Pioneer Capital

Pioneer Capital is a New Zealand-based private equity firm founded in 2005, specializing in early-stage investments in businesses that target growth in large international markets. The firm partners with business owners and managers to enhance value and drive expansion. Its investment strategy emphasizes the capabilities of management teams and the potential size and nature of target markets. With a team possessing diverse skills and experience across various stages of business growth, Pioneer Capital is dedicated to responsible investing that supports the development of local enterprises.

Randal Barrett

Co-Founder and Managing Director

Ben Flay

Investment Director

Tom Goddard

Investment Director

Matthew Houtman

Co-Founder and Managing Director

Brigitte de Lambert

Investment Manager

Laura McKinnie

Senior Investment Associate

James Oliver

Investment Manager

Julia Rolleston

Investment Associate

Shayne Shepherd

Investment Director

Craig Styris

Executive Director

3 past transactions

Parkable

Venture Round in 2021
Parkable is a platform focused on car parking management that connects individuals and businesses with available parking spaces. It enables users to rent out empty parking bays, facilitating a sharing economy for parking. The platform offers a mobile application that allows users to find, reserve, and pay for parking spaces by the hour or day. Parkable serves both public and private sectors, providing efficient parking solutions for cities as well as tailored management services for enterprises and small businesses. Its comprehensive approach to parking management includes reservation capabilities and revenue collection, enhancing the overall parking experience for users while optimizing space utilization for providers.

Kāhu

Seed Round in 2021
Kāhu is a New Zealand-based startup focused on developing advanced cancer detection technology, particularly for the early identification of skin cancer. The company leverages artificial intelligence and a comprehensive database of skin images to analyze patients' skin and identify potential signs of melanoma. This innovative approach aims to enhance the clinical diagnosis and management of various skin cancers, providing valuable support to healthcare professionals in their efforts to improve patient outcomes.

SLI Systems

Venture Round in 2007
SLI Systems develops learning-based search and navigation technology for publishers, ecommerce and corporate sites that Searches, Learns and Improves the user experience. SLI's patented Learning Search technology takes relevance a step further by learning from visitors' behavior over time to deliver more relevant results, which leads to increased customer satisfaction and more sales, while reducing costs and yielding valuable customer information that can positively impact other marketing activities. SLI also offers a version of Learning Search called Learning Search Ecommerce, an Ecommerce Site Search product that is designed specifically for sites who sell products online and require advanced product merchandising. SLI's Site Champion is a user-generated search engine optimization (SEO) service that automatically optimizes pages for search engine spiders (eg Google, Yahoo!, MSN etc), increasing a site's chances of ranking in natural searches for various keywords and driving more online traffic. SLI's Learning Navigation dynamically builds site navigation pages by creating product groups or 'facets' to show similar products together allowing customers a powerful way to merchandise products and information.
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