Icehouse Ventures

Knox Partners is a NZ-based mid-market private equity manager investing in companies headquartered in Australasia. Knox is a hands-on strategic investor, supporting organic and inorganic expansion and operational improvement. Knox concentrates on businesses with enterprise values of between $25-200m within a wide range of industries. Knox adds value and facilitates profitable change through management buyout, ownership change, growth and acquisition funding. Each opportunity needs to demonstrate stable operating earnings, future growth potential and partnership requirements whereby the Knox capabilities, beyond invested capital, can enhance value outcomes.

New Zealand investment platform providing vetted deal flow and facilitating capital raising for companies and funds. Investors make their own investment decisions; Snowball Effect does not provide investment advice.

InnoHub Capital is a venture investor and startup accelerator that backs technology startups and provides incubation, acceleration, education, events, and networking services, with an emphasis on opportunities in China.

Startmate is an accelerator and venture investor that operates a pre-seed fund for Accelerator cohorts and a follow-on continuity fund for selected alumni.

The Ice Angels is a leading New Zealand based angel network that invests in and supports exceptional teams that are exploiting global opportunities. Since 2003, members of the Ice Angels have collectively invested over $90m into 148 companies. Our portfolio represents a broad range of industries including software, mobile, gaming, web, medical devices, biotech and advanced manufacturing.

The Impact Enterprise Fund provides growth capital to businesses who deliver social and/or environmental impact, alongside attractive financial returns. The Impact Enterprise Fund is a collaboration between the ?kina Foundation, New Ground Capital and Impact Ventures. The Impact Enterprise Fund is New Zealand's first domestic focused impact investment fund.

Zino Ventures invests in New Zealand businesses with the potential to scale into Chinese speaking markets. Zino Ventures has an angel fund that invests in earlier-stage companies, and a newly raised growth fund that looks to invest into high quality NZ companies and help them grow into Chinese speaking markets. Generally our growth investments are $1-2m and into companies that have a product or service that has been validated in NZ and which is a unique proposition in the Chinese speaking markets. Zino will add value to these opportunities by working with management to identify the optimal Asian expansion strategy and then applying our resources, including deep in–market relationships and experience to execute on these strategies. We look at a variety of sectors including market sectors including IT and telecommunications (digital, media, mobile and web), clean tech and renewable energy, biotech, medical devices, food and beverages, financial services, agriculture, AR/VR entertainment, and the Internet of Things.

Comval invests in leading commercial cleaning and facilities management companies in the New Zealand market.