Backing frontier technology, born in New Zealand and built for the world.

Outset invests primarily in the deep tech coming out of New Zealand, with a handful of offshore companies that share the same lineage. The portfolio sits across energy, critical minerals, defence, advanced computing, and medtech: disciplines where the science is hard, the timelines are long, and one good company can move a country. We write first cheques and stay close for the long arc real companies require.

The lineage we operate inside runs from New Zealand’s national lab through LanzaTech to Rocket Lab. Most of our cohort was founded by, or sits one degree from, that genealogy. We treat it as asset and responsibility. The companies are Kiwi-founded and sold into the world.

A representative subset is below. The full portfolio is on outset.ventures.