PremiumAndrea FoxHerald business writer·NZ Herald·11 Jun, 2026 03:00 AM16 mins to read‌Kiwi tech funding boom: From left: Icehouse CEO Robbie Paul, Enterprise Angels CEO Nina Le Lievre, Halter founder Craig Piggott, Rocket Lab founder Peter Beck and Phoebe Harrop Meadows of Australia-based Blackbird Ventures.Need an antidote for the dismal soup of news 2026 is serving up?Talk to someone in the tech sector. Better still, someone funding it.Like Robbie Paul, chief executive of leading venture capital firm Icehouse Ventures, which has invested $823m in 392 Kiwi-founded companies.

“The market is extremely vibrant