University of Auckland Inventors Fund

University of Auckland Inventors Fund is a University of Auckland-affiliated venture fund managed by UniServices, backing New Zealand innovation and entrepreneurship linked to university research and commercialization. It provides contestable evergreen capital for seed and pre-seed opportunities, with a stated fund size of $40m, and has also participated in later-stage venture financing. The fund is most relevant for New Zealand founders and spinouts in deep tech, biotechnology, healthtech, medical devices, education, TMT, and AI-related technologies.