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Miruku raises $8m led by Motion Capital - TechCrunch

While the food tech investment sector figured itself out last year, Miruku, a New Zealand-based food tech company, was busy getting ahead of molecular farming technology.

Miruku - Investment Notes

We’re delighted to announce our $1.5m investment into Miruku, leading an $8m ‘pre-A’ capital raise with participation from our friends at Movac, Icehouse Ventures, Aspire, Cultivate Ventures and NZVC.

Aspiring Materials - Investment Notes

We're delighted to have led Aspiring Material's $4m pre-seed capital raise to fund the design of NZ’s first industrial carbon capture pilot plant facility.

The ordinary rock we drive on holds a planet-saving secret

It’s used as cheap gravel on roads, but the unassuming rock olivine could also clean up factories and suck a greenhouse gas from the air.

Aspiring Materials: one of 13 chosen out of around 2,500 applicants

The Kiwi startup has won the backing of Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy programme, gaining a significant non-dilutive grant in the process.

Ninja Kiwi co-founder Chris Harris joins new VC firm

Chris Harris, co-founder of the Kiwi gaming success story Ninja Kiwi, has invested an undisclosed amount in new Auckland venture capital fund Motion Capital.