| Date | Title | Description |
| 11.10.2022 | Mike Bennetts: why invest in venture capital – and Punakaiki... |
We asked Punakaiki Fund chair Mike Bennetts why he’s been involved in venture capital and what’s i... |
| 10.10.2022 | USA puts out welcome mat for Kiwi tech. Let’s go, says Nadin... | I have just finished an incredible trip to New York, Denver and Austin with the NZ VC community faci... |
| 30.09.2022 | Five reasons to invest in our wholesale offer (if you’re a w... | We’re proud to invite wholesale investors to invest in Punakaiki Fund through this year’s Wholesale ... |
| 29.09.2022 | Ben Kay, 2040’s first CFO: remarkably even-handed |
Ben Kay, 2040 Ventures newly appointed CFO, has a rather unique skill.
“I consider myself a reaso... |
| 28.09.2022 | Meet Tracey Jones: bach, boating and building resilience |
Tracey Jones says her life is “a potpourri of things that equate to a full-time job” and as chair ... |
| 22.07.2022 | Quantifi Photonics scores Intel investment, valuing company ... |
Punakaiki Fund is thrilled with this morning’s news that Quantifi Photonics has raised $25 million... |
| 10.06.2022 | Uphill battle. Downhill success. Introducing Nigel Scott |
Interview: Nigel Scott. For Nigel Scott, the uphill climb has more appeal more than the downhill r... |
| 11.05.2022 | Bottom line for sanity: why Couchdrop is taking the road les... | The usual track for start-up glory is not for Michael Lawson. The CEO of Couchdrop is as ambitious a... |
| 04.05.2022 | Punakaiki Fund leads $3.5 million funding round in Projectwo... | Following our investment in Christchurch’s Couchdrop back in March, we are delighted to announce ano... |
| 29.03.2022 | Candace Kinser: start-ups, leaps of faith and the thrill of ... |
Candace Kinser has been riding horses competitively for years – showjumping, dressage and more r... |
| 29.03.2022 | Candace Kinser: start-ups, leaps of faith and the thrill of ... | In the next weeks, we’re profiling our new board members. First up, Candice Kinser.
Candace Kin... |
| 24.03.2022 | Couchdrop secures investment from Punakaiki Fund for global ... |
Another week, another investment.
We’re very pleased to announce we’ve taken a 17.9% stake in C... |
| 28.02.2022 | A classic in the making: the Moxion story |
For a brief moment (four months to be exact), Punakaiki Fund was a significant shareholder in Moxi... |
| 23.02.2022 | VCs back Electrify Accelerator to boost women-led start ups | We are thrilled to be supporting the launch of the Electrify Accelerator by Ministry of Awesome.
El... |
| 18.02.2022 | Three new board members, gearing up for IPO | - |
| 11.02.2022 | Capital injection fuels Formus Labs for US launch | Last week we were chuffed to be welcomed as a new investor in orthopaedic technology company Formus ... |
| 20.01.2022 | Autodesk acquires Moxion: secures exit for Punakaiki Fund | Here at Punakaiki Fund we always invest with a very long-term perspective. So when we invested into ... |
| 14.12.2021 | Retail round closes over $5m, our highest yet(ish) | We are very happy to report that we raised a smidgeon over $5 million from 256 investors at the clos... |
| 26.11.2021 | 2021 retail launch kicks off, could be last – watch our vide... | Punakaiki Fund hit the streets mid-November with a Retail Offer, which could be the last before we c... |
| 26.11.2021 | Conqa saddles up for post-Covid ride and sets an eye on the ... | The Covid-19 pandemic has proven a game of two halves for Conqa. The construction software company w... |
| 26.11.2021 | New look for the fund, new name for our manager | You may have noticed that we’ve rebranded. Why, thank you. The new look is the result of several mon... |
| 26.11.2021 | Punakaiki takes stake in Whip Around for US expansion | Punakaiki Fund invested $3.5 million in WhipAround, the USA’s industry leader in driver inspections,... |
| 01.10.2021 | PFL results defy Covid gloom: fund hits $74m | For the second year in a row Punakaiki Fund chair Mike Bennetts last week beamed into shareholders s... |
| 01.09.2021 | Punakaiki welcomes Moxion to the family |
Back in May Moxion won the Start-up Company at the 2021 HiTech Awards, the award we sponsored for ... |
| 11.08.2021 | Right team, right tech, right time: the Quantifi Photonics s... | Some products do what’s on the box. Quantifi Photonics does exactly what you think: it counts photon... |
