| Date | Title | Description |
| 11.10.2022 | Mike Bennetts: why invest in venture capital – and Punakaiki Fund in particular? |
We asked Punakaiki Fund chair Mike Bennetts why he’s been involved in venture capital and what’s in it for other Kiwi investors. Mike has been chair of the fund since its inception and instrumental to its growth and journey towards IPO.
... |
| 10.10.2022 | USA puts out welcome mat for Kiwi tech. Let’s go, says Nadine Hill | I have just finished an incredible trip to New York, Denver and Austin with the NZ VC community facilitated by NZTE Investment #nzteinvestment
Being in market enables a superior understanding of the advancements in new tech and ecosystem i... |
| 30.09.2022 | Five reasons to invest in our wholesale offer (if you’re a wholesale investor) | We’re proud to invite wholesale investors to invest in Punakaiki Fund through this year’s Wholesale Offer – including Options. We can think of 98.2 million reasons why you should invest, but to keep it simple we’ve boiled it down to five co... |
| 29.09.2022 | Ben Kay, 2040’s first CFO: remarkably even-handed |
Ben Kay, 2040 Ventures newly appointed CFO, has a rather unique skill.
“I consider myself a reasonably unexciting person by nature, but an interesting thing about me is that I am completely ambidextrous,” he laughs. “I haven’t met anyone... |
| 28.09.2022 | Meet Tracey Jones: bach, boating and building resilience |
Tracey Jones says her life is “a potpourri of things that equate to a full-time job” and as chair of Nikko Asset management, head of the risk and audit committee at Harmoney, chair of the PETAL Foundation, past treasurer and president of ... |
| 22.07.2022 | Quantifi Photonics scores Intel investment, valuing company at $90 million |
Punakaiki Fund is thrilled with this morning’s news that Quantifi Photonics has raised $25 million (US$15m) in a Series C funding round led by Intel Capital.
The investment values Quantifi Photonics at $90 million.
Punakaiki Fund is the... |
| 10.06.2022 | Uphill battle. Downhill success. Introducing Nigel Scott |
Interview: Nigel Scott. For Nigel Scott, the uphill climb has more appeal more than the downhill run. He’s just back from cycling Queen Charlotte Sound. Next month, he and his wife Cathy will tour Croatia, including taking on one of the s... |
| 11.05.2022 | Bottom line for sanity: why Couchdrop is taking the road less travelled | The usual track for start-up glory is not for Michael Lawson. The CEO of Couchdrop is as ambitious and determined as any other start-up founder but he will not be burning capital on lavish offices or high-profile recruitment campaigns. No i... |
| 04.05.2022 | Punakaiki Fund leads $3.5 million funding round in Projectworks | Following our investment in Christchurch’s Couchdrop back in March, we are delighted to announce another investment: this time in Wellington-based Projectworks, a project management tool for small to medium-sized consulting businesses.
Fol... |
| 29.03.2022 | Candace Kinser: start-ups, leaps of faith and the thrill of it all |
Candace Kinser has been riding horses competitively for years – showjumping, dressage and more recently polo. The thrill of it is not just the speed and the long way to the ground. It’s also the teamwork, she says.
“With showjumping, i... |
| 29.03.2022 | Candace Kinser: start-ups, leaps of faith and the thrill of it all | In the next weeks, we’re profiling our new board members. First up, Candice Kinser.
Candace Kinser has been riding horses competitively for years – showjumping, dressage and more recently polo. The thrill of it is not just the speed an... |
| 24.03.2022 | Couchdrop secures investment from Punakaiki Fund for global growth |
Another week, another investment.
We’re very pleased to announce we’ve taken a 17.9% stake in Christchurch data migration start-up company Couchdrop, which moves vast amounts of data for global clients.
We like the company, not the le... |
| 28.02.2022 | A classic in the making: the Moxion story |
For a brief moment (four months to be exact), Punakaiki Fund was a significant shareholder in Moxion, the film production startup whose technology powers blockbusters like The Meg, The Queen’s Gambit and The Matrix. But then, just as we w... |
| 23.02.2022 | VCs back Electrify Accelerator to boost women-led start ups | We are thrilled to be supporting the launch of the Electrify Accelerator by Ministry of Awesome.
Electrify Accelerator is a 12-week intensive programme for women entrepreneurs to turbo-charge their start-ups. Punakaiki Fund is well-positio... |
| 18.02.2022 | Three new board members, gearing up for IPO | - |
| 11.02.2022 | Capital injection fuels Formus Labs for US launch | Last week we were chuffed to be welcomed as a new investor in orthopaedic technology company Formus Labs.
