Jason Kerr

5x Founder | 4x Exits | Board Member | Startup Investor

📍 Auckland Metropolitan Area, New Zealand🔄 Updated September 2026💼 7 investments📅 18 years investing🗓 Last invested Nov 2020𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 New Zealand
7
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3
Early stage
3
Mid stage
1
Late stage
18y
Years active

Portfolio

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Investor
Nov 2020
Mint Innovation, a New Zealand cleantech company, has scaled biological processes that recover valuable metals from waste. Our first process is a unique biometallurgical approach to recover metals from electronic scrap. A key aspect of the Mint process is the use of proprietary microbes that are selective for specific metals. Combined with the advantages of low-cost green chemistry, we aim to make it viable, both economically and environmentally, to capture value from e-waste near its point of collection.
Investor
Dec 2016
We’re proud that Tradify has been voted the #1 job management software for trade business owners — by our customers! Our software is helping tradespeople around the world build better lives & businesses, saving them an average of 10+ hours/week on paperwork and admin time. "From its quick and easy interface to its powerful job tracking and quoting system, Tradify makes keeping track of all things business a breeze." - Joseph Crook, Shordan Electrical Tradify’s easy-to-use features include: Invoicing ✔️ Estimating & quoting ✔️ Scheduling & staff management ✔️ Timesheets ✔️ Accounting integrations ✔️ Online payments ✔️ Real-time reporting ✔️ & more! Available on desktop, tablet and mobile — anywhere, anytime. Tradify can transform every team in the trades and services industry, especially: Electrical & AV Plumbing & Gas HVAC & Refrigeration Building & Construction Property Maintenance & Servicing "Great UI, easy to use, great support." - Jono Clark, Watts Up Electrical Help & support available: Free training & support to help you get set up right the first time. Free weekly video demos and 1:1 walkthroughs. 24/7 global support by live chat, email, or phone. Dedicated Help Centre and customer community.
Investor
Dec 2016
Based in the Netherlands, New Zealand, France and the United States, Dawn Aerospace’s mission is to enable the next generation of space users by providing dramatically more scalable and sustainable ways to access and move around in space. Spaceplane Dawn’s suborbital spaceplanes operate much like a fleet of aircraft, taking off and landing horizontally at airports. The Aurora is a suborbital plane designed to fly 100 km above the Earth and aims to be the first vehicle to access space multiple times per day. An active test flight program of the Aurora spaceplane demonstrator has seen 60+ flights completed. In 2024 the Aurora broke the sound barrier, reaching Mach 1.12 at 82,500 feet, and set a record for the fastest climb to 20 kilometers (65,600 feet). In-space propulsion Dawn is now a leading supplier of turnkey green propulsion systems for NanoSat, MicroSat, ESPA, and ESPA Grande-class satellites, as well as actively developing refueling in space with its Loop program. Dawn propulsion technology often achieves superior performance than traditional hydrazine systems by using a unique, green-propellant combination; nitrous oxide and propylene. Having proven this technology on orbit for both CubeSats and small satellites, Dawn propulsion systems have now flown on Electron, Vega, Falcon 9, and Soyuz launchers with over 200 thrusters in space across 50+ satellites and counting.
Investor
Nov 2016
We’re on a mission to unlock more productive and sustainable agriculture. Farmers are using Halter to break free from the time-intensive constraints of conventional farming. They’re growing more grass, increasing milk production and improving the health and well-being of their cows. We bridge deep tech into real-world farming by enabling farmers to remotely shift, virtually fence and proactively monitor their cows’ health and behaviour. We’re backed to deliver on a mission that matters by Tier 1 investors including DCVC, Blackbird, Promus Ventures, Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck and Icehouse ventures. Halters headquarters are in Auckland, New Zealand.
Board Member
Dec 2014
Jobrapido is revolutionising the way people get jobs and is leading in Online and Mobile talent acquisition solutions. Established in 2006, Jobrapido has achieved unprecedented global popularity. Jobrapido lists 35 million jobs every month, records 55 million visits per month and has more than 110 million registered users. From its headquarters in Milan, Jobrapido conduct business in 58 countries, matching the right candidates with the right roles at thousands of companies around the world. Jobrapido is the second largest global player in the growing job aggregator segment providing a one-stop platform for job-seekers to connect with employers. As industry frontrunner Jobrapido is shaping a new standard in online job searching; to revolutionize the way people get jobs. Jobrapido analyses and aggregates job listings from all over the web, so that candidates can find all relevant jobs in one place. Using pioneering technology and innovative products, Jobrapido connects the dots between great employers and stellar candidates. From April 2014, Jobrapido is a Symphony Technology Group (STG) company.
Investor
May 2013
