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Angel HQ

Angel network

Wellington · Pre-Seed–Seed · 10 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Angel HQ is a Wellington community of angel investors focused on backing ambitious early-stage New Zealand startups. Members provide capital in exchange for equity or convertible debt, alongside mentorship, industry connections, and strategic guidance to help founders build and scale their businesses. The club emphasizes hands-on involvement, professional development for its members, and driving innovation and economic growth within the Kiwi startup ecosystem. It positions itself as a bridge between promising ideas and thriving companies, aiming for both meaningful impact and financial return while supporting entrepreneurs across New Zealand.

Invests inSector AgnosticNew Zealand

Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Seed
Check
$5K – $600K
HQ
Wellington, NZ
Leads rounds
Leads
Instruments
Equity · Debt
Tracked investments
51

Team · 10 people

from the firm's website
Jon Battin

Member of the Angel HQ committee.

Mike Cairdin

Member of the Angel HQ committee.

Parisa Shademanin

Member of the Angel HQ committee.

Robyn McAllister· Community Managerin
Simon Hayin

Member of the Angel HQ committee.

Susan Iornsin

Member of the Angel HQ committee.

Suse Reynoldsin

Member of the Angel HQ committee.

Trevor Dickinson· Chairpersonin
Vinny Venkateshin

Member of the Angel HQ committee.

What they invest in

from 37 of 51 portfolio companies

SaaS ×22AI & Machine Learning ×8Fintech ×7Hardware ×7Healthtech ×6Cleantech ×5Climate Tech ×5Deep Tech ×4

HQs:New Zealand×11United States×3

Investments · 51 tracked

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Adriadri.ai
Ask Nicelyasknicely.comin𝕏Dec 2021

AskNicely provides a customer experience management platform that helps service businesses capture customer feedback and motivate teams to take action on insights.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSPortland, US

Aaron Ward(Executive Officer, Director)Tony Ward(Chief Executive Officer)Reagan Nickl(Chief Commercial Officer)Sharon Babkes(Chief Financial Officer)Brian Fravel(VP of Marketing)Jolene Smith(VP of People and Culture)

Co-investorsArc AngelsBlackbird VenturesIcehouse VenturesNZ Growth Capital PartnersFive Elms Capital

Beyondbeyond.funin𝕏

The page displays only the company's logo/wordmark for "Beyond" with no descriptive text about its products, services, or business.

BioLumic, Inc.biolumic.com

Uses UV light signals to boost seed and seedling genetic potential; domiciled in the USA.

Palmerston North

Jason Wargent(Executive Officer)Steven Sibulkin(Executive Officer, Director)Mark Brown(Director)Mary Dimou(Director)John Bedbrook(Director)Kirsty Bellringer(Director)

Co-investorsArc AngelsAzolla VenturesBooster Innovation FundIcehouse VenturesiSelect FundNelson Angels+2 more

Cleanerycleaneryonline.com

Based on customer reviews, the site appears to sell cleaning products and household items such as foams, powders, and bathroom accessories online.

ConsumerE-commerce

Co-investorsBooster Innovation FundClimate Venture Capital FundCreative HQ — The IncubatorSoul Capital

Cogocogo.coin

Cogo provides carbon insights and electrification platforms to help home and car owners transition to clean energy and reduce costs, partnering with financial institutions to deliver climate technology solutions.

B2B MarketplacesCleantechClimate TechEnergyFintechSaaSWellington, NZ

Ben Gleisner(Founder)

Co-investorsArc AngelsGandel InvestIcehouse VenturesNZ Growth Capital PartnersSoul Capital

Eight360eight360.com

Co-investorsNZ Growth Capital Partners

Eightwireeightwire.io

Eightwire provides products for exchanging and sharing data between systems.

Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Evnexevnex.comin

Evnex designs and manufactures smart EV chargers for homes and businesses, including single-phase and three-phase models with features like solar diversion, scheduled off-peak charging, and home overload protection managed via a mobile app.

CleantechEnergyHardware

File invitefileinvite.comin

FileInvite provides an automation layer for document collection in commercial lending, helping banks, credit unions, and other lenders reduce document turnaround times and improve borrower experiences.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSBroomfield, US

James Sampson(Founder and CEO)

Co-investorsAfterWork VenturesArc AngelsEnterprise AngelsForefront VentureIcehouse VenturesNZ Growth Capital Partners+1 more

Ftnmotionftnmotion.com

FTN Motion builds the Streetdog, a handcrafted electric motorcycle designed for urban commuting, sold to city riders in New Zealand and Australia.

CleantechHardwareMobility & Transportation

Hello Cashflowhellocashflow.comin

Hello Cashflow is a financial planning and cash flow management platform that connects to accounting software to give business owners up-to-date, visual views of their finances and lets them model the cash flow impact of decisions like hiring, pricing, and purchases before committing.