Punakaiki Fund joined GD1, Icehouse Ventures (IVX) and Pacific Channel in a US$5 million pre-series A funding round. Flying Kiwis Ang... |
| 20.01.2022 | Autodesk acquires Moxion: secures exit for Punakaiki Fund | Here at Punakaiki Fund we always invest with a very long-term perspective. So when we invested into Moxion through purchasing of shares and convertible notes from Moxion shareholders, we saw this as the first step in a long journey. We were... |
| 14.12.2021 | Retail round closes over $5m, our highest yet(ish) | We are very happy to report that we raised a smidgeon over $5 million from 256 investors at the close of our 2021 Retail Offer. This is the largest amount we have raised from a retail offer that has not included a discounted rights issue.
... |
| 26.11.2021 | 2021 retail launch kicks off, could be last – watch our video | Punakaiki Fund hit the streets mid-November with a Retail Offer, which could be the last before we consider the journey to initial public listing (IPO). The offer comes off the back of a great year for the fund, with two major exits, Vend a... |
| 26.11.2021 | Punakaiki takes stake in Whip Around for US expansion | Punakaiki Fund invested $3.5 million in WhipAround, the USA’s industry leader in driver inspections, and one of New Zealand’s most admired tech start-ups.
The investment is testament to the fast uptake of Whip Around’s paperless driver ins... |
| 26.11.2021 | Conqa saddles up for post-Covid ride and sets an eye on the USA | The Covid-19 pandemic has proven a game of two halves for Conqa. The construction software company which started in 2015 had a stellar first few years, winning customers in Australia and New Zealand and getting backing from investors such a... |
| 26.11.2021 | New look for the fund, new name for our manager | You may have noticed that we’ve rebranded. Why, thank you. The new look is the result of several months chin-scratching and naval-gazing with branding strategists Previously Unavailable who helped us define Punakaiki Fund’s core point of di... |
| 01.10.2021 | PFL results defy Covid gloom: fund hits $74m | For the second year in a row Punakaiki Fund chair Mike Bennetts last week beamed into shareholders screens for a virtual AGM. Locked-down but up-beat, Mike had the pleasant task of chairing an uncontentious meeting filled with good results.... |
| 01.09.2021 | Punakaiki welcomes Moxion to the family |
Back in May Moxion won the Start-up Company at the 2021 HiTech Awards, the award we sponsored for the first time this year – and have just renewed our sponsorship.
Moxion had been on our radar for a while but the win increased our intere... |
| 11.08.2021 | Right team, right tech, right time: the Quantifi Photonics story | Some products do what’s on the box. Quantifi Photonics does exactly what you think: it counts photons. That is, it measures light.
Such carry-on would normally be an arcane science – and it surely can be – but you need only consider your l... |
| 09.07.2021 | Punakaiki leads $15m Series B round for Quantifi Photonics | We are very happy to share the news that we have invested $5 million into Quantifi Photonics, leading a $15 million raise.
With this investment Quantifi Photonics is well set up to meet its growth challenges over the next few years, as the... |
| 01.07.2021 | Climate VC Fund wins ‘highly commended’ award for climate action | The streamers have yet to be unwrapped for the launch party, but the Climate VC Fund has already won an award. The proposed fund, created by LWCM, manager of the Punakaiki Fund, was jointly awarded ‘Highly Commended’ for Most Effective Fund... |
| 18.06.2021 | Action at a distance: Mobi2Go hits its mojo through lockdowns |
You might be forgiven for thinking that the hard-scrabble hospitality sector would be dragging its suppliers down with it. In the case of Mobi2Go you’d be wrong. The Wellington-based software company helps restaurants migrate their offeri... |
| 09.06.2021 | Workplace wellbeing is driving training spend: Anya Anderson of RedSeed | The pandemic is boosting interest in workplace health and wellbeing, says RedSeed’s CEO Anya Anderson. But by how much?
The impact of lockdowns and staff with family in pandemic-affected countries means companies are investing in their p... |
| 26.05.2021 | RedSeed expands customer base with acquisition of Kiwihost | RedSeed, the online training company with over 100,000 users, has just expanded its customer base with the acquisition of KiwiHost, one of NZ’s longest-running training companies.
