Nuance Connected Capital

Nuance Connected Capital is a New Zealand venture capital fund that backs domestic entrepreneurs building deep-tech companies aimed at global problems. The firm invests primarily at Series A and Series B, with a portion of the Nuance Connected Capital Fund reserved for seed-stage commitments. Its stated investment thesis centres on innovations that improve the planet or the way people live.

Sector interest spans energy, climate, environment and agtech, alongside health and wellbeing, science and advanced engineering, blockchain and artificial intelligence - a technical spread that reflects the fund's focus on proprietary science, advanced engineering and intellectual property. Check size and fund volume are not disclosed.

Beyond capital, the firm works with founders and teams on company building and business development, and provides access to international networks of expertise, customers, partners and markets. The model is explicitly designed to connect New Zealand companies to global markets so they can scale internationally while continuing to operate from New Zealand. The firm's geographic orientation is therefore domestic in origin and international in application.