We’re here to make sure Kiwi businesses flourish on the world stage and make a global impact.

We leverage sector-specific expertise from our world-class advisors and a GP whose successful operating experience has helped 5 global companies with a combined value of more than $150B grow.

New Zealand is…

  • Ranked in the top 20% of most innovative nations

  • A global leader in clean-tech, environmental, energy

  • Home to universities in the top 3% of globally placed universities

  • Ranked #1 for ease of doing business (World Bank)

  • Ranked #5 for ‘Best Country for Business (Forbes)’

  • Ranked #1 for corruption transparency (Transparency International)

  • Ranked #8 on Sovereign Risk Index (BlackRock)

    New Zealand is at the beginning of its exponential growth curve in venture, quickly becoming an innovation nation. New Zealand startups are undervalued relative to U.S. startups, and investors in our fund will benefit from this valuation arbitrage as the companies enter the U.S. market.

Quidnet’s Advantage

World-class Advisors

At the early stage, start-ups have little track record. So it is up to us to determine their viability in a larger context. We’ve gathered a world-class team with deep experience and expertise in the areas we invest in – everything from physical sciences, to chemistry, to software and financial technology. This gives us the unique capability to identify game changing opportunities early and engage critically with the entrepreneurs on the details of their technology.

Advanced Deal Flow Access

The General Partner and several advisors are Edmund Hillary Fellows, a community that allows exceptional entrepreneurs, investors, and startups to bring their innovations to New Zealand. This provides the fund with a network across many sectors of the New Zealand economy. The GP is part of several of Return on Science’s investment committees. Return on Science is New Zealand’s national research commercialization organization. He is also a mentor for startups at Te Ōhaka’s and CreativeHQ’s accelerators.

Focused International Network

We provide personal introductions to key people in the U.S. market — legal and IP experts, marketing and sales professionals, distribution channel specialists, enterprise customers, venture capital funds, and more. Outside the U.S, our team has spent time working in Europe, Japan, China, India, and Australia, and more than 20 years in New Zealand.

Operating Experience Scaling Businesses

Each member of our team has years of experience with growing and scaling businesses, most being founders and executives themselves. As a result, they are able to act as crucial mentors to first time founders who may need coaching and advice as they manage rapid growth for the first time.

Leadership

Our Advisory

Portfolio Companies

What our portfolio companies say…

We have been really impressed so far working with Quidnet Ventures. They demonstrated a deep understanding of our technology and market early on, and have already brought to the table an array of valuable insights on how to scale our business. Particularly impressive is Quidnet's knowledge base spanning software, hardware and data analytics, as well as their general investment ethos. We are very much looking forward to working together in the future.” - Brendan Darby, CEO of Marama Labs

“Quidnet and Mark have been a fantastic leg up for Winely. We first met when Winely was really just a seed of an idea and Mark always took the time to help with connections, introductions and a stateside perspective. Mark has fantastic knowledge of U.S. norms and was enormously helpful in ensuring Winely's cap table was clean and attractive for stateside investors. Mark really takes the time to understand Winely's stage and priorities before giving advice - this sets him apart from many investors.” - Abbe Hyde, CTO of Winely

"Quidnet is an investor with genuine value add. We have high quality conversations resulting in good guidance, genuine support and practical recommendations." - Brendan Roberts, CEO and Founder of Aider