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Private equity firms in New Zealand

Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026.

20
Private equity firms in New Zealand
20
Rows shown
7
Stages recorded
2
Other types here
# Name Location Investments Lead Exits People
1 New Zealand Venture Investment Fund Auckland, New Zealand 53 3 8 0
2 Direct Capital Private Equity Auckland, New Zealand 37 4 16 14
3 Pioneer Capital Partners Auckland, New Zealand 21 4 6 12
4 Waterman Capital Auckland, New Zealand 10 2 5 2
5 Altered Capital Auckland, New Zealand 9 5 0 10
6 Endeavour Capital Limited Wellington, New Zealand 7 3 3 1
7 Invest South Invercargill, New Zealand 6 0 0 3
8 Pohutukawa Private Equity Tauranga, New Zealand 6 0 3 0
9 Goat Ventures Parnell, New Zealand 5 1 0 0
10 Evander Management Wellington, New Zealand 2 1 1 0
11 Move Asset Management Auckland, New Zealand 2 1 0 0
12 Private Capital Group Queenstown, New Zealand 1 1 0 0
13 Pioneer Capital Auckland, New Zealand 1 0 0 12
14 Rank Group Auckland, New Zealand 1 0 0 0
15 Te Pae ki te Rangi Investment Fund Auckland, New Zealand 1 0 0 0
16 Caniwi Capital Wellington, New Zealand 0 0 0 0
17 Capital Market Investments Group Auckland, New Zealand 0 0 0 0
18 KC Management Auckland, New Zealand 0 0 0 0
19 Kinfolk Capital Auckland, New Zealand 0 0 0 0
20 Windhaven Investments Auckland, New Zealand 0 0 0 0

Table 1. Private equity firms in New Zealand, by recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 20.

Investment stages

Among these 20
Private equity investors13 Seed investors7 Early stage investors4 Venture investors2 Debt investors2 Late stage investors1 Secondary market investors1

Other investors in New Zealand

Venture capital firms51 Angel investors41

Private equity firms elsewhere

United States4,112 China844 United Kingdom656 Canada286 France277 Germany240 India202 Singapore173 Hong Kong163 Switzerland152 South Korea150 Australia134 The Netherlands134 United Arab Emirates110 Spain97 Sweden94 Brazil93 Italy90 South Africa81 Israel75 Japan72 Luxembourg64 Belgium51 Russian Federation44
Cite: FundingWatcher, 20 private equity firms in New Zealand, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/private-equity-firms/new-zealand/