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K1W1

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Total investments 70
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$14M
Portfolio companies 51
Rounds per year 5.83
Lead investments 4
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.27
Exits 3
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Electronics
  • Industrial Manufacturing
  • SaaS
  • Aerospace
Summary

The venture was found in Australia. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Auckland.

Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. The important activity for fund was in 2018. The typical startup value when the investment from K1W1 is 100-500 millions dollars. Opposing the other organizations, this K1W1 works on 25 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 12 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as SaaS, Enterprise Software. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - New Zealand. The fund has exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Rocket Lab, Flossie, Surgical Design Studios

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the K1W1, startups are often financed by Khosla Ventures, New Zealand Venture Investment Fund, Enterprise Angels. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are New Zealand Venture Investment Fund, Tuhua Fund, Khosla Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Khosla Ventures, Promus Ventures, Finistere Ventures.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Emerge

Finance
Financial Services
13 Oct 2024 Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Mushroom Material

Advanced Materials
CleanTech
Manufacturing
Packaging Services
Sustainability
$5M07 Aug 2024 Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Lodestone Energy

$37M29 Feb 2024 Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand

OpenStar Technologies

Energy
Environmental Engineering
Renewable Energy
$6M08 Aug 2023 Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Daisy Lab

Biotechnology
Product Research
03 Mar 2023 Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Mint Innovation

Biotechnology
$41M28 Feb 2023 Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Aquafortus

Consulting
Environmental Consulting
Professional Services
$17M23 Feb 2023 Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Fabrum

Electronics
Manufacturing
Product Design
$23M07 Feb 2023 -

SafeStack Academy

Cyber Security
Developer Tools
E-Learning
Education
Training
$2M05 Dec 2022 Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
News
Litmaps Raises $1M in Seed Funding

– Litmaps from Wellington NZ develops a research software platform.
– The company raised $1M in seed funding.
– The round was led by Icehouse Ventures and attracted new investor – Quidnet Ventures as well as Angel HQ, K1W1, Exponential Founders Fund, and several strategic independent angel investors.
– The new investment will be aimed at accelerating the company’s international adoption.

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Total investments 70
Average round size 14M
Rounds per year 5.83
Peak activity year 2022
Lead investments 4
Follow on index 0.27
Exits 3
Group Appearance index 0.91

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Emerge

Finance
Financial Services
13 Oct 2024 Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Mushroom Material

Advanced Materials
CleanTech
Manufacturing
Packaging Services
Sustainability
$5M07 Aug 2024 Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Lodestone Energy

$37M29 Feb 2024 Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand

OpenStar Technologies

Energy
Environmental Engineering
Renewable Energy
$6M08 Aug 2023 Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Daisy Lab

Biotechnology
Product Research
03 Mar 2023 Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Mint Innovation

Biotechnology
$41M28 Feb 2023 Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Aquafortus

Consulting
Environmental Consulting
Professional Services
$17M23 Feb 2023 Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Fabrum

Electronics
Manufacturing
Product Design
$23M07 Feb 2023 -

SafeStack Academy

Cyber Security
Developer Tools
E-Learning
Education
Training
$2M05 Dec 2022 Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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