We invest in great NZ tech

SHAREHOLDING
53.9%

FIRST INVESTMENT
June 2014

Devoli is a wholesale telecommunications company that empowers customers to launch, innovate and scale connectivity services for residential and business end users. With its very large telecommunications network, Devoli has the ability to provide products to business customers at compelling price points and enable a low cost of services for its customers.

In 2024, the company placed first in the Deloitte Masters of Growth. Based in Auckland, Devoli’s platform is currently servicing over 150,000 broadband connections to their customers across Australia and New Zealand.

RECENT ARTICLES

• • Devoli takes first place in Deloitte’s Masters of Growth awards – Nov 2024

SHAREHOLDING
20.5%

FIRST INVESTMENT
February 2017

CONQA (QA Tech Limited) is construction software that makes quality assurance simple and easy for contractors, enabling them to deliver projects with confidence and track live progress.

Founded in 2015, CONQA makes it easy to inspect and capture evidence of compliant work. With 10 years of progress, billions of dollars’ worth of projects completed, and strong annualized recurring revenue, the company can be proud of its journey to date.

RECENT ARTICLES

• The future is now with CONQA – 2023
• Tantalising tech: Subcontractors lead construction industry reform – 2022
• CONQA saddles up for post-Covid ride and sets an eye on the USA – 2021

SHAREHOLDING
28.9%

FIRST INVESTMENT
February 2015

Boardingware, trading as Orah from mid 2021, is the leader in the student engagement category. Their student engagement platform helps schools and organisations provide students with the best care, support and opportunities they need. The company was founded and is led by Paul Organ and Kurt Meyer.

Orah’s student engagement platform has a number of modules, including Unify which centralises student engagement data; Supervise, which manages student attendance and movements; Coordinate, a set of tools to organise and manage extracurricular events and activities; Safeguard, emergency response and planning to mitigate risk and enhance campus safety; and Nurture, to measure and monitor student wellbeing, identify risks and take proactive coordinated action.

SHAREHOLDING
21.8%

FIRST INVESTMENT
March, 2022

Founded in 2019, Couchdrop has mastered the art of shuttling hefty data packets between cloud platforms swiftly, securely, and without breaking the bank. The company’s sister product, Movebot, seamlessly migrates data between cloud storage giants—think shifting corporate treasures from Google Drive to Dropbox or Egnyte to Google. 

Couchdrop has experienced remarkable early growth and is currently the fastest growing company in our portfolio. Large, household names like Dropbox rely on Couchdrop to migrate customers to their platform and the company is moving data for 12,000 companies worldwide with significant presence in North America and Europe.

Punakaiki Fund first invested in Couchdrop in 2022 and remains the only fund invested in the company with a 21.8% stake. Couchdrop is our second partnership with Michael Lawson, whose first venture, Linewize, was acquired by Family Zone in 2017.

SHAREHOLDING
3.0%

FIRST INVESTMENT
October, 2021

Whip Around improves asset utilisation of fleet and fixed equipment by keeping inspections, work orders, and fleet health data in easy to use preventative maintenance software.

Whip Around assists over 150,000 fleet professionals and numerous fleet operators in managing recurring vehicle and equipment inspections, ensuring legal compliance, and identifying and completing critical maintenance.

Focused on the US market but bringing a high amount of NZ values along with them, Whip Around works hard to understand their customers’ needs and build success for their clients.

RECENT ARTICLES

• Whip Around appoints new directors as global expansion accelerates – 2025
• Why WhipAround is poised for a big year ahead – 2023
• ‘The next Xero’: Whip Around – 2021

SHAREHOLDING
25.6%

FIRST INVESTMENT
February 2015

Onceit is an e-commerce online retailer offering top brands in fashion, beauty and homewares at great prices – predominantly in New Zealand, but it also ships to Australia. Launched in May 2010 and founded by Jay Goodey, Onceit has become a one-stop destination for more than 500 local and international brands, serving over 200,000 members.

Onceit has benefited from the efforts of investor, director and highly regarded e-commerce leader Simon West, spending time in the business.

RECENT ARTICLES

• One in a Million: Q&A with Onceit – 2019
• Online shopping to reach tipping point this Christmas – 2019
• Blog: The story behind Onceit – 2023

SHAREHOLDING
48.5%

FIRST INVESTMENT
March 2015

RedSeed offers an end-to-end solution through proprietary and customised modules in a SaaS Learning Management System, predominantly for large retailers looking to increase sales through their sales team. With over 50,000 active trainees, RedSeed has a significant footprint in the New Zealand retail business market, with clients including Fletcher Building, Foodstuffs, Icebreaker, 2degrees, Max, Kathmandu and Revlon. Australian clients include Drummond Golf, M.J. Bale, Weber, Beaumont Tiles and Red Bottle. RedSeed is based in Christchurch and has an office in Australia. The company acquired Kiwihost in 2021.