| 09.07.2021 | Punakaiki leads $15m Series B round for Quantifi Photonics | We are very happy to share the news that we have invested $5 million into Quantifi Photonics, leadin... |
| 01.07.2021 | Climate VC Fund wins ‘highly commended’ award for climate ac... | The streamers have yet to be unwrapped for the launch party, but the Climate VC Fund has already won... |
| 18.06.2021 | Action at a distance: Mobi2Go hits its mojo through lockdown... |
You might be forgiven for thinking that the hard-scrabble hospitality sector would be dragging its... |
| 09.06.2021 | Workplace wellbeing is driving training spend: Anya Anderson... | The pandemic is boosting interest in workplace health and wellbeing, says RedSeed’s CEO Anya Anderso... |
| 26.05.2021 | RedSeed expands customer base with acquisition of Kiwihost | RedSeed, the online training company with over 100,000 users, has just expanded its customer base wi... |
| 13.05.2021 | Get Home Safe cracks 10,000 customers; opens London office w... | London’s calling for Sophie Cranfield, newly minted UK lead for GetHomeSafe. The Key Accounts and Pa... |
| 11.05.2021 | Kurt and Paul’s excellent adventure: the story of Orah | The journey to entrepreneurial success rarely follows a straight line. It’s almost always a series o... |
| 04.05.2021 | From Raglan with love: Blake Richardson on investing in biod... | Punakaiki Fund board member Blake Richardson lives in Raglan with his young family, a clutch of chic... |
| 22.04.2021 | Run Weirdly! Run! Weirdly experiences 2021 recruitment tailw... | - |
| 07.04.2021 | Melon Health wins early and often in 2021 | Melon Health has booked three wins in 2021. And it’s only April. In the second of our Founders’ Seri... |
| 12.03.2021 | Sale of Vend for US$350 Million | Today Lightspeed announced that it will acquire Vend for US$350 million ($485m in NZD at Friday’s ex... |
| 04.03.2021 | From Te Anau to the world: the Get Home Safe story | Chris Humphreys, director of LWCM, takes us on a journey from the deep south to the world and back w... |
| 03.03.2021 | Riding the optical wave: Quantifi Photonics’ big year ahead... |
In the first of an ongoing series we chat to our founders to hear what’s on their agenda for 2021 ... |
| 03.03.2021 | Devoli shines in Contact Energy interim reporting | Contact Energy posted a wicked result for Punakaiki investee company Devoli in its interim result. A... |
| 12.02.2021 | Investment trends in 2021: Power grabs and new ways to work | - |
| 09.02.2021 | Punakaiki makes two new investments | It’s a sunny start to the year in Aotearoa – and also here at Punakaiki Fund. We are very happy to a... |
| 17.12.2020 | Punakaiki Rocks! (or 140.9m reasons to invest in our offer) | Punakaiki does indeed rock. We could have chosen 140.9 million reasons why but that would be too eas... |
| 16.12.2020 | What we like to invest in (hint: it’s people) | People often ask us, how do we choose our investments. It’s a good question and we’re pretty open ab... |
| 16.12.2020 | Punakaiki Fund to Sponsor Hi-Tech Awards | Great news! Punakaiki Fund, New Zealand’s premier venture capital tech fund, is proud to announce it... |
| 14.12.2020 | Quarterly Report shows revenue growth despite COVID-19 | Despite the effects of COVID-19, our portfolio companies’ revenues have largely recovered, or improv... |
| 14.12.2020 | Chris’s Ramblings: Core Schedule’s medical adventure | Every quarter our principal Chris Humphreys does a deep dive into the back story of one of our found... |
| 09.12.2020 | On the road with our 2020 Retail Offer | In the past week we’ve hit the road with our Retail Offer, launching in Auckland and then zooming ar... |
| 24.08.2020 | Sale of Everedge Shares | We are happy to report that we have exited our equity investment in EverEdgeIP Global Limited (Evere... |
| 06.08.2020 | 2020 Annual Report & June 2020 Quarterly Report | 1: Annual Report
I am very happy to present the 2020 Annual Report for Punakaiki Fund Limited, comp... |
| 19.12.2019 | 2019 Offer Results, Interim Accounts & Quarterly Report | 1: Interim Accounts
We have just published our September 2019 Interim Accounts. These are the resul... |
| 02.10.2019 | LWCM Submission on the Venture Capital Bill | The New Zealand Government has previously announced its intent to create a $300 million venture capi... |
| 02.08.2019 | Punakaiki Fund Releases 2019 Annual Report | We have now released our March 31, 2019 annual report.
