Funding announcement
Seven ANZ startups that raised $111.5 million this week
Roundup of seven raises across the Tasman spanning fintech, marine tech, agtech, defence and AI, plus a first close for an ACT venture fund.
Venture capital fund · 2 deals
NZVC
Auckland
Disclosed deals
Every published round NZVC took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.
| Company | Stage | Announced | Amount | Role | Alongside | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appetise | Series A | 20 Feb 2026 | $7m | Participant | Startup Daily, SmartCompany, Ten13, Forbes Australia, OIF Ventures portfolio, Ten13 portfolio | |
| Puralink | Pre-seed | 18 Sep 2025 | $2.3m | Participant | Forbes Australia (Mon 1 Dec 2025), Startup Daily, SmartCompany, Forbes Australia (Wed 17 Sep 2025), Side Stage Ventures portfolio |
Portfolio
Companies NZVC has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
Funds
Investors in these funds
Investors that coverage says has money in a fund NZVC runs. This is a stake in the fund, not in any company the fund has backed.
Portfolio companies acquired
Companies NZVC has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal NZVC did.
People
Coverage
Stories naming NZVC. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
9 deals
24 Aussie startups that raised $91 million this week
Roundup of the week's Australian startup funding: fresh raises for five companies, Startmate's Summer '26 accelerator intake of 19 startups, and Affinda's acquisition of Pathfindr.
Also Startup Daily
Series A
$7m
Our Investment in Appetise - Building the Intelligence Layer for FMCG Marketers
Ten13's post sets out its reasons for backing Appetise's A$7 million Series A with OIF, Icehouse, NZVC and K1W1, highlighting the grocery platform's shopper dataset and growth.
Unnamed stage
US$15m
NZVC will back up to 60 ANZ founders with its new $50 million Fund II
Auckland venture firm NZVC plans a second fund backing 50-60 Australia-NZ founders and has already invested in an Australian robotics startup and two New Zealand companies.
3 deals
Puralink dredges up $2.3m seed round for autonomous pipe robot
Sydney robotics startup Puralink has raised $2.3m in seed capital, with Peak XV leading and several local funds and angels joining, to commercialise its leak-detecting robot for pipes.
Unnamed stage
$2.8m
RocketLab's Peter Beck backs Kiwi audio startup in NZ$3 million raise
New Zealand microphone startup Dotterel Technologies raised NZ$3 million (A$2.8m) led by Icehouse Ventures, with Peter Beck, K1W1, NZVC and private investors backing production and expansion of its long-distance Konos microphone.
17 deals
Ignition Lane's Weekly Wrap: Super-fast unicorn, VC funding boom, put another founder on a Barbie
Ignition Lane's weekly roundup: Zip's deal for Sezzle, Zeller's unicorn raise, several Australian funding rounds, Startmate backing Provvy, a space manufacturing grant, NZVC's first close, and tech's response to Russia.