Over the last 30 years, KiwiHost has provided customer serv... |
| 13.05.2021 | Get Home Safe cracks 10,000 customers; opens London office with key staffer | London’s calling for Sophie Cranfield, newly minted UK lead for GetHomeSafe. The Key Accounts and Partnerships Manager for the safety app company is currently based in Dunedin but she’s heading off this month to establish an office in Londo... |
| 11.05.2021 | Kurt and Paul’s excellent adventure: the story of Orah | The journey to entrepreneurial success rarely follows a straight line. It’s almost always a series of zig-zags, some backwards, some forwards, linked by chance meetings and opportunities seized.
The story of Orah, formerly known as Boardin... |
| 04.05.2021 | From Raglan with love: Blake Richardson on investing in biodiversity, housing and disagreements | Punakaiki Fund board member Blake Richardson lives in Raglan with his young family, a clutch of chickens and fledgling, wind-battered native forest. On a sunny day we asked Blake to share his investment approach.
I’m on the PFL board becau... |
| 22.04.2021 | Run Weirdly! Run! Weirdly experiences 2021 recruitment tailwind | - |
| 07.04.2021 | Melon Health wins early and often in 2021 | Melon Health has booked three wins in 2021. And it’s only April. In the second of our Founders’ Series we chat to Siobhan Bulfin, CEO of Melon Health.
What’s happening for Melon this month, Siobhan?
So much! But continuing to support New ... |
| 12.03.2021 | Sale of Vend for US$350 Million | Today Lightspeed announced that it will acquire Vend for US$350 million ($485m in NZD at Friday’s exchange rate). The press release is below, and there is also a Lightspeed investor presentation.
The sale was covered by NZHerald (and here)... |
| 04.03.2021 | From Te Anau to the world: the Get Home Safe story | Chris Humphreys, director of LWCM, takes us on a journey from the deep south to the world and back with new investee Get Home Safe
My current hometown of Te Anau is a rather small place. With a permanent population of little under three ... |
| 03.03.2021 | Devoli shines in Contact Energy interim reporting | Contact Energy posted a wicked result for Punakaiki investee company Devoli in its interim result. At the end of January 2021, the energy retailer reported 40,000 broadband customers, up 90% over January 2020’s reported 21,000 customers. Mo... |
| 03.03.2021 | Riding the optical wave: Quantifi Photonics’ big year ahead |
In the first of an ongoing series we chat to our founders to hear what’s on their agenda for 2021 and what’s keeping them up at night. First up, visionary co-founder of Quantifi Photonics, Andy Stevens. Quantifi Photononics builds testing... |
| 12.02.2021 | Investment trends in 2021: Power grabs and new ways to work | - |
| 09.02.2021 | Punakaiki makes two new investments | It’s a sunny start to the year in Aotearoa – and also here at Punakaiki Fund. We are very happy to announce that we used half of the proceeds of the December 2020 retail offer to make two investments, into Weirdly and Get Home Safe, each ju... |
| 17.12.2020 | Punakaiki Rocks! (or 140.9m reasons to invest in our offer) | Punakaiki does indeed rock. We could have chosen 140.9 million reasons why but that would be too easy. Instead we’ve chosen four. It helps focus the mind. By the way, our 2020 Retail Offer closes Thursday 17 at precisely 11:59pm. That’s toa... |
| 16.12.2020 | What we like to invest in (hint: it’s people) | People often ask us, how do we choose our investments. It’s a good question and we’re pretty open about the response. We do have investment criteria (see below for more) but, actually, the most important is what’s sitting at the top table: ... |
| 16.12.2020 | Punakaiki Fund to Sponsor Hi-Tech Awards | Great news! Punakaiki Fund, New Zealand’s premier venture capital tech fund, is proud to announce it is sponsoring the ‘Start-up Company of the Year’ category in the 2021 Hi-Tech Awards.
The category covers companies under $2 million in re... |
| 14.12.2020 | Chris’s Ramblings: Core Schedule’s medical adventure | Every quarter our principal Chris Humphreys does a deep dive into the back story of one of our founders. This quarter, it’s about Stephen Pool, CEO of Core Schedule.
Let me introduce to you Stephen C. Pool: entrepreneur, Alaskan Malamute o... |
| 14.12.2020 | Quarterly Report shows revenue growth despite COVID-19 | Despite the effects of COVID-19, our portfolio companies’ revenues have largely recovered, or improved. Some, like Quantifi Photonics, saw demand shift to the future, while others saw an immediate drop and then a return.
