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Top 21 Innovation focused venture firms based in New Zealand

RevenueBase identified 42 innovation focused venture firms headquartered in New Zealand as of September 2026 and tracks 288 professional contacts across them, including 98 with verified work emails. Auckland is the largest hub.

This list covers innovation focused venture firms headquartered in New Zealand, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 20, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
42Companies
288Contacts tracked
98Verified emails
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The 21 largest innovation focused venture firms based in New Zealand

Ranked by team size
Top 21 of 42 innovation focused venture firms based in New Zealand, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to innovation focused venture firms: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceAuckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5027 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The investment partner behind world-class tech ventures.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2Partial evidencePalmerston North, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5025 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Sprout is New Zealand's leading startup accelerator and investor, igniting the next wave of technology and innovation in the food value chain.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3Partial evidenceAuckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-1017 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Ryft is a venture studio.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4Partial evidenceAuckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-1017 contacts →

Partial evidence

“NZVC is an early-stage venture firm and our sweet spot is pre-seed to series a, which we also see as the biggest capital gap in new zealand startup ecosystem.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5Indirect evidenceAuckland Central, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5013 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We help New Zealand founders and teams believe bigger.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6Strong evidenceTauranga, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-1013 contacts →

Strong evidence

“WNT Ventures is deeply invested in NZ breakthrough technology Our deep tech startup founders are passionate about solving global problems with innovative technologies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7Partial evidenceWellington, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-1012 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Our club of dedicated angel investors are champions of Kiwi innovation.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8Indirect evidenceTauranga, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-1011 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Enterprise Angels offers a unique model of early stage investing in New Zealand connecting early stage companies with business angels to maximise success.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9Partial evidenceNorth Island, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5010 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Edison Darby is an active venture studio specializing in growing internationally capable, technology enabled businesses.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10Partial evidenceAuckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-1010 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Altered Capital is a global venture capital and private equity firm dedicated to accelerating the growth of businesses with proven product-market fit.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11Partial evidenceAuckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-1010 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Outset Ventures is Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading deep-technology incubator and venture investor, built to support founders turning breakthrough science and engineering into…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
12Indirect evidenceDunedin, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-1010 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Startup Dunedin is at the epicenter of the local community of entrepreneurs, innovators and disruptors.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13Indirect evidenceAuckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-107 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are an early stage founder community first and foremost.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14Partial evidenceAuckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-106 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Tuhua was the name of Icehouse Ventures' first two seed funds.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15Strong evidenceAuckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-105 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Matū Group operates early-stage venture capital funds with a proven track record of successfully investing in and supporting innovative, IP-rich science, engineering and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
16Strong evidenceAuckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-103 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Flamingo is on a mission to cultivate innovative ventures with a positive impact.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
17Indirect evidenceAuckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-502 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Creativity has never been more important for success.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18Indirect evidenceAuckland City, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Investment”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
19Indirect evidenceAuckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Greenhouse Capital specialises in growing businesses with complex intellectual property, emerging technologies and cutting-edge scientific research.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
20Partial evidenceAuckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

“North is an innovation and business accelerant.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
21Partial evidenceAuckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

“TARGETED COMMERCIAL ADVISE & CAPITAL SERVICE Hole In One Ventures is a boutique advisory and venture capital firm that provides targeted commercial advice and venture funding to…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026

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Innovation focused venture firms based in New Zealand at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026
34.0%Verified-email coverage
6.9Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
54.8%Largest-city concentration · Auckland
Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
36
11-50
6

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for New Zealand, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for New Zealand, over 42 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among innovation focused venture firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in New Zealand whose own description of what they do matches “innovation focused venture firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names innovation focused venture firms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among innovation focused venture firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside New Zealand are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 98 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names innovation focused venture firms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many innovation focused venture firms are there based in New Zealand?

RevenueBase identified 42 innovation focused venture firms headquartered in New Zealand as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

MOVAC, headquartered in Auckland, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most innovation focused venture firms?

Auckland leads with 23 headquartered companies, followed by Christchurch (2) and Dunedin (2).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 98 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 42 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.