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K1W1
Auckland, New ZealandFounded 1999
K1W1 is the family office of Sir Stephen Tindall, based in Auckland, New Zealand. Founded in 1999, it has invested over $350M in early-stage startups across a diverse range of industries in New Zealand, both directly and as a funds-of-funds.
They made 1 investment in the last 12 months. Average disclosed round size is $14.6M (across 30 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
36
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
1
Team
RT
Robbie Tindall
Director
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
42 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Scentian Bio | Seed | — | Apr 2026 |
 Aquafortus | Unknown | $17M | Feb 2023 |
 Cropsy Technologies | Growth | $1.7M | Jan 2023 |
 Simfuni | Seed | $2.8M | Jan 2023 |
 LanzaTech | Unknown | $125M | Mar 2022 |
 SafeStack | Seed | $4M | Jan 2022 |
| CCarbonCrop | Series A | $1.9M | Jan 2022 |
| TTectonus | Growth | — | Jan 2022 |
 Dotterel | Seed | $500K | Jan 2022 |
| RRunn | Seed | $1.4M | Dec 2021 |
| QQuantiful | Seed | $2.5M | Oct 2021 |
| LLitmaps | Seed | $1M | Aug 2021 |
 Tradify | Series A | $10M | Mar 2021 |
 Auror | Series C | — | Jan 2021 |
 Foundry Lab | Series A | $8M | Jan 2021 |
| QQuantifi Photonics | Series B | — | Jan 2021 |
| PPowerON | Unknown | $3.1M | Jan 2021 |
| SafeStack | Pre-Seed | — | Jan 2021 |
| CCarbonCrop | Seed | $1.5M | Jan 2020 |
 AskNicely | Series A | — | Jan 2019 |
 Rocket Lab | Series E | $140M | Nov 2018 |
 Melon Health | Unknown | $3.3M | Nov 2018 |
 Melodics | Seed | $1.2M | Jan 2017 |
 Mushroom Material | Seed | $5M | — |
| Mushroom Material | Growth | — | — |
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Top Co-Investors
Blackbird9 shared
Techstars5 shared
Movac5 shared
GD15 shared
DCVC3 shared
Khosla Ventures3 shared
Wavemaker Partners3 shared
Accel2 shared
Bessemer Venture Partners2 shared
SEEDS Capital2 shared
Booster Ventures2 shared
Axon Partners Group2 shared
Carthona Capital2 shared
Outset Capital2 shared
Shasta Ventures2 shared
Greenspring Associates1 shared
Future Fund1 shared
Uneti Ventures1 shared
Rittenhouse Ventures1 shared
Exponent Founders Capital1 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026