Icehouse Ventures
VC
2003
$500 M
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Investment Ticket
Investment Horizon
Investment Stage
Exit Strategy
Profile
Icehouse Ventures exists to back the bravest Kiwi founders, launching global companies from New Zealand. One start-up can define a generation. Our mission is to back them. Icehouse Ventures’ began with the formation of Ice Angels, NZ’s first angel network, in 2003. A small group of passionate investors saw the opportunity to band together to support Kiwi innovators to take on the world. Over the next decade this grew into NZ’s most active angel network. In 2013, we raised our first fund. Subsequently we’ve scaled to an early stage venture firm with $380m invested. We still have a highly active co-investor network of more than 2000 investors and operate a suite of funds with different portfolio strategies. We believe New Zealand founders build world-class companies and create significant value as an asset class. In 2019 we attracted Simplicity Kiwisaver, Jarden, and Sir Stephen Tindall's K1W1 to join us as shareholders. They invested in our growth to transform New Zealand’s future by backing the bravest founders for decades to come.
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Icehouse Ventures Funds
| Name | Type |
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Size | AUM | Launch date |
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Growth Fund 1
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Venture Capital (VC)
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Aerospace
Agriculture
Biotechnology
Business Services (B2B)
Consumer Services (B2C)
Digital
Financial Services
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Series A
Series B
Late Stage (Series C+)
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Australia and others
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$5-10 m
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$68 M
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October 2021
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ArcAngels Fund II
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Venture Capital (VC)
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Biotechnology
Business Services (B2B)
Consumer Products
Consumer Services (B2C)
Digital
Edtech
E-commerce/Marketplace
Fintech
Food and Beverage
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Pre-seed
Seed
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Australia and others
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$5-10 m
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$6 M
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April 2022
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