Overall, COVID-19 ... |
| 09.12.2020 | On the road with our 2020 Retail Offer | In the past week we’ve hit the road with our Retail Offer, launching in Auckland and then zooming around to see investors in Hamilton, Tauranga, Wellington and today in Christchurch. We’ve enjoyed meeting so many of you and presenting the 2... |
| 24.08.2020 | Sale of Everedge Shares | We are happy to report that we have exited our equity investment in EverEdgeIP Global Limited (Everedge).
The $1.45 million deal has two parts – the sale of our shares in Everedge to a new investor for $550,000, and a related medium and lo... |
| 06.08.2020 | 2020 Annual Report & June 2020 Quarterly Report | 1: Annual Report
I am very happy to present the 2020 Annual Report for Punakaiki Fund Limited, compete with the full set of audited IFRS Tier 1 financial accounts.
It was a challenging end to a good year, and while the markets plummeted a... |
| 19.12.2019 | 2019 Offer Results, Interim Accounts & Quarterly Report | 1: Interim Accounts
We have just published our September 2019 Interim Accounts. These are the results for the half-year to the end of September 2019. They are prepared with accounting policies consistent with our annual accounts, which wer... |
| 02.10.2019 | LWCM Submission on the Venture Capital Bill | The New Zealand Government has previously announced its intent to create a $300 million venture capital fund of funds – dubbed the Venture Capital Fund (VCF).Over the last few weeks and months Treasury, NZ Super Fund, Ministry for Business,... |
| 02.08.2019 | Punakaiki Fund Releases 2019 Annual Report | We have now released our March 31, 2019 annual report.
Top financial highlights are:
– Asset value was $47.3 million, with revaluation gains of $7.1 million
– Just $0.8 million net cash used in operating activities
– 23.3% IRR annualise... |
| 15.07.2019 | Tightening our Mandate | Investment Mandate
At our launch 5 years ago Punakaiki Fund had a broad mandate, able to invest in any New Zealand company that was “high growth”, as well as turn-around opportunities. We also stated that we would focus on Internet, techno... |
| 12.03.2019 | December 2018 Quarterly Report | We have generally kept Punakaiki Fund company news for investors only, but will now be publishing more information. The first release is our latest Quarterly Report. Note that there is a webinar this afternoon (Tuesday) at 5pm, which all ar... |
| 12.03.2019 | Mobi2Go Accepts $5m Investment | Mobi2Go Accepts Investment
We are pleased to announce that Punakaiki Fund portfolio company Mobi2Go has closed a $5 million investment round with Movac, a fellow (and larger) New Zealand venture capital fund.
This is the third company, af... |
| 23.01.2019 | 2018 Retail Offer Results, Share Trading and new Wholesale Offer | Retail offer closed in November 2018
Welcome to 158 new investors, and many thanks to all 321 investors who invested a total of $2,536,506 in the October 2018 retail offer.
Selected Offer Statistics
This year we experimented by lowering ... |
| 12.11.2018 | New iNAV, Melon Health investment, and venues for Wellington & Christchurch | As we count down to closing the October 2018 Retail Offer we bring you three pieces of news:
1: Our investor net asset value per share has increased
We held our quarterly Board meeting on Friday, and I’m very happy to announce the new Sep... |
| 11.10.2018 | Punakaiki Fund 2018 Retail Offer: Launch Event | Punakaiki Fund Limited makes long-term investments into high-growth New Zealand companies, and has a portfolio of 20 investments and $40.6 million in assets.
Please join Lance Wiggs, selected portfolio company founders, and the Punakaiki F... |
| 20.02.2018 | Punakaiki Fund September 2017 Interim Accounts | We have released our September 2017 interim accounts, which are the half-year financial snapshot. These show that the assets of Punakaiki Fund were $31.56 million at the end of the quarter, of which $29.25 million was investments.
The acco... |
| 18.12.2017 | New Investment: Coherent Solutions | We are very happy to publicly announce our investment into Coherent Solutions.
Coherent Solutions builds advanced coherent (laser) and non-coherent light testing equipment, primarily for the development and manufacture of fibre optic telec... |
| 08.12.2017 | December 2017 Offer Now Live | Punakaiki Fund’s regulated offer to New Zealand investors for December 2017 is now open, and will close on Thursday 21st December. Our next retail offer will not be until after 1 August 2018.
Read the Product Disclosure Statement
New in... |
| 23.10.2017 | Linewize Sells to ASX Listed Family Zone | We are delighted to announce the sale of Linewize to Family Zone Limited (FZO.AX). Family Zone have released a comprehensive announcement to the ASX.
