Our Ventures
Big Little Bang
Deloitte and New Zealand Trade & Enterprise this year embark...
Our Ventures
Mesynthes
Medical and wound care technology
Mesynthes develops medical devices...
Our Ventures
Xero
On-Line Accounting
Xero is an online accounting system designed for sma...
Our Ventures
YikeBike
A world first.
Weighing just 10.8kg, the YikeBike is the smallest fol...
Our Ventures
Clean Planet
A Cleantech manufacturer
Clean Planet is a niche manufacturer and franc...
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Sparkbox People.
Terry Allen
Terry Allen is the Founder and Managing Director of Allen Strategic, a company specialising in the provision of Governance, Strategy and Execution services at board and executive level.
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Nigel Lawry
Nigel Lawry is a businessman with over 20 years direct experience in start-ups, “green fields” projects and “coal-face” sales and marketing across a diverse range of industries and market s...
Henry Tait
Henry was a co-founder of Sparkbox in 2001. He has co-founded a number of successful start up companies across a range of industries including Snowplanet Limited (leisure) and Connovation Limited (...
Andrew Duff
Andrew co-founded Sparkbox in 2001. He is a Director of a number of private start-up companies including many Sparkbox portfolio entities.
He is Principal of Blue Limited, a private inves...
Greg Sitters
Greg is an experienced IT professional and executive with more than 25 years working in NZ, Australia, Asia and the US. He was involved in setting up Sun Microsystems and Silicon Graphics in NZ, an...
Rob Rogers
Rob is a serial entreprenuer and advisor with experience spanning all sizes of companies many on a global basis.
His diverse skill base includes global strategy, capital raising, netw...
Our Funds & Vehicles.
Sparkbox Seed
Sparkbox Seed invests at the Proof of Concept (PoC) stage.
This typically involves ventures that need a small amount of seed capital to prove out the product idea and concept, and complete the business analysis and model.
Sparkbox Angel
Where a product concept has been proven and a sound business plan developed, Sparkbox Angel is ready to invest alongside you.
Typically we would invest in a range of $500k - $2m and this should see the business through to first revenue, and in some cases break even.
Sparkbox Ignite
Sparkbox Ignite is a collaboration of early stage Venture Capital interests.
The focus lies heavily on investing in New Zealand technology companies.
SB Venture Advisors
Sparkbox Venture Advisors has a team of professionals with experience in private company transactions.
We provide a series of advisory services including financial and strategic advice and particularly in relation