Outset Ventures Fund II

About Outset Ventures Fund II

Outset Ventures Fund II is a venture capital firm based in New Zealand, focusing on Pre-Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in AI/ML, Climate & Sustainability, SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionNew Zealand

Funding StagePre Seed

Industry Focus

Ai Ml

Climate Sustainability

Saas

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

NZ deep tech founder scaling lab idea globally

deep tech

NZ-based

lab-to-global scale

high-conviction

breakout winners

Bullish Signals

Rocket Lab, LanzaTech born hereexternal

Institutional + family office LP baseexternal

Campus lab + community + fund comboexternal

Mint Innovation + Ternary also alumniexternal

R&D facilities proven since 2006external

Momentum Fund now actively engaging LPswebsite

Contrarian Signals

NZ-only geography limits deal flowexternal

Select investor group — access gatedexternal

Founder Do's

Build frontier deep tech companies

Leverage lab + community resources

Target global scale from NZ

Engage early with Outset ecosystem

Ambition to turn lab ideas into global cos

Founder Don'ts

Non-deep tech startups

No NZ connection

Early pre-lab stage only

Key GPs & Partners

Mat Rowe

Founder

foundercampus-buildercommunity-driven

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Fund Overview

Fund SizeNZ$41.5M

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Website

Key People

Matt Rowe, Angus Blair

Mat RoweFounder