Why the combination works
There was almost immediate agreement, at the start of negotiat... |
| 01.08.2017 | 2017 Annual Report | We are very happy to present our 2017 Annual Report, complete with audited accounts.
2017 Annual Report
We once again worked with Deloitte to prepare the annual accounts, and again received an unqualified opinion from Ernst & Young. A... |
| 19.12.2016 | Punakaiki Fund Exceeds Expectations from 2015 Crowdfunding Offer and makes Three New Investments | A press release from Punakaiki Fund. Punakaiki Fund Limited is raising capital through a Product Disclosure Statement (PDS). Investors may apply at Punakaikifund.co.nz/InvestNow or via Snowball Effect.
PRESS RELEASE
19 December 2016
Puna... |
| 02.11.2016 | NZ Retail and Australian Wholesale Offers | We have upgraded the Punakaiki Fund website to reflect the content of our two offers.
The New Zealand Offer is lodged, and will be available to accept applications from November 9th. In the meantime the Product Disclosure Statement makes f... |
| 27.09.2016 | Punakaiki Fund proposed offer to retail investors | Punakaiki Fund Limited is investigating making an offer to retail investors in New Zealand, through a Product Disclosure Statement (PDS), which is the prescribed approach under the Financial Markets Conduct Act of 2013.
We’ve seen a little... |
| 25.09.2016 | Punakaiki Fund 2016 AGM and September Roadshow | We held our Annual General Meeting for Punakaiki Fund on Thursday last week, with over 70 people attending and chaired by Mike Bennetts.
The group saw presentations from founders or senior staff from Weirdly, Vibe Communications, Vend, Onc... |
| 04.07.2016 | Punakaiki Fund invests in Linewize | Managing Internet access is hard — do you allow staff or your family to view the unfiltered internet, or block everything except for approved sites? It’s even harder at schools. On the one hand, you don’t want students accessing inappropria... |
| 04.07.2016 | Punakaiki Fund invests in NZ Artesian Water | We’ve seen plenty of headlines recently about offshore companies bottling our water and making fortunes. So when I met Nelson-based Kiwis Andrew Strang and Wayne Herring through a Better by Capital engagement, I was eager to see how their N... |
| 24.05.2016 | Punakaiki Fund invests in Populate | One of our core motivations at Punakaiki Fund is being able to help and watch companies create a large number of sustainable new jobs. And one of the best people around at hiring new people is Kirsti Grant, who was in charge of the rapid ra... |
| 25.01.2016 | Mindfull Group and Melon Health | At the end of last year we invested into Mindfull Group, and Punakaiki Fund now holds 20% of the shares. I have joined the owners Belinda Johnson and Richard Johnson on the board of directors.
CEO Belinda Johnson and CTO Richard Johnson ar... |
| 23.12.2015 | New Investment in Raygun & December 2015 Offer Extended | Solid progress continues
We have now received over $1 million in applications for the the December 2015 Offer, with over $800,000 received directly and $231,000 via the Snowball Effect Wholesale Platform.
Offer Extended until 31 January
... |
| 14.12.2015 | New offer for exempt investors | We’ve just launched a new wholesale offer to investors for Punakaiki Fund. It’s available only to Exempt investors, as we hit the legal limit of $2 million for crowd-funding investors back in June.
There are two ways to invest. The easiest... |
| 24.11.2015 | Mike Bennetts Elected Chair of the Board | The directors have elected Mike Bennetts as Chair of Punakaiki Fund. Mike brings considerable governance and executive expertise to the boardroom, and, along with the other directors, is an investor in the fund.
The board also determined t... |
| 03.11.2015 | New Investment: Mobi2go | We are very happy to announce our latest investment — Mobi2go, where we have invested up to $1 million — with $500,000 invested immediately and an additional $500,000 only if and after we raise a certain amount of additional funds.
Mobi2go... |
| 14.10.2015 | Punakaiki Fund adds three new directors | Punakaiki Fund press release today, marking the beginning of a new era for the fund. Chris Humphreys and I are very happy to be able to welcome such an excellent set of directors.
Auckland, 13 October 2015 – Punakaiki Fund Limited, an inve... |
| 19.08.2015 | New Investment: Vend | The Vend investment was announced today. The deal terms were as described in the shareholder vote material, where we combined a $2 million cash investment with an issue of Punakaiki Fund shares (to myself) to purchase Vend Shares.
