Lance Hodges

Tinkerer | Investor at HOP Ventures

📍 Auckland Metropolitan Area, New Zealand🔄 Updated October 2026💼 4 investments📅 6 years investing🗓 Last invested Aug 2021𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 New Zealand
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Aug 2021
Say hello to Komodo the school-wide wellbeing solution. With a mission to make school a place where all students thrive, we are revolutionizing the educational landscape by prioritizing the holistic development of students and educators alike. At the core of Komodo lies evidence-based, comprehensive software designed to address the diverse needs of school communities around the world. Our solution seamlessly integrates wellbeing measurement, mental health initiatives, social-emotional learning, and mindfulness practices into the daily fabric of school life. Created with input from psychologists Komodo is designed to empower students and enable schools to make positive and effective interventions.
Investor
Jul 2021
Using the Standard Library API and integration platform, companies can build and connect APIs without managing infrastructure.
Investor
May 2021
Remote Social offers a powerful suite of tools designed to help teams connect, have fun, and build strong relationships.
Mentor / Investor
Jul 2020
Accelerator: https://www.startmate.com/accelerator/program First Believers: https://www.startmate.com/first-believers/program We back the most ambitious founders in ANZ 🚀 From founders who are pre-revenue to scaling globally, Startmate is the epicentre of startup ambition. We run programs for founders, operators and investors, fuelled by a community that believes big. You bring the ambition. We’ll bring the jet fuel ✈️
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Investor
Aug 2021
Say hello to Komodo the school-wide wellbeing solution. With a mission to make school a place where all students thrive, we are revolutionizing the educational landscape by prioritizing the holistic development of students and educators alike. At the core of Komodo lies evidence-based, comprehensive software designed to address the diverse needs of school communities around the world. Our solution seamlessly integrates wellbeing measurement, mental health initiatives, social-emotional learning, and mindfulness practices into the daily fabric of school life. Created with input from psychologists Komodo is designed to empower students and enable schools to make positive and effective interventions.
Investor
Jul 2021
Using the Standard Library API and integration platform, companies can build and connect APIs without managing infrastructure.
Investor
May 2021
Remote Social offers a powerful suite of tools designed to help teams connect, have fun, and build strong relationships.
2020
General Partner, NZ
Nov 2020
Tractor Ventures provides a range of flexible alt-capital funding options to help you grow your technology company sustainably, at the speed that suits you. We don’t believe the ability to access capital to achieve your goals should be so ambiguous and difficult. Companies generating revenue can access alt-capital and plan to fund the future, via a suite of funding options co-designed by ourselves and the companies we fund. Tractor Ventures is run, and funded, by a team of Australia and New Zealand’s most experienced tech founders, investors and operators.
Mentor / Investor
Jul 2020
Accelerator: https://www.startmate.com/accelerator/program First Believers: https://www.startmate.com/first-believers/program We back the most ambitious founders in ANZ 🚀 From founders who are pre-revenue to scaling globally, Startmate is the epicentre of startup ambition. We run programs for founders, operators and investors, fuelled by a community that believes big. You bring the ambition. We’ll bring the jet fuel ✈️
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