Outset Ventures

📍 Auckland, New Zealand🗓 Founded 2016👥 12 employees💰 Last funded Dec 2024
Outset Ventures is Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading deep-technology incubator and venture investor, built to support founders turning breakthrough science and engineering into globally significant companies. Our mission is simple: help exceptional deep-tech founders move from complex ideas to real-world impact — accelerating the journey from lab to market and connecting New Zealand innovation to international capital and opportunity. Outset operates New Zealand’s only dedicated deep-tech venture campus, with flexible laboratory, prototyping, and workshop facilities designed specifically for early-stage science and engineering ventures. With more than two decades of on-site technology commercialisation, our community has helped launch globally recognised companies including Rocket Lab, LanzaTech and Mint Innovation. Today, we continue to work alongside founders at the frontier of aerospace, energy, advanced materials and next-generation engineering. As investors and operators, we bring hands-on experience, deep technical networks, and a long-term commitment to building enduring companies from this part of the world.
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Mid stage
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Late stage
2016
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Investor geography1 country
New Zealand
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Frequently asked questions
Who invested in Outset Ventures?
Outset Ventures has 2 investors on record on gritt.io and 2 late-stage investors.
When did Outset Ventures last raise funding?
The most recent investment in Outset Ventures recorded on gritt.io was in December 2024.
When was Outset Ventures founded?
Outset Ventures was founded in 2016.
What industry is Outset Ventures in?
Outset Ventures operates in Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals. Find similar Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals investors on gritt.io.
Where is Outset Ventures based?
Outset Ventures is headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand.