New ZealandPlatform
Oceania · Pop. 5.3M · #25 startup ecosystem by EV
Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in New Zealand
A live treemap of $100M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a New Zealand-headquartered company, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in New Zealand - 2026
Startup hubs
Inside New Zealand: top 2 startup hubs
Sub-national ecosystems ranked by combined enterprise value, paired with their 5-year growth multiplier.
Startup funnel
New Zealand's power-law funnel
From the first cheque written to a $10B+ outcome. Each arrow shows what fraction of companies at one stage graduate to the next, tracked by founding cohort.
* C→Unicorn and Unicorn→Decacorn rates are derived from current counts (no founding-cohort data); the four mid-funnel rates use Dealroom's cohort tracking.
VC investment
How much venture capital flows into New Zealand
VC investment into New Zealand-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage. Live from the Dealroom Next Gen API.
Notable companies
Top private companies in New Zealand
Up to 20 names per tier from Dealroom's tracked dataset. Decacorns are valued $10B+, unicorns $1B+, thoroughbreds have crossed $100M in revenue.
Academia
New Zealand's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to New Zealand.
Location comparison
How New Zealand stacks up
Compare New Zealand with similarly sized ecosystems in Oceania — switch between combined EV, 5-year EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.
Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.
Top ecosystems in Oceania ranked by combined EV. New Zealand's row is highlighted (#2).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | 5-yr EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | $278B | 8.8× | 48 | $3.8B | 5,002 |
| 2 | New Zealand | $74B | 21.6× | 8 | $1.6B | 663 |
| 3 | Marshall Islands | $221.3M | — | 0 | $0 | 12 |
| 4 | Samoa | $186M | — | 0 | $0 | 2 |
| 5 | Federated States of Micronesia | $40.5M | — | 0 | $0 | 9 |
| 6 | Papua New Guinea | $29.4M | — | 0 | $5M | 1 |
| 7 | Fiji | $6.3M | — | 0 | $0 | 3 |
| 8 | Tuvalu | $1.8M | — | 0 | $0 | 3 |
Patent intelligence
New Zealand startup IP portfolio: 668 patent families
Granted patent families assigned to startups headquartered in New Zealand. Aggregated across the country's hub-level filings — Bay Area, Boston, etc. roll up under the United States row, the same way Tokyo and Osaka roll up under Japan.
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What we don't show on this page (yet)
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Live company-by-company deal flow, full cap tables, founder pedigrees, hiring signals and revenue trajectories.