The last investment by Punakaiki Fund was the purchase of shares from a RedSeed co-founder in 2020. As a result of buy-outs of passive and active founders Punakaiki Fund’s shareholding is 48.5%.

RECENT ARTICLES

• How to get the most out of your sales people – June 2021

SHAREHOLDING
11.4%

FIRST INVESTMENT
March, 2022

Projectworks is a project intelligence platform that engineering, architecture, software, and management consulting firms use to run and scale their business profitably. Its cloud-based software automates consulting firms’ project processes – getting them out of the resourcing, forecasting, and reporting ‘weeds’ so they can focus on delivering outcomes for their clients.

It has received recognition including ‘Emerging Company of the Year’ at the 2025 NZ Hi-Tech Awards, 19th on the 2024 Deloitte Fast 50, and #557 on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in the United States.

RECENT ARTICLES

• Emerging Company of the Year Projectworks raises US$12m – 2025
• NZ Tech Podcast: Projectworks Growth and Global Insights with CEO Mark Orttung – 2025
• Projectworks’ journey to global recognition – 2024

SHAREHOLDING
15.1%*

FIRST INVESTMENT
October 2015

MOBI merged with HungryHungry (HHM Global) in May 2024. The companies help food service businesses sell more by offering online and table-based ordering products, as well as merchant solution services.

Under the leadership of HungryHungry’s founders, the unified company combines MOBI’s robust, enterprise-grade capabilities with HungryHungry’s consumer-first innovation. This powerful synergy now enables the Group to serve over 2,800 venues across more than 15 countries with a market-leading digital ordering and guest engagement solution.

_{*39% of Punakaiki Fund’s shareholding of MOBI HQ has minor economic value.}

RECENT ARTICLES

• MOBI merges with HungryHungry – 2024
• Online retail growth created 13,000+ jobs in NZ during pandemic-hit 2020 – 2021

SHAREHOLDING
6.3%

FIRST INVESTMENT
April 2014

Raygun provides a software intelligence platform that enables customers to ensure that their software is being experienced the way they intended. The platform consists of software crash and error reporting, real user monitoring, user and deployment tracking, and Application Performance Monitoring (APM), which launched in September 2018. Raygun is headquartered in Wellington.

The last major investment event was in February 2016, where Punakaiki Fund was one of several investors.

RECENT ARTICLES

• Ben Kepes sustainably embraces old and new technology – 24 August 2019
• Raygun Launches Global Tech Leaders Tour – 17 December 2019

SHAREHOLDING
3.0%

FIRST INVESTMENT
December, 2021

Formus Labs has created the first automated 3D planner for joint replacement surgeries, a tool that provides unprecedented insight into the pre-operative planning process.

Traditionally, 1 in 5 knee replacement operations are unsatisfactory and 1 in 10 hip replacements require revision surgery within 10 years.  This costs the orthapedic industry billions of dollars annually.

Using cutting edge biomechanics and machine learning, these tools empower surgeons and produce better results for patients worldwide while offering significant cost savings to the industry as a whole.

Formus Labs is headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand, and employs 16 staff.

RECENT ARTICLES

• Orthopaedic surgery software start-up wins big at the Hi-Tech Awards – June 2023

SHAREHOLDING
17.5%

FIRST INVESTMENT
June 2020

Core Schedule was established in 2016 to continue to develop efficient, easy to use, transparent, and accessible scheduling software to allow hospitals and other medical service providers to develop and administer staffing rosters. Since its creation in 2009, Core Schedule has been adopted by major hospitals and small clinics in the United States, New Zealand and Australia.

RECENT ARTICLES

• How automated software solutions can build effective business strategy at General Practice & Enterprise levels within the Medical sector?

SHAREHOLDING
13.0%

FIRST INVESTMENT
August 2025

Sea-Flux is a New Zealand maritime technology company. Its innovative cloud-based vessel management software package (also available as an app on mobile devices) transforms maritime operations.

Founder and former commercial vessel skipper, Tai Ellis, created Sea-Flux after years of frustration using inefficient systems at sea. The company is based in Auckland.