FintechSaaS

Co-investorsCreative HQ — The Incubator

Hot Lime Labshotlimelabs.comin

Hot Lime Labs develops patented limestone-based CO2 capture technology that captures and releases CO2 and heat on demand for the decarbonization of hard-to-abate industries such as horticulture, hydrogen production, and gas cleaning.

CleantechClimate TechDeep Tech

Tijs Robinson(Co-founder, CEO & Director)Vlatko Materic(Co-founder & CTO)

Co-investorsPacific Channel

HT Systemshtsystems.co.nz

HT Systems designs assistive hoist and transfer devices, including the Kera Home with sit2sit technology, that let a single caregiver transfer non-weight-bearing patients.

HardwareHealthtechMedical Devices

Igcigc.studioin𝕏

IGC operates an automated avatar-to-print pipeline that turns in-game characters and skins into physical, made-to-order collectibles that gamers can buy directly during gameplay.

E-commerceGamingHardware

Immersveimmersve.comin𝕏

Immersve provides payment infrastructure that lets decentralized applications and crypto wallets enable users to spend digital assets anywhere Mastercard is accepted, through non-custodial APIs and smart contracts.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsGD1Red Beard Ventures

Inhibit Coatingsinhibitcoatings.comin

Inhibit Coatings develops antimicrobial coatings and additives that use silver permanently bound to polymer resin to inhibit bacterial growth without leaching.

CleantechHealthtechNew MaterialsWellington, NZ

Dr Tate(Co-founder / Scientist)Prof. Johnston(Co-founder / Scientist)

Co-investorsArc AngelsBooster Innovation FundIcehouse VenturesMatūNZ Growth Capital Partners

Kai's Educationkaiseducation.com

Co-investorsBooster Innovation FundNZ Growth Capital PartnersSoul Capital

Kitea Healthkiteahealth.comin

Kitea Health is a medical device company spun out of the Auckland University Bioengineering Institute, developing the Kitea System, a microscale wireless sensor technology with applications in hydrocephalus and cerebrospinal fluid monitoring.

HardwareHealthtechMedical Devices

Simon Malpas(Director, Chief Executive Officer)inNatalia Jones(Director, Chief Operations Officer)inBryon Wright(Chief Technical Officer)in

Co-investorsCure Kids VenturesIcehouse VenturesPacific ChannelSoul Capital

Koru Diagnosticskorudiagnostics.com

Co-investorsNZ Growth Capital Partners

Landlordstudiolandlordstudio.comin𝕏

Landlord Studio is property management software for landlords that combines rental accounting, online rent collection, tenant screening, listing syndication, maintenance tracking, and Schedule E tax reporting in a single desktop and mobile app.

FintechPropTechSaaS

Litmapslitmaps.comin𝕏

Litmaps is a literature discovery and mapping tool for academic researchers, students, and PhD candidates, presenting related papers as a visual citation network to speed up literature reviews.

AI & Machine LearningEdTechSaaS

Luminomaluminomadx.comin

Luminoma is developing the LumAssure, a portable diagnostic-aid that uses Raman spectroscopy to non-invasively assess whether a skin lesion is likely malignant or benign within seconds.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHealthtechMedical DevicesAuckland, NZ

Cather Simpson(Co-founder & Founder Director)Michel Nieuwoudt(Chief Scientific Officer)

Co-investorsBridgewest VenturesPacific Channel

Mindhiveglobalmindhiveglobal.comin

Mindhive Global provides AI-based leather grading and a cloud platform that produces verified hide quality data for leather manufacturers and tanners.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningSaaS

Dion Bettjeman(Founder & CTO)James Bayly(CEO)Blaine Ah-Yuk Winters(CCO)

Mymahimymahi.comin

MyMahi is a student-centric platform for schools that helps learners reflect on their strengths and passions, set goals, explore career pathways, build CVs, and track wellbeing, alongside a mentor/teacher dashboard and a house-points rewards system.

EdTechSaaSWellness & Fitness

Nanophagenanophage.comin

Nanophage Technologies develops nanorod-based scaffold technology designed to amplify the signal of detection molecules for improved diagnostic or sensing applications.

BiotechDeep TechNew Materials

Co-investorsBridgewest Ventures

Narrativemusenarrativemuse.co

Narrative Muse offers a recommendation engine that matches individuals with books, films, and TV shows based on their preferences, identity, and emotional taste, and provides an analytics suite that uses anonymized audience data.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerMedia & Entertainment

Oneregonereg.comin

OneReg provides a compliance management platform for the aviation industry, connecting regulations to operational processes and procedures in real time.

Enterprise SoftwareGovTechSaaS

Orchestraorchestra.ioin

Orchestra is a platform for managing company equity and investor relations, including maintaining a compliant share register, creating and allocating share schemes with vesting, and automating dividend calculations and distributions.

FintechSaaS

Co-investorsEven Capital

Ordamaticordamatic.comin

Upstock is a B2B wholesale ordering platform that lets hospitality and retail buyers order from their suppliers' full catalogues at negotiated prices, and lets suppliers manage products, receive orders and generate invoices.