The NBR ... |
| 25.06.2015 | EverEdgeIP | Last night we signed and today we are announcing a new investment: EverEdgeIP Global.
CEO Paul Adams and Lance Wiggs have been discussing EverEdgeIP with increasing intensity for a while now, starting with informal meetings exchanging info... |
| 12.06.2015 | Crowdfunding now live: Invest in Punakaiki Fund | We are very happy to announce our crowdfunding investment offer to the public:
Snowballeffect.co.nz/punakaikifund
We are seeking up to $2 million, the maximum allowable under the applicable law, and will close the offer once we reach that... |
| 11.06.2015 | Vibe acquires Melbourne-based RackCentral | Vibe Communications continue their relentless growth – this time by acquiring RackCentral and bringing on board the much respected Shaun McGuane. Here’s the full press release:
(Cross-posted from Vibe)
June 11, 2015
Rudi Hefer
We’re d... |
| 22.05.2015 | Snowball Offer | Punakaiki Fund will soon be presenting an offer through the Snowball Effect platform.
We are pleased to announce that we have selected Snowball Effect to present our fund-raising offer to members of the public. Equity crowdfunding allows u... |
| 16.02.2015 | Boardingware | We are delighted to announce that we have purchased 16.67% of Boardingware Limited.
Boardingware helps boarding schools manage their students’ movements and pastoral care, replacing stacks of paper, email trails and other cumbersome system... |
| 09.02.2015 | Weirdly | We are very happy to announce that we have purchased 18.6% of Weirdly Limited.
Weirdly helps companies that actively recruit people find better applicants, and also reduce the effort required to manage applicants. There are a number of rec... |
| 07.02.2015 | Melon Health | We announced our convertible note for Melon Health (formerly Social Code) on January 8th, and are now announcing our equity investment along the conversion of the note into equity.
Melon Health is a patient-centric software as a service bu... |
| 04.02.2015 | Onceit | Punakaiki Fund has invested into Onceit, for a holding of a little over 15%. Onceit sells high-end New Zealand designer fashion at insider prices.
Onceit is well known to many, especially in their primary target market of women between 18 ... |
| 08.01.2015 | December 2014 Capital Raising Results | Our December 2014 capital raising round raised $1.140 million from 34 new investors. We issued 91,200 Shares+Option at $12.50 each, with the option being to purchase 1 Share for $14 before September 30th, 2015.
The original 57 investors (I... |
| 08.01.2015 | Social Code – Convertible Note | Punakaiki Fund has invested into Social Code, a Wellington and San Francisco based start-up that helps patients prevent and manage chronic disease by connecting them with their doctor, other medical professionals, family and peers. The inve... |
| 19.12.2014 | Vibe Communications | Punakaiki Fund this week reinvested in Vibe Communications, bringing the fund’s shareholding to 24%. The remainder of the shares are owned by the executive-founders, CEO and key staff.
Vibe had a fantastic year in 2014, growing their netwo... |
| 03.12.2014 | November 2014 Options Round Results | We successfully closed our November 2014 options round with 98.4% of the options redeemed at $10 per share, for a total of $1.5 million. While 80% of the options were taken up by their holders, and the remainder were traded within sharehold... |
| 20.06.2014 | Timely | Our final investment of our initial funds is for just under 5% of Timely.
Timely provides appointment booking services to beauty salons, hairdressers, spas, consultants and personal trainers. There is a little overlap with InfluxHQ, but Ti... |
| 18.06.2014 | InfluxHQ | Punakaiki Fund has acquired 18.33% of InfluxHQ, a company that provided software for Crossfit Gym owner-operators to run their gyms. Crossfit is a very fast-growing fitness exercise philosophy and sport that produces amazing results with a ... |
| 15.06.2014 | Vibe Communications | Punakaiki Fund has acquired a 20% stake in Vibe Communications.
Vibe Communications (Vibe) is an Auckland based ISP (Internet Service Provider) that provides wholesale and corporate telecommunication services to businesses in New Zealand. ... |
| 29.04.2014 | Punakaiki Fund Private Capital Raising Results | We are very happy to announce that we have raised $1,525,000 for Punakaiki Fund, from 55 private investors. Many thanks for your support.
We were unable to complete our public offer in 2013, and paid the $3.3 million that was committed bac... |
| 29.04.2014 | Raygun.io (Mindscape) | We have placed our first investment with Mindscape, for a little over 5% of the company. We have been tracking Mindscape and their new product Raygun.io for a while, and were very happy that we were able to re-open an investment window that... |