Top financial highlights are:
– Asset value... |
| 15.07.2019 | Tightening our Mandate | Investment Mandate
At our launch 5 years ago Punakaiki Fund had a broad mandate, able to invest in ... |
| 12.03.2019 | December 2018 Quarterly Report | We have generally kept Punakaiki Fund company news for investors only, but will now be publishing mo... |
| 12.03.2019 | Mobi2Go Accepts $5m Investment | Mobi2Go Accepts Investment
We are pleased to announce that Punakaiki Fund portfolio company Mobi2Go... |
| 23.01.2019 | 2018 Retail Offer Results, Share Trading and new Wholesale O... | Retail offer closed in November 2018
Welcome to 158 new investors, and many thanks to all 321 inves... |
| 12.11.2018 | New iNAV, Melon Health investment, and venues for Wellington... | As we count down to closing the October 2018 Retail Offer we bring you three pieces of news:
1: Our... |
| 11.10.2018 | Punakaiki Fund 2018 Retail Offer: Launch Event | Punakaiki Fund Limited makes long-term investments into high-growth New Zealand companies, and has a... |
| 20.02.2018 | Punakaiki Fund September 2017 Interim Accounts | We have released our September 2017 interim accounts, which are the half-year financial snapshot. Th... |
| 18.12.2017 | New Investment: Coherent Solutions | We are very happy to publicly announce our investment into Coherent Solutions.
Coherent Solutions b... |
| 08.12.2017 | December 2017 Offer Now Live | Punakaiki Fund’s regulated offer to New Zealand investors for December 2017 is now open, and will cl... |
| 23.10.2017 | Linewize Sells to ASX Listed Family Zone | We are delighted to announce the sale of Linewize to Family Zone Limited (FZO.AX). Family Zone have ... |
| 01.08.2017 | 2017 Annual Report | We are very happy to present our 2017 Annual Report, complete with audited accounts.
2017 Annual Re... |
| 19.12.2016 | Punakaiki Fund Exceeds Expectations from 2015 Crowdfunding O... | A press release from Punakaiki Fund. Punakaiki Fund Limited is raising capital through a Product Dis... |
| 02.11.2016 | NZ Retail and Australian Wholesale Offers | We have upgraded the Punakaiki Fund website to reflect the content of our two offers.
