About Icehouse Ventures
Icehouse Ventures is a private equity firm founded in 2003. It is primarily based in Auckland, New Zealand. In the last 12 months, it has participated in 19 funding rounds.
Overall Icehouse Ventures portfolio has seen 6 unicorns, 1 IPO and 17 acquisitions including key companies like Substack, Nuro and Wayve. A lot of funds co-invest with Icehouse Ventures, with names like Outset Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Icehouse Ventures has a team of 26 people, including 8 partners.
Key Metrics
Icehouse Ventures' Portfolio
They have invested in a total of 194 companies. Their most recent investment was in DataMasque (Series A round) on Jun 01, 2026. Here is the most recent investment by Icehouse Ventures:Date | Company | Round | Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jun 01, 2026 | Series A | 9082 | ||
Apr 29, 2026 | Seed | 5354 | ||
Apr 21, 2026 | Series A | 8924 | ||
Apr 16, 2026 | Seed | 9227 |
Here is the portfolio snapshot of Icehouse Ventures:
Investments by Year
The maximum number of investments were made in 2022
Team profile of Icehouse Ventures
Icehouse Ventures has a team of 26 members including 8 Partners, 1 Venture Partner and 10 Principals located in New Zealand, United Kingdom and 1 more location. Icehouse Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in Icehouse Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
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Partner | Auckland | - | ||
Partner | - | - | - | |
Partner | New Zealand | - | ||
Partner | Auckland | - | ||
Partner | Auckland | - | - | |
Partner | Christchurch | - | - | |
Partner | Auckland | - | - | |
Venture Partner | San Francisco | - | - | |
Principal | Auckland | - | - |
Co-investors of Icehouse Ventures
Over the past 23 years, 174 investors have co-invested in Icehouse Ventures's portfolio companies.
- Top Co-investors of Icehouse Ventures: 174 investors entered a company along with Icehouse Ventures. These include investors like Outset Ventures (9 companies).
Icehouse Ventures News
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New Zealand AI spatial start-up Hyades raises $1.25m in seed fundingSpatial Source•Jul 16, 2026•Icehouse Ventures
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Hyades Raises $910,000 for AI Platform Transforming Spatial Data into Business InsightsSmartCompany•Jul 13, 2026•K1W1, Icehouse Ventures
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DataMasque triples headcount after US$4m raise led by WavemakerThe Australian•Jun 01, 2026•DataMasque, WaveMaker, Wavemaker Partners, OIF Ventures and 1 other
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Manifest Raises $2M in Pre-Seed FundingBranding in Asia•Apr 29, 2026•Gomanifest, Previously Unavailable, Antler, Icehouse Ventures and 1 other
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Blackbird Leads $10M Seed Round for Marloo to Streamline Financial Advisers' Paperwork with AITech Funding News•Apr 28, 2026•Blackbird Ventures, Marloo, Icehouse Ventures
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Ideally Raises $10M in Series A FundingFinSMEs•Apr 21, 2026•Altered Capital, Ideally, Icehouse Ventures, Shearwater Capital and 1 other
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Antioch Raises $8.5M in Seed FundingFinSMEs•Apr 20, 2026•Antioch, Abstract, MaC Venture Capital, Icehouse Ventures and 2 others
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Caruso Secures $6.5 Million Series A at $55 Million Valuation as AUA Hits $55 BillionTipRanks•Apr 16, 2026•Caruso, Global From Day One, Balmain, Icehouse Ventures and 3 others
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Caruso banks $9.3 million Series AStartup Daily•Apr 15, 2026•Caruso, Global From Day One, Icehouse Ventures
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