| Date | Title | Description |
| 12.12.2022 | 2022 year in review | |
| 14.11.2022 | Elevate NZ Venture Capital Pulse Check | |
| 04.11.2022 | What is deep-tech and why do we invest in deep-tech companies? | There is no one answer to this. If you google the question or talk to anyone with an opinion on it, you will get a different answer. So instead of trying to be definitive on this, we will try and set out some of the questions we think about... |
| 12.09.2022 | Early Stage Investment Series - Raising Capital workshop | Raising capital in this environment - our 6th Early Stage Investment Series workshop co-hosted with AANZ. |
| 30.05.2022 | Elevate invests $30m into Blackbird NZ Fund 2 | - |
| 24.05.2022 | Empowering women entrepreneurs | Ranked second place (globally) in the Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs 2021, women in New Zealand continue to make firm strides in business, propelled by “supporting entrepreneurial conditions” (rank 1, score of 78.4) and “quality of... |
| 26.04.2022 | Elevate commits $15m into Hillfarrance | - |
| 12.04.2022 | Early Stage Investment Series - Building for growth workshop | Building for Growth - our 5th Early Stage Investment Series workshop co-hosted with AANZ. |
| 17.03.2022 | Kōrerorero #15 | |
| 21.02.2022 | Electrify Accelerator | The competitive programme is designed to accelerate the venture building process within a tight community focused on ensuring the best possible support and guidance. |
| 23.12.2021 | Kōrerorero #14 | |
| 23.12.2021 | Kōrerorero #14 | |
| 21.12.2021 | Kōrerorero #13 | Today we chat to Annabel about her startup experiences. The journey all started from her flat in Newtown, Wellington then to LA, California and now running a global team from Victoria, Canada. |
| 14.12.2021 | Kōrerorero #12 | Kieran Jina is a highly experienced life sciences professional and investor. He has multiple (seriously impressive) master degrees and if you want to know about deep tech - he is a key person to talk to in New Zealand
Kieran is a Partner at... |
| 26.10.2021 | Kōrerorero #11 | |
| 08.10.2021 | NZGCP Chief Executive appointed | Mr Everett has spent the past seven years as Chief Executive of the Financial Markets Authority (FMA). Mr Everett leaves the FMA at the end of October and will join NZGCP on 31 January 2022. |
| 27.09.2021 | Nuance fund receives $17m NZGCP commitment | New Zealand Growth Capital Partners (NZGCP) today announced a $17 million commitment by its Elevate Fund to Nuance Connected Capital, a new Auckland and Tauranga-based venture capital fund manager. |
| 18.08.2021 | GD1's Fund 3 first close raises $130M | New Zealand venture capital firm Global From Day 1 (GD1) has announced the first close of its Fund 3, over target at $130 million. GD1 Fund 3 is now looking to quickly accelerate toward its cap of $160m, giving additional investors an oppor... |
| 12.08.2021 | Careers | At NZGCP you’re not just an employee, you’re part of something bigger, and something great. We are in a period of change where we are focused on achieving greatness through collaboration. |
| 05.08.2021 | Kōrerorero #10 | |
| 25.07.2021 | Electrify Aotearoa | Hear stories of grit and Kiwi ingenuity from start-up founders (including Kathryn Topp from Yabble - an Aspire portfolio company), and learn from a series of masterclasses with top investors that will help you to level-up your start-up expe... |
| 23.07.2021 | Kōrerorero #9 | |
| 30.06.2021 | Elevate invests $45million into GD1 | GD1 was established in 2012. With Fund 3, it will continue to partner with ambitious founders and teams building the next generation of New Zealand origin B2B focussed technology companies that are going global. As with Fund 2, Fund 3 will ... |
| 14.06.2021 | Early Stage Investment Series - Government support workshop | Government Support, the third workshop of our early stage investment series co-hosted with AANZ. This is a half day morning event packed full of speakers who will highlight what channels of government support are available to you and your c... |
| 08.06.2021 | Kōrerorero #8 | Marcus Henderson joined NZGCP in April 2020 and is one of our Investment Directors.
Marcus's passion that drives him in his role?
With an analytical mind, he enjoys analysing business plans and making investment decisions. He loves the chal... |
| 07.06.2021 | YES Sponsorship | NZGCP are proud to sponsor YES (Young Enterprise); a charity which seeks to inspire and educate students around enterprise and financial capability. |
| 31.05.2021 | Techweek 2021 | |
| 30.05.2021 | A guide to capital raising for founders | |
| 28.05.2021 | The golden age of health-tech | Covid-19 has turned the world on its head, but it’s also sparked accelerated change in health-tech - and attracted a large amount of capital globally[1]. That mixed with an aging population, the need for personalised care, privacy, digitali... |
| 24.05.2021 | Building a balanced start-up team | Many investors identify the founding team as one of the main contributing factors to any start-up success. But, by the same token, a team that is reactively cobbled together can also lead the business to an early grave. |
| 10.05.2021 | Shining a light on regional tech innovation | By most standards, New Zealand is a small country, but when it comes to technology and innovation, we sure know how to pack a mega punch. These days, technology is our third largest export – with Kiwi-founded tech companies thriving on the ... |
| 10.05.2021 | Kōrerorero #7 | |
| 29.04.2021 | Kōrerorero #6 | |
| 23.04.2021 | Early Stage Investment Series - Portfolio Management workshop | We’re back with our early stage investment series co-hosted with AANZ. Portfolio Management is the second workshop of the series, a half day morning event to showcase how a well-structured and well-managed early-stage venture portfolio can ... |
| 13.04.2021 | Elevate invests $14 million into Finistere Aotearoa Fund | Elevate NZ Venture Fund is committing $14 million into the Finistere Aotearoa Fund which will target agri-tech companies needing Series A and B investment.
The Finistere Aotearoa Fund - a subsidiary of Silicon Valley venture capital fund ma... |
| 11.04.2021 | Kōrerorero #5 | ........................................................... |
| 06.04.2021 | Aspire Connect | We’re building a benefits network for our portfolio companies to access and share unique deals and opportunities you'll find nowhere else. |
| 29.03.2021 | Kōrerorero #4 | ........................................................... |
| 16.03.2021 | Velocity sponsorship | We're all about fostering Kiwi innovation and entrepreneurship .. and what better way to do so, than by sponsoring one of New Zealand's leading student development programmes; VELOCITY. |
| 09.03.2021 | Kōrerorero #3 | ........................................................... |
| 28.02.2021 | Kōrerorero #2 | ........................................................... |
| 19.02.2021 | Kōrerorero #1 | ........................................................... |
| 04.02.2021 | Early Stage Investment Series - Due Diligence workshop | **EVENT NOW SOLD OUT - STAY TUNED FOR OUR NEXT ONE** |
| 20.01.2021 | Four NZGCP Board members appointed | MBIE media release: |
| 19.01.2021 | James Fletcher appointed as Interim Chief Executive of New Zealand Growth Capital Partners | We are pleased to advise that James Fletcher has been appointed to the role of Interim Chief Executive of NZGCP on a fixed term contract for six months to 30 June 2021. |
| 24.11.2020 | Understanding investment areas | Aspire NZ Seed Fund is a generalist early-stage investment fund that invests in Kiwi start-up companies with a focus on the following four technology areas/sectors: |
| 12.10.2020 | Elevate invests $20m into $50m Pacific Channel VC fund | New Zealand Growth Capital Partners’ Elevate NZ Venture Fund has today announced a conditional $20m investment into a $50m fund managed by leading New Zealand deep-tech venture capital firm Pacific Channel. |
| 22.09.2020 | Elevate invests into $200m Movac Fund 5 | |
| 07.09.2020 | Elevate makes first investment: into the newly formed Blackbird NZ Fund | |
| 24.07.2020 | Kiwi start-up Aroa Biosurgery celebrate ASX listing milestone | Aroa Biosurgery (Aroa), a soft tissue regeneration company, commences trading today on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). After raising $45 million from investors, the IPO (initial public
offering) values Aroa at A$225 million under ... |
| 25.06.2020 | Aspire NZ Seed Fund is set to increase support for tech start-ups | The changes will help the Aspire fund to continue its focus on the long-term goal of developing a self-sustaining early stage capital investment market for New Zealand, says New Zealand Growth Capital Partners Investment Director Marcus Hen... |
| 22.06.2020 | Independent Strategic Advisor and Investment Committee member appointed to assist Elevate Fund | Ms Settle is a Los Angeles-based Partner at Greycroft Partners, a Board Member of the US National Venture Capital Association and is a Board observer or member of several US based start-ups. Ms Settle joins as an independent committee membe... |
| 22.04.2020 | Elevate Fund on track and appoints international VC experts to Investment Committee | The new independent members are Hong Kong-based Danny Lee, of Blue Pool Capital and previously Bain Capital Asia, and Silicon Valley-based Matt Ocko, of venture capital fund DCVC. |
| 22.11.2019 | Seed Co‐investment Fund investment cap raised | This decision was made after a thorough industry consultation process and was announced at the recent Angel Association conference in Christchurch, where Economic Development Minister Phil
Twyford confirmed that SCIF continues to play an es... |
| 02.10.2019 | Govt extends underwrite to start-up investor, NZVIF, to 2022 | The Crown's $100 million underwrite facility will be extended until 2018 and then reduced to $60 million until 2020, as returns to NZVIF from earlier investments become available for reinvestment. The move, along with a $470,000 increase in... |
| 28.08.2019 | Wide range of stakeholders to be consulted on new Venture Capital Fund | Legislation to establish the new fund was introduced to Parliament last week. The Bill will be supported by a policy statement setting out the definitions and policies for the new fund, which will be managed by the New Zealand Venture Inves... |
| 05.07.2019 | Investment boost for NZ’s early stage companies and venture capital market | NZVIF CEO Richard Dellabarca said the new fund aimed to attract private sector investors to the domestic VC market and help innovative, knowledge‐intensive businesses to grow. |