Parrot Analytics is the leading global audience demand analytics company for the attention economy. With the world’s largest audience attention datasets, the company currently tracks more than a trillion expressions of demand in over 100 languages from 200+ countries to reveal what consumers engage with and watch the most across platforms. Parrot Analytics is a trusted partner to some of the biggest media companies and content creators in the world, helping them optimize content workflows in real time. Partnering with companies across the entire content supply chain, from agencies to global direct-to-consumer platforms, Parrot Analytics helps drive better production, distribution, acquisition and marketing decisions, as well as increased subscriber growth and retention. The company has offices in Los Angeles, New York, London, Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Sydney and Auckland. For more information visit www.parrotanalytics.com.
Investor
Aug 2008
Cumulo9 provides transformational business email services for delivering transactional email documents, marketing campaigns and tracked email signatures. Our email engine features industry best deliverability, tracking and reporting of important business emails. The following products provide best of breed solutions for your most popular communication platform Mailpost is the cost effective answer to transforming your essential email document delivery. We deliver millions of essential mail items like statements, invoices, payslips and contracts seamlessly via email with world-class deliverability and reporting Mailprimer 1-2-1 provides high-quality full HTML branding and a powerful everyday marketing platform for all your business email signatures. The difference is we report all clicked links and views as well as delivery of every email sent. Mailprimer 1-2many - High volume email campaigns and newsletters easily delivered through spam filters and firewalls with a measured 99.5+% success rate
Experience · 14 entries
All (14)
Investments (7)
Founder (4)
Board (1)
2025
Limited Partner
Oct 2025
Our mission is to be transformative investors in transformative Kiwi companies. We have invested >$500m into >350 companies, including Halter, Crimson, Education, Sharesies, Partly, Hnry, Dawn Aerospace, Tracksuit, Mint Innovation, Tradify, OpenStar, Shuttlerock, Ethique, Basis, Fuel50, Spalk, Substack, Nuro, and PowerbyProxi.
2020
Investor
Nov 2020
Mint Innovation, a New Zealand cleantech company, has scaled biological processes that recover valuable metals from waste. Our first process is a unique biometallurgical approach to recover metals from electronic scrap. A key aspect of the Mint process is the use of proprietary microbes that are selective for specific metals. Combined with the advantages of low-cost green chemistry, we aim to make it viable, both economically and environmentally, to capture value from e-waste near its point of collection.
2016
Investor
Dec 2016
We’re proud that Tradify has been voted the #1 job management software for trade business owners — by our customers! Our software is helping tradespeople around the world build better lives & businesses, saving them an average of 10+ hours/week on paperwork and admin time. "From its quick and easy interface to its powerful job tracking and quoting system, Tradify makes keeping track of all things business a breeze." - Joseph Crook, Shordan Electrical Tradify’s easy-to-use features include: Invoicing ✔️ Estimating & quoting ✔️ Scheduling & staff management ✔️ Timesheets ✔️ Accounting integrations ✔️ Online payments ✔️ Real-time reporting ✔️ & more! Available on desktop, tablet and mobile — anywhere, anytime. Tradify can transform every team in the trades and services industry, especially: Electrical & AV Plumbing & Gas HVAC & Refrigeration Building & Construction Property Maintenance & Servicing "Great UI, easy to use, great support." - Jono Clark, Watts Up Electrical Help & support available: Free training & support to help you get set up right the first time. Free weekly video demos and 1:1 walkthroughs. 24/7 global support by live chat, email, or phone. Dedicated Help Centre and customer community.
Investor
Dec 2016
Based in the Netherlands, New Zealand, France and the United States, Dawn Aerospace’s mission is to enable the next generation of space users by providing dramatically more scalable and sustainable ways to access and move around in space. Spaceplane Dawn’s suborbital spaceplanes operate much like a fleet of aircraft, taking off and landing horizontally at airports. The Aurora is a suborbital plane designed to fly 100 km above the Earth and aims to be the first vehicle to access space multiple times per day. An active test flight program of the Aurora spaceplane demonstrator has seen 60+ flights completed. In 2024 the Aurora broke the sound barrier, reaching Mach 1.12 at 82,500 feet, and set a record for the fastest climb to 20 kilometers (65,600 feet). In-space propulsion Dawn is now a leading supplier of turnkey green propulsion systems for NanoSat, MicroSat, ESPA, and ESPA Grande-class satellites, as well as actively developing refueling in space with its Loop program. Dawn propulsion technology often achieves superior performance than traditional hydrazine systems by using a unique, green-propellant combination; nitrous oxide and propylene. Having proven this technology on orbit for both CubeSats and small satellites, Dawn propulsion systems have now flown on Electron, Vega, Falcon 9, and Soyuz launchers with over 200 thrusters in space across 50+ satellites and counting.
Investor
Nov 2016
We’re on a mission to unlock more productive and sustainable agriculture. Farmers are using Halter to break free from the time-intensive constraints of conventional farming. They’re growing more grass, increasing milk production and improving the health and well-being of their cows. We bridge deep tech into real-world farming by enabling farmers to remotely shift, virtually fence and proactively monitor their cows’ health and behaviour. We’re backed to deliver on a mission that matters by Tier 1 investors including DCVC, Blackbird, Promus Ventures, Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck and Icehouse ventures. Halters headquarters are in Auckland, New Zealand.
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