The New Zeala... |
| 27.09.2016 | Punakaiki Fund proposed offer to retail investors | Punakaiki Fund Limited is investigating making an offer to retail investors in New Zealand, through ... |
| 25.09.2016 | Punakaiki Fund 2016 AGM and September Roadshow | We held our Annual General Meeting for Punakaiki Fund on Thursday last week, with over 70 people att... |
| 04.07.2016 | Punakaiki Fund invests in NZ Artesian Water | We’ve seen plenty of headlines recently about offshore companies bottling our water and making fortu... |
| 04.07.2016 | Punakaiki Fund invests in Linewize | Managing Internet access is hard — do you allow staff or your family to view the unfiltered internet... |
| 24.05.2016 | Punakaiki Fund invests in Populate | One of our core motivations at Punakaiki Fund is being able to help and watch companies create a lar... |
| 25.01.2016 | Mindfull Group and Melon Health | At the end of last year we invested into Mindfull Group, and Punakaiki Fund now holds 20% of the sha... |
| 23.12.2015 | New Investment in Raygun & December 2015 Offer Extended | Solid progress continues
We have now received over $1 million in applications for the the December ... |
| 14.12.2015 | New offer for exempt investors | We’ve just launched a new wholesale offer to investors for Punakaiki Fund. It’s available only to Ex... |
| 24.11.2015 | Mike Bennetts Elected Chair of the Board | The directors have elected Mike Bennetts as Chair of Punakaiki Fund. Mike brings considerable govern... |
| 03.11.2015 | New Investment: Mobi2go | We are very happy to announce our latest investment — Mobi2go, where we have invested up to $1 milli... |
| 14.10.2015 | Punakaiki Fund adds three new directors | Punakaiki Fund press release today, marking the beginning of a new era for the fund. Chris Humphreys... |
| 19.08.2015 | New Investment: Vend | The Vend investment was announced today. The deal terms were as described in the shareholder vote ma... |
| 25.06.2015 | EverEdgeIP | Last night we signed and today we are announcing a new investment: EverEdgeIP Global.
CEO Paul Adam... |
| 12.06.2015 | Crowdfunding now live: Invest in Punakaiki Fund | We are very happy to announce our crowdfunding investment offer to the public:
Snowballeffect.co.nz... |
| 11.06.2015 | Vibe acquires Melbourne-based RackCentral | Vibe Communications continue their relentless growth – this time by acquiring RackCentral and bringi... |
| 22.05.2015 | Snowball Offer | Punakaiki Fund will soon be presenting an offer through the Snowball Effect platform.
We are please... |
| 16.02.2015 | Boardingware | We are delighted to announce that we have purchased 16.67% of Boardingware Limited.
Boardingware he... |
| 09.02.2015 | Weirdly | We are very happy to announce that we have purchased 18.6% of Weirdly Limited.
Weirdly helps compan... |
| 07.02.2015 | Melon Health | We announced our convertible note for Melon Health (formerly Social Code) on January 8th, and are no... |
| 04.02.2015 | Onceit | Punakaiki Fund has invested into Onceit, for a holding of a little over 15%. Onceit sells high-end N... |
| 08.01.2015 | Social Code – Convertible Note | Punakaiki Fund has invested into Social Code, a Wellington and San Francisco based start-up that hel... |
| 08.01.2015 | December 2014 Capital Raising Results | Our December 2014 capital raising round raised $1.140 million from 34 new investors. We issued 91,20... |
| 19.12.2014 | Vibe Communications | Punakaiki Fund this week reinvested in Vibe Communications, bringing the fund’s shareholding to 24%.... |
| 03.12.2014 | November 2014 Options Round Results | We successfully closed our November 2014 options round with 98.4% of the options redeemed at $10 per... |
| 20.06.2014 | Timely | Our final investment of our initial funds is for just under 5% of Timely.
Timely provides appointme... |
| 18.06.2014 | InfluxHQ | Punakaiki Fund has acquired 18.33% of InfluxHQ, a company that provided software for Crossfit Gym ow... |
| 15.06.2014 | Vibe Communications | Punakaiki Fund has acquired a 20% stake in Vibe Communications.
Vibe Communications (Vibe) is an Au... |
| 29.04.2014 | Raygun.io (Mindscape) | We have placed our first investment with Mindscape, for a little over 5% of the company. We have bee... |
| 29.04.2014 | Punakaiki Fund Private Capital Raising Results | We are very happy to announce that we have raised $1,525,000 for Punakaiki Fund, from 55 private inv... |
