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Ecliptic Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($200K–$1.5M Checks)

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Auckland, New ZealandWebsite

Ecliptic Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Auckland, New Zealand investing in Other, SaaS, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $200K–$1.5M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$200K–$1.5M
Portfolio
2 companies on record
Partners
9 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Other, SaaS, AI / ML, Enterprise, Developer Tools
HQ
Auckland, New Zealand
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-09-05

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$200K – $1.5M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

9 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Seed to Series A NZ-founded B2B tech companies, with a hands-on support model to help them scale globally.

How Ecliptic Ventures invests

Ecliptic Ventures is a vc firm based in Auckland, New Zealand. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, SaaS, AI / ML, Enterprise, Developer Tools. It does not invest in Healthcare, Climate.

Ecliptic Ventures typically writes checks of $200K–$1.5M per investment.

Ecliptic Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including ClearChain, AegisLedger.

Partners & Team

VP

Varun Pandit

Managing Director

finance
industrial technology
deep tech
MM

Mike Millard

Operating Partner

deep tech
healthtech
material science
energy transition
WH

William Hurley (whurley)

Co-Founder & General Partner

technology
open-source
quantum computing
financial services
W“

William “whurley” Hurley

General Partner

MW

Martina Wells

Founder & GP

Blockchain
Enterprise SaaS
JR

James R. Puckett

Managing Partner

GS

Greg Strake

Partner

AL

Adam Lipman

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

operational strategy
software
biotech
scaling operations
MW

Mike W. Erwin

Founder & General Partner, Chief Investment Officer

early-stage innovation
software
hardware
energy tech

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
SaaS
AI / ML
Enterprise
Developer Tools

Does Not Invest In

Healthcare
Climate

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

CL

ClearChain

Blockchain
AE

AegisLedger

Capital Markets
How to pitch Ecliptic Ventures
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $200K – $1.5M check.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Varun Pandit, Managing Director.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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