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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 investments in the last 12 months. Their most common stage is seed (43% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $12.5M (across 20 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    26

    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

    28 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Scentian Bio logoScentian BioSeed—Apr 2026
    Aquafortus logoAquafortusUnknown$17MFeb 2023
    Cropsy Technologies logoCropsy TechnologiesGrowth$1.7MJan 2023
    SafeStack logoSafeStackSeed$4MJan 2022
    CCarbonCropSeries A$1.9MJan 2022
    TTectonusGrowth—Jan 2022
    RRunnSeed$1.4MDec 2021
    LLitmapsSeed$1MAug 2021
    Foundry Lab logoFoundry LabSeries A$8MJan 2021
    QQuantifi PhotonicsSeries B—Jan 2021
    PPowerONUnknown$3.1MJan 2021
    CCarbonCropSeed$1.5MJan 2020
    Rocket Lab logoRocket LabSeries E$140MNov 2018
    Mushroom Material logoMushroom MaterialSeed$5M—
    Mushroom Material logoMushroom MaterialGrowth——
    Auror logoAurorUnknown——
    Zincovery logoZincoverySeed——
    Tradify logoTradifySeries A$10M—
    Appetise logoAppetiseSeries A$5M—
    Vessev logoVessevSeries A$19M—
    Crimson Education logoCrimson EducationSeed$1M—
    MMara BioSeed$1M—
    OOpenStar TechnologiesSeed——
    LLincaSeed——
    HHyadesPre-Seed$1.5M—
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    Top Co-Investors

    Wavemaker Partners3 shared
    Blackbird3 shared
    GD13 shared
    DCVC2 shared
    SEEDS Capital2 shared
    Techstars2 shared
    Booster Ventures2 shared
    Outset Capital2 shared
    Greenspring Associates1 shared
    Future Fund1 shared
    Accel1 shared
    Khosla Ventures1 shared
    Bessemer Venture Partners1 shared
    Uneti Ventures1 shared
    Rittenhouse Ventures1 shared
    Exponent Founders Capital1 shared
    Toyota Motor Corp.1 shared
    Toyota Ventures1 shared
    Axon Partners Group1 shared
    Movac1 shared

    Last updated: 8 September 2026