In 2024, Sea-Flux won the 2024 Innovation Award for Electronic and Electrical Systems at the European Commercial Marine Awards in England.

SHAREHOLDING
3.2%

FIRST INVESTMENT
December 2023

FOUNDER
Nick Mooyman

SHAREHOLDING
16.7%

FIRST INVESTMENT
Dec 2020

Get Home Safe is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform designed to improve welfare monitoring for remote or lone employees. The original app was conceived in 2012 when founder and CEO Boyd Peacock was living in Queenstown, and considered the ability of smartphones to revolutionise personal safety for workers in wilderness settings. He quickly saw the potential to extend the service to other sectors employing workers in solo or lone roles.

The company now provides support to over 10,000 people across over nearly 250 customers, mainly in New Zealand and increasingly in Australia and UK, as well as USA and Canada. Its clients include local government entities, health and social care operators, security firms, utilities and many more.

Punakaiki Fund invested into Get Home Safe Limited in December 2020.

RECENT ARTICLES

• Off to set up city tech firm’s London office – May 2021

SHAREHOLDING
26.5%

FIRST INVESTMENT
Dec 2015

QubeDocs is one subsidiary of Mindful Group, which sold Mindfull Limited, an advanced analytics practice to Fusion 5.

QubeDocs is an auto-documentation tool for IBM’s TM1 software and for cloud-based Planning Analytics, which gives Chief Financial Officers comfort in being able to track integrity and changes in their financial models. The company is also developing a version for Oracle’s Hyperion. QubeDocs has offices in Auckland, Wellington and the United States.

Punakaiki Fund invested into Mindfull Group in December 2015, and Mindfull Limited was sold to Fusion 5 in late 2020.

RECENT ARTICLES

• Managing Planning Analytics Documentation
• What happens if my Senior TM1 Developer Leaves?
• A CFO’s journey to QubeDocs

SHAREHOLDING
3.7%

FIRST INVESTMENT
October 2022

SHAREHOLDING
(former) 13.1%

FIRST INVESTMENT
November 2017

The acquisition of Quantifi Photonics by Teradyne Inc (NASDAQ:TER) in May 2025 marked Punakaiki Fund’s fourth and largest major exit in four years. With an economic interest of 13%, Punakaiki Fund was the largest local investor in Quantifi Photonics, second overall behind US-based Intel Capital. 

Quantifi Photonics is a New Zealand-based company specialising in photonics test and measurement solutions. Teradyne Inc is a global leader in automated test equipment and robotics systems.

RECENT ARTICLES

• Quantifi Photonics: Punakaiki Fund’s largest investment leads to its largest exit – 2025
• Quantifi Photonics scores Intel investment, valuing company at $90 million – 2022
• Quantifi Photonics seeks $12m in funding round – 2020

SHAREHOLDING
(former) 3.8%

FIRST INVESTMENT
June 2014

Timely was acquired by EverCommerce  for more than $100 million in June 2021

Founded in 2011, Timely exists to grow the value of the beauty industry by offering simple, affordable and reliable appointment software for small businesses. Customers get innovative business management software, award-winning customer support, education from the biggest industry names globally and peer support. Today, Timely serves more than 50,000 service professionals in 90 countries that use the cloud-based platform to book over 30 million appointments a year. For more information on Timely, check out https://www.gettimely.com/about/

SHAREHOLDING
(former) 1.7%

FIRST INVESTMENT
August 2015

FOUNDER
Vaughan Rowsell

Vend was sold to Lightspeed for US $350 Million in March 2020.

Vend is cloud-based point-of-sale and retail management software company based in Auckland, New Zealand. The company was founded in 2010 by Vaughan Rowsell. 

SHAREHOLDING

FIRST INVESTMENT
$1.6 million

Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK) acquired Moxion in January 2022.

Moxion’s beautiful platform is focused on helping you weave all the threads of filmmaking together, simply, seamlessly and securely.

Moxion was created in 2015 by founders experienced in film and TV. We were built and designed from the ground up for the challenging New Zealand conditions, and today are based in Los Angeles with a team across the world, ensuring our customers benefit from 24/7 support, no matter where they are producing content.

SHAREHOLDING
(former) 20%

FIRST INVESTMENT

Family Zone acquired Punakaiki Fund’s 20% shareholdings in Linewize in November 2017.

Punakaiki Fund subsequently sold all its Family Zone ordinary shares on the ASX in June 2018, for A$0.54 per share, realising a net amount of NZ$1.109 million. Punakaiki Fund retains its Family Zone performance shares, which are released if certain milestones are met.