B2B MarketplacesFoodTechSaaS

Ovrcomeovrcome.ioin𝕏

oVRcome is a VR-based platform that provides clinicians with pre-built exposure pathways and a library of 360° real-life VR experiences to support exposure-based therapy for anxiety-related conditions and avoidance behaviours.

Digital HealthHealthtechMental Health

Co-investorsNZVC

Pamfamilymanagerpamfamilymanager.comin

PAM is a family management app that turns forwarded emails, screenshots, voice notes, and chat messages into a shared smart family calendar with tasks and reminders.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerSaaS

Nicole Retter(Founder)Diogo(Co-founder)

Presspatronpresspatron.comin

PressPatron provides no-code fundraising tools that let publishers collect donations, memberships, and subscriptions from readers, with quick installation for publishers and fast one-step payments for supporters.

FintechMedia & EntertainmentSaaS

Pyper Visionpypervision.comin

Pyper Vision develops FogCasting technology that provides real-time, hyper-local fog forecasts, alerting operators to when and where fog will form and lift so they can resume operations faster.

Climate TechDeep TechSaaS

Emily Blythe(Founder)

Co-investorsArc AngelsIcehouse VenturesNZVCOutset VenturesMainland Angel Investors

Roadgururoadguru.co
Scriptseescriptsee.ioin𝕏

Scriptsee analyzes existing film and TV scripts to reveal emotional arcs, character presence, decision-making balance, pacing, and production complexity across a story's timeline.

AI & Machine LearningMedia & EntertainmentSaaS

Greg Harman(CEO)

Seen Safety (formerly Hunter Safety)seensafety.com

Co-investorsNZ Growth Capital Partners

Seismicshiftseismicshift.nz

Seismic Shift develops affordable seismic protection systems — including the FrontFoot foundation and plinth systems and Quake Defender — for commercial and industrial buildings, residential homes, and critical facilities such as hospitals and data centres.

Climate TechConstruction TechHardware

Ben Exton

Shift72 Ltd (formerly Indie Reign, ReelClever Ltd)shift72.com

Co-investorsNZ Growth Capital Partners

Shipzappyshipzappy.comin

Zappy provides shipping software that lets online sellers and small businesses import orders from e-commerce platforms, compare quotes from domestic and international couriers and freighters, and print labels and manage tracking and returns.

E-commerceLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS

Jimmy Wu(Founder/CEO)

Signalgetsignal.info

Co-investorsNZ Growth Capital Partners

Stocktrimstocktrim.comin𝕏

StockTrim is an inventory forecasting and demand planning software that uses machine learning to predict future inventory requirements, calculate safety stocks, and generate purchase order suggestions.

AI & Machine LearningRetail TechSaaS

Tapitapihq.comin

Tapi is a maintenance coordination platform for property managers, helping them handle repairs and maintenance across landlords, tenants, and tradespeople.

PropTechSaaS

Co-investorsCreative HQ — The Incubator

Tectonustectonus.comin

Tectonus designs and manufactures seismic resilience devices and structural systems that protect buildings from earthquake damage, working directly with structural engineers on projects across education, healthcare, commercial, and transport buildings.

Climate TechConstruction TechHardwareNew MaterialsAuckland, NZ

Co-investorsBooster Innovation FundPacific Channel

Times-7times-7.com

Co-investorsNZ Growth Capital Partners

Tourwritertourwriter.com

Co-investorsNZ Growth Capital Partners

Upstockupstock.appin

Upstock is a B2B ordering platform that connects wholesale buyers such as restaurants, cafes and supermarkets with their suppliers, letting buyers order from up-to-date catalogues at negotiated prices while suppliers manage products, orders and invoicing.

B2B MarketplacesFoodTechSaaS

Philip Fierlinger(Founder)in

Co-investorsArc AngelsIcehouse VenturesNZVC

Volitionvolition.org.nzin

Volition is an accessible app and cloud platform for supported decision-making, letting disabled people (Decision Makers) capture their preferences and care needs through voice, text, images, video, and documents and share them with a Circle of Support.

HealthtechImpact & Social GoodSaaS

Yabblezoneyabblezone.com

Yabble (The Thinking Studio Limited) operates a market research platform that collects consumer feedback, surveys, and ideas from panel participants ("Yabblers") and analyses the results on behalf of its business customers.

Data & InfrastructureMarketing TechSaaS

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Angel HQ made?
Angel HQ has 51 tracked investments.
What stage does Angel HQ invest at?
Angel HQ invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
What is Angel HQ's typical check size?
Angel HQ typically writes checks of $5K – $600K.
What sectors does Angel HQ focus on?
Angel HQ focuses on Sector Agnostic.
Where is Angel HQ located?
Angel HQ is headquartered in Wellington, NZ.
Does Angel HQ lead rounds?
Yes, Angel HQ leads investment rounds.
Who does Angel HQ co-invest with?
Angel HQ most often shares deals with NZ Growth Capital Partners, Icehouse Ventures, Arc Angels, among 27 tracked co-investors.

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