VC firm
NZVC
Also known as NZVC LP
- Investor type
- VC
- Investing status
- Activeas of 2026-09-18Source (opens in a new tab)
- Headquarters
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Founded
- 2021
- Latest fund size
- $9MSEC amount sold, as of 2022-06-29Source (opens in a new tab)
- Funds
- 1
- Check size
- An initial check of NZ$100,000 to NZ$400,000, with follow-on of NZ$300,000 to NZ$700,000 in the companies that are working.Source (opens in a new tab)
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About
NZVC is an early-stage venture capital firm in Auckland. It is New Zealand's first venture fund run by operators.
Investment approach
- Thesis
- We back the person before the plan. The founders we want have lived the problem, iterate fast, and are the best in the world at the one thing their company must get right. We rank resourcefulness above credentials, and we invest before there is traction.Source (opens in a new tab)
- Reserves policy
- with follow-on of NZ$300,000 to NZ$700,000 in the companies that are working.
- Eligibility
- Most of what we back starts in New Zealand or Australia. We also invest elsewhere when a partner has direct conviction and the company is building for a global market from the start.
- Traction requirement
- We invest before there is traction.
- Investing status notes
- We write the first institutional check into companies started in New Zealand and Australia.
Funds
- NZVC LP
- $9MVintage 2021, Main fund, SEC amount sold
SEC registration
- SEC CIK
- 1870241
Locations
- Headquarters
- Auckland, Niger
- Office
- San Francisco
- Office
- Sydney
Programs
- Event series
- Portfolio Day 2026 (opens in a new tab)Portfolio Day is the one day a year we put the whole portfolio in one room.
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