Phase One Ventures

We are an early stage founder community first and foremost. We consist of three parts, a community, a product and growth incubating programme and a fund. Our vision is an even happier New Zealand with a thriving & vibrant startup ecosystem. We commit to founders by helping them lay the foundations for truly high growth companies. We do this by helping them achieve product market fit, crystallize a vision and identify growth engines. We also help with company building (people and funding strategies). Through our programme we connect “been there, done that” operators with the next wave of high-growth New Zealand startups and founders. A product and growth mentor catches up with a startup every two weeks to keep progressing on the journey to minimum lovable product. This takes time, so we expect this relationship to last minimum a year. Our community of founders are awesome. At Phase One, we work hard to nurture an environment that our founders feel comfortable to share, connect and help each other as they learn and achieve so much in pursuit of their missions. We do this through fortnightly expert sessions, social catchups and biweekly office hours. We provide this support pro bono and will invest into the companies that make good progress on those first three steps. We believe that by helping these companies grow, it creates even more opportunity for all New Zealanders. If you are an early stage Kiwi founder (or basically have not hit MLP) - look forward to chatting!