
Icehouse Ventures
@icehouseventure
Early-stage venture capital firm. Backing New Zealand's bravest founders. Portfolio: twitter.com/i/lists/138755…
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https://www.icehouseventures.co.nz 12-04-2019 02:02:27
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Really interesting to see the high percentage of companies pitching at Icehouse Ventures demo day tonite with a hardware/software service model. A real change from the 100% SaaS/web diet of a few years ago

So the 🗞️ is out - big news today with IKEA investing into waste reduction tech company #Nilo i.stuff.co.nz/business/13224… Icehouse Ventures

2️⃣ Xero cofounder’s hospitality B2B marketplace hits Australia after $5.5 million raise @UpstockApp by Duncan Ritchie and @SkyRize's raises was backed by Icehouse Ventures, Possible Ventures, K1W1, and NZVC, along with angels. By @SimonThomsen STARTUP DAILY startupdaily.net/topic/funding/…





Boot on the other foot: Icehouse Ventures CEO Robbie Trencheny Paul got more than 100 declines as his firm 'VC'd itself' with its own $10m raise. "It was rewarding and informative being on the other side of the table," he says. And also rewarding in a literal sense, with the funds raised




A round of applause for the winner of The Best Hi-Tech Solution for the Public Good, sponsored by Spark NZ! Congratulations to Kara Technologies who are literally changing the game in all walks of life so the deaf community can have access to all content on all platforms. #HTANZ 👏


Great NZ Hi-Tech Awards evening with Peter Thomson Jack McQuire Ian Patel Logan G Barnaby Marshall and team.




Went along to the Icehouse Ventures showcase last night, inspiring (and a little humbling) to see such ambition + audacious NZ startups. There's a future for our country beyond logs and milk powder, we just have to take it!






We have lots of great investors involved in this round, including BOND, The Chernin Group, Rich Paul, Jens Grede, and Garage Capital. But I'm also personally really excited to now have a New Zealand investor on the cap table: Icehouse Ventures.