University of Auckland Inventors Fund

Total investments

6

Average round size

10M

Portfolio companies

6

Exits

1

Areas of investment
BiotechnologyArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningHealth CareVirtual RealityPharmaceuticalTherapeuticsTelecommunicationsOptical CommunicationTest and Measurement

Summary

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 participants. Despite the University of Auckland Inventors Fund, startups are often financed by Snowball Effect. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are New Zealand Venture Investment Fund, Tuhua Fund, Temasek Holdings. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Uniservices, NZVIF, K1W1.

We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Audio, Test and Measurement. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 1 and less years to get the investment from the fund. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Rain Therapeutics

The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The important activity for fund was in 2017. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
6
Lead investments
0
Exits
1
Investments by industry
  • Therapeutics (2)
  • Biotechnology (2)
  • Health Care (2)
  • Pharmaceutical (1)
  • Test and Measurement (1)
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Investments by region
  • New Zealand (5)
  • United States (1)
Peak activity year
2017

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Avg. startup age at the time of investment
8
Group Appearance index
1.00

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
RosterLab 17 Dec 2021 Health Care, Hospital Seed 345K Auckland, New Zealand, Auckland
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