

AIP EligibleWholesale OnlyRisk: HighSeed
Bridgewest Group logo

Deep-tech incubation fund in life sciences, medtech, cleantech, AI, and advanced sensors

Target Return

25% IRR

Min Investment

NZD $100K

Term

10+ years

AIP EligibleWholesale OnlyRisk: HighSeed
Ecliptic Venture Capital logo

Hands-on active management at Seed and Series A filling critical capital and capability gaps

Target Return

20% IRR

Min Investment

NZD $100K

Term

10+ years

AIP EligibleWholesale OnlyRisk: HighSeed
Maūi Toa logo

Māori owned and led fund leveraging Māori economy to invest in globally scalable technology

Target Return

20% IRR

Min Investment

NZD $100K

Term

10+ years

AIP EligibleWholesale OnlyRisk: HighSeed
Motion Capital logo

Early-stage climate-tech companies with global commercial potential. $15m committed

Target Return

20% IRR

Min Investment

NZD $100K

Term

10+ years

AIP EligibleWholesale OnlyRisk: HighSeed
Point16 logo

Partnership between Point16 and Icehouse Ventures investing in next generation financial innovation

Target Return

20% IRR

Min Investment

NZD $100K

Term

10+ years

AIP EligibleWholesale OnlyRisk: HighSeed
GD1 logo

$150M generalist fund investing in NZ-originated early-stage technology companies with global aspirations

Target Return

20% IRR

Min Investment

NZD $100K

Term

10+ years

AIP EligibleWholesale OnlyRisk: HighSeed
Pacific Channel logo

One of NZ's largest deep-tech VCs empowering people solving hard problems in healthcare, food, environment

Target Return

20% IRR

Min Investment

NZD $100K

Term

10+ years

AIP EligibleWholesale OnlyRisk: HighSeed
Quidnet Ventures logo

Top-quartile deep tech ventures born from NZ science built for global impact. Led by Silicon Valley veteran

Target Return

25% IRR

Min Investment

NZD $100K

Term

10+ years

AIP EligibleWholesale OnlyRisk: HighSeed
WNT Ventures logo

$35m Seed to Series A deep tech specialist with proven top quartile performance backed by realisations

Target Return

25% IRR

Min Investment

NZD $100K

Term

10+ years

AIP EligibleWholesale OnlyRisk: HighSeed
Matū Karihi logo

Specialist early-stage fund for companies spinning out from R&D in NZ science and technology sector

Target Return

20% IRR

Min Investment

NZD $100K

Term

10+ years

AIP EligibleWholesale OnlyRisk: HighSeed
Icehouse Ventures logo

~30 of NZ's leading high-growth technology companies at pre-seed to pre-Series A stages

Target Return

20-30% IRR

Min Investment

NZD $50K

Term

10+ years

AIP EligibleWholesale OnlyRisk: HighSeed
NZVC logo

Building on breakout success of Fund 1 (top 5% globally). Investing at 50% lower valuations than US

Target Return

25% IRR

Min Investment

NZD $100K

Term

10+ years

AIP EligibleWholesale OnlyRisk: HighSeed
Icehouse Ventures logo

Fourth vintage of New Zealand's most active early-stage venture fund backing brave Kiwi founders

Target Return

15-25% IRR

Min Investment

NZD $50K

Term

10+ years

AIP EligibleWholesale OnlyRisk: HighSeed