Sparkbox Ventures

Investor type

Founded

2001

AUM

$200 M

Location

Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

$1-5 m

Investment Ticket

5-7 years

Investment Horizon

Seed, Series A

Investment Stage

Sale to strategic investor, IPO, M&A

Exit Strategy

Profile

Sparkbox Venture Group is New Zealand’s leading early stage investor and has been investing in New Zealand innovation companies since 2001. Our sector preference is Information technology, Mobile, Material science, Cleantech, Communications, Medical and diagnostic technology, Internet and the Cloud. Sparkbox Venture Group provides advisory services to help maximise value from New Zealand innovation. Follow us at www.sparkboxventures.com.

Industry

Education Edtech Fintech Food and Beverage Foodtech Healthcare Services Marketing and Advertising Robotics Security Software Transportation Energy Music Biotechnology Digital E-commerce/Marketplace Electronics Hardware Internet and Web Services IT Services SaaS Telecommunications

Region of investment

North America Europe Asia Australia and others

Sparkbox Ventures Funds

Name	Type	Industry	Stage	Region	Size	AUM	Launch date
GD1 Seed Programme	Venture Capital (VC)	Biotechnology Digital E-commerce/Marketplace Electronics Fintech Hardware	Seed	Australia and others	$5-10 m	$82 M	May 2022
GD1 Fund II	Venture Capital (VC)	Internet and Web Services IT Services Marketing and Advertising SaaS Software Telecommunications	Seed	Asia	$5-10 m	$60 M	June 2018