About New Zealand Growth Capital Partners
New Zealand Growth Capital Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 2002. It is primarily based out of Auckland, New Zealand. As of Dec 2024, New Zealand Growth Capital Partners has invested in 267 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in New Zealand based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Life Sciences. Most recently it led the $2M Seed round of Scannable along with Hillfarrance.
Overall, New Zealand Growth Capital Partners portfolio has seen 5 IPOs and 41 acquisitions including key companies like Xero, Tradify and Vend. A lot of funds co-invest with New Zealand Growth Capital Partners, with names like Enterprise Angels sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
New Zealand Growth Capital Partners has team of 21 people including 2 partners.
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New Zealand Growth Capital Partners' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
New Zealand Growth Capital Partners has invested in 267 companies over the last 16 years, with an average of 5 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2024, it made 2 investments. Its most recent first time investment was in MaramaLabs and most recent follow-on round was in MaramaLabs.
Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1stÌý¸é´Ç³Ü²Ô»å | Follow-on | Total | |
2025 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2023 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2022 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
2021 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2019 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
2018 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
2017 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
2016 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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New Zealand Growth Capital Partners' Investment Trends by Stage
New Zealand Growth Capital Partners has made 40 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.48M, 20 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $6.66M and 2 investments in Angel stage with an average round size of $458K.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 40 |
Series A | 20 |
Angel | 2 |
Post IPO | 2 |
Series B | 1 |
Others | 1 |
New Zealand Growth Capital Partners' Investment Trends by Sector
New Zealand Growth Capital Partners has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Life Sciences, Vertical SaaS and FinTech. Notably, it has invested in 197 Tech companies, 174 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 66 Software companies and at least 64 companies focusing on Saas.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 21 |
High Tech | 17 |
Life Sciences | 12 |
Vertical SaaS | 8 |
FinTech | 6 |
Others | 63 |
New Zealand Growth Capital Partners' Investment Trends by Geography
New Zealand Growth Capital Partners has made most investments in New Zealand (186), followed by United States where it has made 35 investments.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
New Zealand | 49 |
United States | 13 |
United Kingdom | 2 |
Canada | 1 |
Singapore | 1 |
New Zealand Growth Capital Partners' recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by New Zealand Growth Capital Partners:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 19, 2024 | New Zealand | Seed | $2.09M | The Yield Lab [+4] | |
Jan 22, 2024 | New Zealand | Seed | $1.91M | The Yield Lab [+5] | |
Feb 23, 2023 | New Zealand | Seed | $3.74M | Pacific Channel [+3] | |
Feb 23, 2023 | New Zealand | Series A | $17M | Novo Holdings [+6] | |
Feb 13, 2023 | New Zealand | Seed | $750K | [+2] |
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Here are New Zealand Growth Capital Partners' portfolio companies that went public:
Acquired companies in New Zealand Growth Capital Partners' Portfolio
Here are New Zealand Growth Capital Partners' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Mar 10, 2025 | Jan 14, 2018 | Series A | $3M |
Dec 16, 2024 | - | - | - | |
Oct 01, 2024 | - | - | - | |
Aug 06, 2024 | Sep 08, 2021 | Seed | $2.15M | |
 | Jul 16, 2024 | - | - | - |
Team profile of New Zealand Growth Capital Partners
New Zealand Growth Capital Partners has a team of 21 membersÌýincluding 2 Partners and 4 PrincipalsÌýlocated in New Zealand, United States and . New Zealand Growth Capital Partners' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in New Zealand Growth Capital Partners:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact details |
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Partner | New Zealand | - | ||
Partner | Wellington | - | ||
Principal | New Zealand | - | - | |
Principal | Auckland | - | ||
Principal | Wellington | - | - | |
Principal | New Zealand | - | ||
Associate | Auckland | - | ||
Associate | Hong Kong | - | ||
Associate | Palo Alto | - | ||
Associate | Los Angeles | - | ||
Associate | Auckland | - |
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Over the past 16 years, 257 investors have co-invested in New Zealand Growth Capital Partners's portfolio companies.
- Invested before New Zealand Growth Capital Partners:Ìý, WNT Ventures and 49 others have invested in rounds before New Zealand Growth Capital Partners. There are 2 companies where Callaghan Innovation has invested before New Zealand Growth Capital Partners and 2 companies where WNT Ventures has invested before New Zealand Growth Capital Partners.
- Top Co-investors of New Zealand Growth Capital Partners:Ìý98 investors entered a company along with New Zealand Growth Capital Partners. These include investors like Enterprise Angels (11 companies).
- Invested after New Zealand Growth Capital Partners:ÌýA total of 108 investors have invested in New Zealand Growth Capital Partners's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Icehouse Ventures (5 companies), Pacific Channel (2 companies) and NZVC (2 companies).
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